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VOL. XI. NO. 260.
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1913.
Copyright. 1906, ty riTT'XTT'C TAT NO
By Ths Georgian Co. L/X'jJN io MOKE
Police Commissioner Accused Be
fore Grand Jury of Brawl in
Disorderly House.
As a climax of revelations made
before the Grand Jury In Us probe of
vice conditions In Atlanta, Police
Commissioner William F. Fain was
named as the central figure in a ca-
rou a! 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
ing, 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 assured.
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 end other liquo.3
into Atlanta to places of Ill-fame.
Chief Beavers also was called be
fore the Grand Jury durin- the aft
ernoon session. The police official is
declared to have told the jurors that
to his knowledge Atlanta was better
morally at this time than ever before.
The chief will be called again later .n
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 was said 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-
vestigatioii was revealed at the morn
ing sesison when it became known
that the Grand Jury will take up im
mediately the bribery charges made
against Colonel Felder by the Police
Department and counter-accusations
growing out of their dictograph epi
sode.
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
the jurymen that the charges were
absolutely false and the result of an
Tobacco Magnate's
Donations to Trinity
Pass Million Mark
DURHAM, N. C., June 4—W. P.
Few, president of Trinity College, at
commencement exercises to-day an
nounced new gifts to the college that
will make the total endowment fund
$1,108,000.
This places Trinity on an equal
footing with any college In the South.
The endowment Is due in the main
to the generosity of Benjamin N.
Duke and James B. Duke, the tobac
co kings, who have given to Trin
ity a total of $1,149,800.
The general education board of
New York City gave $150,000. and the
remainder was raised from small con
tributions of many people In all parts
of the State, mainly coming from
Methodist churches.
The late Washington Duke, who de
veloped the cigarette industry, was
the staunchest supporter the college
ever had.
Atlanta Woman in
Umbrella Battle
Continued on Pago 2, Column 5.
MACON, GA., June 4.—Becauae
Mrs. Leola Collins objected to Mrs
Luella Miller, of Atlanta, one of her
boarders, coming in at late hour* of
the night, and also because she re
fused Edward C. Barnhill the privi
lege of seeing Mrs. Miller at mid
night, such a lively time resulted in
the Vineville Station neighborhood
that the police were called.
Barnhill smashed an umbrella over
Mrs. Collins’ head. In the police court
hearing, Mrs. Miller teatlfled that she
looked on and laughed during the
whole proceeding.
Militants Dynamite,
Then Burn, Mansion
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
TROWBRIDGE, ENGLAND, June
4. Damage estimated between $75,-
000 and $100,000 was done at West-
wood, a suburb, to-day by militants
who burned an unoccupied manor
house.
Ttie old mansion, which was one of
the historic spots of the neighbor
hood, evidently was shaken by a pow
der or dynamite explosion. Residents
of the neighborhood heard a loud de
tonation.
Ask U, S. Control of
Cotton Shipments
WASHINGTON. June 4.—Chairman
Adamson, of the House Interstate
Commerce Committee, will call his
committee together this week, he said
to-day, to frame a bill for uniform
regulations governing the shipment
of cotton in interstate commerce.
Losses by the producers in sam
pling, lack of uniformity In railroad
regulations governing baling and lack
of uniformity in tare charges are
among the abuses which the proposed
legislation is designed to correct.
$40,000,000 Urged
For Alaskan Roads
WASHINGTON, June 4.—A combi
nation of the Jones and Chamberlain
bill providing for a bond issue of
$40,000,000 for the construction by the
Government of railroads in Alaska,
will be urged at the present session
of Congress, according to a state
ment made to-day by Senator Pit
man, chairman of the Senate Commit
tee on Territories.
The new measure was framed by
a sub-committee composed of Sena
tors Pitman, Chamberlain and Jones.
Financial Morals of
U. S. Scored in Paris
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS, June 4.—The bitterness
against American securities is far
from abating. The Journal des De
bats, after reviewing the series of
disappointments Paris investors have
suffered, says:
“American financial morals make
operations in securities depending
upon New York particularly danger
ous. American bankers have the idea,
accepted as perfectly legitimate there,
that ability only counts in business.’’
PAINTER MYSTERY DEEP
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Disappearance of Organs Unsolved
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Family Discredit Suicide Theory
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.
Johns Hopkins Author
ities Know Nothing of
Loss of Parts of Body;
Bonding Concern in
Hunt.
BALTIMORE, June 4.—The mys
tery enshrouding the death of E. O.
Painter, the Jacksonville man who
wan drowned after having in four
months taken out one million dollars
in life insurance, was heightened
Wednesday by the fact that nothing
can be learned as to the disposal of
the organs which had been hastily
removed from Mr. Painter’s body.
At the Johns Hopkins Hospital,
where the heart, stomach and kidneys
of the wealthy Floridan were to have
been analyzed Saturday for evidences
of poison, It is said that no word of
their whereabouts has been received.
On the other hand, Redmond O.
Stewart, a local real estate man, who
is said to have made the arrange
ments for the examination at the nos-
pital, refuses to discuss the matter
in any way.
HUD DF MERCER
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MACON. GA.. June 4.—Following
the demand of the board of trustees
for his resignation, the Rev. S. Y.
Jameson, president of Mercer Uni
versity, will resign. His contract calls
for one more year.
Three members of the prudential
committee—E. Y. Mallary, Andrew W.
Lane and A. L. Adams, or Macon—
have tendered their resignations.
They, too, were asked to resign.
A special committee reported that
there was an entire lack of harmony
at Mercer, and that especially was
there friction between President.
Jameson and the prudential commit
tee. The Rev: E. C. Dargan, chairman
of the board and prominent in the
fight to oust Dr. Jameson, last night
introduced a resolution calling for the
resignation of the conflicting parties,
and it was passed 19 to 3.
The commencement exercises of
Mercer were held this morning, and
diplomas presented to 70 young men.
Collapse of Trestle
Kills Bridgeworker
W. B. Tate, a bridgeworker, was
crushed in the collapse of a trestle
at Liddell’s Crossing, near Atlanta,
Wednesday morning. He died as he
was being taken to Grady Hospital
in an automobile. Tate’s home was in
Greenville, Ga.
The men had been working only a
short time Wednesday when one of
the sections of the trestle gave way.
Tate was hurled to the ground and a
mass of steel fell on him.
Blood Stains Clew to
Mysterious Shooting
The police are Investigating blood
stains in Ponce DeLeon Avenue, near
Bonaventure, following a report that an
unknown white man was shot during
the night in that vicinity
The trail of blood extended for three
blocks. In one place a pool of blood
tended to show’ that the wounded man
had fallen to the pavement, or had lain
down to regain strength.
A negro woman is said to have made
the report of the shooting.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast — Local thunder
showers Wednesday and
Thursday.
FAMILY OF PAINTER
SAY HE HAD NO
REASON FOR SUICIDE
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-
destructipn.
The insistence of insurance sales
men to write policies, because he was
considered an c -eellent risk, and be
cause a spirited competition among
insurance rivals had ensued this
spring, are the explanations offered
for h's taking out a million dollars of
new insurance since February 1.
More Insurance Reported.
In addition to the $1,178,000 insur
ance carried by Painter, it is known
that he sought $125,000 additional that
he did not secure. A $50,000 policy
was issued by tl Equitable Life, but
before it was d .vered fhe agent here
was instruct? to hold it because
Painter was 4 ; ver insured. This policy
was taken to Painter the Saturday
before his death, but he told the
agent to hold It until Monday, when
he would give a check for the pre
mium and accept It. Before it could
be delivered on Monday a telegram
came from the home office that it
must not be delivered.
On April 12 a $50,000 application
was made with the Travelers. On
May 15 the company postponed the
applicant for six months.
On May 14, Painter applied to the
Florida Life for $25,000 insurance, the
application was rejected by the com
pany’s medical director the very morn
ing Painter was drowned, because he
was over weight. His blood pressure
showed 160 in the medical examina
tion.
On May 17 Painter asked the com
pany to give him a receipt for pre
mium notes that had accompanied his
application. This was done. After his
death the company offered to return
the notes, requesting that the com
pany’s receipt be given back. This
w’as refused at Painter’s office.
Miss Okie Painter, the dead man’s
only daughter and hi* namesake, has
for several years occupied a position
in his office, and has been one of the
directing spirits in the E O. Painter
Fertilizer Company. She is authority
for the statement, speaking for the
family, that he had no reason to want
to die. She is typically a business
woman.
She discusses the affair calmly and
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Mysterious Slaying
Of Two Years Ago Is
Revealed by Woman
A remarkable story of the alleged
murder of a young man on the Chapel
Road two years ago that never has
been Investigated, and of which no
details ever became known, was told
to Chief of Detectives Newport Lan
ford Wednesday morning by C. C.
Daniels, once a railroad detective and
now a contractor.
So great an impression did Daniels*’
story make on Chief Lanford that he
has prepared to start an investiga
tion.
Daniels said he got his Information
when he heard several women, guests
of Mrs. Daniels, talking. He heard
one of the women remark that there
had been a murder on the Chapel
Road two years ago that was never
heard of
According to the story she told, a
young man was murdered by a man
and his son in a row* over a girl, and
the body was buried in the woods Just
off the road. Later the murderers, so
the story goes, exhumed the body and
tried to burn it, and, failing in that,
removed it elsewhere.
Daniels declares he did not learn
the name of the man who is supposed
to have been murdered, or the names
of the murderers. Mrs. Lillian Flour
noy, of Atlanta, he mid, knows some
thing of the affair. She will be ques
tioned by the officers.
New Throat Disease
Has Europe Puzzled
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, June 4.—Physicians In
many parts of England and France
are puzzled by the spread of a mys
terious throat complaint, the chief
symptom of which is a filmy exuda
tion from the tonsils or at the back
of the throat. It has caused several
deaths.
The complications include erysipe
las, high temperature and weakness
of the heart action. Some physicians
are inclined to believe that It is a
non-typical form of scarlet fever or
measles.
“0. K.’d by T. R.” Is
Liquor Ad Caption
SPRINGFIELD, filASS., June 4.—
“O. K.’d by T. R.” is the flaring an
nouncement of a local liquor firm in
to-day’s Springfield papers in offering
to the public “milk punch, rare old
Madeira wines and mint juleps.” The
slogan is in type an inch high and
extends across five columns.
Under the heading “Milk Punch”
the advertisement says:
“T. R. Is probably like the rural
dominie w*ho was given his first punch
by his city host.
" ’My dear sir,’ he said, ‘you ought
to thank Qod every day of your life
for having a cow r that will give such
milk.’’
J. Ham Lewis Fined
For Not Paying Tax
CHICAGO, June 4.—The names of
two of the State’s highest officials
were written today upon the list of
penalized taxpayers.
Governor Edward F. Dunne and
United States Senator James Hamil
ton Lewis were assessed for pergonal
property estimated by an assessor,
and a 60 per cent penalty was added,
the same as In the case of ordinary
taxpayers who forgot to schedule
their personal property.
Governor Dunne’s assessment, in
cluding the 50 per cent penalty, was
fixed at $4,500. Senator Lewis must
pay on $6,750. William Lorimer’s as
sessment w’as fixed at. $6,000 and a
$3,000 penalty was added.
Money Magnates to
Reveal Wage Scales
CHICAGO, June 4.—The powers of
finance in Chicago, including a num
ber of bankers, to-day were sub-
penaed to appear before the Illinois
Senate White Slave Committee and
tell about the wages of men employed
in their institutions. The financiers
will appear Friday.
The committee is investigating
statements that many men in Chica
go don’t earn enough to support a
family.
HAD THREATENED SUICIDE
Incoherent Statement by Employee of
Frank Household That Must Not
Be Taken as Legal Evidence Until
Heard and Corroborated in Court.
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.
The McKnight woman’s statement is given for what it is
worth as follows:
STATE OF GEORGIA—County of Fulton:
Personally appeared before me, 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 pot there I guess about 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 back, but I don’t know wha*t 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 1 got there about 8 o’clock, and there was
an automobile standing in front of the house, but 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, but 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 sanding there talking after dimir. 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.
On Tuesday Mr. Frank says to me: “It is mighty bad Minola,
I might have to go to jail about this girl and I don’t know any
thing about it.
I heard Mrs. Rauzin, Mrs. Frank’s sister, tell Miss Lucile that
it was mighty had, 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. Sh 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
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