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VOL. XI.
NO. 255.
ATLANTA, LA., THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1913.
Copyright. 1906,
By The Georgian Co.
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Noted Detective Gets Evidence Un
earthed by His Operatives—Negro
Conley Deeper in Suspicion—State
ments Conflict in Every Instance.
With the maze of contradictory statements sweeping an
Avalanche of suspicion upon the head of James Conley, the negro
^weeper, the potent information was unearthed Thursday that
detective William J. Burns personally will take charge of the in
vestigation into the Mart Phagan murder ease which his oper
atives have been conducting.
Despite the published report that the Burns operatives had
withdrawn from the case, and despite the procedure of the State
in prosecuting its case against Leo M. Frank, the pencil factory
superintendent, the Burns' investigation will continue and from
now on be under the famous detective’s direction.
This information came from
Detective C. W. Tobie, William
J. Burns’ lieutenant, Thursday
morning. It tends to show that
Tobie, who has had charge of
his agency’s investigation here,
does not consider the case as
closed.
Mr. Tobie went »«o far as to deny
emphatically the published interview
with him, in w hich ho was quoted as
'declaring; Frank to be the guilty man.
Takes Evidence to Burns.
"From the evidence so far devel
oped in the Phagan case, guilt is di
rected at Frank,” the detective said
with emphasis. ‘‘That was my state
ment. However. I was quoted as say-
* % ing outright that Frank committed
the murder. That was not true.”
Mr. Tobie left Atlanta Thursday
Mercer President
Leads War on Frats
MACON, GA„ May 29.—President S.
Y. Jameson, of Mercer University, will
himself, at the factulty meeting this
afternoon, introduce a resolution to
abolish the Greek letter fraterniteis at
Mercer University. The preamble of
his resolution reads:
‘‘Whereas the Baptists, Immemori-
ally standing for a State without a
king and a church without a bishop,
have been apostles of liberty and
equality, and whereas Greek letter
fraternities are undemocratic In their
very constitution as well as manage
ment, thereby creating class dictinc-
tions based on other grounds than
merit and ability; therefore, be it re
solved,” etc.
It is believed that this sounds the
Gambling in Food
Under Senate’s Ban
WASHINGTON, May 29.—The es
sential features of the Cummins bid
to tax gambling in ‘‘all products of
the soil, meats and provisions of all
kinds” out of existence will be in
corporated in the Underwood tariff
bill by the Senate.
The amendment becomes germane
to a tariff bill because it is designed,
ostensibly, to raise revenue. The tax
imposed is so high that no revenue
would be collected and gambling op
erations would be prohibited through
taxation.
Negro’s Body Hangs
In Court House Yard
afternoon. He carried with him the deathknell of fraternities at Mercer,
evidence which he has gathered dur
ing his twm weeks* probe of the case, j
He is going to New York. He will i
meet Burns there and place his mate- j
rial into the noted detective's hands.
From then on Detective Burns will
direct his operatives as to further
investigations to be outlined by him.
This information but proves an
other link in the chain of circum
stances which The Georgian has con
sistently pointed out in serious in
crimination of Conley.
Negro Deeper in Suspicion.
With each cross-examination of the
negro by the police in their attempts
to secure more evidence against
Frank, Conley has only insnared him
self in guilt. His admitted falsehoods
in former affidavits tending to throw
the blame to Frank in connection
with the “murder” notes have been
accentuated as incriminating by the
unqualified declarations of employees
at the pencil factory that Conley is
the guilty man.
Three responsible officials of the
plant have outlined plausible theories
as to how the negro could have com
mitted the crime. These men, Her
bert G. Sdhiff, who is assistant super
intendent; E. F. Holloway, timekeep
er, and N. V. Darley, general fore
man, are acquainted with Conley. Up
on their knowledge of him and the
opportunity offered for accomplishing
the murder they base their state
ments that he is guilty. They have
proven beyond a doubt that Conley
was in the factory for several hours
* on the day of the murder, and con
necting with this the negro’s contra-1
dictory statements as to his where-1
abouts they have compiled a most j
laudable explanation of how he killed]
the Phagan girl.
Give Credence to Story. ^
The detectives ^till held firmly to
their theory that the negro was the
most important witness against Leo
M. Frank, in the face of the contra
dictory stories and lies in which lie
had been trapped.
They were strongly disposed to give
full credence to Conley’s # second affi
davit. although the negro’s sudden
anxiety to talk after three weeks of
silence and the maze of falsehood in
which he was at once involved served
suddenly to shift the responsibility
for Mary Phagan’s death from Leo
Frank to the sullen black man, in the
judgment of many who have been fol
lowing the evidence closely.
Chief Lanford and Detective Harry
Scott, of the Pinkertons, announced
Thursday morning, however, that they
regarded the second affidavit of Con
ley as the final and conclusive piece
of evidence needed in preparing a case
again ft Frank.
Rejected First Affidavit.
Others who have weighed the evi
dence carefully declare there are
many more significant indications that
Conley was the slayer than there arc
AUGUSTA, GA„ May 29.—What is
left of the body of Richard Henry
Austin, South Carolina negro des
perado, to day hangs to a tree in the
court house square at Hampton, S. C.
Before the body was suspended the
head, one arm. the fingers and toes
had been chopped off.
Austin died last night en route from
Savannah to Hampton, having been
fatally wounded by his captors near
Newington, Ga.. Tuesday night.
Austin assaulted a white woman
and killed three white then near
Hampton before he escaped several
weeks ago.
Quarrel With Woman
Results in Slaying
CLARKESVILLE. GA.. May 29.—L.
W. Crone, of near Clayton. Ga., is in
jail here to-day charged with the
murder of a steel worker from Penn
sylvania. at Tallulah Lodge. Crone
and a woman at whose house he was
living engaged in a quarrel, when the
slain man interfered, resulting in a
fatal duel between the two men.
Crone claims self-defense. He is 35
years old. The dead man was 55.
Cato Sells of Texas
Indian Commissioner
WASHINGTON, May 29.—Cato
Sells, Democratic National Commit
teeman from Texas, will be the next
Indian Commissioner.
President Wilson decided on this
appointment to-day after a conference
with Senators Sheppard and Culber
son of Texas.
Continued on Page 2, Column 1.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Fair Thursday and
Friday.
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The Interrupted
Joy Ride; or, Wifey
Was Under the Seat
MACON, GA.. May 29.—A master
plumber, his pretty young wife and
his equally pretty stenographer were
the participants in a domestic dra
ma, with a comedy vein, this week.
The man, well known and well to
do. aroused his wife's suspicions by-
requesting a hurried supper Tuesday
night. When he declined to tell ner
where he was going after supper her
suspicion was intensified.
When he departed in diis automo
bile his wife was in the back tonneau
under a rug.
The auto went to the home of the
stenographer, who took the seat be
side her employer, and thus they- sped
out into the country. When five miles
cut their conversation became so in
teresting that the w-ife could not con
ceal herself longer. Rising, she be
gan wielding a poker.
She severely beat her husband and
the pretty stenographer before the
machine was stopped and they
Jumped out.
On the return home the stenogra
pher occupied the rear seat and the
wife sat beside her crestfallen hus
band.
A divorce suit is expected.
Boston Entertains
Atlanta Old Guard
BOSTON, May 29.—Members of the
Old Guard of Atlanta, in Boston to
attend Memorial Day exercises, were
guests Thursday pf the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery Company.
The Confederates were given an au
tomobile ride to Lexington and Con
cord and a visit to the estate of Colo
nel Everett C. Benton, of Belmont.
Friday the visitors from the South
wil) go to the State House, place a
floral tribute on the sailors’ and sol
diers' monument on Boston Common
and in the afternoon take luncheon
with E. W. Kinsley, a distinguished
G. A. R. veteran.
Women Call Riding
Astride Ban Silly
WASHINGTON, May 29.—Wash
ington horsewomen consider General
J. P. Hickman's order forbidding
women to ride astride in the parade
of the reunion of Confederate veter
ans at Chattanooga old-fashioned and
out of date.
‘ I think the order foolish.” paid Mrs.
Burleson, wife of Lieutenant Richard
C. Burleson, of Fort Myer. “I am a
Southern woman, but the new way of
riding cross-saddle is much prefer
able.”
3 in New York Face
The Fate of Walker
NEW YORK, May 29.—Three cases
of poisoning by the accidental swal
lowing of bichloride of mercury tab
lets under circumstances similar to
the fatal case of B. Sanders Walker,
of Macon, Ga., engaged the atten
tion of New York doctors to-day.
The victims are Mrs. Rae Ches-
man. wife of a Bronx druggist; Mrs.
Law ranee Simmons, of Rockawa*
Beach, L. I., a bride of three months,
and Miss Emma Mammi, of the
Bronx.
Many Changes in Schedules Also
Directed in the State Commis
sion's Mandate.
SUBURBAN, AS WELL AS
CITY LINES, TO BENEFIT
Improvements To Be Made With
in Next Few Days—Frequent
Confe r ences Held.
Don't Forget!
Friday Is
Market Basket
Day
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This popular feature of
The Georgian, which
saves the thrifty house- j
wife time, worry and
money, appears again
Friday.
Profit by Reading It
General improvement in the street
car service In Atlanta furnished by the
Georgia Railway and Power Company
was ordered by the State Railroad
Commission shortly after noon Thurs
day. Practically every line operated
by the company is included in the
list. The order specifies particularly
the service rendered during rush
hours.
The order, which will benefit th«*>u
sands of persons who are compelled to
use the street cars, was issued after
several conferences betw-een the Rail
road Commission and President Ark
wright, of the Georgia Railway and
Power Company.
On May 5 Chairman Murphey Can
dler addressed a letter to Mr. Ark
wright asking him to make sugges
tions for the betterment of the serv
ice during rush hours. This letter
was replied to on May 23 by Mr. Ark
wright. his letter going much into de
tail.
Suggestions made by Mr. Arkwright
were considered at sessions of the
commission Tuesday and Wednesday,
during which time they were in con
ference with the street railway offi
cials. It is understood that the order
of the commission is agreeable to the
company. The improvement of serv
ice will begin within the next few
days.
Improvements Ordered.
Here are the improvements or
dered :
ROUTE NO 2—Copenhill to West-
view. Rearrangement of schedules
so as to space the headway between
cars now operated more nearly to
four minutes and secure a more
even distribution of the traffic loads.
Counts of actual loads at peak
points to be made during next five
months and filed with the co-mmis-
sion, so as to secure accurate in
formation as to whether there is
excessive congestion.
ROUTE NO. 4—Inman Park-Georgia
Avenue. A three and one-third
minute headway during morning
and afternoon rush hours, on Inman
Par end, with the Georgia Avenue
end provided for by increased serv
ice on Route No. 5.
ROUTE NO. 5—West Peachtree and
South Pryor. Additional cars be
tween Sixth Street crossing on
West Peachtree and Bass Street
crossing on South Pryor, so as to
give, during the morning and aft
ernoon rush hours, a service with
five minutes' headway.
ROUTE NO. 6—Forrest Avenue and
Capitol Avenue. Actual counts to
be made during morning and after
noon rush hours, at two peak points,
during next five months, to accu
rately ascertain degree of conges-^
tion, if any, on this route.
ROUTE NO. 8—Fair and Marietta
Streets. The afternoon rush hour
service on this line has been re
cently extended from 6:30 to 7 p. m.,
and schedules now established more
regularly sustained. Counts of
traffic loads to be made on this
route, as directed on No. 6.
ROUTE NO. 10 Whitehall and
Peachtree: Increased service so as
to provide for cars every three and
one-third minutes, and extension of
afternoon rush hour service to 9
p. m.
Suburban Service.
ROUTE NO. 17—Main Decatur: Ad
ditional tripper cars to Hayes
Street, so as to give service to that
point with three and one-third min
ute headway, and from there to De
catur on five minutes headway dur
ing morning and afternoon rush
hours, with extension of service on
ten-minute headway from end of
afternoon rush hour period to 9:30
p. m., in lieu of present twenty-
minute headway. After 9:30 p. m.
the twenty-minute headway will be
operated as now.
ROUTE NO. 19—River Line: Extra
cars on Sundays during summer
months to accommodate extra traf
fic. Counts of traffic loads to be
Continued on Page 2, Column 8.
1,400 Taken From
American Liner on
Rocks Off England
LIVERPOOL. May 29. The Amer-
lean liner Haverford, bound from Liv
erpool to Philadelphia with 1.400 pas- j
sengers on board, crashed upon
Daunts Rock, outside of Queenstown |
Harbor, to-day in a thick fog.
A big hole w as rammed in the ship s
hold and she began to settle. Wire
less calls brought help, and all the
passengers w r ere taken off.
A wireless message said the ship
was in a dangerous condition.
STEVENS BOY HELD
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Taft Scores U, S. for
“Lamb-Like" Policy
NEW HAVEN, May 29.—Former
President Taft delivered his first lec
ture at Yale on the general topic,
"Some Questions of Modern Govern
ment.” He criticised the short sight
ed policy of the United States in not
maintaining a sufficient army, and at
tacked the United Slates Senate for
ita attitude toward foreign nations.
"The policy of this country seems to
be the Lord looks after the children
and the drunken men ar.d He ought
to look after the United States," said
Mr. Taft.
Militants Fire Hay
And Farm Buildings
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, May 29.—Having terror
ized most of the cities of England, the
militant suffragettes now are paying
their attentions to the rural districts.
Three fires w r ere reported to-day
from farms near Richmond. Hay
stacks and farm buildings were
burned and about the ruins were scat
tered placards and copies of The
Suffragette.
NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND. May
29.—Suffragettcj set fire to the freight
sheds in the railroad terminal here
to-day. The fire was extinguished
after $5,000 damage was done.
Innocent? Says Father
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Wide Hunt for Slayer
W ILLIAM STEVENS, husband and father of the woman
and girl whose charred bodies were found in the fire
ruins of their home on McDonough Road, and whose deaths
are laid to a slayer. Mr. Stevess says his son is innocent.
Americans Victims
In London Hotel Raid
LONDON. May 29.—American tour
ists were among the victims of a rob
bery at the fashionable Hotel Berke
ley in Piccadilly early to-day. Armed
burglars bound and gagged two por
ters, who were acting as watchmen,
opened a safe and made off with a
great sum of money and jewels*.
Scotland Yard detectives were as
signed to the case. It is believed the
robbers fled to France. The Berkeley
is one of the best-known hotels in
London and much frequented by
American tourists.
Self-Defense Plea
Of Columbus Slayer
COLUMBUS. GA., May 29.—Walter
Duke, a well-known Columbus young
man. last night shot and killed Perry
Argo, who came here recently from
Cochran. Ga. Argo died en route *o
the city hospital. Duke was arrested
and locked up to await a preliminary
hearing. There were no eyewitnesses
to the killing.
Duke claims self-defense. No state
ment was made by Argo before he
died.
Wanamaker Faces
Tariff Fraud Charge
WASHINGTON, May 29 —Attorney
General McReynolds to-day an
nounced that the charges of under
valuation of imports against John
Wanamaker. of Philadelphia, will be
laid before the Federal Grand Jury.
The Attorney General conferred
with President Wilson to-day after
receiving a full report from his agent
in Philadelphia, which he said, fully
justified the proposed action of the
department.
U. S. Armor Plant
at $8,000,000 Urged
WASHINGTON. May 29 —The erec
tion of an armor plate plant by the
Government was urged again to-dav
by Senator Aehurst, of Arizona, de
spite the testimony of Rear Admiral
Twining, chief of the United States
Bureau of Ordnance, that an adequate
factory would cost $8,000,000.
‘ The majority of the Democrats in
the Senate and House are in favor of
such a plant,” said Senator Ashurst.
De Palma Qualifies
For 500-Mile Race
MOTOR SPEEDWAY. INDIANAP
OLIS, May 29.—In a shower that
made running exceedingly dangerous.
Ralph DePalma, in a Mercer car. qual
ified for the 500-mile race which
starts at 10 o’clock to-morrow. His
time for the 2 1-2 miles was 1:57:95,
a rate of 76 1-2 miles an hour.
Knipper, in a Henderson car, mad*
the lap in 1:52:87, at the rate of 80
miles an hour, a
CAPITAL POLICE
Senate Committee Finds Indiffer
ence Was Sole Offense at
Suffrage Parade.
WASHINGTON, May 29 A mild
reprimand for the Washington police
for permitting alleged rioting during
the suffrage parade here on March 3
was contained in a report made pub
lic to-day by the special committee
investigating the charges. The re
port, signed by Senators Jones, Dil
lingham and Pomerene, in part,
reads:
“Some of the uniformed and more
of the special police acted with ap
parent indifference, and in this way
encouraged the crowd to press in
upon the parade. There is not suffi
cient proof upon which to single out
any particular individual for reproof
or dtademnation. however, and the
many officers who proved faithful
ought not to be discredited by those
who (prove faithless to their duties.
"No condition existed and none
were threatened that warranted a re
quest for United States troops, and
the War Department went to the limit
of its ability, if it did not exceed it,
in detailing a troop of cavalry from
Fort Myer.”
The report recommended that leg
islation should he enacted by Con
gress giving the Commissioners of the
District pow f er to stop traffic on
any street along which a permit has
been given for a parade.
Mrs. Willet Stamps
'Turkey Trot’ as 0. K,
MACON. GA.. May 29.—Mrs. Hugh
M. Willett, of Atlanta, former presi
dent of the Georgia Federation of
Women’s Clubs, declared here to-day
while in attendance upon the Sixth
District Federated Clubs' convention
that the “turkey trot" and other ul
tra-modern dances are perfectly prop
er if not carried to excess.
FELDER BRIBERY
CHARGE EXPECTED
Believed Beavers Will Try to Have
Grand Jury Consider Accusa-
sations Against Attorney.
That bribery charges against Col
onel Thomas B. Felder and others
will be placed before the Fulton Coun
ty Grand Jury by police officials, was
the indication when G. C. February,
secretary of Chief of Detectives Lan
ford. and the person alleged to have
been offered $1,000 in bribe money,
secured a subpena Thursday after
noon for A. S. Colyar, Jr., to appear
before Solicitor General Dorsey and
give testimony Friday morning.
The subpena formally summoned
Colyar. who was the author of the
dictographing of Felder and Mayor
Woodward, to appear before the
Grand Jury. The preliminary hearing,
however, will be in Solicitor Dorsey's
office.
That February carried away with
him a number of subpena blanks is
taken to mean that others will be
called upon to testify.
At the hearing of testimony Friday
morning it is believed that Lanford
and Police Chief Beavers will endeav
or to show Solicitor Dorsey the
plausibility of their bribery charges
and ask that the matter be placed
before the Grand Jury.
In line with this action. Chief
Beavers called upon Carl Hutcheson,
the attorney, again Thursday morn
ing for the list of “protected disor
derly houses” which Hutcheson de
clared he held, and which Hutcheson
said he would reveal in an effort to
prove that vice under police protec
tion is rife in Atlanta.
Hutcheson three days ago, in an
swer to Beavers’ defl, declared that
he would give the police official the
list on Thursday. On that day, how
ever. Hutcheson stated the list was
not yet prepared. He informed Beav
ers he would have it ready, Enough,
within a short time.
Aged Veteran, Crushed
by Tragedy, Joins in
the Sear c h. He
Swears Vengeance.
Son in Chattanooga at
Hour When Bodies of
Mother and Sister
Were Found. ^ s
Wade Stevens, son of William Ste
ven?. whose wife and daughter w ? ere
murdered and whose bodies were
found in the charred ruins of their
j home, seven miles southeast of At
lanta, was arrested in Chattanooga at
noon to-day. The DeKalb County
; Coroner’s jury had recommended that
1 the young man be arrested and held
for investigation.
The Governor to-day offered a re
ward of $200 for the arrest of the
I slayer.
At almost the precise minute when
Wade Stevens was arrested in Chat
tanooga. William Stevens, his father,
. having just arrived in Atlanta, made
a statement to The Georgian com
pletely exonerating the boy. The elder
Stevens said his landlady, who knew
Wade, had seen him in Chattanooga
early Wednesday morning. This was
just about the time the crime was
discovered and only a few hours after
its commission.
Detective John R. Black, of Atlan
ta, who was in Chattanooga attend
ing the reunion, arrested young Ste
vens in the reunion city. He wired
Chief of Police Beavers and was told
to hold the young man. pending ar
rival of requisition papers.
Chief of Police Beavers then an
nounced he would confer with Sheriff
McCurdy, of DeKalb County, before
taking further steps.
Sheriff McCurdy later asked that
Black bring the boy back, and Chief
Beavers wired the detective to that
effect. The police point out that if
the bey took the 8 o’clock train Tues
day night to Chattanooga he. of
course, is eliminated from the case.
Father Brokenhearted.
The father of the boy, a 70-year-
old Confederate veteran, was heart
broken when he arrived in Atlanta at
10:50 o’clock this morning and heard
for the first time of the double trag
edy.
Stevens left Chattanooga at 3
o’clock this morning, but the train
was delayed en route. Several friends
went to the Union Depot to meet him,
but he came from a rear car and left
the station w ithout meeting them.
The only information given him in
Chattanooga was that his house had
burned. Leaving the depot here, he
went direct to the office of Carson &
> read well, who handled his w-ife’s real
estate, whore he learned all the de
tails.
One of the firm of Carson & Tread
well told him of the double murder,
and that his son. Wade Stevens, was
wanted for investigation. The old
veteran was dumfounded. He sank
in a chair and remained silent for
several minutes, then dramatically
expressed belief in the innocence of
his son and declared he would spend
the remainder of his days hunting the
slayer.
Declares Boy Is Innocent.
“All I have to live for now is to try
to catch the murderer,” he said. “J’ll
spend the rest of my days hunting
him.”
While in Chattanooga Stevens
boarded at 166 Roseville Avenue. His
son by a former marriage. Ed Ste
vens, also boarded there. The miss
ing son, Wade Stevens, had stopped
there previously and is well known to
the landlady, who said she saw him in
front of her home at 6 o’clock Wed
nesday morning.
“I believe my boy is innocent of
this murder,” said Mr. Stevens. “He
was bad at rimes, but he never could
have' stooped so low as to murder his
own mother and sister. He knows
nothing about it yet.
“I know he had nothing to do with
it, because he was in Chattanooga
yesterday morning. When he drove
me from home to the car line Sunday
morning when I started to Chatta
nooga he told me he might be up
there before the reunion w r as over.
“Yesterday afternoon the landlady
told me the house had burned/down.
Continued on Page 2, Column 4.