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2 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN’ AND NEWS. Tl'ESDA V. MAY 27. 191A ! LIST OF "OPEN iM Attorney Carl Hutcheson, Felder's Aide, Also Accuses Police of Protecting Vice. Continued From Page 1. 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. Tt e Georgian-American Pony Contest VOTE COUPON Hearst's Sunday American and Atlanta Georgian PONY CONTEST VOTE COUPON. TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1913 5 VOTES NOT GOOD AFTER JUNE 11, 1913. Vote for Address CARRIERS’ AND AGENTS’ BALLOT. “LET US HAVE PEACE” :: Hearst’s Sunday American and Atlanta Georgian Pony Contest Vote Coupon, Tuesday, May 27, 1913. 5 WATrC NOT GOOD AFTER VVI JUNE 11, 1913. Vote for Address SCHOOL BOYS' AND GIRLS' BALLOT. rVijFvnght, 1918. Interna*irm*l Af-vrtoa. ( ??!i§l j ili H 11 —' ifg ill 'll: 1 i. 1 PlAlt/% WHH/5 PIFFLE BOAT' BUI US SLEUTH SWE FACES BIG l 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- ’ he Kind Y on Have Always Bought has borne the signa ture ol r Chas. II. Fletcher, and has been made uixlci his persona) suporvision lor over 150 years. Allow no one to deceive you in this. Counterfeits, Imitations and *‘«Ti!st-as-«o:*d” are but Experiments, and endanger the of Children—Experience against experiment* What is CASTORIA C*storia is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Par.- fforic. Drops ami Soothlnar Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic Substance. Its a*re is its guarantee. It destroys Morins and allays l'everishness. It cures Diarrhea and Wind Colie. It relates Teething Troubles, cures Constipation sial Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s Friend. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of In * <F ** Use For Over 30 Years. TMC Ce.TJ.UW COMPANY, TT MURRIT BTStCT. N I". YOPK ClTT. Continued From Page 1. 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.” If you have anything to sell adver tise in The Sunday American. Lar gest circulation of any Sunday news paper in the South. j ~<r 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. TO-DAY S MARKET OPENINGS. NEW YORK STOCK MARKET. Stock quotations to 10 a. STOCK— H Amal. Copper. American Can do, pref. , B. R. T Can. Pacific.. Erie G. Western . G. North, pfd. L. and N. . . Pennsylvania. Reading .... So. Pacific. . . St. Paul. Union Pacific. U. S. Steel. . 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