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VOL. XI. NO. 259. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1913. .2 CENTS n N m°
South Georgia
Her Narrative Believed to Bear
Out Alibi Claim Defense Will
Try to Prove.
Developmsnts in the Phajfan ease
Wednesday indicated that the detec
tives are bonding all their enernies
to Break down the strong alibis which
have been established by the testi
mony ot various persons who saw
Leo Frank on the day the girl was
murdered.
Minola McKnlght, the colored cook
at the Frank home, furnished the
most notable example. She was free
again Wednesday, but only after she
had been put through the severest
Sort of a grilling and her attorney
had threatened habeas corpus pro
ceedings If she was not released. It
was learned Wednesday that in the
main she stuck to her story favorable
to Frank.
The oook is one of the flve witness
es upon Whom the defense has relied
to prove that Frank returned home
for luncheon at 1:20 o’clock the Sat
urday afternoon of the murder and
that he therefore could not have been
In the office dictating the notes at
the time James Conley, the negro
sweeper, set in his affidavit.
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Sellg and Mrs.
Frank will be three of the other wit
nesses called by the defense to prove
tha time Frank arrived home from
the factory on the fatal day. An ac
quaintance will tell of seeing Frank
Dn the street car that day, and an
other will relate riding back to town
with Frank.
Sticks to Story.
While it is understood that the ne
gro woman, in spite of the rapid fire
Of questions of which she was made
the' target for more than two hours,
maintained substantially the same
»tory that she told when arrested on
'•suspicion." the detectives appear to
attach great importance to her af-
Bdavlt. In the hope of breaking her
Bown, Ernest H. Pickett, of 205 Raw-
Bon Street, and Boy L. Craven, 11
Campbell Street, both employees at
the Beck & Gregg hardware store,
Were Sent into the room with her to
fire .questions at her.
Albert McKnight, husband of Min
ola, also works for the eBck & Gregg
Donoem, and is said to have told
Pickett and Craven that his wife had
confided to him that Frank did not
arrive home at the time he testified
before the Coroner's jury. The two
men informed the officers of Me-
Knight’s statement, and as a result
the woman was arrested. She was
taken first before Solicitor Dorsey,
where she hysterically denied that she
ever had made such remarks to her
husband. She declared that she had
had a “fuss" With her husband, and
that he was taking this means to get
her Into trouble.
Alibi Big Obstacle.
The story she told before the two
Beck & Gregg men Is understood to
be practically the same, but the wom
an evidently varied sufficiently from
her original story to lead the detect
ives to regard her testimony as val
uable and significant. It was taken
flown in the form of a statement and
later was Signed and sworn to.
Unless the State Is able to break
flown the alibis furnished by Frank
In the manner attempted on the Mc
Knight woman, the factory superin
tendent’s movements will be account
ed for practically every moment on
the day of the tragedy.
Mary Phagan entered the factory
at about 12:05 in the afternoon. It is
to be presumed that it was about
12:10 by the time she had received
her pay envelope and had made the
Inquiries about the metal. Five min
utes later Lemmle Quinn came in the
building. He went to the second floor,
walked into the office and talked to
Frank. This circumstance, the de
fense will be able to maintain, pre
cludes the possibility that Frank
could have committed the crime up to
this time. Mary Phagan was not in
the office at the time and the natural
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“0, K.’d by T, R,” Is
Liquox* Ad Caption
SPRINGFIELD, MASS., June
“O. K.’d by T. R." is the flaring an
nouncement of a local liquor Arm in
to-day's Springfield papers in offering
to the public "milk punch, rare old
Madeira wines and mint juleps.” The
slogan te in type an lnoh high and
extends across five columns.
Under the heading "Milk Punch"
the advertisement say«:
“T. R. la probably like the rural
dominie who was given his first punch
by his city host.
’“My dear sir,’ lie said, ‘you ought
to thank God every day of your life
for having a cow that will give such
milk.”
10,215,000 Microbes
Found in One Mud Pie
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LYONS. FRANCE. June 4.—A not
ed basteriologrist of this city astbn-
lshed his little Boh, Whom a few days
ago he found making mud pie*. Cu
riosity led the father to take a pie
home for examination.
He found 10,2.6,000 dangerous mi
crobes in the few cubic Inches* of
earth, classified as follows:
Diphtheria, 1,800,000; measles, $2,-
450,000; smallpox, 900,000; tetanus,
8,000,000; dysentery, 900,000; pneu
monia, 675,000; tuberculosis, 620,000.
Germany and Prussia
Floating New Loans
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
BERLIN. June 4.—Announcement
that the Imperial and Prussian Gov
ernments are floating t.wo mftre large
public loans caused dismay in finan
cial circles. The empire is borrow
ing $12,500,000 and Prussia $42,750,-
000 with interest at 4 per cent.
The loan* redeemable in 1935 will
both be issued June 12. The money
is wanted for the extension of Mate
railroads, particularly military stra
tegic lines.
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.
Judge Finds “Most
Dangerous Woman”
NEW YORK. June 4.—A big crowd
of curious persons flocked to Judge
Swann’s room in criminal court to
see Miss Geraldine Wingate, called
by Judge Swann “The Most Danger
ous Woman in New York,” who it is
charged used wayward girla to trap
wealthy men for her own profit.
A subpena had been issued for
Miss Wingate to come into court and
explain why she caused the arrest of
Joseph Rahoon May 7.
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 mAkc
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.’'
Baby Girl Becomes
Masonic Order Ward
BUFFALO, June 4.—With ceremo
nies used in this country for the first
time since 1771, Ruth Katharine Dag
gett, baby daughter of Byron B. Dag
gett, was baptized at the Scottish
Rite Cathedral here.
The ceremony made the baby a
ward of the Lodge of Perfection and
entitled her to the guardianship and
protection of the Masonic fraternity
ig every part of the world.
CALLED TO
TELL OF
IE
Grand Jury to Hear Testimony of
Proprietors of Houses Named
by Colonel Felder,
A score of women have been sum
moned to testify before the Grand
Jury in the sensational vice probe Just
begun.
Carl Hutcheson’s list of 80 places
given to the Grand Jury in its open
ing session was used as a witness
list for the session of that body Wed
nesday.
A great many of the women whose
names appeared as conducting the
“houses in our midst, or hotel pro
prietors whom the young attorney al
leged were paying for police protec
tion, were served with subpenas as
soon as Foreman L. H. Beck could ar
range with the Solicitor’s office for
the service.
The list, still is in the hands of the
foreman. On it also are the names
of persons whom it is alleged will
make affidavits, or testify, that the
allegations of the attorney are true.
These, it is understood, may be sum
moned during the day.
Promises Thorough Probe.
Foreman Beck, who is conducting
the probe Independently of the State’s
prosecuting attorney, intimated be
fore going into the executive session
Wednesday morning that the probe
would be one of the most extensive a
Fulton grand Jury ever has conducted.
He said the true conditions would
be found out and the public acquaint
ed with them at the proper time. He
would not say whether the probe had
progressed sufficiently to warrant re
turning indictments, but made it pret
ty plain that the Jury would con
clude its work when it completed the
investigation and that the indict
ments, If any. would he brought at
the request of the Solicitor, who
would be made acquainted with the
conditions.
“More than likely,” he said, "we
will embody the result of 6Ur investi
gation in the pre^entmrht and return
it to Judge W. D. FlHs. Who charged
us so Specifically to investigate vice
Conditions. Then if the people, or
the officers, want to carry the mat
ter further, it can take the customary
course through the police or State
officers.”
Not T«king Up Bribery Row.
The names of witnesses handed the
foreman by Chief of Detectives New
port Lanford have not been sum
moned. They are said to know of the
dictograph evidence and the alleged
bribery attempt on the part of Colo
nel Felder. Mr. Beck made it plaid
that this matter would have to be
presented by the Solicitor and that
the Grand Jury was only investigat
ing the vice conditions.
G. C. Febuary, secretary to the
chief of detectives, appeared with oth
er witnesses Wednesday morning who
were not given an opportunity to tes
tify Tuesday.
Mr. Febuary, it is understood, will
not be asked to tell anything of the
bribery charge, but only that part of
the controversy in which he was
quoted as paying he had seen a "pro
tection list” in the hands of the police
officials.
Colonel Thomas B. Felder was one
of the first witnesses to arrive. He
brought with him again the large
batch of papers that he said con
tained facts that would stand "At
lanta on its head."
Folder Has More Names.
It was understood that Colonel Fel
der had a "vice list" that would also
oe given the jury. He said it con
tained several of the names that were
in the list furnished by Carl Hutche
son and a great many more.
Chief Lanford, (Thief Beavers, De
tective Black and v'ebuary were
among the first arrivals Wednesday.
Chief Beavers was anxious to go be
fore the jury and tell whet he kmv.
of the vice conditions.
"Conditions are better in Atlanta
to-day than they have ever been," he
said, "and I am quite sure the Grand
Jury will find it out. But if 1 am
mistaken about it, I want to put my
men to work. 1 am quite sure, how
ever. it will be found the condition
has been exaggerated. Of course
nothing will come of the charges of
corruption in my department.”
Shirley Kellogg a
Bride in London
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, June 4.—Miss Shirley
Kellogg, an Americus chorus girl, who
at one time was reported engaged to
"Diamond Jim" Brady, of New York,
was quietly married to-day to Albert
Pierrade Courville.
Miss Kellogg is a member of the
chorus of a musical review at the
Mrs. Keppel Regains Prestige
+•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +»•!•
London’s Most Popular Woman
Edward’s Friend Wins Test Vote
E. 0. PAINTER’S
m sun
Mrs. George Kepfnd.
Hippodrome, and her place may be
taken by Evelyn Thaw, wife of Harry
K. Thaw, who has been engaged to
sing and dance there.
$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
840,000,000 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 tp-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.
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 •omplicattons include erysipe
las, high temperature and weakneiq*
of the heart action. Some physicians
are inclined ’to believe that it is a
non-typical form of scarlet fever or'
measles.
Wins His Degree in
College Though Blind
NEW YORK, June 4.—Among the
2,000 or more students who receive
degrees from Columbia University to
day, is Carlton S. Glover, who gets
the degree of Bachelor of Arts, though
he is totally blind.
He Is a native of Kentucky.
Teaching is the career Glover has
selected. He was assisted in prepar
ing his lessons by readers provided
by the State, which allows $300 to
each blind student taking a course In
a college.
Heiress Will Choose
Parent She Wants
NEW YORK, June 4.—Eleven-year-
old Muriel Bishop, whose mother, Mrs.
Abigail Hancock Bishop, got a di
vorce from her millionaire hanker
husband, James Cunningham Bishop,
last week on grounds of infidelity, to
day will go into court and tell Justice
Goff whether she would like to live
with her mother or her father.
She was sent to Virginia so she
would not see reports of the divorce
trial testimony.
King George and Queen Mary
Ask Society Favorite to Re
main in London,
LONDON, June 4.—Mrs. George
Keppel, who was practically banished
from London after the death of King
Edward. It was learned to-day, has
again been declared the most popu
lar woman in London society. Dur
ing n revtourant dinner “paper
games,” which are now the rage in
London, were started. In one of the
games the question was asked:
“Who is the most popular woman
in London?”
When the answers were opened and
counted 19 out of the 22 guests had
written the name of Mrs. George Kep
pel.
If is said to b^* the wish of King
George and Queen Mary th.tl Mr. and
Mrs. Keppel, who had planned to
spend the rummer on the Continent,
remain in London.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast — Local thunder
showers Wednesday and
Thursday.
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.
Toe 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.
Close Adviser of
Pope Pius Deranged
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ROME, June 4.—Cardinal Vives y
Tuto, one of the three intimate ad
visers of Pope Pius X, is seriously ill.
It became known to-day the Cardi
nal’s mind has become affected and
that he is suffering from a form of
religious mania.
He has been taken to a monastery,
where h • is under the constant care
of a physician.
No Move Yet Made by Insurance
Companies to Contest Payment of
More Than Million Dollars on the
Death of Jacksonville Fertilizer Man.
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 abberation 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 salesmen to write policies, because
he was considered an excellent, risk, and because a spirited com
petition among insurance rivals had ensued this spring, are the
explanations offered for his taking out a million dollars of new
insurance since February 1. /
Miss Okie Painter, the dead man’s only daughter and his
namesake, has for several years occupied a position in his office,
and has been one of the directing spirits in the E. 0. Painter Fer
tilizer 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 deliberately, with little
of the emotion typical of her sex.
State Senator J. B. Conrad, of Glenwood, a wealthy banker,
has been named acting president of the fertilizer company, but
has not taken charge, being engaged in the legislative session at
Tallahassee. In the meantime D. A. Morrison, Jr., secretary, is
directing the company’s affairs, advising with Miss Painter upon
matters concerning the family’s interest.
A secret meeting of the stockholders was held yesterday after
noon. It is said a 15 per cent dividend planned at this time was
not declared because of Painter’s death.
Painter a Self-made Man
Painter was a self-made man, starting in business with a very
limited education. As his dnughter grew up he gave her a splen
did education and depended on her where he was deficient.
Painter was a real leader in Florida and Jacksonville. His word
was accepted without question. As an evidence of his popularity
he was elected one of the Jacksonville port commissioners in a re
cent election, receiving the third highest vote among fifteen can
didates. This was his first political contest. He headed the Board
of Trade’s foreign committee. Last December he represented
Jacksonville at the Panama Trade Conference held in Atlanta.
He was active in charity enterprises, his favorite being the Chil
dren’s Home Hociety.
It is said that one condition he exacted of the insurance agent
who wrote his recent policies was that a percentage of the pre
miums go this society, of which he was secretary.
The Painter case has brought to light a peculiar phase of
Florida law. There is practically no penalty prescribed for the
mutilation of a dead body before it is in the custody of the Cor
oner. The only punishment pose is a misdemeanor for interfering
with an officer in the discharge of his duties. Consequently those
who performed or instigated the hasty autopsy on Painter’s body
before the Coroner’s Jury had seen it, were to all intents within
the law, and no legal question as to their action is anticipated.
No Word From Baltimore
Thus far Coroner C. D. Abbott has heard nothing of the re
sults of the analysis ordered in Baltimore. He has directed that
the report be sent to him through the Barnet National Bank, while
Dr. P. C. Perry, representing the family, has contended that he is
the proper one to receive it. He is now in Baltimore.
Coroner Abbott’s authority in this case has been questioned
because the body was recovered on the South Jacksonville side
of the river and another coroner has jurisdiction there.
But it was landed on the Jacksonville side, and for that rea
son Coroner Abbott was notified. The Coroner’s Jury that viewed
the remains of the body only after the autopsy was performed
has had but one meeting since the day of death, and is awaiting
the report from Baltimore.
The investigation here is at a standstill. The insurance com
panies are now doing practically nothing pending the inquest ver
dict. No adjuster here professes to know what his companvs plans
to do and the mystery i£us unsolved to-day as it was a i£?ek or
more ago. ......