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THE .VHA.NTA UEUKUIA.N AMIAhUS, V\ IM >.\I\N! >.\ V . MAY 'J!,
lit IN SHEET
Gordon Bailey, Negro Elevator
Boy, Also Subjected Again
to Close Examination.
Continued From Page 1.
cross*-examined by dt\ detectives
Bailey was in the building the greater
part of the afternoon on the day of
the tragedy. Despite the testimony
that he has given many times pre
viously, he has always been consid
ered as what might be an important
link in the solution of the crime. That ,
a final effort is being made to break
down his former alibi before the cases
of Frank and Lee are placed before
the Grand Jury is evident.
Case Ready for Grand Jury.
Solicitor Dorscv declared Wednes
day morning that everything has been
prepared to present the case Friday
to that tribunal In a clear and concise
form.
City Detective John Black, who has!
•uperintended the city's investigation
of the case, announced that evident** j
had been secured to fix the guilt ami
merit the conviction of the girl’s
slayer
Despite these preparations, how
ever, C. W. Toble, the Burns opera
tive. is making an exhaustive research
into the case and blazing the trail to!
be followed by William J. Burns when :
the famous detective arrives in At
lanta Mr. Tobie is aleo making dai!> :
reports to Solicitor Dorsey and Colo- !
ne] Thomas 11. Felder The material
which Detective Tobi > is unearthing is
said to be of great importance.
Spends Day at Girl’s Home,
Characteristic of the Burns method?
in handling such cases. Toble spent
the entire day Tuesday at the home of
the Pbagan girt, familiarizing himself
with her life,
Mrs. Smith'** letter, mailed to The
Georgian, stated that on Monday,
May 5, she overheard a conversation
on the street downtown In which a
female voice dec lared that its posses-
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BURTON SMITH FIGHT
GOES TO GRAND JURY
T HREE deputies, from left to right, J. H. Owens, Newt Garner and Dan Goodwin, pointing
to the "County Prize Ring "in the Thrower Building. Observe the hats in the ring. Eelow,
at left, C. W. Walton, with bandaged face. At right, W. H. Byrd, with black eyes and bandaged
forehead. All members of this club.
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ORDER TO BETTER PHHIANS' BRAND
*<>r had seen Mary Phugan at 4
on the afternoon of the murde
Mrs. Smith's letter follows:
Editor Atlanta Georgian,
Atlanta. Ga.:
Dear Sir—On
1913. between 4
the afternoon
Street. In front
Co.’* stoie, I h
in conversation.
«h>ck
Monday. May F>,
and 5 o’clock In
on Whitehall
of J. M. High <&
raid thre* Indie*
One was a * at her
► out lady, about 25 years old;
t.l:» other two ladies were older.
1 did not note ihe appearance of
the two older ladies as closely is
1 did the younger one. for the
reason that th< young, r lady did
most of the talking.
Tells of Seeing Girl.
These ladies were talking about
the Phagan case. The younger
one said that, she believed justice
ought to be given to everybody
She said she knew Mary Phagan
well and that she saw her on
Whitehall Street, near Trinity
Avenue, about 4 o’clock on Me
morial Day, after the parade had
ended. One of the other ladies
said if she knew that she ought *o
tell It to th^ authorities.
T was deeply impressed with
the sincerity of tills young wom
an. and have deeply regretted that
in the Interest of justice 1 did
not ask her name.
So strongly have I felt upon
this subject that 1 have dared to
write This, begging that the la
dies referred to in some way com
municate with the editor of this
paper I suggest the editor be
cause 1 believe that the editor
would fairly treat the informant,
and would see that the informa
tion given will be fairly used.
1 have no possible interest in
see
the Phagan case, except to
Rail Commission Expected to Is
sue Mandate Friday—Agree
ment With Co. Reported.
Better trolley car service in At
lanta probably will be ordered by the
Railroad Commission Friday, It was
learned Wednesday. A 3 1-2-minute
schedule for the Peachtree and White
hall Streets line and n better sched
ule and larger cars on about ten other
lines will be the principal features of
the report.
Murphy Candler, chairman of the
Railroad Commission; Preston Ark
wright. president, and W. H Glenn,
manager of the railway department of
the Georgia Railway and Power
Company, held a long conference
Wednesday mornim* Chairman Can
dler said he would have an announce
ment to make Friday.
Information is that Chairman Can
dler and President Arkwright have
agreed upon what improvements In
service shall be made, and a hearing
before ihe commission will, therefore,
be avoided.
Experts In the commission office
completed some days ago a collection
and digest of a large amount of data
on Atlanta's trolley car service, from
which Chairman Cu dler drew certain
conclusions.
These conclusion* were submitted
to President Arkwright. To-day, it is
said, they practically reached an
agreement.
Justice done. Will you not give
this matter such publicity as will
bring a reply from the ladies
mentioned ?
Very truly yours.
MRS. A A. SMITH
J. W. Tedder, a business man of
Kennesaw, Ga.. a small town near
Marietta, called on Chief Lanford
Tuesday to tell him he was acquaint
ed with the mysterious girl in red.
who was reported to have accompa
nied Mary Phagan to the factory
when she went there to draw her
pay. It is rumored that the giri ir.
Kennesaw has made a public state
ment to the effect that she knows the
girl. Detectives are working on this
feature of the case to-day.
Waycross Acts as Host to Georgia
Knights—Khorasson Initiation
To Be Big Feature.
Smart New Styles
For Summer Wear
$4.00
and
$5.00
\t ^ 1.00 and $.).()() we are showing some
of the smartest models that the season af
fords. They're simply BEATTIES, with
plenty of snap and life, and are shown in a
full range of leathers. And we’ll be sure to
tit you right, too. This is a special feature
that has helped to make CARLTON’S
SHOES famous.
HANAN SHOES AT
$6, $6.50 and $7
All Styles and All Leathers
White and Gray Canvas Oxfords $4.Oft
CARLTONS
Thirty-Six Whitehall
WAYCROSS, GA., M • 21. The
annual ronven. «»n of the Grand
Lodge, Knights of Pythias of Georgi i
convened In W ycrosa this morning
for a two day’s session. The pubVc
exercises were held at the Grand
Theater, and after the morning busi
ness was transacted, the Grand Lodge
adjourned to attend a real Georgia
barbecue at Winona Park.
Mayor H. I). Reed, on behalf of the
city, and Colonel J. L. Crawley, for
the local Knights of Pythias, deliv
ered the welcome addresses. < Re
sponses .vere made by Grand Chan
cellor James W. Austin, of Atlanta,
and Grand Vk e-Chanoellor Miller »*>.
Pell, of Milledgevile.
To-night wil he devoted to the
Dramatic Or.I-r Knights of Khoras-
san. Thirtv-five candidates, 'mind
ing \Y T. Brinson, of this clt\. th >
biggest Pythian in the world, will be
Initiated. The parade will he hold at
8 o’clock, and will he spectacular.
The ’’Dokev" hand will lead the pr >-
cession. The candidates w ill ma n*
uj) the animal section of the parade
each being costumed to represent a
different animal.
Thursday the convention wi'l
handle a great deal of business, th
election of officers* and next meet
ing place being the ’ ist features Tl *
annual prize drills by ihe unlfor n
rank companies of the State will be
held in the afternoon.
Testifies He Planted
Dynamite For Wood
BOSTON. May 21 John .1 Breen,
the Lawrence undertaker, who al
ready Iris been convicted for his part
in the ’’plant” of dynamite at Law
rence during the strike there testi
fied to-day at the trial of William M.
Wood, head of the American Woolen
Company and two others, on a charge
of conspiring to ’plant" the dynamite,
that Fred* : ick At’.caux. one of the
defendants had hired him to plant ex
plosives in buildings occupied by
striking textile operatives.
Atteaux, the witness said, gave him
$500 before the dynamite was pl aced,
and made the second payment of $200
some time later.
Landslide Sweeps
Away Train; 7 Dead
HINTON, W.‘ V.\„ May 21. Pie
men. a woman and a little girl were
killed last night on the Sewell Rail
road. which" connects Sewell with
Lundisburg, 40 miles west of Hinton.
A lumber engine and train of three
freight cars and a caboose, used for
passengers, left Sewell for Landis-
burg, eight mile:* distant, and when
four miles from Waterspout the train
was stopped by a small slide ahead.
Later another slide came down, harry
ing all but the engine, 300 feet down
the mountain.
Great Birmingham
Mill To Be Finished
NEW YORK, May 21.—At a meet
ing of the United States Steel Cor
poration this afternoon it was de
cided to g*» ahead at once and finish
the new wire and rail mill at Birming
ham. Ala. The plant will manufac
ture wire nails and wire products and
I will have a dail> output of 400.000
tons of finished products.
| It is expected that $800,000 will be
j required to complete the milT. and the
| \\< rk is expected to be finjslfed by the
late summer or early fall.
Mystery In Death
of Atlanta Woman I
Burton Smith, Reuben Arnold and
J. C. Cox Arraigned Be
fore Justice.
Continued From Page 1.
MEMPHIS. May 21.—The police arc'
juystifled over the death 4>f Mrs.
Lucy (J. Kelly, of Atlanta, who died
in St. Joseph hospital here, after
suffering for two days.
She came hero from Birmingham!
but had worked on Atlanta newspa
pers. according to letters found in her l
possession. 1
man who met it. as be snored on
the floor.
SUMMARY: Smith won all the
way; time of battl-. 2 minutes.
Scouts on the firing line Wednes
day morning sent in the following re
ports:
Walton says that J. <’. Cox, Smith's
second ai the fray and companion
under the battery charge, held him
while Smith hit him. Also that Ar
nold kicked him after Smith had
knocked him down. Among other ev ; -
denre to prove this. Walton will su *- J
mit an expanse of court plaster >n j
the side of his face, where either the
fist or the foot is supposed to have
landed.
More evidence that assault and bat
tery uas ised in the scuffle will »e
introduced by VV. H. Byrd in the
form of two black eyes and court
plaster effects over one of the dis
colored members. Bvrd informed a
s.-out that ne appeared orVv by rea
son of his friendship for Walton.
"Smith was too bin - to match up
against Walton.' Byrd declared to
Cue s* out. Byrd himself weighs neai -
lv 200 pounds.
Mr. Smith is mild of manner and
temper, yet lie stands 6 feet 2 and
is broad with it. He is accounted
generally a man of peace, > et his
rather extensive biography records the
fact that he has been captain and ad
jutant in the Fifth Georgia Regiment,
in,; has seen duty in the Pittsburg
and Atlanta riots.
Handball Champion.
A man of many affairs he is. end
busv with them all. and yet they will
tel) you at the Athletic Club that he
is the handball champion of t'ie
bum ' And ids name is Smith--
which might mean anything. Ko
person of keen judgment is surprised
at what a Smith does, naturally..
The not result ol it all iy that there
is a now Burton Smith in Atlanta,
even to those who knew him best.
Hitherto he was Burton Smith, lead
ing lawyer and clubman, brother of
Senator Hoke Smith, but as promi
nent as his brother by his own
achievement« When this tall, sol
dierly form strolled through the
chambers of the Athletic Club he was
pointed out.
* That's Burton Smith, four years
tr president."
Or. at the University Club:
"There’s Mr. 9inlUi. chairman of
the executive committee and our vice
president.’’
"Man With White Hope Punch.”
Or. at the court house, the scene of
his latest achievement:
"Burton Smith, president of the
Georgia Bar Association several years
ago, and vice president of the Ameri
can Bar Association in 1900.”
Now. with all that, he’s Burton
Smith, the man with the white hope’s
punch.
Mr. Smith, just before entering
“the ring” for the final bout, made
this statement:
"Nothing will come of the affair.
The roan Insulted me while I was
speaking to the lady. I was apologiz
ing to her for having so severely
cross-examined her during the trial
which had just concluded. 1 was not
rude to the lady. 1 was speaking in
most apologetic tones. When Walton
came up and used insulting tones to
me J hit him. That was all there was
to it.*
The Accusations.
Here are the affidavit and warrant*
for ihe arrest of Mr. Smith and Mr.
A mold:
STATE OF GEORGIA—Fulton
County.
Personally appeared before
Charles H. Girardeau, N. P., and
ex-officio J. P.. 1026 District. G.
M., in and for said county; au
thorized by law to issue criminal
warrants, the prosecutor whose
nahie is hereto subscribed, who.
on oath, said to the best of his
knowledge and belief Reuben R.
Arnold and Burton Smith did
commit the offense of assault and
battery, in said county, on or
about the 20th day of May, 1913.
and this deponent makes his affi
davit that a warrant may issue
(or their arrest.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me. this 20th day of May, 1913.
W. H. BYRD. Deponent.
CHARLES H. GIRARDEAU,
Ex-Officio J. P.
STATE OF GEORGIA—Fult an
County.
To any Sheriff or his Deputy.
Coroner. Constable or Mar
shal of the said State, greet
ings:
For s’ufllcient cause, made knowh lo
me. you are hereby commanded to ar
rest the body of Burton Smith,
charged by the prosecutor whose
name is subscribed in the foregoing
affidavit, with the offense of assault
and battery, in said county, on the
20th da\ of May. 1913. against the
laws of this State, and bring him. the
said defendant, before me or some
other judicial officer of this State, to
be dealt with as the law directs. You
will also levy on a sufficiency of the
property of the said defendant to pay
the costs in the event of their final
conviction.
Herein fail not.
C H. GIRARDEAU,
Ex-Officio J. P.
(A similar order for the arrest of
Reuoen R. Arnold was attached to the
warrant.)
Here are the warrant and affida
vit against Mr. Arnold and Mr. Cox:
"STATE OF GEORGIA,
FULTON COUNTY:
"Personally appeared before
Charles H. Girardeau, X P. and ex-
officio J. P., 1026 District. G. M., in
and for said county, authorized by
law to issue criminal warrants, the
prosecutor whose name is hereto sub
scribed, who on oath said, to the best
of his knowledge and belief. Reuben
R. Arnold and J. ('. Cox did commit
the offense of assault and battery in
said'county on or about the 20th day
of May, 1913, and. this deponent makes
his affidavit that a warrant may is
sue for their arrest.
"Sworn and subscribed to before
me-this 20th dav of May. 1913.
"CHARLES H. GIRARDEAU,
"Ex-Officio J. P.
"C. \Y. WALTON. Deponent.”
STATE OF GEORGIA—
Fulton County.
To Any Sheriff or His Deputy, Cpr-
oner. Constable or Marshal of the
the Said State, Greetings:
For sufficient cause made known to
me. you are hereby commanded to
arrest the body of Reuben Arnold,
charged by the prosecutor, whose
name is subscribed in the foregoing
affidavit, with (he offense of assault
and battery in said county on the 20th
day of May, 1913. against the laws of
this State, and bring him. the said
defendant, before me or some other
judicial officer of this State, to be
dealt with as the law directs. You
will also levy on. a sufficiency of the
property of said defendant to pay the
costs in the event of his final con
viction.
Herein fail not.
C. H. GIRARDEAU,
Ex-Officio J. P.
IA similar order for the arrest of
Cox was also attached to the war
rant.)
Macon Banker’s Symptoms Cause
Physicians to Declares That
Death Is Inevitable.
MACON. GA.. May 21.—Hope has
been altogether abandoned for B. San
der.- Walker, Jr.
Drs. Harrold and Jackson, the chief
physicians in attendance, state this
morning that the patient’s symptoms
arc such that they have no hope at all
for his recovery. They state that
while all of the poison from the acci
dental taking of a bichloride of mer
cury tablet has been eliminated from
his system, his kidneys' and other or
gans are so affected that they can not
perform their normal functions. Be
sides, uraemic poisoning has devel
oped. and Mr. Walker has lost so
much strength that his death is now,
in their opinion, just a matter of
hours. They state that his vitality
ma>y prolong his life for several days,
but that he can not rise from his bed.
Walker in Half Stupor.
More than half of the time Mr.
Walker is in a half stupor. He has
not .spoken since yesterday at noon.
The story concerning Mr. Walker
published in The Georgian on Mon
day was copied from The New York
Herald of Sunday last. The friends
of Mr. Walker have taken umbrage at
The New York Herald's article and
are trying to arrange a meeting of
the Chamber of Commerce to de
nounce that publication.
The Georgian, of course, merely re
published the article from The Her
ald, and was in no way responsible
for the statements made by the New
York newspaper, which have since
been denied and the truth given wide
publicity by The Georgian.
Police Guard Home.
Acting Chief of Police Murphy to
day instructed the policemen to pro
hibit the loafing of persons in front of
the Walker residence on High Street.
Last night it was reported that Mr.
Walker was u-p and walking about,
and a large and morbidly curious-
crowd gathered in front of the house.
Mr. Walkers pulse this morning
was 126. his respiration 32 and his
temperature 99.
Sympathy from Chicago.
A message of good cheer and en
couragement was flashed from Chi
cago ov^er long distance telephone to
Mis. Walker. The eyes of the na
tion are upon Mr. Walker’s sick room.
Direct telephonic communication with
t he stricken banker’s home was estab
lished. and Chicago conveyed to Mrs
1 Stevens. Mr. Walker’s mother-in-law,
best wishes for the unfortunate man.
"Hello, hello,” said the voice from
Mr. Walker's home after the connec
tion had been made.
His Family Hopeful.
"This is Chicago,” was the an
swer. "How is Mr. Walker?”
"There is a ray of hope,” was the
reply.
"Sympathizers in Chicago extend
Mr. Walker best wishes in his fight.”
"Thank you,” said Mrs. Stevens.
"How does the patient feel?” was
a question from Chicago. The reply
from Mrs. Stevens came:
"He is not suffering. He feels good
and says lie’ll live, though he is weak
to-day. He wants to live and there
is a little hope. Macon is praying
for him. Good-bye.”
Communication with Banker Wa 1 -
ker’s home was obtained over the
long distance telephone through Cin
cinnati ajid Chattanooga.
T
Contracts Show Expense Will Run
$200,000 Above Estimates
Made by Architect.
—
Fulton County court house will cost
$200,000 more than the estimate of the
architect, A. Ten Eyck Brown. Con
tracts foa ihe interior work, totaling
$605,366, * were let by the County
Board Wednesday morning. The orig
inal estimate was $400,000. The com
pleted building will cost the country
about $1,100,000.
Contracts were awarded to the low
est bidder, with one exception. Mor
row Bros., Baltimore, were lowest bid
ders for the ornamental iron work,
but specified in the bid they would
contract for none of the work unless
they could do it all.
The following contracts were let:
Ornamental iron ami bronze, L.
Schrieber & Sons Company, Cincin
nati. $118,614.
Plain and ornamental plaster, Mc
Nulty Bros..* New York, $82,000.
Marble and tile work, the Blue
Ridge Marble Company, Nelson, Ga.,
$159,500.
Mill work and glazing. Robert
Mitchell Furniture Company, Cincin
nati. $64,099.
Cork flooring, If. W. Johns-Man -
ville Company, Atlanta, $16,769.
Painting, William Wilson. Atlanta,
$11,350.
Sheet met.-l. Dowman-Dozier Man
ufacturing Commpany, Atlanta, $99,-
416.
Hardware. Beck & Gregg Hardware
Company, Atlanta. $11,165.
Elevators, Otis Elevator Company,
Atlanta, $39,263.
Directory, Changeable Sign Com
pany, New York, $1,640. '
Mail chute, Cutler Mall Chute Com
pany, Rochester, N. Y., $1,550.
If you have anything to sell adver
tise in The Sunday American. Ler-
; gest circulation of any Sunday news
paper in the South.
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
Has surpassed all other
medicines in merit, sales
and cures. It purifies the
blood and builds up the
whole system. Be sure to
take it ibis spring.
Get it to-day in usual liquid form or
in the tablets (‘ailed Sarsatabs.
CASHION. ARM INJURED,
GOES TO B0NESETTER REESE
CLEVELAND, May 21.—fashion,
one of the mainstays of the Senators
will be out of the game for two or
three weeks. He tore several liga
ments in his pitching arm and has
gone to consult Bonesetter Reese.
We have Beautiful Beddin?
Plants 3c each. Atlanta Flora!
Co., 555 E. Fair Street.
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Mayor Gets Flowers
‘Because He's Bad'
San Bernardino Woman Tries to
‘Reform’ Catick W»th Blooms
From Her Garden.
SAX BERN ANDINO, May 21.
Mayor-elect J. W. Catick received an
expensive vase filled with beautiful
flowers this morning. It was sent by
a prominent local woman who fought
Catick hard during the campaign.
He called her up to thank her and
at the same time to l'.nd out what had
prompted the gift. She told him that
she hat> worked against him because
she had heard that he "was a bad
man.” anr^ as he Ii.'* 1 been elected, she
had made the offering iC the hope that
it would induce him to give a good ad
ministration.
WOMAN HELD AS SLAVER.
CHICAGO, May 21.—Charged with
attempting to force into immoral lives
Emma and Anna Davis, aged 24 and
18. Florence Keorner is held by the
Federal authorities. White slavers
are said to have brought the girls
from Detroit to Chicago^'
THURSDAY
Little Tender Georgia
Snap Beans
A.C Quart
Red Bliss Georgia
New Potatoes
4
c Quart
Fresh Country Eggs 16k:
WYATT’S C. O. D.
73 South Pryor
Bell-Main 4926 WE DELIVER
Atlanta 947