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BEAT CRACKERS The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit---GEORGIAN W AhT ADS---Use for Results VOL. XI. NO. 250. ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, MAY 2 1, 1913. 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE p ^° _ . — . ' T FINAL* FELDER DENIES PHAGAN BRIBERY ! s BASEBALL DICTOGRAPH RECORD USED AGAINST FELDER USt FOR It® Mobile Practically Cinches the Game When They Score Four Runs in Fifth Inning. GULLS 001 041 CRACKERS ... 000 000 000 000 6 0 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION AB. R. H. Stock, ss 4 Starr, 2b 4 O’Dell, 3b... 5 Jacobson, rf... T . 4 Clark, If .3 Roberston, rf.......... 4 Paulet, lb 3 Schmidt, c . 4 Hogg, p .., 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 PONCE DK LEON BALL PARK, May 23.—Mobile defeated Atlanta here this afternoon in the second game of their series by a score of 6 to 0 THE GAME. FIRST INNING. Stock went out, Alperman to Agler. Starr grounded out, Musser to Agler. O'Dell filed to Bailey. NO RUNS. Long grounded to Starr and was out to Paulet. Bailey went out over the same route. Alperman grounded to Starr and . was out to Paulet. NO RUNS. SECOND INNING. Jacobson was called out on strikes. Clark was an easy out, Musser to Agler. Robertson grounded out to Agler. . NO RUNS. Welchonce lofted one to Clark. Smith pushed one past Hogg for an infield hit. Starr made a fast throw to Paulet after getting the pill, but was too late. Bis- land filed to Robertson. Smith went out trying to steal, Schmidt to Starr. NO RUNS. THIRD INNING. Paulet died to Alperman. Schmidt singled past Musser. Hogg walked. Stock flied to Agler Starr singled to right and Schmidt scored. O’Dell lined to Bisland. ONE RUN. Agler out. Hogg to Paulet. Graham doubled down the third base line. Mus ser grounded to Stock, who tagged Gra ham and doubled Musser at first. NO RUNS FOURTH INNING. Jacobson singled to right. Clark sac rificed, Musser to Agler. Robertson flied to Bailey. Paulet walked and went out trving to steal, Graham to Alperman. NO RUNS. Long walked and was caught off first, Schmidt to Paulet. Bailey odt, O’Dell to Paulet. Alperman flied to Robertson. NO RUNS. FIFTH INNING. Schmidt 'out, Bisland to Agler. Hogg singled to center. Stock walked. Starr singled to right, tilling the bases. O'Dell popped to Welchonce. Jacobson singled to left, scoring Hogg and Stock. Clark doubled to center and Starr and Jacob son scored. Robertson grounded out to Agler. FOUR RUNS. Welchonce flied to O’Dell. Smith singled to center Bisland fouled to Schmidt. Agler singled to left. Gra ham grounded out to Paulet. NO RUNS. SIXTH INNING. Paulet singled through the box. Schmidt grounded out to Agler. Hogfr out, Alperman to Agler. Stock singled to left and Paulet tallied. Starr popped to Alperman. ONE RUN. Musser flied to Robertson. Long went out, Stock to'Paulet. Bailey flied to Jacobson. NO RUNS SEVENTH INNING. i, O’Dell fouled to Smith. Jacobson fanned. Clark struck out. N< > RUNS. Alperman fouled to Schmidt. Wel chonce singled to center. Smith fouled to Robertson. Bisland popped to Starr. NO RUNS. EIGHTH INNING. Robertson out. Musser to Agler. Pau se! was safe on Bisland s error. Sc hmidt fouled to Graham Hogg out, Bisland to Agler. NO RUNS. Agler singled down the third base line. Graham out, O’Dell to Paulet. Musser fanned. Long grounded out to Paulet. NO RUNS. NINTH INNING. Stock* singled through Smith. Starr sacrificed. Musser to Agler. O’Dell lined out to Alperman and Stock was doubled at second to Bisland NO.RUNS. Bailey flied to Jacobson. Alperman out, Starr to Paulet. Welchonce out, Starr to Paulet. Totals • CRACKERS— „ 34 10 27 12 0 AB. R. H. PO. A. E. Long, If 2 Bailey, rf 4 Alperman, 2b - 4 Welchonce, cf 4 Smith, 3b 3 Bisland, ss..... ... 7 ........ 2 Agler, lb 3 Graham, c 3 Musser, p 3 AT MINNEAPOLIS— INDIANAPOLIS— 000000020 -2 7 MINNEAPOLIS— 2 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 X -9 16 3 Schardt, Kaiserllng and Cotter; Oln stead and Smith. Umpires, Weetervelt and Irwin. AT ST. PAUL— TOLEDO— 000000010-161 ST. PAUL- 02410000X-790 George and Livingstone; Laroy and Miller. Umpires, Johnstone and Con nolly. AT KANSAS CITY— LOUISVILLE— 200002212-9 14 1 KANSAS CITY— 410000001 -6 11 2 Woodburn and Sevrlod; Vaughn and Mitchell. Umpires, Chill and O’Brien. AT MILWAUKEE— COLUMBUS— 310010000 -5 11 5 MILWAUKEE— 0 1 0 0 0 5 2 0 X -8 13 2 McQuillen and Smith; Sllpnicka and Hughes. Umpires, Murray and Handiboe. Totals 0 27 11 1 . .. 28 SUMMARY. Two-base hits—Graham, Clark. Dohble plays—.Stock to Pau- let. Struck Out—by Musser 3; by Hogg 0. Bases on balls—off Musser 3; off Hogg 1. Umpires, Hart and Pfenninger. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Affidavits and an alleged dictograph record made public Fri day afternoon, accuse Colonel Thomas B. Felder of offering to C. C. February, a bribe of $1,000 for possession of police records of the Phagan case. These affidavits and the dictograph record are sworn to by A. S. Colyar, Jr., of Nashville, and February, who is stenographer to Newport Lanford, Chief of the Atlanta Detective Department. The Georgian on Wednesday published the fact that there were rumors on the streets that connected the name of Colonel Felder with the Phagan case in a sinister way. Colonel Felder made a statement to a Georgian reporter to the effect that these rumors were false. At that time, however, the police department was engaged in the effort to entrap Colonel Felder and bring against him a charge of bribery. From developments Friday, it would seem that Colonel Felder was engaged in an effort to entrap Lanford and Beavers. Colonel Felder has issued a statement to that, effect. A state ment from Mayor Woodward tends to corroborate it. Chief of Detectives Lanford stated Friday afternoon that the premature publication of the affidavits had thwarted his plans and had defeated justice, and that he did not know what his fu ture course would be as regards Colonel Felder. SOUTHERN LEAGUE AT NASHVILLE— MONTGOMERY 000021 100-4 82 NASHVILLE 01310000X-5 92 Bagby and Gribbens; Williams and Noyes. Umpires, Fifield and Stockdale. FIRST GAME. AT CHATTANOOGA— NEW ORLEANS ...0000000000-082 CHATTANOOGA 000000000 1 - 1 54 Swindell and Robertson; Summers and Street. Umpires, Wright and Kerin. SECON GAME. NEW ORLEANS 0040 0 0020-6 12 0 CHATTANOOGA 0 00000 3 00-3 82 Evans and Robinson; More and Street. Umpires. Kirin and Wright. FIRST GAME. AT BIRMINGHAM— MEMPHIS 01001 00-2 51 BIRMINGHAM 0100000-1 3 2 Newton and Snell; Foxen and Mayer. Umpires. Breitenstein and Rudder- ham. ' SECON D GAME. MEMPHIS 000 1 1 1 3-6 92 BIRMINGHAM 0000001-1 62 Kissinger and Snell; Thompson and Clifton. Umpires, Breitenstein and Rudderham. AT TORONTO— PROVIDENCE— 03020001 0-5 11 2 TORONTO— 0 2 0 1 0 5 1 1 X-10 12 0 Lafitte, Whatley and Kocher; Hearne, Goullat and Graham. Umpires, Hayes and Nallln. AT MONTREAL— BALTIMORE— 000030000 -3 92 MONTREAL— 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 X -3 13 2 Danforth and Egan; Mattern and Burns. Umpires, Mullen and Cross. No games scheduled. No Mention of Case Except About Graft NATIONAL LEAGUE FEDERAL LEAGUE. AT PHILADELPHIA- _ ^ CINCINNATI 01 0000000-1 72 PHILADELPHIA 00001021 X-4 70 Brown and Clark; Brennan and Kllllfer. Umpires. O’Oay and Emslle. Chicago-Boston not scheduled. All other games off; rain. R. H, E. o.evcana 0^0 COi-i ? 1 6t. Louis 000 000 000—0 2 3 Miller and Cooper; helimei anu ..a.- den. Score: R. H. E. Covington 000 120 001 4 5 1 Indianapolis 103 022 OOx—8 10 2 Justic and Hicks; Billiard and Durell. Umpires. Lippert and Conklin. R H E ,.000 003 004—7 13 6 000 100 000—1 8 0 Ashenfeider and Lucia; Finneran and McDonough. Umpires. Fyfe and Nip- pert. GEORGIA-ALABAMA LEAGUE Score: R. H. E. Gadsden 000 000 200—2 4 5 Newnan .510 200 10x—9 15 3 King. Trawick and Jordan; Lovett and Chase. BACINOr news ON PAGE 10. Score: Cleveland Score: Pittsburg Chicago AMERICAN LEAGUE Philadelphia Washington, no game; rain. Only one game scheduled. VIRGINIA LEAGUE. Score: R - H - E - Newport News 200 000 030—5 9 1 Richmond 010 210 04x—8 12 0 Austin, Kull and Matthews; Ayers and Rogers. Umpire. Norcum. Score: R - E. Portsmouth 100 001 25— 9 6 1 Petersburg 201 101 25—12 13 7 Herbert and Garvin; Hedgepeth. Rich mond and Laughlin. Umpire. Clarke. Called on account of darkness. Score: f •hevill* R H E .020 020 101—fl 12 2 Durham 000 000 112—4 7 3 Watson and Milllman; Smith and Wright. Umpire. Miller. Norfolk-Roanoke, no game; rain. The Sunday American goes every where all over the South. If you have anything to sell The Sunday Amer ican’ is “The Market Place of the South.” The Sunday American is the bo*l advertisma medium. AT JACKSONVILLE— SAVANNAH— 000000110-253 JACKSONVILLE— 0003001 1X-591 Adams and Geibel; Groover and Smith. Umpires. Barr and Moran. AT COLUMBUS— CHARLESTON— 000000100-152 COLUMBUS— 20003000X-541 Eldridge and Fox; Baker and Thomp son. Umpire, Glatts. Macon-Albany, no game; rain. COTTON STATES LEAGUE. FIRST GAME. Score: R. h. E. Jackson 210 000 20x—5 11 1 Columbus 000 101 000 2 t 3 Falrcloth and Erwin; Cooper and Ut ter. Umpire, Williams. FIRST GAME. Score: R. H. E. Meridian 000 100 x—1 6 0 Selma 000 000 O—O 3 0 South and Guietterz; Luhrson and Mueller. Umpire, Thompson. SECOND GAME. Score: Meridian . . Selmla South and R H E 000 002 2—4 11 6 000 000 0—0 2 1 Guittrez; Wyly and Mueller. Umpire., Thompson. Score: R. H. E. Jackson 010 000 0—1 3 4 Columbus 302 000 0—5 6 1 Pheney and Erwin; Poole and Utter. Umpire, Williams. CAROLINA LEAGUE. Score: R. H. E. Raleigh 210 000 010 00—4 8 1 Charlotte 020 100 100 01—6 8 1 Mahaffey and Lidgate; High, Cathey And Melcolmson. U mo ire. Chestnut. Mayor Woodward Friday afternoon admitted that he had had j conversation with Colonel Felder on Monday. No mention of the Phagan case was made by the attorney, however, except in refer ence to police graft. , “Colonel Felder said that he had run across a great many evi dences of police graft in near beer saloons and resorts during the Phagan investigation,’’ declared the Mayor. “He suggested that this evidence be gathered up in an effort to unearth crookedness in the police system. I asked him how the matter could be gone about and Mr. Felder replied that it would take a good deal of money; that he would have to get the evidence in shape first.” . The Mayor denied that Felder was accompanied by C. C. Jones as has been stated. He said that Felder was alone. The Mayor’s assertion was borne out by Frank Hammond, the official's secre tary. The sensational charges against Colonel Felder grow out of a plan entered into by Chief of Police Beavers, Chief of Detectives Newport Lanford, his secretary, G. C. February, and A. S. Colyar, Jr., of Nashville. For nearly a week Lanford and Colyar have, been working on the theory that they could develop the situation which would enable them to make a charge of bribery against Colonel Felder. Colyar had worked in South Carolina with Colonel Felder at various times in the past, he claimed, and enjoyed Colonel Fel der’s confidence. He informed Chief Lanford that Mr. Felder had failed to pay him money due for his work in South Carolina and that he intended to get revenge. Colyar Reported Long Talk With Felder On Monday Colyar reported that he had had long and confi dential talks with Felder and C. W. Tobie, the Burns investigator who was working here on the Phagan ease under the direction of Felder. He reported that Colonel Felder expressed extreme hos tility to Chief Beavers and Lanford, cursed them and intimated that he would like to get possession of an affidavit the police were said to have secured from Mary Phagan’s parents denying that they had asked Colonel Felder to enter the case and setting forth that they had refused proffers made by Felder. He also reported that he had informed Felder he knew G. C. February, Lanford s secretary, quite well and hat he was sure he could frame up with February to secure a transcript of the police records and the Coleman affidavit. He said Felder said he would give February $1,000 for them. On Monday night, it is stated, Colyar and February went to Colouel Felder’s office and were in a conference there with Felder for something more than half an hour. Colyar reported Tuesday that at this conference an arrange ment was made for another meeting between February and Felder, the latter promising to give £1,000 for the Coleman affi davit and the transcript of the police records of evidence in the ease. According to an affidavit made public Friday afternoon, a meeting as held Wednesday afternoon in the Williams House in North Forsyth Street between Colonel Felder, February and Col- yar. It is stated a dictograph was placed in the room and that the city detective department, now has in its possession alleged dictograph conversation in which Colonel Felder was quoted as offering February money to secure the Coleman affidavit. It is charged by Colyar that Felder offered $1,000 for the affi davit and other police records of the Phagan case. Colyar Submits Report To Chief Lanford Monday morning Colyar made a written report to Chief Larv ford, the substance of which was as follows: “1 met T. B. Felder at 8:15 o’clock Sunday night at the Marion Hotel and went with him to his law offices in the Equitable building, and held consultation with him until 9:15 ji. rn. In the meantime, (J. W.-Tobie, manager of the crim inal department of the Burns Agency, dropped in in response to a telephone eall. I was introduced to him and made an ap pointment with him for Monday morning at 10 o’clock in room 300 at the Piedmont Hotel. “I find that Mr. Tobie is a former Pinkerton detective, and that he was discharged from that agency, as they allege, for corrupt practices. He is now [losing as the confidential man of W. J. Burns. “In my conversation with Air. Tobie this morning, he said he would have the murderer of Mary Phagan within ten days, and that he had been on the scene long enough to know that the reason he* had not been discovered before was on account of jealousy, politics and money. “In my conversation with T. B. Felder, he stated that he had some thirty or forty clients, among whom were C.C.Jones, the Henderson Hotel and other liquor clients who were will ing to raise a fund of $25,000 to impeach James L. Beavers and Newport A. Lanford, as both of them we r e corrupt, and that Beavers was at. the present time living in open adultery with a prostitute, and was drunk half the time, and that Lanford missed his calling when lie quit the farm, and threatened to go before the Board of Aldermen and file articles of impeachment against both them, and that he would have the hacking of J. G. Woodward, Mayor of Atlanta; that Carlos Mason and two others of the police board had al r eady gone hack on Beavers because he was a fanatic. “He said that he was employed to prosecute the Phagan murderer by J. A. McCall aud other citizens of Atlanta, and that his employment had been ratified by Mr. and Airs. J. W. Coleman, and that he intended to have them arrested for per jury and could prove the same.” (This reference to perju r y is based on the affidavit made by Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Coleman that Felder’s employment in the case was without their consent. “In my conversation with him on Monday morning in the club rooms on the eighth floor of the Walton Building, he told me that he was very anxious for me to meet C. C. Jones, and that he could get me big money if 1 would help him secure the evidence that would throw Beavers and his flunky, Lanford, out of a job, and that he already had the assistance and co operation of Henry Jennings, forme 1- .Chief of Police. “Said Affidavit Would Raise a Mob” “Further in his conversation this morning he said that the police department was at loggerheads, and that Pat Camp bell was giving Chief Beavers aud Lanford the double-cross, and that before the week was out Beavers and Lanford would find that the good people of this city were indignant at their course in the Phagan ease, and that'the moment they pub lished the affidavit signed by J. W. Coleman and wife reflect ing on his moral character they would go to jail, and that he could speak one word at this time and raise a mob that would hang Beavers and Lanford to a telegraph pole. “lie further said that if I would go to work for him and Continued on Page 4, Column t. )