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VOL. XI. NO. 257.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, MAY 31,1913.
Copyright, 1906,
By The Georgian Co.
2 CENTS
POLICE AFTER ANO I HER CONFESSION
Mrs. Charles Kugler Wins Vindi
cation in Charges Against
Inspector Maddox.
Pretty Mrs. Charles Kugler was a
smiling and satisfied victor Saturday
in her court fight which she had de
clared she would continue until ehe
had cleared her name and won back
her husband.
Inspector Henry H. Maddox, of the
city sanitary department, the tale of
whose insulting remarks to Mrs.
Kugler caused her husband to leave
her In a rage, was lined $26.75 by
Recorder Broyles and was in addi
tion given a sound rating by the re
corder. «
"If you would look after the physi
cal cleanliness of the city only and
■\yould leave the moral cleanliness in
the hands of Chief Beavers, I fancy
, you and the city both would get along
better,’’ said Recorder Broyles. "In
the future I suggest that you do not
make derogatory remarks about
women, particularly when you are
speaking on hearsay and with such
a misty idea of the woman's identity
as you were in this case."
t Husband Also Scored.
The husband also came in for a
grilling through the indignant offices
of Detective "Bob” Waggoner, who
asked for permission to address the
court and then asserted emphatically
that a case ought to be made against
Kugler for his strange and cruel
treatment of his wife.
Waggoner said that Mrs. Kugler
had told him that her husband flew
into a fury and beat her when she
told him of the remarks that Maddox
had made to her and declared that he
was going to quit her until she was
able to clear her name.
"There is no reason why you should
have suspected this woman of any
nvrong-doina.” said Recorder Broyles.
Mrs. Kugler was forgiving and
would not consent to any prosecution
of her husband. She went from the
court room on his arm and was smil
ing delightedly as she entered the of
fice of Chief Beavers, who proceeded
to give the husband a lecture on his
conduct. Kugler was told that there
was no excuse for his unreasonable
conduct in leaving his wife Friday
night and swearing that he would not
return to her util she had cleared her
name.
Pair Kiss and Make Up.
A complete reconciliation was ef
fected and the reunited couple left
the station talking gaily. Mrs. Kugler
, charged before the court that Maddox
had insulted her last Wednesday by
coming to her house in her husband's
absence and remarking that he had
seen her on the street with another
man the day before and had seen her
go into 73 Fairlte Street with him.
She said he addressed other remarks
to her of an impertinent and insult
ing nature and that she ordered him
from the house.
She put on her hat and went im
mediately to tell her husband of the
Incident. Instead of taking steps to
punish Maddox, she told the court
that he turned on her and accused
her of receiving attentions from
Maddox. She said then she deter
mined never to stop fighting until she
had cleared her name and won back
the love of her husband.
Admits Making Remarks.
Maddox, who was discharged from
the sanitary department, as soon as
the charges were filed against him,
admitted to Recorder Broyles that he
had made the remarks complained of.
He said that he made them because
he had been told by B. E. Rice, an
other inspector, of a flashily gowned
woman who lived on West Alexander
Street and whom Rice had seen the
day before in company with a man.
Maddox said that when he visited
the Kugler residence at 15 West Alex
ander Street he supposed Mrs. Kug
ler was the woman referred to and
made the remarks to her.
Rice was in court and testified tha'
he mentioned no address in his con
versation with Maddox. Rice was
f given an admonition similar to that
received by Maddox.
Wilson the First
President to Fail to
Honor Soldier Dead
WASHINGTON, May 31.—President
Wilson, Miss Margaret Wilson and
the President’s cousins, Miss Helen
Woodrow Jones and Fitzwilliam Mc-
Master Woodrow, motored to Balti
more yesterday. The President did
not attend the memorial ceremonies
in Arlington and elsewhere.
He is the first President since Hayes
to fail to attend the Memorial Day
ceremonies. The veterans were dis
appointed and distressed. Some ex
pressed themselves feelingly.
Ex-Commander George H. Slay-
baugh, of the Potomac Division, said:
“We were much disappointed at the
President’s failure to attend and re
sentment pervades our branch.”
General J. D. Bloodgood said: “It is
very peculiar to have the President
in the city and not have him with us
on this occasion. The veterans are
much disappointed.”
Adjutant General Oldroyd said:
“This is the first time in the history
of our organization a President failed
to attend the Memorial Day cere
mony.”
Secretary Bryan attended, but re
fused to make a speech.
SILENCE OF
LEY PUT
TOENDBY
When All Else Failed, Chief Lan-
ford Confronted Negro With
Accusing Interview,
Bryan Gloating Over
Election Law Victory
WASHINGTON, May 31.—Smiling in
his satisfaction over realizing a reform
for which he had fought for nearly a
quarter of a century, Secretary of State
Bryan to-day signed the proclamation
of the seventeenth amendment provid
ing for the direct election of United
States Senators.
Three earnest champions of the
amendment were at his side—Harry St.
George Tucker, of Virginia, who made
the first fight for it In the House 22
years ago; Representative Rucker, of
Missouri, who piloted the clause to its
final passage in the House about a year
ago; Senator Borah, of Idaho, who fa
thered the amendment in the Senate.
Girl of 15 Ends Her
Life With Shotgun
ROYSTON, GA., May 31.—Miss Ora
Crider, 15-year-old daughter of J. A.
Crider, a farmer near here, commit
ted suicide by shooting herself with
a shotgun while alone at the house.
The gun was not loaded when her
parents left home. The girl put a
shell in the gun, shut herself In a
room, placed the gun barrel against
her stomach and with a small stick
pulled the trigger. Relatives heard
the shot and rushed to the house,
finding the girl's dead body against
the door.
No cause for the suicide is known.
Millionaire Seeks
Thrill Killing Whale
SAN FRANCISCO, May 3G—John
Borden, young New York millionaire,
left San Francisco to-day on a pri
vate whaling expedition on his $56,000
new whaler de luxe, the Adventuress,
built especially for this cruise.
Borden was accompanied by Roy C.
Andrews, a member of the National
History Museum, an American ex
pert on whales. The main quest of
the expedition Is to secure a specimen
of the rare bowhead whale.
Waiters in Senate
Cafe Get No Tips
WASHINGTON, May 31.—Patrons
of the Senate Cafe do not have to
put on glasses to read on the bill of
fare this order made by Manager
Lofstrantf:
“Waiters are forbidden to receive
tips.”
That The Georgian played a con
spicuous part in obtaining the latest
and most important confession from
Jim Conley,- the negro sweeper, in
which he admitted his complicity in
the crime, was the declaration of
Chief of Detectives Newport Lanford
I late Friday afternoon.
Chief Lanford, in telling of the
I cross-examination pf Conley on
Thursday afternoon which resulted in
j his confession, said that Conley for
j a long time persisted in maintaining
that he knew no more of the crime
than that which he had related pre
viously.
After several hours of futile ques
tioning the chief showed him a copy
of The Georgian quoting Officials of
the pencil factory to the effect that
they believed Conley the guilty man.
It was then that Conley made his
startling affidavit fixing the deed upon
Frank.
All Questions Failed.
“All lines of questions had been
tried without avail,” said the de
tective chief, in relating the Incident.
“We had put Conley through a rigid
third degree, and still he declared
that he knew nothing more of the
crime. Jt seemed that all the theories
the detective force had so carefully
and painstakingly built up were about
to be shattered.
“I was racking my brain for some
thing else that might be of aid in
getting Conley to ten what we sus
pected he was withholding,” the chief
continued. “I happened to remember
that in last Wednesday’s Georgian 1
had seen interviews with various fac
tory people who declared they thought
Conley guilty of the murder, and that
he was attempting to place the crime
on an innocent man.
Georgian’s Story Broke Him.
“Stepping into an adjoining room,
I secured a copy of The Georgian
containing the interviews. Carrying
it back into my office, where the
small group of detectives had be^n
for several hours Interrogating the
man without result, I handed the pa
per to Conley, remarking: “You can
read this, Jim, and see what the peo
ple over at the factory' think of you.”
“He took the paper and in silence
the detectives watched him slowly
and painfully decipher the statements
of Holloway and others at the factory
declaring that he. Conley, and not
Frank, was the guilty man.
“Finally he laid the paper aside,
and looked up with the most worried
expression on his face he has dis
played since his arrest. ‘Boss,’ he said,
‘dose people are short bound to hang
me if I don’t tell the truf, and I ain’t
goln’ to lie to you no longer.’ And
the confession as contained in his
latest affidavit followed.
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TWO ATLANTA GIRLS IN
NURSERY TABLEAUX
Miss Floyd
Foot,
standing,
who is
‘Mary, Mary,
Quite
Contrary, ’ ’
Miss
Charlotte
Wilkins,
who is a
La France Rose
in Mary's
garden.
Horse Sets Record
As Parcel Post Aide
WASHINGTON, May 81—Postof-
flce investigators have found that the
cost of delivering parcel post pack
ages ranges from less than 2 to more
than 14 cents a package. The auto
mobile is proving a very dear lux
ury in some large cities and the old
horse is making a record for econo
my.
It is the purpose of the department
to help the expensive offices by call
ing attention to the methods of the
cheaper delivery places.
Atlantan Hurt in
Dixie Flyer Wreck
FULTON, KY., May *31.—T. C.
Sherrer, a salesman of Atlanta, was
among the eighteen passengers in
jured when the “Dixie Flyer,” on the
N. t C. <& St. L. road, crashed into
an Illinois Central freight train near
here yesterday. His head was bruised.
Thoso arc two of the many charming girls who took part in
the Mother Goose Pageant on the lawn of Mrs. Clyde King’s
Druid Mills residence Saturday afternoon, under the auspices of
the Joseph Habersham Chapter, Daughters of the American Rev
olution.
“Joe” Wilson Gets
Good Job at Last
BALTIMORE, May 31.—Joseph R.
Wilson, brother of the President, has
accepted a position with a leading
bonding company, whose headquar
ters are here, It was announced to
day. His title, it was said, would oe
assistant manager of the New York
office and manager of the promotion
and development department at Bal
timore.
Mr. Wilson is a Nashville newspa
per man. Before the organization of
the present Congress he was promi
nently mentioned as a candidate for
Secretary of the Senate.
THE WEATHER,
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Fair Saturday and
Sunday.
Rides Her Pony 30
Miles to Be Married
MILWAUKEE, May 31.—Elizabeth
Waukechon, a Menominee Indian
maiden, J7 years old, has proved to
officials of the Menominee reserva
tion that although the Government’s
laws may dominate the red man the
gentler sex is still able to defeat
“justice.’
When the Government attempted
to take her away from her parents’
fireside to the Indian school, she
rode thirty miles on a pony to find
and wed her lover, John Waupekau-
nee.
H, L. SAYLER, MANAGER FOR
PRESS ASSOCIATION, DEAD
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.. May 31.—H.
L. Sayler, aged 50, manager of the
Chicago Press Association, who was
stricken with apoplexy last night when
dining at the home of William Fortune,
died to-day.
Mr. Sayler had attended the Speedway
race He is survived by a widow and
one son.
Insurance Merger to
Bring $500,000 Here
Approximately $500,000 In premium in
come will be added to the banking busi
ness In Atlanta by the absorption of
the Teutonia Insurance Company by the
Hartford Fire Insurance Company. The
Teutonia Company’s headquarters were
at New Orleans, and the amount of its
premium Income last year totaled $900,-
000. More than 40 per cent of this busi
ness will be diverted to Atlanta, to be.
handled by Egleston & Prescott, general
Southern agents for the Hartford.
The Teutonia decided to discontinue
business while in healthy condition
rather thari to face the probably preca
rious fate brought upon it by keen com
petition and cutting of rates.
Balkans Battle as
Envoys Talk Peace
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ATHENS. GREECE, May 31.—
While Balkan peace envoys of the
states in the Balkan league were fra
ternizing in London and affixing their
signatures to a treaty with Turkey,
a 'hree-hour artillery duel between
Bulgarians and Greeks was being
fought at Elevtheron.
Bulgarians are said to have opened
the conflict by firing on the Greek
cruiser Spetsai. Other clashes are re
ported.
*
Police Hope Meeting Will Prove
Whether Negro Will Stick to Latest
Story Under Eyes of the Man He
Accuses—Ready to Pay Penalty.
A determined effort is being made by the police department
to bring Leo M. Frank face to face with his accuser, Jim Conley,
the negro sweeper.
The detectives wish to learn how Conley will go through the
ordeal of confronting the man he accuses of directing the disposal
of the body of Mary Phagau, and dictating the notes that were
found by her body.
They desire also to give Frank
an opportunity to deny the ne
gro’s story as Conley is re
peating it. Frank has been the
man of silence in the Tower.
He has had nothing to say in
regard to the crime to anyone
who has sought to talk with him
on the subject, unless it was to
his most intimate friends who
have visited him in his cell.
He still refuses to have anything
to say or to have Conley brought
to hl» cell, except by the permission
of his attorney, Luther Z. Rosser,
and in Mr. Rosser’s presence.
Plan to Ask Rosser.
The detectives propose to take the
matter up with Attorney Rosser.
They will represent that the case
has reached a stage where it is nec
essary to give Conley’s statements
their final test. Conley went over
the scene of the crime step by
step on Friday and never wavered In
his tale involving Frank deeply.
Now It is desired to have him ap
pear before the very man he so
strongly accuses and have him repeat
the terrible charges. Some believe
that If Conlev Is alone guilty of
the crime, this ordeal will be the final
straw that will bring about his full
confession.
If Attorney Rosser agrees to the
plan, the negro will be taken at once
to the cell of Frank. Conley Is still
In an unsettled state from his long
three-day grilling by the detectives,
and Is thought to be Just In the frame
of mind to break down and make a
full confession, if he knows any more
about the crime than he already has
told.
Silent Regarding the Case.
In the event that the meeting is
arranged, it will be the first time that
Frank has broken his silence in re
gard to the case. He may have talked
of it to members of his y>wn family,
but his most intimate friends say
that he has played cards with their,
and conversed freely on the topics of
the day as he has read of them in the
dally papers, but that he never has
discussed the Phagan mystery direct
ly and at length. Some of his friends
have been with him every hour of
every day since he has been in the cell
at the Tower. They have been most
loyal to the Imprisoned man.
They declare that he never has
mentioned the subject to any of the
attaches of the Jail, except occasion
ally to the Sheriff himself. And then
it was In an almost Impersonal man
ner.
"I do not know who Is guilty,” he
said, "but whoever he Is, he should
hang."
Conley Is Ready to Pay
Penalty as Accomplice.
“Yes, sir, I guess maybe it’s all over
with me. I suppose they’re going to
hang me or send me to the peniten
tiary for life, but I done told the
truth.
“When the Sheriff puts the rope
around my neck, I’m going to say:
“ ‘Stop; wait a minute. I know
did wrong. I tried to hide that dead
girl’s body and I ought to be punished,
but before God I didn’t kill her.’ “
Jim Conley, negro sweeper, whose
confession that he helped Leo M.
Frank dispose of the body of Mary
Phagan after the superintendent had
killed her. created a profound sensa
tion, peered through the bars of his
cell iu the Fulton Tower and pro-
L
nounced his readiness to die for his
crime as an accomplice, and in the
same breath protested his innocence
of the actual murder.
Ready to Face Frank.
“I am ready right now,” he said,
“to face Mr. Frank. I’ll look him right
in the eye and I’ll say, ‘You know I
didn’t kill that girl, Mr. Frank, and
you know- I’m telling the truth to
these white folks.’ ”
Conley declared again that Frank
wrote one note himself. He said he
had written the “long, tall black negro
message” on “single-ruled, white pa
per from a. tablet.” He asserted that
Frank wrote something on paper not
white, but a shade of green or gray—
paper that he thought had the letter
head of the National Pencil Company
factory on it.
It has always been taken for grant
ed that the two notes are the work of
one man. The paper of neither cor
responds to that described by Conley
as the kind Frank used. What dees
Conley’s assertion signify?
Harassed by questioners’, bombard
ed with hostile queries, importuned
and threatened in an effort to get at
the truth in the terrible pencil fac
tory mystery—in the minds of many
a mystery no longer—this negro with
stood every attempt to shake the re
markable story he unfolded to the
detectives in the startling confession
affidavit and re-enacted at the scene
of the crime itself.
Sticks Close to Story.
Like an unwinding panorama, he
laid before his questioners in the elo
quent, if often almost incoherent, jar
gon of Decatur Street the shifting
scenes in the grim tragedy which
reached its great climax Friday, but
in which the greatest battle is yet to
be fought in the courts of Fulton
County.
One thing is certain: Those who
have thought that it will be easy for
skillful lawyer to tear the negro’s
story Into tatters must revise their
judgment. From careful rehearsal,
studied drilling or the indelible im
pression of ghastly tragedy, the pris
oner has learned his lesson well. From
whatever angle he is attacked he tells
the same narrative. Under cajolery
or abuse he is unchanged.
“I waited and waited, boss,” he said.
“I thought Mr. Frank would sure see
me. I thought maybe we could have
a talk and maybe everything would
be all right, but he never would see
me. I tried once and I tried twice
and I tried again, but Mr. Frank never
would see me. So, I guessed it was
just about time for me to tell the
truth. It looked like Mr. Frank
couldn’t get out of it after all, and it
was all up, so I told the truth.”
Looks Little Like Novelist.
A shiny-skinned, close-cropped,
thick-chested, low-browed negro Is
Jim Conley—with eyes smiling or sin
ister as his mood changes—like a
thousand and one other negroes that
make faithful servants or troublesome
prisoners as their footsteps happen
to fall, and if the story he tells is the
product of his imagination he belies
appearances.
It may be he has learned his tale
child learns a fairy' story until
it sees the goblins as it plays in the
twilight. It may be that constant
turning over of them in his mind as
he lay in a police cell for three weeks,
that constant repetition has made the
details come readily to his lips. The
lesson is learned. There is no doubt
of that
“Jim, why did you write the notes?”
he was asked. “Didn’t it strike you
that ‘long tall black negro,’ would be
taken to mean you?”
“Yes, sir,” said Conley, readily. "It
did and I tole Mr. Frank so. I said,