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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN’ AND NEWS. Tl'ESDA V. MAY 27. 191A
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Attorney Carl Hutcheson, Felder's
Aide, Also Accuses Police of
Protecting Vice.
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hattan Av«*nup and converting
. our entire muni<ipHllty into a
“red light" district. AND YOl T
KNOW IT, and unless you c hange
conditions at once you should he
removed from office for derelic
tion of duty.
I accuse you of retaining on
your forces men unfit to protect
the “decent" citizens of Atlanta
AND YOl T KNOW IT. and should
he removed from office for dere
liction of duty.
I accuse you of knowing where
numbers of houses which exist by
Immoral practices are located.
AND YOU KNOW IT. and you
should be removed from office for
dereliction of duty.
Do you think that the public
will be hoodwink'd forever'.’ Do
you think that the public is so
gullible as to believe all of this
*bush-wah” about the great
work that you are continuing?
Yes. you closed Manhattan Ave
nue, hut what did you do for the
remainder of the city?
You and your hunch are very
*ore because you were unable to
ferret out the Phagan murder,
AND YOU KNOW IT. When the
FoUcitor General called in outside
ild. numbers of vour hirelings
were very much perturbed and
became insanely jeiloue That is
why all of this patched-up and
Matched-up bunch of lies and
slanders have been issued against
Thomas B. Felder, whose shoes
you are unworthy to untie, AND
YOU KNOW IT.
I accuse you of retaining a
large number of leather-heads for
detectives. Detectives 0 That is a
joke, isn't it? AND YOU KNOW
IT, and you should be removed
from office for allowing such an
army of incompetents to work
with your department*. you
know, and I know, that these fel
lows secure their offices through
political pull and not through ef
ficiency. They are Sherlock
Holmeses when it comes to ar
resting blind tigers and negro
crap-players, but beyond that they
would not know a clew If they
sau il tagged.
In the Phagan case, the news-
phpei men are the ones who
(i up the first clews of any
merit. AND YOU KNOW IT. and
«hould be ashamed of that crowd
1 own there to allow the members
r of the Fourth Estate to put one
over on you; hut vou know news
paper men have brains, and
brains are required to make de
tect ives.
Now. vollev »'orth again your
promulgation of purity and tell
(he people of this great city what
targe men you are and Row you
protect the citizenry of this great
Commonwealth.
If you haven’t the addresses of
the houses to which I refer, call
at m\ office within three days
and 1 will give you a bunch of
them.
Friends of mine have advised
me against printing this card.
Some have feared for my life—
hut afraid of you and your
crowd? Never. I am not afraid
of anything that lays down its
firearms and comes at me like a
man in fair play. Now. "lay on.
MacDuff, and damn'd he him who
first cries, ‘Hold! Enough!”’
CARL HUTCHESON.
Atlanta, Ga., May 27, 1913.
Col. Felder Still Probing
In the Phagan Case.
In the news columns of The Geor
gian yesterday it was said that
Colonel Felder had been’ eliminated
from the Phagan case. Colonel Fel
der says this is not true, that he is
as deeply interested in solving the
mystery as ever, and that he is lend
ing every energy in that direction.
The further statement in The Geor
gian that Colonel Felder was be
lieved at one time to be interested in
the defense of Frank was not in
tended to reflect In any way upon
the lawyer, it was simply the gos
sip of the street, given for what it
was worth. Colonel Felder’s own
statement that he is working sole
ly for the public good makes his po
sition perfectly clear, and everybody
in the city will hope that he wiil
continue actively in the case until
tlu^j^vat m>ster> is disppsed of.
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Tobie Gives Out Statement Inti- Burden of Proof Will Rest on
mating Frank’s Guilt—Has No Prosecution in the Phagan
Quarrel With Police. Slaying Case.
C. W. Tobie, chief criminal in
vestigator for the Burns Detective
Agency, formally withdrew from the
Phagan investigation Tuesday morn
ing. The calling off of the Burns
forces was announced by Dan P.
Lehon. superintendent of the South
ern branch, after Tobie had wtated
explicitly that he would not withdraw
from the case.
Colonel Thomas B. Felder, who
brought the Burns detectivea Into the
Phagan case, would make no state
ment relative to their withdrawal, but
announced that It did not mean the
end of bis investigation or connec
tion with the case.
"I shall continue my personal inves
tigation as in the past." he said. “I
have no other statement to make.”
Tobie’ issued a statement in which
he denied that any of his time had
been used in a police investigation.
He said his withdrawal from the
Phagan case was because of open
opposition* to, himself and his client
that made it impossible for him lu
get results.
"We have nothing whatever to do
with the Phagan case," said Mr. To
bie. “When the bribery charges were
published I immediately notified Mr.
Lehon. superintendent of the South
ern branch. He came to Atlanta
Monday morning. After a confer
ence with myself ami some officials
he decided it would be advisable to
give up the case and return to Chi
cago.”
Open Opposition to Burns-
“()ur decision was reached because
there was open opposition to our
work and we could not render ser
vice proportionate to the money we
were being paid.”
“The insinuation that we are striv
ing to shield Frank is absurd. From
what developed in my investigation
I am convinced Frank is the guilty
man. We \^ere working on the theory
that he was the murderer. In my
first conference with Colonel Felder
he said he. too, believed Frank was
the murderer.
"In Lehon’s conference with Solic
itor Dorsey he told Mr Inchon he had
evidence sufficient to convict Frank
and he did not see that the Burns de-
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spoke to her except tn connection with
her work. Nothing was found to
point the finger of accusation directly
at Frank, so far as the public has
been Informed. None of Frank's
clothing has been found with blood
stains upon It. No finger prints upoh
the girl's body or her clothes were
identified as his. None of his per
sonal belonging were found near the
girl's body. Absolutely nothing was
discovered in the search of the de
tectives that fastened the crime on
him.
Own Admission Caused Arrest.
The police possibly would never
even have known that Frank was
the last person to see Mary Phagan,
so far as Is known, had it not been
for Ids own free admission. He told
the officers the moment he Identified
the body that that was the girl he
paid at noon the day before. No one
else knew that Mary Phagan was in
the building at that time, so far as
the evidence reveals. Frank did not
have to tell If he had desired to con
ceal the fact.
The defense, therefore, will be in a
position to ask "Should not this ad
mission. given freely and voluntarily,
be regarded as an indication of inno
cence rather than as an admission of
Cat With Harelip
Whistles Like Boy
SPRINGFIELD MASS., May 27.—
Stanislaus Cxynsxky, of Prospect
Avenue, West Springfield, is the
ow ner of a cat with a harelip, which
whistles with the facility of a school
boy. but can not mew or, at least,
never has mewed.
Neighbots have suggested that the
cat would prove a treasure to a
maker of catgut violin strings.
CHICKENS GET SOUSED.
KANSAS CITY, May 27.—A dozen
chickens In a coop at the city market
were deluged by a broken Jug of
whisky. The chickens stuck their
heads through the slats of the coop
and snipped the liquor. Soon after
ward the roosters began to crow nois
ily and the pullets flapped their wings.
‘Naked Truth' Too
Naked for St. Louis
NEW YORK. May 27.—When Pro
fessor William Wendschneider, the
famous German sculptor, arrived to
day from England and learned that
his statue, "The Naked Truth,” de
signed for the Praetorius-Schurz-
Daenser Memorial Committee of Pt.
Louis, Mo., had been rejected be
cause it was too daring, he emitted
a wail of protest.
The professor caught the first train
going West, determined to change the
opinions about “The Naked Truth.”
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lectives could be of any great bene
fit In the case, hampered as they were.
He said our work had been entirely
satisfactory to him and had been ef
ficient. Many features unearthed by
us had been overlooked by the other
investigators."
Bribery hCarge Denied.
Rumored attempts to bribe wit
nesses were given strong denial in
many circles, particularly b> those
whose names were connected by ru
mor with the alleged bribery attempts.
C. C. Sears, superintendent of the
Atlanta branch of the Rurns detect
ives. communicated to Chief of De
tectives Lanford the announcement
of the withdrawal of the Burns forces
from the Phagan case.
< hief Lanford authorized the fol
lowing statement on the departure of
Tobie:
"Tobie. I believe, is straight and
honest. He was victimized by Felder.
I am convinced Mr. Tobie was work
ing toward the interest of those seek,
ing to clear the mystery.”
Praises Superintendent.
A girl employee of the pencil fac
tory has written the following state
ment, which upholds the working
conditions of the factory and cham
pions the character of the imprisoned
superintendent:
"Nothing has ever been said of the
girls of the pencil factory until after
the terrible murder, but since then
there has-been one continuous talk,
just as if we were to blame. We are
Just as anxious to see the guilty pun
ished as the rest of the public, and
we all loved Mary Phagan Just as
much as we possibly could.
"If the public only would interest
itself to look into other factories and
stores they would find the girls in
the pencil factory are just as good
as any other working girls.
"It looks highty hard that we have
to work in the.place where our little
friend was «o horribly murdered. But
we are only poor working girls, try
ing to make an honest living, and we
tr\ not to think of tlie tragedy any
more thin possible; and we have the
inteiest of the factory too much at
heart to desert in times of trouble.
"We all hope and pray the guilty
will be punished and the Innocent
given freedom, for we all think out
superintendent has a soul himself and
that he would not think of such a
thing; much less commit such a hor
rible crime.”
guilt, as the detectives have consid
ered It up lo this time?” It a guilty
man likely to tell the officers as soon
as he Is approached that he saw the
girl and talked with her. when there
Is no need of such an admission?”
I If the State attempts to show that
the murder was committed between
12 and 1 o’clock Saturday afternoon,
as one of the theories contends, the
defense will be able to argue that
there were several other peopl in the
factory at the t*ne. this fact opening
the way to the argument that if the
crime was committed at this time it
need not nave been Frank who did it,
and to another argument that Frank
would have been very unlikely to at
tack the girl when he knew there
were other persons in the factory at
the time who might discover him.
May Prove an Alibi.
Should the State peek to prove that
the murder was committed in the
evening, as the affidavits obtained
from Mrs. Mima Fomby indicate may
be done, the defense will be able to
establish a very strong alibi for the
suspected man from the testimony of
seven persons who are said to have
been at Frank’s house Saturday even
ing playing a game of card«
Several of them already have testi
fied before the Coroner’s jury, and all
of them are said to be willing to give
their testimony in court to the effect
that they saw Frank eome home that
evening, about the time he said in his
statement to the Coroner’s jury, and
that he remained home the remainder
of the evening, to the best of their
knowledge.
This will bring it to an issue of
veracity between Mrs. Mima Fomby
and these seven persons, who are
persons of reputation and standing in
the community, if, indeed, the testi
mony of Mrs. Fomby is allowed ad
mission. which appears very doubt
ful.
Mrs Fomby swore in her affidavit
that Frank called her on the telephone |
several times between 6:30 and 10:30
o’clock the Saturday night of the
murder, asking her for permission to
bring a girl to her place. She testi
fied that she denied his request. It
is between these hours that Frank
has a very well established alibi from
all appearances.
Another Motive Possible.
Tim defense also will be in a posi
tion to suggest that there might have
been another motive for the crime
than the one generally accepted. No
physician has stated positively that
he was certain of any conclusions
from his examination of the body
either immediately after the crime or
at the times the body was exhumed.
Added to this fact is the unex-
plained circumstance that the girl’s
purse never has been found. It con
tained only the wages she had drawn
that day. to be sure, but even this
small amount might prove an incen
tive to some persons, the defense very
likely will argue. And it is not at
was the motive, had any Idea that the
all certain that the robber, if robbery
amount he would obtain would be so
small.
"It is probable that Frank would
have taken the trouble to hide the
girl's purse whencould not have
incriminated in any way any par
ticular persons had it been lying near
her body?” is a question that can be
put to the jurors in this connection.
The defense also will fight against
the introduction of much of the char
acter testimony that was permitted
to go before the Coroner’s jury.
Frank's attorneys will attack the
identification of Frank made by Of
ficer House, of Druid Hills Park, on
the grounds of its utter improbabil
ity.
Will Attack Officer.
They will question the ability of
House to identify a man he has seen
only once and after a lapse of two
years. They will attack the probab
ilities of a man of Frank’s standing
permittig himself to be seen in com
pany with a girl in short skirts.
They will question the probability
of his admitting his identity to the
officer and saying. “I am Leo Frank;
superintendent of the National Pen
cil Factory.” when his main concern
naturally would have been to keep
his identity secret. Probabilities are
bound to play a large part in the
trial, declare those interested in the
mystery, for it is very much on a se
quence of probabilities that the police
are basing their expectations of con
victing Frank.
Even should the State be able to
prove beyond a doubt that it was
Frank whom the park guard discov
ered in company with a young girl
two years ago, the defense will still
be able to say that this fact no more
connects Frank with the murder than
it does hundreds of other persons.
The announcement of the detectives
themselves that they do not place im
plicit confidence in the so-called con
fession of the negro. James Conley,
makes it unlikely that the trial will
have anything to do with his state
ment that he wrote notes at the dic
tation of Frank the day before the
murder.
Sentell May Yet Be Witness.
Laying aside the possibility of a
premeditated murder, which no one
had even suggested up to the time
of the negro’s alleged confession, the
friends of Frank, and those who are
without personal interest as well,
scouted the idea that Frank, who is
an intelligent and shrewd man. would
take an ignorant negro into his con
fidence and do everything but tell him
that he was going to commit a mur
der on the next day.
It is rumored that E. L. Sentell may
yet figure in the case again. Sentell
is the man w’ho declared positively
before the Coroner’s jury that he saw
Mary Phagan shortly before mid
night the night of the murder. Sen
tell knew Mary Phagan from infancy.
He said that he could not be mis
taken in her identification. He tes
tified that he met her on the street in
company with some man and that
he said. Hello. Mary,” and that she
replied. "Hello. Ed."
This testimony would appear quite
conclusive were it not for the state
ments of the physicians that the girl
must have been dead at least six
hours when found. It is known, how
ever. that some confidence is still be
ing placed in his statements.
Grocers Plan for
Half-Holiday Parade
Retail grocers and commission
men of Atlanta will meet in the Au
ditorium Tuesday night to perfect
plans for the big parade with which
they will usher in the season of
Wednesday half-holidays, on June 4.
It is planned to make the parade one
of the biggest ever seen in Atlanta.
More than a hundred automobiles
have been promised for the pageant.
Among the speakers who will boost
the parade at the Auditorium meet
ing are Harry Schlesinger. John Mc
Cullough and Olin Stamps.
Specail Will Take
Hotel Men to Tybee
Big times are expected on Tybee
Island June 13 and 14, when the Georgia
Hotel Men's Association holds Its an-
hual mid-summer meeting there. Busi
ness and pleasure will go hand in hand,
though fun is the main object of the
gathering
Legislation that will he asked of the
Georgia Assembly will be discussed.
The Atlanta delegation and hotel men
from cities and towns near Atlanta will
go on a special train June 12. At Sa
vannah they will be entertained at tHe
new Savannah ‘hotel. At Tybee they
will be guests of the Tybee Hotel.
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