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V TTTT-: ATT,\\T \ (rFORCJTAN ANF \W? 5 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 te» tn *1 M 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 . 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.