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'JHtt A'J IjAJN I'A liUUKiilAJN AiNU .NEWS.
OPEN! CLASH IS LOST BY
JUDGE PRESIDING IN
TRIAL OF LEO FRANK
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Judge L. S.
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Roan,
of Stone Mountain
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Circuit.
At 9:58 o’clock Solicitor Dorsey
announced that he was ready to open
the case of the State against Leo M
Frank, charged with having killed
Mary Phagan by strangulation. This
was followed by the request of tin*
defense that the State's witnesses be
called, sworn and put under the rule.
The prosecution opened by an
nouncing its readiness to go on with
the trial and called the list of wit
nesses. Bailiffs brought them down
from the second floor. In regular or
der called, their names were: Mrs.
J. W. Coleman, mother of Mary Pha
gan; J. W. Coleman, the girl’s step
father; George Epps, newsboy; L. S.
Dobbs, policeman; W. W. Rogers,
bailiff for constable; L. S. Starnes,
detective and also prosecutor on the
indictment; Pat Campbell, detective;
Grace Hicks, girl who identified Mary
Phagan’s body; J. M. Gantt, onee held
for inquiry, now supposed to be a
star witness for the prosecution;
Harry Scott, the Pinkerton detective;
R. P. Barrett, pencil factory em
ployee; B. J’. Haslett. policeman; M.
V. Parley, factory employee; YV. A
Gheesling, undertaker that cared for
the girl’s body; Dr. Claude Smith,
City Bacteriologist; Dr. H. F. Har-
E F Haw-kins, No. 369 Edge wood
venue, a negro, who was accepted
, thi** prosecution, but struck by thv
Jefense.
I. F. Da vis for cause.
David Woodward, foi cause.
M. J. Sewell, for cause.
Third and Fourth Panels Go.
The following men were struck on
the third panel: Charles Wither
spoon, by defense; H. J. Kuglar. for
ris, member of the State Board of
Health; Dr. .1. W. Hurt, Coroner's
physician; E. L. Parry, court stenog
rapher; E. S. Smith. Monteen Stover,
girl employee at pencil factory; Mi-
nola McKnight, cook at Frank's
home; Albert McKriight, Minola's
husband • McKnight did not appear in
court); Helen Ferguson, Mrs. Arthur
White, wife of factory employee, and
L. Stanford.
Attorney Reuben Arnold asked
concerning the duces tecum that he
had served on the State’s attorneys
for the affidavits of dim Conley and
others. On the promise of Solicitor
Dorsey that he would produce the af
fidavits whenever needed the duces
tecum was waived.
Solicitor Dorsey said he did not
concede the right of the defense to
force a production of the affidavit.
He, how-ever, at the request of Mr.
Arnold, dictated a statement giving
the dates of each of the affidavits
signed by Conley, saying they were
all of the affidavits Conley had made
and that he would produce them
whenever necessary.
The Solicitor asked then that the
defense’s witnesses be called and
sworn. This was met by strenuous
objection on the part of Attorneys
Rosser and Arnold, who claimed their
list was fragmentary.
Solicitor Dorsey protested vehe
mently, declaring that it would be ex
tremely unfair to the State not to
swear the defense’s witnesses at this
time. Attorney Rosser said it would
delay the trial to complete their list
at this time.
Judge Roan ruled that he would
give the defense time to get up the
list. The defense capitulated and it
took but five minutes for the list to
be made up.
Witnesses for Defense.
Attorney Stiles Hopkins, at the ta
ble for the defense, called the names
of the witnesses by whom they expect
to clear Frank. They were Mary
Burke. Dora Small. Ella Thomas. C.
P. Gilbert, F. Payne, Eula Flowers,
Josephine Stelker, Mattie Thompson.
Mrs. L. J. Cohen, J. C. Lowe, M. H.
Liebman, Miss Bessie YY'hite, Joe
Williams, Fred Howell, Wade Camp
bell, J. A. Price. J. E. Lyon, Cora Uv-
F-nder, M. O. Nix, J. C. Matthews, F.
Jenkins, Mrs. Josephine Selig. E. Se-
llg, J. H. Haas. Y\ f . H. Mlncey, J. B.
Spier, E. L. Skipper, E. L. Sentell,
May Barrett. Rebecca Cnrson, C. H.
Carson. Harry Denham. Corinthia
Hall, Mattie’ Hall. J. L. Holloway,
Mrs. George Jefferson, Jerome Mi
chael, George W. Parrott, M. W. Mor
row, Mrs. M. YV. Morro^. Rabl David
Marx, A. E. Mayo. Fred Weller, A. R.
Marcus, Ed Mon tag, I. H. Hons, W. B.
Owens, T. Y. Brent and Ossie Shields.
These were all of the witnesses
whose names w-ere called, but at least
100 more, who will be used mostly as
character witnesses, were in the room
on the second floor waiting to be
called.
First Talesman Too Old.
After the venire had been sifted ami
many excused, W. S. Copeland was
the first talesman examined. He was
excused when he said that he had
passed the 60-year mark. Solicitor
Dorsey put the questions, using the
formal ones ask in murder trials.
Being conscientiously opposed to
capital punishment or conviction by
circumstantial evidence was held not
to disqualify a jnror by Judge Roan.
This was in -connection with O. T.
Camp, the second talesman.
“1 am conscientiously opposed to
capital punishment on certain
grounds,” said Camp.
“What are those grounds.” asked
Solicitor Dorsey.
“Circumstantial evidence,” he re
plied.
Judge Sustains Defense.
“That disqualifies him. then,” said
Solicitor Dorsey.
Attorney Rosser objected, saying
that such belief did not disqualify
the Juror. Judge Roan sustained the
defense, but Solicitor Dorsey struck
him.
A. W. Brewerton was disqualified
because he was opposed to capital
punishment.
W. H. Winn w-as struck. Solicitor
Dorsey taking this action after look
ing over his record.
R. G. Elliott was struck by the de
fense.
L. A. Smith was struck for cause.
C. T. Hopkins. Jr., struck by State.
\Y\ E. Cates, disqualified because
opposed to capital punishment.
T. G. Young, struck by defense.
D. D. Hewey, struck because he did
not believe in*capital punishment.
That ended the first panel of tales
men and not a single juror was ob
tained The State struck three and
the defense two. Seven were dis
qualified for cause.
Four Jurymen Obtained.
Four jurors were obtained from the
second panel. They are:
A. H. Henslee, No. 74 Oak street, a
salesman.
F. V. L. Smith, No. 481 Cherokee
avenue, a manufacturers agent.
J. F. Higdon. 108 Ormewood ave
nue. a contractor.
F. E. YY'inburn. No. 21 Lucile ave
nue. a claim agent.
On the second panel the following
men were struck;
Howard Oliver, by the defense.
JS. E. Luekey, for cause.
. L. Spurlin. No. 156 Lawton street.
Tk by defense.
[ A. SAide, for cause.
Story of Pretty Little Girl’s Death
Gripped Public, Eager to
Discover Her Slayer.
Brilliant Array of Lawyers and the
Dramatic Features of the Case
Make Spectacular Clash.
cause; C. J Hale, for cause; J. B.
Hays, by defense; E. L. YYHnn. for
cause; W. H. Abbott, for cause; K.
P. May son, for cause; Boyd Perry, for
cause.
The entire fourth panel was struck:
Samuel Schoen. by the State; YV. S.
Singleton, by defense; Earle Davis, a
negro, was accepted by the State, but
struck by the defense; O. S. Cantrell,
for cause; John \Y\ Collier, for cause;
YY'. W. Hammett, by the State; A. F.
Belllngrath, by defense on ground
that he was a brother to an employee
dicltor Dorsey’s office and that
he had expressed the opinion that
Frank was guilty.
1 said it looked like he was guilty
from what the newspapers said,” de-r
lared .Ylr. Belllngrath. Solicitor Dor
sey urged that the talesman was not
disqualified by this. However, Judge
Roan disqualified him for cause.
”1 think he should be set aside for
his own sake.” ruled the Judge.
D. Berger, for cause.
Two More Panels Struck.
The following men were struck
from the fifth panel: W. C. Willis, for
cause; H. C. Hasty, prejudice; C. H.
Cook, by defense; C. H. Candler, In
answer to a question from Solicitor
Dorsey if he was impartial, said
“No;” George R. Low, by the State;
S. E. Owens, for cause; J. C. Hen
derson. for cause; C. M. Brown, op
posed to capital punishment; C. A.
Vaughn, prejudice.
The following men, comprising the
entire sixth panel, were struck: Ben
F. Willis, by defense; C. M. Petton,
prejudice; YV. H. Hudson, not impar
tial; G. R. Milner, by defense; John
Head, age; Robert Srnidt, opposed to
capital punishment; V. N. Carroll,
not Impartial; C. H. Allen, opposed to
capital punishment; P. F. Barber, op
posed to capital punishment; O. Win-
gate, for cause; T. E. Wlnsow, bj
State; A. W. YN r offord. by defense.
Every man on the seventh panel
was struck. Including H. H. Kelly,
prejudice; N. A. Long, biased; C. YV.
Gittens. by defense; H. D. Ferguson,
opposed to capital punishment, YY'. L.
Murk, by defense; F. E. YY'alker, prej
udice; P. B. Sale, prejudice; YV. S.
Gastr>n, biased; C. L. Asbury, biased;
j w. Chatham, prejudice; C. w. Sea-
groves. prejudice; Carl Welnmeister,
opposed to capital punishment.
The last panel, from which the last
juror was secured, was Panel No. 9.
The following men wore struck: S.
Miller, by defense; H. L. Solomonson,
biased; L. O. Hendon, by defense;
H. C. Ashford, for cause; E. E. Worh-
endorff, prejudice; Nicholas Ittner,
age; Bud YY’attes, prejudice; YV. W.
Sorrell, by defense; Soloman Ben
jamin, member of Grand Jury.
The buzz of conversation in the lit
tle courtroom Instantly was hushed
when Judge Roan appeared and Dep
uty Sheriff Plennie Miner called the
court to order. The impaneling of
Jurors was begun at once.
Luther Z. Rosser, chief of counsel
for Frank, pressed ids way to the de
fense’s table Just as Deputy Miner
rapped for order. Solicitor Dorsey
and his associates were at their table
busily arranging papers and docu
ments several minutes before the
swearing of the veniremen began.
An imposing array of legal talent
was presented w’hen the case was
called. Heading counsel for Frank
were Rosser and Reuben R. Arnold,
two of the foremost lawyers of *he
South. At their table were Herbert
J. Haas, a civil attorney, who has
been engaged in looking up character
witnesses in behalf of Frank: Styles
Hopkins, of the Rosser Brandon
law firm; Oscar Simmons and Paul
Goss, engaged especially to assist in
picking the Jury: George Cox, of Ar
nold & Arnold law firm, and Luther Z,
Rosser. Jr.
Wife at Frank’s Side.
YYMth Solicitor Dorsey were Frank
A. Hooper, the brilliant attorney who
made his reputation as a prosecutor
in criminal cases; E. A. Stephens. As
sistant Solicitor, and detectives who
have been working on the case. Jim
Conley’s attorney, W. M. Smith, also
was in court.
A stir was created when Mrs.
Frank, wife of the accused, made ner
way into the courtroom and hurried
past the rows of spectators into the
anteroom where her husband was
confined. She bore herself bravely,
and when she reached Frank, was
seen to converse cheerfully with him.
The loyal woman, who insisted *n
being by the side of her husband un
fit he was called into the courtroom
with his attorneysf drew the attention
away from the routine proceedings
several minutes.
Judgq Roan in Good Humor.
Judge Roan appeared in unusually
radiant humor and enlivened the dull
routine of the early proceedings with
facetious remarks directed at the Ju
rors who sought to evade duty on va
rious pretexts.
To one who claimed deafness. Judge
Roan said lhai he had heard his own
name readily enough when it was
called.
Another juror, Dr. E. L. Connally.
well known capitalist, and gray
haired veteran of the war, remarked,
smiling rather slyly, that he thought
he was over age.
"How do you know that?” inquired
the judge.
“My mother says 1 am.” was Dr.
Connally’s reply.
"Do you claim exemption on that
account?’* asked the court.
“I guess I do, judge.” admitted the
capitalist.
“YY'ell, tjen, I guess I will excuse
Judge
Roan
has presided
in nearly all of
Atlanta’s
celebrtaed
murder trials
in the past
ten years.
He is
distinguished
for his
knowledge
of criminal
law and
procedure.
you," said the Judge, amid a general
laugh from the courtroom.
Dr. Uonnallv left his place with a
vigor that belled his years.
Old Dr. Stork was responsible f>*r
the excusing of several of the jurors.
By the time the eighth panel of men
had taken the oath three men had
told of new arrivals at their homes
and had been excused.
Defense Not to Ask Delay.
Luther Z. Rosser, of counsel for the.
defense, stated to a Georgian reporter
as he left his office for the scene of
the trial that he defense would make
no move for delay.
"YVe will not seek a change of venue
or make any move of any kind :o
delay justice for our client,” he said.
"We are entirely confident that jus
tice and truth will prevail, as it al
ways must "
Reuben R. Arnold, of the defense,
made the same kind of a statement.
“YVe w ill announce ready as soon as
the case is called,” he said.
One important witness for the de
fense was reported to be missing
H»* is a traveling salesman, and the
defense was said to be confident of
locating him.
A great crowd gathered in front oi
the courthouse as the hour of the
trial drew near, and when 9 o’cIook
arrived, Pryor street at Hunter was
almost impassable. The corridors of
the courthouse were a mass of hu
manity, through which a lane had >o
be cut by deputies to allow the pas
sage of witnesses and lawyers an l
newspaper men.
The crowd was tense with curiosi
ty, but to all appearances inclined to
be orderly and apparently was moved
only by the commonest of human mo
tives—curiosity.
Judge Andrew' Calhoun entered the
courtroom when the court was about
midway in its forenoon session ani
took a seat by Judge Roan. In the
intervals when the proceedings were
interrupted by conferences of the at
torneys, he conversed with Judge
Roan.
Newt Lee, who found Mary Pha
gan’s body, was brought from the
Tower in the middle of the forenoon
in the custody of a deputy sheriff. He
was placed in an anteroom adjoining
the courtroom. It was expected that
he would be one of the early wit
nesses. if not the first, to be called ay
the State. Lee testified before the
Coroner's inquest that he found the
body of the slain factory girl in the
Committee Ready
For Currency Bill
WASHINGTON, July 28.—Presi
dent Wilson having withdrawn his
demand that the Glass currency bill
be sent Immediately to a Democratic
caucus of the House, the Democratic
members of the House Banking and
Currency Committee prepared to con.
aider the hill late to-day, with the ex-
l>ectatk>n that tin agreement could be
reached before the end of the week.
The committee planned to take up
the Ragsdale amendments to the bill
providing for an Industrial and agri
cultural currency. It is expected these
will be voted down.
Author, in Duel Over
Book, Wounds Critic
Special Cable to The Georgian.
ROME, July 2S.—Resenting criti
cism of his book. Guido Verona, a
novelist, to-day fought a duel with
Gian Tito Ricardi. music publisher
and head of the Italian music trust
The publisher was wounded in the
neck. Y’erona expressed himself satis
fied and the duel terminated.
THE PLAY
THIS WEEK
Arctic Pictures at Grand.
The wonderful series or motion pic
tures taken in the A retie regions by the
Carnegie Museum Alaska-Siberia ex
pedition will be placed on view at the
Grand this week.
Aside from the educational and scien
title value of the pictures, they are
rich in human interest.
There will be daily matinees at 2:30.
10 cents for all seats, and at night at
S; the prices will be 10, I | an,I 36
cents. All seats are reserved ami in
addition to ti\e feature pictures there
will be the best first-run scenes from
the greatest producers.
As Leo Frank facet* to-day the or
deal decreed by law that for man s
life, man’s life shall pay, interest in
his case that has held Atlanta, Geor
gia and the South enthralled for three!
months has diminished not a whit
since the Sunday morning the body
of the little factory girl was found
Wise judges of news, men who are
paid thousands of dollary each year
for their knowledge of the fickleness
of the public, men who can time to
the second the period when interest
dtes in one thing before the public eye
to be born anew* in another, have for
years contended that no single item
of news can sustain its interest longer
than one brief week.
And yet for three months the pub
lic has read of Mary Phagan’s death
and the quest for her flayer and their
demand for this news lias been In
satiable. •
That the vaunted Insight of these
news experts is as shallow as the
mirror reflection of a beauty of the
stag** is the thought tnat common
logic first presents
Insight of Experts Borne Out.
The insight of these experts has no*
been at fault. On the contrary, it has
been sustained. For in the mystery
veiling the death of Mary Phagan and
the trial of Leo Frank as her slayer, a
more varied array of things that in
terest. thrill, horrify, shock and mak:
men think is presented than in any
one case developed since typesetting
machine?* made the modern new spaper
possible.
Harry Thaw's case comes to mind,
that tragedy of romance that present
ed in the same cast of characters the
brilliant Lothario, the man of mil
lions, and a woman as fair as the
dawn. JJut there was never the ele
ment of mystery in the slaying of
Stanford YY r hlte. District Attorney
Jerome Ascribed it pretty’ well as a
commonplace tragedy of the tender
loin.
The only que?*tion that confronted
ihe public was whether there was a
law decreed by God that a man should
take up arms and avenge his family
honor that should nullify the law
made by man that decreed that th‘*
courts of the country and the,judg
ment of heaven could alone mete out
reparation for personal injury.
But in the Phagan case, there is a
mystery so deep, so impenetrable,
that there are thousands in Atlanta
who believe that Mary Phagan’s
slayer w’alks about to-day a free man
as another battles for his life accused
of his crime.
Victim Only a Child.
There was mystery in the famous
case of Henry Clay Beattie, the Y r ir-
ginia aristocrat, w r ho met death in the
electric chair for slaying his wife
after his infatuation for Beulah Bin-
ford.
Bift again, we have a feature of the
Phagan case w hich 'was missing in
the Beit tie tragedy that makes the
Atlanta mystery as grippingly pitiful
as the Virginia problem was sordid.
For in the Phagan case a child is
one of the principals. All the w'orld
may love a lover, but all the world
loves a child more. And when the
innocent, wistful, appealing face of
the little factory girl first appeared
in the public prints more heart
strings were touched than Uiere were
thrills caused in all the sinister rev
elations of the Virginia trial.
The child interest has made many
a case appeal to the public interest
more than struggles of statesmen,
ravages of nature, or even the love
of man for woman. The entire
United States waited breathlessly for
news of the capture of the kidnapers
of little Billy YVhitla, the sturdy
Pennsylvania lad, in 1909.
But w r hen the kidnapers were taken
and Billy YVhitla returned safe and
sound and maybe a little happier
from his thrilling experience to the
home of his parents, the public forgot
all about little Billy and to-day, in
four short years*, there are few w’ho
remember bis case at all. For Billy'
Y\ r hitla lived. Mary Phagan died.
Lamana Case Was Absorbing.
In 1907 the hearts of every mother
and father in the Southland bled for
the wealthy father and mother of the
little Lamana boy. who was taken
from their New Orleans home by
members of the Crescent City Mafia.
Interest was intense at every' period
of the search and public sentiment
w'as kindled near to the blazing
point when the beheaded body of the
boy was found in a Louisiana swamp.
But as thrilling as was the Lamana
case, it did not have that quality that
is so essential to maJ<e a case uni
versally absorbing. The Lamanas
were foreigners, the kidnapers were
foreigners. And Americans want an
American in their news stories.
And so on and on. Recall any case
of thrilling interest to your mind, an
alyze it, and y*ou will discover that
the Phagan case has features which
that case does not possess and any
one of those features would make a
Morv of breathless interest in itself.
No murder trial in Fulton County
ever has apnroached the spectacular
interest which is in prospect in the
Frank case from the first, sharp
skirmish between the opposing attor
neys, through the long, hitter legal
battle, and to the final pleas of the
prosecution and the defense.
The presence of Luther Z. Rosser
and Reuben R. Arnold in the brilliant
array of legal talent at once made
certain that the trial would be out of
the ordinary. Neither has the reputa
tion of making a half-hearted fight
when there Is anything at stake. This
time it is a man’s life that is de
pending upon their legal ability, their
shrewdness and their eloquence.
Both have a disconcerting habit
carrying the fight to their opponents.
In ring parlance, they do not give
their courtroom rivals a chance to
“get set.” This is going to keep l;h“
spectators constantly on the edge of
expectation, and will furnish a series
of exciting incidents that will give the
Frank trial a place by itself in tne
criminal annals of Georgia.
Crisis When Conley is Grilled.
To describe Rosser’s tactics as ag
gressive is expressing it euphemis
tically. If he were only aggressive,
his? name would not inspire the
trepidation tnat now is felt by per
sons who have to face him in the \vi -
nes« box or by young lawyers whj
have to pit their strength against
him.
Rosser and Arnold are at their bes:
when they are cross-examining the
witnesses called by the other side.
This fact is expected to bring abo it
the most thrilling situation of the
entire trial in the witness box grill
ing of the negro Jim Conley. Nut
satisfied with seeking to prove the
entire innocence of their client, the
two lawyers propose to show that
Conley himself is the man who -it
tacked Mary Phagan in the National
Pencil Factory and flung her dead
body upon the trash heap in the base
ment.
From whom are they to get' testi
mony of this startling nature?
Certainly from no one els*e than the
negro, and from him they intend to
get it. It is a bold plan, but one char
acteristic of the two-handed fighting
methods of Rosser. Anyone who has
seen a witness made the object of
Rosser’s attack knows that Jim Con
ley is in for a bad day when he i,
called to the stand to testify that Leo
Frank had him assist in the disposal
of Mary Phagan’s body.
Chance Seen for Confession;
Only a Rosser would have the cour
age of his convictions to expect to
break down tne negro after he re
peatedly had told the remarkable
story of finding the girl’s dead body
on the second floor of the pencil fac
tory and carrying her. at Frank’s
direction and with Frank’s assistance,
down the elevator into the basement.
Itos.-vr’s plan opens up the dramatic
possibility of a courtroom eoniession
from Conley. In the opinion of those
who are convinced of Frank s inno
cence and the negro's guilt, it would
not be a matter of great surprise it
Conley, under the fire of questions
directed at him by Rosser and Ar
nold. should collapse and confess he
alone vas' concerned in the crime.
The cross-examination of Conley us i
certain to be one of the spectacular
fea 1 liras of the trial. His vivid 1 a :«
under the lead of questions by solici
tor Dorsey and Attorney ^rank A.
Hooper, will be repeated to the court
room full of spectators. It will lose
none of its dramatic elements, in that
its essential features already are well
known to the public. They are wait
ing to hear it fir=*t hand frem the ne
gro’s lips.
Raked Up His Past Life.
Then Conley will be turned over to
the scarcely tender mercies ol' counsel
for Frank.* He probably will be on
the rack for hours. Whether he will
be able to stand the ordeal Is prob
lematical. No point in his history
that could have any possible bearing
on the case will be overlooked. The
defense is in possession of a mass of
information relating to Conley’s con
duct for years. He will be asked in
regard to every one of these circum
stances.
Before the events of the day of the
tragedy are reached the negro will
have undergone a searching exami
nation of significant incidents in his
past life. Then his story of his part
in the crime will be attacked. The
discrepancies will be brought out in
the glare of the .cross-examination.
The falsehoods that he told for days
after he was arrested will be resur
rected. All of his affidavits will be
ridiculed. The two attorneys will join
in an effort to break down and utterly
to discredit the story to which he
now' sticks Whether or not they are
successful, their attempt will be a
dramatic feature of the trial.
A fight, scarcely less spectacular,
will develop over the story of YY r illi-i rn
H. Mincey. This time the attorneys
for the prosecution will be in the rols
of scoffers. Mincey has declared thn’
he heard Conley boasting of killing a
girl.
Mincey, a quiet—almost diffident—
type of the country pedagogue, will
be made the target for the Solicitor's
and Attorney Hooper's fire of ques
tions. They will seek to show' that
Mincey never saw Conley the after
noon of April 26, when Mincey assert
ed he had the conversation with the
negro.
Climax When Frank Is Called.
A hot fight also will be precipitated
by the demand of the defense that the
State make known the identity, at
the beginning of the trial, of all tne
witnesses against Frank. Solicitor
Dorsey has said that he will fight any
demand of this sort.
The subpenas duces tecum issued
by the defense will form another
casus belli that is expected to provide
a spirited skirmish between the at
torneys at the beginning of the tria'u
The defense insists on having in
court, for the purpose of comparison,
all of the affidavits taken from Jim
Conley, Newt Lee, Monteen Stover,
YY'. M. Matthews and others. Dorsey
declares this is a flimsy trick to dis
credit the State’s witnesses*, and pro
poses to resist to the extent of his
ability’ any move to compel him to
comply with the demand.
STREET CAR HITS
R. R, Gresham, Father of Ten,
Dies Three Hours After Crash,
Thrown Forty Feet.
R. R. Gresham, a dairyman residing
in Wyman street, Kirkwood, was
struck by an outbound Kirkwood car
at Whitefoord avenue early Monday
morning and received injuries from
w hich he died three hours later with,
out regaining consciousness.
Gresham's skull was fractured, his
throat gashed and his ankle broken.
The accident occurred when the
dairyman, driving his wagon into At
lanta, attempted to cross the car
tracks in front of an approaching car.
The wagon was smashed into splint
ers by the speeding car and its driver
thrown 40 feet into a ditch. The
horse was knocked over on its side
amid the debris of the vehicle.
Gresham was picked up unconscious
and hurried in an ambulance to the
Atlanta Hospital. Physicians who at
tended him held out little hope for his
recovery. He died three hours later.
Mr. Gresham was 52 years old, mar
ried and the father of ten children.
But one member of the family, Her
man Gresham, a eon, reached the in
jured man before he died.
Strike Situation in
Transvaal Ominous
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. •
JOHANNESBURG, July 28.—The
situation in South Africa, where the
railroad men and miners threaten a
country-wide strike, has become very'
grave.
So far the labor leaders have re
fused to accept any r concessions to
end the trouble, insisting that all their
demands be met.
HEAT FATAL IN EAST.
PHILADELPHIA, July 28.—Phila
delphia is experiencing one of the
hottest days of the summer io-a o •
Two deaths from the heat had been
reported before noon.
BALTIMORE, T£D.
$20.85 Round Trip $20.85
Tickets on sale August 1,
2 and 3. Return limit Au
gust 15. Through electric
lighted steel sleeping cars.
Dining cars on most con
venient schedules.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
—
New Bill at Forsyth.
Joe Welch and a liost of other star
vaudeville features will be the attrac
tion this week at the Forsyth. The
popularity, of the Forsyth has never
been greater. The excellence of the
shows has helped to make the theater
more than busy.
As a Hebrew Welch is in the class
with YY’arfield as a German. Robert I..
Dafley and company will, make their
first appearance in Atlanta in their
best sketch. “Our Bob.” The Dolan-
Lenharr company will be another of the
real sure enough hits of the season.
Other features include Cunningham and
Marion, the talkfest acrobats: Fisa
Ward, the California songbird; Karl
Cress, the painter In oil, and the Leffel
Trio of bar artists.
At the Bijou.
“The Girl from Dublin," this week's
attraction at the Bijou, promises to
eclipse many of the best offerings that
the Bijou has presented The company
numbers some twenty people, including
a cast of principals especially chosen
for the various characters portrayed,
and a chorus that is said to be one of
the prettiest and best drilled in musical
comedy tabloid.
DIDN’T EXCITE DALTON A BIT.
DALTON.—The appearance of the slit
skirt caused only a slight flurry’ here.
Yesterday two women, wearing skirts
slashed daringly, got oft a train here.
They were not, molested kg the police
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Clothes
At Discount Prices!
Domestic
and
25 "Discount
Canadian
CRASH
SUITS
COOL CLOTHES are going to be in demand for
the next two months. August always is a month of
solid summer weather, succeeded by September,
not much the less so, is an awfully good “hunch”
to weather-wise buyers to make this store the
point of greatest economy in buying liberally
while our
Tropical
Worsted
Suits
REBUILDING
DISCOUNT
SALE
MOHAIR
SUITS
50 Styles
of
25° ° Discount
n n:
STRAW
HATS
Including Pana=
mas and Bang=
koks
is whacking prices right and left. Every summer
wearable need has had the price ticket “trimmed,”
and bargains, bargains of the real substantial
sort, abound in every department.
In the Men’s Wear Department (Main Floor),
the season’s best SUITS are selling for 25 per
cent less.
In the-Men’s FURNISHING GOODS De
partment (Main Floor Left), 50 different makes
and styles of COOL UNDERWEAR are selling at
greatly reduced prices. Neckwear, SHIRTS, Ho
siery, too, are all repriced at lessened figures.
In the Men’s HAT Department (Alain Floor
Right), 50 styles of the season’s best makes of
STRAW, PANAMA and BANGKOK Hats are sell
ing for 25 per cent less.
In the SHOE Department (Main Floor Rear),
Fine Footwear is now selling at greatly reduced
prices. The sale includes Men’s, Boys’ Children’s
and Misses’ SHOES, and in the Children’s line in
cludes Little Juniors and Plamates.
In the Juvenile Section (ENTIRE SECOND
FLOOR), WASH SUITS at greatly reduced prices
are a stellar feature of the sale of children’s
clothes. More than 200 different styles to choose
from. STRAW and WASH HATS, too, under
wear, blouses, shirts, hosiery, neckwear, etc.
Make this store the rendezvous of economic
research for summer supplies in apparel needs.
Eiseman Bros.,
Inc.
Store Closes Wednesdays at 1 o’clock till Sept. 1st.
11-13-15-17 Whitehall