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YOL.XI. NO. 308.
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1913. w'SffiTfiyiH’e*
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Important developments in the trial Wednesday of Leo M.
Frank for the murder of Mary Phagan follow:
W. W. Rogers, former county policeman, in whose auto the
police went to the factory the morning the body was found, testi
fies frank was nervous when taken to the plant and apparently
afraid to look at the body.
Miss Grace Hix, factory employee, testifies Frank rarely spoke
to the girls in the plant and that the young women combed their
hair near the lathe where strands of hair, alleged to be from the
head of Mary Phagan were found.
John Black, deective, testifies that Frank was nervous. His
statement that Frank was “nervous, as any other man would be
who had been arrested,’’ is stricken out on Dorsey’s request. He
is questioned by the State in an effort to show Frank engaged
counsel before he was arrested. Cross-examined by Rosser, he
admits having made a mis-statement and retracts it. He is fiercely
grilled by the defense.
Solicitor Dorsey and Attorney Hooper admit J. M. Gantt is
to give sensational new evidence.
Sixteen-year-old Graoe Hix, a pretty employee of the National
Pencil Factory living at No. 100 McDonough road, who identified
the body of Mary Phagan, was called by the State in the trial of
Leo M. Frank Wednesday, but proved a much better witness for
the defense.
Slight and graceful and attractive, the young factory girl
made a decidedly pleasing impression in the half hour she was
on the stand. She answered all of the questions asked her by
Solicitor Dorsey and Attorney Rosser with simple directness and
apparent truthfulness. She was the first witness whose testi
mony was distinctly favorable to the defense
She was attired entirely in'
white. She seemed not at all
embarrassed by the hundreds of
byes focused upon her and never
for a moment was confused by
the questions of the attorneys.
Her testimony was accompanied
from first to last by gestures.
She explained conditions and
situations in the factory, it
seemed, exactly as she would
have explained them in the pri
vacy of her own home.
In response to the questions in the
cross-examination conducted by At
torney Rosser, chief of counsel for
Frank, she said that she never had
known of Frank speaking to any of
the girls in the factory except in
connection with their work and never
had known that he had attempted
familiarities of any sort. As far as
■he knew he had never spoken to
*ary Phagan.
Spots Might Have Been Paint.
The red spots discovered by the de
tectives on the second floor, for all
she knew, might have come from the
paint room. She said that paint fre
quently was spattered on the floor
when the employees in the paint room
were walking to the dressing rooms.
"And do you girls have a place to
comb your hair?" inquired Attorney
Rosser.
, ‘‘Yes. we have one, but many of us
girls comb our hair right where we
happen to be working," she respond
ed naively.
‘‘And are there any of the girls ’n
the factory who have hair the color
of Mary Phagan's,” continued the at
torney.
“Yes, there's Magnolia Kennedy.
Her hair is almost the same color.”
Points for Defense.
By t5e testimony of this one girl
Attorney Rosser showed that it was
possible that the red spots on the
floor in the dressing room and to
ward the middle of the factory might
have been red paint and not blood;
that the hair found on the lathing
machine might have been that of
Magnolia Kennedy, or some other girl,
who had been combing her hair there.,
and, finally, that Frank's deportment
among the girls of the factory, so far
as she knew, was always exemplary.
The Hix girl was called by Solicitor
Dorsey to tell of her identification of
the body of Mary Phagan the morn
ing after the murder and to describe
some of the physical characteristics of
the second floor of the factory.
With her testimony he continued n
laying the foundation for his theory
that the attack upon Mary Phagan
was njade on the second floor of the
building and not on the first floor,
where Jim Conley was in hiding.
He had her tell of the proximity
of the men’s and women's dressing
rooms on the second floor and how
it would have been impossible for a
person entering the men’s not to have
passed within a few feet of that for
the women.
Solicitor Dorsey, by his other two
witnesses of the forenoon, W. W.
(“Boots”) Rogers and Detective John
Black, sought primarily to place in
the hearts of the Jurors that Deo
Frank attacked and strangled Mary
Phagan in the factory April 26, and
then, ip the revulsion of horror at
his deed, was in abject terror of look
ing upon the face of his victim when
he was taken to the morgue for the
purpose of identifying her.
The Solicitor drew from the two
men other circumstances of the
morning after the crime, which he
evidently proposes to interpret as
significant of Frank’s guilt, but he
laid the greatest stress on the visit
of Frank at the morgue, where both
Rogers and Black testified Frank
avoided gassing at the bruised and
contorted features of the murdered
factory girl.
Say Frank Was Nervous.
Black and Rogers testified that
Frank appeared nervous all the morn
ing after they went for him at his
home, 68 East Georgia avenue, and
took him to the morgue and later to
the factory. Rogers was on the stand
about two hours and told a seemingly
straightforward story. He was not
bothered much by the cross-examina
tion of Rosser, but made slight modi
fications to some of the statements in
his direct testimony.
It was evident that Black’s testi
mony was going to precipitate a live
ly squabble between the attorneys the
moment that he went on the stand.
Attorney Rosser was on his feet with
objections almost every half minute.
Either his objection was leveled at the
manner of Black’s testimony or the
character of the Solicitor’s questions.
Almost invariably he won his point.
Rosser declared that Black was
stating his own conclusions in regard
to the mental state of Frank instead
of merely presenting to the Jury its
outward manifestations and permit
ting the Jury to Judge for itself.
To Spring Surprise in Gantt.
Black asserted that Frank was pale
and nervous on the morning of April
27; that he talked excitedly and asked
questions without waiting for an
swers, and that his voice was trem
bling and hoarse, and that he never
entered the room where Mary Pha
gan’s body lay at the morgue.
Attorneys for the prosecution indi-
LATEST
NEWS
Continued on Page 2, Column 1.
SAVANNAH, July 30.—The
formal transfer of the Brinson
Railroad, recently purchased by
New York capitalists headed by
James Imbrie, is expected to take
place late this afternoon. It is
said Brinson will receive between
$400,000 and $500,000. the initial
payment being $50,000. Brinaon
will tender his resignation as
president and Imbrie will assume
control of the line.
ALTOONA, PA., July 30.—
Pennsylvania passenger train No.
13 ran into another passenger
train this afternoon near Tyrone,
just east of here. At least fifteen
persons are injured.
LONDON, ONtT July 30.—That
an attempt was made to blow up
the new $125,000 garbage inciner
ator during the night was made
known to-day. A six-inch shell
was concealed in the garbage that
had been collected.
CLEVELAND, OHIO, July 30.
Six heat prostrations and the
death of five babies was the hot
weather toll registered up to 1
p. m. to-day.
CALUMET, MICH., July 30.—
The managers of the miners in
the copper district this afternoon
refused to send representatives to
Lansing to confer with Governor
Ferris and representatives of the
18,000 striking miners.
‘Uncle Joe’ Thrown
Into Lake by Auto;
Never Loses Cigar
DAW-IDLE, ILL.. July 30.—The
only reason that "Uncle Joe" Cannon
Is alive to-day was the shallowness oi
the small lake In Spring Hill ceme
tery. The former Speaker and his
daughter narrowly escaped drowning
when their automobile went over a
fifteen-foot embankment and alighted
right side up In five feet of water.
“Uncle Joe's" teeth clung to the thin,
black cigar.
“I thought we started for a spin,
not a swim,” he paid gruffly.
Mrs. Ernest Leseure. his daughter,
who was about to faint from fright,
laughed. They climbed out of the
machine and waded ashore. “Uncle
Joe” rode home in a grocery delivery
wagon.
Hoke Smith Fights
Vigorously Naming
Of Negro toU.S, Job
WASHINGTON^ July 30—Senator
Hoke Smith, of Georgia, has protest
ed to President Wilson in the strong
est terms against the appointment of
A. E. Patterson, of Muskogee, Okla/,
a negro, as Register of the Treasury.
The statement that Senator Smith
called at the White House to urge the
President to stand by his appointment
of Patterson is without foundation.
Senator Smith went as far as cour
tesy would permit in condemning the
appointment of Patterson.
$900 Clerk Twits
Mr. Bryan in Verse
WASHINGTON, July 30.—R. E
Norfleet, Jr., a clerk in the Depart
ment of Justice, has written a poem
which was made public to-day, in
which he twits Secretary Bryan for
complaining that he cannot live on
$12,000 a year. The last stanza fol
lows:
All things are out of proportion.
To us all a yard is a yard;
If the Burden falls heavy on Bryan
On us It is equally hard.
And thus we word our petition,
And hope that relief may be near!
For if Bryan can’t live on a thousand
a month
We can’t on nine hundred a year.
Mexico Frees Three
American Prisoners
WASHINGTON, July 30.—Charge
d’Affaires O’Shaughnessy of the
American Embassy at Mexico City to
day notified the State Department of
the release by the administration of
the three Americans imprisoned at
Chihuahua—Bernard McDonald, min
ing engineer; Charles Biesel and the
latter’s chauffeur.
The Mexican Foreign Office so ad
vised Mr. O’Shaughnessy to-day. Con-
ditions are unchanged at San Luis
Potosi and quiet reigns at Madera,
according to State Department ad-
vj£-s.
Ys
FREED BY
Governor Pardons Young Woman
in Chatham Jail Who Is Suf
fering From Tuberculosis.
Delicate and frail as a result of an
operation for appendicitis and a vic
tim of tuberculosis. Jack Davis, a 20-
year-old girl prisoner In the Savan
nah county jail Wednesday morning
received a pardon from Governor John
M. Slaton.
The girl was convicted on the
charge of vagrancy in Chatham Coun
ty in May and sentenced to six months
in jail upon failure to pay the fine of
$100. At the end of a month she was
stricken down by an attack pf appen
dicitis, from which phe recovered only
by the heroic efforts of the State phy
sicians. coupled with her own deter
mination to live, regardless of obsta
cles.
A worse calamity was in store for
her, however. The physicians an
nounced that she was affected with
tuberculosis, and it was then the girl
In the face of a lingering deajh in
prison, decided to make an appeal to
be allowed to pass her last days out-
» ldfe "jjtijgu S V ha " J2,
the Governor, besg’rtg him to nave
mercy upon*her and allow her to go
home to die.
Victim of Misfortunes.
"I have not long to live, I know-,”
she states in the letter, “and the idea
of dying a prisoner is more than l can
stand. I am a girl just 20 years of
age. and unfortunately was led away
from my home a year ago. I have only
been living a life of shame since then.
I am innocent of the charge against
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RACING
RESULTS
AT HAMILTON.
FIRST RACE—Puree $600, 2-year-
olds, selling, 6 furlongs: Ratina 104
(Deron.de), 9-20, out, won; Serenata 86
(Taylor), 15 to 1, 4-1, 8-5, second: Dick
Doodle 107 (Moore), 40 to 1, 10 to 1,
2 to 1, third. Time 1.14 2-6. Scarlet
Letter. The Urchin, Single Colors and
John 1\ Dixon.
SECOND RACE-Mile and eighth:
Earl of Savoy 106 (Buxton(), 6-5, 1-2,
1-6, won; .Master Jim 114 (Connolley),
7-2, 6-5, 3-6, secern?: Fardoodle 92
(Ward). 50-1. 20-1, 10-1. third. Time
1:54 4-5. Also ran, Moonlight. Schaller,
P&trucfee, Star Ashland, Foxcraft.
AT BELMONT.
FIRST RACE—Six furlongs: Besom
115 (Butwell), 1 to 10, out. won; Car-
roll Reid 95 (Brady), 30 to 1, 2 to 1,
out, second; Aviator 97 (Karrick), 8 to
1. 1 to 3, out, third. Time 1:16. only
three starters.
SECOND RACE--Straight course. 6&
furlongs: Pan American 108 (Karrick),
even. 2-5, out. won; Humiliation 108
(Wilson), 13-5, 4-5, 1-3, second: Mar
garet Meise 108 (Butwell), 3-1, even,
2-5, third. Time 1:07. Also ran, Ash-
can, lone and Lady Fernal.
TRYING TD STIR
ENTRIES.
AT HAMILTON.
FIRST RACE—Purse $500, maiden 3-
year-olds and up, 6 furlorgs: Puritan
Lass TOO, Planutora 103. John Bowman
107. Crystowoda 107, Belle of Lynne
ville 103, aHalfshot 103, aMasulus 110.
aRoberts-Breck entry.
SECOND RACE—Purse, 2-year-olds,
6 furlongs: Senorita 102, I^ennie D 105,
Patty Regan 107, Lador 110. Irish Ann
107, The Idol 107, Behest 107.
THIRD RACE—Purse $500. -3-year-
olds and up. 6 furlongs, selling: Car-
rillon 107, Nimbus 109, Rosemary 110,
Burning Daylight 107, Charlton King
107, Stanley 8, TOO, Jonquil 110, Pluvtus
121.
FOURTH RACE--Empire handicap,
$700. 3-year-olds and up, 1 1-16 miles:
Cousin Puss 98, Samuel R. Meyer 111,
Flora Flna 113, bKlwah 104, bLochlel
107, Bamcgat 116.
b Bed well entry.
FIFTH RACE—Selling, purse $600. 3-
year-olds and up. 6 furlongs: xDt. R. 1.
calm 107. 1’oin Sayers 113, My Geni
105, Black Rive/ 113
SIXTH RACE—Selling, purse $500,
maiden 2-year-olds, 5 furlongs: Fidelity
98, Diamond Cluster 109, Zodiac 103,
Goodwill 106. Nancy Orme 108. Wanita
108, Mary Plckford 98. Buzz Around
103, Indolence 106, Patince 108, Veil-
chene 108. Janlet 108. Also eligible:
xLaura 103. Abphion 108.
SEVENTH RACE—Purse $1,200,
Brantford selling handicap, 3-year-olds
and up. 1 mile on turf: Marjorie A
109, Blackford 110, bPrince Ahmed 114,
b Pat on 103.
bBedwell entry.
xApprentice allowance claimed.
Weather, clear. Track, fast.
JohnD.’s Son-in-Law
Speeds 29 Miles to
Office in Flying Boat
ATLANTA...
MOBILE... y
CRACKERS r h o a e
Lono. If 113 0 1
Agisr. 1 fa ....... 6 18 2 0
Wefcbonct, cf.. 0 0* 1 0 I
Smith. 2b Vim
Bijland, si!.... ,Alt*0
■4
Holz. rf 0 0*00
Manush, 3b.... 110 11
Chapman, c.... 113*0
f Clarke, p .. . 0 0 *’ 1 •
10 00003* 0-4
•6110110 1-5
GULLS. r h o a e
„ Stoek.si ....**it0
Starr, 2b 0 I t A 0
Totals
4 8 24 11 2
O’Dell3b ...
Paulat, lb ...
leberstaa, ef
Schmidt, e ...
Clark, If) ...
McGill, rf
Campbell, p
Totals....
0 0 0 *0
1 * 13 6 0
t t < 0 0
A 3 c i 0
6*0 * 0 0
U l 1*0 1
0 0 0 • •
5 12 27 12 l
Clark and Campbell Hurl First
Game of Double-Header;
Crackers Score First.
WASHINGTON, July 30.—Senator
Lewis introduced a resolution in the
Senate to-day authorizing Secretary
of the Treasury McAdoo to withdraw
Government deposits from all banks
which he believes are in a conspiracy
to “intimidate Congress and terrorize
the citizens of the United States
through inciting fear of a panic” and
“which have falsely depressed securi
ties of the United States and discred
ited the bonds of the United States
Government.”
The Secretary is further author
ized to suspend all the privileges en
joyed by said banks and to withdraw
their charter.
Senator Stone charged the Repub
licans with attempting to create a
financial panic in the country by pes-
semistic speeches in the Senate which
were circulated throughout the coun
try and had the effect of making
people fear that hard times were com
ing.
Senator Clark, of Wyoming and
Kenyon, of Iowa, vigorously denied
Stone’s charge and said the trouble
was due to the effects of President
Wilson, Secretary of Commerce Red-
fleld, and Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo to force a new economic pol
icy on the country which the coun
try does not want.
Dreams of Baseball;
Chases Fly in Sleep
DALTON, July 30.—Dreaming of
baseball Claude Prentiss, 12.year-old
son of O. G. Prentiss, local agent for
the Southern Railway, thought he was
chasing a fly in the outfield and ran
out of an upstairs window of a bed-
room at his home and struck the
brick pavement below.
The little fellow got up. dazed by
the shock of the fall, but only slight
ly bruised,
CHICAGO, July 30,—Harold F. Mc
Cormick, millionaire sportsman and
son-in-law of John D. Rockefeller,
made a successful flight in his flying
boat to-day from his home in
Lakecrest to Grant Park.
He followed the shore line of Lake
Michigan during the lo-mlle Journey.
Mr. McCormick announced he would
fly from his suburban home to his
office every morning If the weather
permitted. On the trip to-day he was
accompanied by Aviator Charles C.
Wttmer.
Starting at McCormick's private
harbor, the machine was driven sev
eral hundred feet Into the air about
200 yards from the shore. McCor
mick maintained a speed of about 70
miles an hour, covering the 29 miles
to Grant Park In 28 minutes. He
made a perfect landing and walked
half a block to his office.
Sifting of Mulhall’s
Testimony Is Begun
WASHINGTON, July 30.—Having
protected Martin M. Mulhall while
he has built up a huge mound of ac
cusations against the leglalative ac
tivities of the National Association
of Manufacturers, the Overman Lob
by Inquiry Committee to-day began
to pick this evidence to pieces to find
Just what wrongful acts the manu
facturers committed.
“It is not Mulhall but the manu
facturers who are on trial here,” said
a member of th$ committee.
MOBILE, ALA., July 30.—George
Clark was on the mound for the Crack
ers in the first game of a double-header
with the Gulls here this afternoon.
Campbell was Mike Finn's choice for
slab duty.
Billy Smith’s crew were first to score
by getting one tally In the opening in
ning. The home boys tied the score in
the third and took the lead in the
fourth by scoring another tally.
FIRST INNING.
Long singled to left. Agler sacrificed
out, O'Dell to Paulet. Welchonce
grounded out, Starr to Paulet. Smith
singled to center, scoring Long. Bls-
land grounded to Stock, forcing Smith
at second to Starr. TWO HITS. ONE
RUN.
Stock grounded out. Smith to Agler.
Starr filed to Holtz. O’Dell grounded
out. Bisland to Agler. NO HITS. NO
RUNS.
SECOND INNING.
Holtz grounded out, Starr to Paulet.
Manush also went out. Starr to Paul - |
et. Chapman grounded out, O’Dell to
Paulette. NO HITS. NO RUNS.
Paulet singled to right. Robertson
grounded to Agler, forcing Paulet to
Bisland. Schmidt singled to center.
Clark ^grounded to Bisland. forefh
Schmidt to Bmith. CfiarR stoeL second.
McGill fawned. TWO HITS, Nt> RUNS.
THIRD INNING.
Clark fanned. Long singled to left.
Agler filed out to Robertson. Welchonce
filed out to McGill ONE HIT. NO
RUNS.
Campbell grounded out, Bisland to
Agler. Stock beat out a bunt. Starr
singled to right. Stock scored when
Manush missed Holtz’s throw to third.
O’Dell went out. Smith to Agler. Paul
et filed to Long TWO HITS, ONE
RUN.
FOURTH INNING.
, Smith flied to Robertson. Bisland
grounded out, Starr to Paulet. Holtz
f rounded out to Paulet, unassisted. NO
IIT8, NO RUNS.
Robertson beat out a bunt and took
second when Smith threw wild to first.
Schmidt hit in front of the plate and
was out, Chapman to Agler. Clark flied
to Holtz and Robertson scored after the
catch. McGill grounded out to Agler,
unasslBted. ONE HIT. ONE RUN
FIFTH INNING.
Manush flied to Clark. Chapman flied
to Robertson. Clark popped to Stock.
NO HITS, NO RUNS.
Campbell grounded out, Clark to Ag
ler. Stock grounded out, Agler to Clark.
Starr walked. O’Dell lined to Clark. NO
HITS, NO RUNS.
SIXTH INNING.
Long filed to Robertson. Agler sin
gled to left. Welchonce flied to Clark.
Smith filed to Robertson. ONE HIT,
NO RUNS.
Paulet singled to left. Robertson dou
bled to left and Paulet went to third.
Schmidt singled to left, scoring Paulet
and Robertson. Schmidt out stealing.
Chapman to Smith. Clark filed to Wel-
cbonce McGill fanned. THREE HITS,
TWO RUNS.
SEVENTH INNING.
Bisland doubled to left. Holtz ground
ed out. Starr to Paulet, Bisland went to
third. Manush singled to rich, scoring
Bisland. Chapman singled to right and
went to third when McGill let the ball
get away from him. Manush scored. I
Clark went out, O’Dell to Paulet. Long I
singled to left, scoring Chapman. Long
out stealing. Schmidt to Starr. FOUR
HITS. THREE RUNS.
Campbell lined to Smith. Stock |
singled to right. Starr slng'ed to right.
Stock went to third. O’Delf grounded
out, Smith to Agler, Stock scored on the
out. Paulet walked. Robertson fanned.
TWO HITS. ONE RUN.
* SUMMARY.
jsc hits—Robertson. Bisland.
it—Campbell, 1.; by Clark, 3, Bases on balls—
. 2. Sacrifice hits—Agler. Clark. Stolen bases
Umpires—Berger ana Thompson.
r ! H INNING—Agler flied to McGill. Welchonce
.1 out Star to Paulet. Smith grounded out, O’Dell
N0HITS.N0 RUNS.
! singled to left. Clark grounded to Manush,
r ' smdf at second to Smith. McGill singled to left.
* ted to Long. Stock also flied to Long. NO
'0 RUNS.
i i NING- island flied to Robertson. Holtz
Manush fanned. M0 HITS. NO
r:.m
NATIONAL LEAGUE 1
AT PITTSBURG—
BROOKLYN 100 000 ... - . .
PITTSBURG) 030 000 ... - . .
Ragon and Miller; McQuillen and G Ibaon. Umpires. K*em and Orth,
AT CHICAGO—
NEW YORK 000 00. ... - . .
CHICAGO 001 00. ... - . .
Tesreau and Meyesr; Cheney and Breenahan. Umpires, Rlgler and Byron,
AT CINCINNATI—
PHILADELPHIA .10 - . .
CINCINNATI 20 - . .
Brennan and Kllllfer; Ames and Cl ark. Umplree, Brennan and Eaton,
AT 8T. LOUIS—
BOSTON 0 - . .
ST. LOUIS 3 - . .
James and Rarlden; Harmon and Wingo. Umpire*, O'Day and Ematla.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
AT PHILADELPHIA—
ST. LOUIS 000 00. ... - . . .
PHILADELPHIA ........ 010 01. ... - . . .
Wellman and Alexander; Bush and Schang. Umpires, Evans and Hilde
brand.
A7 NEW YORK—
CHICAGO 000 000 . . - . . .
NEW YORK 000 000 ... - . . .
Russell and Schalk; Fisher and Swtenty. Umplra,, Egan and Dlnaan.
Other games off, rain.
For Remainder of Details See Red Type.
Millionaire Is Buried
In Big Cement Block
DE8 MOINES, July 30.—A coffin
containing the body of Oliver H. Per
kins, millionaire, who died recently,
has been placed ip th* heart of a
block of cement 10 feet deep by 10
feet square In Woodlawn Cemetery.
An excavation 10 feet deep by 10
feet square was made. Cement was
poured in to a depth of 3 feet, upon
which was placed a steel casket. Then
the pouring of cement was resumed
unttl the grav| was filled.
Evelyn Just> Hates
The Name of Thaw
NEW YORK, July 30.—Evelyn
Nesblt Thaw, or, as she Insists on
being called, Evelyn Nesblt, returned
to America to-day on the liner Olym
pic to All a theatrical engagement.
“If the manager of my production
in New York Insists on billing me as
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw," she said, “I
shall positively refuse to appear In
his company. I am done with the
Thaw family for good. It is not right
to msjte it appear that I am trying to
parade the name of Thaw. I am pos
itively Evelyn Nesblt.”
Mumps Conquered
Through Inoculation
Special Cable to The Georgian.
PARIS. July 30.—Inoculation of
children against the mumps is now
possible, according to an announce
ment of Drs. Nicole, Conceil and Roux,
who have been experimenting with
the microbe.
16-Year-Old Boy On
Trial for Slaying
GAINESVILLE, GA., July SO —Bar
tow Cantrell. 16 years old, to-day is
being tried for the murder of Arthur
Hawkins on May 27. He first decided
to plead guilty and said his brother,
Jim Cantrell, hired him to kill Haw
kins. Jim Cantrell has been found
guiity of murder without recommen
dation.
Mrs. Silva Hawkins, wife of the
murdered man, has not yet been tried.
Jim Cantrell Is likely to be the first
white man to be hanged In Hal!
County.
Autoist Hurled Into
Windshield Is Dying
AURORA, ILL., July 30.—John
Stewart, millionaire owner of six
banks in the Eox River Valley and
known over the United States as a
lumber magnate, to-day was hurled
through the glass shield of his auto
mobile and suffered probably fatal in
juries.
He was returning from the wedding
of his granddaughter. Esther Stewart,
and Archibald Richards at Elburn.
Ill., where he had given the bride a
wedding present of 6100,000.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia.—Local thunderghow-
ers Wednesday and Thuraday.
National Assurance
Head Under Arrest
On Fraud Charge
On a warrant sworn out at Ltncoln-
ton, Ga., Harry C. Conley, No. 848
West Peachtree street, president of
the National Assurance Company at
the time a receiver was appointed,
has been arrested by the Sheriff of
Fulton County. Conley will be taken
to Washington. Ga., for a hearing on
the charge of swindling and cheating.
A request for the extradition of
Conley was made some time ago by
the authorities of another State, but
was refused on the ground that tha
crime of which he was accused was
committed in Georgia.
P. C. McDuffie represents the pros
ecution. James Wrlghth as been re
tained by Conley.
Boy in Knee Pants
Jailed as Slayer
VALDOSTA. July SO.—Henry Mil
ler, a boy In knee trousers, la to-day
In Jail here charged with the mur
der of Walker Smith at Melroae, last
night. Miller, It Is alleged, stabbed
Smith to the heart with a barlow
knife. Smith dying in a few min
utes.
Miller and Smith were employed , t
the turpentine distillery of W. M.
Miller, brother of the alleged slayer.
Smith had charge of the mules and
objected to Miller riding one of them.
A quarrel followed. The dead man
was 23 years old. He left a wife and
two children. ^