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WHO ARE THE BRIBERS AND GRAFTERS? C& c^3 FELDER MUST PROVE CHARGES ft 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 ft .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! ft ALWAYS FIRST <® ® The SUNDAY AMERICAN Order It NOW o Both Phone* Main 8000 The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit---GEORGIAN WANT ADS---Use for Results EXTRA VOL. XL NO. -32. ATLANTA. <1A., TUESDAY, MAY 27, 191:?. By Copyright, 1906. y The Georgian Co. 2 CENTS BEAVERS AND LANFORD TO PROSECUTE FELDER *•+ •fev +tv *|*«t +•+ *re + ■f e*r +•+ + • + +•+ -red* 4* • . +• 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 * 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, Continued on Page 2, Column 4. 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- A