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The Atlanta Georgian
Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WAM ADS—Use for Results
VOL. XL NO. 1258.
ATLANTA, UA., MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1913.
By
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With the ropes around their necks, Ernest Maynard and Wal
ter Wilkes, the negroes suspected of the murder of Mrs. William
Stevens and her daughter, Nellie, who were found in the ruins
of their home near Constitution, were saved from lynching late
this afternoon at the point of detective’s guns.
The negroes had been taken to the scene of the crime by Sheriff
McCurdy and Detective Kossr and were tied to a tree while the
officers scoured the neighborhood for clews.
A party of about twenty framers, determined on vengeance
cut the suspects from the tree while the detectives were away
and rushed them to a nearby barn. The two ropes were slung over
a tree and the ends slipped about the negro’s necks.
Chief of Detectives Lanford, heading another party arrived in
an automobile just as the proposed lynching was about to be con-
sumated. At the point of a revolver he held the would-be lynch
ers at bay and aided by Deputy Sheriff P. H. Livsev, Sheriff Mc
Curdy and Detective Rosser saved the two men, rushing them back
to Atlanta in an automobile.
The men will be sheltered at police headquarters where they
have been since their arrest Monday.
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BASEBALL
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
AT MEMPHIS-
MOBILE 0
MEMPHIS 0
NATIONAL LEAGUE
AT PHILADELPHIA—
BROOKLYN
PHILADELPHIA
Ragon, Wagner and Miller; Seaton and Killifer.
Emslle.
T PITTSBURG—
010100000-2
50000001X-6
Umpires
6 0
8 1
O’Day and
BOSTON .*. ...1 00030000-4 9 1
PITTSBURG , 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 X - 7 12 1
James and Whaling; Hendrix and Simon. Umpire#, Brennan and Eason.
Other games not scheduled.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
FIRST GAME.
AT NFW YORK—
BOSTON 000020002-4 41
NEW YORK 0 00100002-3 53
Leonard, Bedient and Carrlgan; Fisher and Sweeney. Umpires, Evane and
Hart.
SECOND GAME.
BOSTON 001 - . . .
NEW YORK 000 -. ..
McConnell and Gossett; Wood and Cady. Umpires. Evans and Hart.
FIRST GAME.
AT WASHINGTON —
PHILADELPHIA 320000040-9 15 3
WASHINGTON 100 3 00000-4 11 4
Brown, Bender and Lapp; Mullln, Bochling. Bush, Hughes and Henry, Urn-
pires, O’Laughlln and Egan.
SECOND GAME.
PHILADELPHIA 0 - . . .
WASHINGTON 0 - . .
Houck and Lapp; Johnson and Ainsworth. Umpires. O’Laughlln and Egan
Other games not scheduled.
Vice Board Inquires
Into Wages of Men
CHICAGO, June 2.—The’ Illinois
white slave commission this week will
concern itself with the wages of men
and the cost of living in Chicago.
Heretofore the committee has In
vestigated women's and girls' wages.
Now the committee will determine
vhether the average workman's pay
•s sufficient to permit him to marry
*nd support a family properly.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Generally fair Mon
day and Tuesday.
Kentucky Swept by
Destructive Storm
LOUISVILLE. KY.. June 2.—Heavy
property damage was reported to-day
from over Kentucky, which was
swept by a storm yesterday. The
$50,000 home of Lawrence Jones, dis
tiller and horseman, near Louisville
was destroyed by lightning.
Lightning struck the city power
house in Louisville and put the city
street car service out of commission
for several hours.
BUILDING FALLS KILLS SCORE.
SARGOSSA, SPAIN, June 2—A
score or more workmen were buried
here to-day in the collapse of a build
ing that had been struck by light
ning. A number of bodies were re
covered. —
Wilkes and Maynard Taken to
Scene of the Crime for
‘Third-Degree' Ordeal.
Walter Wilkes and Ernest May
nard, the suspects in the Stevens mur
der, were taken to the office of Chief
Lanford Monday to be questioned in
regard to their whereabouts the night
the Stevens home was burned to the
ground and Mrs. Stevens and her
foster daughter were slain and left in
the building.
Sheriff McCurdy came from DeKalb
County and prepared to take the two
negroes back to the scene of the
crime, to put them through the third
degree.
Both of the suspects, who were
picked up Saturday afternoon on the
identification of Wade Stevens, son of
the murdered woman, have denied an>
knowledge of the crime.
If there is any hope of breaking
them down, the officers believe it will
come when the two men are taken to
the burned building in which the
charred bodies of the two women were
found.
Revolver Taken by Son.
The detectives' hunt for Mrs. Stev
ens' missing diamond ring, gol<J watch
and revolver, which were supposed to
have been taken by the murderer,
came to a sudden halt Monday morn
ing when young \yade Stevens ex
plained their disappearance.
Stevens said that he sold the dia
mond ring and the watch in Chatta
nooga two years ago, letting the ring
go for $10. He said he took the re
volver away with him when he went
to Chattanooga last Tuesday night,
the date of the murder, and solcf it
there for 50 cents.
Despite the clearing of this phase
of the mystery, however, the officers
still are of Aie opinion that the mo
tive for the crime may have been rob
bery. as the murderer may have had
an idea that Mrs. Stevens kept a large
sum of money in her home.
Wilkes' and Maynard were kept in
solitary confinement over Sunday. No
one w r ent near them to question them
It was thought that a day of almost
absolute isolation would put them in a
frame of mind where they would be
the more easily worked upon Monday.
After they have been taken to the
scene of the murder, it is probable
that they will he removed to the De-
Kalb County jail in Decatur.
Caught in Lies, Says Sheriff.
“The prisoners have said that they
didn’t have anything to do with the
killing of Mrs. Stevens and the girl,’’
said Sheriff McCurdy, “but they al
ready have been trapped in several
misstatements or lies.
“It looks suspicious that they were
together wnen captured. They were
in a hurry to say that they had just
happened to meet a few minutes be
fore. Wilkes, when he was first
taken, denied for a time that he was
seen by young Stevens Tuesday night,
as Stevens had claimed, but after
ward admitted that this was true.
“Young Stevens said that Wilkes
asked whether anyone was with Mrs.
Stevens, and, finding that Mr. Stevens
was in Chattanooga at the (Confed
erate reunion, said that he guessed
he would go and see if he could get
his old job back. This is a circum
stance that strengthens our belief in
Wilkes’ guilt, although we expect to
get much more positive evidence.”
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE
MACON—
0 -
JACKSONVILLE
0
AT ALBANY—
SAVANNAH-
0 1
ALBANY—
0 0
COLUMBUS—
0 0 0
CHARLESTON—
2 0 0
Tf] Miss Alice Ormond Weds in Paris
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Bride of Theatrical Producer
Atlanta Girl Won Fame asWriter
City Council Monday afternoon
agreed to the proposal of the finance
committee to buy the crematory for
$260,000 and pay for it this year.
The resolutions submitted by the
committee were adopted with only
one dissenting vote, that of Council
man O. H. Hall.
The resolutions provided that such
appropriations* as may be necessary to
pay for the crematory in 1913 be made
by the authorization of Council. The
proposition, as ratified by the finance
committee and the Destructor Com
pany, of New York, is that the city
buy the plant for $260,000, paying
$125,000 of the amount at once and
holding back $135,000 until the plant
has demonstrated that it will burn
garbage for 26 cents a ton and fulfill
its other guarantees.
Provision is made also that if any
of these payments be delayed the De
structor Company is to be paid 7 pe
cent from the time the payment
should have been made.
Councilman W. G. Humphrey, who
submitted the resolutions to council,
said that the city would be saved sev
eral thousand dollars by the new con
tract. A saving og $16,800 will be
made on the face value of the con
tract, he said, the old one calling for
a price of $276,800, and the new one
for a price of $260,000.
Mrs. James Campbell, formerly Miss Alice Ormond, of Atlanta.
Racing
:
R.CSU.
its
AT BELMONT:
FIRST—Three-year-olds and up. 7
furlonged: 1'lylng Fairy 105 (Davies). 8,
3. 7-5, won: Palanquin 110 (Butwell),
even. 2-5, out; Montressor 07 (Wolfe).
10. 4. S-5. third. Time 1:25 2-5. Also
ran: Ringling, Sir John Johnson. Break
er Roy, Delirium, Captain Matlock, Bal
ly Cliffe.
SECOND—Maidens, fillies and geld
ings, 2-year-olds. 5 furlongs: liurakan
108 (MeCahey), 5, 2, even, won; Unfurl
108 (Wolfe). 11-5. 4-5, 2-5, second; El-
biod 108 (Radtke), 7. 5-2, 7-5. third.
Time 1:00 3-5. Also ran: Northerner.
Oriolund. The Ghost. Rosa. Black
Broom. Brooms Edge. Disparity. Water
Lily, Transparency, Oktibbena, Super
intendent, Virginia Lass. (Unfurl and
Northerner coupled).
THIRD—Selling. 3-year-olds. 7 fur
longs: Lysander 102 (Wolfe). 5-2. 4-5,
out won: Donald MacDonald 105 (But
well), 9-10, out, second; Campeon 116
(Hanover). 6. 8-5, out. third Time
1:25 4-5. Also ran: Astute, Tarts.
FOURTH Handicap, 3-year-olds a ml
up. 1 j h miles Sandhill 95 (McCahev),
7-10. out. won; Guy Fisher 109 (Butwell),
2. out. second; Star Bottle 106 (Han
over). 4, out, third. Time 1:51 2-5. (Only
three starters).
FIFTH—The Grand National Steeple
chase hapdleap, about 2% miles: Penob
scot 140 (Walker), 7-2, 7-5, 3-5, won;
Obear 144 (Henderson). 3, even, 1-2.
second: Collgny 152 (Lynch). 10. 4, 2.
third. Time 5:33. Also ran Ticket of
Dave. L'Navarre. (Tillie D. fell; Pall
Mall pulled up).
AT LOUISVILLE.
FIRST—Five furlongs. Purse $600:
Lady Innocence 105 (Buxton), 37.00,
17.10, 7.50, won; lOranata 109 (Peak),
19.40. 7.40. second; Buzz Around 100
(Daniels), 4.20, third. Time 1:02 Also
ran: Palm Leaf, Best Be, Emerald Gem.
Tom Boy, Big Lumax, Yankee Tree,
Flamingo, Marty Lou.
SECOND $700. 6 furlongs: Great
Britain 113 (Loft us . 2.80, 2.50, 2.20. won;
McCorkle 100 (Martin), 3.10, 2 50, sec
ond; Flying Tom 102 (McCabe), 2.50,
third. Time 1:12 2-6. Also ran: Celesta,
Jim McGill and Phyllis Antonltte.
THIRD—Purse $600, 5 furlongs: Hring-
hurst 109 (McCabe). 5.40. 3.50. 2.80. won,
Pebeco 112 (Loftus), 5.80. 3.30. second;
lx)st Fortune 109 (Buxton». 3.00. third.
Time ;59 4-5. Also ran: Czar Michael,
Alador, John Gund.
Grapejuice Shower
For Secretary Bryan
WASHINGTON, June 2.—For more
than an hour this morning messen
gers were busy storing cases of sub
stantial appearance in the “wine cel
lar" of the State Department.
Following Mr. Bryan’s declaration
in favor of grapejuice as a beverage
practically every manufacturer of
grapejuice in the country sent a case
of his product to the Secretary.
NEGRO IK AT
HELD BY THE POLICE
Woman Questioned by Dorsey, Be
comes Hysterical; Solicitor Refuses
to Tell Whether She Gave Impor
tant Information; Alibi for Defense.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
AT TOLEDO—
INDIANAPOLIS—
000 -...
TOLEDO—
10 1 - .
Kaiserllng and Cotter: Collamore and
Livingstone. Umpires, Chill and O’Brien.
AT ST. PAUL —
MINNEAPOLIS—
04000........
ST. PAUL—
32000. . .
Magridge. Olmstead and Owens; Gard
ner and James. Umpires, Westervelt
and Irwin.
AT MILWAUKEE—
KANSAS CITY—
200 -...
MILWAUKEE—
2 0 0.. - . . .
Morgan and O’Connor; Cutting and
Block. Umpires, Johnstone and Con
nelly.
AT COLUMBUS—
LOUISVILLE—
000010.......
COLUMBUS—
001100.......
Loudermllk and Sevroid; Cole and
Smith. Umpires. Murray and Handlboa.
Will Spend Her Honeymoon in
South Africa, the Wife of
James Campbell.
Announcement of the marriage of
Miss Alice Ormond, society favorite
of Atlanta and a writer of note, to
James Campbell, of Paris. France, on
May 22 haH come as a great surprise
to Atlanta friends of the young bride.
Equally as interesting are the plans
of the couple for a honeymoon in
South Africa and other remote trav
els.
The marriage has been made known
by the bride's mother, Mrs. Florence
Root Ormond, who, with her daugh
ter, has been spending the last three
months in Paris.
Mr. Campbell is an American who
has lived the past two years in Paris.
He is connected there with Archie
Selwyn, who owns the production
rights to “The Blue Bird” and 'With
in the Uw."
While at present the young couple
are in London, they will leave shortly
for South Africa, where Mr. Camp
bell will present the Maeterlinck pro
duction.
A cordial interest will center in this
marriage, the bride having lived in
Atlanta until a few years ago. when,
with her mother, she went to New
York to devote her time to literary
work, in which, through her maga
zine writings, she has made a name
for herself.
She is a’sister of Mrs. Hinton Hop-
kin and of Sidney Ormond, of At
lanta.
Minoia MeKnight, thn negro cook in the household of Mr.
and Mrs. Emil Selig, 6H Georgia Avenue, with whom Leo M.
Frank lived, was put through the severest sort of grilling in the
office of Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey Monday in an effort to break
down Frank’s alibi which tends to show that he was at home
about the time James Conley swore the notes found by Mary Pha-
gan’s body were written.
The negro woman grew histerical and her shrieks and protes
tations could be hear dthrough the closed door. She maintained
to 1 he end of the two hours of rapid-fire questioning, however,
that Frank had arrived had arrived home by 1:30 o’clock the Sat
urday afternoon of the crime.
She was taken into custody
on information said to have been
furnished by her husband. She
later was taken to the police sta
tion to be held under suspicion.
The details of her statements to
the solicitor and the full miport
of the information said to have
been disclosed by her husband
have been shrouded with the ut
most secrecy by Solicitor Dorsey,
it is said, however, that she de
clared to the last that Frank had
arrived home by 1:30 o’clock to
her positive knowledge.
Her sobs and hysterical cries were
heard soon after she entered the of
fice of the solicitor. Mr. Dorsey was
able to quiet her for a few minutes at
a time, when it is supposed he obtain
ed her statement of Frank’s where
abouts on Saturday, April 26, so far
as -she knew. At detective head
quarters, the officers were non-com-
mital as to the nature or value of the
testimony that the engro woman had
given.
It was on the negro cook that the
defense had relied to assist in proving
an alibi for Frank when his case
comes to trial this month.
The woman was in hysterics at po
lice headquarters and kept shouting,
"I am going to hang but I didn’t do
it. I don’t know a thing about it.”
Four other persons will be prepared
to testify at the trial of Leo M. Frank
that he arrived at home for luncheon,
at 1:20 o’clock the Saturday after
noon that Mary Phagan wa.« killed,
which would have been an Impossi
bility, the defense will assert. If Frank
had directed the disposal of the body
and dictated the notes at the time the
negro alleges.
Testimony before the Coroner's
Jury by Frank and others indicated
strongly that ho was at home by
1:20 the afternoon of the crime. Con
ley in his affidavits declared that he
went into Frank’s office at four min
utes before 1 o’clock. He said that
after a conversation of a few minutes
Frank heard voices and shoved Con
ley into a closet. Miss Corinthia Harl
and Mrs. Emma Clark entered. Con
ley was kept a prisoner in the closet,
he said, for eight or ten minutes.
It was after this, he said, that
Frank asked him if he could write.
Conley swore in his affidavit that he
answered in the affirmative, and that
he was directed to write several notes,
most of which began: “Dear mother,
a long tall black negro did this by
hisself.”
After this, followed the giving of
$2.50 to the negro, according to his
story, as well as the giving of the
$200 which later was taken back by
Frank.
All of the Incidents that the negro
has detailed. In the minds of many
interested in the case, would have
kept Frank at the factory coneidera-*
bly'after the time that five witnesses
will swear he arrived home.
Wife and Her Parents to Aid.
These witnesses are Mr. and Mr®
Emil Selig, Mrs. Frank, the cook iq
the Selig household and an acquaint
ance of Frank who is said to hava
seen him riding home in the street
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
AT MONTREAL—
BUFFALO—
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MONTREAL—
0000000. .-. . .
Holmes and Gowdy; Smith and
Burns. Umpires, Mullen and Kelly.
AT TORONTO—
ROCHESTER-
01000002.-. . .
TORONTO—
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.-. . .
Keefe and Jacklltsch; Brown and Ora
ham. Umpires, Finneran and Quigley.
AT PROVIDENCE—
NEWARK—
002000002-4
PROVIDENCE—
00130001X-5
9 2
9 0
Atchison and Higgins; Lafitte and
Kicher. Umpires. Carpenter and Owens.
AT BALTIMORE—
JERSEY CITY—
3 0 2....
BALTIMORE
0 0 4...
Davis and Wells; Shawkey, Dan-
forth and Bergen. Umpires, Nallin and
Hayes.
FORMER ATLANTAN’S GAGY DIES
MOBILE, ALA., June 2.—Dorothy
Ewing Peper, age five months, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman R. Pe
per. tormer residents of Atlanta, died
to-day at the family home here. The
bod> will be sent to Atlanta to-night
for interment.
Adding doubt to the negro's affida
vit is the testimony of Miss Corinthia
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