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The Atlanta Georgian.
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VOL. XII. NO. 14.
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1913.
Copyright 1906,
By The Georgian Co.
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NEW WITNESSES CALLED AGAINST FRANK
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Former Employee Testifies Accused Knew Mary Phagan
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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 bor
der to New Hampshire.
COATICOOK. QUEBEC, Aug. 19.—
Harry 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 be extra
dited and sent back to New York
State.
Thaw was arrested at the instance
of Deputy Sheriff Kelaey, 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
sail 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 automcbile
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.
Kelsey was on his way home to
Colebrook after 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
fitared up from the paper. He looked
at the stranger and saw that the
likeness at once 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 he
was Thaw went back to hts seat with
the match he had come to get. Depu
ty Sheriff Kelsey got otf the train
I here. Then he found L#. W. Barbour
(and 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
land found that three men answering
[the description of the three he had
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PRETTY FACTORY WORKERS TELL
JURY OF FRANK'S GOOD CHARACTER
Miss Lena
McMurtrey,
Monday on
stand for
Frank.
I PRISONER IS
BYJ
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.
Mississippi Governor Asks Sur
render of Prisoners Held in
Birmingham for Holdup.
JACKSON, MISS., Aug. 19.—Gov-
ernor Brewer to-day issued requisi
tion papers for Henry and Jerry En
nis, in jail at Birmingham, charged,
with Barney S. Lewis, with the hold
up and robbery of the New York-
New Orleans limited at Oakahola.
Miss., nearly a year ago, in which
$92,000 in loot was secured.
Sheriff Holman, of Lamar County,
immediately mailed the papers to a
deputy at Birmingham, and the two
men are expected to be locked up at
Purvis with Lewis in a few days to
await trial. Sheriff Holman says the
evidence against the three men is
strong. Their arrest followed pur
chase of extensive land holdings in
Louisiana and Alabama.
Railroad detectives also are endeav
oring to fasten on them responsi
bility for the robbery of the Illinois
Central train at Batesville, Miss., on
July 4.
Detectives Hunt for
Missing Bridegroom
BIRMINGHAM. Aug. 19.—Mystery
surrounds the disappearance of Reu
ben Rowe, an express messenger on
the Southern Railway, from his home
in Birmingham.
Rowe was married only a few weeks
ago. He had been ill for several days
at his home, w hen Monday morning
he left home. He has not been heard
of since. His wife is prostrated with
grief. Railroad detectives are mak
ing a search for him.
Rome is said to have left a note a
few' days ago stating, "I’m gone; won’t
ever come back,” but on seeing his
wife’s grief he pretended it was a
joke.
Finds $7,000 Chest
Of Spanish Treasure
PENSACOLA, Aug. 19.—Charles H.
Villar, well-known wharf builder and
former city official, to-day made
known the fact that several days ago
he had found a treasure chest in
Bayou Chico, a short distance from
this city, containing Spanish doub
loons and other Spanish gold and sil
ver coins, ranging in value from $5 to
$15 each, the total value of contents
of the chest being about $7 000.
Villar says he first caught a
glympse of the chest at low tide more
than five years ago, but was always
unable to locate it when he was pre
pared to pull it up, until a few days
ago. Villar took the chest home and
spent half a day drilling the lock. He
says he will exchange the coins for
American money.
Engine Runs Wild;
Fire Burns in Path
Police Injunction
Hearing Continues
JACKSONVILLE, Aug. 19.—Hear
ing of the injunction of Mayor Van
C. Sw'earingen against William C.
Bostwick, Jr., chairman of the Board
of Bond Trustees, for control of tho
Jacksonville police department, is still
In progress and will require several
days to settle.
Mayor Swearingen promised in his
campaign for Mayor that if elected
he would remove Chief of Police
Roach. This he attempted to do, but
Roach w r as immediately reappointed
by the Board of Bond Trustees, tho
injunction following. Interest in
creases ah the case continues.
GADSDEN, Aug. 19.—One locomo
tive was wrecked and half a dozen
cars damaged and many lives en
dangered to-day when an engine got
beyond control at the Standard Steel
plant.
Engineer Richards saved himself by
jumping. The engine ran more than
a mile onto the tracks of the South
ern Railway and was wrecked. The
engine was attached to a pot of hot
slag, which scattered fire along the
right of way the entire distance.
WAR MOVE ON U. S.
BY HUERTA DENIED
Farmer Is Stabbed
By Negro Tenant
EUFAULA, Aug. 19.—Walter Clark,
a white farmer, living south of Eu-
faula, is in a serious condition with
stab wounds Inflicted to-day by El
Jones, a negro tenant.
Clark was remonstrating with the
negro for idling when the latter
stabbed him in the shoulder. Clark
thereupon turned and ran for his gun,
when he was stabbed in the back. Tne
negro was found hiding in a ditch by
Sheriff Teal.
KILLED BY A TRAIN.
BIRMINGHAM, Aug. 19.—P. L.
Sewell, aged 65 years, a blacksmith,
was struck by a Frisco freight train
at a crossing at Adamsville Station,
fifteen miles from here, to-day and
received injuries that acused death in
30 minutes.
RAILROAD CONTRACTOR DIES.
ANNISTON, Aug. 19—D. B. Lacy,
a prominent railroad contractor of
this city, died at his home at 3:30 this
morning, after an illness of one week.
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 changod 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 this
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 leading up
to the transmission of the Huerta
reply to the 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, and
that Mexico had demanded recogni
tion from the American Government
by last midnight.
He found these reports unfounded
and spread the news among the mem
bers of the American colony In Mexi
co City. The population seemed io
take it for granted that Huerta was
about to make the desperate play
which he long had threatened.
Secretary Brtan to-day denied that
the State Department had received
any ultimatum from Mexico concern-
ine 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
bles between the two nations is more
promising at the present time than
it has been in the pf st fortnight.
Wild Rumor Laid to Cabinet.
Charge d’Affaires O’Shaughnessy, in
his telegram to the State Depart
ment to-day, reported that President
Huerta and Envoy Lind were con
ferring concerning the final settle
ment of the difficulties between the
two countries. While he did not
comment on the situation beyond giv
ing a bare repo.t of the fact, Mr.
O’Shaughnessy strongly indicated
that he hoped for a peaceful settle
ment and that the next 48 hours prob
ably would bring developments lead
ing to a compact between the United
States and Mexico.
It is believed at the State Depart
ment that the sensational reports em
anating from Mexico City last nlgnt
were Inspired by the Huerta Cabinet.
Continued on Page 9, Column 3.
PA9TOR STARTS PAPER.
ANNISTON, Aug. 19.--The Rev.
Charles K. Weller, rector of St. Mi
chael and All Angels Church, has
started the publication of a monthly
peridoicai called The Paris Visitor,
and the first issue, Just from the
press, is very creditable. Dr. Weller
was formerly business manager of
The Southern Rurallst at Atlanta.
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 Bon
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.
“I 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 toward 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
he followed her a3 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 long
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, but 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 staled that