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Mrs. Rebecca Brannon Declares
Her Belief in Innocence of
Factory Superintendent.
Mrs. Rebecca C. Brannon. 356 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 hi in.
in line with its policy to present ail
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 lie 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 so 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.
Fra nk.
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 lie 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.
It looks very like persecuting
this man simply because he is a
Jew. I like to see fair play and
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 <>f him.
In the first place. Mr. Frank,
in his deposition, told the hour
reached his home for dinner and
supper, was seen by a number
of reputable people assembled at
ins home that evening. He had
on the same business suit lie had
on at his office that day and
which he wore at the Coroner’s
iii'iuest. If he had murdered the
girl he must have had some
scratches or blood marks on his
person, as it was said at the timr-
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 to the basement at 3:30
on a flimsy excuse—flimsy, 1 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
tiie trap door at 3:30 to the base
ment closet, and in a dimly light
ed plate. in which ho could
scarcely see his hand before his
face, and at an angle that the
detectives at first said they could
not see how he made the discov
er 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
first 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
6 o'clock in the evening, which
would have been the case if Mr.
Frank had murdered the little
girl any time between 12 m. and
pecial 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 Brith Association of
Atlanta. This society is the high
est Jewish organization in the
world, and you can noi 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 at
present shroud the case. 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 45, two will receive diplo
mas in pharmacy, and 23 in law.
The commencement exercises will
start Sunday morning. Rev. YV. \V. Ar
nold. of Buena Vista, will preach the
annual sermon On Tuesday Dr. John
E. White, of Atlanta, will deliver the lit
erary address.
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London's new story, is
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MISTER’S WIFE
Declares That He Will “Clean
Out’’ Disorderly Places When
Hutcheson Furnishes list.
Renewed crusades to clean out vice
in Atlanta have been precipitated bv ■
the publication Tuesday of an open
letter to Chief of Police Reavers by
Carl Hutcheson, an Atlanta attorney.
Chief Beavers called uo Hutcheson
with a demand for his information,
asking names, addresses and charac
ter of occupants, and declared Wed
nesday that he would proceed to clean
up if the requested information was
furnished.
Hutcheson is now preparing a list
of the places which he declared are
immoral and told the chief he would
place the list in Reavers' hands three
days hence. Hutcheson was asked
by the chief to swear to the charac
ter of the inmates of each house he
rame? and to sign his name to his
affidavit, and will be ('ailed as a wit
ness in prosecuting the landlords.
“We will have some clean-up sure.”
said Chief Beavers Wednesday.
When 1 get Hutcheson s information
I will prove that I am giving no pro
tection to anybody. 1 would be glad
to have every one report to me any
resort that they might know of. It
will help in the crusade. 1 will take
speedy action against them all.”
Dorsey to Confer With Felder.
Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey
declared Wednesday that he would
confer with Colonel T. B. Felder rela
tive to the proposed Grand Jury
probe of his corruption charges
against police officials and the coun-
j ter charges of bribery made against
| him by the police
Colonel Felder would not comment
! on the affair at all, other than to say
• he was not vet ready to issue his
-latement substantiating his sensa
tional charges
Detective Chief Lanford issued o
signed statement proposing to send
I Colyar handcuffed to Knoxville and
Colonel Felder in charge of a detec
tive to Columbia. S. C.
Lanford’s Contribution.
“I will make this proposition to
Colonel Felder,” he said. “1 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
ing statement relative to the proposed
Grand Jury investigation:
"No investigation would be too ex
haustive. I would be pleased to go
1 efore any committee, organization
or tribunal. I have done nothing
wrong. There is nothing in my whole
professional career of which I am
..shamed. 1 wish an investigation
would be started.”
Dutro, Postmaster
In Memphis, Indicted
—
MEMPHIS. TENN. May 28.—L. W.
Dutro. postmaster here under the last
three Republican administrations, to- i
day was indicted by the Federal
Grand Jury.
He is charged with soliciting cam- •
paign funds from Government em
ployees in the Federal building in
Memphis.
Are You Growing
As Atlanta Grows?
Thereare2,000 new homes
built in and around Atlan
ta every year.
This is the statement of the lum-
Jack London’s new story, j
1_ 1 | ‘' The Scarlet Plague, ’ ’ begins in
A wonderful magazine given | the American Monthly Magazine
FREE with every copy of the i given free with every copy of
next Sunday American. next Sunday’s American.
Call Custom Broken
By Cabinet Women
W A SHIN TON, May 28. The Cab
inet women have gone on strike
against the old system of calling
prevalent in Washington. They will
return calls onI> in Senatorial, diplo
matic and Supreme Cou t circles.
Mrs. Daniels, wife of the Secretn y
of the Navy, one of the women in
: ebellion, faced the necessity of mao-I
ing calls in acknowledgment Ij
the visits of Washington women.
tndymion,’ Adapted From Keats
Poem, To Be Staged at
the Grand.
A class of nineteen girls will he
graduated from Mis- 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 full
course diplomas; Misses Marie Bruce
Cobb. Louise Lois Donaldson. Sara
Martha Liddell. Mattie Evelyn Nes
bitt, Julia Margaret Callahan, Helen
Jeff Atkissen, 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 class officers are: Miss Mary
Harper. President; Miss Mary Brad
Woman in Alienation Suit Charges
She Enticed Wealthy Grain
Dealer From His Home.
CLEVELAND, 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 $10,000
alienation suit.
The action was brought by Mrs.
Margaret Lloyd because of the al
leged loss of thp affections of her
husband, Martin Van Voorhees Lloyd-,
a wealthy grain dealer. Mrs. Patter
son is a cousin of Charles Free, vice
president of the Southern Pacific
Railway.
The suit charges that Mrs. Patter
son enticed Lloyd from his home.
ley. Vice President: MissAlarieTox", I , that ^ and dln , ed " i , th „ 1 Uoyd
c . , ... ... , in mi mu- ttlarps. pntprtmnpd him nt
Secretary, and Miss Prances Ward-
in public places, entertained him at
her home and went with him to
cafes, grill rooms, ball gair\es, horse
races and other places of amusement
and “with her artifices, blandish
ments and coquetry and with mali-
, ,,, ' "..‘clous purpose deprived the plaintiff
peem, tndymion j of H ^ r ht.-sbar.ds society and after-
tion.”
The Lloyds have been separated
since November 6. 1912.
law. Treasurer
The graduating exercises will be
held at the Grand Theater. Imme
diately after the presentation of di
plomas, and adaptation by Miss Han
na from Keat'
w ill be presented by the pupils of the j
school. There are over one hundred |
girls in the cast, the leading roles b^-
ing taken by seniors. A number of i
graceful dances will be given during i
the action of the play, the scenes of
which are laid in ancient Greece. I
Miss Thelma Harrell, one of last j
year’s graduates, will appear in sev
eral Grecian dances, while Miss Ma
mie Clyburn will sing three solos.
A feature of the performance will be!
an original ballet
TheGdora Warfield, ™..v maui* »mu|
a hit in the Kirmess last year. ! w “°
Thursday night at 8:30 the alumnae I , .
and the senior class of Miss Hanna's! ,eraa L ua
School will -have a banquet at the (a -
Piedmont Hotel. About 20ft guests!
are expected at the banquet, whichl
will he followed by a dance. , . ....
out into the lake, lias lett the An
drews Hotel, Minneapolis, where h
Mystery in Death
Of Woman in Lake
MINNEAPOLIS. May 28.—The body
leV (Vnnre * hv ' of the woman supposed to have been
id. who made such j M E’ George F. Gebhart. of Chicago.
A remarkable article about
11) e wonderful sculpture
found in one of the Christian
tombs in Asia.
ommitted suicide by leaping
io y
taken from the lake to-
Raymond Burnham, » salesman,
whose address was scribbled on •
note by the woman before she row <
This nas been one of the most suc
cessful years of the school. It is
one of th oldest in Atlanta, and some
of the most prominent women in
Geoigia are among it- alumnae.
had been living.
SCHOOL FETE POSTPONED.
! The entertainment which was to
j iiavt- been given by the Pryor Street
Jack London S new Story, ' School this week has been pos tponed
'The Scarlet Plague,” begins ini ,,,lUI Monday n * h ' ? nd Tu , esda > »*■
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next Sunday's American. 1 White City Park Now Open
ber mill men of Atlanta,
them.
Ask
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
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-
At ROCK BOTTOM PRICE and
on attractive terms—
Buy Now In
Peachtree
Heights Park
And Watch Its Value Grow!
GO AND LOOK AT THIS
PROPERTY—see for
yourself—see the natural
beauty of it,the well paved
roads and driveways, the
cement sidewalks, the
parks, the many home ad
vantages it offers, then—
See Your Own Rea!
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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r>k »'<»., Adv< rti '•ing.