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- T —- i HOME EDITION SUSPECT EXTRA The Atlanta Georg Read for Profit—.GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Results VOL. XI. NO. 235. WEATHER: SHOWERS. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1913. CENTS EVERYWHERE ' Body of Mary Phagan Exhumed, Bloodstains on Clothing Analyzed and Every Effort Made to Uncover Additional Clews in the Mystery. Solicitor General Dorsey, Chief of Detectives Lanford, Chief of Police Beavers, and all men wo king under them in the Phagan case seem thoroughly satisfied with the progress they are making in the great mystery. They are actively engaged in many un known directions-—as they say, “piling up evidence to strengthen the case.” What evidence the officials 1 aye other than that which has already been made public they ref ise to divulge. Solicitor Dorsey declines to make public his case ii the newspapers. He is investi gating every phase of the matte)' through trusted men working under his own direction. ll is.perfectly proper for the chief prosecuting officer to with hold any and all evidence until s ich time as he may present his case to the Grand Jury. That there is new and start ling evidence seems true, but just wital it indicates the offi cials refuse to say, and the news paper reporters, therefore, are merely guessing at what may be, or may not be, the actual facts. Solicitor JDorsey the nature of tin coveries.. but Lis vas reticent about most recent dis- jurded statements indicated that he considered, the dis- i u;sun. ; which have "been made b> the force of detective.', physicians and chemi.sis working - under his direction a.s having a mo-i. important bearing on the solution of U'ic crime. Air. Dorsey issued this statement: l see in an interview attributed tv- Quinn that I asked him if he was not paid by counsel for Frank to protect Frank. This statement, so far as 1 am concerned, is absolutely false. Throughout my talk with him I did not mention the name of coun sel nor did I. intimate that counsel had been giiilty of any such con duct. ft is known that a more thorough and minute examination of every lo cality and every article having any connectioi or possible connection with the slaying of Alury Phagan is being made now limn was undertaken in the first few days of the mystery. I nder he direction of Solicitor Dorsey, ehemrets have made a new analysis of the blood found on the factory lloor, ■where the Phagan girl evidently struggled with her assail ant. Dr. H. F., Harris, director of‘the Slate- Board of Health, is making a second examination of the body of the slain girl, which was taken from tiie grave in the cemetery at Ma rietta. Whether u Was from any one of the sources that Solicitor Dorsey ob tained his new lead* in tracking down the slayer, he would not- say. He would only repeat that every clew- that offered the slightest ray of hope would be followed to the end. May Have Been Hurled Down Shaft. A startling theory announced by the Solicitor is that the body of Mary Phagan was thrown, a ive, down the elevator shaft from live second floor to the basement. He has found thP the soil at the bottom of the shaft is soft and that the girl might not hav? been seriously injured by a fall of this die La nee. He would not be sur prised If subsequent developments proved that the girl was slain not on tire second floor of the factory, but in the basement at just about the spot where the body was found. To insure that not the smallest par ti. ie of evidence is overlooked. Solici tor Dorsey is continuing his rigid in- vi .^ligation of the factory itself. Elec-1 slayer may be turned up. The report of Dr. Harris probably ill not be made public until Thurs day, when the inquest resumes. Mean- chile, the Solicitor is working on the Information that he receives from ime to time from Dr. Harris; from he chemists who have analyzed the bloodstained chips of wood taken from the factory floor, and from Dr. • Maude A. Smith, city bacteriologist who has uiu^yzed the bloodstains on ■ he shirt found at the home of Newt Lee. Solicitor Dorsey telegraphed to New York Tuesday to verify a state ment concerning Frank contained in «' n unsigned letter. The Solicitor t aid that the Pinkerton detectives would not be admitted to his confer ences with the city police. The Grand Jury' will meet Friday ; nd probably will take up the ease then if a verdict has been rendered ) y the Goroner’s jury. Candler and Street Car Officials Confer Company Reported Willing to Meet Push Traffic Suggestions More Than Half Way. P. S. Arkwright, president, and the • raffle officials of the Georgia Rail way* and Power Company* held a long • onference with C. AT. CandleTTchair man of the Georgia Railroad Com mission. in reference to the conges- ion of street car traffic in Atlanta (hiring rush hours. Statistics recently given the com mission, showing the fare register readings at terminals and cross own points for a period of a week, were considered. - Mr. Candler submitted suggestions ; nd criticisms. It is understood that 'he officials are ready to meet the i ommission’s suggestions more than .alf-way. Increased service, it is j aid, has been delayed only to see what the commission intended to order. Way cross Girl, 15, Vanishes in Woods Country Searched for Pretty Lee Hall, Believed Insane or Victim of Foul Play. WAYCROSS. GA.. May 0.—Pretty .Bee Hall, a 15-year-old girl, yesterday : uddenly left her home a mile north of Waycross, rushed into the thick roods bordering Kettle Creek and disappeared. It is feared she may have been a victim of foul play. The • ntire county is being scoured for th missing girl. She was seen entering •he woods, and when her father called she broke into a run. Hall states no lan is involved as far as he knows, but thinks his daughter has lost »r nind. Leo M. Frank on Way From Tower to Inquest Photograph of Leo .M. Frank, showing Chief of Detectives Lanford and Chief Beavers on either'side. Slayer of King of • | Typists’ Uniforms Greece a Suicide! Please London Girls Assrssin Leaps to His Death From Window of Pojice Building in Athens. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON, May 6.—A news agency dispatch received here to*-day from Ahens states that Aleko Shinns, the anarchist who assassinated King George of Greece in Salonika on Man ii IS. jumped from a win* *.\ In the policq building and killed him self. How ihc prisoner eluded the jailers is not told in the dispatch. Schinas killed the King by firing point blank into his back while h was walking along the streets of Sa lonika. He gave as an explanation of the crime that in 1911 he had applied for assistance at the King’s palace and had been driven away. Society Folk Nabbed As They Soil Dice Chicagd Host Has His Guests Taken to Police Station as Joke. • CHICAGO. May 6. —An even dozen prominent society arid business folk of Chicago learned to-day that their arrest on a charge of gambling at the home of Richan land Park, a fas hi on a all a joke. The guests of Peyt rolling dice on thf ing greenbacks or “bones.” Peyton police force—the ch si stunts-—"arrest’' 1 * them to the polic I w 1th gambling. Peyton, in High- uburb, was “They Double the Life of Our Private Dresses,” Says One, and Are Very Becoming Beside. Special Cable to The American. LONDON, May to.—London typists have become reconciled to the uni form. It was feared there would be a great revolt on the part of the young women of this avocation when a lead ing firm adopted a specific style of dress for them, but there has been no open protest. "We were inclined to believe the management could not possibly select a ; ostumc becoming to all of Us,” said Mis Dorothy Clegg, a* pretty young typist to-day, “but we were mistaken. A dressmaker took our measurements, and a few days later the dresses ar rived. They are idea! business dresses. Cinnamon in color, and in the Empire style, they harmonize with the cream and green color scheme of the office* - ’- “The fu 1 1 sleeves ar ( * appreciated. The low neck and the fullness of the skirt give perfect freedom, while the narrow cuffs give a neat effect. Our private dresses have now double the life, owing to the protection afforded them. When-the day’s work is done wo can slip off the Empire dress in less than a minute.” ON LAST LAP 5,000-MILE TEST OF ARMY FOOTWEAR WASHINGTON, May G -Former Sergeant John Walsh, I T . S. A., started for Columbus, Ohio, to-day on the Iasi lap of his ofp ial te'-* of army shoes He ha > covered 5,000 miles. Walsh left For: Slocum July ii. 1 1912. He has covered all military posts and will have been gone a year and two months when he reaches Co lumbus. He is 63 years old and will I receive $2,000 for his efforts. Jack London Faces Charge of Assault Writer Accused of Eeating Mail He Disarmed and Ejected From His Ranch Home. Villages War for Railway Station Wiley Claims 23 People and Is "Cow Center”—Mathis Depends on Natural Beauty. SANTA ROSE, CAL., May 6.—Jack London, the famous author, traveler . and landowner of Glen Ellen, and his guest. John J. Burns, of San Fran cisco. must answer to a charge of i battery next Monday us a result of j trouble on the London ranch. Mrs. J. H. Shepard and her sister ; had tome words, according to Shop- \ ard, and because Burns, who w.isj present* refused to interfere on behalf l of Mrs. v Shepard. Shepard is alleg 'd to have made a demonstration with a revolve.. London and Burns are said to have taken the weapon from Shepard, grappled with him ami forcibly eject- j ed him. Shepard declared London i choked and abused him. G. T, Wrenn, Diamond Thief, Begins Term Participant in Gilcey Robbery Leaves Medical School to Surrender at Tower. George T. Wrenn, sentenced to the Fulton County chaingang for twelve months in connection with the Gilsey | diamond robberies at the Piedmont Hotel more than a year ago, b« gan the I service of his sentence tDi>• morning. | He came to Atlanta yesterday and ! surrendered to the cofinty authorities t the Tower. Wrenn h^s been out as sentenced, and ha Rabun County is at white heat, and tho old feud between the towns of Wiley and Mathis in at its height. The vital question of which place gets a regular railroad station with an agent in charge is to he determined this week b> the Georgia Railroad Com mission. Wiley claims the greater population. Within a radius of on< mile from Wlhy there are 23 persons living, it ha's l.e- ru*-hown con lihdvely. It claims also to be “tho natural center of the cow movement,” whatever that may mean, Mathis lalms that it is due to b^- com- a great summer resort because of the Ijrauty of the lake created there by the Georgia Railway and Power Company’s dam. Photographs of#- the surrounding country, letters from almost every Slate between Ohio and the District of Columbia, a mass of evidence and many personal appeal have reached the Railroad Commit-ion on the sub ject. Police and Strikers In Syracuse Battle Twenty-five Wounded, Two Fatally, In Fierce Clash—City Under ^ Martial Law. Councilmen and Officials Advo cate Fund for Concerts Dur ing Summer Months. Music in Grant and Piedmont Parks at least four times a week through the summer is the plan actively urged ov park officials and a number of Coun- cilmen. Councilman (Maude L. Ashley Monday introduced a resolution n Council appropriating $5,000 for, the purpose. To-day his move is hacked by strong support. “The meager music we have had in the parks in the past has attracted thousands,” said Councilman Ashley. “It is what the people want. This city, especially the parks, is for the people, and it is our duty to give them the amusement and recreation they crave.” Councilman Asi^ey said that with an additional gift from the Georgia Railway and Power Company It would be possible to have music in both parks • very evening and Sunday aft ernoon. “The Park Board is heartily in fa vor of Councilman Ashley’s j an," said J. O. Cochran, president. Dan Carey, General Manager of Parks, is a strong advocate of park music. 1 KILLED AND 1 INJURED WHEN AUTO OVERTURNS BIRMINGHAM, ALA., May 0.—J. L. Thornhill, aged 30, was instantly killed and H. O. Glasgow was seri ously injured when an automobile they were in late last night turned over on the county road outside of Greater Birmingham. The machine fell over a smaU em bankment in making room for an other automobile to pass. Both men were employed by the Tennessee Com pany at Edge water. Thornhill was- from Osica, Miss. Youth Arrested in Connection W ith Phagan Mystery Protests Innocence. Woman Says He Mo ;ned, “Why Did I Do It?”—Local Men Skeptical. * Chief of Detectives George Peyton, of Houston, Texas, sent the following telegram to Chief of Police Beavers, of At lanta, Tuesday: "Am still holding Bowen as per your wire this morning, lie did stop at 185 Ivy Street. He denies everything. The t evidence here is very strong against him. Mrs. A. Blanohard, formerly of Atlanta, first to suspect, gave first information about him. Answer soon. HOl’STON, TEXAS, May 6.- Paul P. Bowen, arrested be- I cause of the suspicion of the local authorities that l 1 was con nected with the murder of Mary Phagan in Atlanta, d ni 1 Tues day all knowledge of the girl and the crime except s;.« lie read o£ it in the newspapers. A score of clippings telling the story of the little girl s death were found in the young man's loom. Ilis only explanation was that Atlanta was flis home town, and he was parte ularly inter ested in the crime because of that. The police here regard as more significant than the clippings; the stories of Bowen's actions in his room at the St. Jean Hotel, and lajer at a rooming house, lloomers in adjoining, rooms are said to have been disturbed by his moans and muttcrings and by his constant pacing of the floor. "Why did I do it? Why did I do it?’’ he is declared to have repeated to himself incessantly. Complaint was first made to the hotel authorities and later the police were notified. Bowen was arrested last night by Chief of Police Davison, Chief of De tectives Peyton ami Detective Hilton at 1520 Texas Avenue. “A night of terror. ’ as officers term it. led to tho detention of Bowen. Sunday night in room 214, at the St. Jean Hotel, the young man paced the floor and moaned. Persons in ad joining rooms were unable to sleep,* and reported to the management that, something was wrong in the room. An investigation disclosed Bowen poring over letters and newspaper accounts of the murder and crying aloud. “Oh. why did l do it?” he is said to have cried. “i would not have done it. 1 ought, not to have done that. If I had it to do over 1 wouldn’t do it.” were re peatedly heard by those who listened and who frequently walked through the hall in a iieffort to ascertain some cause for the peculiar actions of the man. Monday th*- young man was shad owed and the matter was reported *>• the detective department. About f* o’clock he registered off and moved do Texas Avenue and Crawford Street, There he engaged a -room for a week. Last night, shortly after midnight, me officers went to the pi.ice. Bowen an swered a knock at hi.s room door, and then straightened himself and looked directly at the officers. Holds Knife in Hand. “Who are you fellows and what do you want here?” he asked. The officers answered that they wanted to talk fo him and he then in vited - them into his rooffi. He kept a distance from them, however, and he'd an open knife In his right hand. Bow en appeared nervous throughout th„' conversation of perhaps fifteen min utes, but replied to all queried promptly and to the point. When one of them told him to “con sider yourself under arrest” he coolly answered, “That’s all right, hut you've got the wrong man.” Bowen closed his ’knife and handed JURY HAS SILVA'S CASE SYRACUSE. X. Y flowed in the streets olic Cathedral to-day men fought 500 fre . May fl — Blood about the Cat t- v. hen*50 polic.- Italian strik- SA VANN AH, GA., May 6.—With no immediate prospect of a verdict, the jury is still out in the case of Isaac Silva, who was tried in the Superior Court yesterday for causing he turn of the 1 the suburban and his two as- guests and tak station chars. *j trie lights have been strung in every j nook and corner of the basement. «. jer ••.•.fore : t wUs black and gloomy. T< lirt and tra-.i covering t’n floor i being searched painstakingly in the hi.tiH that some tell-tale clew*may be | was taken chaingang months dis • hammer. twel *ts. Twenty-five Two may die. The city Is undei ' saloon in Svrucus vvoundei m< n THE WEATHER lartial law. Lv has been orcu Forecast for Atlanta: Snowers. Temperatures: 8 a. m.. 73 degrees 10 a. m.. 77 degrees; 12 noon. 83 degrees: 2 p. m.. 8G degrees. Sun rise. 4:43; sunset. 6:26. PROTESTS EXCLUSION ACT. Washington. May fi!]i*m Mar • <•;’ I .os Argilos. to-day proteste Un-sin- ir Wib m a; a Inst the pros t Chinese exclusion act, which h v.s .s unfair. If you have anything tc seii. adver tise in The Sunday American, Larg est circulation of any Sunday news paper in the South. If you have anything to sell, adver tisr in The Sunday American. Larg ect circulation of any Sunday news per in the South. FOR CHORUS GIRL’S DEATH j" <»» 0,11 r and 8at on the ’ ilU ' 01 the bed. To one officer lie pointed out hip trunk and suitcase—a small affair in the nature of a traveling man’s grip. As the officers opened the trunk they lifted out clothes—some nice ones that indicated a well-dressed man—and these, with letters, post cards and pictures, were piled on the floor. “if i had a gun you never wouUt so the death of Esther O’Mara, of Bos ton. Mass., a chorus girl, known as Marian Leonard. She died front th< effects of morphine injected into hei hip.