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DICTOGRAPH RECORD
ALLEGED BRIBE OFFER
Hf»rp follows, in part, the alleged
dictograph record of the conversa
tion that took place in a room in the
Williams House Wednesday after
noon between Colonel Thomas B. Fel
der, G. C. Febuary and A. S. Colyar:
Febuary: Let me understand you.
You want this Coleman afdavit and
all other Phagan afdavits that I can
get hold of.
Felder: Yes. Colyar told me that
he was to have the evidence that
would get those two chiefs out of
commission, the Phagan papers and
the Coleman afdavit. Now what have
you got?
Febuary: 1 haven’t got these pa-
4 pers. The chief has these paprs in
a large envelope. 1 do not know
whether he keeps any graft sheets or
not. I never saw one.
Colyar: You will have to examine
the papers aft^r Mr. Febuary brings
them up. ...... > Tell me this.
Wasn’t you employed hv Coleman to
work on this case?
Felder: Coleman said this to me:
(failed to catch pari of conversation)
Then T said “Mr. Coleman I was in
vited by Mr. McCall.” I believe that
was his name (scraping of feet on
floor interfered with dictograph). 1
said, Mr. Coleman, 1 would like to go
1n on the prosecution of this case.
He said. I haven’t got any money
to employ a lawyer. I said, you mis
understand me, it isn’t necessary for
you to pay me any money, that has
all been arranged. McCall said, now
you meet us down there at 4:30,
wasn’t it Febuary. that the inquest
was to be held that afternoon, and 1
went down and was introduced to
Mr. Coleman, but I have forgotten
who introduced me to Coleman. Now
he said Mr. Felder we would like to
have you look after the case, but 1
haven’t money to employ anybody
with. Now I said Mr. Coleman, you
misapprehend the gentleman, now he
is asking you for no money, he is
simply asking you for your consent
to represent you. Before we could
close the deal the coroner’s .iurv broke
up and we all separated. Now there
wasn’t anything said about the reg
ularity of my employment, but it was
taken for granted.
Colyar: I wknt to put you in posi
tion where you can act, without
bringing me into it.
Felder: I don’t have to say you
gave me the papers.
Colyar: If you do, they willgive
me hell and you know it. I will be
an accessory before the fact for him
getting those papers and giving them
to you.
} Felder: You violate no law.
Colyar: He has.
Felder: No he hasn’t. To abstract
a lot of framed up documents is no
larceny.
Colyar: Well, tell him what you
want to, Febuary. Felder, can you
bring Miles up here to see me. Can
you bring hi mup at 4 o’clock?
Felder: Yes. All right.
Febuary: It is 3:20 now.
i Felder: Tell what you are going
to do about the papers.
Febuary: Well. I put them back.
I was afraid to deliver these papers
to you in Atlanta.
Felder: What is that?
A. S. Colyar. I have been stop
ping here off and on for ve years.
Thomas R. Felder: When T moved
here twenty-three years ago, this was
the nest hotel in Atlanta.
A. S. Colyar: Well, tell me, I
thought you told me the other day
that you became solicitor general six
months after you were twenty-one.
And I was reading the statutes and
It stated the solicitor general had to
be twenty-ve years old.
Thomas B. Felder: No. The stat
ute has been changed since I was
made solicitor.
A. S. Colyar: The statute stated
that he must be twenty-ve years of
age and must be an attorney at the
bar of Georgia for three years in
good standing, and must take an oath
that he will prosecute all without
fear or favor.
Thomas B. Felder: Yes.
A. S. Colyar: How old are you,
Colonel?
Thomas B. Felder I will be forty-
In October. How old are you?
A. S. Colyar: I will be forty-seven
next February.
G. C. Febuary: Mr. Colyar looks
a good deal older than you.
Thomas B. Felder: Well! T have
an appointment with another gentle
man at 3:30.
A S. Colyar: Well. There s the
man you want to talk to.
G. C. Febuary: Now. you know
this is prettv ticklish business—
, A. S. Colvar: I told him last night
Ahat they could put him in the peni-I
> tentiary as long as Hugh Dorsey is |
solicitor general.
G C. Febuary: Well, you see. I am
the chief’s stenographer and I write
all these afdavits.
Thomas B. Felder: Can this young
man be trusted all right?
A. S. Colyar: Absolutely. T would
.trust him anywhere on earth. Mho
Ms this fellow Miles?
Thomas R. Felder: Well, you see,
Miles Is in the bureau of investiga
tion. and he has three or four experts
in the way of investigators and things
like that.
Now, what I say to you is strictly
condential. Day before yesterday 1
saw Woodward.
A. S. Colyar: You saw Woodward
Monday ?
Thomas R. Felder: Yes. Wood
ward says now It is all right for you
to get the papers, and we will pay
you for them.
Promised Mayor to Get Evid®nce
Against Beavers and Lanford.
Thomas B. Felder: I will tel) you
''hat I have been doing for the iast
month. I have been investigating
certain things for this: company Mr.
Miles works for. and I called on the
mayor Monday afternoon, with C. C
Jones and I told the mayor I could
get the evidence on these grafting
Reavers and l^anford,
and the mayor told me to see Mr.
Miles. That he had been working on
it for a month. To show you how
conscientious Mr. Miles Is, although
he has been in my ofee nearly every
day, he has never mentioned it to me.
The mayor also wanted me to prose
cute them in the courts, as attorney,
and I told him “No. I had my hands
full, hut T would help get up the evi
dence." Miles came over yesterday
afternoon and I had a conference with
him about an hour or two and with
out calling any names, I told him
that I could get the evidence. But 1
said this young man doesn't want to
lose his position. Well, he says, tell
him for me that I will give him a
position to-day just as good as the
one he has. Mayor Woodward said
to get him the evidence and he would
be glad to prosecute this hunch.
A. S. Colyar: Well. I tell you he
wouldn’t. 1 tell you that this thing
will just put us in the penitentiary.
Thomas B. Felder: Well. I assure
you that 1 have never mentioned the
names of either one of you.
A. S. Colyar: Well, say: Dorsey
told Chief Lanford, so I have been
informed, that you told Dorsey Sun
day night that I was the -framer
and double-crosser and blackmailer
in the state, and you know if vou
know the law at all. that a black
mailer has to threaten a man with a
crime, and you know I have not
charged you with any crime.
Colyar: Will a thousand dollars be
paid if we can get the papers?
Felder: Yes.
Colyar: I don't want any of that
money.
Felder: Well, I have got an ap
pointment with Miles. If the papers
will do what you think they will do.
I will give you a thousand dollars for
Colyar: W<
Crushed Under Car,
Nerve of Trainman
Alone Stays Death
R C. Potts, a railroad brakeman,
lies at the point of death at the Elkin-
Ooldsmlth Infirmary from injuries re
ceived when run over by a passenger
train. Though one leg was ampu
tated and he was badly brpised, the
injured man has displayed remark
able nerve.
Potts’ nerve may bring him through
an accident that usually means death.
His left leg was almost completely
severed. His right foot is badly
crushed and it may be necessary to
remove it. too. A large hole in his
head and contusions on his face make
his condition extremely serious.
An engine and two coaches passed
over Potts Thursday night at Mag
nolia Street bridge.
Active; Earth Shaken
PEACH CROP HI"*I
SHORT: HIRES
Highest Estimate Puts Total Yield
of State at 1,450 Cars—Five
Thousand Last Year.
The Georgia peach crop this year
will not exceed 1,450 carloads, which
is 50 per cent less than tlie city of
New York nl*ne purchased last year
H, D. Marks, manager of the Geor-
CHICAGO. May 23. Polly, the $300
parrot, for ten years a lively inmate
of the home of the Rev. .1. W. Lib- I
bertson, pastor of the Sacramento I
Boulevard church, flew out of a win
dow and with a shriek. “1 should
worry!” entered the home of Mrs. C.
F. Hall, some distance off.
A large hrindle cut was in the room !
when Polly landed The parrot's yells j
could be heard above the yowls of the
cat. Mrs. Hall ran for the police and i
met Mrs. Libbertson.
“There’s a ghost in my house,” she |
said, “h cries like a child, but it flies
around like a spirit and hollers, *1
should worry!’”
Mrs. Libbertson burst in the door
The large hrindle cat occupied the im
mediate foreground. There was an
expression of deep satisfaction on the
cat’s countenance and a few feathers
and a beak on the carpet.
If you have anything to sell adver
tise in The Sunday American. Lar-
gia Fruit Exchange, estimates the to- j g es t circulation of any Sunday news-
tal Georgia crop at 1,454 cars. The j paper in the South.
| Fruit Growers’ Express figures 3,349
As-Big Fissure Opens I
NAPI.ES. May 23—Vesuvius, dur- “ n: " ,h
ing the night and this morning,
showed renewed signs of activity. One
eruption was accompanied by a slight
earthquake shock.
A new and large central fissure has
opened round the crater, from which
ashes are emitted. The ashes, how
ever. have not yet gone, beyond the
limits of the volcano.
gagements to-morrow that will not
Last year the Georgia crop was
unusually large. 5,000 varloads of
Georgia's favorite fruit being shipped
to market. New York Gity, always
the greatest consumer of the sea- .
son’s rai l' delicacies, purchased ;
j 2,800 carloads. Still, there were more j
■Ilian 3.000 carloads for home con- ■
j sumption and country-wide distribn-
j i ion. This year New York alone w ill ,
I demand more than the entire State,
can supply.
Last year the growers realized, on :
the season’s average, $575 per car-
Superfluous
Hair Truths
ailow me to get away long enough to 1 «
f
Stop Experimenting
If you use a simple toilet prepara
tion and it proves to be worthless,
you only lose money. When you use
a questionable depilatory, however, it
is a very serious matter because you
not only lose money, but you take tho
load, gross, in New York. This sea grave risk of permanent disfigure-
go out there.
Colyar: Oh! Pshaw! You can hop
in your machine and go out there in
a couple of minutes.
Felder: You won’t meet anybody
else except Miles and myself?
Febuary: No. It is like you said
awhile ago, “Too many cooks spoil
the broth.”
Felder: That’s right.
Febuary: Well, if you are in a
hurry now, suppose we think this
thing over and let you know later to
day or to-morrow whether to meet
you here or out yonder.
Felder: I can’t possibly go to East
Lake.
Colyar: You can take your man
and go out there and get the papers in
a few minutes, give us a receipt and
the money.
Felder: I told Woodward that I
would get the papers that would put
these two fellows out of business.
Febuary: That is all you want the
papers for?
Felder: That’s all? Yes.
Colyar: Well, we will meet you at
short crop will send the price ment.
If Yoa Value Your Face
. wiI1 g pt the papers I Rast Lake at 2:30.
e , m- I Felder: Well, I will send Miles out
and turn them over to Mr. Miles. But there and you can talk to him.
son :
soaring. Early shipments may bring
,ls " 1 "A, | 1 '' use De Miracle, the one safe, perfoot-
season s average will be less. e<i hair remover of proven merit. Re-
Railroads have already begun pro- member, the injury caused by the use
paring to handle the *rop. All I*. G. J G f doubtful hair removers will either
!•:. cars received by the Central oi [result in permanent disfigurement or
Georgia are being parked in the Fort cost you many dollars because it will
Valley ami Ma t shall vill< yards. Thb take months or possibly years to gain
road has i <niisitiohi d l,2oii cars from control of hair growths which have
the Fruit Growers' Express.
Mr. Marks expects the first car
load of Greensboro peaches, the ear
liest variety, between Juno 3 and 5.
Carmen peaches will begin to move
between June 15 and 18; Hlhley Bills
June 23; Georgia Bills, June 30, and
Elberta crops will be exceedingly
short. Onlv the Hlhley Bills and . , ,
Bills will hr imthrrcd in great ! dients which giv.lt thr power torch
. hair of its vitality. Therefore, you
must eventually use it to retard and
Heavy ranis. pr« \ enting poll* ni/«i pain control of growths which have
tion. caused tin crop shortage, ac- been caused by the unwise use of
cording to Mr. Marks. Central of j questionable depilatories. Is it not
Georgia officials attribute the falling »afer and wiser to begin using De
off to early frosts. Miracle now. before the growth gels
beyond control?
Leaves No Tell-Tale Smell
If you use De Miracle it wdll be im-
been stimulated by the use of such
preparations.
Bx^Uiraefc
Only Real Hair Remover on Earth
De Miracle contains certain ingre-
my reasons
Colyar: Well, write your name on a
piece of paper, for 1 don’t know
whether I w ill know him or not.
Felder: Why. you just met him a
damned if \ dn it in Fulton County
Felder: Why?
Colyar: I have (tot
for it.
Felder: Well, if you can get the short while ago.
papers for me to examine by 2:3ft to- ; Colyar: Yes. I know, but I don’t
morrow know whether 1 would recognize him
« a J ’ can &o- or not. so you write your name on a
ing fishing or something like that. : piece of paper.
just as he gets the papers, and he can I Felder: Well. 1 will write my name
S 0 -! 0 . Lakewood. on a piece of paper so you wiil know
febuary: I would rather do it out him. As soon as I can get hold .
tnere - - . Miles I will send him up
have some business en- Colyar: Send him up by 4 o’clock.
Says New York Is
Tending to Paganism
NEW YORK, May 23. “The idea of
liberty in this country is a farce,”
says Sir Robert Perks, Bart., who
has been visiting America.
"New York is leaning, and leaning:
hard, towards paganism. Unless your
Felder:
possible for any curious person to
know that you have used a hair re
mover because De Miracle evaporates
Immediately after accomplishing its
work, therefore leaves no odor what
ever. On the other hand, if you use
any depilatory with a distinctive odor,
an. offensive tell-tale smell will cling
to your skin for hours. If your dealer
will not supply you with De Miracle,
send $1.00 direct.
New truths in next advt.
people return to the elementary forms De Miracle Chemical Co., New York
, nf Christianity (here will be an age j
if i of decadence in your country follow
ed by a revolt which will overthrow j . D n
the whole social system. Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBose Co.
85c to $1 Foulards at 55c in the May Silk Sale MAMAMMMMijg
M. RICH & BROS. CO.
$5.85
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More Fruits of the Buyer s New York Trip
A Most Remarkable Sale of Summer Dresses
$5.95 to $8.50 Summer Dresses $3.85
We buy a great many dresses from certain
makers at regular prices. Then at the end of
their season they favor us with their surplus
stocks greatly under price. That is how these
dresses—though worth $5.1)0 to $8.50—come to
us to sell at a profit at $)i,85.
New as the morning—shown to-morrow for
the first time. Made of soft white voiles and lingeries,
prettily developed in embroideries and laces. Cool, in
viting styles for summer wear. One hundred and eighty-
seven (187) in the lot, and choice is only $3.85.
$10 & $12.50 Linen & Lingerie Dresses
The linen dresses are in the “Com
posed" models; one-piece dresses with
white linen skirts and colored linene
semi-coats. Variously white skirts with blue, rose,
brown, lavender and tan coats.
The other dresses are of voile or lingerie, some com
paratively simple; others made of elaborate embroidery
flouncings or trimmed with laces, crushed silk girdles,
crystal buttons, etc. Worth $10 and $12.50, for $5.85.
$2.50 to $3.50 Silk Shirts $1.95
All white shirts of Jap silk with turn-over collar and
French attached cuffs. Also in habutai wash silks with
black or Colored stripes. All coat styles.
$2.50 to $3 White Nurs 1 Waists $1.95
White lingerie waists, nursing styles. High or low neck; lung
or short sleeves.
5 2.50 Lingerie Waists at $1.25
Also $*2.50 white voile woists, low neck, lay-down flat collar of
embroidered Bulgarian work. Bulgarian embroidered side
pocket.
Beautiful New Waists at $1 to $2.50
Buyer just back from New York with the late styles. Lingerie
waists at $1. Variously in voiles, marquisettes and lingeries.
High or low necks. Gaby and flat, collars, long or short sleeves.
White Outing Skirts at $1 to $2.49
The skirt at $2.4!) is a particularly good value. Made
of white striped Bedford cord, smartly tailored; buttons
on side. Small tucks in back and strapped to simulate a
belt. Other white skirts variously tailored.
Pique $1 to $1.50. Linen $2. Ratine $2.98.
Outclearing in the
Center Aisle
Sale Continues Saturday
Sold and Recommended by
MEANS
TO YOU
A simple, systematic, sensible Way to buy clothes.
Nothing cheap, nothing shoddy—no makeshift, hut a
clean, up-to-date, easy Way to purchase—a plan that s
all in your favor. Pay a small amount down and
the balance in payments of “A Dollar a Week.”
Great W ash Goods Sale Clearaway of Neckwear I
Usually 75c to $1.25 at
In selling tliis neckwear at 69c (\ >-»;
not unfair to those who *=
10c
zephyr Ginghams,
25c colored Dimities,
19e. Klaxons, Batistes, etc.
25c to 50c Wash Remnants
Shirtings at Half Price
5()c David & John Anderson’s Zephyr and
Shirting Madras. 25c.
50c to 65c Tootal’s Madras. 25c.
65c. Austrian Shirtings, 25c.
(Main Floor, Left)
we are
have paid 75c to $1.25 for it. For
they had first pick of all the lines, and got
full value in every instance. Now that
lines are broken we must be good store
keepers and hurry them out even at the lit
tle price of 60c.
Kver.v bit of neckwear is as clean and fresh as
f ,i
the day it first arrived.
Main Floor,
ihis $7 Corset $3.50
THE 1st CUT IN MEN’S SUITS
/ am going to cut the price of my entire $25.00 Men’s suit
stock Saturday. I his collection consists of Fancy Mixtures
and Worsteds---Basket Weaves---Serges---Clays and Nor-
folks. You can buy them for .....
Fashion is a matter of taste.
Some women like a corset just this
bust height -some women don’t. The
factory sides with the women who
don’t; they intend to discontinue the
model. And that alone accounts for
the halved price.
Corset is just as pictured.
Made of fine imported broche in pink
and blue. All sizes to 80 in the lot,
but. not in each color. Up to recently
this corset has been one of our most
popular models at $7; the price to
morrow is just half—$3.50.
New Corsets at $1 to $5
Complete lines of these popular
makes—Thompson’s, Warner’s, C.
B. a la Spirite, Iris and American
Beauty.
(Corsets—2nd Floor)
A Sale of
New Ribbons
The sale, is as rare as it is
timely. For pretty ribbons
like these are scarce in the
market at full price—and
some of these are .at less
than half.
All now and crisp in delightful
color combinations that rival
the lines of the rainbow. Warp
prints. Roman and Persian
stripes, self colored satin
stripes, Bulgarian and Dres
den patterns, I'ieo edges—
the list, is almost endless.
Variously in taffetas, moires
and grosgrains. Divided into
two lots.
50c Ribbons
4 to 6 inch at
33c
6to 10in.,75c to A O —
$1.25 Ribbons T’OC
(Ribbons—Main Floor, Right)
tea
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White City Park Now Open
CONFEDERATE VET
ERANS — CHATTA
NOOGA.
The N., C. & St. L. Ry. and W. & U
A. R. R. will sell round-trip tickets )
at REDUCED RATES, ATLANTA
TO CHATTANOOGA AND RE
TURN, $3.00. tickets on sale May j
24 to 28, inclusive, and for trains >
scheduled to arrive Chattanooga <
before noon of May 29, with re- )
turn limit June 5, with an exten- s
slon bv deposit at Chattanooga, to ?
June 25. 1913. Regular trains leave U
Union Passenger Station at 8 a. ?
m.. 8:35 a. m.. 4:50 p. m. and 8:50 S
P; m. All these trains carry Pull- j
man parlor cars and first-class s
coaches The 8:50 p. m. train car- ?
ries local sleeper to Chattanooga. SI
SPECIAL TRAIN will leave At- j
lanta, carrying the Atlanta party, >
at 2:15 p. in., May 20. The West
ern and Atlantic Railroad is the)
Battlefield Route. Sherman's line j
of march, ever,'’ foot of it being £
historic. For further information (1
call upon any agent or
<\ E HARMAN.
funeral Passenger Agent.
LADIES’
black., medium Hcathcrbloom Petti
coats. These garments are really of
exceptional value and are preferred
by many to silk• They originally
sold for $1.00 to $1.25. Saturday
they go for 35c.
Ladies' wash while Shirtwaists',
beautifully trimmed with
handsome lace and em
broidery, Saturday for 35c.
This space doesn’t
allow me to tell you
of a dozen other bar
gains for Saturday.
LADIES’
IP ash dresses, exquisite lit
tle gowns, made up in mus
lin and linen, in all the laic
fancy colors and stripes.
The dainty kind of dresses
you need for the hot days.
Saturday
I am reducing
their original price ol
$2.00 and $3.00 to $1.35.
The IV. A. Day
store helps you. 7 he
same price for cash
or credit. Ask ar, y
of my customers.
They're satisfied.
35c Gauze Lisle Stockings 25c
We had to go abroad to get them and there’s been a fair shaving of our own profit
lo bring them down to 25c. But we think i1 pays to have the best 25c stocking in town
-especially when so many women will want a light weight gauze lisle for summer.
The stocking is full fashioned; the finish is finer fliaii the domestic grades. Reinforced w'here
needed at heels, sole and toes, and garter top. Black, white, tan and a wonderfully big
25e worth.
$1 and $1.25 Silk Stockings 73c
These are called “run of the mill grade,"which means they have not been examined
for defects. We’ve searched them over some show a dropped thread or other slight
hurt which will never affect, their wear—others appear to he perfect. All silk or with
lisle feet and top. Black only. (Hosiery—Main Floor, Right)
20c to 35c "I Ac
Veiling * ^
.1 list about enough
for a busy day’s selling
—hence the “dose out”
price. In fancy mesh,
solid color, brown, navy,
taupe, black and black-
and-white combinations.
(Veiling—Mail Floor, Right)
Don ’t Miss the
OutcBearing
In Famous
Center Aisle
M. RICH & BROS. CO
White Canvas Pumps |
$1.49
150 pairs white canvas
1 pumps, with flat rihhon bow and
light sole. Regular $2.50 values
on special sale Saturday for $1.4!).
All sizes.
Also 150 pairs patent and
tan, kid strap and lace oxfords.
Broken sizes. AH $3.50 values.
In the Basement
Only
M. RICH & BROS. CO.