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’iTTE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
DORSEY IN ACTION IN
CLASH OVER EVIDENCEl
SOLICITOR HUGH DORSEY.
Continued from Page 1.
U»e defense that Mary Phagan did
not leave her street car until 12:07
and could not, therefore, have pre
ceded Monteen Stover, who went to
Frank's office at 12:05 o’clock, into
the factory.
Hadn't Considered
Evidence Important.
McCoy said that he saw the girl
not more than three or four minutes
after 12 as he was walking south on
Forsyth street. He testified that it
might have been a little earlier than
this. He said he had looked at his
watch only a short time before.
He admitted on cross-examination
that although he had had this Infor
mation in his possession all of the
three and a half months during which
the authorities have been searching
for some one who saw the girl Just
before she entered the factory h
had not revealed It until about a
week and a half ago He explained
that he "hadn’t thought It of any
account.”
Kenley, the motorman, declared
that he saw Mary Phagan Just as
she was coming off the viaduct on her
way to the pencil factory. He testi
fied that he was on a street car due
at that point at about noon and that
this was the way he determined the
time it was when he saw her. He
said on cross-examination that he
was not positive that the car he was
on was on schedule, but he thought
it was.
Attorney Rosser asked him what
time Mary Phagan could have ar
rived in town If she had taken a car
at Lindsay street, on which she lived,
at 11:50. Kenley estimated that it
would be 12.10 or 12:05 at the earliest.
It has been accepted by both the
State and the defense that 11:45 is
the approximate time that Mary Pha
gan left home and 11:50 that she took
the car.
Rosser asked Kenley If Jt was not
true that he had made himself a
nuisance on his car by his continual
vllliflcatlon of Frank and If he had
not on several occasions declared that
in the event Frank was freed he
would be one of the first to Join a
lynching party. The witness denied
this even though the names of per
sons to whom he was said to have
made his statements were read to
him.
Meeting Mary Phagan.
Boys Tell of Frank
Will Turner, a 16-year-o!d lad who
formerly worked at the pencil fac
tory, testified that he saw Mary Pha
gan "backing away" from Frank one
day In March when he entered the
metal room unexpectedly.
He said that Frank appeared to be
trying to force his attentions upon
the Phagan girl who was seeking to
evade him and get hack to work.
Solicitor Dorsey Interpreted this al
leged circumstance as strongly In
dicative of Frank's attitude toward
the murdered girl and almost conclu
sive of his acquaintance with her, al
though he has persistently declared
he knew her only as one of the girls
In his factory and not by name.
The Solicitor In an address to the
court on the admissibility of the boy's
evidence snnounced it as his opinion
that Frank’s effortB on this occasion
to talk to Mary Phagan were the be
ginning of a series of events which
culminated in the crime.
Frank's attorneys represented *o
the court that the testimony was im
material as it indicated, if it were
true—and they doubted It seriously—
nothing more than that Frank waif
talking to her as he would to any of
his employees. There was nothing In
the boy's testimony, they said, which
went to disprove Frank's declaration
that he did not know the girl by
• name. Judge Roan, after a large
amount of argument on both sides,
let the testimony go in.
V The day was marked by one of the
most decisive and Important defeats
that the State has suffered since the
beginning of the trial. Solicitor Dor
sey started his threatened attack up
on the character of Frank as soon
as the defense rested early in the
forenoon session, but he had barely
asked the tlret question that gave
promise of sensational testimony be
fore he was estopped by a sharp ob
jection by the defense and a few
minutes later by the decision of Judge
Roun that this’ sort of testimony
should be excluded.
Dorsey had a number of witnesses
on hand who were to testify to par
ticular acts of alleged immorality on
the part of Frank. By the Judges
ruling none of them will be permit
ted to tell of the grossly Improper
conduct with which the young su
perintendent Is charged by the State.
Every efTort of the Solicitor along
this line collapsed throughout the day.
In the afternoon he called Miss Nel
lie Wood, who testified at the Coro
ner's Inquest. She was expected to
tell, said the Solicitor 1^, his address
to the court, of Improper advances
made to her by Frank. She was pre
vented from testifying In this respect,
the attitude of the court being that
Frank was being tried on the charge
of murder and not for any other act.
The Solicitor was unable even to
get from the witness the general as
sertion that Frank’s character was
"bad." She declared she did not know 1
hit general character, as she had been
at the factory only two days. Dorsey
claimed that he had been misled and
trapped.
George Gordon, who figured as the
mysteriously Bilent attorney for Ml-
nola MoKnlght, the negro cook at the
Selig home, when she was locked up
for the purpose of getting from her
an affidavit against Frank, testified
that he was not present when she put
her signature to the document, tie
said that Dorsey would not order her
release for fear of "getting in bad with
the detecllves." He charged that she
was held illegally and without a war
rant.
Continued from Page 1.
In any other State than New York
at\d any other country than the
United States. I am not a danger
ous man. I do not seek vengeance.
My wife, Evelyn Nesblt Thaw, need
not fear me. Nor need anyone else
fear me. All I want Is peaceful and
Practically All the Important Acts
Have Been Approved—Those
on Desk Are Local Measures.
With virtually all of the Important
general bills signed in more than
twelve hours of hard work Tuesday,
Governor Slaton started to work early
Wednesday morning with about a
hundred local bills on his desk that
must be signed by midnight to-night.
In addition to the local bills, there
are a few general measures that were
not considered yesterday, but none of
any great Importance. Two of the
local hills directly affect Atlanta, one
providing for a new city charter, and
the other creating municipal courts.
Both Ihese bills will be considered by
the Governor to-day.
Among hte i mportant measure?
that received the official signature
and became laws Tuesday were the
general appropriations bilL the inher
itance tax bill, the bill establishing a
home for wayward girls, the perma
nent registration bill, the medical
practices act, the bill increasing the
occupation tax on corporations, and
the "blue sky" law relating to the
sale of stocks and bonds.
By signing the wayward home girls’
hill the Governor effectually disposed
of the rumor that he intended to
veto the measure. The basis of the
report, It is understood, was the
Governor's antipathy to signing any
bill that would increase the appro
priations while it made no provision
for increasing the revenues propor
tionately.
Telegrams Flood Office.
Tuesday Governor Slaton received
betwen seventy-five and one hundred
telegrams from individuals and or
ganizations, urging him to sign the
bill, which doubtless influenced him
to a certain extent, together with the
new report that tax returns showed
an increase in taxable values of sev
eral millions of dollars.
The appointment of a committee of
two men and one woman to have
charge of the home probably will not
be announced until Governor Slaton
returns from Colorado Springs, where
he will attend the conference of Gov
ernors which will be held there four
days beginning next Tuesday. He
will be accompanied by Mrs. Slaton.
Colonel Frederick J. Paxon, chief of
staff, and Mrs. Paxon The party will
leave Atlanta Saturday and expect to
arrive in Colorado Springs Monday.
The conference next week promises
to be the greatest gathering of Gov
ernors ever held in the United States.
Forty-six out of the forty-eight Gov
ernors of the Union have declared
they will be present.
Great Welcome Promised.
Governor Ammons, of Colorado,
and Mayor McKesson, of Colorado
Springs, will welcome the visitors,
and Governor Spry, of Utah, will re
spond to the greetings. The perma
nent organization will then be effect
ed. and in the evening the Governors
and their wives will be guests at a re
ception given by Mrs. Ammons, wife
of the Governor of Colorado.
Wednesday the official sessions of
the conference will begin, and will
continue until Saturday evening.
Among the speakers will be Governor
Cruce, of Oklahoma: Lister, of Wash
ington; O’Neal, of Alabama; Hunt,
of Arizona: Hodges^ of Kansas;
Dunne, of Illinois: Baldwin, of Con
necticut, and Carpy, pi Wyoming.
College Men Will
Be the Orators at
Suffrage Meeting
College men will make equal suffrage
talks Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock,
when members of the Atlanta Equal Suf
frage Association meet in Carnegie
Hall.
Mrs. Amelia Woodall has returned to
the city and will preside at the meeting
A large number of college men who
consider women have equal right to the
ballot will advance reasons for the en
franchisement of women.
Mrs. Mary L. McLendon, president of
the Georgia Woman's Suffrage Associa
tion, will welcome the college men in a
short address. Among those who will
speak are George Baker Mayer, of
Cleveland, who atends the University of
Pennsylvania; Charles McDaniels, a stu
dent at the University of Georgia, and
Victor Smith, a member of the senior
class of the University of Georgia Law
School.
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Mighty Upheaval in European
Politics Is Promised as Result
of Balkan War.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
MADRID, Aug. 20.—A mighty up
heaval of the political condition of
the big powers of Europe is reported.
This change in the alignment of the
great continental world powers was
brought about by the Balkan war and
in the future probably will play an
important part In the history of civ
ilization.
According to Information obtained
from an official source, a project is
under consideration by which Spain
is to take Russia’s place in the triple
entente and Russia is to head a new
alliance including some of the Slav
states.
Whether Russia Is to throw her for
tunes with Bulgaria or whether she
will head a group of Balkan powers,
including Servia, Roumania, Monte
negro and Greece, is not known. It is
pretty certain, however, that Russia
will take steps soon t<5 form a league
with states which became prominent
and powerful in thesJBalkan war.
With Russia out of the triple al
liance. Spain still will have two pow
erful allies, namely, Great Britain and
France.
Territorial accession of Great Brit
ain, Spain and France have to some
extent given them common Interests.
There is a movement on foot in
Paris to try to hold Russia in the al
liance, but It is doubtful whether it,
will prove successful. If Russia re
mains with the old alliance and Spain
is added, the triple entente. Including
Austria. Germany and Italy, will be
completely overshadowed.
Boys’ High Class TO
Plans Big Reunion
The annual reunion of the class of
1910, Boys’ High School, has been an
nounced for August 21. A room has
been secured from Harry Silverman,
comer Houston and North Pryor streets,
from 8:30 o’clock until the boys get
ready to leave. A banquet that promises
to eclipse any feast the class has yet
spread will be served shortly before 9
o'clock, and after that speechmaking
and reminiscences will be the order of
the evening.
The reunion committee Is sending out
notices to all the members of the class,
asking them to attend, and responses
have been numerous.
legal liberty. I feel that I am perfectly
safe. I have studied law ever since I
was admitted to Matteawan, and I
believe that I am qualified to speak In
this matter.
• "Statements to the effect that 1
only sought liberty to kill are sense*
less. They are so ridiculous that 1
won’t talk of them. I have the kind
est feelings toward the people of Can*
ada, and will retain such feelings no
matter what action the Dominion
Government takes, hut I hope that
they do not deport me. Detention in
an insane asylum is a living death. It
is enough to make a maniac out of a
perfectly sane man."
Thaw was asked to pose for a photo
upon his arrival at the jail, but re
fused on the ground that he was not
presentable.
,‘TH soon have some clean linen and
collars and then I will be ready for
you," he told the reporters.
Thaw paid careful attention tp his
attire upon arising. He saw that he
had fresh linen and that his trousers
were creased. His shoes were neatly
shined and he wore a soft gray hat,
having discarded the straw which he
wore when he escaped from Mat
teawan. To attendants of the jail
Thaw was affable. He told them that
he felt safe.
Refuses to Tell of Flight.
"I have committed no crime in
Canada," he said to the Jailor. “No
indictment is pending against me. I
am a rational man, and 1 do not think
they can send me back.”
Asked for a detailed story of his
flight he refused.
"Yes, I was the man tlfey spotted
In Lennox, Mass.," said he. "But
from that point on I must say noth
ing. I won’t betray my ffiends."
Mrs. George Lauder Carnegie, sis
ter of Thaw, was the first to arrive.
She got into Sherbrooke to-day and
immediately sought her brother.
Thaw sent word to Roger O’Mara, the
Pittsburg, Pa., private detective, who
has been his counsellor since youth,
to rush her on the first train. He
also expected his mother to come
here from the Tham summer home
at Cresson, Pa.
The prisoner said that*he slept well
and he seemed much refreshed.
After reading the papers he walked
about his cell nervously awaiting the
arrival of his counsel. He said that
he wanted to get the fight over with.
His first trepidation came with the
news that District Attorney Conger,
of Duchess Couny, New York, and
Dr. Kieb, of the Matteawan institu
tion, would come to co-operate with
the United States authorities in an
effort to have Thaw deported back to
New York, or extradited.
Plans for the court battle in Thaw’s
behalf carefully made by Mr. Shurt-
leff and Colonel Fraser and approved
by Thaw. The fugitive hoped to
have his release ordered by Judge
Glohensky and planned to leave this
afternoon for Quebec If he got out.
He intends to sail for France if he
gets his freedom 30 that he will he
sure to be safe. Ultimately he hopes
to have his legal freedom established
so that he can return to Pittsburg.
Among the grounds upon which the
Thaw lawyers put into their plea
for their client’s liberty is that he
Is only a tourist passing through
Canada and they point to the case
of Jack Johnson, the negro pugilist,
as a precedent. They contend that
Johnson was under conviction of an
Infraction of the United States law
whereas Thaw has not broken any
law. They contended that Johnson
was a fugitive from Justice, whereas
Thaw is a fugitive from an Institu
tion for the insane.
They pointed to Thaw’s behavior
to uphold the contention that no mat
ter what his condition in the* past
he is now sane and rational. The
facts that Thaw has not broken any
Canadian laws and that no indictment
exists against him across the border
were emphasized. Thaw offered many
suggestions to his lawyers and in a
way seemed to be their pilot. He
looked very solemn and impressive
as he gave his opinions of his own
case.
"My Idea is that speed Is the requi
site thing," Thaw told them.
The Canadian Government and the
United States Government were both
represented by able counsel who re
sisted Thaw’s efforts to gain his
liberty on a writ of habeas corpus
They contended that the law gov
erning Thaw’s case is very plain and
they pointed to precedents.
In fact, it was reported that Act
ing Superintendent of Immigration
B’air in Ottawa, had been counseled
by the ministry of justice that Thaw
should be deported at once. When
Thaw heard this report he trembled
and became pale. He was unnerved
by the news and showed it.
The presence here of the most spec
tacular and sensational prisoner lh
the world made to-day a gala occa
sion. Not one of the provincial fairs
which are being held throughout
Eastern Canada at this time could
vie with Thaw as an attraction. Great
crowds came into Sherbrooke from
the surrounding country.
Eager for Glimpse of Thaw.
Families gathered about the Jail,
hoping to get a glimpse of the well
known prisoner if he was taken to
the courthouse. Some came a dis
tance of 100 miles to see Thaw. The
street on which the jail is located
was jammed.
This curiosity tickled Thaw Im
mensely. He said he did not want to
disappoint any one who really wanted
to see what he looked like.
Mr. Shurtleff was resentful against
Justice of the Peace Dupuis, of Coat-
lcook, who held Thaw on the charge
of being a fugitive and sent him here
for further examination.
"We contend that Justice of the
Peace Dupuis acted Illegally," de
clared Shurtle:. "He exceeded his
authority. He had no right to hold
Thaw."
Colonel Fra9er assured Thaw that
conspiracy is not an extraditable of
fense and that he need not feel any
great alarm over the fact that a war
rant charging Thow with conspiring
to gain his liberty is on its way
here from Duchess County. He did
not give such optimistic assurances
about deportation, however.
Thaw' lost no time in arranging to
secure cash. He telegraphed to a
banker relative in Pittsburg (where
the hulk of the Thaw fortune is in
vested) to send him money to fight
his case.
The Canadian law's provide for
barring out any person w r ho is insane
or who has had an attack of insanity
within five years.
It is the custom to return "unde
sirables” to the place whence they
came. The New York authorities
contend that if Thaw is deported he
should be sent into New York State.
If Thaw is sent over the line he will
continue his fight by maintaining that,
as he crossed into Canada from New
Hampshire, he should be deported
into that State. In New Hampshire
Thaw’ could begin an entirely new
fight against going back to Mattea
wan.
P<tr. and Mrs. Carnegie
G-o to Thaw’s Aid.
SPRINGFIELD, MASS., Aug. 20
Mr. and Mrs. George Lauder Car
negie, brother-in-law and sister of
Harry Thaw, passed through here
to-day on their way to Sherbrooke,
Canada, to assist in the legal bat
tle to prevent Thaw’s return to New'
York. They w’ere accompanied oy
counsel.
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AMERICA’S
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CHAMPION
’ HUSBAND,
NAT GOODWIN
has come to the rescue of downtrodden
men who dare not speak their minds, and
reveals all the joys and heartaches of mat
rimony in
“WHAT I THINK OF
MY FIVE WIVES”
This daring actor in his new role ex
plains how he found wife No. 1 "Like a
Mother,” No. 2 "An Obligation,” Maxine
Elliott a “Roman Senator,” Edna Good
rich "An Error,” and No. 5 his "Life Pre
server.” This will all appear in
NEXT
SUNDAYS AMERICAN
with the countless other features which
have made The American the leading
“newspaper of the South, as well as a posi
tive joy to the readers of Dixie. Lady
Duff Gordon, who, as Lucille of London,
is equally famous, will entertain her fol
lowers with a description of
MARRIAGE MARKET
GOWNS
with which far-seeing mothers enhance
the charms of their debutante daughters.
And coming down to the doings of fash
ionable Atlanta you will find that
POLIY PEACHTREE
was among those present at all the func
tions of the inner circle, and will tell
about them in her usual sprightly style.
Moreover, baseball fans, as well as those
who never see a game, will find a fascinat
ing story in
THE PLOT FOR
THE PENNANT
by Hugh S. Fullerton, which begins in
this issue. So, why worry about your
Sunday reading when yon know that in
addition to these great features and a
dozen others, you caaa have all the news
of the whole universe—sports, financial,
foreign, political and local—delivered at
your front door for 5 cents? Better clinch
the bargain at once, and order from your
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