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1 VOL. XL NO. 260. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1913. By c «o« 0 . 2 CENTS -^°
COOK’S SENSATIONAL AFFIDAVIT
FAIN NAMED BASEBALL
1 NATIONAL LEAGUE
AT CINCINNATI—
BROOKLYN 00030......
CINCINNATI 30010. . . .-.
Curtis and Miller; Benton and Clark. Umpires, O’Day and Emalle.
AT PITTSBURG—
PHILADELPHIA 000000400-4
PITTSBURG 000000000-0
Alexander and Kllllfer; Camnltz, O’Toole, Simon and Kelly. Umpires,
Brennan and Eason.
AT ST, LOUIS—
IN FIRST
Painter Was Refused Policies
+•+ +•+ •!•••!• +•+
Business Plans Suffered Check
E O. PAINTER, Jacksonville fertilizer man, whose death in
• the St. Johns River is being investigated by insurance
companies because of the fact that he had taken out over
$1,000,000 life insurance in four months preceding his death.
Police Commissioner Accused Be
fore Grand Jury of Brawl in
Disorderly House.
As a climax of revelations made
before the Grand Jury in its probe of
vice conditions in Atlanta, Police
Commissioner William F. Fain was
named as the central figure in a ca
rousal said to have been held in a
house on Ivy Street some months ago,
according to evidence presented at the
Wednesday afternoon session.
Mr. Fain was also accused of bru
tally treating one of the women in
the party. When the police answered
the woman’s screams and raided the
place, it was said that Fain was ar
rested. but was immediately released
by order of a man high up in police
circles
This startling information was
■given the Grand Jury by a real estate
operator and friend of Fain's who was
summoned by the tribunal to give
testimony.
Whisky For Resorts.
Before the witness left the hear
ting. it is declared that he laid bare
one of the most sensational stories
of vice ever brought to light in this
city. That the Grand Jury will prob
ably probe to the bottom of it, and
that its veracity will be given the
acid test before any action is taken
Is assucecL.
Another witness at the afternoon
hearing was J. E. Skags, agent for
the Southern Express Company. Mr.
Skags was asked to testify as to ship
ments of whisky i nd other liquor
into Atlanta to places of ill-fame.
Chief Beavers also was called be
fore the Grand Jury during the aftr
ernoon session. The police official is
declared to have told the jurors that
to his knowledTe Atlanta was better
morally at this time than ever before.
The chief will be called again later in
the investigation.
Chief Beavers Cleared.
Elimination of Chief of Police Beav
ers from all charges of graft and cor
ruption in the Police Department,
made by Colonel Thomas B. Felder,
marked the second day's probe by the
Fulton County Grand Jury.
Colonel Felder made this distinc
tion to Chief Beavers personally, and
in so doing renewed his accusations
against Chief of Detectives Newport
A. Lanford.
At the same time it waj id evi
dence of corruption money being paid
to the police had been given the
Grand Jury.
There was a dramatic situation in
the ante-room to the Grand Jury room
When Felder, Beavers and Lanford
confronted each other. Many hot
words were flung back and forth.
“I want to say to you right here,”
declared Felder to the police chief,
"that I have never made one single
charge of graft against you. I do
accuse the other chief at the police
station of protecting vice, and I have
a superabundance of evidence to
prove it. I will prove it.”
Briberv To Be Probed.
Another unexpected turn in the in
vestigation was revealed'at the morn
ing sesison when it became known
that the Grand Jury will takj up im
mediately the bribery charges made
against Colonel Felder by the Police
Department and counter-accusations
growing out of their dictograph epi-
Bode.
Colonel Felder appeared before the
tribunal at its morning session and
demanded that the dictograph con
spiracy be probed to bed rock. The
attorney based his demand upon his
own desire for exoneration of the sen
sational accusations. He declared to
t-he jurymen that the charges were
absolutely false and the result of an
NEW YORK
ST. LOUIS..
1 0 0 0 0 0
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Mathewson and Myers; Grlner and McLean. Umpire*, Klem and Orth.
AT CHICAGO—
BOSTON ,....0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 1
CHICAGO 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X - 5 12 0
Rudolph and Whaling; Overall and Archer. Umpire*, Rlgler and Byron.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
PONCE DE LEON BALL PARK.
June 4.—The Crackers and Bllllkens
met here this afternoon in a benefit
game for the Grocers and Butchers.
The umpires failed to show up at the
grounds and Rohe and Bagby were se
lected to handle the indicators.
Bill Smith sent Dent and Chapman in
for Atlanta, while Dobbs selected Case
and Gribbens for Atlanta.
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AT NEW YORK—
CLEVELAND .
NEW YORK...
0 1 1 0 0 2 0
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Blanding and O’Neill; Ford and Sweeney. Umpire*, Evan* and Egan.
AT BOSTON—
CHICAGO
BOSTON .
.2 10000001-4
.001000000-1
Cicotte and Schalk; O’Brien, Bedle nt and Foater and Carrlgan.
McGreevy and Connolly.
AT WASHINGTON—
Umpires,
ST. LOUIS ....
WASHINGTON
0 0 0 0 0 0 2
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THE GAME.
FIRST INNING.
Walker opened the game for the Bil-
likens by lacing the ball to left center
and made a home run on the drive.
Wares bounded one to Alperman and
was out to Agler. Manning smashed a
hard grounder to Alperman and was out
to Agler. Sloan went out the same way.
ONE RUN, ONE HIT
Long grounded to Manning, who fum
bled the ball for an error and Tommy
was safe at first. Welchonce tried to
sacrifice with a bunt to Manning. The
latter threw wild to first and Long raced
to third. On the hit and run Alperman
laced a single to left and Long scored,
while Welchonce took second. Bailey
sacrificed, Manning to Kutina. Wel
chonce went to third and Alperman to
second on the play. Smith was called
out on strikes. Bieland grounded out.
Case to Kutina. ONE RUN, ONE HIT.
Wellman and Agnew; Engel and Henry. Umpires, Hildebrand and O’Laugh-
lin.
AT PHILADELPHIA—
DETROIT
PHILADELPHIA ...
Dubuc, House and McKee; Wyekoff, Bush and Lapp. Umpire*, Dlneen
and Ferguson.
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.7 0 5 0 0 1 1 0
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
AT MONTREAL—
BUFFALO—
0 0 0 0 1 0 0
MONTREAL-
0 0 0 0 0 2 0
ft.
Umpfres
Beebe and Gowdy^; McGral ner and
Madden.
elly and Mullen.
FIRST GAME.
AT TORONTO—
ROCHESTER—
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TORONTO—
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Hughes. Hoff and Jacklltsch; Lush
and Graham. Umpires, Flnneran and
Quigley.
SECOND GAME.
ROCHESTER—
2 0 - . . .
TORONTO—
0 1 - . . .
Martine and William*; Brant and Gra
ham. Umpires, Flnneran and Quigley.
AT PROVIDENCE-
NEWARK—
0002010100 - . .
PROVIDENCE—
0002002000 - . .
Barger and Higgins; Stine and Ons
low. Umpires, Owens and Carpenter.
AT BALTIMORE—
JERSEY CITY—
Continued on Page 2, Column 5.
2 0 0 1. . .
BALTIMORE-
0 2 10. . .
Davis and Wells; McTIgue and Eagan.
Umpires, Hayes and Nallis.
County Gets Bill
For Phagan Burial
A bill for the burial of Mary Pha
gan provoked considerable debate at
the meeting of the County Commis
sioner? Wednesday. The bill was for
$45 and was submitted by Undertaker
W. J. Black.
Commissioner Clifford Anderson
said that he believed Coroner Done-
hoo should be censured for approving
the bill before it had been submitted
to the Commission. Mr. Anderson ad
mitted that the circumstances were
exceptional and said that he did not
take the stand that the bill should not
be allowed, only that it ?hould have
come before the Commission before
it was approved by the Coroner.
J. GILLESPIE, “BEANED,”
WILL PROBABLY RECOVER
CHATTANOOGA, TENN., June 4.—
A slight Improvement wn noted thi«
afternoon in the condition of Third
Baseman Jimmy Gillespie, of the
Chattanooga Club, whose skull was
fractured by a pitched ball yester
day.
It is almost certain he will recover.
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE
AT S4ACON—
JACKSONVILLE—
410000000 -5 51
MACON—
000002100 -3 12 3
Vo*« and Reynold*; Wilder and Smith.
Umpire T Pender.
FIRST GAME.
AT ALBANY—
SAVANNAH—
00010200.-. . .
ALBANY—
00000000.-. . .
Roberteon and Geibel; Bremmerhoff
and Well*. Umpire, Moran.
FI RST~GAM E.
AT CHARLESTON—
COLUMBUS—
000000000-033
CHARLESTON—
000001000-180
Ward and Thompson; Taylor and
Menefee. Umpire, Barr.
Mike Murphy Dies;
Olympic Trainer
PHILADELPHIA. June 4.—Mike
Murphy, the man who trained two
Olympic teams which represented this
country and was trainer of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania track team,
died at 3 o’clock this afternoon at his
home in West Philadelphia. Murphy
had been ill for over two years, ?uf-
fering from tuberculosis.
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
AT INDIANAPOLIS—
COLUMBUS—
100100.......
INDIANAPOLIS—
000100.......
McQuIllen and Smith; Schardt and
Clark. Umpire*, Murray and Handlboe.
AT ST. PAUL—
MILWAUKEE—
4040 -...
ST. PAUL—
1000 -...
Doug? 'ty and Haye*; Gardner and
Jame*. Umpire, Connolly.
AT MINNEAPOLIS—
KANSAS CITY—
2000 -...
MINNEAPOLIS—
0321
Powell and Krichell; Olmstead and
Owen*. Umpire*, Westervelt and Irwin.
AT TOLEDO—
LOUISVILLE—
402 -...
TOLEDO—
000 -...
Northrop and Sevrold; Jame* and
DeVogt. Umpire*, Chill and O’Brien.
JACOBSON WILL BE OUT
OF GAME FOR TEN DAYS
MOBILE, ALA., June 4.—William
Jacobson, center fielder of the Mobile
club, one of the leading hitters of the
league, will be confined here to an
infirmary on account of fever and an
Injury to his side. He will be out of
the game for at least ten days.
RESULTS.
AT MONTREAL.
FIRST—Four and one-half furlongs:
Scarlet Letter 103 (Turner). 5, 2, 4-5,
jwon; Laura 111 (Dreyer), 15, 6. 3; Pea
cock 108 (Nathan), 25, 10, 4. Time,
:55 1-5. Also ran: Sally Wellers, Fuzzy
Wuzzy, Diamond Chester, Translna,
Tempest, John Marshall and Kettle
Drum.
SECOND—Four and one-half fur
longs: Corn Broom 109 (Bums), 1-7,
out. won; Slnsin 109 (Downey), 1-7, out;
Coburg Belle 109 (Wilson), 8, 1, out.
Time, :5534. Also ran: Irish Harmony,
Old Reliable and Boozer.
THIRD—Three-year-olds and up, 6
furlongs: Upright, 106 (Robbins), 30 to
1, 10 to 1 and 2 to 1, won; Sherwood,
116 (Wilson), 6-5, 2-5, out, second; Hoff
man, 105 (Turner), 4 to 1, 4 to 5. third.
Time, 1:14 2-5. Flabbergast, Carlton G.
also ran.
FOURTH—Mile: Lindsta, 98 (Am
brose), 3. even, 2 to 5, won; Haverock,
117 (Burns), 3-4 to 5, 2 to 5, second:
Amberite, 102 (Wilson). 3-6 to 6. out,
third. Time. 1:43. Magpie, Caper
Sauce and Calumny also ran.
AT BELMONT.
FTRST—Seven furlongs: Ella Bryson
113 (Rightmore), 11-6, 4-5, 2-5, won;
Working Lad 113 (Ford), 6, 2, 1; Simon
Tressor 103 (Wolfe), 4, 6-5, 3-6. Time.
1:26 4-5. Also ran: Scallywag, Am
brose and Lost Ball.
SECOND—Mile: Bard of Hope 95
(McCahey), 5, 8-5, 4r5, won; Sam Jack-
son 103 (Hanover), 10, 4, 8-5; Light
o- My Life 96 (Glass), 2, 4-5, 1-3. Time,
1:38 3-5. Also ran: Yankee Notions,
Meridian and Breaker Boy.
THIRD—Mile and an eighth: Star
Gazer, 105 (McCahy), 6-2, even, won;
War Horn, 106 (Butwell), 9-5, 3-6, 1-4,
second; El Oro, 110 (Fairbrother), 5-2,
even, 1-6, third. Time, 1:63. Beaucbup,
Daingerfield Pliant also ran.
FOURTH—The Juvenile, 2-year-olds,
5 furlongs straight: Punch Bowl, 112
(Butwell), 7 to 10, out, won; El Biod,
105 (Radtke), 1 to 2, four to 2, second;
Garner. 112 (Hoffman), 5-6 to 5, 1 to 2,
third. Time. :59 3-5. Garl, Golden
Chimes, Fathom, King McDowell, Black
Broom also ran.
FIEJTH—Steeplechase, about 2 miles:
Delirium, 152 (Lynch), 7 to 5, 1 to 2,
won; Nosegay, 132 (Chandler), 6-8 to
5-4 to 5, second; Brosseau, 132 (Clark),
5 to 2, even, 2 to 5, third. Time, 4:38.
Country Boy, Adventuress and Rapid
Flight also ran.
AT LOUISVILLE.
FTRST—Five furlongs: Edith W., 100
(McCabe), 12.40, 7.60, 4.Or), won; Ova
tion, 98 (Callahan), 32.40, 12.50, second;
Frances M,, 103 (Buxton), 3.50, third.
Time, l:u0 2-6. Ada Kennedy, Rose
King. Lady Innocence, Ada, Miss Char
cot, Woof, Rosa Mundi and Caution also
ran.
SECOND—Six furlongs: Theresa Gill,
96 (Martin), 5.70, 3.20, 2.70, won; Cha-
pultepec, 107 (McCabe), 4.30, 3.50, sec
ond; The Grader, 102 (Buxton), 4.30,
third. Time, 1:11 3-5. Coy, Duquesne,
Eubanks and Kiva also ran.
THIRD—Five furlongs: Old Rosebud,
115 (McCabe), 2.90, 2.30, 2.20, won; Lit
tle Nephew% 118 (Buxton), 2.70. 2.50,
second; Roamer, 100 (Callahan), 3.20,
third. Time, :58 3-5. New Record,
Brigs Brother and Bandit also ran.
RACE ENTRIES ON PAGE 2.
Theory Offered That He Needed
More Insurance to Protect
Stockholders.
By COLE E. MORGAN.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA.. June 4.—
Edward Okie Painter’s family and
intimate friends positively state their
belief that his death in the St. Johns
River on May 22 was accidental and
not premeditated or due to mental
aberration, as is talked in Jackson
ville.
They declare his business was in
excellent condition, his home life ideal
and that he had no cause to seek self-
destruction.
The insistence of insurance sales
men to write policies, because he was
considered an excellent risk, and be
cause a spirited competition among
Insurance rivals had ensued this
spring, are the explanations offered
for his taking out a million dollars of
new insurance since February 1.
A persistent report in Insurance
and business circles to-day, explain
ing the probable motive for suicide,
is thOc Painter had been checked in
financial plans he had under way
when Insurance companies refused to
issue additional policies on his life
within a week before his death.
Planned to Increase Holdings.
According to this report. Painter
had launched plans to double the
$350,000 book value capital stock and
surplus of the E. O. Painter Fertilizer
Company to $700,000 by the sale of
a new' stock issue. It is said he pro
posed wTth these funds to enlarge the
company’s operations, not only in the
United States, but in the West In
dian Islands and South America,
where the company already has hold
ings, to be prepared to extend oper
ations upon the completion of the
Panama Canal.
An explanation of the million dol
lars’ new insurance, much of which
was made payable to the company
and the rest to his estate and family,
is suggested in that this would give
an added security to the company’s
stock as a protection to stockholder*
in the event of his death and there
fore would prove an asset of nego
tiable value.
It was planned to declare a 15 per
cent dividend on the outstanding
stock at a stockholders’ meeting yes
terday afternoon, but this was not
done, the meeting adjourning with
practically no business transacted.
This dividend, it is pointed out.
would have established the utmost
confidence in the minds of investors
coupled with Painter’s high standing
in business circles.
Such a dividend would have made
the sale of additional stock a com
paratively easy matter. Many plant
ers, particularly In Florida add South
Georgia, it is stated, were ready to
purchase blocks of the new stock,
whereby they would be enabled to
reduce their fertilizer bills by buy
ing from a company in which they
held stock and received dividends.
Organs at John Hopkins,
Coroner Abbott stated this after
noon that all of Painter’s vital or
gans sent to Baltimore are in the
hands of chemists there. He said he
had received a message to-day that
Dr. Charles Glaser, of Johns Hopkins,
had completed the chemical analysis
of the heart, stomach and other func
tional organs and that Dr. Me Leary
this afternoon would complete a
pathological examination of Painter’s
brain.
The reports of these chemists are
expected in Jacksonville by the Coro
ner on Friday afternoon, whereupon
he w'ill summon the Jury and wit
nesses for a complete investigation
into Painter's death early next week.
He declared the whole story of
WIFETELLMOTHER
Incoherent Statement by Employee of
Frank Household That Must Not
Be Taken as Legal Evidence Until
Heard and Corroborated in Court.
Continued on Page 2, Column 4.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast — Local thunder
showers Wednesday and
Thursday
Another sensational but strangely incoherent affidavit in the
Mary Phagan mystery was made public this afternoon when the
police gave out what purports to be a startling statement sworn
to by Minola McKnight. negro cook in the Frank household, who
was grilled for two hours at police headquarters Tuesday.
The statement quotes the McKnight woman as declaring that
she overheard Mrs. Leo Frank tell her mother that Frank had
talked of murder and had threatened to get a gun and shoot him
self.
The Georgian informs its readers once again that police affi
davits are not evidence until they have been accepted in court,
and that judgment as to their reliability should be withheld until
then. „
Statement of Negroes in Full
The McKnight woman’s statement is given for what it is
worth as follows:
STATE OF GEORGIA—County of Fulton:
Personally appeared before mo, a Notary Public in and for
the above State and County, Minola McKnight, who lives in the
rear of 351 Pulliam Street, Atlanta, Ga., who, being duly sworn,
deposes and says:
Saturday morning, April 26, 1913, Mr. Frank left home about
8 o’clock, and Albert, my husband, was there Saturday too; Al
bert got there 1 guess aboht a quarter after 1, and was there when
Mr. Frank come for dinner, which was about half past one, but
Mr. Frank did not eat any dinner and he left in about ten min
utes. after he got there.
Mr. Frank come back to the house at 7 o’clock that night,
and Albert was there when he got there. Albert had gone home
that evening but he come hack, but I don’t know what time he
got there, but he come sometime before Mr. Frank did, and Mr.
Frank eat supper that night about 7 o’clock, and when I left about
8 o’clock I left Mr. Frank there.
Sunday morning I got there about 8 o’clock, and there was
an automobile standing in front of the house, hut I didn’t pay
any attention to it, but I saw a man in the automobile get a bucket
of water and pour into it. Miss Lucile (Mr. Frank’s wife) was
downstairs, and Mr. and Mrs. Selig were upstairs. Albert was
there Sunday morning, blit I don’t remember what time he got
there. When I called them down to breakfast about half-past 8
I found that Mr. Frank was gone. Mr. and Mrs. Selig eat break
fast and Miss Lucile didn’t eat until Mr. Frank came back and
they eat breakfast together. I didn’t hear them say anything at
the breakfast table, but after dinner I understood them to say
that a girl and Mr. Frank were caught at the office Saturday. I
don’t know who said it, but Miss Lucile and Mr. and Mrs. Selig
and Mr. Frank were standing there talking after dinner. I didn’t
know the girl was killed until Monday evening. I understood
them to say it was a Jew girl, and I asked Miss Lucile and she
said it was a Gentile.
Frank Said: “It's Mighty Bad."
On Tuesday Mr. Frank says to me: “It is mighty had, Minola;
I might have to go to jail about this girl and 1 don’t know any
thing about it.”
I heard Mrs. Rauzin, Mrs. Frank’s sister, tell Miss Lucile that
it was mighty bad, and Miss Lucile said, “ Yes, it is; I am going to
get after her about it.” 1 don’t know what they were talking about.
Sunday Miss Lucile said to Mr. Selig that Mr. Frank didn’t
sleep so good Saturday night. She said he was drunk and wouldn’t
let her sleep with him, and she said she slept on the floor on the
rug by the bed because he was drinking. Miss Lucile said Sunday
that Mr. Frank told her Saturday night that he was in trouble-;
that he didn’t know the reason why he would murder, and he told
his wife to get his pistol and let him kill himself. I heard Miss
Lucile say that to Mrs. Selig. It got away with Mrs. Selig mighty
bad, she didn’t know what to think. I haven’t heard Miss Lucile
say whether she believed it or not. I don’t know why Mrs. Frank
didn’t come to see her husband, but it was a pretty good while be
fore she come to see him, maybe two weeks. She would tell me,
“Wasn’t it mighty bad that he was locked up?” and she said:
Minola, I don’t know what I am going to do.”
When I left home to go to the Solicitor General’s office they
told me to mind how I talked. They pay me $3.50 a week, but last
week she paid me $4, and one week she paid me $6.50. Up to the
time of the murder I was getting $3.50 a week, and the week right
after the murder I don’t remember how much they paid me, and
the next week they paid me $3.50, and the next week they paid me
$6.50, and the next week they paid me $4, and the next week $4.
One week Mrs. Selig give me $5, but it wasn’t for my work,
and they didn’t tell me what it was for.
They just said, “Here is $5, Minola,” but, of course, I under
stood what they meant, but they didn’t tell me anything at the
Continued on Pago 2, Column 2,