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HEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, OA., SUNDAY, MAY 25, 1913.
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Athens Judge Tells Colonel Felder
That Dictograph ‘Trapper’ Is Un
der Suspended Sentence in Georgia.
Knoxville Complaint To Be Pressed.
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A. S. Colyar, soldier of fortune, who plotted the destruction,
by means of the dictograph, of Colonel T. B. Felder and Mayor
'Woodward, last night was released under bond from the city
prison.
The charge of forgery on which he was arrested, he declared,
Seas trumped up in order to take him from Atlanta, and was
brought, he. says, by Felder or his friends.
Colyar was arrested at Mari
etta and Forsyth Streets Satur
day afternoon by Detectives
Chewning and Norris when a
telegram came from Ed Con
ners, of Knoxville, Tenn., to
hold him. The charge men
tioned in the telegram was that
Colyar obtained $90 from Rosa
Johnson, of Knoxville, on a
forged draft.
Several hours later two friends
came to Colyar’s rescue. Detective
R. S. Ozburn signed the required bond
of $1,000 and an unknown friend de
livered $200 as a casta bond for the
prisoner. Colyar was released.
Chief Beavers said last night that
he arrested Colyar as a matter of
courtesy to Chief Conners, possessing
no warrant authorizing liim to take
Colyar into custody. It probably will
be Thursday, according to the tele
gram ff*om Chief Conners, before
requisition papers can be had.
The alleged incident occurred four
years ago,” Colyar said last night.
“During that period I have been to
Knoxville a number of times, and
have not been molested. The charge,
coming as it does now, is the result of
a plot to “get me away from Atlanta. ’
Colonel Thomas B. Felder was ad
vised yesterday afternoon by an Ath
ens circuit Superior Court judge that
Colyar is under suspended sentence to
serve a term in the Georgia Peniten
tiary for forgery, and there is every
probability he will be held for the
Georgia courts before requisition pa
pers will be honored.
The judge stated to Colonel Felder
that Colyar Issued forgeries on the
Georgia National Bank, was convicted
and sentenced, but th - sentence was
suspended when Colyar skated he was
suffering with tuberculosis and the
prison sentence jroukl kill him.
The exact wording of the suspended
sentence was not recalled. The judge
and Colonel Felder communicated
with Athens and if it is possible with
in the law, they say, will order Colyar
to serve the term.
The judge a^iked that his name be
withheld from publication until he
took some action.
Long Criminal Record
Of Colyar Is Cited
< A deluge of statements and affi
davits* tending to connect him with
criminal operations all over the
I’nited States and Mexico, and show
ing that he lias served time in half a
dozen penitentiaries and been an in
mate of a number of insane asylums,
poured in Saturday upon the head of
A. S. Colyar, the man who has stirred
• j the city with his dictograph plots and
his graft and bribery accusations in
volving Colonel Thomas B. Felder,
Mayor James G. Woodward and oth
ers.
Twenty-four hours after Colyar
fired his first shot he was in jail.
He was arrested by detectives at the
request of the police of Knoxville,
Tenn:, who wired Chief Beavers that
they hold a Grand Jury indictment
against Colyar for forgery. The wire
received by Chief Beavers follows:
Knoxville, Tenn., May 24, 1913.
J. L. Beavers, Chief of Police, At
lanta, Ga.:
I hold Grand Jury warrant for
A. S. Colyar, charge forgery. Age
50 to 55. Six feet high. Long
black hair; large Roman nose;
srpooth shaven; slightly stoop-
shouldered. All around crook.
Found around hotels. Arrest and
wire. ED D. CONNERS,
. A number of affidavits dealing with
the character of Colyar and each de
claring him to be the last word in
crookedness were made yesterday aft
ernoon tor various persons, and are
In the possession of Colonel Felder.
Extracts from a few of them are
printed below:
C. R. ATCHISON, of Atlanta.
Vice President of the Massengale
Advertising Agency—That he has
known A. S. Colyar from boy
hood, and * * * is familiar
with his criminal record. That
he has been arrested in several
States of the Union for the of
fenses of forgery, perjury and
impersonating others to obtain
money; that he has been incar
cerated in the public jails of sev
eral States; that he is a moral
degenerate, a pervert and a
chronic crook and blackleg, and
• * *" that he would not believe
him on oath.
k W. D. RHEA, living at the
Georgian Terrace—That he was
formerly a resident of Nashville,
Tenn. * * * That he has known
A. S. Colyar for 30 years. * * *
That he (A. S. Colyar) has from
time to time been arrested for dl-
verq and sundry crimes, such as
forgery, blackmail, fraud. * * *
That he is looked upon as a no-
.-Vv torious crook wherever he is
known, and deponent does not
hesitate- to say that from his
knowledge of his character and
reputation, he would not believe
him tin his oath.
E. \V. Me NEAL. 92 South For
syth Street, Atlanta: That he
formerly frivled dr. Nashville,
Tenn., and * * * is familiar with
the character and reputation of
A. S. Colyar. Deponent says on
oath that the said Colyar is
known as a professional crook,
blackleg and adventurer; that he
has been charged from time to
time with offenses of forgery,
perjury, conspiracy, blackmail,
etc., * * * * that there is not a
crime in the catalogue he would
not willingly and quickly com
mit for money. * * * * that he
would not believe him on his oath.
Digging into the records of Col
yar’s past many things have been
unearthed which seem to bear out
the statements given above. Here are
some of the notable things which he
has done, and which are cited by
Colonel Felder as evidence that he
is irresponsible and that, therefore,
little credence should be placed In
what he pays:
Served time in Tennessee jails.
Served time in Virginia jails.
Sentenced to an insane asylum
near Nashville. Set fire to the in
stitution and escaped.
Got into trouble at LaFollette,
Tenn., and through influence of
friends was sent to the insane
asylum at Lyons View, Tenn.
Came to Cartersville, Ga., and
posed as a religious exhorter,
living in style. He married a
Cartersville woman, who became
disgusted and left him about a
year ago.
Secured $10,000 from General
Moliineux, of New York, in a
fake confession deal with a pick
pocket. Serving short term in
Sing Sing.
Secured $1,000 from the Amer
ican Ambassador to Mexico by
posing as the son of John G.
Carlisle. Saved from prison by
his friends.
Is known wherever he has been
as a wild adventurer who spends
more time in jail than out.
Information throwing light on Col
yar’s movements just before ha came
to Atlanta and started his dictograph
to working was unearthed Saturday
by The Sunday Americans corre
spondent at Knoxville, Tenn.
Colyar, the dispatch states, was
released from the Lyons View Asylum
last November upon representation
that he was to be taken as a private
patient to a private infirmary at
Milledgeville, Ga.
Later he went to Montgomery, Ala.,
where he worked on a newspaper,
and then went to Atlanta. While in
the asylum in Knoxville he was a pri
vate patient and his expenses were
paid by Col. A. N. Snook, of Nash
ville.
STATEMENT PADDED, SAYS MAYOR
The statements purporting to be from me were added to by some crook. I
told them I was anxious to get any evidence of graft in the police department,
that the man who got it should be immune from punishment and that I proba
bly could get money to pay for it. But I never mentioned the names of Chief
Beavers or Chief Lanford. I told them I did not care whom the evidence hit.—
MAYOR WOODWARD.
PLOTOFCROOK’
Woodward Brands Dictograph
Trap Scheme to Make Him
“Goat” Against Beavers.
Mayor Woodward declared Satur
day night that the sensational dicto
graph records were merely the “froth j
of a plot of a ‘dirty gang,’ " and too
unworthy and ridiculous to require
any official action from him.
“I think the matter reached its
proper culmination when the dirty
old crook Colyar. seemingly the chief
promoter of the plot, was arrested |
on a charge of forgery.”
Then taking a more serious view
of the situation, Mayor Woodward
gave some illuminating news on At
lanta police politics.
Mayor Picked for “Goat.”
The filling in of the dictograph
statement, purporting to be from me.
is a good illustration of the efforts
of certain persons to make me the
‘goat’ in their campaign to get rid
of Police Chief J. L. Beavers. I have
never posed as a sympathizer of
Beavers, but I have never made any
effort to oust him. Nevertheless, cer
tain persons, some of them posing as
his friends and supporters, have con
tinually sought to bring to a focus,
through me, the fight to fire him.
“I told Beavers I was not going to
try to put him out.
Dictograph Report Wrong.
“The first part of my conversa
tion reported in the dictograph state
ment was correct. But some dirty
crook added to the last part—that is
unless the mistakes were inadvert
ently made by the operator. I did
not mention Chief Beavers nor Chief
Lanford nor any other names. They
tald me—that is, Colyar told me with
the assent of February—they had evi
dence of graft against Beavers and
Lanford and I answered I wanted the
evidence, no matter whom it hit.
“I did not offer them any money,
but I will say now that I will sub
scribe to a fund to unearth any graft
in any city department. I did not
even tell them how strongly I felt
on such matters, because I did not
like the appearance of their whole
dirty affair.
End to Ring Rule.
“If there is any real significance in
this matter I know what it is. ‘Ring’
rule In the police department is about
to be overthrown. When the com
mission split the other night on the
issue of Beavers’ authority to name
men for promotions they split be
cause we had information that Beav
ers was about to name an unworthy
man who had been selected by certain
members of the commission.
“All this purported scandal is an
effort to discredit me and the men
who voted like I did.
“But I don’t care anything about it.
“I used to have a good deal of con
fidence in dictograph evidence. Now
I have about lost it all. I have found
out how easy it is for the operator to
make mistakes, through a confusion
of voices and the like, or for the evi
dence to be tampered. I think the
alleged Felder conversation must have
met with the same experience that
mine did.”
With it all, the Mayor was in a good
M AYOR JAMES G. WOODWARD, of Atlanta, accused by
dictograph in conversation in A. S. Colyar’s room at the
Williams House, denies that h e offered money to secure evi-
denc of corruption against po lice and detective departments.
humor and laughed much over the
complex developments.
What Humphrey Said.
Councilman W. G. Humphrey, re
ferring to Chief Beavers’ interview,
said he did tell Beavers in a private
conversation in his (Humphrey’s) of
fice one day that he (Beavers) would
not be able to keep the “houses”
closed.
“I did not say whether his move
was the right move or not,” said
Councilman Humphrey.
Rumors of councilmanic investiga
tion of the whole affair are afloat, but
none of the members of Council would
confirm reports that such a plan was
under consideration. Various mem
bers of Council, when seen, laughed
and said they were waiting for fur
ther developments.
“I see the members of Council buy
ing extras and discussing the matter
just as eagerly and just as naturally
as any private citizens," said Council
man Albert Thomson.
Dorsey to Present Graft
Charges if They Stand Up.
Hugh M. Dorsey, Solicitor General,
made it plain last night that if in
vestigation develops the fact that
there is anything in the charges of
graft and corruption in the police de
partment, or that Colonel Felder at
tempted to bribe public officials to
secure evidence in the Phagan cose,
he most assuredly would present the
matter to the Grand Jury.
He said, however, that he does not
think the charges and counter charges
would amount to anything when
sifted to the final analysis, other
than a controversy between the city
detectives and the man who brought
the Bums detectives into the Pha
gan case.
BEAVERS CALLS
ATTACK I PLOT
OFGANGSTERS’
“I’ll Indict Every One of That
Crowd,” Declares Chief, in
Stinging Statement.
Continued From Page 1.
age bis move. The Chief character
ized. Felder as the “agent and mouth
piece of these gangsters,” and re
ferred to Charles C Jones “as the
main backer of Felder.**
Says Enemy Is Cornered.
Chief Heavers' peppery statement
follows:
"l dislike very much to become in
volved in an affair like this, and to
have to defend myself in this manner,
but the time has come when 1 can
rest quietly no longer. 1 have been
shooting into the hole until my ene
mies must now come out and fight in
the open. I’ve got them cornered and
they must show their colors It’s a
fight in the open and to the finish.
This thing must come to a show
down.
“This gang of vice promoters and
defenders set out to get me when 1
first closed the restricted district and
they’ve been after me ever since, re
lentlessly. But they’ve been fighting
under cover and have sought to atab
me in the back. But I've run them
from cover now and I’ll fight to a fin
ish, even if I die in my tracks. Con
sequences will not be considered—I’ll
regard nothing but the principle in the
fight. It’s a battle between decency
and indecency, and I’m satisfied that
right will prevail and decency tri
umph.
“This is the gang that has run At
lanta for years, but It is now- losing its
grip. Its reign is doomed.
Calls Feldor Agent of Gang.
“Thomas B. Felder is the agent and
mouthpiece of these gangsters, and
his activities are in their behalf. He
in the legal representative of these
forces of evil. Charlie Jones, who is
losing thousands of dollars of revenue
since the restricted district was
closed, is Felder’s employer. But he
is not the only one who is losing this
kind of money, and he’s* not the only
one interested in this fight to get me.
There are others.
“All of these people who have been
making money off the shame of wom
en and who are interested in keeping
the bouses of vice open have been
fighting me. Their sole motive is to
oust me from the office of Chief of
Police in the hope that they can again
open these places. They have seized
on this Phagan case as an instrument
in their underhand light. It was their
purpose to embarrass me in this case
in a way that might aid their fight.
They grabbed at this as a last chance
to make a stand. But the light has
been turned on and they’ll be shown
up.
“Always Tried to Block Me.”
“Every effort I have put forth to
make Atlanta a cleaner and better
city has been met with obstacles. At
tempts have been made to block me at
every turn. This gang has been on
the alert every minute.
“But there’s one thing certain now
—they’ve got to fight a real battle in
which no quarter will be asked. I
won’t be frightened off by any al
leged plot to assassinate, nor anv
other threat.
“I have received reports of numer
ous dirty methods that have been
used against me. One of these re
ports came to me about Christmas.
I was informed that certain persons
had offered three $500 checks to any
one who would get me in a room with
a woman. I’m satisfied, from my in
formation. that traps have been set
for me, but they failed to work.
Hurls Defy at His Foes.
“I have heard discouraging remarks
on all hands, but none of them has
shaken me in my efforts to make At
lanta a clean city.
“I was in the office of Councilman
W. G. Humphrey a few days after the
houses were closed, and he laughed
and joked me about my closing order.
He told me 1 could not keep the
houses closed, and said they would be
open again in eight months. I told
him they would never open again.
“I have remained firm in my posi
tion In this matter, because F know
I'm right. I intend to do my fuu
White City Park Now Open
Woodward Says Recorder Nash
Broyles Is. “Monomaniac on the
Subject of Blind Tigers.”
Replying to Recorder Broyles’
charges that he was blocking Justice
by the exercise of his pardoning pow
er, Mayor Woodward declared Sat
urday that the Recorder was a
'monomaniac on the subject of blind
tigers."
“Such cases ought to be treated by
a jury," said the Mayor. “They are
violations of the State law and should
be tried according to the rules of the
State courts.
“But 1 want to avoid personal dif
ferences. The business of the city
demands co-operation.
Shaw Case Exoeption.
“I have not pardoned but one man
since I began my term without the
approval of Recorder Bryoles having
first been attached to the application.
That man was Dan Shaw and I only
pardoned him after the Governor
said he would pardon him If he would
leave the State. How could he leave
the State when he was in the stock
ade?
“I reduced Griff Freeman’s fine to
$250 because of a certificate from Dr.
Hugh Inman Battey that he was ab
solutely unable to work on account
of kidney trouble, and a certificate
from Dr. J. G. Hall, city physician,
that he had a fractured knee cap
which incapacitated him from any
physical exertion.
Strives to Uphold Law.
“I think it better for the city to
get $250 than for that fellow to go
out to the stockade and sit on a stone
for 30 days; and it certainly is more
humane treatment of the poor sick
man, especially rime the evidence
was not very strong against him
“I have two other applications for
pardons, which 1 am holding up for
careful investigation.
“I am striving to uphold the law'
sanely.”
Manila Bay Hero to
Rest in Mississippi
MEMPHIS, TENN., May 24.—The
body of Commodore Benjamin Ward
Hodges, U. S. N., aged 56, one of tbo
heroes of the battle of Manila Bay,
will reach Memphis Sunday from
Washington, D. where he died Fri
day. He will be buried in Sumner
County, Mississippi, his former home.
1 "Law Brothers for Quality
Anderson Says He
Will Head Senate
Savannah Man Sure He’s Going To
Be Nominated—For Finan
cial Revision.
Senator-elect J. Randolph Ander
son, of Savannah, while in Atlanta
Saturday declared that hie nomina
tion to the Presidency of the Sen
ate was assured.
Mr. Anderson, in speaking on the
rpoblems of legislation that will
come up at the General Assembly
next month, declared that the re
vision of the State’s system of finance
was the most Important.
“Georgia is growing richer every
year. Expansion of the State’s edu
cational and eleemosynary institu
tions will require more money. Geor
gia’s method of collecting her taxes
is fully a generation behind the times.
Correction of this will mean a full
treasury. The perpetual cry of 'broke’
will be done away with."
duty In the future, and warn this
gang here and now tliat It can not
shake me from my purpose. Atlanta
will never be blackened with recog
nized vice so long as I am Chief of
Police.”
“Shortly after the houses were
closed I had a talk with Mr. Clark
Howell, editor of The Constitution, in
his office. During the conversation
the question of suppressing vice came
up and Mr. Howell remarked that
there was no doubt that the houses
were then closed, but asked whether
1 would be able to keep them closed.
I replied that they will remain closed
as long as 1 am In office.
“Mr. Howell never commended nor
condemned my reply, but ever since
that time The Constitution has fought
me personally arid by the most unfair
methods.’’
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Southern Railway in connection
with the Tallulah FaJls Railway
will operate oach Sunday a
through first-class coach leaving
Atlanta 6:55 a. m., arriving Tal
lulah Falls 12:10 noon; returning,
leave Tallulah Falls 4:36 p. m., ar
rive Atlanta 8:15 p. m.
J. L. MEEK.
A. G. P. A., Southern Railway.
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