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DICTOGRAPH RECORD
ALLEGED BRIBE OFFER
follows, In part, the allpRod
dictograph record of the conversa
tion that took place in a room in tht»
Williams House Wednesday after
noon between Colonel Thomas R. Fel
der, G. C. Fehuary and A. S. Golyar:
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: I haven’t got these pa
mpers. The chief has these paprs in
a large envelope. I 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.
jVVasn’t you employed by Coleman to
work on this case?
Felder: Coleman said this to me:
(failed to catch part of conversation)
Then I 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, I would like to go
in on the prosecution of this case.
He said. I haven’t got any money
to employ a lawyer. I saic^ 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 I
went down and was introduced to
Mr. Coleman, hut I have forgotten
who introduced me to Coleman Xow
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 jury broke
up and we all separated. Now there
wasn’t anything said about the reg
ularity of my employment, hut it was
taken for granted.
Colyar: I want 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. 1 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 Milos up here to see me. Can
you bring hi mup at 4 o’clock?
Felder: Yes. All right.
*, Febuary: It is 3:20 now.
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: 1 have been stop
ping here off and on for ve years.
Thomas B. Felder: When 1 moved
here twenty-three years ago. this was
the nest hotel in Atlanta.
A. S. Colyar: Well, tell me. 1
thought you told me the other day J
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 twentv-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 he twentv-ve years of
age and must he 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: 1 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: Weill I have
an appointment with another gentle
man at 3:30.
A. R. Colyar: Well. There’s the
man you want to talk to.
G. C. Febuary: Now. you know
this is pretty ticklish business—
A. S. Colyar: I told him last night
/that they could put him in the peni-
* ' tentiary as long as Hugh Dorsey is
solicitor general.
G. C. Febuary: Well, you see. I am
the chief’s stenographer and I "rite
all these afdavits.
Thomas B. Felder: <’an this young
man be trusted all right?
A. S. Colyar: Absolutely. I would
trust him anywhere on earth. Who
■ Is this fellow Miles?
.. k Thomas B. Felder: Well, you see.
Miles Is in the bureau of investiga
tion. and he has Ipree or four experts
in the way of investigators and things
like that.
Now, what I say to you is strictly
• ondential. Day before yesterday 1
saw Woodward.
A. >. Colyar: You saw Woodward
Monday ?
Thomas R. Felder: Yes. Wood
ward says now It is all right for yoli
to get the papers, and we will pav
you for them.
Promised Mayor to Get Evidence
^ Against Beavers and Lanford.
1 hornas B. Felder: I will tell you
"hat I have been doing for the last
month. I have heen 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
* Beavers and I-anford,
and the mayor told me to. see Mr.
Miles. That he had been working on
it for a month. To show vou how
conscientious Mr. Miles is. 'although
he lias ht eri 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, but I 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. \ 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 F 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
he glad to prosecute this hunch.
A. S. Colyar: Well. I tell you h€
wouldn't. I 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 you
know the law at all, that a black
mailer has to threaten a man with a
crimp, 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: T don’t want anv 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: We will get the papers
them.
and turn them over to Mr. Miles. But
damned If I do it in Fulton County.
Felder: Why?
Colyar: I have got
for it.
Felder: Well, if you can
papers for me to examine by 2:30 to
morrow—
Colyar: He can tell him he is go
ing fishing or something like that,
just as he gets the papers, and he can
go to Lakewood.
Febuary: I would rather do it out
there.
H elder: I have some business en-
Crushed Under Car,
Nerve of Trainman
Alone Stays Death
R. C. Potts, a railroad brakemafi,
lies at thq point of death at the Klkin-
Goldsmith Infirmary from injuries re
ceived when run over by a passengrr
train. Though one leg was ampu
tated and he wa.« badly bruised, 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
c rushed 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.
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Active; Earth Shaken ::
As Big Fissure Opens
NAPLES, May 23.—Vesuvius, dur
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.
FEIGN CHIP Ell But
f;
Highest Estimate Puts Total Yield
of State at 1,450 Cars—Five
Thousand Last Year,
mv reasons
gagements to-mormw that will not
allow me to get away long enough to
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 rooks 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 I
East Lake at 2 : 30.
Felder: Well, I will send Miles out |
there and you can talk to him.
Colyar: Well, write your name on a
piece of paper, for I don’t know
whether I will know him or not.
The Georgia peach crop this year
" til not exceed 1,450 carloads, which
is 50 per rent 1 >s than the city of
New York alone purchased last year.
H. D. Marks, manager of the Geor
gia Fruit Exchange, estimates the to
il Georgia crop at 1,454 cars. The
ruit Growers’ Express figures 1.340
cars, while the Central of Georgia
Railway looks for only 1,312.
Last year the Georgia crop was
unusually large, 5,000 varloads of
Georgia's favorite fruit being shipped
to market. New York City, always
the greatest consumer of the sea
son’s early delicacies, purchased
2,800 carloads. Still, there were more
than 3,Oort carloads for home con
sumption and country-wide distribu
tion. This year New York alone will
dc nmnd more than the entire State
can supply.
Last year the growers realized, on
the season’s average, $575 per car
load, gross, in New York. This sea
son'i short crop will send the price
soaring. Early shipments may bring
as high as $1,000 a car, although the
season’s ave rage will be less.
Railroads have already begun pre
paring ;o handle the crop. All F. G.
E. cai*s received by the Central of
Georgia are being parked in the Fort
Valley and Marshallville yards. Thit
road has requisitioned 1,200 cars from
the Fruit Growers’ Express.
Mr. Marks expects the first car
load of Greensboro peaches, the ear
liest variety, between June 3 and 5.
Carmen peaches will begin to move
between June 15 and 18; Hihley Rills
June 23; Georgia Bills, June 30, and
Elberta crops will be exceedingly
short. Only the Hihley Bills and
Georgia Bills will be gathered in great
amounts.
Heavy rains, preventing polleniza-
tion, caused the crop shortage, ac
cording to Mr. Marks. Central of
Georgia officials attribute the falling
off to early .frosts.
Says New York Is
Tending to Paganism
CHICAGO, May 23 Polly, the $300 j
parrot, for ten years a lively inmate ^
of the home of the Rev. J. W. Lit)- I -
bertson, pastor of the Sacramento I
Boulevard church, flew out of a w'in- ^
dow and with a shriek, "1 should | ^
worry!” entered the home of Mrs. C. j «
F. Hall, some distance off.
A large brindle cat was in the room !
when Polly landed. The parrot’s yells
could be heard above the yowls of the
cat. Mrs. Hall ran for the police and
met Mrs. Libbertson.
“There’s a ghost in my house.” she
said. “It cries like a child, but it flies
around like a spirit and hollers, ’I
should worry!’’’
Mrs. Libbertson burst in the door.
[The large brindle 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
gest circulation of any Sunday news
paper in the South.
85c to $1 Foulards at 55c in the May Silk Sale vivV^WWiiWfl
RICH & BROS. CO.
More Fruits of the Buyer s New York Trip
A Most Remarkable Sale of Summer Dresses
Superfluous
Hair Truths
$5.85
Felder: Why. you just met him a
STt the [.short while ago.
Colyar: Yes, I know, but I don’t
know whether I would recognize him |
or not. so you write your name on a j
piece of paper.
Felder: Well. I will write my name
on a piece of paper so you will know of Christianity there will be an age
him. As soon as 1 can get hold of of decadence in your country follow-
Miles I will send him up 1 ed by a revolt which will overthrow
Colyar: Send him up by 4 o'clock. 1 the whole social system.
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grave risk of permanent disfigure
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If You Value Your Face
use De Miracle, the one safe, perfect
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control of hair growths which have
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De Miracle contains certain ingre
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If you «se De Miracle it will be im
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immediately after accomplishing its
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ever. On the other hand, if you use
any depilatory* with a distinctive odor,
an. offensive tell-tale smell will cling
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will not supply you with De Miracle,
send $1 00 direct.
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NEW YORK, May 23.—“The idea of
liberty in this country is a farce,”
says Sir Robert Perks, Bart., who
has heen visiting America.
"New York ia leaning, and leaning
s $5.95 to $8.50 Summer Dresses $3.85
■ We buy a great many dresses from certain
J makers at regular prices. Then at the end of
*j their season they favor ns with their surplus
5 stocks greatly under price. That is how these
jg dresses—though worth $5.95 to $8.50—come to
5 us to sell at a profit at $3.85.
5 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-
m viting styles for summer wear. One hundred and eightv-
seven (187) in the lot, and choice is only $3.85.
$10 & $12.50 Linen & Lingerie Dresses
w The linen dresses are in the “Com-
jg posed’’ models; one-piece dresses with
• white linen skirts and colored linene
» semi-coats. Variously white skirts with blue, rose,
JJ brown, lavender and tan coats.
The other dresses are of voile or lingerie, some com-
w 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.
g $2.50 to $3.50 Silk Shirts $1.95
{J All white shirts of .Jap silk with turn over collar and
r» French attached cuffs. Also in Imbutai wash silks with
black or colored stripes. All coat styles.
5 $2.50 to $3 White Nurse Waists $1.95
n» White lingerie waists, nursing styles. High or low neck; long
** or short sleeves.
5 $2.50 Lingerie Waists at $1.25
Also $2.50 white voile waists, low neck, lay-down flat collar of
2 embroidered Bulgarian work. Bulgarian embroidered side
m pocket.
H Beautiful New Waists at $1 to $2.50
ip Buyer just hack from New York with the late styles. Lingerie
waists at $1. Variously in voiles, marquisettes and lingeries.
JJJ High or low necks. Gaby and Hat collars, long or short sleeves.
S White Outing Skirts at $1 to $2.49
=5 The skirt at $2.40 is a particularly good value. Made
°f white striped Bedford cord, smartly tailored; buttons
:j» on side. Small tucks in back and strapped to simulate a
'5 belt. Other white skirts variously tailored.
Pique $1 to $1.50. Linen $2. Ratine $2.98.
S!
Outclearing in the
Center Aisle
Sale Continues Saturday
: Great Wash Goods Sale Clearaway of Neckwear
2 25c zephyr Ginghams, ,, ,, „ _
I0c
phvr Ginghar
25c colored Dimities,
Tile Klaxons, Batistes, etc.
25c to 50c Wash Remnants,
• jl
White City Park Now Open
CONFEDERATE VFT
FRANS — CHATTA
NOOGA.
The N.. C. * St. U Rv. and W. &
A. R R. will sell round-trip tickets
at REDUCED RATES. ATLANTA
TO CHATTANOOGA AND RE
TURN. $3.00, tickets on sale May
24 to 28, inclusive, and for trains
scheduled to arrive Chattanooga
before noon of May 28. with re
turn limit June 5, with an exten
sion bv deposit at Chattanooga, to
June 2*5 1913. Regular trains leave
Union Passenger Station at 8 a.
m.. 8:35 a. m.. 4:50 p. m. and 8:50
p m . All these trains carry Pull
man parlor cars and first-class
coaches’. The 8:50 p. m. train car
ries local sleeper tp Chattanooga.
SPECIAL TRAIN will leave At
lanta, carrying the Atlanta party,
at 2:15 p. nr. May 20. The West
ern and Atlantic Railroad is the
Battlefield Route. Sherman's linf
of march, every foot of It being
historic. For further information
call upon anv agent or
r E HARMAN
General Passenger Agent.
MEANS
TO YOU!
A simple, systematic, sensible Way to buy clothes.
Nothing cheap, nothing shoddy-—no makeshift, but 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 V/eek.
I am going to cut the price of my entire $25.00 Men’s suit
stock Saturday. This collection consists of Fancy Mixtures
and Worsteds---Basket Weaves-—Serges—-Clays and Nor-
folks. You can buy them for .....
Shirtings at Half Price
David & John Anderson’s Zephyr and
Shieling Madras, 25c.
to 65c Tootal s Madras, 25c.
Austrian Shirtings, 25c.
(Main Floor, Left)
Usually 75c to $1.25 at
In selling this neckwear at 6!h; f\
wc arc not unfair to those who bHl*.
have paid 75c to $1.25 for it. For
they had first, (tick of till 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 69c.
Every bit of neckwear is its clean and fresh aa
the day it first arrived. Main Floor,
this $7 Corset $3.50
Fashion is ;t 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 its pictured.
Made of fine imported broehe in pink
and blue. All sizes to 30 in the lot,
but not in each color. Fp to recently
this corset has heen 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.
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 new ami crisp in delightful
color combinations that rlvnl
the hues <d' the rninixiw. Warp
prints, Homan and Persian
stripes, self colored satin
stripes, Bulgarian and Dres
den patterns, Pico edges—
the list is almost endless.
Variously iu taffetas, moires
and grosgralns. Divided into
two lots.
50c Ribbons
4 to 6 inch at
33c 5?
6 to 10 in., 75c to ylO
$1.25 Ribbons H'OC
(Ribbons—Main Floor, Right)
LADIES’
if
black, medium Itcafherbloom Pdli-
coa's. These garments are really of
exceptional value and are preferred
by many (o silk.■ They originally
sold for $1.90 to $1.25. Saturday
they go for 35c.
Ladies wash while Shir Waists,
beautifully trimmed with
handsome lace and em
broidery, Saturday for 35c.
This space doesn’t
of a dozen other bar
gains for Saturday.
Come in and see!
LADIES’
Wash dresses, exquisite lit
tle gowns, made up in mus
lin and linen, in all the late
fancy colors and stripes.
The dainty hind of dresses
h
35c Gauze Lisle Stockings 25c
We had to go almond to get them - and .there’s been a fair shaving of our own profit
1o bring them down to 25e.. But we Uiiuk it 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 than the domestic grades. Reinforced where
needed at heels, sole and toes, and garter top. Black, white, tan and a wonderfully big
25c worth.
$1 and $1.25 Silk Stockings 73c
These are called “ run of the mill grade,” which means they have not been examined
defects. We’ve searched them over some show a dropped thread or other slight
appear to be perfect. All silk or with
(Hosiery—Main Floor, Right)
for
hurt which will never affect t
lisle feet and top. Black only.
20c to 35c 1 Ac
Veiling A ^
.lust about enough
for a busy day's selling
—lienee the “(*lose out ’’
price. In fancy mesh,
solid color, brown, navy,
taupe, black and black-
and-white combinations.
(Veiling—Mall Floor. Right)
-some
wea r—others
Don ’t Miss the
Outclearing
!n Famous
Center Aisle
White Canvas Pumps
y
pairs white canvas
with flat ribbon how and
150
pumps,
light sole. Regular $2.50 values
on special sale Saturday for $1.49.
All sizes.
Also 150 pairs patent and
tan. kid strap and lace oxfords.
Broken sizes. All $3.50 values.
In the Basement
Only
M. FJCH & BROS. CO M ' RICH & BR0S - co - MftMN
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