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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
SATURDAY. MAY 24. 101?,.
GIRL’S RORY
It was announced Saturday noon that Leo M. Frank hail been
ndicted by the Grand Jury for the murder of Mary F'hagan.
The authorities are of Ihe opinion that they have a very strong
?sse against Frank and Lee, and sufficient evidence to convict
Frank of the murder.
Rumors about the Grand
fury room were definite to the
tffect that evidence produced
igainst Frank convinced the en
tire jury that the ease against
Frank was very strong.
rtf course the prorfM*dIngs of the
3rand Jury are secret and no mem
>er of the Grand Jury nor any mern-
>er of Solicitor Dorsey's staff would
five the reporters information as to
vhat had taken place In the Grand
fury’ Loom, or what evidence had been
Ilsclosed against Frank or Lee.
That the authorities have very im
portant evidence that has not yet
>een disclosed to the public is certain.
The Georgian has maintained this
'rom the beginning of the investiga-
Jon.
Th* Jury adjourned until Friday
vithout indicting l^ee.
Several most peculiar features
nark th* 5 affidavit of James Connally,
ind Solicitor Dorsey is chary about
tccepting its supposed admissions
vlthout a thorough investigation.
The fact that the negro sweeper
Places the date as the Friday before
he murder that Frank asked him for
ipecimens of his handwriting forms
he first mystifying phase of the con
tusion.
No theory that has placed the re-
iponslbility of the crime upon Frank
ias held that he planned it dellber-
itely a day before it was committed.
The unanimous theory of those who
lave-believed Frank guilty is that tie
lid it on the necessity of the moment
.o prevent the girl revealing the at- ;
ack which is supposed to have pre
ceded the killing.
The belief that the killing was
planned as far ahefld as Friday has
jntered no one’s mind in respect to
he circumstances of the mystery.
The negro also says in his afflda-
rit that Frank muttered: “Why
ihould I hang.'*' a very significant
luestion if it could be regarded as
lkely to be made by a guilty person,
put a question which appears entire-
y outside the realm of probabilities,
m view of the careful watch Frank
ias kept on his tongue ever since the
rity was shocked by the news of the
nurder the morning of April 27.
The entire affidavit ie exceedingly
peculiar
Connolly’s testimony came an a sur
prise. Few persons knew of the
weighty evidence which was being
•arried before the Grand Jury when
he negro sweeper was taken before
hat tribunal except the prosecution.
Connally was arrested on suspicion
he morning following the murder. He
lad been confined in the Tower since
:hat time.
Sent for Detective.
Until Saturday morning his testi-
■nony had been considered by prac-
:ieally everyone connected with the
*ase a* of small value.
Just before the Grand Jury opened
Saturday morning, however. Connally
•ent for City Detective Black.
‘ Boss. 1 wrote those notea.'' said the
aegro in reference to the bits of note
puper which were found in the base
ment of the factory and which had
peon practically the only clew the po
lice had unearthed which would bear
apon the personality of the murderer.
When the negro had finished his
itatemen» he was taken immediately
to ’he court house. Samples of his
riand writing had already been secured
ind these, it is $-aid, compare favora
bly w
notes.
those in the mysterious
Negro’s Affidavit.
: Connally s (or Conley's)
Here i
iffidavit
State of Georgia, County of Fulton:
F*ersonally appeared before the un-
lersigned. a notary public in and for
he above State and county. James
''onnally. who. being sworn on oath.
*ays:
On Friday evening before the holi-
iav. about four minutes to 1 o'clock.
Mr. Frank come up the aisle and ask
'd me to come to his office. That
was the aisle on the fourth floor,
where 1 was working, and when I
went down to the office he asked me
'ould I write and I told him yes 1
'ould write a little bit, and he give
m** a scratch pad and told me what
to put on it. and told me to put on
ihere. “Dear Mother, a long tall black
negro did this by himself." and he
:old me to write it two or three times
bn there I w rote it on a w hite scratch
pad. single ruled He went to his
1esk and pulled out another scratch
pad. a brown looking scratch pad. and
looked at my writing and wrote on
that himself, but when l went to his
>ffi< e he asked me if I w anted a cigar
ette. and 1 told him yes. but they
didn't allow any smoking in the fac
tory. and he pulled out a box of ci
garette That cost 15 cents a box. and
hat box he had $2.50—two paper
rs an A wo quarters—and 1 taken was
one of the cigarettes and handed him
the box back, and he told me that was
all right T could keep the box, and I
told him he had some money in the
box, and he said that was all right I
was welcome to that for I was a good
working negro around there, and
then he asked me w'here was Gordon
Bailey (Hnowball they call him), and
I told him In was on the elevator, and
he asked me if 1 knew the night
watchman, and I told him no, sir. I
didn't know him. and he asked me if
I ever saw him in the basement, and
I told him no, sir, I never did see him
down here, but he could as . the tire-
man and maybe he could tell him
more {.bout that than I could, and
then Mr. Frank was laughing and
Jollying and going on in the office,
and I asked him not to take out any
money for that watchman 1 owed,
for I didn’t ha e any to spare, and
he told me he wouldn’t, but he would
see to me gett some money a little
bit later. He told me he had some
wealthy | eople in Brooklyn, and then
he held his head up and looked out of
the corner of his eyes and said. "Why
should I hang.'' and that’s all I re
member him saying to me. When I
asked him not to take out any money
for the watch he said you ought not
to buy any w-atch, for that big fat
wife of mine wants me to bu. her an
automobile but he wouldn't'do it; I
never did see his wife. On Tuesday
morning, after the holiday on Satur
day, before Mr. Frank got .n jail, he
come up the aisle where 1 was sweep
ing and held his head over to me and
whispered to me to he a good boy, and
that was ill he said to me.
(Signed) JAMES 1 ’ONLEY.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 24th day of May, 1913
G. C. FEBRUARY,
Notary Public, Fulton County, Ga.
The Indictment.
Here is the indictment complete;
STATE OF GEORGIA.
FULTON COUNTY.
BILL OF INDICTMENT.
The Grand Jury selected, chosen
and sworn by the County of Fulton,
to wit: I,. H. Beck, foreman, 26 East
Sixth; A. I). Adair. Sr., 809 Peach
tree; F. P. H. Akers, 29 Spruce; B. F.
Bell, 228 North Jackson; J. C. Bell, 36
St Charles; Sol Benjamin. G8
Whitehall; William E. Besser, 78
Bellwood; Albert Boylston, 81 East
Third, (’.. M. Brown. 331 South Pryor.
(’. A. Cowles. 334 Peachtree; Walker
Dunson, 231 Juniper; S. (\ Glass. 79-B
Spring, A. L. Guthman. 479 Washing
ton. Charles Heinz, 504 West Peacr-
tree; li. G. Hubbard, Bellwood; V. H..
Krlegshaber. 66 Moreland; Ft. 1!
Nash, 201 Lucile; W. L. Percy, 112
Waver'.y Way; R. A. Redding. 799
West Peachtree; R. F. Sams, 140 Ju
niper, John D. Wing. 486 Peachtree.
In the name and behalf of the citi
zens of Georgia, 1 charge and accuse
Leo M. Frank, of the County and
State aforesaid, with the offense of
murder, for that the said Leo M.
Frank, in the County aforesaid, on the
26th day tprll, in tlx- year of OUr
Lord 1913, with force and arms, did
unlawfully and with rnalace afore
thought. kill and murder one Mary
Phagan by then and there choking
her, tlie said Mary Phagan, with a
cord placed around her neck, contrary
to the laws of the State and the good
order, peace and dignity thereof.
HUGH M. FX>RSEY,
Solicitor General.
.1 M STARNES, Prosecutor.
Fulton Superior Court. 1913.
Leo M. Frank was confronted in his
cell by the startling confession of the
negro sweeper, James Connally.
"What have you to say to this?”
demanded a Georgian reporter.
Frank, as soon as he gained the Im
port of what the negro had told,
jumped back in his cell and refused
to say a word. His hands moved ner
vously and his face twitched as
though he were on the verge of a
breakdown, but he absolutely declined
to defiy the truth of the negro's state,
ment or to make any sort of com
ment upon It.
His only answer to the repeated
questions that were shot at him was a
negative shaking of the head, or the
simple, "I have nothing to say.”
Solicitor Dorsey let it he known
following the adjournment of the
Grand Jury Saturday noon that Newt
Lee’s release within a short time was
not unlikely.
It is also understood that James
Connally. on the strength of his ad
mission that he wrote notes at the
dictation of Frank, probably will be
held as accessory before the fact.
Girl Tells Her Story.
Little Monteen Stover, the girl who
went into the National F’encil Fac
tory at 12:10 o’clock the Saturday aft
ernoon that Mary F'hagan was stran
gled. was one of the eight witnesses
called before the Grand Jury Sat
urday forenoon.
The girl testified before the Coron
ers Jury that she went to the factory
at this time to draw her money and
that she was unable to find Mr.
Frank, although Frank had testified
that be was in his office from the
time that Mary Phagan left until
Foreman Quinn is said to have called
at about 12:20 o’clock.
M. B. T>arley. foreman at the fac
tory. was another of the witnesses.
He was before the Grand Jury for
about half an hour undergoing ex
amination.
Another employee. E. F. Holloway,
the day watchman and timekeeper,
was called during the forenoon. FJol-
loway was asked by the Coroner's
Jury concerning Frank's attitude to
ward the girls in his employ.
Detective Is Questioned.
Harry iL'ott. Finkerton detective.
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HRS TOLD
But He Fails to Produce Man
to Prove Charge, as He
Promised.
A. S. Colyar, Jr., failed entirely to
produce the "mysterious man" whom
he declared had been hired to "shoot
to djeath” Chief of Police J. L. Bea
vers.
When Colyar gave the sensational
information of the conspiracy to kill
’he police official he declared that he
would bring to police headquarters
the man who had been secured to
commit the deed; that this person
> ould make affidavit to bear out the
plot charges, and would swear also
that he had been promised immunity
from punishment for his act.
Colyar asserted at the time of his
charges thbt the man was at present
j in Atlanta and Intended remaining
here until he had killed Beavers. Col
yar also declared that the person had
Intimated that he might also kill
Chief of Detective*, Newport Lanford
Colyar then stated that he knew of
the person’s whereabouts and would
bring him before the police to prove
the charges.
Disclosures of the amazing consplr.
acy came to light Saturday morning
Police officials have been quietly in
vestigating it. since the astounding in
formation was given them.
This report created an intense sen
sation in police circles, and produced
one of the greatest sensations of the
F'hagan mystery
The name of this mysterious man
has not been furnished detectives, but
Colyar promised to take him Friday
night to the offlqce of Chief Lanford,
in the police station, where the affi
davit was to be made, l p to a late
hour to-day, however, neither he
nor Colyer had put in an appearance.
According to the story told by Col
yar. this man is not a resident of At
lanta, but has been here several days.
He is an old friend of Colyar. He
said this man would swear positively
that the murder plot proportion was
made to him shortly after his arrival
her*' and that he would give the
name of the man who engineered the
deal.
ques
ned about 40 minutes and
Wanted Woodward to See Just
What Sort of a Crook Colyar
Was, He Declares.
‘Hard Labor’Omitted,
Banker Takes Appeal
LEAVENWORTH. KANS., May 24.
Under plea that will win freedom for
many Federal prisoners if he wins,
Julius W Hopkins, former bank tell
er of Cleveland, Ohio, sentenced to
seven years in the Federal Peniten
tiary here, for ember.zllnK $115,000,
will contend before the United States
Court of Appeals at St. Paul next
week that the sentence should have
read at "hard labor," according to
the law governing the sentencing of
violations.
Rich Stockman Gets
Bail: Victim Lives
MOULTRIE. GA.. May 25—Joe J.
Battle, the wealthy live stock dealer
w ho w as remanded to Jail v without
bail several days ago by Judge Thom
as for shooting Walter P. Brow n, has
been released under $25,000 bond,
after physicians testified that Brown
w as practically out of danger.
Edward O. Miles, a private detec
tive. assumes the responsibility for
the presence of Mayor Woodward at
the Williams House, resulting in the
dictographing of the Chief Executive
of Atlanta. He also says it was at
his suggestion Colonel Thomas B
Felder discontinued even his ac
quaintance with A. S. Colyar. the
wild-eyed investigator from Tennes
see.
Miles’ statement to a Georgian re
porter follows*
"Colonel Felder had already been
see Colyar and he asked me to go
and see what he had; to examine any
papers, etc.
I went, and as soon as I saw Col
yar I was disgusted. The Lord
doesn’t make mistakes, and the Lord
certainly put the brand of a crook
on that fellow’s physiognomy if He
ever put it anywhere.
"Colyar wanted Mayor Woodward
and asked me to get him. I went to
the Mayor and said: I want to take
you down to see the greatest freak
and crook you ever saw in your life.
I want you to hear his line of bunk.
You don't have to say anything—just
come along and listen to what he
hands out.’
Thought Someone Listened.
That was: Wednesday afternoon. I
didn’t think anything about a dicto
graph. but 1 knew, or at least
thought, that he had somebody lis
tening in the next room. I couldn't
help knowing that, because every
now and then Colyar raised his voice
so they could hear. Anybody on the
streets a block could have heard
him had they listened.
"After the conversation, practical
ly as reported in the dictograph,
Mayor Woodward left.
"Colyar told me not to forget to
bring Colonel Felder and the money
next morning at 10 o’clock. I asked
him what money, and he said the
$1,000 for the papers. 1 told him I
j didn't want to buy any papers; that
if Colonel Felder or anybody else did,
that was their business, but I didn't
' believe they did.
"Then I went back and reported to
Colonel Felder and advised him to
have nothing more to do with Col-
var;' not to go back to the Williams
House and even not answer his tele
phone calls.
Felder Quit Negotiations.
"They waited all day Thursday, and
Colonei Felder didn’t go back and
didn’t answer the telephone calls.
That's why it was published in in-
completed form. They saw the jig
was up. and 1 believe Colyar then
sold the story.
"I know young Gentry, who tooK
down the dictograph report, and I’ll
wager $100 he won’t sign an affida
vit it has been published in unex-
purgated form. Nothing has been
added, but some things have been
left out. However. I can't say that
the omissions made any material
change.
"Yes, I am the one that caused
Mayor Woodward to go there. He '.s
all right. I just wanted him to hear
the line of bunk that crook had to
hand out.
B. B. Haslett. city detective, was in
the jury room about ten minutes.
H. L. Parry, stenographer, testified
for about live minutes, presumably
identifying the proceedings of the
Coroner's Jury.
Miss Grace Hicks, the girl that
identified the body of Mary F'hagan
the morning the body was found, was
the first witness of the day. She was
detained less than 10 minutes.
J. M. Gantt, who testified before the
Coroner's Jury in regard to the ex
cited manner of Frank the day of the
murder, was one of the last witnesses
of the forenoon
gshaber was excused
H I Kriegsh
dutA when t
10 o'clock George H Gershon. w ho
has beer absent in New York, sat
with thf Jury.
Feud Victim Dead;
Slayers Surrender
MOULTRIE. GA.. May 24.—J. M.
Homage, w ho was wounded in a feud
battle near here Thursday by the Hart
hrotJiens. has a slight chance to re-
, over, should no complications de
velop Horace Homage, his son. died
yesterday from his wounds and was
buried to-day.
The Hart brothers came to Moultrie
and surrendered to the Sheriff. They
have demanded an immediate com-
I mitment trial.
Georgians Boast
Interurban Road
ANDERSON. S. C. May 24 More
than 100 representatives from Georgia
cities were here last night to urge the
Southern Power Company to build an
interurban electric railway from Ander
son to Athens to connect with proposed
Atlanta line* Hartwell, Klberton.
Athens. Royston and other Georgia cities
sent delegations, thirty-nine coming
from Hartwell
A rally was held and speeches urging
the advantage of the proposed road were
SEES
L
I
Mrs. Janie Hazelbridge, 25, At
tempts Suicide, Believing Her
self an Unloved Wife.
Comedians Neck and Neck in
Great American Sweepstakes.
Five Wives Each.
Felder Charges Police
Plot to Shield Slayer
Colonel Thomas B. Felder entered
into an explicit and detailed denial to
The Georgian of all the charges of
attempted bribery contained in the
affidavits signed by C <Febuary,
secretary to Chief of Detectives Lan
ford. and A. S. Colyar, a private de
tective with a spectacular career.
Colonel Felder declared the alleged
dictograph record of conversation he
is alleged to have had with Colyar
and Febuary In Williams House No.
2 a "frame-up” and a fabrication.
The report that he had offered $1.-
000 for the Coleman affidavit in the
Phagan case and affidavits said to in
dicate graft in the Police Department
he branded as absolutely false.
The whole plot had been concocted
he said, to discredit himself and W. J.
Burns and drive them from the Pha
gan case so the guilty person might
be protected.
“Every move made by the police in
the Phagan case has been for the pro
tection of the real criminal,’’ said
Colonel Felder. "The police have kept
an innocent negro there in a cell for
three weeks in the hope that they
can crush a confession out of him and
let the real culprit go free.
“Guilty Person Protected.”
“If the desire were not to protect
the guilty person, why should they
desire to eliminate Burns and myself?
Burns has a reputation for landing
every criminal he goes after. He has
a reputation for Deing absolutely mer
ciless in the manner he hunts down
his man. It is as certain as anything
can be in the detection of criminals
that he will be successful, once he
gets started on a case. He is knowm
to be unpurchasable. Everybody
knows that he could have accepted a
million dollars at any time during the
chase for the McNamara brothers if
he had been willing to say that he
had not been able to find the dyna
miters.
“As for myself, my professional rep
utation. at least, is that If I have not
done a case in which I was interested
any good, I certainly have not done it
any harm.
“So, I repeat, what other motive
could they have in trying to drive Mr.
Bums and myself from the Phagan
case except to protect the real cul
prit?
"That so-called dictograph conver
sation was a frame-up and a fabrica
tion from start to finish. In a longer
statement that I am preparing, I will
show this conclusively. 1 will demon
strate it by the very conversation that
is alleged to have been reproduced in
the otner room by the dictograph. I
will show that things were written
that never would have been said by
persons in conversation.
“I will show its absolute absurdity
with such clearness that no room will
be left for doubt. It will be so plain
that he who runs may read. It won’t
require any detective to show that it
is a frame-up. and one of the clum
siest and crudest that ever was at
tempted.
"That Coleman affidavit, in which
the mother and stepfather of the
murdered Mary Phagan are made to
say that they never hired me or ap-
nrovad of me aa an attorney to praw-
cute the Phagan slayer, was extorted,
in my opinion. As a matter of fact. I
never said I was employed by the
Colemans. I announced that I had
been engaged by residents of Beil-
wood who were friends of the be
reaved family. It is true, however,
that Mr. Coleman approved of my
selection. I never offered $1,000 for
the possession of this affidavit.
“Neither is it true that I went to
Mayor Woodward and told him that
there was lots of graft in the city, but
that it would take a good deal of
money to uncover it. I had only a
brief conversation with the Mayor,
and I told him at the time that 1 did
not wish to undertake anything or be
come interested in anything that
would take my time fro-m the prose
cution of the Phagan case. It was
not understood that I was to probe
into the city’s graft conditions.
Will Expose Colyar.
“Along with my detailed statement
to-morrow I shall make public some
of the startling incidents in the ca
reer of this man Colyar. I have known
his history for years. What I have
to say about him—and practically
every statement I make will be sup
ported by affidavits—will cause a
gi.f.T doubt, as to his credibility.
"I am acquainted with his move
ments when he went into Mexico. I
know of Hie humiliation he was to his
father, who was a well-known public
man. I will tell of these things when
I make my formal statement to-mor
row.
"Colyar came to me and said that
he had evidence of graft in the Po
lice and Detective Departments. He
said he knew that hush money was
being paid the police authorities by
the proprietors of disorderly houses.
"I said to him: ‘Don’t you know,
Colyar. that nobody would believe a
word you had to say? If you’ve got
any papers that you think are worth
anything, you can bring them to me
and I'll look them over.' It is from
these conversations that we had in
my office that he has framed up this
so-called dictograph conversation,
adding the conversation that gives
it the appearance of an attempt to
bribe.
Burns Fought, He Says.
"It is nothing but a plot to get
me out of the Phagan case, but I
am certain of one thing, and that is
that Burns and Tobie. if they are
not circumvented by this gang, will
have the guilt fixed upon the right
person within a very short time after
Burns arrives here. They will have
to work again3t difficulties, for as
soon as it became known that Burns
was going to enter the cane all of
the witnesses were instructed not to
talk to any of the Bums operatives,
although they had been allowed to
talk to the Pinkertons, hired by the
National Pencil Company, without
reserve.”
Colonel Felder is bitter in his at
titude toward Colyar and the people
he represents, and declares fhat he
will have them "shown up” within
another 24 hours.
He was .so harassed by the con
stant ringing of the telephone Friday
night that, with Mrs. Felder, he left
home shortly after 7 o’clock with'the
intention, he said, of hiding himself
somewhere tfp town. He found a
group of his friends at one of the
clubs and he stayed there until short
ly after 10 o’clock when he met Mrs.
Felder, who had been witnessing \
rehearsal at the Grand Theater.
"If they’re framing up on you. I
want to tell you you’ve got-my sym
pathy," paid one of his friend.-, heart
ily.
“Thank you, 'rid n m “ returned the
Colonel, but I don't any sym
pathy. I’ll have thes° fellow's on the
run so quick it’ll make .heir l.eads
ficer Bailey to obtain a buggy and
carry Mrs. Hazelridge in it for nearly
a mile.
At the hospital it was said that she
had a good chance for recovery.
Before taking the acid Mrs. Hazel-
rid go wrote a note to her husband. J.
V. Hazelridge, who wmrks for the
Exposition Cotton Mills, which read.
"Farewell, John. I have taken car
bolic acid to kill myself, so you will
be happy. Oh. God. what I suffer.
"One That Loved You.”
Mrs. Hazelridge is 25 years of age
and attractive. It is said she de
veloped melancholy over small dif
ferences between herself and hus
band.
U. S. Will Reindict
3 for Cotton Corner
NEW YORK, May 24.—The Gov
ernment has decided to seek the re
indictment of B’rank Hayne and Wil
liam P. Brown, of New Orleans; Eu
gene Scales, of Texas, and Colonel
Robert M. Thompson, of New York,
on the charge that they conspired
» corner the cotton crop of 1909 to
obtain a profit of $10,000,000.
The document contains flaws, it is
understood, which the Government
fears might stand in fhe way of con
viction.
James A. Patten, of Chicago, plead
ed guilty last February to the count
of the indictment, and was fined $4 -
000.
Carnegie, Warlike,
Ready to Fight Japs
NEW YORK. May 24.—Andrew
Carnegie, one of the greatest living
exponents of world peace, banged one
fist into his other to-day and de
clared that, if war should come
against Japan or any other country,
he would shoulder a musket and go
to the front. This statement was
made juri before ihe ironmaster |
sailed to-day for Europe.
"What are the Japanese thinking
about?" asked Mr. Carnegie. "Eng
land is Japan's ally and yet England
will not allow a Japanese to set foot
in her territory. Y'et they expect
us to give them more than their own
ally.”
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men w ho can be ranked as being ab
solutely honest. He is generous to *
fault and lives up to his ideals. De
spite certain rumors heralded as rea
sons why women marry Mr. Good wifi,
1 am marrying him for none of these.
I am marrying him because I considef
him the most interesting man alive. H#
is very, very interesting. He is a
financier, he is clever, he is an author
and he is a great actor. But the big
reason why I am marrying him It
because I love him.”
Mr. Goodwin’s former wives wer#
Miss Elizabeth Weatherby, Miss Nel
lie Baker Pease. Maxine Elliott and
Edna Goodrich.
Hopper Refuse* to Talk.
NEW YORK, May 2 .—Theatrical
and intensive matrimonial circlei
heard with great interest to-day that
DeWolf Hopper, the comedian, hai
been married for the fifth time. When
asked about the report to-day, Mr.
Hopper refused to talk, saying that
he would not discuss his “personal
affairs."
M’GOORTyTnD KLAUS
CLASH IN BOUT SATURDAY
PITTSBURG. May 24.--Eddie McGoor-
ty and Frank Klaus will go six round*
here to-night in the race for the middle
weight championship. Both are to weigh
160 pounds at 3 o’clock.
Ail Run Down
In the spring—that is the condition of
thousands whose systems have not
thrown off the impurities accumulated
during the winter—blood humors that
are now causing pimples and other
eruptions, loss of appetite, dull head
aches and weak, tired feelings.
The medicine to take, according -to
the testimony of thousands that have
been cured by it in the spring, is
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Get it to-day. In usual liquid form
or in the tablets called Sarsatabs.
We have Beautiful Beddinf
Piants 3c each. Atlanta Floral
Co., 555 E. Fair Street.
i White Citv Park Now Open
Believing her husband did not love
her any more. Mrs. Janie Hazelridge,
90 Brighton Street, attempted to end
her life this morning by taking
carbolic acid. After taking the poi
son she ran to the home of Mrs. J.
Coles, at 92 Brighton Street, and told
of her deed.
While Mrs. Coles was summoning
the neighbors. Mrs. Hazelridge fell
unconscious. The Grady Hospital
and police were notified and an am
bulance rushed to the scene.
Owing to the torn-up condition of
Brighton Street, however, the auto
mobile-ambulance could not pass over
it and it was necessary for (’fill Of-
running neck and neck in the great
American marriage sweepstakes.
A dispatch from New York state«
that DeWolf Hopper, comedian, has
just been married for the fifth time,
having been divorced April 21 by Nel-
la Bergen, his fourth wife. His bride
s said to be Miss Edna Curry, of the
Gilbert & Sullivan Company.
Nathaniel Goodwin, Jr., mining
magnat*aAfftnd comedian, will be mar
ried here to-day by Justice Summer-
field to Miss Marjorie Parrott More
land, an actress, of Baltimore. An
nouncement was made to this effect
at a private dinner at Mr. Goodwin’s
Ocean Park home last night. It was
said the wedding would be very quiet.
Miss Moreland is a divorcee, hef
first husband being Charles N. Dough
ty. Mr. Goodwin said he Is the hap
piest man in the world.
“For Love” This Tim«.
Further he declared:
“This time I am marrying for love.
Miss Moreland is the only woman T
have known who has the capacity for
home-making added to beauty and
talent. I consider her the coming
representative American actress.
Everything I have is hers. What I am
to-day she made me—to her I owe mv
life. Since my accident last year she
has constantly cared for me and
looked after my interests with the
ability of a man."
It’s High Honor, She Saya.
Miss Moreland gave the following
reasons why she will marry Mr. Good-
wun:
“I consider It a high honor to mar-
r\
LANFORD’S SECRETARY
WHO ACCUSES FELDER
He is
a modest,
unassuming
young
man,
in whom
Lanford
and
Beavers
have
complete
confidence.
February
alleges
that
Felder
offered
$1,000
for
police
records.
G. C.
February
Lanford’s
clerk,
who
alleges
bribery
offer.