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WHO ARE THE BRIBERS AND GRAFTERS?
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FELDER MUST PROVE CHARGES
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Tile charges 'f ’nribcrv and grail made by Thomas B. Felder arc so import
ant tliey can not bo ignored. Statements by Chief Beavers and Chief of Detec
tives Lanford make it clear that some persons of influence are trying to use
their “pull” to bring about a condition of affairs in the city that the majority
of people are opposed to.
Investigation quick and relentless must be begun at once! The Grand
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.1 ury is now in session, and t he investigation should be -started at once.
The public is entitled to know all t he facts, know the names of those giving
or receiving bribes, and if Felder has seen a “graft list,” as he says he has, he
should be made to tell about it.
The public is not willing to believe anything against Beavers, lie is re
garded as honest and efficient Felder must be made to prove his charges!
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Mayor Woodward Accused by Beavers in a New Statement
T HOMAS B FELDER, and his expansive smile. This photo
graph was taken before Chief Beavers started out to
make him prove his charges. What sort of a smile will Felder
wear when Beavers gets through with him?
CONCLUSIVE, SHY POLICE
"Hub" Talley, a notorious police
’character, shot and probably fatally
wounded George Black stock, known
as "Crip," just before noon Monday,
and made his escape before police ‘of
ficers arrived.
The shooting took place on the side
walk in front of 224 Peters Street,
near the place where "Hub” Talley
l^and his brother. Boyce Talley, lived.
* Talley was in his shirt sleeves. After
shooting Blackstock, he went to his
room and put on his coat, returned to
Peters Street and walked away.
Information secured by John West,
special call officer, and Eugene Coker,
detective, who went to the- scene,
tended to show the shooting followed
a charge of larceny made by Black-
stock against Talley. Blackstock was
said to have told Boyce Talley, who
Is a. horse trader, that "Hub” stole
some whisky out of his, Boyce’s,
room. The two were on Peters Street.
Talley Fires One Shot.
Boyce told “Hub,” and the- latter,
Incensed, hurried down to Peters
Street before Blackstock left and
asked him if he had made the accusa
tion. Blackstock said, "Yes,'' and Tal
ley drew his revolver and fired one
shot, which found lodgment just above
Blackstock’s heart.
Blackstock is a stonemason, living
at 66 Crumley Street. He was hur
ried to Grady Hospital, where his con
dition was pronounced precarious. He
refused to make any statement what
ever regarding the shooting.
Blackstocjt Is well known person
ally to police officials, but actual
points in his career are difficult to
obtain.
42 Cases Against Him.
< “Hub” TaUey has one of the longest
police records ever made in Atlanta.
Dozens of times he has been arrested
for liquor selling, his persistence in
violating the liquor laws having
gained for him the sobriquet of "The
Blind Tiger King,”
He has figured in numerous shoot
ing escapades. Last year the Atlanta
detective department compiled his
record and found there had been 42
case? against him in two years. A
week or two later a writ of lunucy
was taken out against him and he was
sent to the insane asylum at Mil-
ledgeville, from which he was later
released on parole.
When report was made to police
headquarters that Talley had escaped
telegrams were sent out. giving his
description and the crime for which
he is wanted.
Ends Hunger Strike
With 24 Doughnuts
DENVER, COLO., May 26 - As
semblyman Bacon, charged with slay
ing his wife and step-daughter, end
ed his hunger strike of over 124 hours
when he drank two gallons ot butter
milk and ate two dozen doughnuts.
He apparently is none the worse
for his long fast.
“THE TEN” CLUB TO MEET
WITH JUDGE M, W. BECK
Members of “The Ten” Club will be
guests of Judge Marcus W. Beck at
his hom- i in Columbia Avenue, Fri
day, Jun* 6.
The paper for the afternoon will
be “Compulsory Education." It will
be discussed by Messrs. Brittain and
Purser.
Liners Collide; Aid
Called by Wireless
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
VIGO, SPAIN, May 26.—The steam
ship Taitus collided to-day with the
steamer Inca off the northwestern
coast of Spain and both were badly
damaged. The Taitus was able to
proceed toward Corunna and the Ni
agara tarted at top speed to aid the
Inca. The Inca is a British ship of
1,904 tons, hailing from London.
The position of the Inca became so
perilous that her passengers were
transferred to the British ship Garth -
castle, bound from Wellington to Lon
don.
Mikado Improves;
Empress Now Ill
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
TOKIO, May 26.—Just as Emperor
Yoshihito has become convalescent
from his recent attack of pneumonia,
his imperial consort, Empress Sada-
ko, has fallen ill.
At Aoyama Palace it was announced
to-day that the Empress is suffering
from a cold and fatigue brought on
by her vigil at the Emperor’s bedside.
She will not attend to-morrow’s
meeting of the Japanese Red Cross, as
she had promised to do.
Woman Witness in
Gibson Case Missing
NEWBURGH, N. Y., May 26.—Si
multaneously with the opening to
day of the second week of the trial of
Lawyer Burton W. Gibson, charged
with drowning Countess Rosa Men-
schik Szabo, in Greenwood Lake, on
July 16 last, in order to get her es
tate, it was reported that one of the
new witnesses for the prosecution had
disappeared.
This witness, a woman, is reported
to have witnessed the drowning.
Tillman Asks Inquiry
Of Armor Contract
WASHINGTON, May 26.—Senator
Tillman, chairman of the Committee
on Naval Affairs, to-day said the fact
that Secretary Meyer had let a con
tract for 8,000 tons of armor for the
battleship Pennsylvania the very day
before the Republican administration
went out of power was sufficient to
justify an investigation.
"Doesn’t that fact suggest,” said
the Senator, “that there were some
political debts to pay?”
Hold-Up Man Shoots
Girl and Her Escort
TOLEDO, OHIO, May 26.—With a
bullet in her own body and her sweet
heart dead at her side, Julia Probert,
aged 16. drove eight miles over a
muddy road here at midnight Sun
day.
The girl was driving with George
Steele, aged 18. They were held up
by a foreigner, who demanded money.
Steele refused him and the highway
man shot them.
Czar Goes Home in
Bomb-Proof Train
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 26.—Czar
Nicholas arrived at Tsarskoe-Selo to
day from Berlin, where he attended
the wedding of Princess Victoria Lu-
ise. daughter of the Kaiser. Saturday
The Czar traveled in his famous
bomb-proof train and was heavily
guarded by soldier? and detectives.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Fair Monday and
Tuesday.
Chief of Detectives Lanford was
given two papers Monday accusing
friends of Leo M. Frank of attempt
ing to bribe a man and a woman to
swear that they saw Mary Phagan
at 10:30 Saturday night, April 26. at
a soda fountain at Marietta and For
syth Streets.
These papers were given Lanford
by A. S. Colyar, whose entrance into
the Pha'gan case has been marked by
one sensation after another. Colyar
told Lanford that the papers were
copies bf sworn affidavits and that
he had the originals which he would
produce at the proper time. The
copies are not signed.
Haas Denies Charge.
Emphatic denial that he had in any
manner resorted to bribery in behalf
of Frank was made by Herbert Haas,
well-known Atlanta attorney and
friend of the pencil factory superin
tendent. Mr. Haas further declared
that any intimation that he had
sought to bribe anyone was absolute
ly false.
Two Affidavits Alleged.
Colyar said that one of the affida
vits was signed by the woman it was
sought to bribe and the other by the
man, a traveling salesman. Five
hundred dollars each is said by the
alleged copies of the affidavits to have
been offered to the man and the
woman for their testimony.
Colyar alleges that the woman was
brought here from Birmingham with
the intention of inducing her to swear
to the statement that she saw Mary
Phagan late Saturday night. He said
that he knew' where she was at the
present time, although the friends of
Frank thought that she had left the
city.
Another report of attempted bribery
was submitted to Chief Lanford ny
Will Henson, of 12 Leonard Street.
Henson told Lanford that he had
been informed by Mrs. Edmondson,
mother of little Monteen Stover, of
175 South Forsyth Street, that a man
had come to her house and asked how-
much she (Mrs. Edmondson) would
take to keep Monteen out of town
until after the trial had concluded.
Swore Frank Wasn’t in Office.
Monteen Stover is the girl who is
reported to have gone to the factory
at 12:05 o’clock Saturday afternoon
and to have been unable to find
Frank in his office, although he swore
he was there all the time from the
moment that Mary Phagan left his
office until Lemmle Quinn is said to
have entered at about 12:20.
After hearing the report, made to
Chief Lanford, that an offer had been
made to her to keep her daughter.
Monteen Stover, out of Atlanta till
after the trial of Frank, Mrs. Ed
mondson dictated a denial to a Geor
gian reporter. Her statement fol
lows:
Mrs. Fomby Not at Home.
“No. there has been nothing like
that at all. There has been no offer
of money, or anything else, for my
daughter to leave Atlanta. There has
been nothing but just her little testi
mony you saw in the papers, and no
improper offers have been made to
either me or her."
The detectives also are working on
reports that Mrs. Mima Fomby. of
400 Piedmont Avenue, the woman
who reported that Frank had called
her up several times by phone >
Saturday night, has been approached
by several persons who have at
tempted to bribe her to alter the
statements contained in her affidavit.
Mrs. Fomby has not been seen ?t
her residence for two days. She ; =
said to be out of the city visiting
friends.
Old Feud Results
In Second Killing
HAWKINSVILLE, GA.. May 26.—
Jerry Perdue shot and killed Davis
Walker in a quarrel at Hartford,
across the river from Hawklnsville.
Some months ago Perdue killed the
father of young Walker. He was
acquitted on a self-defense plea.
Since then there had been bitter fee!
ing between Walker’s sons and Per
due. This feeling, inflamed by liquor,
resulted in the second killing.
Perdue was shot in the leg, and a
bystander. W. H. Davis, was seriously
wounded.
Calls Gift Reward
For Madero Slaying
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
MEXICO CITY, May 26, There
was the wildest excitement in th“
Chamber of Deputies when Deputy
Moheno denounced the bill of 30,000
pesos that was to be paid Cecile L.
Ocon "for services rendered to the
government.
Moheno declared Ocon was the ac
tual murderer of the late President
Madero ajid said the money was to
pay him for the murder.
Vice Probers Quiz
10-Cent Store Heads
CHICAGO, May 26.—The first ses
sion of the Illinois Senate White Slave
Committee, since attempts to block
the inquiry by attacks upon the char
acter of Lieutenant Governor O’Hara
failed, was held in Chicago to-day.
The first witnesses called before the
committee were owners of 5 and 10-
cent stores who were questioned re
garding the conditions under which
girls work in their stored and the
amount of wages paid them.
Grand Jury Inquiry
Into Pier Holocaust
LONB BEACH, CAL.. May 26. Ad
ditional deaths were expected to-day
as a result of the collapse of the city
pier in Saturday’s celebration of Em
pire Day.
The total list was 36 to-day, fol
lowing the deaths of three women
yesterday. Of the total number of
dead. 35 were women.
Arrangements were being made to
day for an investigation of the acci
dent by a special grand jury.
Merchants Tried in
Arson Trust Case
FORT WAYNE. IND., May 26.- An
other chapter in the story of the so-
called “arson trust,” in the Central
West, was started here to-day, when
David and Benjamin Rosenberg and
Benjamin Franklin were placed on
trial, charged with arson.
The men are alleged to have had
their clothing store here set on Are
that they might collect insurance
money.
Garrison Criticises
Army Post System
NEW YORK, May 26.—Lindsay M.
Garrison, of New Jersey. Secretary
of War. at a banquet here Saturday
night, criticised the system of spread
ing the Army over the entire country,
at the 157 army posts.
If, he argued, each post were given
the same garrison there would be but
222 men at each station. He declared
that he favored a system that more
nearly mobilized the Army.
DR. COOK TOURS SOUTH.
MOBILE, ALA . May 26. Dr. Fred
erick A. Cook, of North Pole fame,
arrived in Mobile to-day He will
go to-night to Pensacola to open a
lecture tour.
If you have anvthing to aell adver
tise in The Sunday American. Lar
gest circulation of any Sunday news
paper in the South.
Chief of Detectives Newport Lan
ford Monday announced that the.
mystery of the Mary Phagan tragedy
is solved, as nearly as is possible
without the absolute, direct testimony
of eyewitnesses, and expressed him
self as perfectly satisfied "with the
evidence now in hand.
Accompanying this statement
comes the authoritative announce
ment that the great strangling crime
will be placed on Leo M. Frank, now
under indictment on the charge of
murder, and that Newt Lee, the sus
pected negro night watchman of the
National Pencil Factory, will not be
indicted. Lee will be held in jail un
til the trial as a material witness and
will be placed on the stand to give
evidence against the factory super
intendent.
Lee has completely been eliminated
from the case as a suspect, and is
now counted as one of the strongest
witnesses against Frank.
“There is not the slightest doubt of
the innocence of Newt Lee.” said
Thief Lanford. "I’m certain he has
told all he knows of the death of
Mary Phagan.’’
Can Hold Lee Indefinitely.
No further action nor proceedirt<«
of any kind will be necessary to hold
the night watchman for the trial. He
was ordered by the < 'oroner’s jury
held for investigation by the Grand
Jury, and until the latter body either
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returns an indictment or a “no bill,”
he can not be freed from jail.
It is the plan of the State, it is un
derstood, to defer action on his case
by the Grand Jury until after the trial
of Frank. He will then be released.
The great advantage gained by the
State in holding Lee* as a material
witness is that he can be cross-ex
amined when he goes on the stand.
By this means the State can bring
out every possible circumstance
against Frank that has been Vela ted
by the negro.
Were he indicted as an accomplice,
or on any other charge, and appear
in court as a defendant, Lee would
merely make such statement as
chose and could no 1 be cross-exam
ined by either the State or the de
fense.
The refusal of the Grand Jury to
Indict Lee is one of the shrewdest
moves yet made by the prosecution.
It came as a great surprise, as it
generally had been conceded that
both Frank and Lee would he in
dicted, either jointly or Frank us
principal and Lee as accessory.
Lanford Is Satisfied.
Chief,Lanford, in declaring himself
satisfied with the status of the case,
said that the real work of his de
tectives is now over, ana that all that
remains for them to do is to knit some
of the circumstances together and
strengthen a few of the weak point?.
He said the case was circumstantial,
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Chief of Police Beavers and Chief of Detectives Lanford both
stated emphatically Monday that they intended to *ro to the full
limit of the law in making Thomas B. Felder prove his charges ot!
graft in the police department.
Both Beavers and Lanford will take the matter before the
Grand Jury, and they will take other action in tlie courts against
Felder forthwith.
Chief Beavers shortly before noon held a conference with Ofty
Attorney Mayson,* after which he announced that he would take
the whole matter of alleged attempted bribery and ‘ conspiracy
against him" before the Grand Jury next Friday.
The chief was advised bv the City Attorney that this was the
proper course to pursue. He declined to specifically name all of
those who will be involved, remarking that he will lay all of his
evidence before the grand jurors and ask indictments.
They do not intend to let Felder's statements go with a sim
ple newspaper denial made by them. They intend to have a thor
ough investigaton, and they intend further to. make Felder come
forward with his evidence or take the consequences; and the con
sequences, they intend, shall he the fullest penalty that the law
can inflict upon him.
SAY THEY WILL BARE “SECRETS.”
Both Beavers arid Lanford have determined to go at the mat
ter systematically, thoroughly and in a legal way; anil they intend
that the investigations before the Grand Jury and in the courts
will lay bare all the “secrets” that Felder is alleged to have of
bribery and graft in the police department; and also make publio
tin* reasons Mayor Woodward has in the attempt to restore the
restricted vice district in Atlanta,
It is regarded as certain that Felder is eliminated entirely
from the Phagan case. It had been believed that he realty was
in the employ of the Frank defense up to the time that he began
to bombard the public with statements against Frank and went
on record in saying he believed in the guilt, of Frank.
In making this statement, saying he believed in the guilt of
Frank, he takes the same position as that of Lanford and Beavers,
who also are convinced of Frank's guilt.
CANT APPEAR FOR FRANK.
Felder, therefore, can not appear as an attorney for Frank,
nor he is wanted by the prosecution as an attorney to aid in pros
ecuting the case. It would seem, therefore, that he has no stand
ing in 1 he Phaganmatter at all.
Both Beavers and Lanford state positively that the evidence
collected by the police department in the Phagan case points to
Frank's guilt, v and that all the evidence collected by the Burns
Agency and the Pinkerton Agency simply confirm that belief.
They add that no new evidence, not already secured by the
city detectives, was produced by either Burns or the Pinkerton
men.
Mayor Woodward to-day issued a statement deriving Chief
Beavers’ assertion that he was eager for the restoration of the
restricted district, and declaring that if Beavers and Chief Lan
ford framed the dictograph plot they were unfit to hold office,
and should be ousted.
Mayor Eager to Bring Back
Tenderloin, Declares Chief
Chief of Police James L. Beavers
issued a statement Monday forenoon
defying his accusers to prove that he
had been guilty of any act of moral
turpitude as Chief of Police or as a
t Itlzen.
He characterized the attack by
Colonel Thomas B Felder merely as
an effort to detract attention from;
bis own (Felder’s) actions.
Referring to A. S. Colyar, in hi*
sweeping denial of the charges that
have been made against the polio*
department, he made the pertinent
observation, that it many times re
quired a crook to turn up another
(rook.”
"I never heard of A. S. Colyar, Jr*
until this thing came up. He may
be a crook, as far as I know. It
sterns that Mr. Felder ha* known
for a long time that it is no uncom-
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