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T. B. FELDER ACCUSED OF OFFERING $ 1,000
EXTRA
The Atlanta Georgian
Read for Profit---GEORGIAN W AfriT ADS---Use for Results
VOL. XI. NO. 250.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1913.
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE
NIGHT
EDITION
GULLSSCDHEB AS EB A L LINDICTMENT
OFBOTH LEE
Musser Faces Hogg in Second
Game of Great Series at
Ponce DeLeon.
Score by innings:
GULLS 001 0
CRACKERS 000 0
PONCE PE LEON BALL PARK, May
23.—The Crackers and Gulls wended
their way out to Poncy to meet in the
second game of their series here this
afternoon.
The Gulls registered one tally in the
third inning.
Bill Smith sent Musser and Graham in
to do the battery work for Atlanta,
while Mike Finn selected Hogg and
Schmidt to perform for Mobile.
THE GAME.
FIRST INNING.
Stock went out, Alperman to Agler.
Rtarr grounded out, Musser to Agler.
O’Dell died to Bailey. NO RUNS.
Dong 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.
‘Hark was atUeasy mit. MusserTb 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, hut was too late. Bis-
land died 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 died 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-
ridced. Musser to Agler Robertson died
to Bailey. Paulet walked and went out
trying to steal, Graham to Alperman.
NO RUNS.
RACING
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
AT NASHVILLE—
MONTGOMERY 0
NASHVILLE 0
AT CHATTANOOGA—
NEW ORLEANS
CHATTANOOGA
FIRST GAME.
0 000000000-082
.0000000001-1 5 4
Swindell and Robertson; Summers a nd Street. Umpires. Wright and Kerin.
FIRST GAME.
AT BIRMINGHAM—
MEMPHIS 01001 00-2 51
BIRMINGHAM 01 00000- 1 5 2
Newton and Snell; Foxen and Maye r. Umpires, Breitenstein and Rudder-
ham.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
AT PHILADELPHIA—
CINCINNATI
PHILADELPHIA ..
...010000000-1 72
.. 00001021 X-4 70
Brown and Clark; Brennan and Kil[ifor. Umpires, O’Day and Emslle.
Chicago Boston not scheduled.
All other games off; rain.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia-Washington, no game; rain.
Only one game scheduled.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
AT TORONTO—
PROVIDENCE—
03020001 0-5 11 2
TORONTO—
02010511 X-10 12 0
Lafitte, Whatley and Kocher; Hearne
and Graham. Umpires. Hayes and Nal
lln.
AT MONTREAL—
BALTIMORE—
00003........
MONTREAL—
00013. . . . .
Danforth and Egan; Mattern and
Burns. Umpires. Mullen and Cross.
No games scheduled.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE
AT JACKSONVILLE—
SAVANNAH—
0 0 0
JACKSONVILLE-
0 0 0
RESULTS.
AT ELECTRIC PARK.
FIRST—Five furlohgs: Col C. (Pick
ens). 6.30. 2.60, 2.60, won; Old Cross 109
(Doyle). 2.60, 2.40, second; Transcina 101
(Deunler), 3.00. third. Time 1:04. Sweet
Spices. Breakfast, Santaneea, Galoa,
Molmar also ran.
SECOND—3-year-olds and up. selling,
mile and one-sixteenth: Ella Crane 100
(Deunler), 4.00. 2.50. 2.30, won; Camel
110 (Skirvln), 4.00, 2.30. second; Hans
Creek 102 (Chappell). 2.50. third. Time
1:67 1-5. Cynosure, Mohawk, Queen also
ran . < (*'3 11
THIRD—Maidens. 3-year-olds and up.
about 5 furlongs: Satir 102 (Alex).
20.30, 6.80, 4.20, won; Hermis Jr. 112
(Pickens). 3.60. 3.00. second; •Uet'ugita
102 (Doyle), 4.90. third. Time 1:03. High
Up, Racine. Black Silk. Mefry Chase.
Old Hank also ran.
FOURTH—6% furlongs: Bertis 104
(Deunler). 4.70, 2.90, 2.70, won: Pretend
110 (Alex), 3.60. 3.10. second. Max inn 106
(Johnston), 3.50. third. Time 1:82 1-4
Kinder Lou, Mollie Kearney, Judge
Lendls. Hildas Fister, Iberville also ran.
AT LOUISVILLE.
FIRST—81k furlongs: Wilhite 112
(Borel), 10.60, 5.40, 3.50, won; Sir Marion
111 (Musgrave), 4.10, 19.50. second;
Therein Gill 98 (Kederis), 3.30. third.
Time 1:16 1-5. Little Baker, Anna Reed.
World's Wonder. Tattle Nell, Prospect,
Cedar Brook, Servicence, Pampinea, Dr.
| Jackson also ran.
SECOND — Five furlongs. Purse:
^Bringhurst 110 (Steele), 7.70. 5.30. 4.10,
von; Holton 113 (Taplin), 13.20, 7.00,
kerond; Bushy Head 110 (Ganz), 5.90,
third. Time 1:02 4-5. Father Riley.
[Mary Pickford. Honey Mine. Battling
|Nelson, Pan American, Bandit. Banjo
Jim also ran.
THIRD—Mile: Sam eBrnard 151 (Mr.
ee). 10.10, 5.4Q, 2,80, won; Dr. Waldo
[Briggs 151 (Mr Howet. 4.80. 2 80, sec
ond; Beautiful 145 < \U Leon), 1 3(*
|hird. Time 1D8 2-5. Kenneth L>., Au-
omatlc aleo ran.
$100,000 Blaze at
Tallapoosa Sweeps
Business District
TALLAPOOSA, GA.. May 23.—
Fire, starting in a pressing club here
to-day, caused a loss estimated at
8100,000, when the grVater part of the
business section of the town was
wiped out. The blaze raged for two
and one-half hours before it was un
der the control of the volunteer fire
department.
The burned buildings were owned
by \V. L. Tumlin, George Pound, H.
H Pound. W. B. Brock and S. S.
Rurnbo, the latter losing a residence.
. The stores were occupied by S. L.
McMahan, general merchandise; A. A.
Horseley, meat market and restau
rant; Miss Maude Tumlin, millinery;
R. G. Kilgore, general merchandisl;
Mrs. M. C. Matthews, bakery; Thom
as Duke, barber shop, and the pressing
club. J. A. Huddleston’s general mer
chandise store was badly damaged.
AT MINNEAPOLIS—
INDIANAPOLIS—
0 0 0 0 0 0. . . - . . .
MINNEAPOLIS—
210051.. .....
Schardt and Cotter; Olmstead and
Smith. Umpires, Westervelt and Irwin.
i AT ST. PAUL—
! TOLEDO—
0 240000. .-. . .
ST. PAUL—
0001000......
George and Livingstone; Laroy and
Miller. Umpires. Johnstone and Con
nolly.
AT KANSAS CITY—
LOUISVILLE—
2000 -...
KANSAS CITY—
4100 -...
AT MILWAUKEE—
COLUMBUS—
310010.. .....
MILWAUKEE—
010005. .
McQuIllen and Smith; Sllpnlcka and
Hughes. Umpires. Murray and Handiboe.
E. B. WILLIAMS SPEAKS AT
NEWNAN COMMENCEMENT
E. T. Williams, an Atlanta attorney,
will deliver the principal address at
the ceremonies to attend the gradua
tion exercises of public school pupils
in New nan, Ga.. and surrounding
communities June 5. Mote than 500
children will gather fer the occa
sion.
Two Killed on U. S.
Torpedo Destroyer
SAN DIEGO, CAL., May 23.—A
high-pressure cylinder blew out on
the United States torpedo boat de
stroyer Stewart to-day, killing R. C.
Smith, oiler, and H. F. Rock, chief
machinist’s mate. Alma Miller, an
oiler, was fatally hurt.
The torpedo boat Was going at full
speed at the time.
Gibson Again Tried
As Countess' Slayer
NEWBURGH. N. Y. May 23.—The
second trial of Burton W. Gibson, the
New York lawyer charged with the
murder of Countess Rosa Menschik
Szabo. in order to (leisure her estate,
was begun here to-day. Gibson was
In the court room when death sen-
ter*re was Imposed upon a slayer,
but showed no emotion.
"I am a lawyer and believe the law
should be upheld." he said. "I believe
in capital punishment.’’
Mrs. Gibson, dressed in black and
wearing a big black picture hat, sat
opposite her husband and frequently
whispered words of cheer across to
him.
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Great Mass of Evidence Carefully
Prepared by Solicitor Sub
mitted to Grand Jury.
DICTOGRAPH RECORD
USED AGAINST FELDER
The Phagan case is now in the pro
cess of investigation by the Fulton
County Grand Jury.
Two bills for indictment of Leo M.
Frank and Newt Lee, for the murder
of Mary Phagan. were presented be
fore that tribunal at its session Friday
morning by Solicitor Dorsey.
A host of witnesses gave their tes
timony. The torn and blood-stained
clothing of the slain girl also was
turned over to the Grand Jury for
inspection.
The Grand Jury studied carefully
an elaborate diagram drawn by Bert
Green, one of The Georgian’s staT
artists, and setting forth In black and
white the prosecutor's theory of how
the murder was probably committed.
Intense interest was displayed in the.j
drawing.
After being in session for nearly .
three hours, the Grand Jury adjourned
until tO-mprrow morning at 10 o’clock, j
when thd* Phagan case will be taken j
lip once more.
Woman Gives New Testimony.
Whether the sensational testimony
of Mrs. Mima Famby, 400 Piedmont ;
Avenue—or Nina Fomby, as the worn- J
an says her name is—Will be intro- j
duced at the Grand Jury probe, is a
matter of doubt. Mrs. Fomby’s af
fidavit declaring that on the evening
of the murder Frank called the affiant
on the telephone and in an excited
voice asked her to arrange a room
for himself and a girl whose name |
he would not disclose, is in the hands
of the Solicitor General.
Important as is the bearing which
the alleged telephone conversation ap
pears to have on the mystery of Mary J
Phagan’s death, doubts are already
being expressed as to the part it will
be permited to play in the present
hearing or any to come, owing to the
chary wording of the law on such evi
dence.
It is suposed, however, that if Mrs.
Fomby’s affidavit is admitted, an im
mediate attempt to attack her credi
bility will be made by the defense.
Her own story puts the credibility of
her testimony in doubt. *
Frank Refuted to Talk.
Frank, when interviewed in his cell
at the Tower Friday morning re
garding the telephone, conversation
and his dealings with Mrs. Fomby in
general, refused to discuss the ques
tion.
‘‘I am feeling fine,” he said, but
would not discuss the crime at all.
Among the witnesses who went be
fore the Grand Jury were;
Dr. J. W. Hurt, Coroner's physi
cian. who examined the dead girl’s
body the morning after it was found.
T. W. Epps, the newsboy who wait
ed at the corner on the afternoon of
the tragedy for Mary* Phagan while
she went to the factory to get her pay
envelope.
Detective a Witness.
Harry Scott, assistant superintend
ent of the local branch of the Pinker
ton detective agency, who has been In
vestigating the mysterious case.
J. N. Staines, a city detective.
M. D. Darley, Frank s assistant at
the pencil factory.
L. S. Dobbs, sergeant of police, who
answered Lee’s call to the pencil fac
tory the morning the body was found.
“Boots” Rogers, former county po
liceman. who drove the police to the
factory in his automobile in answer to
Lee's call.
Pat Campbell, city detective.
Bass Rosser, city detective.
Utmost secrecy clothed the Grand
Jury’s investigation. The cracks about
the doors and windows of their room
on the second floor of the Thrower
Building were lined with paper in or-
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The Georgian on Wednesday published an exclusive story
that Colonel Thomas B. Felder was involved in the Phagan mur
der case in a manner that would at least require a very explicit
explanation.
Developments Friday would seem to indicate that the police
officials intend to bring the whole matter before the Grand Jury
for a thorough investigation of Felder's attitude for attempted
bribery.
He is accused by A. S. Colyar, Jr., of offering G. C. February,
Chief Clerk to Newport Hanford, $1,000 for an affidavit made by
J. W. Coleman ami wife denying that they had engaged Felder in
the Phagan ease.
Chief of Detectives Lanford, in commenting on the charges
made against Colonel Felder, said:
“Premature publication of this matter has so upset my plans
that at this time I can not sayv what action 1 will take. Justice
has been thwarted. I will have to think the situation over. I
shall not arrest Colonel Felder at present."
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 wonting
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, lie claimed, and enjoyed Colonel Fel
der's confidence. He informed Chief Lanford that Mr. Felder
had failed to pay him money dtte 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 case 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 ease and setting forth
that they had refused proffers made by Felder.
He also reported that he had informed Felder he knew G. C.
February, Hanford's secretary, quite well and hat he was sure he
could frame up with February to secure a transcript of the polled
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
Colonel 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 February $1,000 for the Coleman affi
davit and Ihe transcript of the police records of evidence in the
case.
According to an affidavit made public Friday afternoon, a
meeting as held Wednesday afternoon in tile Williams House in
North Forsyth Street between Colonel Felder, February and Col-
var. 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 Han
ford, the substance of which was as follows:
“I 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
p. m. In the meantime, C. W. Tobie, manager of the crim
inal department of the Bums Agency, dropped in in response
to a telephone call. I was introduced to him and made an ap
pointment with him for Monday morning at 10 o’clock in room
500 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,
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for corrupt practices. He is now posing as the confidential
mtui of W, J. Burns.
“lu my conversation with Mr. Tobie this morning, he said
he would have the rnurdere r 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 hikI 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 Janies L. Beavers and
Newport A. Lanford, as both of them we r e corrupt, and that,
Beavers was a? the present time living in open adultery with
a prostitute, and was drunk half the time, and that Lanford
missed his calling when he 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 aD'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 and other citizens of Atlanta, and
that his employment had been ratified by Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Coleman, and that he intended to have them arrested for per
jury and could prove the same.”
(This reference to perju'y is based on the affidavit made
by Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Coleman that Felder is 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 1o meet C. C. Jones, and
that he could get me big money if I would help him secure the
evidence that would throw Beavers and his flunky, Lanford,
out of a job, and tha1 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 and 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 case, 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.
“He further said that if I would go to work for him and
C. C. Jones in an effort to overthrow those , he
would not only guarantee me good money, but would pay me a
large sum in advance, and I said to him: ‘Suppose I get ar
rested,’ and he said: ‘To with a r rest. Jim Woodward
will turn you loose so quick it will make your head swim; and
no matter who you are or what crime you commit, such as
getting HTtld of private papers and documents they might
have in their possession to overthrow them, you will never be
indicted, for Hugh M. Dorsey, Solicitor General, and 1 under
stand each other thoroughly.
“This was the sum and substance of the conversations I
have had up to the present time with T. B. Felder and C. W.
Tobie. I am to have another meeting with both of them to
day, and Felder is to arrange a meeting between C. C. Jones
and myself in regard to paying me $500 corruption fund, in
his desperate effort to overthrow the police department.
“1 left the Piedmont, Hotel at 10:55 a. m. and'Tobie went
from thence to Felder's office, as he informed me. to meet a
committee of citizens, among whom were Mr. Hirsch, Mr.
Myers, Mr. Greenstein and several other prominent Jews in
this city.’’
“P. S.—T. B. Felder told me last night that Solicitor
Dorsey had no confidence whatever in Lanford, and believed
absolutely that he was trying to give him the double-cross in
the Phagan case, and that Lanfo r d had been trying to get the
solicitor to get hitn a dictagraph for several days, and that
Dorsey had been putting him off, and that he would play —
getting a diotograpli, and he went from this conference to
Dorsey’s house, where hi* remained until 11:2.) Sunday night,
and reached home about midnight, as I was talkiug to him
over the phone at five minutes past 12."
Following this written statement, according to Chief L&aiort^
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