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VOL. XII.
NO. 14.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1913.
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Copyright. 1906,
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Former Employee Testifies Accused Knew Mary Phagan
PRETTY FACTORY WORKERS TELL
JURY OF FRANK'S GOOD CHARACTER
Admits His Identity and Asks
“Now, What Are You Going
to Do About It?”
OTTAWA, ONT., Aug. 19.—The
Canadian immigration authorities
announced this afternoon that
Harry K. Thaw would be deport
ed from Canada. Officials of the
justice department here do not
believe Thaw can be detained.
This would mean that Thaw
would be sent back over the bord
er to New Hampshire.
Miss Lena
McMurtrey,
Monday on
stand for
Frank.
Miss Magnolia
Kennedy,
below.
COATICOOIC, QUEBEC, Aug. 19.—
H<ury K. Thaw is under arrest here,
according to the police authorities,
and he will be held until the Domin
ion Government decides what can be
done in his case.
The police are positive that their
prisoner is Thaw. They said he ad
mitted his identity.
Thaw said the authorities had no
right to hold him and that there was
nothing for which he could je extra
dited and sent back to New York
State.
Thaw was arrested at the instance
of Deputy Sheriff Kelsey, of New
Hampshire, who saw him on a train
on the Maine Central Railway as he
was headed for Canada, and followed
him here in an automobile.
One reason given by his captors for
holding him is the $500 reward of
fered by Dr. Keib, head of Mattea-
wan Asylum, from which Thaw made
his escape.
Thaw' will not discuss his move
ments since he got away from the
New' York institution Sunday morn
ing, except to say that he boarded a
train east of Boston. He said he was
making for the coast and planned to
.-ail for Europe.
Thaw was accompanied here by two
men, one heavily built and the other
slight and both smooth shaven.’
Recognized on Train.
Deputy Sheriff Burleigh Kelsey, of
Colebrook, recognized Thaw on a
train bound for Canada. Kelsey got
off at Colebrook, got an automobile
and after a chase of almost 20 miles
overtook Thaw with two companions
in Coaticook. They had left the
train at Beecher Falls and driven
across the border into Canada.
Kelsey notified the Coaticook po
lice and kept on their trail. Thaw,
when arrested, made no resistance
and to-day will be lodged in the jail
at Sherbrooke, Quebec.
Keisey was on his way home to
Colebrook aft r r a trip South and was
reading a paper when a stranger came
from a few seats down the aisle in
the smoking car and asked for a
match. The Deputy Sheriff was read
ing the story of Thaw's escaping in
the paper and a picture of Thaw
stared up from the paper. He looked
at the stranger and .saw that the
likeness at cnce resembled the strang
er.
The stranger at once noticed the
stare and said: “What’s the matter?
Do you think you know who I am?”
“I could make a pretty good guess,”
said Kelsey.
“Well, who am I then?" the strang
er demanded.
*'I think you are Harry K. Thaw.”
Kelsey said the stranger laughed
uneasily and then said blandly, “Well,
you are right. I am Thaw. But you
don’t want me. You couldn’t do any
thing to me if you wanted to. They
have acquitted me of murder and you
can’t extradite me.”
“Where are you bound for?" Kel
sey asked.
“Canada.” the man answered.
Pursues Him in Auto.
Kelsey picked up his paper again
and the man who had declared ne
was Thaw went back to his seat with
the match he had come to get. Depu
ty Sheriff Kelsey got off the train
here. Then he found L. W. Barbour
ana Warner Drew' and they decided
to chase the party.
They got an automobile and made
a quick run to Beecher Falls, the next
station, just south of the Canadian
line. There Kelsey made inquiries
and found that three men answering
the description of the three he had
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The Fulton County tax digest, just
completed by County Tax Receiver T.
M. Armistead, was made public Tues
day, and it shows the tremendous net
increase in taxables of $10,823,080.
The total returns for the fiscal year
amounted to $122,198,115. as compar
ed with $111,375,035 for 1912.
The largest increase in any one
item was that *of city real estate,
which showed an increase over last
year of $9,043,235. The returns from
city real estate this year amounted to
$81,023,490. Increases in other items
were not so noticeable, and in many
instances a decided decrease was
noted.
Poll tax returns amounted to $13,-
849, as compared with $13,967 for last
year. The returns from bank shares
amounted to $6,817,075, compared with
$6,800,650 for 1912. Stocks and bonds
returns show’ed an increase of $539,-
535. Money, notes and accounts re
turns were $10,358,175. as compared
with $9,322,610 in 1912.
Merchandise returns were $8,915,-
400, compared with $8,727,770 last
year. The automobile returns, as ex
pected, showed a gain, going up to
$522,160. compared with $501,090.
Tax returns in the county from man
ufacturers, cotton :tnd wool plants,
etc., were $4,262,745, compared with
$4,309,795 for 1912, showing a decrease
of $47,050.
County real estate returns amount
ed to $4,708,462. compared with $4,-
731,375 for 1912. a decrease of $22,913.
Capital in mining property returns
were $3,350, as compared with $100 in
1912. Returns from furniture totaled
$2,934,525, compared with $2,987,445
for 1912. Jewelry returns amounted
to $224,430. compared with $232,380
last year, a decrease of $12,040.
Dive stock returns were $309,890.
Compared with $347,535, a decrease of
$37,615. showing that Fulton County
is not raising as much catle as last
year. The return from professional
taxes was $5,990. compared with $5,-
640 last year. The returns from ve
hicles totaled $77,185, compared with
$99,545 last year, showing a decrease
in this source of revenue of $22,360.
Returns from other sources were
$941,680. as compared with $872,255
for 1912.
Here are the important developments Tuesday in
the trial of Leo M. Frank, charged with the murder,
of Mary Phagan:
Judge Roan rules out all testimony bearing on particular
acts of immorality which the State has been endeavoring to
prove against the defendant.
Will Turner, former pencil factory employee, testifies he
entered the metal room shortly before noon one day near the
middle of March and saw Frank seeking to engage Mary
Phagan in conversation. He says he cannot recall any other
person he (Turner) knew in the factory.
Solicitor Dorsey devotes large part of forenoon in an en
deavor to bolster the character of C. B. Dalton, a State’s wit
ness, and tear down that of Miss Daisy Hopkins, who was
called by the defense.
George Gordon, called by the Solicitor, swears that the
sensational affidavit of Minola McKnight, negro cook at the
Selig home, was signed in his absence and that Solicitor Dor
sey refused to order her release, saying he “would get in bad
with the detectives” if he did.
Girl’s ‘Soul Mate’
Love Quenched by
Week in Stockade
Two weeks in the city stockade
has cured 19-year-old Beatrice Ren-
froe of certain ideas about “soul mate
love.”
Miss Renfroe is the young typist
for whom A. M. Trippe, a. salesman,
deserted his wife and three young
children. Trippe. and the young wom
an are serving a term of 50 days in
the stockade to which they were
sentenced by Recorder Pro Tern Pres
ton.
The young woman has written a
letter to Probation Officer Coogler, .n
w hich she declares she Is forever done
w'ith Trippe, and pleads that she be
removed from the stockade and placed
on probation that she may have a
chance to resume her \#ork as a
stenographer and redeem herself.
She places all blame on Trippe, as
serting that he pursued her to Macon
after she had Hed from the Martha
Home, to which - ’ »ce she had be*n
sent when she and Trippe were hale 1
before the court the first time. $
Kentuckians Fight
Duel; One Is Dead
HENDERSON, KY.. Aug. 19.—
Coleman Davis to-day was believed
to be dying from tw'o bullet wounds,
and William Steinwach was slightly
hurt as the result of a revolver duel.
The tw'o men quarreled and arranged
a peaceful meeting to settle tneir
difficulties. As soon as they met each
man drew his revolver and began fir
ing.
Sulzer Holds Fort,
Ignoring Ruling of
Attorney General
ALBANY, Aug. 19.—Unaffected by
the opinion of Attorney General Uar-
mody who held that Martin Glynn
legally is Governor of New York,
William Sulzer occupied his office in
the executive chamber this morning
as usual. He came to the capitol at
the usual time and took up the morn
ing mail.
Chester C. Platt, his private sec
retary, announced that Mr. Sulzer
still regarded himself as the legal
Governor.
“We knew what the opinion of the
Attorney General would be before it
came out,” he said
Lieutenant Governor Glynn pre
pared to take his fight into the halls
of the Legislature to-day.
i Blackjack Wielder
Held for Grand Jury
w. K. Dunn, arrested for drawing a
blackjack on a newsboy, was held In
$500 bond Tuesday for Grand Jury
action by Acting Recorder Preston,
Dunn was held for assault and bat
tery and assault with Intent to mur
der.
Dunn got into a fight with little
Isadore Kulbersh, 12 years old. and
Bill Krell, another newsie who went
to his small partner’s aid. ‘Kid”
Young, who has appeared in the local
prize ring, tried to act as peacemaker
after Dunn had pulled a blackjack,
land all four were served with charges.
The case, against tiie youths were
dismissed.
WAR MOVE ON U. S.
BY HUERTA DENIED
WASHINGTON. Aug. 19.—The
White House to-day received a dis
patch from Charge d’Affaires
O’Shaughnessy absolutely denying
press dispatches to the effect that he
had been given his passports by the
Mexican Government or that an ulti
matum of any kind had been given to
him by Huerta.
The telegram from O’Shaughnessy
is explicit on both of these points,
and indicates that the situation has
not been changed in any way except
that a formal and diplomatic reply to
the Lind proposals was transmitted
to O’Shaughnessy yesterday by the
Mexican Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Frederic Gamboa. The tenor of thi*
reply probably will be made public
at the White House later In the day
In his telegram to Secretary Bry
an. Charge d’Affaires O’Shaughnessy
relates the circumstances reading ap
to the transmission of the Huerta
reply to ihe mediation proposals,
which Lind carried from President
Wilson to Mexico, and declares that
nothing had indicated that they were
in any way offensive to the Mexican
Government.
Found Reports Were False.
He made a trip to the Mexican For
eign Office late last night to ascer
tain the truth of rumors that he was
about to be given his passports, ana
that Mexico had demanded recogni
tion from the American Government
by last midnight.
He found these reports unfounded
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Fair Tuesday and
Wednesdf.
and spread the news among the mem
bers of the American colony in Mexi
co City. The population seemed to
take it for granted that Huerta was
about to make the desperafte play
which he long had threatened.
Secretary Br> an to-day denied that
the State Department had received
any ultimatum from Mexico concern
ing recognition of the Huerta gov
ernment by any stated time, or that
Charge d’Affaires O’Shaughnessy had
been given his passports and told to
leave Mexico. •
The State Department was in
formed to-day by Charge d’Affaires
O’Shaughnessy that Senor Gamboa,
Minister of Foreign Affairs, has de
nied the statement made by Senor
Urrutla, Minister of the Interior, con
cerning the reported ultimatum, and
it is believed here that the outlook
for a peaceful settlement of the trou-
i bles between the two nations is more
j promising at the present time than
j it has been in the pest fortnight.
Wild Rumor Laid to Cabinet.
| Cliurge d’Affaires O’Shaughnessy, ,n
j his telegram to the Stpte Depart-
j mi nt to-day, reported that President
Huerta and Envoy Lind were con
ferring concerning the final settle-
I meat of the difficulties between the
} two countries. While he did not
comment on the situation beyond giv-
I ing a bare repo t of the fact, Mr
j O’Shaughnessy strongly indicated
| that he hoped for a peaceful settle-
| ment and that the next 48 hours prob
ably would bring developments lead-
I ing to a compact between the United
| States and Mexico.
K is believed at the State Depart-
| ment that the sensational reDorts em-
i ana ting from Mexico City last night
j were inspired by the Huerta Cabinet.
Continued on Page 9, Column 3.
Leo Frank found himself again the target for the attacks of
Solicitor General Dorsey when the State took up its rebuttal Tues
day in the trial of the National Pencil Factory superintendent,
charged with the murder of Mary Phagan.
By far the most damaging testimony brought out against
Frank was that of Will Turner, who testified that he had entered
the metal room and come upon Frank seeking to press his atten
tions upon the Phagan girl only a few weeks before the crime.
When Turner was put under the raking fire of Luther Ross
er’s cross-examination, the weight of his testimony suffered con
siderably. The youth, who admitted he had worked at the factory
only a brief time, was unable to describe Mary Phagan and was
unable to tell the name of any other girl in the entire factory.
Tells of Frank Speaking to Girl.
‘ 1 1 went into the rear room on the second floor one day with
some pencils,” said Turner. “It was about the middle of March.
Frank was walking from his office towaref the rear of the factory.
Mary Phagan was coming toward her machine. He told her to
wait a minute, that he wanted to talk to her. She said she had to
go to work.
“He said: ‘I'm superintendent of the pencil factory and I
want to talk to you.’ She repeated that she had to go to work and
lie followed her as she backed away from him. A couple of girls
came into the room and I asked them where to put the pencils and
then I left. I didn’t see any more.”
On cross-examination young Turner admitted he did not know
whether there were other girls around at the time or not. He did
not know the names of the two girls, he said, who entered the room
while Frank was trying to talk to Mary Phagan. The extent of
his description of Mary Phagan was that she had light hair. The
question of the admissibility of this evidence caused a lonif
wrangle between the attorneys.
Rosser and Arnold objected on the ground that it was not at
all material, proving absolutely nothing. They denied Dorsey s
contention that it established that Frank had known Mary Pha
gan, in spite of his declarations that he did not know her. Th*
lawyers said that it did not show that he knew her by name or
that he was conversing with her on any other subject than her|
work.
Charges It Was First Step to Murder.
We contend that Mary Phagan was killed right on that sec
ond floor,” retorted the Solicitor. “We contend that Mary Pha
gan and Frank were the only persons in the metal department at
the time that this incident took place, and that she was backing
away and protesting that she had to go back to work. We con
tend that it was the beginning of the transaction which ended in
the little girl’s death. It should go in as contradicting Frank s
statement that he did not know her.” —
Turner was allowed to tell his story.
That Solicitor Dorsey refused to take any step toward the
' liberation of Minola McKnight, cook at the Selig home, who was
imprisoned until she made her sensational affidavit against Frank,
on the ground that it would “get him in bad with the detectives,’’
was the unexpected and highly interesting statement made by At
torney George Gordon late in the forenoon session.
Gordon was called by the State, hut proved as good a witness
for the defense. He declared that the affidavit made by the cook
was signed in his absence, although the last paragraph stated that
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