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The Atl anta Georgian
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VOL. XI. NO. 259.
ATLANTA, GA„ WEDNESDAY. JUNE 4, 1913.
Copyright, 1906.
By Th* Georgian Co.
2 CENTS 'VM
EXTRA
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
beginB.
“That we feel we practically have a
conclusive case against the factory
{superintendent does not mean that we
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 prepared to establish our case
against Frank, so that not a doubt of
his guilt will he 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 eeemlng
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 Corlnthla Hall and 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 was 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 he went in the ->ffice 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 he 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
known 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 saw her descending from the sec-
Continued on Page 6, Column 1.
Bryan Lands Good
Job for Publisher
Of the Commoner
WASHINGTON, June S.—President
Wilson, after a conference with Sec
petary 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 8.—Militant nuffra,-
gettes 9et fire to the Long Bridge
Boat Club houae early today, destroy
ing the house and about 50 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 fired 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 topographical 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.—Trustee* 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 ot
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 8
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 paying the expenses incurred
by the General Assemblies, the com
mittee found a good balance In the
treasury.
850,000" GemTheft
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 Babies
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.
ILLINOIS RETAINS GALLOWS.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL., June 3—The
Butts bill abolishing capital punish
ment in Illinois was defeated in the
House to-day.
Attorney Boldly Declares That
Police Are Protecting ‘Houses
in Our Midst.'
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 i
committee of the whole to follow the
instructions of Judge Ellis,” said Mr.
Beck. “We propose to sift the mas*'
Of charges and counter-charges that
have been made and get at the real
trilth, if it is possible. We want to
know if vice is protected and if we
find 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
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Catch Tarpon and
Pelican? We Know
Darn Well We Can
Atlantans are figuring conspicuous
ly this year in fine tarpon fishing off
the west coast of Florida. The SL
Petersburg Independent, in a current
issue, tells how H. W. Brown, of At
lanta. who was fishing off Pass-a-
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 hellcan.”
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
i chief executive had signified his will
ingness to have the duty removed
from both.
It is not expected that President
Wiison 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 :o 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, Con
gress "will be here until about Octo
ber 1.” Congress has been in almost
continuous session for five yearn
Atlantan Says U. S.
Sailors Robbed Him
NEW ORLEANS, June 3.—Losing
his way in Audobon Park here, W.
E. Shifiet, of Atlanta, approached four
sailors. He asked the way to the
Westwego ferry and as soon ns he
turned his back he was beaten to the
ground and robbed of $103, his watch
and stickpin.
(’barging that the sailors wore caps
on which was “U. S. S. Amphitrite,”
Shifiet 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.
rise above the banks.
Such things as aquatic records are
yet to be established and smashed
for the season. Right now there ire
some likely contenders for each an I
every one of the swimming and div-
Bathing at Piedmont Park hag 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 is literally alive with bath
ers.
The daily average thus far hnsbe»n
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
the number of bathers would make it
ing events, and they assf 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 first
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 is held later in the
year.
HELD ON GIRL’S CHARGE.
HUNTSVILLE, ALA., June 3— C.
P. Ham brick is in jail hero, being
held for the authorities at Cliffside,
N. C., where he is wanted on a charge
'made by a 13-year-old girl.
I
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.
$999,000 Insurance
Taken Out This Year
Painter secured his insurance on the following dates:
February 3—Mutual Life $ 24,000
February 24—Penn Mutual 50,000
March—New York Life 40,000
March 15—Mutual Life 50,000
March 27—Mutual Life 100,000
April 4—Mutual Life 75,000
April 5—Union Central . 50,000
April 7—Equitable 80,000
April 18—Penn Mutual 47.000
April 21—Fidelity Mutual 70,000
April 21—United States Fidelity and Guaranty 10,000
April 22—Equitable 110,000
April 23—Employees’ Liability 15,000
April 23—Mutual Life 125,000
April 28—Travelers’ 15,000
May 2—Mutual Life 126.000
May 3—Prudential * 12,000
Total issued in 1913 $999,000
Old policies: ♦
March, 1912—New York Life $ 50,000
November 17, 1911—Penn Mutual 3,000
October 26 1905—Preferred Accident 5,000
June 2. 1905—Travelers’ 5,000
January 25, 1891—Mutual Life .. 2,000
New York Life 10,000
Fraternal and Miscellaneous 50,000
Illinois Commercial 5,000
T. P. A 5,000
Total previous to 1913 $135,000
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.
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 wag purely
accidental.
Inquest Awaits Analysis
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
evidence of poison or disclose any other condition to explain his
death.
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.
An 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 river 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,
hut 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.
The beneficiaries named in the policies were either some mem-
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