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DICTOGRAPH RECORD
USED AGAINST FELDER
Continued From Page One
C. C. Jones in an effort to overthrow tlms' • he
would not only guarantee me good money, hut would pay me a
arge sum in advance, and I said to him: 'Suppose I get hi
rested,’ and he said: ‘To — with a r re»t Jim Woodward
will turn you loose so quick it will make your head swim; anil
no matter who you are or what crime you commit, such as
getting hold of private papers and documents they ought
have in their possession to overthrow them, you will never he
ndieted, for Hugh M. Dorsey, Solicitor Deneral, and I undn-
stand each other thoroughly.
“This was the sum and substance of the conversations I
have had up to the present time with I IV Felder and ( . \N .
Tohie. I am to have another meeting with both ol them to
day, and Felder is to arrange a meeting between • . ( Jones
and myself in regard to paying m* .>.>111) corruption lund, in
his desperate effort to overthrow the police depart
“I left the Piedmont Hotel at 10:55 a. m. and Tohie went
front thence to Felder’s office, as he informed me, to meet a
committee of citizens, among whom were Mr. Ilirseh, Mr.
Myers, Mr. Urecnstein and several other prominent Jews in
this city."
“P. S. T. IV Felder told me last night that Solicitor
Uorsev had no confidence whatever in Hanford, and believed
absolutely that he was trying to give him the double-cross in
the Phagan case, and that Han fed had been trying to get the
solicitor to get him a dictagraph for several days, and that
Dorsey had been putting him off, and that he would play
getting a dictograph, and he went from this conference to
Dorsey's house, where he remained until 11:2.) Sunday night,
and reached home about midnight, as I was talking to him
over the phone at five minutes past 12.
Following this written statement, according to ( hief Hanford,
Colyar arranged a meeting in F’elde' s office between Felder and ,
G. C. February, clerk and stenographer to Hanford. Hanford says
he had two other men to shadow Colvar and February; that the
meeting took place in F'elder s office shortly after b o clock Mon
day night and lasted for somewhat more than half *an hou*.
Hanford says Colyar and F’ebruary reported to him that F'el
der said he would pay well for the affidavit made by the Cole
mans denying that tliev authorized F'elder to enter the Phagan
case and for transcripts of the police records of the case.
Hanford says that Colyar and February reported to him that
F'elder asked F'ebruarj if he had access to Hanford s safe and his
records; that F’ebruary replied that none but he and Hanford knew
the combination to the safe, and that all the records of evidence
in the Phagan ease were kept in that safe.
Hanford says that F’ebruary and Colyar reported that F’elder
th >n said he would give F’ebruary $1,000 for a copy of the Phagan
evidence and for the affidavit which the Colemans had made.
Colemans Swear 7 hat They
Refused to Hire Felder
Here follows the affidavit made by Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cole
man that they refused to employ Mr. F’elder as a lawyer in the
case:
State of Georgia, Fulton County.
The affiant, J. W. Cloeman and wife, citizens of Atlanta,
Ga., who reside at 14(i Lindsay Street.
The affiant is the step-father of Mary Phagan, deceased,
the child who was foully murdered by a hellish brute on. April
26, 1912.
The affiant is in the employ of the City of Atlanta in the
Sanitary Department.
The affiant, while at the police station during the Coro
ner's inquest, the exact day he does not remember, was ap
proached by a man somewhat under the influence of liqunr,
and said to the affiant :
"1 am working for the law firm of T. IV F'elder, and I
would like to have you go to his office, as he wants to see you,
and 1 advise you to employ him.”
Affiant said: “No, I won't go to his office. ’
The piker then said: 'Will you talk to Colonel F’elder
if I bring him here?" Whereupon the affiant agreed to see
He went off and cattle back in a few minutes with F
■r Colonel Felder then said: "I want you to employ me
to prosecute this case; it will not cost you a cent, as certain
people have promised to pay me my fee, but I have got to
have your consent to the employment before I can get into the
Coronern jury/’ »
The affiant told him lie did not want to employ him. and
did not want to have anything to do with him. a> the affiant
did not employ him, nor did the affiant s wife employ him.
and the only information the affiant ever had that he was cm
ployed was what lie read in the newspapers.
Affiant has many good neighbors and he appreciates their
sympathy for him and his broken-hearted wife, but he can not
see how they would come to employ Colonel F'elder without
his knowledge and consent.
A man met the affiant on the street and offered him one
dollar to go upon the fee of this astute counsel, but lit' declined
to accept it. and told the party be had not employed F'elder.
Affiant is thoroughly satisfied with the great work done
by Chief of Police Heavers and Chief of Detectives Hanford
and the able men working under them, as he believes, ns thou
sands of others do in Atlanta, that they have the leal mur
derer in jail, and the affiant can not reconcile himself to the
conduct of Colonel F'elder, who is posing as a prosecuting at
torney and wanting $5,000 from tli^t people ot the city, as set
out in the afternoon papers, to bring a noted detective here,
and according to the press of the city, large amounts have
been subscribed by people the affiant does not believe are
anxious to prosecute the man under arrest.
The affiant means no reflection on the press of the city and
the citizens of Atlanta who are in favor of justice and fair
play. Affiant will ever appreciate the sympathy that has been
shown him and his family by these good people, and he asks
them if they have any money to spend to punish the murderer
of his sweet, innocent chilli to stand behind the Atlanta po
lice department and let no one mislead them.
J. W. COLEMAN.
.MRS. J. W. COLEMAN.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 17th day ol May, 1913
HAROLD HILTON, Notary Public, F’ulton Co.
HERE IS AFFIDAVIT
CHARGING BRIBERY
session of } br Joe Broun or Jack Slaton. I " ill
l ave any man turned loose that will
get me the evidence that will im
peach those If they arrest
you, tall on me and see if 1 don’t
come with the bond at any hour. I
»an call a mass meeting to-morrow
afternoon through the papers and
State of tieorgm. coumy to rui- ten thousand of the best citizens
ton Personally appeared before me. J In this town meet at Five Points to-
( l Vr ; m now nlijht and go to the station
holts'* and hans - Beavers and Fanford
is an affidavit in
v >e, sworn to t>\ Fan ford s sec-
<; k' Febuary and \ S. Fol-
alling the conversation aliened
. taken place Monda\ night in
Felder's office:
c of (ieorgla. Fountt* of Ful-
a notary* public in and for the
Stale and Founty A S. Folyar and («
f. Febuary. who, being duly sworn,
deposes and says
•\\V nut Mr Felder in his office
Mono i\ night at S o\ lot k p. m.. and
M: Folder said: I know who killed
Mai Phagan. I have had a
Burns man here for three
weeks, I know when she was killed
and how she was killed. She was
murdered 30 minutes after she reach
to telephone poles, the two corrupt
grafters ami thieves.’
Now. I want to say to you further
(talking to Febuary). You go and get
me the evidence in the Phagan case
and that Foleman afdavlt. and bring
it to me. and I will give you one thou
sand dollars in cash for it. And if
you lose your Job l will plave you in
a government position in Washing
ton or a job in New York: and if 1
Ufa down on that 1 will give you «
Job here in my ofee.’ It was sug
gested to Colonel Felder that we
voul 1 have to stea 1 the papers, ter no
one knew the combination to the safe
except Fhief Lanford and Mr, Feb
uary. and In reply to this, Colonel
Felder said. ‘Go ahead and get them
and I will pay you one thousand dol
lars.’ And we then stated to Colonel
Felder that this would he larceny aft
er trust, and Colonel Felder said,
’Larceny H It is not larceny to
steal a perjured affidavit and forged
statements and ot her, crook* <1 papers
that a d—— thief like Lanford has
gathered against an innocent man:
and you get them and I will stand
behind you and |a\ tly money. I,
have such men as James G. Wood
ward. F. F Jones, Robert F. Maddox,
Sam Inman, J. W. English, and the
best men in this town behind me, and
who are determined to put that gang
to the bad. and they will
stand behind you gentlemen with
their money and their lives.’ ”
“Colonel Felder further stated that
Lanford and Beavers were feasting
and fattening off of the rich graft
they were getting out of certain dis
orderly houses they were shielding,
after they had had people to believe'
that they had closed them up. and
cert )in blind tigers and gamblers that
wen favored by these grafters; and
upon being asked how much they got,
Colonel Folder replied that the
amount was colossal.”
The above is the sum and sub-
stance of a conversation between Col.
T. B. Felder. A. S. Colyar and G. C.
Febuary. lu-ld in the office of Colons,'
Felder, in the Equitable building, on
Monday night. May It), 1013. at about
8:15 p. m.
A S. COLYAR.
G. F, FEBUARY.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 21 st day of May, 1913.
W W. BROWN.
Notary Public Fulton County, Geor
gia.”
Coming ol
The Sunbeam
Felder Denies Phagan Bribe;
Calls Colyar'Crookand Liar 9
Colonel Felder late this afternoon
issued this statement:
‘•The first development in this ease
was a visit from Colyar, at which he
told me that the police were framing
up on me, Dorsey and The Constitu
tion. He said the police had affi
davits to show that we were working
in the interest of Feo Frank, and that
large sums of money had been paid us
and that I had bton paid by an uncle
of th** accused man in New York.
"Colyar also told me that he had
proof of the corruption of Lanford
and Beavers and that they were cov
ering up evidence in the Phagan case.
I replied to Coylar that 1 would not
believe him; that I was not interested
in the moral character of Beavers or
Fanfold, but that if he could produce
evidence to me that the guilty persons
in the Phagan murder were being
shielded «>r that evidence was being
suppressed I could verify this evi
dence; I might be interested in that.
"Colyar insisted that he did not
want any money. Colyar brought
Febuary to my office in the Equitable
building. Febuary denounced the po
lice department. He said he had evi
dence against Beavers and Fanford
and it was so rotten he wanted to
get out. He asked me about a job. I
told him that if he was able to pro
duce such evidence as he claimed It
would not be difficult to get him as
good a job as he had.
"Colyar then suggested that 1 meet
them at his room in the Williams
House. 1 told him I couldn’t come
next day hut would come the day fol
lowing. which was Tuesday. I think.
I went there, but didn’t stay more
than five minutes. I didn’t care about
any dictograph. I was willing to say
what I had to say at Five Points. I
repeated to them that I was only in
terested in the Phagan case. They
said they thought I was working for
the Mayor and others. I told them
that if they had evidence of corrup
tion In the police department I
thought Mayor Woodward would be
glad to get it but that 1 cared nothing
about It. They mentioned the fact
that they were liable to bo put in the
penitentiary for getting this data. I
told them that if they had real proof
of graft 1 didn’t think there would be
Any trouble about the ~
ed that building, on the second floor,
and then the body was lowered to the
basement. And 1 know who wrote
those notes that were found by her
body.
’• This d—d fellow Fanford has
had that poor negro Ed Connally lock
ed up for three weeks without a war
rant. and he knows it. and he can he
impeached from office for it; he
knows there is no evidence against
Newt Fee, and yet he holds him. 1 j
. would expose Fanford and Beavers |
i right now, but 1 don’t want to detract j
attention from tlie Pragan case or ——
mix their rase up with the Phagan How to Avoid Those Pains and Dis-
, aS f*. tress Which so Many Mothers Have
‘Beavers is a . but I Suffered.
came pretty near catching him one
day alst week, but when we do catch
him, we are going to put the d—d re- j
form in a two-horse wagon, nak
ed. and drive him through the streets
of Atlanta with a sign on him. “Here
is Atlanta’s Reform Police (’hief. "
Fanford is a d—d drunkard and keeps
a quart of whisky in his desk all of
the time, and the people of this town
are indignant at the conduct of those
flunkeyqs down there. 1 am receiving
at least twenty letters every day, and
as many telephone calls, telling me
that the people are behind me in thU>
fight to impeach those • Right
here on my desk is a letter (getting
letter from his desk and reading
| aloud) from one of the most promi-
i nent women in the city of Atlanta,
commending my course.’ ”
The affidavit then continues: "The
Folonel then said. ’I want the evi
dence to impeach both Beavers and
I Fanford.’ The remark was made that
we might get in jail, and Colonel Fel
der said: There are only two ways
of getting to the jail; one is through
the Mayor and the other is through
the Governor; and if you get arrested
by the policemen. Jim Woodward,
with whom 1 had a long interview
this afternoon, will make those
down there jump a rope
to turn you loose, and I don’t care a |
d—d who the Governor is, whether it
prosecuting them no matter how* they
got it.
“They asked if 1 knew who would
pay a thousand dol’ara for it. 1 told
them I thought I did—a Mr. Myles.
They asked me if I would introduce
them and I told them 1 would not. He
then wanted me to go to East Fake
to receive these documents. I refuted
to go. I told them I didn’t care to go.
"1 saw Myles afterwards and Myles
told me he thought he would go out
there, but i told him Folyar was a
liar and a crook and 1 would drop
the matter.
“I will give a full and detailed
statement of the whole case later. This
whole plot was inspired by jealousy
following my employment of the
Burns Agency. Witnesses have been
kept from talking to the Burns men
here and barriers have been praced
in their way as much as possible. In
my written statement I will turn the
Solicitor not limelight on them, although I don’t
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from Coleman after the arrival of the
Burns detective. I was not employed
by Mr. Foleman. The direct cause of
my employment was the visit of a
committee of ladies, but with the con
sent of Mr. Foleman. 1 refused to
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of the parents of the child."
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