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VOL. XII. NO. 8.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1913.
Copyright 1906,
By The Georgian Co.
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FRANK PLANNED CRIME, STATE’S THEORY
SOLICITOR HUGH DORSEY GRILLING WITNESSES IN- FRANK CASE
Dorsey Arising to the Full
Power of a Dynamic
Attack on a Witness
A *■
ACT PASSES
A
W. H. Hutchins, No. 152 Confeder
ate avenue, assistant engineer at the
N. P. Pratt Laboratory, No. 88 Au
burn avenue, was blown twenty feet
against the side of the building Mon
day mori^ng about 4:30 o’clock when
‘a compressed air tank exploded while
Hutchins and half a doz. negro
workmen were tilling it.
The negroes were al^o thrown
against the walls, but none was in
jured.
Hutchins received several small
cuts about his head and face, and
was severely jarred. Hi? key ring,
which was attached to his belt, was I
blown off. It was found 50 feet from !
where the explosion occurred.
The air tanks in the laboratory are
about five feet long and two feet in
circumference, and are used in the
bottling operations. Four of them
were being filltl under the direction
of Hutchins when the accident hap
pened.
The explosion shook buildings j
block away, and was heard a quarter
of a mile. The noise and jar awoke
practically every person in the neigh
borhood. Many parties rushed to the
building expecting to find workmen
dead or seriously Injured. All of the
men in the plant were slightly stunned
and were just regaining their fee.
when the first of the rescuers arrived.
Police Sergeant Hewett, who was |
more than a quarter of a mile away, ,
at Piedmont avenue and Houston
Street, heard the explosion and went
to the factory. He took charge of
'the situation and sent Hutchins home.
The negroes returned to their work.
It Ail Depends on
The Point of View
Fires Bullets Into
Bodies of Dead Men
S A V A N X A H.
GA., Aug. 12.—
Recorder John E.
S c h w a r tz fined
Miss Bessie Car
ter $50 for ap
pearing in the
shopping district
here in a short
skirt and low-cut
waist.
CLARKES-
BURG, W. VA.
Aug. 12.—A young
w o m an arrested
for wearing an
“ expose gown"
was discharged by
the Mayor, who
called her cos-
t u m e “becoming
and artistic.”
Flies 800 Miles in
Day Without Stop
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
BREMEN, Aug 12. Aviator Regain,
flying for the Pommery trophy, arrived
here to-day after covering 800 miles on
a non-stojf flight. The Pommery trophy
goes to the aviator making the longest
cross-country flight between sunrise and
sunset of the same day.
TRENTON. TENN., Aug. 12.—
Armed with two automatic pistols.
J. A. Alford, a prominent citizen of
Rutherford, shot and killed W. F.
Coulter and his son, Harry Coulter,
| two prominent lawyers of this place.
After the Coulters had fallen. Alford
fired several bullets into their life
less bodies.
Alford arrived on a M. and O. train
f nd when he alighted he began firing
on his victims.
Domestic trouble is said to have
caused the killings. Alford surren
dered to officers and was lodged in
jail.
Postal Receipts Here
op 2 Larger Cities
Tf
Figures made public by Postmaster
Hugh McKee show that the receipts
for the last fiscal year at the Atlanta
postoffice were gre. ter than the offic *s
at Louisville and New Orleans, both
larger cities than Atlanta.
The receipts at the local office were
$1,328,011.14, at New Orleans $1,182,-
76LI2 and at Louisville $1,163,598.18.
RY
Last Bill Passed
By House Provides
W.&A.Investigation
OFZI
The Able
Manner in
Which
Dorsey Has
Handled
Case Has
Added to His
Reputation.
Dorsey Waxing Sarcastic
in the Course of a Cross-
Examination.
fW ...
•THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta
and Georgia—Fair Tues
day and Wednesday.
Dorsey
Gentle
and
Persuasive.
IN
Governor Slaton Tuesday refused
to honor the requisition papers of
Governor Cole Blease, of South Car
olina, t for J. J. Zaohry, of Augusta,
who was charged with kidnaping his
own child. The decision of the Gov
ernor followed a sensational hearing
in the executive offices late Monday.
Governor Slaton based his refusal
on the fact that no State law had
been violated by Zaohry In South
Carolina and that the whole ease was
against the defendant grew out of the
desire of Mrs. Zaohry to obtain the
custody of the two children.
One of the most spectacular fights
for the extradition of a citizen ever
recorded in Georgia occurred in the
Governor’s offices Monday. Charges
and counter charges were hurled in
turn by counsel for the defense and
for the State of South Carolina, and
at one time a personal mix-up be
tween Attorney Dunbar, representing
Mrs. Zachry. and Attorney Phinizy.
representing Mr. Zachry. who charged
that the rase had been prosecuted
with all the “vindictiveness” that
Mr. Dunbar could summon, was nar
rowly averted by the Governor.
“You may wax just as enthusiastic
as you like.” said Governor Slaton to
Mr. Phinizy, “but you can’t say those
things. That will not do here."
The hearing was as unique as it
was spectacular. With the Governor
sitting as both court and jury, at
torneys for the defense and plaintiffs
were allowed to argue their cases to
their hearts’ content with frequent
interruptions by the Governor, who
kept close tab on every bit of evi
dence offered.
T
A bill providing for a commission of
eight members to Investigate the value
of the Western and Atlantic Railroad
and make recommendations for its lease
was passed by the House of Repre
sentatives Monday afternoon, being the
last House measure that will be passed
during the present session.
The commission will be composed of
I two members from the House, two from
J the Senate, the chairman of the State
Railroad Commission, and two civilians
to be appointed by the Governor. Th*«
hill carries an appropriation of $5,000 for
expenses.
The House also passed, by a vote of
120 to 0, the “blue sky” law which re
quires registration of securities before
stocks and bonds of a concern cart be
placed on the market. It is designed to
prohibit the sale of “wildcat” stocks.
With the Senate substitute for the
i Sheppard House taxing bill back in
| the House for ratification after pas-
I sage in the Senate in a night session
Monday, and the possibility of the
Administration taxing bills being
thrown out on constitutional grounds,
the wave of tax reform in this session
of the Legislature reached its crest
Tuesday morning.
Lenders in the Senate declared
Tuesday morning that a serious doubt
exists as to the constitutionality of
presenting the three Administration
taxing bills which were defeated iti
the House last week. The legal point
is said to rest upon the constitution
ality of presenti ig bills in one bouse
after they have been defeated In the
j other. Should this opinion hold, the
1 three bills offered for the Administra
tion by Senators Miller, McNeill and
I Tarver will be thrown out and the
Senate will rest on its laurels earned
late Monday evening when the sub
stitute to the Sheppard bill was
passed, 29 to 12.
Senate leaders declared Tuesday
morning that it was now squarely up
to the Lower House to redeem Itself
and adopt the taxing bill as passed by
the Senate. Should the House as
sume a generous attitude in the mnt-
I ter and ratify the Senate bill, the
Senate in turn, the leaders of this
body sav, will put back the $280,000
i appropriation which it sliced off (, f
the House general appropriation bill
last week. This can be done, it Is
claimed, without financially embar
rassing the State Treasury with such
a taxing law on the statute books as
II
JAIL REC
Electric Light Men
To Meet in Macon
MACON. Aug. 12.—The annual con
vention of the Southeastern section
of the National Electric Light Asso
ciation, comprising the States of
Georgia. Florida, Alabama and th«-
Carolina*, will begin In Macon Thurs
day morning. About 400 electric light I
men are expected to attend.
Thursday night there will be a re
ception at the Dempsey Hotel and Fri
da/ a barbecue for the visitors at the
Log Cabin Club. A number of prom
inent men are scheduled to make ad
dresses.
Disease Turns White
Children Into Black
PHILADELPHIA. PA.. Aug. 12.—
Eighteen-month-old twin boys in the
Children's Homeopathic Hospital are
suffering from one of the rarest dis
eases known to medical science. It
has changed their color from white
to black.
The disease is pseudo leucamia, or
Hodgkin’s disease, and it i.v an af
fection of the lymphatic glands in
which the number of white blood
corpuscles Is increased and the red
blood corpuscles greatly diminished.
The State definitely announced Tuesday in court at
the Frank trial its theory that Frank deliberately pre
meditated and planned a crimina' attack upon Mary
Phagan Friday, April 25, the day before she came to the
factory and was slain.
Frank A. Hooper, associated with Solicitor Dorsey
in the prosecution, made the surprising announcement
of the State’s attitude during a heated argument over
the admissibility of a portion of the testimony of one
of the defense’s witnesses, Miss Hattie Hall, stenogra
pher at Montag Bros, and occasionally employed at the
National Pencil Factory.
Dorsey and Hooper were objecting strenuously to the admis
sion of a phone conversation between Frank and Miss Hall in which
Frank was reported to have asked Miss Hall to come over to the
pencil factory to assist in the clerical work, saying: “I’ve got so
much work to do that it will take me until 6 o ’clock to get it done. ’ ’
Hooper, after the Solicitor had objected to the question on the
ground that it was self-serving and proved nothing, declared that
the conversation not only was self-serving, but was made in de
liberate anticipation of Mary Phagan’s visit to the factory in the
afternoon.
“This remark was made on Saturday morning, the day after
Mary Phagan’s pay envelope was refused Helen Ferguson,’’ said
Mr. Hooper. “It was made in anticipation of her visit in the after
noon. It is the State's contention that Frank deliberately pre-ar
ranged corcumstances favorable to an attack upon the girl and in
cidents serving to divert any suspicion from himself.’’
That the State was working upon the theory of premediation
was hintd by the questioning of Helen Ferguson several days ago,