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/, I iXT RA | The Atl anta Georgian | Read for Prcfit---GEORGIAN WAhT ADS---Use for Results NIC EDI an TiO >N _ 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 .0 0 0 0 1 2 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. p AT NEW YORK— CLEVELAND . NEW YORK... 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 000200 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 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 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. .0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .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— 000011100 -3 10 0 TORONTO— 00000400X-4100 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. 9 - 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,