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THE GEORGIAN’S NEWS BRIEFS
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NEWS OF FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1913
PINKERTONS TRACK MINCEY;
POLICE HALT CONLEY GRILL
With Pinkerton detectives taking
the trail in search of W. H. Mincey,
whose startling accusations against
Jim Conley stirred the police depart
ment and won the negro another
“sweating” from Solicitor Dorsey, the
Mincey affidavit Friday became the
storm center about which the prose
cution and defense in the Frank case
waged their battle.
Despite the degree of indifference
with which the detectives and prose
cuting officials afTected to look upon
the remarkable statements of Mincey,
it became known Friday that every
effort was being bent toward locating
him and turning the light on his past
history.
It is understood that the Pinkertons
have obtained information of Min-
cey’s whereabouts, as it has been
known since The Georgian published
its exclusive story of the affidavit and
later Mincey’s detailed account of the
significant happenings on the day of
the murder that he was teaching
school in North Georgia.
Although Solicitor Dorsey professes
to be not greatly concerned over the
effect that the Mincey affidavit may
have in his case against Leo M.
Frank, it is reported that his office is
gathering character witnesses for an
attack on Mincey’s credibility.
Developments since the publication
of the affidavit indicate that the pros
ecution feels it must absolutely dis
credit Mincey and hia story if there
is to be any hope of obtaining a con
viction aaginst Frank.
Harry Scott, Pinkerton detective,
was denied permission to talk with
Jim Conley Friday morning when he
went to the police station to see if he
could wring any additional admis
sions from the negro. From the fact
that Scott has been working in en
tire harmony w r ith the city detective
department up to this time, this in
cident led to the rumor that Scott
had changed his theory of the crime
and was inclined to place the re
sponsibility upon Conley.
Scott refused to say to what ex
tent his theories had been altered,
if at all. Chief of Detectives Lanfcrd
explained that he had full confidence
in Scott, but that the Pinkerton was
in the position where he had to re
port all of his findings to the defense
and he did not wish Scott to see Con
ley in these circumstances.
Attorneys for the defense said in
regard to the report that the case
might again be postponed, that they
knew of no reason why it could not
go to trial July 28, the date set by
Judge L. S. Roan. They said that
their side of the case was complete
and that they were prepared to pre
sent it to a jury at any time.
As bitter a fight as that brought on
by the Mincey affidavit is being waged
by the members of the Grand Jury
and the Solicitor over the question of
investigating Jim Conley’s connection
with the Phagan murder, with a view
of bringing an indictment. A number
of the members are said to have de
clared themselves in favor of reopen
ing the case because of the mass of
evidence that has piled up against the
negro since he confessed to being in
the factory on the day of the crime.
The Solicitor, however, is unalter
ably opposed to any movement look
ing toward the indictment of the ne
gro.
JUMPS ON A DARE.
ATLANTIC CITY, July 18.—A pretty
girl visitor late last night Jumped from
the steel pier into the ocean. She was
attired in ballroom costume. She was
hauled out of the water and whisked
away in a waiting automobile.
After an all-day investigation, the po
lice have learned that the girl made a
bet on the beach with members of her
"crowd” that she would make the leap.
The forfeit was a theater party and
champagne supper if she didn’t do it
before midnight. She won.
SENATOR HOKE SMITH SPEAKS.
United States Senator Hoke Smith
addressed the two bodies of the Geor
gia Legislature in joint session at
noon Friday in the house.
Conspicuous throughout his address
was the strong defense of the national
administration, the keynote of which
Was prophetic of a period of un
equaled prosperity throughout the
Wilson regime.
Senator Smith declared that the
Democrats to-day have enough votes
In the Senate to pass the tariff bill.
He *ald that notwithstanding the
cuts made by the national House, the
Senate had cut still deeper, and
made additions to the free list.
NEGRO RUNS WILD.
CHICAGO, July 18.—Members of
the Board of Trade to-day were
thrown into a panic when a negro em
ployee went insane.
Shouting and threatening to kill
anyone who tried to stop him, the
wild negro rushed through the cor
ridors waving a revolver. A squad of
policemen arrived after three brokers
had overpowered the maniac.
THEY QUIT MEAT.
NEWINGTON, CONN., July 18.—
Residents of this town have decided
to quit eating meat until there is a
fall in the price. Vegetables will be
the standby.
As a result of the boycott several
butchers have been forced to close up
shop.
BUV AVAILABLE RADIUM.
LONDON, July 18.—It is reported that
the German emissaries who came to
London seeking radium have bought
every available gramme of the British
supply, which is only an eighth of the
quantity wanted. They paid cash down.
The present price of radium is equiv
alent to $2,400,000 an ounce.
LARGEST WHEAT CARGO.
DULUTH, MINN., July 18.—The
largest cargo of wheat ever loaded
at the American head of the lakes
was taken out on the steamer Wil
liam P. Snyder—464,000 bushels.
“LOBBY” IS CHARGED WITH
SWINGING SALOON VOTE
WASHINGTON, July 18.—How the
National Association of Manufac
turers lined up the brewers and sa
loon men of Indiana for the Repub
licans and Representative James E.
Watson in his campaign for Gov
ernor was told in a letter written by
Colonel Mulhall to F. C. SchwedL-
man, secretary to President Van
Cleave, and read before the Overman
lobby investigating committee to-dav.
Watson, according to Mulhall’s let
ter, was not so much afraid of the
30,000 votes the brewers could swing
against him as he was of the $250,000
they would put into the last part of
the campaign.
Accordinf to another letter Mul
hall, the field agent of the “invisi
ble government,” assured "Uncle Joe
Cannon that reports that the associa
tion was fighting him were false, and
that the association was firmly sup
porting him.
Mulhall declared he helped Repre
sentatives Henry C. Coudrey and
Richard Bartholdt, of Missouri, who
were re-elected by narrow margins,
and also asserted he thought the as
sociation deserved the credit for their
victories.
Edward Hines, of Chicago, said to
have boasted that he “put Lorimer
over,” came in for notice in connec
tion writh a telegram to Mulhall In
which he appealed for $1,000 to aid
Representative Jenkins, of Wisconsii
and offered to supervise the spending
of this sum.
“I don’t consider Teddy, nor Taft,
nor Sherman, nor Foraker equal to
VanCleave. Parry, Kirby and the oth
ers who have given freely of their
energy and their money to the great
cause expressed in the principles of
the National Association of Manufac
turers,” wrote Schwedtman to Mul
hall August 28.
"There will come a time when the
world will know that the Parrys and
the VanCleaves of to-day are like
John the Baptist of old, speaking
thoughtfully of events to come and
condemning fearlessly the present
wrongs, clearing the way for right
eousness and honesty.”
In an effort to prevent an enor
mous waste of time, the committee as
signed clerks to examine the 123,000
letters in the file the association turn
ed over to the committee, to cull out
those letters which have the greatest
bearing on the inquiry. It is pro
posed to keep Mulhall on the stand
until all of the material correspond
ence has become a part of the record.
DECLARE HE WAS INSANE.
That Joshua B. Crawford was in
sane at the time he married Mra. Mary
Belle Crawfford and had been entirely
irresponsible for several months prior
to that time, was the testimony of
Dr. R. R. Kimes. expert on insanity
and abdominal surgery, introduced by
Attorney Joe S. James Friday morn
ing in his effort to have the marriage
annulled and the $250,000 estate re
vert to the heirs-at-law.
Dr. Kimes rendered his opinion in
reply to a long hypothetical question
and was excused without cross-ex
amination.
During the taking of testimony an
other clash In the courtroom was nar.
rowly averted. George W. Bolden, a
character witness for Mrs. Crawfford,
threatened to thrash Attorney James
unless he apologized for what the
witness considered an insulting ques
tion. Colonel James declined to apol
ogize and order was only restored
when Colonel Anderson ordered the
witness from the stand, and he was
escorted from the courtroom by the
lawyers.
“How do you know that Mrs. Craw
ford is a lady?” interrogated Attorney
James.
“I demand that you apologize im
mediately for asking such a question,”
exclaimed Bolden.
“I will not apologize. I do not in
tend to take back anything that I
say.”
“You will take it back or I will
make you, if I have to beat you to
do it.”
“You are at liberty to try that at
any time you see fit.”
Colonel Anderson, who had rapped
several times for order, stepped be
tween the attorney and the witness
just as the latter got from his seat
and started toward the attorney.
NOT EVEN A FIG LEAF.
INDIANAPOLIS, July 18.—Not
even a smile covered John Dougher
ty early to-day as he sat in the rear
of 233 East Washington street, a
square from police headquarters.
He didn’t seem to realize that he
was shocking the neighborhood. He
sat on a box swinging his heels. It
might have been the Garden of Eden
and he might have been Adam, with
out even a fig leaf.
In a covering of wrapper paper he
was taken to police headquarters
charged with “loitering.”
It was a hot night.
MRS. HUNTINGTON WEDS.
PARIS. July 18.—Mrs. Arabella I).
Huntington, widow of the late Collis
P. Huntington, the multi-millionaire
American railroad builder, was mar
ried in the American Church to Henry
E. Huntington, a railroad man, of
New York and Los Angeles, Cal.
The bridegroom is a nephew of his
wife’s first husband.
DIES FROM OVERWORK.
LEXINGTON, July 18.—James Gar
rard White, aged 67. vice president of
Kentucky State University and the
last member of the original faculty,
having completed his forty-fifth year
in June, died to-day of stomach trou
ble caused by overwork at the uni
versity.
COMEDIAN IS FOUND.
CHATTANOOGA, July 18.—Raymond
Hitchcock, the comedian, was discov
ered to-day in a summer retreat on
Waldens Ridge. The actor has been
in the mountains near here for a week.
ACCUSED WIFE IS RIDDEN
ON RAIL BY BAND OF WOMEN
POLO, ILL., July 18.—Suspicious
that Mrs. Minnie Richardson, wife
of the crippled keeper of a general
store here, w'as more than friendly
with her brother-in-law, Will Dun-
nill, the village stonemason, a band
of women of the village kidnaped
Mrs. Richardson from her home, rode
her on a rail through the town and
dumped her in a mud puddle.
After the mud bath they gave her
24 hours to leave the village. Rich
ardson mortgaged his store for $1,500
and gave her money to pay her rail
road fare.
When the men of the town went
to Dunnill’s home, he was not there
and his wife said he had left the
town. She had mortgaged her home
to get money for him.
Mrs. Peter Stansfield, wife of the
blacksmith, who was captain of the
women “vigilantes,” said that tho
conduct of Mrs. Richardson and
Dunnill had been the subject of com
ment for nearly a year.
The women planned to capture
Mrs. Richardson and the men were
to take Dunnill, and the rail-riding
party was to be a “double-header.”
The men failed to find their victim
and Mrs. Richardson rode alone.
The men stood on the sidewalks and
cheered.
For ten years Richardson, who is
a paralytic, has gone about in a
wheel chair. He said to-day:
“They were pretty rough on my
wife, but I guess she had not done
right. I don’t believe she will ever
come back.”
WILSON ASKS FOR DATA.
WASHINGTON, July 18.—In prep
aration for the arrival of Ambassador
Henry Lane Wilson, now on his way
from Mexico, President Wilson to
day requested the State Department
to furnish him with all the informa -
tion relative to the troubles in Mexico
from the beginning of the Madero
revolt.
This mass of material the President
intends to read thoroughly, so he will
be informed as to all the develop
ments of the Mexican situation before
the arrival of Ambassador Wilson.
Secretary Bryan, who returned
from the first lap of his Chautauqua
lecture tour this morning, called on
the President, bringing a large bun
dle of telegrams and correspondence.
They included dispatches from Wil
liam Bayard Hale, President Wilson’s
personal representative in Mexico
City, who does not consider the Huer
ta regime stable, and Ijas advised
against recognition.
Suspicions of the sincerity of the
representations made by several Eu
ropean nations have been raised in
Washington by the trail of high
finance running through them all.
Allegations are made that the crisis is
nothing more nor less than a “bond
holders’ conspiracy” engineered from
Paris.
“PROMOTER” IS ARRESTED.
NEW YORK. July 18.—Edmund
Willcox, accused by the Government
as a “get-rich-quick Wallingford” in
real life, but who claims he has rs-
tormed and has'been leading a new
life with his wife and three children
in a modest East Side apartment, was
arrested to-day by postoffice inspec
tors.
Until two years ago Willcox had an
office in the Metropolitan Tower,
where he posed as a promoter of rail
roads, banks and mills. When he
learned that any new company was
being formed, he wrote to the pro
moters offering to float the stock. Aft
er obtaining a retaining fee, it is al
leged, nothing more was heard from
him.
The specific charge against him is
that he obtained $1,000 from Comer L
Peck, of Starke, Fla., who operated
a 38-mile railroad line between his
home town and Jacksonville.
Willcox claimed, according to the
Government charges, that one of his
clients, Colonel James M. Smith, of
Smlthonia, Ga., w r ho owns 100,000
acres of land in Florida, had been
persuaded by him to buy 20,000 shares
of stock of the Central Bank and
Trust Company of Georgia, at $102 a
share. Colonel Smith denied that he
knew Willcox, an- * 1 the Government
began an investigation.
HUSBAND WAS DEAD.
KENOSHA, WIS., July 18—Mrs.
Frank J. Eaton, while riding with her
husband, felt the automobile turn
from the roadway as they were going
25 miles an hour. She saw her hus
band was not holding the wheel.
Catching it as the car w T as on the
edge of an embankment, she brought
the machine back into the roadway
and stopped it.
Her husband had died of heart dis
ease.
WOMEN CONVICT WOMAN.
PETALUMA, CAL., July 18.—A
jury of twelve women convicted a
woman, Mrs. W. S. Waldorf, upon a
charge of battery here. This is the
first jury of women that ever tried
a case in Sonoma County.
Mrs. Waldorf was accused of hav
ing slapped a neighbor’s children. The
jury way out less than an hour.
GIRL SUES VETERAN.
PATERSON, N. J., July 18—Miss
Emma Mahanney, 16, has sued John
Wolf, 70, a war veteran, for breach of
promise.
Miss Mahanney’s counsel said the
couple became engaged and were
making arrangements for the wed
ding when Wolf changed his mind.
Miss Mahanney asks for $25,000.
IS POISONED BY CREAM.
MARINETTE, WIS., July 18.—After
surprising the medical world by re
covering, after his neck was broken
in a runaway accident several weeks
ago, Hiram Reeves, head of a rural
telephone company at Oconto, is dying
of ptomaine poiyoning from eating Ice
cream.
HOUSE RATES ARE SLASHED
IN TARIFF BILL IN SENATE
WASHINGTON, July 18.—The ro-
port to Senator Simmons, chairman
of the Senate Finance Committee on
the Underwood-Simmons tariff bill as
amended by the Senate, was placed
before the Upper House at noon to
day, and debate on the measure im
mediately was begun.
The report is largely devoted to de
fense of the Senate Democrats’ ac
tion in reducing rates under the orig
inal House measure and to extensive
tables showing the percentage and
effect of these rates.
In a brief introduction, Senator Sim
mons declares that the Senate bill,
if enac ted into law, “will result in in
equitable distribution of burdens and
incidental benefits of the Payne-.U-
drich system of customs taxation that
will tend to disintegrate monopoii- ^
built up under a protective tariff:
that will reduce the cost of living:
that will increase the opportunities >f
the individual citizen and relieve the
people from the burdens of a former
scheme of taxation.”
The Senator points out that the In
terests hit by the reduction of duties
under the House bill are in almost
every instance trusts which have
grown rich under a high protective
tariff. Among these are the steel,
aluminum, cement, callera, asphalt,
Standard Oil, sugar, wool and paper
trusts.
To counteract the millions in im
port revenue lost to the Government
through the admission of foreign
markets under a free list or reduce 1
rate of tariff, taxes have been placed
upon bananas solely controlled by :i
trust, upon gambling in cotton fu
tures, upon the incomes of the rich,
upon brandies used in fortifying wines
and upon luxuries in general.
The total outcome of the Senate
tariff labors is a decrease of 27.64 per
cent under the Payne-Aldrich tariff
rates and of 4.22 per cent under tho
House tariff rates. Nevertheless, the
report predicts that the business of
the Government will be run at a prof
it.
The official figures, based upon com
pilations of Treasury experts for the
fiscal year 1913, place the total reve
nue, exclusive of the possible revenue
from the Panama' Canal, the sinking
fund and the national bank note re
demption fund, at $996,810,000, against
an estimated disbursement of $994.-
790,000 for the same period. This
would leave a surplus of $2,020,000.
Concerning the steel schedule the
report says:
“Judged by all available tests, tho
American iron and steel industry is
fully able to sustain itself without
Government aid. It has unrivalei
supplies of raw material; it has the
use of abundant capital: it is able to
export in competition with foreign
countries; and the industry has the
advantage of low costs. For all these
reasons it may be regarded as well
fitted as an industry, capable cf
standing tariff rates figured on a
strict revenue-producing basis.”
COMMENT ON BRYAN.
LONDON, July 18.—The Standard
prints an editorial on “Politicians and
Their Pay” this morning, in which it
refers to the statement of William
Jennings Bryan, the American Secre
tary of State, that he can not live on
his salary of $12,000 a year. The
Standard says:
“The poor man’s champion has dis
covered that he can not subsist sat
isfactorily on $12,000 a year. A good
many people in a good many coun
tries manage to be comfortable on
less than that amount, but since Mr.
Bryan first took up socialism as a
profession he has done well on the
lecture platform.
“He has been making $15,000 every
year by denouncing the idle rich. If
the Union can not pay the same scale
he proposes to increase his emolu
ments by private exertions, so he will
go on tour again.”
STANLEY’S SON IS DEAD.
SAULT STE MARIE, July 18.—Jack
Stanley, 39, son of the famous ex
plorer, Sir Henry M. Stanley, died
here to-day in a lodging house from
tuberculosis.
As death hovered near the dying
man, he whispered a secret which he
had shared only with his wife, for
merly Mrs. Violet Lancaster, of De
troit. whom he married on the stage
of the Odean Theater, Clarksburg, W.
Va., four years ago.
“I am the son of Sir Henry M.
Stanley, the famous explorer. Tell
mother.” With these words he sank
into subconsciousness.
WON’T LET HER MARRY.
Despite the pleadings of his aged
mother and of Effie Drummond, the
girl in the case, who asked that she
be allowed to marry him, Joe North,
caught by Chief Beavers’ vice squad
in a raid on the boarding house of
Mrs. Lulu Bell at Fair and Peters
streets, was held to the Grand Jury
by Judge Broyles Thursday, in the
sum of $200. The charge, which from
the first story told by the Drummond
woman, promised to develop into
white slavery, was changed to disor
derly- conduct.
INSURANCE MEN MEET.
MILWAUKEE, July 18.—Sixty men,
all prominent in the insurance busi
ness, from all parts of the country,
were ill to-day following a banquet
given during an insurance convention
here.
Three varieties of cold fish—pike,
salmon and white—were served at
the banquet, and It was believed that
one of these caused ptomaine poison
ing.
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