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f M $1,000,000 INSURANCE MYSTERY Did E. O. Painter, of Jacksonville, Commit Suicide? EXTRA The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit---GEORGIAN WAhT ADS-~Use for Results VOL. XI. NO. 259. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1913. Copyright, 190*. By Tn* Georgian Co. 2 CENTS PAY NO BIHERFIGHT Defense Prepares to Show Glar ing Discrepancies in Affidavit of James Conley. "Developments of a startling nature may be expected from day to day In the Phagan case." said Chief of De tectives Lanford Tuesday morning. “They may be expected right up to the date that the trial of Leo Frank begins. “That we feel we practically have a conclusive case against the factory superintendent does not mean that w'e are resting in our labors to the slight est extent. We are a little more al rest In our minds, that is all. “The detectives are working con stantly on new clews that present themselves and are investigating every story that is heard, whether it is told by a witness favorable to Frank or against him. We wish to go into court prepaid to establish our case against Frank so that not a doubt of his guilt will be possible. That is, of course, if it still appears at that time as certain to us that he is the guilty man as It does now. With the continued activity of the detectives, it has become noticeable in the last few days that the defense is at work on its case. Both sides are preparing for a titanic battle when Frank is put on trial for his life the third week in this month. Frank’s cook is still held at police headquar ters. To Cite Time Differences. Differences in the time given by Jim Conley in his affidavit and the testi mony of Coroner’s Jury witnesses will be pointed out in the defense of Leo M. Frank against the charge of killing little Mary Phagan, it was revealed Tuesday. They will be used as indi cations of the superintendent's inno cence because of their many seeming deviations from fact. One of the most glaring was the negro’s declaration that while he was in Frank's office to write the notes Miss Corinthia Hall ar.d Mrs. Emma Clark entered. Conley said that this was 1 o'clock or a few minutes after. But Miss Hall had left the building more than an hour before, according to her own testimony before the Cor oner’s Jury. “What time wae it when you left the factory?” Coroner Donehoo asked Miss Hall when she was on the stand at the inquest. “A quarter to twelve,” she replied. "I looked at the clock when I came down.” The negro said that he looked at the clock when be went in the office and that it was Just four minutes of 1 o’clock. He had been in there a few minutes, he asserted, when the voices of Miss Hall and Mrs. Clark were heard. Another statement which will be re futed is Conley’s declaration that he assisted in taking the body from the second floor down to the basement on the elevator. To Testify Elevator Didn't Run. Two witnesses will be called to prove that the elevator did not run that day at the time the body is said to have been disposed of. These two witnesses are Harry Denham and Arthur White. They were on the fourth floor from early in the forenoon until after 3 o’clock in the afternoon. If the elevator had been run they say they would have knowm it. The experiment of running the elevator has been tried since the murder. It is said that it can not be run without the persons on the fourth floor being aware of it. The theory that will be presented by the defense is that Mary Phagan was the victim of drink-crazed Conley. From his hiding place near the stairs he sarv her descending from tile sec- Continued on Page S, Column 1. Bryan Lands Good Job for Publisher Of the Commoner WASHINGTON, June 3—President Wilson, after a conference with Sec retary of War Garrison, to-day de cided to appoint Richard L. Metcalf, of Nebraska, editor of William J. Bryan’s paper, The Commoner, to be Civil Governor of the Panama Ca nal Zone. Metcalf will succeed Maurice H. Thatcher, of Kentucky. It is expected the nomination will go to the Senate within a short time. Militants Set Fire To Boats and House Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON, June 3.—Militant suffra gettes set fire to the Long Bridge Boat Club house early today, destroy ing the house and about 60 boats. Most of the boats were of special de sign. The damage Is estimated at about $5,000. Mrs. Flora (‘‘General”) Drummond, the famous militant leader, and lieu tenant of Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, who was operated on yesterday for an illness induced by a hunger strike, was reported improved to-day. Other militants flred a building at Eaton College, doing $15,000 damage. Impure Water Said To Cause Pellagra Special Cable to The American. ROME, June 3.—Drs. Scala and Alessandrini announce that they have discovered that pellagra is a "chronic infection due to silex found as a col loidal solution in certain drinking waters.” Their theory explains the peculiar topographioal distribution of the disease, which is limited to the foreland of mountain ranges, more particularly valleys. The Medical Academy of Rome has accepted the theory and will shortly apply preventive method. Mercer Frats Get New Lease on Life MACON, GA., June 3.—Trustees of Mercer University have indefinitely ‘tabled” a resolution to abolish Greek letter fraternities at the school. The proposal to eliminate fraterni ties at Mercer brought a number of prominent fraternity men from all parts of the State here, but none were permitted to appear before the board. Although he is a member of the S. A. E. fraternity, Dr. Jameson is lead ing the movement to do away with chapters. Presbyterians Write Praise of Atlanta The executive committee of the Presbyterian Assemblies, of which J. K. Orr is chairman, has finished up its work and formally disbanded. The committee received letters from all parts of the country from Assem bly delegates, loud in their praise of Atlanta. After raying the expenses incurred by the General Assemblies, the com mittee found a good balance in the treasury. $50,000 Gem Theft Stirs Maiden Lane NEW YORK, June 3.—Daring jewel robbers to-day robbed the office of J. B. Theise, on the eleventh floor of 47-49 Maiden Lane, in the heart of the richest jewelry center of America, of a satchel of uncut diamonds worth $50,000. The gems had just been brought from safe-deposit vaults where they had been kept after business hours. Savannah Fighting Epidemic of Rabies SAVANNAH, GA., June 3.—What is regarded as almost an epidemic of rabies is being battled here. Three Savannah persons are tak ing the Pasteur treatment and four others were bitten by a puppy that has since been pronounced to have had rabies. GIVEN VICE FACTS BV FELDER Attorney Boldly Declares That Police Are Protecting ‘Houses in Our Midst.’ ILLINOIS RETAINS GALLOWS. SPRINGFIELD, ILL, June 3.—The Butts bill abolishing capital punish ment in Illinois was defeated in the House to-day. Accusations that Atlanta is honey combed with vice and that the police and detective departments deliberate ly protect and encourage these con ditions were made before the Grand Jury of Fulton County by Colonel Thomas B. Felder and Carl Hutche son Wednesday morning. Both men declared they had con clusive proof to establish the truth of their charges, and that they had submitted sufficient evidence to the Grand Jury to indict every one of the 30 or more proprietors of disorderly houses whose names and addresses they had left with the members of the Grand Jury. Felder Boldly Charges Graft. Colonel Felder came out boldly and charged graft of the worst sort and he asserted that he had given the Grand Jury affidavits showing the al leged connections between the police department and the houses of disre pute sworn to by the keepers of the houses themselves, as well as by reputable citizens who were aware of the conditions. It was announced at the outset of the Grand Jury probe that the vice conditions of the city would be the only matter taken up at this time. Foreman Beck said that the jury was following the charge delivered by Judge W. D. Ellis, who urged the Grand Jury, in view' of the Mary Phagan tragedy, thoroughly to inves tigate the reported spread of vice in the city since the wiping out of the restricted district. Jury After the Real Truth. ‘‘We have resolved ourselves into a committee of the whole to follow the Instructions of Judge Ellis,” said Mr. Beck. “We propose to sift the mass of charges and counter-charges that have been made and get at the real truth, if it is possible. We want to know if vice is protected and if we And that it is. we propose to indict those involved in the disgrace.” Besides Colonel Felder and Mr. Hutcheson, Mayor Woodward, who long has disagreed with Chief Bea vers’ vice policy, and C. C. Jones, owner of the Rex Saloon, were called before the Grand Jury. The Mayor and Mr. Hutcheson were before the jury about an hour each. The Mayor is said to have given the Grand Jury a great amount of information in his possession, much of which has been published in connection with his con troversy with Chief Beavers. The Mayor was questioned closely as to his knowledge of existing vice Catch Tarpon and Pelican? We Know Darn Well We Can Atlantans are figuring conspicuous ly this year in fine tarpon Ashing off the west coast of Florida. The St Petersburg Independent, in a current issue, tells how H. W. Brown, of At lanta. who was Ashing off Pass-n- Grille with George Lizotte, landed four big ones in one day. Mr. Lizotte, the genial Frenchman who makes two stone-crabs grow where only one grew before, is well known to Atlantans. The only thing more plentiful than tarpon this year on the west coast are pelican. Mr. Brown has sent to Atlanta a copy of a limerick just composed by Lizotte, in which the latter thus epitomizes the noble fowl. The limerick follows: “There’s a curious bird called the Pelican, Whose mouth holds more than his belican. He stuffs into his beak Enough grub for a week. Though I don’t see how in helican.” Cattle and Wheat To Go on Free List WASHINGTON, June 3 —The free list of the Underwood tariff bill will be augmented by the addition of cat tle and wheat, according to a state ment of Senator Simmons, of North Carolina, after a conference with President Wilson to-day. Senator Simmons to-day said the chief executive had signified his will ingness to have the duty removed Trom both. It is not expected that President Wilson will sanction any further changes in the measure Clark Picks Oct. 1 as Adjournment Date WASHINGTON, June 3.—Speaker Clark’s prediction that Congress will be in session until October 1 is be lieved lo forecast a long wrangle over currency reform and a record-break ing debate on the tariff in the Senate. While the Democratic caucus was adopting a resolution to limit the legislative program in the House, Speaker Clark observed that, with the work already cut out for it, Coir- gress “will be here until about Octo ber 1.” Congress has been in almost continuous session for Ave years*. Continued on Page 4, Column 2. Atlantan Says U. S. Sailors Robbed Him NEW ORLEANS. June 3.—Losing his way in Audobon Park here, W. E. Shiflet, of Atlanta, approached four sailor*. He asked the way to the Westwego ferry and as soon as he turned his back he was beaten to the ground and robbed of $108, his watch and stickpin. Charging that the sailors wore caps on which was “U. S. S. Amphitrite,” Shiflet and a policeman had the gun boat captain line up the entire crew. He couldn’t Identify any as his assail ants. Action! This little “Want Ad” ap peared in Hearst’s Sunday American on Sunday: PLENTY money to loan on city prop erty. Watt Kelly, Attorney, 400 Tem ple Court Building. 43-2-5 At 3 o’clock Monday afternoon 90 answers had been received. Yours will do the same. Results! Fair Swimmers Come in Shoals Miss Mattie Keisling, one of the fair mermaids of Piedmont Park, and her human springboard-—Messrs. McKinney (on the left) and Kelly. 2,000 Daily, Present Mark, Ex pected To Be Increased to 3,000 This Month. Bathing at Piedmont Park has be come the rage. From the moment the life-saver gets on his Job in the morning until the closing time at night the beauti ful pond i* literally alive with bath ers. The daily average thus far haebe^ i something above 2.000, but Superin tendent Dan Carey, of the Park Com mission, expects the number to go well above 3,000 before the end of June—and then some. Attendance Records Broken. Never, says Mr. Carey, has the sport been so popular. For the early season—winter is still far, far away —all records are smashed higher than a kite, and there is some talk of keeping a lower level in the pond for fear that an unexpected excess in ttye number of bathers would make it rise above the banks. Such things as aquatic records are yet to be established and smashed for the season. Right now there are some likely contenders for each and every one of the swimming and div ing events, and they are not necessa rily of the stronger sex. Pond Is Making Good. But most important of all Is the fact the pond is making good. The water is Just delightful and the most timid bather will dive in head Arst without the customary taking of tem perature with the big toe as a ther mometer. Women go to Piedmont Park in as large numbers as the men. In fact, says Mr. Carey, the women and girls hold the attendance records thus far, and, unless something entirely un foreseen happens, they will come very near capturing the aquatic records when the meet 1s held later in the year. HELD ON GIRL’S CHARGE. HUNTSVILLE, ALA.. June 3.—C. P. Hambrick is in Jail here, being held for the authorities at Cliffside, N. where he is wanted on a charge made by a 13-year-old girl. TAKEN OUT THIS YEAR Fell Off Ferryboat and Was Drowned. Alleged to Have Taken Drug—Or gans Lost on Way for Analysis. Insurance Companies Probe Death. JACKSONVILLE, FLA., June 3.—Did E. O. Painter commit suicide* That is the question everybody here is asking. Painter carried $1,178,000—perhaps more—on his life, most of which was taken out in the past four months. His death was unexpected and mysterious. One more mys tery has been added to it by the disappearance of the dead man’s heart, stomach and kidneys, forwarded from this city to the Johns Hopkins University for analysis. Painter’s death, so the life insurance companies suspect, was produced by an overdose of chloral, which overwhelmed him when he toppled over from a ferryboat ostensibly on the way to his factory. INQUEST AWAITS ANALYSIS. Those most free to talk of his death seem inclined to one of two theories, suicide or insanity, and the suicide theorists seem to be in the majority. But there are many who scout at either of these opinions and steadfastly maintain that his death was purely ! accidental. In the meantime expert physicians and chemists in Baltimore are ready to analyze the brain, heart, liver, lungs, stomach, and other organs of the dead man to determine whether they contain i evidence of poison or disclose any other condition to explain his death. While these analyses are in progress Coroner C. D. Abbott, of Duval County, is holding in abeyance an inquest over the dead man. A jury has been impaneled but has gone no further than to view Painter’s body. This autopsy was performed by four physicians, two of whom were acting at the instance of the Painter family, one for the State and the fourth called in by the others. But the body was dissected before the Coroner had seen it and had an opportunity to subpena a jury. Painter met his death in the Hver at 9:30 o’clock in the morning. His body was recovered and in an undertaker’s morgue by 1 o’clock that afternoon and the autopsy was performed. The removed organs were sealed in a conveyor in the express office and billed to Baltimore before night. The two physicians repre senting the family, Drs. P. C. Perry and John Cay Boyd, went to Baltimore at the same time to be present at the analysis. The shipment was made to Dr. Charles Simon, Of Baltimore, but he is in Nova Scotia, and his assistant, Dr. C. E. Haas, notified the Jacksonville authorities that he was instructed to turn the shipment over to Dr. Charles Glazer, of Johns Hopkins Hospital, who refused to undertake the analysis until Coroner Abbott had a representative present. The Coroner designated a Baltimore at torney to represent him, and the analysis proceeded. The beneficiaries named in the policies were either some mem ber of his immediate family—his wife or daughter—or his firm. The total amount was divided about equally between them. Some two or three months ago, it has been reported to the life insurance companies concerned, Painter began taking chloral, per haps for nervousness. It is charged that shortly before his death, he became a very heavy user of the drug. When his body was recovered from the St. Johns River, and the suspicion that all was not right became fixed in the minds of the insurance companies, it was determined to set on foot a rigid probe of his death, and its cause, also all the circumstances bearing upon it. Paid No Heed to Reecuers. Although Painter wa* an expert swimmer, when he fell from the ferry boat, he is said to have sunk like a log. A rope was thrown to him, but he paid no attention to it. He had been coughln violently Just before he fell into the water, and it was to relieve this eought that he is supposed to have taken chloral. Ap parently, so those on the boat say, the man was dead before he struck the water. It 1 stheorized that his system had been overwhelmed with chloral, and that his death was directly due to that drug, rather than to drowning These initial circumstances were suspicious enough in the eye* of the Insurance companies, and they pro ceeded to a calm and deliberate in vestigation, before authorizing the payment of the policies. Their decision to have the dead man’s vital organs analyzed for the purpose of determining Just how much chloral there likely was in his system at the time of his death wal in line with the advice of their medi cal and legal advisers. Now that the dead man’s organs seem to have dsl- appeared. however. It appears more than ever to the companies that there was something queer about Painter’* end. Inturanoe Inspectors Aotive. The medical report is not expected here for another two days and the Coroner nor others interested will