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BOYS AIDED jN BLOWING SAFE
CRACKSMAN
SHOTINGUN
BATTLE
Kirkwood Residents Capture
Postoffice Rubber, Who Blows
Safe but Gets No Money.
With late developments indicating
that Walter Turpin, the yeggman who
cracked the safe of the Kirkwood
postoffice Friday night, is a "modem
Fagin,” who takes young boys under
his wing and schools them in the
ways of crime, the authorities of De-
Kalb County and Atlanta are scouring
the country to capture two boys said
to have served as lookouts while Tur
pin fired the charges of nitroglyc
erine.
When the posse of citizens and offi
cers, hastily formed after the first ex
plosion in the postoffice, reached the
scene, two hoys, both wearing knee
trousers, leaped from the shadows of
the building and ran down the street.
The officers yelled at them to halt,
but the boys paid no attention and
the posse opened fire. Both escaped,
apparently without Injury.
Turpin, in statements made to the
authorities Saturday morning, denied
that the boys were with him. He was
alone in the attempt to rob the post
office, he said. Sheriff McCurdy and .
Chief of Detectives Lanford, however, ,
are of the opinion that Turpin, like ,
the famous Dickens character, con
ducted a regular school of crime in
Atlanta, and that the two boys were
children who had come under his in
fluence and whom he was using In
his operations.
Turpin Tells Story.
Turpin Saturday morning told the ,
complete story of the attempt to rob
the safe and of the events that led (
up to it. j
“I was released from the Federal
penitentiary, where I had been sent ,
from Richmond. Va., for counterfeit- ,
ing. February 22," he said. "I have f
been working at the Shoe Renury on .
Auburn Avenue, and before that I (
worked at several places as a tailor. ,
I planned the robbery of the Kirk- ,
wood postoffice about a week ago
when I went out and looked over the .
ground and made my plans.
“Last night I left Atlanta about 11 '
o'clock and got out to Kirkwood .
about 11:30. Earlier in the afternoon
I got some whisky on Courtland
Street near Decatur, and was very
drunk when I got to Kirkwood. 1 '
entered the building through a win
dow, and in moving around, trying <
to get my bearings. I fell down the '
elevator shaft, a distance of about
10 feet. I wrenched my back, and it
was five minuter, before I could ,
move. Then I managed to get hold 1
of the cables of the elevator and
drew it down into the basement, and '
then rode up to the first floor.
Injury Prevented Escape.
"I found the safe, all right, and
prepared to blow it. I had four
ounces of nltro-glycerine, which I had ■
made by soaking two sticks of dyna
mite in water and then squeezing
them. I made my soap cup and fired
the nitro-glycerine. The first shot
raised the handle and combination of
the safe. Twenty minutes later 1
fired the second shot, and it raised—
other things. Then people began
shooting at me, and I was so busy 1 i
hardly know what happened. I had i
hurt my back so badly in falling I
down the elevator shaft, however,
that I could not have gotten away
even had I not been shot.”
Turpin says his real name is Wai- '
ter Turpin, and that he is 36 years |.
old. His home, he says, is in Chester, ■
Pa.
The twisted front door of hte safe
and the mass of splinters littering
tho little grocery store at Kirkwood
gives an idea of the dramatic scene.
"I was sleeping on my front porch,”
said L. J. Cassells, owner of the store
and one of the attacking party, "when
I was awakened shortly after mid- '
night by an explosion I thought was I
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VOL. XI. NO. 287.
WILSON NOW
BESTING IN
CORNISH
Secret Service Men Bar Report
ers From Summer White House.
President Shakes All Work.
WINDSOR, VT„ July 6.—President
Wilson arrived here at 10:50 a. m. to
day to spend the summer. He was
met by Mrs. Wilson and two of his
daughters, and the party motored u
the Summer White House at Cornish,
N. H., three miles away.
Upon arrival at the Summer White
House the President gave orders that
no newspaper correspondents or pho
tographers were to be admitted on
any pretext. The President said he
was In Cornish to take a rest, and
that he would transact no official
business nor even consider matters
which would tend to disturb his brief
vacation.
If anything of public moment oc
curs, the President said he would re
turn to Washington, but he would not
discuss it here. The squad of six se
cret service men is on hand to see
that the President's orders are car
ried out to the letter.
According to present plans, the
President will remain until Tuesday
afternoon, but he may stay longer if
developments in Washington are not
of such a nature as to necessitate his
presence.
Writ Out for Arrest
Os Sylvia Pankhurst
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, July 6.—A warrant was
issued to-day for the arrest of Miss
Sylvia Pankhurst, daughter of Mrs.
Emmeline Pankhurst, president of the
Women's Social and Political Union.
Miss Pankhurst has been a leader of
the militant suffragettes since she was
17 years old. She has served several
terms in jail. She vowed she would
never marry until women got the
vote.
The warrant charges Miss Pank
hurst with inciting others to riot.
Bishop Says Prayer
Book Holds Nonsense
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON. July 6. —In the Upper
House of Convocation for the Prov
ince of Canterbury, the Bishop of Ely
to-day moved for the appointment of
a committee to revise the Prayer Book
and Psalter. The resolution was
adopted unanimously.
The Bishop of Ely said that all were
aware that the Prayer Book and Psal
ter contained "passages which, to
speak truth, are not far removed from
being nonsense."
Frisco's End Is Seen
In New Receivership
ST. LOUIS, July s.—That a receiver
had been appointed for the St. Louis.
Brownsville and Mexico division of the
Frisco System was learned here to-day
Frank Andrews, of Houston, Texas,
was appointed, according to a telegram
received to-day by W. F. Evans, Frisco
general counsel. The line involved is
from Houston to Brownsville, Texas.
Railway officials see in this move the
beginning of the disintegration of the
Frisco System.
Living Cost and Low
Pay Teachers’ Topics
SALT LAKE, July s.—The constantly
increasing high cost of living and the
need of corresponding increase in
teachers’ salaries were subjects most
widely discussed at the first session of
teachers here who have assembled for
the annual convention of the N. E. A.
The National Council of Education be
gan its session to-day in Barratt Hall,
one of the Mormon University build
ups.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, JULY 7, 1913.
Cobb, Out of Game,
Fears Injury Will
End Baseball Career
CLEVELAND, OHIO, July 6—Ty
rus Raymond Cobb, the greatest ball
player of this or any other age, la
a .bench warmer for the Detroit Ti
gers. Injury has laid him low.
Just how long Ty will be out of
the game neither he nor anyone else
knows. The Georgia peach is wear
ing a careworn expression for he
fears his Injury may be permanent.
Ty’s hurt is a bad spike wound on
the right knee. His knee is swollen
to twice its normal size and he can
hardly walk. In the Detroit-Chicago
series recently Ty was spiked by
Weaver. He stuck in the line-up day
after day until the Fourth, simply on
his nerve alone.
Cobb went home to Detroit last
night when the team left for St
Louis. He will have an X-ray pic
ture taken to find out if the top of
the kneecap is cracked.
Blalock Collector;
Jackson Holds Tight
While A. O. Blalock, of Fayette,
has been appointed Collector of In
ternal Revenue with headquarters 'n
the Federal Building he still is "on |
the outside looking in."
Mr. Blalock has visited Henry S.
Jackson, whose term as collector ex
pired June 30. several times, Mr.
Jackson said, and asked him when he
would vacate the office.
Mr. Jackson said he would turn the
office over to Mr. Blalock when he
produced papers ratifying his ap
pointment.
Waiter Had Roll
Os $1,700: All Tips
BALTIMORE, July 6.—Removing
several new crisp banknotes from a
large wad of money. Robert Bell cas
ually paid a fine of SIOO and costs in
the police station.
When arrested, he. had $1,720 in
notes. He first refused to tell where
he got the money, but later told the
police he was a waiter at the Balti
more Club and the money represented
savings from "tips.”
‘Suffragette Trouser
Skirt’Arrives in U.S.
NEW YORK. July 6.—" The suf
fragette trouser skirt" made its ap
pearance in New York today. It was
brought from Europe by Mrs. N.
Springold. a fashionable dressmaker,
who arrived on the liner La Provence.
The new skirt is equipped with
pockets and is very roomy. It is in
clined, however, to cling to wearer
when not in motion. Mrs. Springold
says it will prove a boon to suffrage
hikers.
One Egg Causes
Railway Strike
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, July 6. —The laying of
an egg in a crate in which several
hens were traveling caused a strike of
the Northeastern Railway men at
Leeds.
A railway man abstracted the egg
and put it aside, as he says, to be sure
it would not be broken. A railroad
detective saw his act and arrested
him. Thereupon his colleagues went
on strike.
Balloons Still Are
Racing to Northeast
KANSAS CITY. July s.—Reports from
balloons in elimination race for the Gor
don Bennett cup are reaching here to
day. The balloon Kansas City Post this
morning passed over Joliet, 111. One
passed over Madison, Wise., another •
was reported at Valparaiso, Ind., one at
Benton Harbor, Mich., and one at Ga
! lena. 111.
No accidents have been reported.
Traitor Shields Noblewoman.
LEIPSIG, July 6.—A Polish shoe
maker named Le&niewski, recently
convicted of selling German military
plans to Russia, was sentenced to
three years to-day. Lesniewski told
the court that a woman was involved
but refused to give her name. She
is said to be a titled member of an
old German family.
MULHALL’S
CHARGES IN
BALANCE
Committee to Investigate Charges
That Factories Wielded Influ
ence Over Legislation.
WASHINGTON. July A—The ma
chinery of the House to-day was set
in motion for an investigation of the
Mulhall charges when the Rules Com
mittee decided to report a resolution
j providing for the naming of a com
| mittee of seven by the Speaker. This
! committee will inquire into all the
Mulhall charges affecting members of
i Congress and also determine if in
the present Congress or previous
Congresses lobbyists of the National
Association of Manufacturers “did in
' fact reach or influence" any officer or
employee of the House.
The committee also is to look into
the efforts of the National Association
of Manufacturers to defeat any can
didates for the House.
Another object of the committee is
to inquire whether improper influence
has been exerted by the National
Association of Manufacturers or any
other bodies in the selection of com
mittee*. and find out if the associa
tion now maintains a lobby in Wash
ington and how effective it is.
The special committee is empower
ed to employ all necessary legal and
clerical assistance. Expenses are to
be paid out of the contingent fund of
the House.
Representative Levy declared he
was opposed to further inquiries. The
Money Trust and steel investigation,
he said, had caused only financial un
rest.
The resolution was amended so that
the investigating committee will be
called upon to determine not only
what part the National Association of
Manufacturers played in defeating
members, but also to inquire into the
activities of all other organizations
and persons along this line.
This makes it possible for the com
mittee to investigate the Anti-Saloon
League, the National Woman Suffrage
organization, the American Medical
Association and all other organiza
tions promoting legislation here.
Receiver Reports
In Buggy Case
In the suit of the Valentine Com
pany against the Columbus Buggv
Company, Daniel McLaren, ancillary
receiver for the Columbus Buggy
Company, Saturday submitted his re
port to Judge Newman in the United
States District Court.
Judge Newman ordered that F. J.
Long, James D. Palmer and Benedict
Kobak, who were appointed as ap
praisers to make inventory and ap
praisements of the assets of the Co
lumbus Buggy Company, should be
paid $25 each for services rendered.
It was ordered that Ancillary Re
ceiver McLaren be discharged and
that the sureties on his official bond
be released.
Strike Vote on 54
Roads Is Rumored
NEW YORK, July 6.--The vote of
the trainmen on 54 Eastern railroads
on the strike question is almost unan
imous in favor of a walk-out, ac
cording to a report persistent to-day
I at the offices of the Order of Railway
Conductors and Brotherhood of Rail
way Trainmen. Owing to delay in
canvassing the ballots, the vote was
not made public as expected.
The men demanded a ware in
crease and the question has been
hanging fire for a year.
KENTUCKY MILLIONAIRE DIES.
CHICAGO, July 6. —John L. Fried
man, wealthy distiller of Paducah,
Ky., died at the Chicago Beach Ho
tel here to-day. He was president of
the Paducah Traotion Company.
GIRL WHO SHOT SUITOR
\ Mrs.
\ Lucy
Ballue.
■WR? \
‘lorn •.
Several \ , -Sr ?
hours of "
questioning
brings out g| i
her confession. |
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FULTON MICT
CHIEF DEFIES
JfICKSDN
Donaldson Ready to Invoke Law
in Fight Against Long Religi
ous Services in Camps.
Declaring Marion Jackson and hl»
associates on the prison reform com
mission know absolutely nothing of
convicts and religion, and that he
would resort to law before ho would
submit to their conducting long serv
ices at the convict camp* in Fulton
County, Superintendent T. J. Donald
son declined to compromise Saturday
morning at a meeting of the Public
Works Committee of the County
Board.
Jackson said he had the people of
the county behind him in his fight
to obtain the prooer kind of religious
services for the convicts, and that
while he would rather get wbat he
was after without a fight, he would |
conduct a campaign against the limit I
of one-hour services each Sunday if j
necessary. The Public Works Com
mittee agreed to hold a meeting later
and definitely settle the matter.
When Marion Jackson asked the I
County Board to place the religious
services at the convict camps under
the direction of Philip Weltner. of the
prison reform board, and let him des
ignate lecturers and preachers for a
morning and afternoon service. Cap
tain Donaldson for the first time
voiced a protest.
Disputing Jackson's assertion that
the convicts welcomed the Sunday
services. Captain Donaldson said
they had voiced their protest at giv
ing up the entire day of rest to serv
ices conducted from early Sunday
morning iffitil late Sunday atternoon.
He said he had no objection to the
men attending one service each Sun
day. which should not last more than
one hour, provided he should have the
selection of the ministers and the
number to go to each camp.
The rather heated meeting term'.- |
nated when Captain Donaldson an
nounced he would consult the law be
fore he would go into any agreement
on the subject.
Lower Alabama Rat* Denied.
WASHINGTON, July 6 —The In
terstate Commerce Commission to
day reversed its former findings, when
it ruled that barrel stave companies
of Decatur. Ala., should be granted
a rate of 4 cents lower a hundred
pounds than manufacturers In Mem
phis, Tenn., on shipments to West
ern marks t*.
Copyright. 1906,
By The Georgian Co.
V Jr'
Profit Made in Fake
Consumption ‘Cures’
$10,000,000 a Year
NEW YORK, July 6^-Within the
last five years, no less than 500
fraudulent “cures" for consumption
have been tried on thousands of vic
tims in the United States. Exploit
ers of these nostrums have reaped a
clear profit of not less than $50,000,-
000. This is an estimate made by
the National Association for the
Study and Prevention of Tubercu
losis.
The association estimates that not
less than $20,000,000 is Invested in
the business of manufacturing and
exploiting fake cures for tuberculosis,
and that the annual Income is $15.-
000,000. About one-third of this
amount Is spent for advertising,
leavlg a profit of $10,000,00 a year,
which the association says is “blood
money" taken from ignorant con
sumptives.
The association deciares no specific
cure for tuberculosis has been dis
covered, except the well-tried hy
gienic-dietetic method of fresh air,
I rest and good food.
Griffin Gasps as
Folk Get Glimpse
Os Slashed Skirt
GRIFFIN. July Griffin gnt its
first view of the famous slashed skirt
here yesterday when Miss Eleanor
Me Harris, of Macon, appeared at the
Spalding County Fair Grounds during
the Fourth of July festivities She
came near breaking' up th* celebra
tion. Everybody left the barbecued
rneata. intereat was lost In the horse
races and nobody cured whether a
g-ame of ball waa played or not. Miss
Me Harris made a brave effort to
overcome the of the crowd, but
failed.
The ektrt was not of the ultra
fashionable cut, but it was more than
Griffin was accustomed to So Grif
fin took a good look.
Double Jewels on
Ankles at Newport
NEWPORT. R. L. July 6.—Mrs’
Charlee H. Welsh, of Philadelphia,
appeared on Thames Street wearing
two jeweled ornaments on her ankles.
Mrs. Welsh astonished Newport a
week ago when she wore a single
jeweled ankle ornament, but the two
said to be far more ornate than
the one exhibited last week.
PAY NO
MORE.
2 CENTS.
EDRECLOSUBE DE
UH MUI
ORDERED
Sale Linder Mortgage of Alabama
and Georgia Terminal Com
panies Also Decreed.
Judge Pardee, of the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting as
district judge, hag directed entries of
decrees of foreclosure and sale under
the mortgages of the Atlanta, Bir
mingham and Atlantic Railroad
Company, the Georgia Terminal
Company and the Alabama Terminal
Railroad Company. Victor L. Smith
lias been appointed special master to
make the sales.
The amounts for which the fore
closures ore to be had in the different
cases are: Atlanta, Birmingham and
Atlantic, $17,873,715.07; Georgia Ter
minal Company, $3,948,750; Alabama
Terminal Railroad Company, $3,218,- |
231. Dates for the sale have not
1 been set.
A provision Is made, directing the
! apportionment between the different
; properties of the liens of the receiv
er’s certificates and the decree pro
vides for the payment of these cer
tificates out of the proceeds of the
sale.
Samuel H. Pillsbury, of Boston, and
Messrs. Slaton <& Phillips, trusteess
under the mortgages and complain
ant in the suits, appeared for the
Old Colony Trust Company, and
Messrs. Rosser & Brandon represent
ed the defendant corporations.
Boy Held as Robber
Blames Near Beer
A. L. Jones, a prepossessing young
man of a good Carrollton, Ga., fam
ily. was bound over Saturday under
SSOO bond by Recorder Broyles for
attempted burglary.
Sergeant W. P. Reed early Satur
day morning saw a man at the win
dow of Jacobs’ drug store, Mitchell
and Whitehall Streets, removing the
stripping from the window for the ap
parent purpose of pulling out the pane
and gaining entrance to the store.
Jones explained in Recorder's Court
that it must have been the near-beer
that made him do it. He said that he
had no recollection of trying to get
in Jacobs' store.
EXTRA
MRS. BALLUE
SOBS FORTH
AGGIDENT
STORY
Severe Questioning Draws Oat
Explanation Which Lanford Be
lieves—Couple Out on Bond.
Mrs. Lncy Ballue, of 18 Lynch
I Street, confessed to Chief of Defceo
ttves Newport Lanfonl Saturday
morning that she shot Captain A C.
Thompson, County Warden, whlla
they Were drinking together 1n the
reception room of the Owls dnb at
Pryor and Mitchell streets Friday
night. She declares the shooting was
accidental, and that Captatn Thomp
son's revolver was discharged will*
she was examining It,
Mi*s. Ballue’s confession came after
an examination that lasted virtually
nil morning. When she was first
taken into the detectives' office and
questioned, she stuck tn her original
Story that she knew nothing of the
shoot ln<_
She waa taken back to "her oeF. and
half an hour later returned to Chief
Lanforrt’a office. After an Honrs
questlnntng she admitted her part la
the affair.
Telis How It Happened.
“Captain Thompson called n» tip
by telephone yeMerday,’ She satai,
and made an appointment fftr 4
- o'clock. I met him at Whitehall and
. | Hunter streets, and after w 9 h arl
i stood on the corner and talked for a
few moments we went up tn the Owls
lub. We had two nr three drinks
there, and then went out for a stroll
and came back after an hour or so. '
"When we came into tho ehn,
WO wont Into the reception room and
had another drink. I d, ank a
of wine. After we drank. I was play
ner the piano and wo w-pre talk'ng,
when Captain Thompson remarked
that It was hot, and took off hie coat.
He came over and laid the coat and
( his belt containing his pistol on top
Os the piano. I whs still thumping
the piano and he went and sat down
on my left I kept on playing and
suddenly I glanced up and saw th .
revolver.
-T don't know whnt made me do ft.
but I was eefted with a desire to
i look at the weapon. So I drew ft out
of the holster, and began turning it
, over and over tn my hand.
“Suddenly, I dont know how, the
revolver explonded with a loud re
port. and I heard Captatn Thompson
cry that he wa ß shot I was fright
ened almost to death, and I didn't
Know what to do. I dropped the gun
on the floor and covered my face
With my I was *o .ctwed I
didn’t know what to do, and I don't
remember how I got out of the room.'
Lanford Believes Her Story.
Chief Lanford announced he be
lieves the woman'* story, and bls
opinion 1* concurred in by detesttves
| who have been Investigating the ease.
They declare the nature of the wound
is auch that it could not have been
mads eave by a weapon that was
pointing downward.
After Mrs. Ballue's confession Chief
Lanford reduced her bond from SI,OOO
to SIOO and change,! the chtu-ge to
disorderly conduct. It was signed by
her brother-in-law, W. H. Holbrook,
with whom she resides at 18 Lynch
Street.
After the woman's release Captain
1 Thompson was brought to headquar
ters from Grady Hospital in a cab,
and a charge of disorderly condnct
was docketed against him. His bond
was fixed at SIOO. It also was signed
by Holbrook. After be was released
Mrs. Ballue entered the cab and drove
away with Captain Thompson.
Members of Mrs. Bailee's family
; said Saturday morning that Captain
Thompson has been raying her atten-
• tions for about a year. She is the
• wife of John Ballue, a structural iron
worker, from whom she has been sep
arated for three years. She has no
children. For the jiast year she has
I been employed at Nunnally’s Overall
• Factory at Marietta and Alexander
Streets.
, Arrested on Street.
Detectives Loyal and Waggoner,
attached to headquarters, arrested
■ Mrs. Ballue at Garnett and Hryor
Streets after what they assorted wa«
an attempt to spirit her away by L.
C. Raoul, secretary of the Owls' Club.