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TFU’ ATT .WTA/JEORGTAy ANT) NEWS.
PRIEST TELLS OF WEARING BOOSTER BUTTONS NOW
sums girl GREAT FA ,;i :s a t: a :.: a S0CIETY! ammto
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Confession of Dismemberment of
Body and Attempts to Hide
Crime Stir New York.
Continued from Page 1.
«<»aked mall reus on which Mia* An- I
mull*!* had been murdered, and show- j
••I them the charred remains of tho|
excelsior and cotton ticking just as
he had left them.
With their prisoner, the detectives
motored to police headquarters and
ihere the grilling of the curate was
resumed. As soon as I'aurot had
•aiisfied himself that Schmidt had
told the last detail, he turned him
over to Assistant District Attorney
l>eacon Murphy, whose stenographer
took a transcript of Schmidt's con
fession By that time Coroner Kein-
bprg had arrived, and after a brief
11earing in Inspector Faurot’s room
ihe priest was held without hail on
the charge of murder.
The statement made by Father
Schmidt to Father Luke Even*. the
chaplain of the Tombs prison, leads
many to the belief that the murderer
is unbalanced mentally.
Priest's Alleged Confession.
The confession whltlh the police say
s hmidt signed follows:
"I met Anna Aumuller two years
ago at the parish house of St. Boi..-
face Church. She was employed as a
• r\ant there. I was attracted by her
beauts 1 became infatuated nilh
her. 1 loved her.
1 killed her because 1 loved her so
much. She was so beautiful, s<> good.
1 could not let her live without me.
I had made up my mind that she
and I could not live together. I wis
a priest and must remain with my
church, i could not let her go away
from us. So i opened the door of the
fi it.
■ I awakened her I told her 1 had
come to fulfill my threat. Then I
drew the knife* across her throat.
*'i cut the body into six pieces. I
made trips to the Fort Lee Ferry,
, ,icii time with a part of her precious
body in a bundle. When the ferry
boat reached the middle of th‘
stream, 1 would throw a piece into
the water, and when the boat reached
the other side of the river 1 would re
turn and go back to the flat.
Performed Own Marriage.
After 1 had disposed of the body,
J wanted to destroy all evidence of
ihe crime. 1 took the mattress on
which 1 had slain her and carried it
to a vacant lot. and there 1 burned !t.
i am guilt' ; that is all I can say.
I must pay th# penalty. There is noth
ing else for me to do. But I loved I
Anna Aumuller.
She wanted me to marry her, and 1
procured a marriage license. She
trusted me.
'1 am a priest, and ordained »o
perform the marriage ceremony: so
▼hen she insisted upon a ceremony, I ]
married myself to lier. There was n ) i
need of any other priest doing it. It
was just as absolute as if I bad called |
in another person with authority to j
perform a marriage ceremony. Sh* j
was my wife,"
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FRANK'S TRIAL NOT
FAIR. SAYS PASTOR
The Rev, A. R. Holderby Blames
Popular Prejudice and Clamor
for Vengeance.
'Fhe Kc\. A. K Holderby. pastor of)
the Moore Memorial Church, declar- !
ed from the pulpit in his Sunday set- j
mon that Leo M Frank, convicted | North
of the murder of Mary Phagan in
the South’s most notable criminal
» ase. was the victim of an unfair
trial
The minister described the popular
prejudice and the clamor for ven
geance following the crime and as
serted that the conditions forbade a
fair trial of the acused man.
He did not attempt to pass on
'Frank’s guilt or innoncence,
he go into the merits of the
self, contenting himself
declaration that, regardles
Doesn’t Think Attack on His Kiss
ing Attitude Calls for Much
of an Answer.
Declaring that he say but little j
which was worth replying to in the,
attack upon him by the Rev. Lincoln |
McConnell at the Baptist Tabernacle I
Knday night, Mayor Woodward de-J
dined to discuss the charges Mon- |
day morning. He will write McCon- j
cell a persona! letter, * however, and)
Ills words contained the intimation j
that this letter probably will he cool
but very clear.
"1 will write Mr. McConnell a pei-
aonal 'etic!', men po®»ibiy he will
know nior*- • f what he is talking |
about,'' said the Mayor. T may also j
make a statement for the papers later
in the day. but right now 1 see but f
little worth replying to.
“The only criticism f had to make
of the polii-o methods in connection
with the spooning cases, was in the
instam e where h couple had been
kept at the polite station all night
and then the case dismissed against
them by Recorder Broyles. If
Broyles turned them loose, then cer
tainly they must have been as in
nocent as babes, for lie is not in the
habit of releasing people who are
guilty of even the slightest wrong*
doing.
“I also remarked pi regard to the
case of where a you man claimed
that he had been unjustly fined in a
spooning case, that r thought money
•derived from this case by the city
was dirty money and should be re
turned to the young man. I made
this remark to Mr. Colcord.
"T do nto think Mr. McConnell's at
tack can be highly regarded in view
of the public knowledge of the way
the police have acted in these spoon
ing cases.''
McConnell expressed the opinion
that the Mayor must he a fool to
make the remarks accredited to him
by the newspaper on the spooning
arrests bv the police department.
"I was utterly astounded when I
read of the Mayor criticising the po
lice department for the spooning ar
rests, said McConnell. “Either he is
very foolish or incompetent and too
ignorant to properly take care of the
office held by him.
“I want to put myself on record as
favoring the vigorous prosecution of
all such offenders as tlie couple which
Caused all the furore. Take it home
to yourselves and see if you would
like for your daughter to be caught in
a compromising position with a man
in a public p ice. Or worse still, think
of tiie consequences which might arise
if the officer who saw such actions
failed to do hi? duty and arrest therm
“Tlic winds of dissension and crime
in Atlanta are being rapidly sown.
Unless an immediate stop is put to
tiie vilifying of tlie police this city
will most surely reap one great whirl
wind of vice and crime.”
Avenue Belle Enlists Her
Friends in Cause of “500.-
000 by 1920.”
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
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•pening
Range
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COTTON.
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5 1 5.08 13.15 13.01-0:
Ian. . . .
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13.92-94
Mar. . . .
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:: i:: 12 ’ : 15 12 "8-99
Max . . .
13.18 15.2
0 13.18 15.20 13.04-05
June . . .
1306-08
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NEW ORLEANS COTTON.
u fair and impartial trial ami fa lie
to get it.
Public Mmd Was Influenced.
“If the trial were conducted wifi
out vindictiveness and prejudice
the testimony \\ . re sufficient to
vlct. then the verdict was Just
said* "But if. on tiie oth<
there were prejudice and t
lor vengeance, then tiie trial
fair and Impartial.
“No one can deny that the public
I mind was inflamed at the perpetra-
j tton of tiie crime, and justly so, ant
j •dial prejudice ran big
| these conditions the
I fair and impartial.
I **li' Leo Flank has had a fair trial
j and has been l'omui guilty upon the)
I most reliable testimony and there is
j no reasonable doubt as to his guilt*
he should suffer the penalty of the
) law.
“When Prejudice Runs High.”
“But it is a d pei Intent
i to convict any man of a ■ rime tit a
• time when the public mind is unduly
J excited and when prejudice is at its
height. Far liettei wait until sober
judgment can prevail and better by
far to let a dozen guilty men go un
punished than to take t
one innocent man.
“When tiie Sta
With tiie advent of the new booster
Jj lit to ns bearing the picture of one of
Atlanta’s prettiest society girls,
“boosting for Atlanta” promises to
become as great a fad as the tango,
nor did {the turkey trot and the hundred and
lase it-j one other things with which society
with the | whiles away its time.
>f Frank’s Hundreds of Atlanta society per-
Utitled to sons have taken to wearing the but
tons. and they have developed into
enthusiastic boosters for the Hate
City.
Miss Frances Williams, of No. 35
and I West North avenue, one of Atlanta’s
prettiest girls, was one of the first
to take up the new fad. She obtained
a button shortly after they were re
ceived at The Georgian office and has
worn it proudl.N and enthusiastically
ever since.
She has enlisted many of her
friends in the cause of "500,000 people
for Atlanta." and as a result of her
Then, under j efforts the booster button adorning
u , s | the girls <»f Atlanta has become one
! of the common spectacles «>f I’each-
I tree st reel.
I Almost as many girls as men are
wearing them now. and they are as
enthusiastic as their brothers and
sweethearts over the new movement.
Thousands of the buttons have
been given out to firms and business
men. but there are still plenty left
for distribution. Organizations, firms
and others who desire to get some of
the buttons and aid in tin* good work
of boosting Atlanta can have them
by writing to The (Georgian or
liearst’s Sundu.AAmerican and tell
ing how many they need. They will
be sent at once to any address.
Home-Coming Day Draws 985 to
Sunday School, Approaching
Atlanta Record.
A comparison made Monday of the
records of tiie city’s Sunday schools
showed that tiie First Christian
school led all the others Sunday in
point of attendance and approached
the record set in the recent race with
the Sunday school of tiie Second
Baptist Church.
The attendance at tiie First Chris
tian was i»S5. The Tabernacle Bap
tist. with 72S, was second, and tiie
St. Paul Methodist, with 622. was
third. Sunday was “Home-Coming
Day" in tlie majority of the churches
and special efforts were exerted to
get out large numbers. The average
attendance was^J06. It was 2S0 for
the same Sunday last year. Tiie com
ply te figures are:
Attend. Attend.
Wylie Smith, Alleged
Forger, Out on Bond
J. Wylie Smith, soldier of fortune,
who was arrested Saturday on war
rants charging forgeries involving
$2,200. was released from the Tower
Sunday night on $3,000 bond. Prelim
inary hearing will be held early this
week.
Smith was arrested at the instance
of T. M. Hamilton, of Hapeville, who
claims the transaction took place in
1911. Smith is in poor health, the re
sult. lie said, of exposure in Mexico
while a fugitive from Georgia.
Rat Detectives
To Save Humans
CINCINNATI. Sept. 15.—Rats as
pure food detectives are the latest in
novation of Cincinnati.
The Health Department will let
them,feed on foodstuff which tiie De
partment suspects is unfit for human
beings to eat. If the rodents die • *
get sick, then tiie food they samp!*,
is to be condemned. The animalu
from which the city intends to breed
have just arrived from Philadelphia.
Church. • Yr. Ago.
St. Paul Methodist 523
Tabernacle Baptist 500
Second Baptist 410
First Christian* . 330
j Park St. Methodist 2S7
j First Baptist . 312
Wesley Memorial 450
Central Baptist 245
North Ave. Baptist 204
West End Baptist 2X0
Trinity Methodist 304
[ Ponce DeLeon Baptist... 185
Westminster Presbyt’n.. 251
| Gordon St. Baptist ~s
Inman Park Bapt 1st IS
First Methodist 204
* Ga. Ave- Presbyterian... 105
Sunda.x
922
728
558
985
440
373
492
273
392
314
347
250
270
210
135
361
142
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•Open IRgh'Lowl Call.' Closr
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I noceni of a < rime it s
lial murder. No man':
. .emends \engea
w a* i rin ified ur
Mayor Gaynor Loft
More Than a Million
guilty of Judl- i —
l l t . ,, : ;,h,>rv< I XKM Y* »RK\ Sepl. -15. -Mayor
. !**• take;:* ' 'i> nor was reputed t«» in* a million-
• iicumsiaiitia. ! ail'* 4 at the time of his death. F.sii-
iblic sentiment j mates v;
Rich Man Is Victim
Of Woman Assassin
LEXINGTON. Sept. 12. J. H.
) P.irchtield, aged 30. a prominent lum-
! Herman, was fatally shot by an un-
I identified assassin, said to be a wom
an, concealed in a house on Quick-
| sand Creek, Breathhitt County.
Birchfleld was brought to the hus-
I pital here.
Bride Here for Lipton
If He Wins Race?
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian,
LONDON, Sept. 15.—At a banquet
in honor of the competitor? in the
motor boat races Sir Thomas Dewai
made an announcement which was
gareted with much cheering.
He declared he had reason to be
lieve that if Sir Thomas Lipton
brought back the America Cup he
would also bring back an American
bride.
such
i >M
that
from tip to v.
was credit a hi \ report-
worth more than $i
BURGLARS ROB MILL.
COLUMBUS. Sepi. 15.—Burglar,
following up their operations in Co
lumbus. have iv.nbed tlv Merit&s
i Mills, where tin*' secured $265. They
I entered the vault in tiie office of the
■ mills.
Celebrates Silver
Wedding Over Phone
NEW YORK, Sept. 15.—Franklin 1>. j
Sinkh, of Chicago, unable to ga home
to celebrate his silver wedding anniver- :
nary, gave » dinner to his friends at ihe
A.stor Hotel here and used tiie long dis
tance telephone.
The party assembled. Mrs. Smith was
called to the phone in Chicago and cop- i
gratulations were exchanged.
Stomach Removed
To Relieve Cancer
l<* »l LDER. < *» >LO , Sep . 15. After
;having his stomach renived. K \\
Hastings. 5s. who has suffered from j
cancer for \ ears. returned to his j
| home.
j He apparently is cured complete!} j
“Gee, ain’t it a peach! Couldn’t 1 speed some if 3 had one of
them! How many are you going to give away, Mister?” these
are some of the remarks to be heard around The Georgian < )ffiee
where the big red “Georgian Flyer” is on exhibition—the one
just like The Hearst’s Sunday American and Atlanta < ieorgian
will give to each boy and girl who secures forty new subscrip
tions to the paper before October 1.
There are many earnest workers and the subscriptions arc
coming fast. It would only be a wild guess now to say who will
win the first fifteen cars and receive the Charter Membership
Certificates to the Atlanta Pedal mobile Having Club. These ('er-
tificates will entitle the holder to compete in any or all races and
events to be held in the near future.
Pedahnobile Clubs are to be found in many of# the large
cities, having been promoted by some of the largest and best
newspapers in the country. This sort of sport may he new in At
lanta, but in many particulars the Pedahnobile races are to the
children what the Auto races are to the grown-ups. In fact, they
are handled a good deal on the same order and are interesting
to the parents as well as the children.
These little machines are not to be confined to pleasure
alone, but can be put to good use in many different ways. In
some cities carrier boys who have won Pedalmobiles may be seen
distributing their papers in them. All these cars are well-made
and serviceable and will surely gladden the heart of any boy or
girl who is fortunate enough to win one.
These cars are now on exhibition in the window of O. C.
Poik Dry Goods Store, 29 South Gordon Street; South Pryor Ice
Cream Parlor, 353 South Pryor Street, and Imperial ( Tire and
Tube Company, 349 Peachtree Street. While attending the Odd-
and-Ends Sale at Polk’s Dry Goods Company, he sure to notice
the “Georgian Flyer” in the window.
OUTSIDE WORKERS
A number of boys and girls outside of the city of Atlanta
have sent in their application blanks and are now working earn
estly to obtain one of the handsome little cars. The Pedalmobile
man will lie glad to send subscription blanks to more honest hust
lers who would like to own a Pedalmobile.
Just fill out the application blank below and full particu
lars will be mailed you at once.
APPLICATION BLANK
Pedalmobile Department of the Hearst’s Sunday American and
Atlanta Georgian.
20 East Alabama St., Atlanta, Ga.
I am interested in your free Pedalmobile offer and am determined to win
one if my application is aocepted. Please send blanks and full particulars.
Name ...
Street ...
City
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