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“I KNOW MY HUSBAND IS INNOCENT”
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Mrs. Leo M. Frank Writes Open Letter of Defense
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Following the complete denial by Minola McKnight,
cook in the household of Leo M. Frank, of the statements she is
alleged to have made in the sensational police affidavit given out
Wednesday, Mrs. Leo M. Frank Thursday made her first pub
lic statement on the Mary Phagan mystery.
Mrs. Frank makes an eloquently pathetic defense of her hus
band and attacks Solicitor General Dorsey ’s methods in the se
curing of evidence, charging torture and a deliberate determina
tion to distort facts. Mrs. Frank denies absolutely that her hus
band in any way demeaned himself so as to indicate he had been
involved in a tragedy on the day Mary Phagan was slain or any
other day. Here is Mrs. Frank’s complete statement:
Atlanta, Gs., June 5, 1913.
Editor The Georgian—Sir: The action of the Solicitor General in
in arresting and imprisoning our family cook because she would not vol
untarily make a false statement against my innocent husband brings a
limit to patience. This wrong is not chargeable to a detective acting
under the necessity of shielding his own reputation against attacks in
newspapers, but of an intelligent, trained lawyer, whose sworn duty is as
much to protect the innocent as to punish the guilty. My information
is that this Solicitor has admitted that no crime Is charged against
this cook and that he had no. legal right to have her arrested and im
prisoned. —• ■
The following statement from The Atlanta Journal undertakes to
give the history of the arrest up to the time the woman was car
ried to the police station in the patrol wagon, weeping and shouting in
a hysterical condition:
The negress was arrested at the Selig residence shortly after
noon Monday upon the order of Solicitor General Hugh M. Dor
sey.
She was carried to the Solic tor's office and that official with
Detectives Campbell and Starnes txatnined her for more than an
hour. The woman grew hysterical during the vigorous exam
ination. and finally was led from the Solicitor s office to the po
lice patrol, weeping and shouting: “I am going to hang and I
don't know a thing about it."
They tortured her for four hours with the well-known third degree
process, in the manner and with the result stated in The Atlanta Consti
tution of June 4, as follows:
Her husband, who was also carried to the police station at
noon, was freed a short while before his wife left the prison. He
was present during the third degree of four hours under which
she was placed in the afternoon.
After she had been quizzed to a point of exhaustion. Secretary
G. C. Febuary. attached to Chief banford's office, was summoned
to note her statement in full. /
It was the longest statement made by the woman since her
connection with the mystery. It will be used, probably, in the
trial.
Attacks Solicitor Dorsey.
That the Solicitor, sworn to maintain the law. should thus falsely ar
rest one against whom he has no charge and whom he does not even sus
pect and torture her contrary to the laws, to force her to give evidence
tending to swear away the life of an innocent man. is beyond belief.
Where will this end? My husband and my family and myself are the
Innocent sufferers now. but who will be the next to suffer? I suppose the
witnesses tortured will be confined to the class who are not able to em
ploy lawvers to relieve them from the torture in time to prevent their be
ing forced to give fabe affidavits, but the lives sworn away may come
from any class
It will be noted that the plan Is to apply the torture until the desired
affidavit is wrung from the suffen r. Then it ends, but not before.
It is to he hoped that no person can be convicted of murder in any
civilized country on evidence wrung from witnesses by torture Why.
• then, does the Solicitor continue to apply the third degree to produce tes
timony? How does he hope to get the jury to believe it? He can have
only one hope, and that is tn keep the jury from knowing the methods to
which he has resorted Os course if he can torture w itnesses Into giving
the kind of evidence he wants against my Innocent husband in this case,
he can torture them into giving evidence against any other man in the
community in either this or any other case. I can see only one hope. And
that is, to let the public know exactly what this officer of the law is doing,
and truet, as I do trust, to the sens- of fairness and justice of the people.
Says Signing Is Not Surprising.
It is not surprising that my cook should sign an affidavit to relieve
herself from torture that had Iteen applied to her for four hours, according
to The Atlanta Constitution, 'to a point of exhaustion " It would be sur
prising if she would not. tinder such circumstances, give an affidavit.
This torturing process can b- used to produce testimony to be pub
lished in the newspapers to prejudice the case of anyone the Solicitor
sees fit to accuse. It is also valuable to prevent anyone stating facts
favorable to the acc used, because as soon as the Solicitor finds It out he
can arrest the witness and apply th. torture. It is hard to believe that
practices of this nature will be countenanced anywhere tn the world out
side of Russia.
My husband was at home for lunch and in the evening at .the hours
he has stated on the dav of the murder He si>ent the whole of Satur
day evening and night in my company Neither on Saturday nor Satur
day night, nor on slundav. nor at ar.y other time, did my husband, by
wold or a< t. or in any other way. demean himself otherwise than as an
innocent man H< did nothing unusual and nothing to a: -use the slight
est suspicion 1 Know him to be innocent. Ther- Is no evidence against
• him except that which is pr luced by torture Os ourse. evidence of
this kind can be produced against any human being in the world.
I have been rompelien to endure without fault, either on the part of
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The Atlanta Georgian
VOL. XT. NO. 261.
RESULTS
AT BELMONT:
FIRST—Five furlongs: Reyburne 168
(H Tucker I, even. 1-2. out, won; The
Thief 146 •L. Davies) 10, 4, 2. second.
Culvert 168 <J. Tusker), 3. even, 1-2.
third No time Lord Leighton. .Jack
Cade, Live Wire. Pam. Kinderhook,
Peeping Tom also ran.
SECOND —Steeplechase. about two
miles: Jesuit 154 (Ehrder), 2-5, out.
won; Gohlen 139 (Murphy). 6, out, sec
ond, Time
but bolted out of the course).
THlßD—Subscription trial: First di
vision. about half mile. Belle Terre 119
aE. Glass), 8-5, 3-5. 1-4, won, Nancy
Orme 119 (Troxler). 5,2, even, second.
Piping Hot 119 I Wolfe). 8. 3. 8-5. third
Time .51 4-5 Also ran: Andes, Caglio
stro, Delegate. Walking Fox. Election
Bet. Drawn. Miss Roslyn. Lady Orme,
Rosa. Dead Loss, Lady Oscene. Babisa,
I Oktibbena. Golden Prime, Water Clock,
Peg O’ My Heart. Nakata Filly.
FOURTH -The Piping Rock handicap.
II mile Amalfi 99 (Wolfer even. 1-2,
won; Springboard 102 < Davies), 6. 8-5,
17-10, second; Mission 107 <McTaggart).
3, 3-5. out. third. Time 1:54 1-5. Also
ran Virile, G M Miller, Star Bottle
FIFTH The Piping Rock Subscrip
tion race, about l furlongs Some Kid
119 (Troxkr), 5-2, 3-2, 4-5. won; Aurora
119 \Benschotten), 8. 3. 8-5, second; Vir
ginia Lass 11'.’ (Butwell). 10, 4. 2, third.
Time :52 8-5. Also ran: Carmell, Ber
gamot. Transparency. Lavltessv. Grace
Field, Brooms Edge, Sandow. Arma
ment, Arrington, The Goal. Apt To Be,
Bombay, Alate
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Shannon River, Exemplar, Faultless.
AT MONTREAL:
FIRST -Six furlongs: Brynder 106
(Rowley), 7, 2. even, won; Fir Bal 109
(Turner). 10, 4. 2 second. Speaker Clark
109 (VanDusen) 2. 4-5, 2-5 third Time
1:16 4-5. Also ran: • >iUdand L**d
schia, Ravena!, Kaydcroseros* Momata,
Bell Chilton. Dustpan.
SECOND—MiIe: Tanuda 105 (Mon
tour), 5. even, 2 to 5, won; Cliff Sream
108 <Wilson). 9 to 10, out. second; The
Rump 1O'.» (Connolly), 7, 2. even, third
Bwana Tumbo etaoin shrdlu shrdluuu
Time 1.42 2-5 Also ran: Oliver I>)dg n ,
Burnt Candle Scratched: Amberite,
Colston, Bwana Tumbo
THIRD— Seven furlongs: Flex 103
(Flex), even, 1 to 2. out. won; Emily
IA-e 105 ’Corey), 10. L 2 to 1. second.
R H Graj 97 (Dennler), 30. 12. 6,
third Time 1:28 1-5 Also ran: Here
tic, Bland.e Francis. Mileage. Defy, Tom
Sayers. Dynamo, Minnie Bright. Black
River. Senator Sparks, Edith Inez
Scratched Muff Startler. Fiel.
FOURTH $1,200 added. 5 furlongs
Cannock 93 (Snider,. 3 to 2. 2 to 5. out,
won. Grazelie 103 (Turner). 3 to 2, 2 to 5.
out. second. Jezail 108 (Clement), 10.
3 nut, third Time 1:02 4-5. Also ran
Martin. Casca.
AT LOUISVILLE:
FIRST—Five furlongs: Eustace 100
(Hyde), 95.10. 42 30, 17 40. won. Marta
Mae 103 (Callahan (field), 23.80, 10 90.
second (Field. Marta Mac. Green. Brae
and Belloc). HyKl 110 (Kirschbaum >,
.">4O. third Time 1:01 1-5. Also ran.
Macknes, Birdman. Green Broe, Abed
nego, I’estir.n, liMloc. Candy Box.
Lamb s Tail and Mrst Degree.
SECOND —Six furlongs: Afterglow 102
(Buxton,. 1200. 4 80. 3.70, won; phyllls
Antoinette 105 (Gross), 4 00. 3 80. sec
ond; Danberry (field, 102 (McCabe).
5 80. third Time 1:12 3-5 Also ran:
Missie. Trojan Bello. Amity Mother
Ketcham, The Cinder, Katy London,
General. (Field, Danberry and Lady
London >
THIRD—Five furlongs: Casuarina 111
<Borel> 450 350 2 80. won; Minda 103
(Martini. 10 40. 4 80, second Barbara
Lane 11: (McCabe). 5.80. third. Time
1:00 Also ran. Robinetta, Rutles. Binlie
Williams. Dain.ty Mint. Bracktown Belle
Hoke Smith Denies
He is Affected by
Changes in Tariff
WASHINGTON. Jun. a. —Senator
Hoek Smith, of Georgia, testifying
before the Senate's committee inves
tieating reports of a tariff lobby, de
nied that he financially interested
in the manufacture, production or
aaie of any commodity affected by
the tariff bill —of any consequence.
Senator Smith said, however, that
he is a stockholder in a bank that
took over the reorganization of sev
eral cotton companies.
"I own only 35.000 worth of stock
in this bank." explained the Senator.
Senator Smith gave about 20 names
of men who either had called on him
or filed briefs, chiefly on the cotton i
* hedule.
Decatur is Granted
Free Mail Delivery
WASHINGTON. Jun,- 5 Sennt- r '
Hoke Smith was officially inform.
to-day that the Post office Department
haj* decided to Inaugurate a free mail
delivery *> stem Id the city of D» ■< a
- Atumta’s growing suburb
The Senator and Congressman i
Howard have been co-operating in
thi» movement for *r-me time.
Read for Profit---GEORGIAN WANT ADS—-Use for Results
ATLANTA. GA., THURSDAY. JUNE 5, 1913.
ALL HINGES
IN PAINTER
MYSTERY
DNTEST
I
Action Delayed Until Chemists
Report on Search for Poison
in Vital Organs.
I
By COLE E. MORGAN.
JACKSONVILLE. June s.—Every
step in clearing up the Painter Inaur
ance mystery now hangs on the re
ports of chemical and pathological
analysis of Painter’s vital organs by
• Baltimore chemists, and to-day mat
ters are at a standstill at the Jack
sonville end. Neither the Coroner, In
surance -agents, the family nor the
', E. C. Painter Fertlliier Company u
making a move, and none is in pros
pect until Baltimore is heard from.
A veil of secrecy seems to shroud de
velopments in Baltimore.
The will of Painter will be filed
• late th’: a afternoon. The widow,
• daughter and Attorney S. F. William*,
who rumor says is engaged to Miss
Okie Fainter, minor daughter of the
dead man. called at Probate Judge
i Phillips’ office at 1 o’clock this after
noon and ascertained the manner in
1 which to proceed. It is said the es
tate, ex clusive of insurance, amounts
to $1,000,000.
I Coroner C. D. Abbott declared to
day that he had received no positive
Information as to when the chemists
’would report. He will not act until a
report is made.
organs were expressed to
Baltimore in the name of Dr. P. C.
| Perry, who repress the family, Udt
Coroner Abbott telegraphed and pre
vented i delivery to anyone but the
chemists designated by the Coroner.
The physicians who performed the
( autopsy here and went to Baltimore
on the same train with the express
shipment were not permitted to again
see the oig ins until they were in the
band.- of the chemists authorized to
examine them
This partly’ explains the reported
- disappearance of the organs in Balti
i more.
Insurance Men Await Tests.
State agents of several of the insur
ance companies interested were in
conference yesterday afternoon, but
took no action because of the failure
to hear from Baltimore, planning to
meet again when the report comes.
Painter’s place in two civic bodies ,
has been filled by the election of (
Zac h Anderson as Port Commissioner
and Dr. W. H. Stinson on the Board (
of Trade’? foreign commerce coin- ,
mittee.
Pinkerton detectives have just com
pleted a detailed investigation into
the death of E. O. Painter and have
forwarded their reports to interested
insurance companies. On the infor- ;
mation gathered by them will ue *
based the probable contest* over the
insurance on Painter’s life They
have gone into every angle of the big
insurance mystery and the report*
are most comprehensive in detail.
The insurance companies do not
mean to show their hand until after
the Coroner s inquest U concluded
next week. They are awaiting the
evidence to be brought out in that
Haring before publicly outlining their
plan of action
It is known, however, that the in
vestigation made by the detectives
| has been painstakingly complete and
I Lends additional color to the suicide
theory.
The death certificate signed by the
family physicians reads: ’Cause «»f
! b ath unknown. Will report later.”
• These physicians, like the insurance
I companies, are awaiting the results of
• the analysis.
Rev. Dr. John E. White has a
<pi»iidid article in The Sunday
| American on “ The House of Our
i Father* ’ Everybody should
read it. c
ONE RUN FOR
LOOKOUTS
IN FIRST
INNING
Musser Hope of Crackers in
Opening Game With
Chattanooga.
PONCE DE LEON BA bl. PARK.
June The (’rackers and Elberfeld's
Lookouts met here this afternoon in the
first of a three-game series
Bill Smith used Musser and Dunn as
Atlanta's battery, while Elberfeld sent
in More and Moran to work for Chat
tanoaga.
THE GAME.
FIRST INNING.
King walked. Musser threw wild tn
first in an effort to catch King and the
latter took second Flick went out,
Musser to Agler, and King went to
third. Coyla lifted a fly to Bailey and
King scored. Elberfeld smashed a sin
gle past Musser and raced to second on
a wild pitch Elston got a base on balls
Johnson fouled to Agler ONE RUN,
ONE HIT
Lor., lifted a high fly to King Wei
chonce filed to Johnson AI perm an
fouled out to Coyle. NO RUNS, NO
HITS.
SECOND INNING.
Moran went out, Smith to Agler
Williams grounded out to Agler More
filed to Bailey NO RUNS. NO HITS
Bailey singled to left Smith ground
ed to Elberfeld and Pailey was out at
second tn Flick The attempt to double
Smith at first failed. Bisland filed to
Elston Agler grounded to Williams and
Smith wax force*! at second to Flick
NO RUNS, ONE HIT
THIRD INNING.
King filed to Long Flick flled to Al
perman Alperman made a fine stop of
Coyle’s hot grounder and threw him out
at first NO RUNS, NO HITS
Dunn grounded out. M- r '- ♦*> <
Musser fanned I-ong walked Wei
r »» •• » • . tu.aiio* to C’oyie
NO RUNS, NO HITS
Here’s the Newest
Drink, Just Come
To Our Fair City
A man from Washington <lropp»<l
off the train in Atlanta to-day and
■tapped Into a drug store
"Gimme a Dearo."
"Say it again!”
“A Dearo. Nevsr heard of it? Well,
here it is: Get a tall glass, a bottle
of grape juice, a bottle of ginger ale,
some ice. a long spoon and a sprig of
mint. Fill the glass just half full of
grape juice. Then pour In the ginger
ale. as fast as possible. Give it a
I couple of whisks with the spoon, drop
In a little crushed mint, and then —
'crook your elbow.'"
"Twenty-five cents, for you!” said
the clerk, as the man smacked hie
lipa.
A. 0. Blalock to Be
Georgia Collector
WASHINGTON. Jun* b.-After ar.
interview with President Wilson this
morning. Senator Hoke Smith left
the White House with the assurance
that A. O. Blalock, of Fayetteville,
will be nominated for international
revenue collector of Georgia, vice
Henry 8. Jackson, Repub'lran
Mr. Bialock> nomination will l»e
sent to the Senate in a few days, and
it is believed that no oppoaitinn to his
confirmation will be manifested b>
the Republicans
Georgia Moonshiner
Hasa'T.R. Defense'
COI.VMRVS. GA.. June 5 That
his doctor had prescribed heme-marte
whisky. «»« the excuse advanced b>
Tom Ledford, of Meriwether County,
when arrested bv Deputy United
State” Marshal W D Owens, on a
charge of illicit distilling
Two others were arrested near Du
rand and Woodbpry on a shgrge of
moonshining. e
Copyright, 190*. n fq?VTQ FAY NO
By The Georgian Co. VIS.N io mdkr
| SOUTHERN LEAGUE |
AT MONTGOMERY—
NEW ORLEANS 0- . . .
MONTGOMERY 1- . . .
Weaver and Adams; Bagby and Oribbene. Umpire, Pfennlnger.
NATIONAL LEAGUE 1
AT CINCINNATI—
BROOKLYN 21000000.-. ..
CINCINNATIOOOOOOOO.-. ..
Rucker and Miller: Johnson and Kling. Umpires, O'Day and Esmlie.
AT PITTSBURG—
PHILADELPHIAOOOO2OOOO-2 80
PITTSBURG 30100002 X-6 70
Rlxey and Klllifer; Adams, Moore and Simonfl Umpires. Brennan and
Eason.
AT CHICAGO—
BOSTONO 003 2 0 . . - . . .
CHICAGO 0000000 . -. ..
Hess and Brown; Cheney and Archer. Umpires, Rlgler and Byron.
New York-St. Louis, no game; rain.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
AT KjP\A'
CLEVELAND 1110000..-.’..
NEW YORKI 0 2 • 0 0 0 . - . .
Steen and O'Neill; O’Connell and S weeney. Umpires, Egan and Evans.
AT BOSTON—
CHICAGO 0 210001 10-5 10 0
BOSTONOOOOOOOOO-0 42
Scott and Schalk; Leonard and Carrigan. Umpires, Connally and McGreevy.
AT WASHINGTON-
ST. LOUIS 5310010..-. ..
WASHINGTON 0000210..-. ..
Mitchell and MeAllieter; Mullan, Altrock and Henry. Umpires. O'Loughlln
and Hildebrand.
AT PHILADELPHIA—
DETROITOIOI 0020.-. ..
PHILADELPHIA 2 0200321.-. ..
Willet and Rondeau; Cottrell and Lapp. Umpires. Ferguson and Dineen.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
AT MONTREAL—
ROCHESTER—
-00530. . . . - .
MONTREAL
00000.......
Quinn and Wlliame; Burka and Buri
Umpires, Kelly and Mullen.
AT TORONTO—
BUFFALO—
-0201901..-..
TORONTO—
-0010000. .-. .
Frill and Dowdy; Goullst and Grabs
Umpires. Flnnersn and Quigley.
AT PROVIDENCE
NEWARK—
-010060000 -7 11
PROVIDENCE—
-000112000-4 12
Lee and Higgles; Wheatley. LafU
and Kocher. Umpires. Owens and Ci
porter.
AT BALTIMORE-
JERSEY CITY-
01001.
BALTIMORE—
-00001....--
Doescher and Blair; Roth and Egl
Umpire. Nallln ano Hayes.
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE
AT ALBANY—
SAVANNAH -
ALBANY—
AT CHARLESTON—
COLUMBUS-
CHARLESTON—
Jacksonvllla-Charleaton. ao game; ra
Body of Poet Austin
Cremated in Londo
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgia)
LONDON, Jun* 5 —The body of A
fred Aumin. r*o*t laureate of En
land, wae to-day.
Brief funeral service*, attended on
bv the family, were held
F] [ AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
AT INDIANAPOLIg—
COLUMBUS—
-0000 - . . .
INDIANAPOLIS—
-0000 - . . .
rna | Davie and Smith; Harrington and Cot
ter. Umpires. Murray and Handiboe.
AT ST. PAUL—
MILWAUKEE—
-1 00000. . .-. . .
ST. PAUL—
-002101. . . - . . .
1 Cutting and Hughea; Karger and Mil
' ler. Umpirea. Connolly and Johnatone.
AT MINNEAPOLIS—
KANSAS CITY -
2 0 002-...
MINNEAPOLIS
-2«• • • -
Jar I Vaughn and O'Conner; Young and
[ Owens. Umpires. Westervelt and Irwin.
I AT TOLEDO—
LOUISVILLE-
JOOOO - . . .
TOLEDO—
-10020 - . . .
an Smith and Sevrold; Lefty, George and
DeVoght. Umpirea. Chill and O'Brien.
~ Russia Backs Servia
ln Impending Clash
I Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ST June Rus
sia is aiding openly with Servia In
the Serb-Bulgarian quarrel over di
vision of territory won from Turkey
" in the Balkan war
Belief was expressed in military
circles here to-day that unless an
understanding Is reached within two
. weeks Servia and Bulgaria will go to
war.
CONSTANTINOPLE, June 5
Heavy forces of Bulgarian troops are
being concentrated north and east us
■l" Salonika In southern Macedonia This
action indicates that Bulgaria is pre
paring for a conflict with Greece over
I the possession of Salonika.
)D The wonderful City Life Sec
tion of The Sunday American
; will be better than ever on Sun-
A, ‘ day. Mutt and Jeff, and Powers.
lg ‘ the great cartoonist, with dozens
nly of other fun-makers, will have
exclusive features.
NIGHT
EDITION
NEW CONLEY
CONFESSION
REPORTED
TO JURY
Probers Question Colyar and
Febuary About Alleged Ad
missions by Negro.
- »
Chief Lanford. in discussing the
near-fight between himself and
Attorney Felder in Solicitor Dor
sey's office Thursday morning,
characterized his opponent as all
bluff.
"Felder is a coward and void
of all truth," declared Chief Lan
ford. “If I had been left with
him alone for one minute I would
have showed the rascal up. I
wouldn't have cared if he had a
dozen pistols. Felder hasn’t the
nerve to pull the trigger any
way.
“I would have taken a thirty
day suspension just to have given
Folder what he deserves. Folder
knows that I meant to do it, too.
and he did not rice out of hie
chair to face me until he saw that
there were plenty es men about to
prevent a conflict.”
It became known this afternoon
that the Grand Jury Thursday had
Investigated a sensational story that
A 8. t'olyar, the dictograph man,
had been trying to dispose of what
purported to be a confession from
Janies Conley, negro sweeper, that
ha had killed Mery Phagan in the
.'Mitional Pencil factory.
The Grand Jury was told that such
a document had been displayed to
various persons and that Colyar had
offered it to W. C. Tobie. the Burns
man who worked on the case some
time.
Colyar was summoned before the
jury. G. C. Febuary, secretary to
Chief Lanford, was also summoned
because the Grand Jury had heard
that he took down the alleged con
fession. Both Colyar and Febuary
denied the existence of such an af
fidavit. Febuary, questioned very
closely, said that every affidavit made
bv Conley and taken down by him
had been made public and that in
none of them did Conley confess to
the killing
Jury Probes
Vice Reports.
In an atmosphere pregnant with ex
citement and at times so threatening
that Solicitor General Dorsey was
forced to appoint a deputy sheriff to
preserve peace in his office, the Ful
ton County Grand Jury continued its
Investigation of vice conditions in At
lanta Thursday morning.
Gathered In the ante-room to where
the hearing is being conducted were
the leaders of the opposing factions.
Colonel Thomas B. Felder, for the one
side, and Chief of Detectives Newport
Lanford, Police Chief Beavers. A. S.
Colyar and G C. Febuary. for the oth.
er. Sympathizers with each were
present, crowding the offices and add
ing to the general uneasiness that
prevailed.
The first sensation of the morning
occurred with the rearrest of Colyar
on request of the Chief of Police of
Knoxville. Tenn. Colyar was taken
Into custody by Deputy Sheriff Pienle
Miner when he appeared at the
Thrower Building to testify before the
Grand Jury.
The warrant is a duplicate of that
served upon Colyar by Chief of Police
Beavers some weeks ago charging
forgery, and from which Colyar was
released when requisition papers
failed to be taken out for him. Col
yar will be held this time without bail.
He will t - permitted to testify before
the Grand Jury, and then will be
throw, nto a cell until the Knoxville
authorities requisition him.
Chief of Detectives Lanford was the
firs witness to appear before the
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