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FRANK. FEELING TIPTOP.
Frank was escorted from the Tower
co the courthouse shortly after 6
o’clock in the morning 1 , nearly three
tempting breakfast which was spread
in the prisoners’ room at the court
house. Frank gave ocular proof that
Venire Whipped Into Shape
Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible
Within a minute cr two after Dep
uty Sheriff Plennie Minor had called
the court to order the examination
process was applied to the venire
panel of 144 men. From each panel
of twelve one or more men were ex
cused after being asked the formal
questions and furnished a sufficient
reason to bar them.
J. H. Jones, Deputy Clerk, called the
names. F. W. Stone, No. 82 East
Linden street, was excused on ac
count of illness. R. F. Shedden was
refused on an excuse of military ex-
was refused excusal. Only one man
was excused from the third panel.
The first surprise came with the
questioning of the fourth panel, when
Earl Davis, a negro, was not excused.
He was ruled eligible to jury duty.
There is little prospect that he will
be drawn as one of the jurors.
George Mathieson, Assistant Chief
of County Police, was excused on
account of his duties. John W. Alex
ander, capitalist, of No. 439 South
Pryor street, was excused because of
illness. W. M. Donehoo, of Buck-
head, was let out on account of the
9EQRGIIIHEIRESS
LIST 3 WEEKS
IS LOCHTEO
Lynette Awtrey Wires Piteous
Plea From Utah to Father in
Acworth, Ga.
Continued From Page 1.
Giant Negro Hunted
For White Slavery
WINCHESTER, VA., July 28.—De
spite the fact that several hundred
regulars of the various cavalry regi
ments camped near town at the ma
neuver grounds have searched for
him, the giant negro Franklin, who,
it is alleged, was engaged in a white
slave traffic and whose place near the
campgrounds was raided on Thurs
day night by the Sheriff, so far has
eluded capture.
The white women who were found
in the company of a number of negri
troopers of the Tenth Cavalry at 2
o’clock in the morning, when Frank
lin's tent was surrounded, are still *n
jail.
hours before the trial was scheduled
to begin. This was done to avoid the
curious crowd which it was expected
would be about the courthouse and
thronging the corridors at 9 o'clock.
Frank was up and dressed and
freshly shaven when Deputy Sheriff
Plennie Miner appeared * before his
cell at the early hour. •
“How are you feeling this morning
Mr. Frank?*’ the deputy inquired.
“Tip top, only I’m mighty hungry,”
replied Frank.
Exhibiting the same poised confi
dence that has characterized him
through three months since he was
locked in a cell in the county jail, the
young factory superintendent chatted
freely with Miner on the way to the
courthouse.
Sure He Will Be Fre©d.
He was attired in a natty light gray
mohair suit and wore a fancy gray
tie. His face was fuller and ^te ap
peared slightly heavier than when he
was arrested shortly after the murder
of the Phagan girl. He seemed cheer
ful and in the best of health.
“I am very sure of acquittal,” he
said, as he arrived at the courthouse.
“I am glad that the trial is about to
begin after this long wait. I have no
fear of the outcome. I am not only
innocent of the terrible crime, but I
am innocent of any knowledge of it,
save as the information has come to
me since the officers came to my
house that morning three months
ago.”
At this moment E. C. Essenbach, a
relative of Frank, appeared with a
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his appetite had not suffered from his
long: confinement as he proceeded to
make way with the delicacies pre
pared for him.
Frank greeted Ms relative cheerful
ly and conversed with him for more
than an hour. The topic seldom was
on the crime or the trial which was
about to begin. Long before the
time set for the judge to take the
bench other friends and relatives of
the prisoner had appeared and some
of them were permitted to talk to
him.
Conley Ready For the Stand.
Jim Conley, Frank’s accuser, was
made ready for the trial early in the
morning, although it was not prob
able that, he would be called during
the day.
He was given a shave and a new
suit of clothes, as he had worn for
the last three months the same shab
by garments that he had on at the
time he was arrested while washing
a shirt at the National Pencil Fac
tory.
Conley said that he was ready to
go on the witness stand at an in
stant's notice. He declared that he
would stick to the same story thai
he told in his last affidavit and which
he has since repeated many times for
the benefit of Solicitor Dorsey.
“If they had just let_me face Mr.
Frank, I could have made him tell
the truth long before this,” he as
serted.
Less than half a hundred persons
were waiting about the courthouse at
8 o’clock, an hour before the time
set for the beginning of the trial. It
was thought that not a large crowd
would be clamoring for admission to
the courtroom as it had become quite
generally known that the small room
would accommodate hardly more than
the witnesses and the veniremen and
that it would be ne9essary to exclude
practically all spectators.
Much Preparation Made.
For no trial in the history of Geor
gia have such elaborate arrangements
been made for the comfort of the
comparatively small number of spec
tators who will gain admission, the
attorneys who will handle the case,
the jury and the newspaper men.
Deputy Sheriff Plennie Miner has re
ceived much praise for the splendid
preparations made.
Electric fans have been installed at
every window and on the railing sep
arating the spectators’ seats from the
bar, ozonators have been placed to
keep the air purified. It probably will
be the coolest and best ventilated
place in Atlanta.
Not more than 250 spectators will
be admitted. Approximately that
number of chairs have been placed
outside the incLosure. When they are
filled the doors will be closed and no
one. else will be allowed in. No one
will be permitted to occupy standing
room.
The usual custom of permitting
emption. Only one man was excused
from the first twelve men.
H. R. talloway, of No. 691 Pied
mont avenue, first of the second
panel, was not served. F. A. Hull,
No. 180 Grant street, was excused on
account of his age, 20 years. T. J.
Henderson, No. 25 Woodson street,
was excused as opposed to capital
punishment. J. A. McCreary, No. 78
East North street, was excused be
cause of his residence in DeKalb
County. J. F. Patterson, of College
Park, was excused on account of
deafness. Five were excused from
the second panel.
Negro Declared Eligible.
W. H. Scott, No. 215 Gordon street,
was excused on account of ill health.
He had a doctor’s certificate. W. H.
Abbott, Record Clerk of the court,
disinterested attorneys to occupy
seats inside the bar will not be fol
lowed. and this particular part of the
courtroom will be less crowded than
during the average criminal trial.
How They Will Line Up.
Prosecuting Attorney Dorsey and
at least five assistants will occupy a
table directly In front of the bench
and witness stand with the Jury box
close on the righthand side. Attor
ney Rosser with his assistants and
the accused will be seated at a table
to the left of the State’s and farther
away from the jury- The table for
newspaper men Is back of the State’s
table. The arrangements were agreed
upon by the attorneys and the Judge.
The table for the defense was se
lected by Attorney Rosser with a
view to the number of persons who
would wish to be near Frank during
the trial. Seats have been arranged
to the back of the table to accommo
date at least 30 persons, friends and
relatives of the accused, who have
visited him constantly since he was
confined at the Tower.
Deputy Sheriff Plennie Miner, who
will have charge of the crowd and
keeping order in court, will also have
charge of the prisoners. I^ong before
any crowd congregated around the
courthouse Frank and Lee were
brought from the Tower and placed
in the room reserved for them
When court opened Frank took hi3
place at the table reserved for his at
torneys.
The court rule to segregate the
witnesses will, of course, be enforced,
but It may not be until twelve men
have qualified as jurors, which will
hardly be before the middle of the
week.
When the witnesses are segregated
they will be kept In the large court
room on the floor above the trial
room. A bailiff will be placed in the
hall and one on the door of the wit
ness chamber, and as the names are
death of his mother. E. A. Massa.
of No. 305 East Fair street, was over
age. J. H. Gilbert, of South Bend,
was let out because of illness. The
jury panels were thus being revised
and made into a compact venire by
this process of elimination.
Joel Hurt Out of Town.
The following men were excused in
the selection of the fifth panel:
George R. Wall, No. 139 Hill street,
on account of illness; F. M. York, No.
221 Cooper street, on account of the
illness of his wife; W. 1. Brooks, No.
224 East Fair street, on account of
having removed from Fulton Coun
ty. The following were excused in
the selection of the sixth panel: H.
Maness, No. 112 Jefferson street, ac
count of deafness; Joel Hurt was oul
of town.
called they will be brought from the
floor above to the^court.
It Is probable some rule will be
made to keep the witnesses for the
State and the defense separated, in
which event the third floor of the
building would have to be used.
The Jury room was selected with a
great deal of care. It is almost in
accessible from the outside and large
and airy. Its window's are about
twenty feet above an alleyway that
runs on either side. Deputies will be
kept in the alley to keep anyone from
getting this close to the room.
FYom the time a Juror is acceptable
to both sides until the conclusion of
the case he will not he allowed to go
to his home or communicate with
anyone except a fellow’ juror.
The least of tile deputies’ troubles
will not be in handling the crowd that
will gain admission to the court, bui
‘n handling the crowd that will daily
•ongregate on the outside and wait
through the day for news of the pro
ceeding.® in the trial. Ten deputies
and as many members of the county
police will be on duty on the streets
around the building.
U. S. Health Chief
Gives New List of
‘Dog Days’ Don’ts
WASHINGTON. July 28.—Surgeon
General Blue, of the public health
service, to-day gave *v>nae hot we>ather
advice, as follows:
Eat plenty of fruits; all the fresh
vegetables that agree with you; as
little meat as possible, and starchy
foods, like potatoes, in moderate
quantities.
Drink beverages of the soft, non
alcoholic variety; plenty of butter
milk and pure sweet milk, certified
milk preferred; alcoholic drinkR in
great moderation, if at all. and cool
carbonated or oxygenated drinks.
Wear white outer clothes, biue un
derwear. soft collars straw hats and
ea*ty shoes.
worth and Marietta society, and Is
considered one of the most beautiful
girls in the former town.
The circumstances surrounding the
disappearance of the young girl are
shrouded in mystery, owing to rhe un
willingness of her relatives to discuss
the matter. According to her friends,
however, this Is all that is known of
the case:
Early in June Miss Awtrey left New
York to tour Europe under the care
of Miss Olive Faw, of Marietta, who
takes parties of Cobb County girls
across the Atlantic each year. There
were a number of Miss Awtrey 3
friends in the party, and she had
been viewing the trip wrlth pleasure.
Her first letters from abroad were op
timistic in tone. She declared she
was having a glorious time. Sudden
ly there was a change. In her let
ters the girl reflected the homesick
ness that, she declared, w r as making
Europe distasteful to her. She said
she wanted to return home and seo
her friends.
Miss Faw conducts tw’o tours dur
ing the summer, and Miss Awtrey
had arranged to take both of them
When she reached London, on the
second tour, however, she wrote -o
her parents that she was coming
homp, She was next heard of in New
York, about two weeks ago. She wired
her father that she was homesick and
wanted to come home, and asked him
to send her some money and a ticket.
He wired her the $200. That same
,evening Mr. Awtrey received a tele
gram asking hJm to meet her in At
lanta a few days later.
Found Trunk—Not Daughter.
On the day mentioned Mr. Awtrey
'was at the Terminal Station to greet
his daughter. The train pulled in, the
lather waited, but the girl dia not ap
pear. Thinking perhaps 3he had
missed her train and would come on
a later one, he stayed in Atlanta al)
day and met every train from New
York. Mis Awtrey still did not come.
Mr. Awtrey investigated and found
that her baggage had been checked
through from New York to Atlanta
and had arrived on the first train he
had met.
Mr. Awtrey then returned to his
home. He waited several days, and
when his daughter still failed to ap
pear. he asl>#<] the aid and advice of
his brother. John Atwrey, of Mariet
ta. and his brother-in-law, D. F. Me-
Cl&tchy. A few days later Mr. Mc-
Clatchy came to Atlanta and enlisted
the services of the Burns agency.
Detective Chatham, attached to the
Atlanta office, went to Marietta and
Acworth to determine if any clews
could be developed there. His quest
was fruitless. The Burns agency then
obtained a photogr .ph from a pho
tographer in Marietta, a relative of
the missing girl, and it was scattered
broadcast over the country.
Miss Awtrey’s family has made
every effort to keep the fact of her
disappearance a secret, and her rela
tives and intimate friends have been
sworn to secrecy. None of them will
discuss the mysterv, nor advance any
theories to account for her disap
pearance.
“I’m sure I do not know what
caused Lynette to run away.” said
Mrs. R. M. Moon, a distant relative
of the girl. "It Is as great a mystery
to me as it is to anyone.
Elooement Is Rumored.
John Awtrey, t missing girl’s un
cle, refused to make any comment
whatever on his niece’s unexplained
absence.
“All I know is that she started home
from New York and didn’t get here,”
he said.
The girl’s father could not be seen
when a Georgian reporter visited
Acworth Sunday night. One of her
brothers declared that the members
of her family entertain no theories of
foul play or of a love affair.
"We are satisfied with the situa
tion." he said. “She has been lo
cated.”
Despite the assertions of the mem
bers of the girl’s family that her dis
appearance is not the culmination of a
love affair, several of Miss Awtrey’s
friends, in discussing the case, per
sist in mentioning the name of a
young man. whose home is in Atlanta,
who has been an ardent suitor of
Miss Awtrey’s for the paRt year. The
suit of the young Atlantan, It is said,
has not met with the approval of the
girl's family, and It is Intimated that
he has been forbidden to call on her.
The theory evolved out of thes°
facts by Miss Awtrey’s friends is that
the girl really came to Atlanta from
New York and that her admirer met
her here and persuaded her to elopo
with him.
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Rivals for Hand of
Esther Cleveland
BALTIMORE, July 28.—Filled with
a youthful ardor to win the hand of
Miss Esther Cleveland, second daugh
ter of Mrs Thomas J. Preston, Jr„
and the late President Grover Cleve
land. Herman Stump and H. Gordon
Ewing, both of Baltimore, are rivals
In a “race for love" which is interest
ing not only the friends of the girl
but a considerable portion of Bal
timore society.
Both wooers are about 21 years old
and both are members of the senior
class at Princeton University, which
is in the town where Miss Cleveland
has spent most of her life. The class
mates have been friends for years.
u.rougn Ma
Williams, will bring suit against
county for *1,800, which the Mayor
leges the county is due the town
road and bridge tax.
Fasting and Feast
Cause Man’s Death
ANNISTON. July 28.—After fasting
twelve days to reduce his weight and
then eating with Intemperance, L. M.
Mills, manager of the Postal Tele
graph Company’s Anniston office, died
to-day of typhoid fever.
Business men are making an effort
to have Mrs. Mills, his widow, ap
pointed manager to succeed him.
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
_ . SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT
For the six months ending June 30, 1913, of the condition of the
Pan-American Lile Insurance Company
^ OF NEW ORLEANS,
Organized under the laws of the State of Louisiana, made to the Governor
of the State of Georgia, in pursuance to the laws of said State.
Principal office, 1301-1311 Whitney Building, New Orleans La.
I. CAPITAL STOCK.
1. Amount of capital stock and surplus $1,750,000.00
2. Amount of capital stock paid up in cash .. . . 1,600,000.00
3. Amount in notes of the stockholders $ 150,000.00
II. ASSETS.
1. Market value of real estate owned by the company $ 45,300.00
2. Loans on bonds and mortgage (first liens) on real es-
. t tate 755,152.50
3. Loans secured by pledge of bonds, stock* or other mar
ketable collaterals ' 74.293.50
4. Loans made in cash to policyholders on this company’s
policies assigned as collateral 38,313.13
5. Premium notes, loans or liens on policies in force 4^054.89
6. Bonds and stocks owned absolutely, market value (car
ried out) 841,762.17
7. Cash in company’s office 100.00
8. Cash deposited in bank to credit of company 54,515!03
10. Interest due or accrued and unpaid 23,351.02
11. Bills receivable 1,321.16
12. Agent’s balance u!778!38
13. Rents due or accrued and unpaid.. 316.38
14. Net amount of uncollected and deferred premiums (de
duction 20 per cent for average loaning from gross
amount) 34,830.95
15. All other assets, both real and personal, not included here
inbefore 67,060.07
Total assets „ ^ $1,952,144.18
III. LIABILITIES.
Net premium reserve $ 370,112.36
3. Death losses and matured endowments in process
of adjustment, or adjusted and not due $1,000.00
Total policy claims . • 1,000.00
10. Amount of ali other claims against the company 40,482.77
11. Cash capital 925,000.00
12. Surplus over all liabilities 586,715.50
Total liabilities $1,923,310.73
IV. INCOME DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR 1913.
1. Amount of cash premiums received $ 179,395.83
2. Amount of notes received for premium® ., 4.054.89
3. Interest received 64.765.49
4. Amount of Income from all other source* .. 11,725.77
Total income $ 259.941.98
V. DISBURSEMENTS DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE
YEAR 1913.
1. Losses paid $5,000.00
Total $5,000.00
Total amount actually paid for losses and matured en
dowments $ 5,000.00
5. Surrender policies .. 5,207.48
6. All other amounts paid to policyholders or others 9,562.59
7. Expenses paid, including commissions to agents, and of
ficers’ salaries 116,246.39
8. Taxes paid 6,758.49
9. All other payments and expenditures •• 4.942.85
Total disbursements $ 147.717.JJ0
Greatest amount Insured In any one risk $ 50,000.00*
Total amount of insurance outstanding 11,345,793.00
•Of which $40,000 is reinsured. Largest net amount carried is $10,000.
A copy of the act of Incorporation, duly certified, is of file in the office of
the Insurance Commissioner.
STATE OF* LOUISIANA—Parish of Orleans.
Personally appeared before the undersigned. James L. Wright, who,
being duly sworn, deposes and says tnd that the foregoing statement iscor-
American Life Insurance Company, and that he foregoing statement is con*
rect and true. JAS. L. WRIGHT,
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 25th day of July, 1913.
EDWARD RIGHT OR, Notary Public, Jf