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VOL. XI. NO. 306.
ATLANTA. GA., MON 1)AV, JULY 28, 1913.
Copyright. 1906.
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Wife Helps Prisoner Pick Men to Try Him
FRANK SKETCHED IN COURT
GIRL LOST 3
lynette Awtrey, Acworth Heiress,
Strangely Missing, Wires Plea
for Help From Utah.
A dramatic story behind the mys
terious disappearance of Miss Lynette
Awtrey, 18-year-old daughter of
wealthy Orlando Awtrey, one of the
leading citizens of Acworth, Ga., and
member of one of Cobb County’s
most prominent families, who, after
a tour of Europe, boarded a train in
New* York for Atlanta and then van
ished as utterly as though she had
left the earth, is expected to be bared
this week when the girl arrives home
from Ogden, Utah, where she has
been located.
Miss Awtrey has been missing for
nearly two weeks. Becoming home
sick during her European trip, she re
turned to New York and wired her
father to send her money to come
home. Mr. Awtrey wired her $200 and
the same da'y ‘ received a telegram
asking him to meet her in Atlanta.
Her trunk came on the train on
which she was supposed to come, but
there was no trace of the girl.
Since then her family has exhausted
every means to locate the missing girl.
The aid of the William J. Burns De
tective Agency was enlisted and the
operatives of the famous sleuth
scoured the cities of the United
States; the aid of police departments
all over the country was invoked—
but with no result. For all the de
tectives were able to ascertain to the
contrary the girl had dissolved into
thin air. After she boarded the train
in New York absolutely no trace
could be found of her.
Sends Mysterious Telegram.
With constant reports of failure be
ing filed by America’s most noted
ileuths, Mr. Awtrey redoubled his ef
forts to And his missing daughter,
^fore appeals were made to police de
partments, private detective agencies
vere enlisted in the search, and pho
nographs of the young girl were sent
>ut secretly by the Burns men in the
Ihope that someone could be found
[who had seen her.
Sunday morning Miss Awtrey broke
her silence of two weeks with a tele
gram from Ogden that intensified the
mystery* It contained no explanation
of her disappearance. The telegram
was a piteous appeal for .aid—a cry
that she was alone and penniless in
a strange land.
'Please help me,” the telegram
said. "I have no money. I am sorry
I left home, but can not explain now.
3 will tell you about it when I get
home.”
The message was signed “Lynette,”
with no address in Ogden save the
Western Union. Mr. Awtrey imme
diately wired his daughter money and
a ticket to Acworth by wrfy of the
Union Pacific. It is probable that
either he or one of tne girl’s broth
ers will meet her at Nashville or
Chattanooga.
The disappearance of Miss Awtrey
is almost identical with the case of
Dorothy Arnold, the missing New
York heiress, who still is being sought
by detectives after a disappearance
of more than a year, and has stirred
and perplexed Cobb County more than
any mystery of recent years.
Comes From Leading Family.
The fact that the girl comes from
one of the leading families of North
Georgia makes the interest in the
mystery all the greater. Her father
Is president of the Acworth Cotton
Mills Manufacturing Company of Ac-
worth, and is interested largely in the
| commercial life of the town. She is a
niece of Mrs. D. F. McClatchy, wife
of the reading clerk of the Georgia
[House of Representatves, and a niece
[of John Awtrey. a prominent attorney
>f Marietta, and of Bernard Awtrey,
idltor of The Marietta News. She is
Iso related to Mrs. R. M. Moon and
number of other prominent Mariet
ta and Cobb County people.
Miss Awtrey is prominent in Ac-
Contmued on Pago 3, Column 5.
TO U. S.
McLoughlin’s Brilliant Play Re
turns Trophy to United States
After Ten Years.
Special Cable to The Georaian.
WIMBLEDON. ENGLAND, July 28.
The Davis trophy, the most sought-
for cup in the tennis world, which has
been away from the United States
since 1903, will come back to America.
The United States team, after beat
ing the Australian? in the preliminary
games in New York last June and
working their way up to the chal
lenge round by defeating the German
and Canadian teams in England, to
day won the trophy for the United
States by defeating the English de
fenders.
Maurice E. McLoughlin. the young
Californian, brought victory to his
country by defeating C. P. Dixon in
three straight sets in the single match
to-day. Although his service was
faulty at the beginning of the match
to-day, McLoughlin soon got into his
stride.
Last Two Sets Easy.
He won the first set after a hard-
fought set-to, the score being 8-6.
From then on the issue was never
in doubt, the American proving him
self the blaster of the Englishman at
all stages of the second and third
sets, winning the former 6-3 and the
latter 6-2.
The match for the trophy began on
Friday, when McLoughlin was defeat
ed by J. C. Parke, the Iri?h champion.
R. Norris Williams, of Philadelphia,
evened up matters when he defeated
Dixon In the other single match that
day.
Gets Back to Form.
Saturday the Americans jumped
into the foreground, when McLough
lin and Harold H. Hacket, the double
team, defeated Dixon and H. Roper
Barrett.
McLoughlin’s play, which was a lit
tle off color on Friday’, was much im
proved Saturday and to-day. His in
dividual skill did much to bring the
cup back to America.
In the semi-final game between
Parks and Williams, the Englishman
won after a hard match of five sets.
The score; 6-2, 5-7, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2. This
defeat did not have any bearing on
the general result.
Dallas Girl Typist
Slain at Her Desk
DALLAS. TEX., July 28.—Miss
Florence T. Brown, a stenographer,
was murdered to-day as she sat at
her desk. Her throat was cut and
her left arm was mangled, evidently
by a man’s teeth.
None of the members of the real
estate firm who employed her were
in the offices at the time she was at
tacked. Bruises on her body showed
that the girl had fought hard for her
life.
Senate Notified of
Re-election of Bacon
WASHINGTON, July 28.—The Sen
ate to-day’ received formal notification
from Governor John M. Slaton, of
Georgia of the re-election to the Sen
ate of Augustus O. Bacon.
Senator Bacon later took the oath
of office, being escorted to the Vice
President’s rostrum by his colleague,
Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia.
Hoke Smith Backs
Negro IT. S, Official
WASHINGTON. July 28—Senators
Gore of Oklahoma and Hoke Smith
of Georgia called on President Wilson
to-day to urge him to stand by his
appointment of A. E. Patterson, of
.Muskogee, Okla., to be Register of the
Treasury.
Much opposition has developed fo
Patterson. who is a negro.
FILIBUSTER HALTS HOUSE.
WASHINGTON. July 28.—The j
House adjourned three minutes after
its opening to-day. Gardner, of Mas
sachusetts. continued the Republican
filibuster.
AFTER 5
FRANK JURY.
Here is the Frank jury as it
is being chosen:
A. II. Henslee, 74 Oak street,
salesman.
F. V. L. Smith, 481 Cherokee
avenue, manufacturers’ agent.
J. F. Higdon. 108 Ormewood
avenue.
F. E. Winburn, 213 I.ucile
avenue, claim agent.
A. L. Wisbey, 31 Hood
sMreet:, eas%KT of the Buckeye'
Oil Company.
W. M. Jeffries, a real estate
man, with offices at 318 Empire
building.
Marcellas Johemming. 161
James street, a machine shop
foreman with offices at 281
Marietta street.
M. L. Woodward, cashier
King Hardware Company, 182
Park avenue.
J. T. Osburn, an optician
for A. K. Hawkes. was chosen
from the fifth panel to be the
ninth juror.
D. Townsend, 84 Whitehall
Terrace, cashier Central Bank
and Trust Corporation, tenth
juror.
W. S. Medcalf. 136 Kirk
wood avenue, circulation de
partment of The Atlanta Jour
nal.
C. J. Bosshardt, pressman,
employed by Foote & Davies,
216 Bryan street.
Events on the opening day of the trial of Leo M. Frank, ac-
| eused of the slaying of Mary Phagan in the National Pencil Fac
tory, moved with sueh unexpected swiftness that it was apparent
that the trial proper would be under way and the first witnesses
called before the close of the first day’s session. The jury had
been completed by the time recess was taken at 1 :30.
After a few preliminary
clashes between the opposing at
torneys which presaged a bjtter
struggle when the fight for
Frank’s life actually was begun,
the court settled down to the se
lection of the jury. The whole
morning session up to the recess
was occupied with the examina
tion of veniremen.
All the force of attorneys at the
table for the defense watched with
J\een eyes every man examined and
frequently referred to a voluminous
rcord containing the names of all the
veniremen and detailed statements of
their history and associations so far
as these might have a bearing on their
desirability as Jurors to pass on Leo
Frank's guilt or innocence.
The keenest interest was manifest
ed by’ those In the crowded little
courtroom as the strategies 9r.f the
brilliant law’yers were revealed dur
ing the examination.
State Had Veniremen’s Records.
The thoroughness with which the
Solicitor and his assistants had can
vassed the history of every venire
man and had investigated whefher
or not he had ever expressed an opin
ion on the guilt or innocence of the
accused was demonstrated when W.
W. Hemmett, a salesman for the
Kingsbury Shoe Company, was being
examined as to his qualifications.
"Have you ever said you thought
Frank was guilty?” Mr. Dorsey in
quired.
"No, I never have.” replied Hem
mett.
Here the Solicitor referred to some
notes at hand and proceeded to call
to Hemmett's recollection a certain
talk he had with acquaintances at a
certain time. Hemmett was forced
to admit that he had talked of the
case at that time, but declared that
he ha-d not expressed a definite opin
ion.
"I only said 1 would have to hear
some evidence before 1 would believe
Frank was guilty," he told Judge
Roan.
He was rejected for cause.
Defense Equally Alert.
The defense showed that It was ex
actly as vigilant when the next ve
nireman was examined. As soon a*
A. L. Bellingrath, of No. .91 Milledge
avenue, arose from his seat, Attor
ney Arnold was on his feet prepared
to state the objection of the defense.
He pointed out that Bellingrath was
the brother of Henry Beiuiigrath w ho
has been employed in the Solicitor’s
office during the Phagan investiga
tion and that he was reported to have
expressed an opinion on the guilt of
Frank.
A shrewd bit of strategy was used
by Solicitor Dorsey and Attorney
Hooper in accepting the two negroes
whose names were among the venire
men.
By doing this they forced the de
fense to use up tw’o of their twenty
challenges if they did not desire to
have negroes on the jury. With Jim
Conley, a negro, likely to be indicted
for the murder in the event that
Frank is cleared, the defense had no
intention of allowing them to pass
on Frank's guilt and promptly struck
them. The two negroes were Earl
Davis and E. E. Hawkins.
Defense Loses First Clash.
The attorneys for Leo M. Frank lost
out in their first skirmish with the
prosecution, being cQmpei^d to read
Jackson Will Tell
Juvenile Trustees
Of Charges by Girl
The Rev. Crawford Jackson, secre
tary of the Juvenile Protective Asso
ciation. w’ho is charged with making
improper advances to his young typ
ist. has called a meeting of the trus
tees of the association to lay the
case before them.
Although the Rev. Mr. Jackson has
been bound over to the Grand Jury
on the testimony of Miss Louvenia
Durden, the typist, he declared that
he would be fully vindicated.
Savannah Ship Rams
Tender; Three Drown
NEW YORK, July 28.—Three men
were drowned when Mie steamer City
of Atlanta, of the Savannah Line, ran
down and cut In half the tender of
the Government lightship off Cape
Lookout, N. O., last Friday. The ac
cident was reported when the steamer
arrived here to-day.
There was some delay in launching
a lifeboat after the accident, and the
remaining two of the crew on the ten
der were rescued in an exhausted
condition.
'og Drives Steamer
Chalmette Aground
NEW YORK. July 28.—The steam
er Ohalmette from New Orleans for
New York went ashore early to-dav
In a thick fog w’hlle a mile and a
half south of Barnegau *