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Florida Offcers Catch Two Men
Wanted in Georgia Accused
of Fake Sales.
ARCADIA, FI.A., Aug. I.—Sheriff J.
*L. Dishong has arrested G. W. Bish
op, D. E. Moorefleld and a third per
son on a telegram from Atlanta tell
ing him to hold these men for Greene
County, Georgia, authorities.
The men, it is alleged, were doing
business under assumed names, G.
W. Bishop, alias G. Baker: D. TC.
Moorefleld, alias M. E. Dorsey, alias
D. E. Ennis; and G. Moorefleld, alias
E. Moore. The latter escaped. It is
said they claimed to be organizing a
stock company to manufacture soft
drings, the plant to be erected in
Tampa. The promoters, it is alleged,
cashed about $2,000 in notes received
for stock, at Arcadia. They had
$1,825 on them when arersted. Mrs.
Bishop and two children were with
the party.
Moorefleld and
Bishop Indicted.
Woman Is Named to
Supervise ‘Spooning’
ASBURY PARK, N. J., Aug. 1.—
Mayor R. 8. B'~uiett has appointed
Mrs. Nanette, a bocial worker of Bal
timore, as a special boardwalk po
licewoman.
She will watch the “spooners” and
“mashers” and act as a censor of the
bathing costumes.
FALLS 100 FEET, UNHURT.
| GAINESVILLE. FLA.. Aug. 1.—
'I After falling 100 feet from a balloon
here Fred Lowen was unhurt. His
|all was broken by the branches of
a tree.
Slaying of Rooney
Another Chapter in
Feud of Gamblers
BIRMINGHAM, Aug. 1.—Ed Ellis,
who late last night shot and killed
Pat Rooney, of Montgomery, when
the two met in the heart of the city,
was to-day transferred to the Jeffer
son County Jail He still contends
that while he was sorry for the kill
ing, he could not help it, self-defense
being claimed. W. B. Rooney, broth
er of the slain man, declares the kill
ing wtts a chapter in a feud among
gamblers and that Ellis had envy
and malice for Rooney.
Though a Birmingham man, Ellis
has been residing in Montgomery for
a year or two. In that city Rooney
killed Louis Smith, a gambler, and
was acquitted. Smith prior to that
was acquitted of the assassination
of Brooks Fuller, another gambler.
Ellis and Smith were great friends.
Pat Rooney came here two weeks
ago from Atlanta and worked for a
Northern publishing house. He and
Ellis met near the entrance to the
hotel where Ellis is stopping. An
Rooney's body was being placed In
an ambulance a pietm fell to the
ground. W. B. Rooney denies hi*
brother had a pistol with him. Ellis'
mother and brother live in Birming
ham. Rooney’s body was taken to
Montgomery.
Appropriations Committee Slashes
$280,325 From House Meas
ure After Anderson’s Plea.
(, GREENSBORO, Aug. t.—D. E.
Moorefleld and G. W. Bishop were in
dicted by the Greene County Grand
Jury, in session now, charged with
cheating and swindling. The indict
ment charges that they represented
.‘themselves to John H. Bowles, of
) jthis county, as selling stock in the
J£ray Car Door Company, of Atlanta,
Jand secured Bowles’ promissory notes
! |o the amount of $1,500,
i Bowles charges there is no such
iorporation and that the representa
tions made were wholly false.
Requisition papers for Moorefleld
and Bishop, arrested in Florida, were
requested to-day from Governor Sla
ton. The defendants are said to have
operated extensively through this
seclion of the State.
Fire Destroys Trade
Center of a Village
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CHATTANOOGA, Aug. 1.—As the
result of Are which broke out Just
before 8 o’clock last night in the cen
ter of Valley Head, Ala., to-day the
place is a mass of ruins.
Practically every building in the
business district is in ashes.
The flames cut off communications
and authentic reports were not re
ceived until to-day. The residence
district of the town was not so se
riously damaged. The loss will ex
ceed $50,000. No fatalities have been
reported.
Youths To Be Tried
On Slaying Charge
j DOTHAN, Aug. 1.—Jason Robinson-
who was Implicated in the murder of
James Lloyd, a 16-year-old boy. in
this county in March, has been jailed
again on a charge of carrying con
cealed weapons, Robinson is to be
tried in September for the murder of
Lloyd.
Charles Brackin, a youth, has been
acquitted on the charge of the mur
der. Three other prominent youths
gre to have trial in September. All
cases have attracted considerable at
tention.
Bank Cashier Faints
In Court Over $400
GADSDEN. Aue. 1.—A judgment 'n
the sum of $400 has been awarded ;n
the Circuit Court of Cherokee County,
Alabama, at Center, in the case if th*
J. A. Arnold Cotton Company against
the Bank of Menlo, Ga.. to recover
that amount which had been lost iy
the bank. J. 8. Chamblee, cashier of
the bank, testified he had been or
dered to deliver $400 to a cotton buy
er for the company. He claimed to
have given the money to a flagman
named Drake, employed on the Ten
nessee, Alabama and Georgia Rail
road. The flagman denied receiving
the money. In giving his testimony,
Chamblee fainted and created a panic
in the crowded courtroom. A score
of witnesses testified that the flag
man is a man of irreproachable
character.
President to Receive
Mobile Business Men
MOBILE, Aug. 1.—A telegram re
ceived by General Director Irvine
from Senator Duncan U. Fletcher,
president of the Southern Commer
cial Congress, announced that Presi
dent Woodrow Wilson w’ould on Wed
nesday, August 6, receive a delegation
of Mobile citizens bearing a personal
invitation to attend the sessions of
the congress in this city in October.
At a Joint meeting of the boards
of directors of the Chamber of Com
merce and the Business League the
committee was named. This commit
tee will leave Mobile on Monday. At,
Montgomery the delegation will oe
Joined by Governor O’Neal, who will
be its spokesman.
Accuses Husband,
In Jail, of Frauds
ANNISTON, Aug. X.—Mrs. W. C.
Sites, chief witness against her hus
band, who is in Jail in Gadsden, un
der a charge of getting money un
der false pretenses and using malls
to defraud, has come here for se
clusion pending the trial.
Mrs. Sites alleges that Sites would
send out letters to theatrical people
with the ostensible purpose of se
curing employment for her and when
he would receive a favorable reply,
would call for advance money, pocket
the change and then address another
manager under a different name.
Parents Steal Bride
From Young Eloper
MOBILE, Aug. 1.—Reese Brantley,
of Atomre. Ala., is reported to have
eloped with Miss Ethel Cornell,
daughter of Atmore mill superin
tendent, and 'married her at Cause,
Ala., Thursday. On returning to At
more last night the young bride, it is
said, went to break the news to her
parents, who promptly locked her up
In her room and refused to let her
communicate with her husband.
The young husband threatens to
make trouble.
Following a conference with Gov
ernor John M. Hlaton, the Senae Ap
propriations Committee Friday morn
ing clashed $280,825 from the House
general appropriations bill, making
the disbursements balance with tke
estimated revenues.
Th# cut was made in the fourth-
class service on a basis of 7 per cent,
including pensions, public schools and
the higher schools and colleges, in
cluding Tech and the University of
Georgia.
Following the meeting of the com
mittee, which was executive, mem
bers declared that the action of the
committee was unanimous, and that
it would stand behind the report like
a rock wall. Under the ruling of the
committee, it will now be up to the
House to provide means for raising
more revenue if appropriations are to
be raised.
The action of the Senate committee
followed an address in the Senate >t
President Ran^ol^h Anderson, who
called upon the Appropriations Com
mittee to further consider the House
bill calling for an excess of $280,000 in
disbursements over revenues.
Later during the session the com
mittee went into jxecutive session,
and shortly before noon a conference
was held with Governor Slaton. The
Governor, it is understood, lined up
with the Senate committee and Pres
ident Anderson in putting it squarely
up to the House to provide more reve
nues before appropriations are raised.
The cuts are as follows:
Pensions service class. $75,600; pub
lic schools, $178,600; Tech, $5,800;
State Normal at Athens, $3,325; Nor
mal at Milledgeville, $3,775; Normal
at Valdosta, $1,750; University, $3,875:
extension of agricultural schools,
$7,000; Medical College at Augusta,
$2,100.
Moose Officers To
Be Called in Probe
Of Fatal Initiation
MRS, FRANK SMILING
AS SHE LEAVES COURT
BIRMINGHAM. Aug. 1.—When the
probe into the deaths of Christopher
Gustin end Donald Kenny, the two
men killed during initiation into the
local lodge of the Loyal Order of
Moose last week, Is resumed nex!
Tuesday it is proposed to place on
the stand officers of the lodge to as
certain what they know of the work
put on that night.
The wltne'sex examined so far who
were present at the fatal meeting told
practically the same story as to the
accident. Emil Feast, who was a
candidate the same evening, told of
EVINCE
Mrs. Leo Frank,
wife of
defendant in
Phagan case,
and Julian
Boehm, a friend
of the family,
snapped as they
were leaving
the courtroom.
Mrs. Frank
evidently
is well
pleased with
the course the
case is
running.
Georgian, Arrested
In Alabama, Freed
HUNTSVILLE, ALA., Aug 1.—R.
C. Rylee, of Colbert, Ga., was arrested
here by Chief of Police Kirby on a
charge of larceny, but after other
persons interested in the cage had
been consulted, the matter was ad
justed satisfactorily and the ca*e was
withdrawn.
Rylee sold an automobile to Mr*.
Ida Colbert, at Colbert, and several
notes were given. It seems that there
was one too many and Rylee banked
It and left town. He was located
here, and after being arrested, paid
the amount he obtained on the extra
note.
Negro ‘Peeping Tom’
Threatened by Mob
GADSDEN, ALA.. Aug. L—To save
'him from a mob the police of Attalla
at 2 o’clock this morning brough*
Frank Martin, a negro "Peeping
Tom,” to Gadsden and delivered him
to the county authorities.
The negro was caught at midnight
peeping Into A window where society
women were retiring.
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CASE AGAINS
receiving the “branding” stunt. Ho
said he felt the shock, but was not
afraid. While for a few minutes he
left the sensation, he got over it.
Relatives of the deceased are get
ting copies of the testimony being
taken before the Coroner.
Heat Kills 901 Babies
In Chicago in Month
CHICAGO. Aug. l.^The heat wave
that gripped Chicago for three days
was broken today bv a strong breeze
off Lake Michigan. Figures made
public to-day by the Health Depart
ment fhowed that heat had contrib
uted to the death of 901 babies In
Chicago between June 14 and July 12.
During the same period last year
809 deaths occurred among childr_n
under two years.
Seizes 100 Gallons
Of Whisky on Boat
GADSDEN, Au ,t . 1.—Sheriff Sparks,
of Marshall County. Alabama, has
seized 100 gallons of whisky and
eight barrels of beer being transport
ed on the steamer John Ross, and 1*
holding it under the prohibition laws
of Alabama. The liquor was con
signed to Decatur, Ala., to be de
livered secre*’'- after a court injunc
tion restraining railroads and steam
boats from delivering liquor to a’legeij
blind tiger operators had been issueJ
DIES ON STREET CAR.
MOBILE. Aug. 1.—In sight of twen
ty or more passengers Alfred Gron-
beck, an architect, recently arrived
here from Buffalo, N. Y.. died on a
street car from heart disease. He had
relatives in Buffalo.
Needle and Thread
Caused Pain in Knee
EUFATTLA, Aug. 1.—After suffer
ing several weeks with a severe pain
about the knee, Mrs. C. M. Thomp
son had it lanced to-day and a thread
ed needle was taken out by the sur
geon.
Mrs. Thompson is unable to account
for the needle, which evidently had
been imbedded in the fleshy part jf
the leg for many months.
Preacher to Run for
Alabama Senate Seat
COLUMBUS, Aug. 1.—Considerable
Interest la being shown throughout
East Alabama by the announcement
of the probable entry of the Rev. vV.
J. Pride, of Phenix C\f.y, for Senat or
from the Eighth Alabama District. In
addition to being a minister, he is a
prominent banker, being the cashier
of the Phenfx-Girard Bank.
Mr. Price has had much legislative
experience, as he has represented
Russell County in the lower house of
the Alabama Legislature, where lie
made an enviable r^utation. He js
the only man mentioned in connec
tion with the senatorial race thus far.
SEEKS ALABAMA OFFICE.
BIRMINGHAM, Aug. 1.—Charles
H. Greer, of Marion, editor of The
Standard, a weekly newspaper, has
announced his candidacy for Secre
tary of State in the primaries next
Spring. He has two opponents. He
I was defeated by Cyrus Brown, the
* present incumbent.
Here are the important developments of Friday in the trial
of Leo M. Frank:
Mrs. Arthur White, wife of one of the employees of the
pencil factory, testifies that when she came upon Frank sud
denly in his office at 12:30 the day of the crime, he jumped.
N. V. Barley, manufacturing foreman of the factory, testi
fies that, on the afternoon of the tragio day, Frank did three
hours of intricate mathematical work, but also declares that
Sunday and Monday he was extremely nervous.
Judge Roan rules that evidence can not be introduced to
show the nervousness of others when the body was found, but
later changes his decision.
Policeman Anderson testifies that Lee could have seen the
body from where he stood in the basement, and is confronted
with his testimony to the contrary at the coroner’s inquest.
Dr. H. Harris, secretary of the State Board of Health, teeti-
fies food in stomach shows she was killed within half or three-
quarters of an hour after it was eaten. He also testifies to
evidence of a criminal attack. Dr. Harris collapses and is ex
cused from cross-examination.
Albert MoKnight, husband of the cook in the Frank home,
testifies he did not see Frank eat anything for lunch on the day
of the crime. On cross-examination he says he noticed Frank
through a mirror.
XoliiMtor Dorsc.v sprang Friday afternoon his most important
witness Nincc the trial of Leo M. Frank began in the person of Dr.
II. F. Harris, Director and Secretary of the State Board of Health.
Dr. Haris was the expert engaged by the Solicitor to make an
analysis of the contents of the Phagan girl’s stomach and an ex
amination of her body and organs.
Here is the State’s theory of
Mary Phagan s murder as first
presented in the sensational tes
timony of Dr. Harris:
Mary Phagan was attacked and
killed not mors than three-quarters,
or possibly half an hour, after she ata
her meal at her home in Bellwood.
Mary Phagan's assailant Kruck her
first in the right eye with his first,
or with some soft Instrument that
left a little braeion on her skin.
She was failed to the floor by the
blow.
This blow on the skull was not vuf-
fleient to cause her death, but un
doubtedly caused a temporary uncon
sciousness. Death came from strang
ulation which the girl’s awailant very
soon nroduced by means of u cord
bound about tha girl's neck.
Killed Soon After Dinner.
Dr. Harris reached the conclusion
that death had come probably within
half an hour after she had eaten at
homo from the fact that fifteen cen-
temetres of oablage and biscuit on
which tnhe process of digestion had
barely started were form in her stom
ach. He produced specimen** of thne
cabbage in the courtroom as he had
preserved them. n
He declared that from his examin
ation of her body, she had been crim
inally attacked within a few minutes
of her death.
Albert MoKnight, husband of the
Selig servant, Mlnola McKnight, fol
lowed Dr. Harris on the stand and
swore than he was at the Selig homo
when Frank came home at 1:30
o'clock afternoon of »he crime nnd
that Frank ate nothing, but only went
to the sideboard for a moment.
Wrangle Over Frank’s 8tory.
Solicitor Dorsey made the startling
proposition Friday afternoon, in or
der to get before the Jury Frank's
story of hie movements on the day
Mary Piiagun was killed, to read the
questions and answers of Frank's tes
timony before the coroner’s inquest
His proposal met with instant ob
jection from Attorneys Ros>*er and
Arnold, and one of the bltterst legal
wrangles of the case was precipitated.
Rosser declared that he objected to
the introduction of the testimony in
part or in whole. He later said that
he would agree to have all of Frank
testimony go befoie the Jury, but that
he would continue his objections that
different parts be culled from it.
Te debate grew in warmth and fin
ally the Jury was excufc*ed while the
point was argued
Solicitor Dorsey and Attorney
Hooper argued that Frank was legally
sworn; that his statements were free
ly and voluntarily made; that Rosser
was present and that neither Frank
nor Rosser had any objection to ths
defendant going on the stand.
"I think the objection of the defenee
is well taken,” said Judge Roan at the
conclusion of the arguments.
The Jury had been sent out of ths
room during the arguments and was
recalled.
Objections by Attorney Hooper, as
sistant to Solicitor Dorsey, to ques
tions put to N. V. Darley by Attor
ney Arnold about the contents of the
financial sheet made out by Leo
Frank developed the fact that the de
fense would introduce evidence in
rebuttal.
Defense to Introduce Evidence.
"We will introduce this sheet and
plenty of other evidence,” said Mr.
Arnold. "You need not worry about
that,”
“That is Just what I was after,”
remarked Mr. Hooper, aside. “I
wanted to find out whether the de
fense Intended to introduce evidence.”
It had been rumored around the
courthouee that the defense might
rest its case at the completion of th©
submission of evidence by the State.
Mr. Arnold's statement is taken to
mean that Leo Frank himself will be
placed on the stand.
Luther Z. Rosser, • hief of counsel
for Frank, declared Friday that the
ruling of Judge Roan against the ad
missibility of the evidence that per
sons other than Frank were nervous
and excited the Sunday morning after
the crime might vitiate the entire
trial.
He intimated strongly after Judge
Roan refused to change his ruling
that a new trial would be asked on a
writ of error in the event of Frank’s
conviction.
Later, however, Judge Roan re
versed his decision.
Arnold, in arguing for the admis
sion of Darley’s testimony that other
persons at the factory, as well as
Frank, were nervous and distrait, got
before the Jury that it was hardly to
be wondered at that Frank, aroused
from his bed and told of a shocking
crime at his factory, should be agi
tated, pale and nervous.
• Calls Barrstt Monomaniac.
Referring to the discoveries of R. P
Barrett, Arnold came out boldly and
declared that It was his purpose to
show Barrett a monomaniac who con
tinually was turning up evidence, and
who very likely was hunting for the
rewards offered.
Darley testified that scores of pay
envelopes like the one found by Mary
Phagan s machine were scattered
about the factory every week, and
that it was most common to find them
in any part of the factory. He said
that he looked over the time tap©
with Leo Frank Sunday morning and