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VOL. XII. NO. 16.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1913.
By
Copyright. 1906,
The Georgian Co.
2 CENTS. 'mVrS'
EVENING
EDITION
COPER’S SPEECH AGAINST FRANK IN FULL
ATTORNEY F. A. HOOPER
ARGUING BEFORE JURY
Feudists Clash in Fierce Battle to
Death at Country Meeting
House Near Marietta.
As a result of a knife battle fought
within a few yards of the doors of
the New Hope Church, in Cobb
County, three miles out of Marietta,
after prayer meeting Wednesday
night, two men are dead, one Is
probably fatally wounded and a
fourth Is held by a Coroner’s verdict
on a charge of murder.
The dead are Fred Lemmings and
John McElroy. John Harper has
wounds in a shoulder and lung and is
In a serious condition.
Fred Harper is held by the Coro
ner’s jury charged with killing Lem
mings.
Worshipers who attended the
church services witnessed the fight.
The trouble between the Harpers
and the Lemmings dates back to the
last term of the Cobb County Su
perior Court, when Charles Lem
mings, a brother of Fred Lemmings,
■was sentenced to the chaingang on a
charge of cursing before women. The
Lemmings clan assert that he was
not guilty, but had been railroaded to
the chaingang through false testi
mony.
Wednesday night the warring clans
met at the doors of New Hope
Church. When the pastor pronounced
the benediction and the congregation
filed slowly out of the little church,
the warring families met almost di
rectly in front of the doors. Hot
words were exchanged. Knives
flashed and the battle began amid the
screams of the women and children
and the pleadings of male members of
the congregation.
Fred Lemmings received a fatal
wound within a few minutes after the
fight began, and then the battle raged
about his dead body. John McElroy
and John Harper were lying uncoi-
sclous on the "round. Fred Harper
was taken in custody when o. cers
arrived from Marietta and an inquest)
over Lemmings’ bodv had been con
ducted. McElroy died this morning.
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Millionaire Taking
Woman's ‘Fast Cure'
SEATTLE, WASH., Aug 21.—Rob
ert Graham, the millionaire British
bread king, is taking the “fast cure”
under the notorious Linda Burfleld
Hazzard, despite the warning of the
British Vice Consul that several Brit
ish subjects have been starved to
death.
For thus killing one of her patients,
this woman is now under sentence
to the penitentiary.
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HOBBLE SKIRT CAUSES INJURY.
LENOX, MASS., Aug. 21.—Miss
Lorothy Sherman, of Brooklyn,
tripped in a narrow’ gown to-day and
ftier collarbone was fractured by the
fell.
High Cost of Walking
Now Confronts Us
CHICAGO, Aug. 21.—Shoes that
cost $2 to {2.50 to-day may cost $5 and
$7 In a few years. This gloomy pre
diction was made by J. Harry Selz,
newly elected president of a miilion-
dollar shoe manufacturing corpora
tion.
The reason, he told the assembled
salesmen of his company, was the
alarming decrease in cattle produc
tion In the United States.
EMMANUEL GOES CALLING.
Specnal Cable to The Georgian.
ROME, Aug. 21.—Announcement
was made here to-day that King Vic
tor Emmanuel and Queen Elena, of
Italy, will visit Montenegro next
month. Queen Elena is a daughter of
King Nicholas, of Montenegro.
Arnold Begins Plea for the Defense
7.—7— ......
Senate Resolution Asks for Con
stabularies to Protect Foreign
ers in Turbulent Republic.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.—Senator
Penrose to-day introduced a resolu
tion in the Senate declaring it to be
the sense of that body that the Presi
dent of the United States should es
tablish constabularies in Mexico and
place in them a sufficient number of
troops to protect the lives and prop
erty of American citizens.
The resolution also declares It to be
the sense of the Senate:
That it has been the policy of
the United States to maintain the
Monroe Doctrine.
That the United States recog
nizes its responsibility under this
doctrine.
That there is internal lawless
ness and warfare in Mexico.
That the continuation of this
condition will add to the compli
cations there.
That the first duty of the Unit
ed States is to protect the lives
and property of its citizens at
home and abroad.
That the extension of such pro
tection will lessen the danger of
foreign interference, and that it is
not the policy of the United States
to aid or assist any faction.
With the exception of some diplo
matic sparring and formal exchanges
which have little to do with the main
issue, the Lind mission to Mexico is
ended. The return of the Envoy to
Washington may be expected soon.
It is definitely known that the
Huerta rejection of the American pro
posals Is so absolute that it leaves
nothing for the United States to do
but withdraw the proffer of its good
offices to Mexico. J
President Wilson has sent addition
al instructions to Lind, but he enter
tains little hope that the situation will
be changed by them.
It is believed the American pro
posals embraced every channel by
which an outside nation could take a
hand in the warfare now disrupting
Mexico and that the only step now
open to the United States is to await
the downfall of the Huerta govern
ment.
Recognition is not to be extended
in any event unless the revolution is
suppressed entirely and civil govern
ment is restored in all parts of the
country.
Postmaster French,
Of Memphis, Is Dead
MEMPHIS. Aug. 21.—Major J. C.
French, Memphis postmaster, ap
pointed after a bitter fight several
weeks ago, died unexpectedly of apo
plexy to-day. He was more than 70
years of age.
L. W. Dutro, whom Major French
succeeded, was recently drowned In
the Mississippi River.
Fugitive Not to Appear at Writ
Hearing Because of Danger
of Deportation Arrest.
Negress Ends Life
After Shooting White
HAZLEHURST, Aug. 21.—John F
Hall, a prominent farmer and turpen
tine operator of Jeff Davis County,
was shot and slightly wounded by
Phoebe Carr, a negress, at his home
five miles north of this place. Later
she was found dead in the house.
The Coroner’s verdict was suicide
After shooting Hall the negress took
poison.
DROPS DEAD AT BALL GAME.
BUENA VISTA—J. F. Rushin was
stricken with apoplexy while attend
ing the Plains-Buena Vista ball game
here, and died in a few minutes. He
was 66 years of age, a Confederate
veteran and formerly Sheriff of
Marion County. His ion Leon died
three weeks ago.
NEW OFFICIAL IN OFFICE.
BARNESVILLE.—Joel D. Dunn,
who won the race for the unexpired
term as Tax Collector, will at once
make the required bond and assume
his office. Only a few’ months have
elapsed on the term.
DRINKS ACID BY MISTAKE.
LOUISVILLE, KY., Aug. 21.—Miss
Marie Senning, 18, who was to have
sailed In a few days for Europe to
complete her musical education, died
to-day poisoned by carbolic acid
which she drank by mistake for head
ache- medicine.
POSTAL CLERK NEEDED.
A civil service examination for the
position of clerk-carrier will be held
at the Atlanta postoffice November 6,
1913. Applications must be made be
fore October 1 to E. H. Jennings, sec
retary of the Civil Service Board.
MEET TO CALL PRIMARIES.
A special meeting of the City Ex
ecutive Committee has been called for
Saturday, August 23, by its chairman,
John Y. Smith, for the purpose of con
sidering and ordering the city pri
mary and other matters.
SHERBROOKE, QUE., Aug. 21.—
The hearing on Harry K. Thaw’s pe
tition for release on a writ or habeas
corpus was postponed from 10 o’clock
until 2 o’clock this afternoon by Judge
Globensky in the Superior Court
After a long night conference, coun
sel for Thaw decided that they would
not produce the Matteawan fugitive
in the Superior Court to-day on the
writ obtained yesterday.
Governor LaForce, of the St. Fran
cis District jail, and the Sheriff were
so notified and their plans for the
safe removal of Thaw to the court
house were dropped. It had been pre
viously decided to take him in a car
riage.
When the news got abroad that
Thaw would not make the trip the
hundreds of spectators gathered in
the streets showed keen disappoint
ment.
It was supposed that Thaw’s law-
yers did not wish to subject him so
soon to the danger of arrest by the
in-migration authorities.
Thaw Fears Jerome.
Thaw’ was apparently perturbed by
a rumor that former District Attor
ney William Travers Jerome, who
prosecuted him for the murder of
Stanford White, might come here to
aid the New York State authorities
because of his intimate knowledge of
the various angles of Thaw’s case.
The fugitive always has regarded Je
rome as his nemesis, as no one has
fought harder than the former New
York District Attorney to keep Thaw
in Matteawan.
That the coming of Mr. and Mrs.
Carnegie and Dr. Britton D. Evans,
an alienist, cheered the prisoner was
evident. He brightened up consid
erably after the morning visit.
Dr. Evans has been in the employ
of the Thaw family to combat the
State alienists who have been trying
to keep the Pittsburger in Mattea
wan. He came here prepared to take
Thaw’s side in the event that the
Provincial authorities demand a
mental examination of the prisoner.
Investigate Through Ticket.
District Attorney E. A. Conger, of
Dutchess County, New York (in
which Matteawan is located), was
unable to see Thaw until to-day, al
though Sheriff Hornbeck, also of
Dutchess County, w’ho arrived here
with Mr. Conger, was able to get to
the prisoner. Hornbeck ha.s in his
pocket a warrant charging Thaw’ with
conspiring “against the peace and
dignity of the State of New York to
escape from the State asylum at Mat
teawan.”
An investigation of the manner in
which Thaw came into possession of
a railroad ticket for Detroit, Mich., is
being made. The Dominion authori
ties are not satisfied that Thaw
bought the ticket himself.
it was learned from an authorita
tive source that immigration officers
who are here plan to arrest Thaw on
the ground that he smuggled his way
into Canada if he gets his freedom
on a habeas corpus writ. The village
of St. Hermenegitde, where Thaw
and his companions came into Can
ada from the United States, is not a
port of entry.
"Educated Roger" Thompson,
Thaw’s traveling companion, who has
been held in $500 bail on the ground
that he aided an undesirable alien to
enter Canada, has retained W. L.
Shurtleff, one of Thaw’s lawyers. It
w-as Thompson who drove the auto
mobile in which Thaw fled Mat
teawan.
Refuses to Discuss Divorce.
Representatives of New York State,
the United States Government and the
Immigration Department of the Cana
dian Government are co-operating to
cover al» loopholes through which
Thaw’ might get his ultimate liberty.
If he is freed <*n the contention that
he is a tourist, detectives will trail
him into Detroit, where he probably
will be arrested on the conspiracy
j warrant w hich Sheriff Hornbeck, of
Dutchess County, is carrying around
in his pocket.
Atlanta Mother
Wants to Ship Her
Boy by Parcel Post
Is a 5-year-old boy mall matter?
Can he be wrapepd up, with a tag
around his neck, stamps on his head
and handled like a sack of mall?
Jacob Unger, a stenographer in the
office of Superintendent of Mails I. C.
Hart, at the Federal building, wants
to know.
Mrs. James E. Vaughn, 387 Pied
mont avenue, telephoned Superintend
ent Hart’s office late Tuesday.
"Can parents send 5-year-old boys
by parcel post?” she inquired.
"I want to send my son to Augusta
and I thought It would be so nice to
send him by parcel post. Then I’d
know he wouldn’t get lost or run
over.”
Unger told Mrs. Vaughn he would
look through the parcel post regula
tions and see If boys are listed as
merchandise, and are mailable. He Is
still looking.
Boston’s Tore and
Aft’ Skirt Winks
0h!-Coquettishly
BOSTON, Aug. 21.—The "fore and
aft” skirt created a sensation In
Cambridge streets to-day, when a
young woman wearing one was seen
promenading Harvard Square.
The skirt had a very slight slash,
which allowed an emerald petticoat
and silken hose to wink coquettishly
as she walked.
By leaving one side buttoned all the
time the garment may be wrapped
about the waist as one piece of cloth.
All that remains to do is to button up
the one side.
Result: The coiffure Is not disar
ranged and the young man does not
have to miss the first act waiting for
“Snooky Ookums” to dress.
Says Her Husband
Is Confessed Slayer
Atlanta police are looking for a
confessed negro slayer following a
story given them Thursday morning
by a negress claiming to be the wife
of the fugitive.
The negro woman gave her name as
Mattie Smith and said she had mar
ried Charley Smith in Chattanooga
two months since. Last night, she
avers, she and her husband came to
Atlanta, stopping off here on their
w’ay to Mobile. They got a room on
Piedmont avenue. In the night, the
woman asserts, her husband got up
and fled, taking $150 from her purse
under the pillow. She asked for the
arrest of her husband, and told the
police that he had confessed to hei
not a week ago that he was wanted
for murdering a white man near Ma
con. .. .
Millionaire, at 62,
Weds a College Girl
NEW HAVEN. Aug. 21.—Henry E.
Rowe, millionaire oyster grow’er of
New’ Haven and Providence, who is
62 years old, married Miss Etta El
mira MacMillan, who gave her age
as 27, in Providence.
Last year, the bride was president
of her class at Lazell Seminary. Au-
bumdale. Mass.
Girl Model Causes
New ‘Balkan’ Clash
PARIS, Aug. 21.—A beautiful girl
model was the cause of the latest
Balkan war. Bulgarian and Rouma
nian art students got into a dispute
over which faction the girl most fa
vored.
After ten of the combatants had
been carved up, the police arrived.
Comparing Leo M. Frank to that sinister dual per
sonality Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, of Stevenson’s fa
mous story, Frank A. Hooper, Solicitor Dorsey’s asso
ciate, Thursday morning scathingly arraigned the man
accused of the murder of Mary Phagan on April 26.
With the prisoner gazing upon him, unflinching and unblink
ing, Mr. Hooper took up the chain of circumstances with which
the State has labored to connect him with the gallows and put link
after link before the twelve men in the jury box who listened in
tently.
Frank’s mother and wife were in court at his side, inscrutable
and faithful. They sat silent and tense as Hooper denounced the
moral character of the accused man and graphically described
his theory of how the murder had occurred.
Mr. Hooper emphasized various features of the State’s case
that had not been clearly brought out before, dwelling particularly
on the incident of J. M. Gantt’s visit to the factory on the after
noon of the tragedy and how Frank had at first refused to let him
enter, and how the accused man had called up Newt Lee, the
watchman, later, fearful, said Hooper, that Gantt had discovered
something.
After Hooper had finished his argument h* began presenting
authorities to the judge to guide him'in milking his charge to the
jury. He declared that the jury should not be charged that direct
evidence was superior to circumstantial evidence.
Attorney Reuben Arnold, opening for the defense, had pre
pared an exhaustive review of the evidence, planning to attack
every argument made by the State no matter how apparently un
important.
It seemed probable that Mr. Arnold would talk most of the
afternoon. Luther Rosser will follow him. He has stated that he
will not talk more than two hours at the most, and Solicitor Dor
sey will close with what is expected to be the masterpiece of his
career. The Solicitor will be unsparing in his words and into
greater detail in discussing the evidence against Frank.
Before Thursday’s session began Frank had expressed him
self as entirely confident of the outcome.
“I am certain that I will be
Progressive Party
Year Old August 30
CHICAGO. Auk- 21.—The first cele
bration of the birth of the Progres
sive or “Bull Moose” party will be
held in Chicago on August 30. It
is to be known as “Progressive Day.”
Progressives from five States of the
Middle West will participate.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Fair Thursday and
Friday.
acquitted and set right before
the world,” he said. ‘‘It has
been a terrible ordeal, but I
await the outcome with the ut
most confidence.”
“May it please your honor and gen
tlemen of the jury,” began Mr. Hoop
er, “the object of this trial, as of all
other cases, is the ascertaining of
truth and the attainment of Justice.
I want to distinctly Impress upon you
the correctness of our position. Wo
want it distinctly understood that we
are not seeking a verdict of g'uilty
unless this man is guilty.
“We want it distinctly understood
that the burden of proving him guilty
Is on our shoulders. We recognize
that this has got to be done beyond a
reasonable doubt, and from the evi
dence. We cheerfully assume this
burden.
“There Is not one connected with
the prosecution who would see a hair
of the head of this man injured
wrongfully.
“We want him to have the rights
and protection of the law Just as any
other citizen. He is entitled to the
protection of the law Just as any other
citizen.
“But another thing: He Is not en
titled to any more. He Is not, on ac
count of his high position and wealthy
connections, entitled to any more than
any other defendant. The strong
arm of the law is strong enough to
reach to the highest places and do
Justice there.
“It is strong enough to reach down
into the gutter and regulate the lives
of the low.liest. I am not going to
undertake to go over all the facts In
this case.
Believes Firmly
In Frank’s Guilt.
“I congratulate you. gentlemen of
the Jury, that the case is nearing an
end. I have felt sympathy for
you. because you not only have
worked hard, but you have been de
prived of your liberty and *the en
joyment of your homes. In one senao
of the word, you have been in Jail.
“There has never been a criminal
case in Georgia that has been so long
There has been no trial so Important
or the result of which will be so far-
reaching, and that only makes the re
sponsibility on you the greater.
“There is one other thing that I
want to say to you before I go into
the facts of the case. This man ought
not to be convicted simply because
someone has to be, nor because of the
law that demands an eye for an eye
and a life for a life. We think the
evidence shows him to be guilty be
yond any reasonable doubt.
“In taking up this evidence I am
considering you deeply, I am consider
ing the strain you have been under.
I am thinking deeply; in fact, I am
trying to make myself as one of you
twelve men, and in attempting to
bring this to a conclusion I am striv
ing to get at the truth.
“Let’s see what the situation was
on Memorial Day, Saturday. April 26.
Here is this great big pencil factory,
which was being run by a number of
men with this defendant in charge.
Let us consider the conditions that
existed there, and, gentlemen, I must
say that I am not proud of these con
ditions.
Witnesses Incensed
By Factory Conditions.
"But to get to the real facts of this
case; to come to a full realization of
Just how things occurred, we must
understand the conditions that existed
here absolutely before we can pro
ceed with this case. The character of
this plaec was one to make us think
deeply. The evidence which has been
laid before you here has been of the
kind to irAke one doubly serious. Take
the defendant. Between 25 and 40
girls have come before you and said
that his character was good.
"They spoke in the highest terms
of him. That must be considered.
But on this charge this Is negative
evidence. But also consider that we
have brought before you girl after
girl who told of his character being
bad ;who told of the lmmor^p»rondl-
tlons that existed In this great pencil