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THE ATLXNTA GEORGIAN A NT NEWS
IN DENSE IF
Mrs. Rebecca Brannon Declares
Her Belief in Innocence of
Factory Superintendent.
Mrs. Rebecca O. Brannon. 355 For
rest Avenue, a well known Atlanta
woman, has written a letter to The
Georgian in defense of Leo M. Frank.
Mrs. Brannon, in her communication,
avows a strong belief in the pencil
factory superintendent’s innocence,
and denounces the hardships which
the law has thrust upon him.
In llpe with its policy to present all
sides of the Phagan case, The Geor
gian herewith prints Mrs. Brannon's
letter:
In the name of God, humanity,
and justice, I beg the public to
suspend judgment in the case of
Mr. Leo M. Frank, indicted for
the murder of Mary Phagan, un
til he has had a fair trial before
. a jury of his peers.
I consider Mr. Frank an inno
cent man. Is it because he is a
Jew that the negro’s word is
taken as gospel truth, and reflec
tion cast on his testimony? From
the first, pap seemed to be
put in Newt Lee’s mouth, as well
as that of Conley, to make them
say or hint that Mr. Frank was
suspected by them of committing
the crime.
Calls It Persecution.
What negro, with dread of
lynching or summary justice be
ing meted out to him, would not
swear to a lie. and put the crime
on another if he could thereby
escape the consequences of his
crime? And even s<> late as
Saturday the negro Conley ad
mitted he wrote the notes found
beside the murdered girl, as he
said, at the suggestion of Mr.
Frank.
Is it not inconceivable to think
that an astute man. planning with
finesse, to kill a little girl who
might possibly call for her pay
envelope the following day,
would take into his confidence the
sweeper Conley and have him
write what he contemplated put
ting in a note he intended to lay
before her mutilated body, when
he shall have murdered her the
next day. and exclaiming. '’There
is no reason why I should hang
for it!”
Oh, no! Gentlemen, this is
entirely too unlikely a thing for
a man of his astuteness and cal
iber to have done or said. There
has been some colossal blunder
on the part* of the city detectives
in rounding up the quarry.
Tt looks very like persecuting
this man simply because he is a
Jew. 1 like to see fair play and
Classes of 19 Girls Graduated Bu Miss Hanna’s School'CHIEF BEAVERS
TO RENEW HIS
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Classic Dances Uiff Feature Commencement Plan
Top,
Miss Tommie
Bryan,
one of the girls
who will
dance in the
Hanna School
commencement
exercises.
Below,
Miss
Theodora
Warfield.
justice. This is the first time a
Jew has ever been in any seri
ous trouble in Atlanta, and see
how* ready is every one to believe
the worst of him.
In the first place, Mr. Frank,
in his deposition, told the hour he
leached his home for dinner and
supper, was seen by a number
of reputable people assembled at
his home that evening. He had
on the same business suit he had
on at his office that day and
which he wore at the Coroner’s
inquest. If he had murdered the
girl he must have had some
scratches or blood marks on his
person, as it was said at the time
Mary Phagan had struggled with
her assailant. ,
Cites Weak Link.
One very weak link in the
State's chain of evidence is the
fact that Newt Lee testified that
he made a complete round of the
building every half hour, yet he
failed to notice the bloodstains
on the floor of the metal room
in making all those rounds, and
then strangely went down the
trap door tV» the basement at 3:30
on a flimsy excuse—flimsy, I say,
because no one being there to
prevent it. if he really wanted to
go to the toilet he surely would
have used the one on the upper
floor in preference to going down
the trap door at 3:30 to the base
ment closet, and in a dimly light
ed place. in which he could
scarcely see his hand before his
face, and at an angle that the
detectives at Jirst said they could
not see how* he made the discov
ery of the body. He claimed to
have made the find.
Another thing the detectives
• said was that blood was still
flowing from the body when they
firsi discovered it—rigor mortis
had not taken place, two facts
that in my mind are irrefutable
proofs that that girl was not
murdered at 12 m.. at 4 or at
G o'clock in the evenings which*
would have been the case if Mr.
Frank had murdered the little
girl any time between 12 m. and
5 p. m.
1 do not know Mr. Frank, but
that he is a Jew he holds my es-
REE. FEXT SUNDAY.
The American Sunday
Monthly Magazine, contain
ing the first chapters of Jack
London’s new story, is
GIVEN FREE with every
peeial interest and esteem, for
the Jews are good, law-abiding
people. '
Calls Frank Innocent.
He must be a leader among his
people, as he is the president of
the B'nai BriJ,h Association of
Atlanta. This society is the high
est Jewish organization in the
world, and you van no: persuade
me to believe that such a splen
did lot of level headed men as
the Jews of Atlanta would select
a moral degenerate to head their
organization.
I believe Mr. Frank innocent
and confidently look for his com
plete vindication when tried by
an impartial jury of his country
men, when the mesh of lies shall
have been swept away, that aj
present shroud the rase. Mean
while, all my sympathies are with
him.
70 to Graduate at
Mercer University
MACON. GA.. May 28.—Seventy young
men. mostly Georgians, will graduate
from Mercer University next week.
The degree of bachelor of arts will
be given to 15. two will receive diplo
mas in pharmacy, and 23 in law.
The commencement exercises will
start Sunday morning Rev. \Y W. A**
nold. of Buena Vista, will preach the
annual sermon. On Tuesday Dr. John
K. White, of Atlanta, will deliver the lit
erary address.
copy of the next Sunday j
Call Custom Broken
By Cabinet Women
W A SHIN TON, M a y 28. —The Cab
inet women have gone on strike
against the old system of calling
prevalent in Washington. They will
return calls only in Senatorial, diplo
matic and Supreme Court circles.
Mrs. Daniels, wife of the Secreta y
Navy, one of th** women in
l. faced the necessity maa-
j ing 900 calls in acknowledgment of
the visits of Washington women.
‘Endymoin,’ Adapted From Keats’
Poem, To Be Staged at
the Grand.
A class of nineteen girls will be
graduated from Miss Hanna's School
at 8:30 Wednesday night. The mem
bers of the class are:
Misses Eva Caroline Doyle. Frances
Robena Shaw, Margaret Lucille Cal
lahan. Marie Louise Cox. and Mary
Frances Harper, who receive fuii
course diplomas; Misses Marie Bruce
Cobb. Louise Lois Donaldson, Sara
Martha Liddell. Mattie Evelyn Nes
bitt. Julia Margaret Callahan, Helen
Jeff Atkiesen. Winnie Davis, Couch,
Mary Bradley. Lyra Jane Seymour,
Sara Louise Thrash, Ruby Allen An
chors. Mattie Lou Morris, Frances
Marion Wardlaw, and Frances Louise
Kilpatrick. who have taken special
courses. All are Atlanta girls.
The . lass officers are: Miss Mary
Harper. President; Miss Mary Brad
ley. Vice President; Miss Marie Cox,
Secretarv. and Miss Frances Ward-
law. Treasurer.
The graduating exercises will be
held at the Grand Theater. Imme
diately after the t presentation of di
plomas, and adaptation by Afiss Han
na from Keat's poem, "Endymion”
will be presented by the pupils of the
school. There are over one hundred
girls in the east, the leading roles be
ing taken by seniors. A number of!
graceful dances will be given during i
the action of the play, the scenes of
which are laid In ancient Greece. j
Miss Thelma Harrell, one of last)
year's graduates, will appear In sev
eral Grecian dances, while Miss Ma
mie Clyburn will sing three solos.
A feature of th* performance w ill be
an original ballet dance by Miss
Theodora Warfield, who made such
a Hit in the Kirmess last year.
Thursday night at 8:30 the alumnae*
and the senior class of Miss Hanna’s
School will have a banquet at the
Piedmont Hotel. About 200 guests
are expected at the banquet, which |
w ill l»e followed by a dance.
Tills nas been one of the most sue- i
cessful years of the school. It is I
one of th oldest in Atlanta, and some)
of the most prominent women in j
Georgia are among its alumnae.
MIONMR
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TMCARLIT*PLAGUt
mil MAGAZINE
GIVEN WITH NEXT
Woman in Alienation Suit Charges
She Enticed Wealthy Grain
Dealer From His Home.
WASHINGTON. May 28.—Presi
dent Woodrow Wilson, a sincere be
liever in the Civil Service, is having
to sit mighty tight on the lid of the
classified service to kep it from blow
ing off Petition after petition to have
the bars thrown down and let the
Democrats in is oming to Washing
ton.
For weeks there have been rum
blings from the South and West about
the lack or places for Democrats.
Congressmen have been criticised for
their seeming indifference toward
supporters.
A crisis has been reached: Sena
tor Lee S. Overman of North Carolina
is ready to blow the lid off regardless
of what follows. He has prepared a
resolution which, if passed by Con
gress, would accomplish two things:
First—Suspend the order plac
ing fourth-class postmasters un
der the Civil S* rvice until March
10. 1917.
Secoi-.d—Remove protection of
the Civil Service from the deputy
collectors of internal revenue,
constitutinga small army of men.
President Wilson is not disposed
to turn his party into an army of
political spoilsmen, but some of his
Cabinet members have begun to
realize that unless the Democrats are
given positions under the Postofflce
and 1n the Internal Revenue Service
which are now filled by Republicans
many Democrats will remain away
from the polls next year and endanger
a number of Dsmocraitc Congress
men.
CELEVLAND, OHIO. May 28 —
Mrs. Mae Free Patterson, wife of
the Rev, Gerard F. Patterson, pastor
of the Church of the Incarnation, in
the fashionable East End district, has
been made defendant in a S10,000
alienation suit. I
The action was brought by Mrs.
Margaret Llovd because of the al
leged loss of the affections of her
husband. Martin Van Voorhees Lloyd. J
la wealthy grain dealer. Mrs. Patter-!
• son is a cousin of Charles Free. vice I
| president of the Southern Pacific I
! Railway. ;
j The suit charges that Mrs. Pater- I
son enticed Lloyd from his home. I
that she wined and dined with Lloyd I
in public places, entertained him at I
her home and went with him to I
cafes, grill rooms, ball games, horse I
races and other places of amusement I
and “with her artifices, blandish- I
merits and coquetry and with rna11 - (|
clous purpose deprived the plaintiff
i of her husband’s society and affec-
I tlon.”
j The Lloyds* have been separated
since November H. 1912.
iSEWELL’Sl
SPECIAL , SNAPS FOR|
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
Everything retailed at whole
sale price*.
Solid carload Fancy Lemons,j
14 1*2c per dozen.
Solid carload Pineapples, 7c|
each.
Sol'd carload New Irish Po-|
tatoes. 3 1-2c par quart.
Chief Declares He Will “Clean;
Out" Disorderly Places When |
Hutcheson, Furnishes List. I
Renewed crusade** to clean out vice
in Atlanta have been precipitated by
the publication Tuesday of an open
letter to Chief of Police Beavers by
t’arl Hutcheson, an Atlanta attorney.
Chief Beavers called ud Hutcheson !
with a demand for hie information, j
asking names, addresses and charac
ter of occupants, and declared Wed
nesday that he would proceed to clean
up if the requested Information wars
furnished.
Hutcheson is now preparing a list
of the places which he declared are
Immoral and told the chief he would
place t lie * I i st in Beavers’ hands three
days hence. Hutcheson was asked
by the c hief to swear to the charac
ter of the inmates of each house he
rames and to sign his name to his
affidavit, and will be called as a wit
ness in prosecuting the landlords.
"We w'ill have some clean-up sure, ’
said Chief Beavers Wednesday.
“When I get Hutchesons information
1 will prove that I am giving no pro-
tection to anybody. I would be glad
to have every one report to me any
resort that they might know of. It
will help in the crusade. I will take
speedy action against them all.”
Dorsey to Confer With Felder.
Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey
declared Wednesday that he would
confer w ith Colonel T. B. Felder rela
tive to the proposed Grand Jury
probe of his corruption charges
against police officials and the coun
ter charges of bribery made against
him by the police.
Colonel Felder would not comment
••m the affair at all. other than to say
he was not yet ready to issue his
statement substantiating his sensa
tional charges.
Detective Chief Lanford issued r»
signed statement proposing to send
t'olyar handcuffed to Knoxville unci
Colonel Felder in charge of a detec
tive to Columbia. S. C.
Lanford’* Contribution.
"I will make this proposition to
Colonel Felder,” he said. “I will hand
cuff \. S. Colyar and send him back
to Knoxville, Tenn., without requisi
tion papers, if he (Colonel Felder)
will accompany one of my men »
Columbia, S. C., waiving requisition
papers. Thereby 1 will get rid of
two nuisances.”
Colonel Felder issued the follow-
it;g statement relative to the proposed
Grand Jury investigation:
"No investigation would be too ex
haustive. I would bo pleased to g*<
lefore any committee, organization
or tribunal I have done nothing
wrong. There is nothing in my whole
professional career of which 1 am
ashamed. I wish an investigation
would be started."
Long Beach Adopts
Holocaust Orphans
LONG BEACH. CAL.. May 28 -If |
any children were made orphans bv
the Empire Day catastrophe, the peo- I
pie of Long Beach will provide them
with new homes and new parents.
This assertion was made to-day by
R. L. Bisby, secretary and chairman
of the Chamber of Commerce.
J ack London s new story,!
“The Scarlet Plague,” begins in j
the American Monthly Magazine
given free with every copy of
next Sunday’s American.
Fancy Tom*toe*.
basket, 25c.
large size!
SCHOOL FETE POSTPONED.
The entertainment which was to
have been given by the Prvor Street
Story, 1 School this week has been postponed
'until Monday night and Tuesday af
ternoon. June 2 and 3.
Jack London’s new
| "The Scarlet Plague,” begins in
jthe American Monthly Magazine |
given free with every copy of! * .
! next Sunday s American. .' White City Park Now Open
Dry Salt Meat, 12 1-2c per|
pound.
Best Breakfast Bacon, 17 1-2c|
per pound.
Quart bottle Grape Juice, 29c.j
Many other specials.
Sewell Commission Co. I
Wholesale and Retail.
113-115 Whitehall St.
Branch Store, 154 Decatur St.I
BY BEING
UNIFORMLY
COURTEOUS
and at the same
time answering
calls with a maxi
mum degree of effi
ciency, it is possi
ble for our opera
tors to gain 30 per
cent more than
their regular sal
ary each month.
The result is that
the operators are
doing their best
all the time, AND
OUR SUBSCRIB
ERS GET THE
BENEFIT.
ATLANTA TELEPHONE
& TELEGRAPH GO.
Are You Growing
As Atlanta Grows?
There are2,0G0 new homes
built in and around Atlan
ta every year.
This is the statement of the lum
ber mill men of Atlanta. Ask
them.
1 1,200 of these new homes are
built each year within the city
limits.
This is the statement of the city
tax assessors. Ask them.
With Atlanta growing at the rate
of 15,000 new population every
year, these figures are conserva
tive.
Do you know what this means?
By just the percentage that Atlan
ta increases in population each
year, by just that percentage
grows the DEMAND FOR
PEACHTREE HOMES.
In a year or two every available
choice building lot will have
been snapped up, and when you
try to get one of them, you will
, find you will have to pay two or
r three times the present price.
If you want to grow with Atlanta-
If you want one of the prettiest
home lots in Atlanta in the
HIGHEST CLASS RESIDENCE
SECTION the city offers, and-
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I on attractive terms—
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vantages it offers, then—
See Your Own Real
| Estate Agent About It.
Or, see us.
One of our men will be glad to
show it to you.
We are willing to rest on your
judgment.
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8 West Alabama Street
Lewis-Fea brook Co., Advertising.