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H KARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1913.
POISONED NEEDLES USED
Salas Builds Wall
Across Railroad in
A Battle for Land
Naval Stores Man Also Defies City.
Fear of Mine Leaves Him
Victorious.
SHOW FREE TO
Startling Revelations of Drugging of
Victims in Picture Shows Revealed
Following Arrest of Youth in New
ark-New Vice Methods Exposed.
NEW YORK, Dec. 6.—The arrest of
Annand Megaro in Newark, N. J.,
on the chrirge of having used a “poi
soned needle" on Mrs Marjorie Graff,
of Brooklyn, while the young woman
was seated beside him in a Newark
theater, has aroused the heads of so
cieties for the protection of young
girl*.
As a result of th* efforts of these
•ocloties an investigation wa« begun
to-day by the Department of Justice
to determine the extent of the use
of "the poisoned needle" to entrap
reputable young girls into white slav
ery.
Two inspectors of the white elave
branch of the secret service have Wen
detailed to investigate Cases that
have been reported to the authorities
in this city. More than a dozen such
cases came to light to-day and in
formation has been received that
similar devices have been used by
white slave agents in other cities.
New Drugs Employed.
District Attorney Whitman was in
formed three weeks ago by Miss
IvOuiEe G. Vreeland, of the Girls*
Friend Society of St George’s Par
ish. of the experience of a young* jcirl
under the rare of the society who had
been stabbed with a needle In a mov
ing picture theater in the city
Three young men had attempted to
carry the stupefied girl into a taxi
cab, but were prevented by a com
panion who had insisted that she be
taken to the office of a physician
where she was revived. Several
other cases, each of which took place
in darkened moving picture theaters,
have been reported to the police.
The drugs used in these cases are
hyosolne or cocaine The former
which has recently come into general
use ; s a substitute for morphine in 1
the treatment of acute mania and de
lirium, I.-* comparatively ea*y to ob
tain. It takes effect much more rap
idly than morphine or chloral. One
plunge of the needle is folowed by
immediate faintness and loss of
speech. Unconsciousness quicly fol
lows. Tills drug, however, is ex
ceedingly dangerous. A dose of one
grain would be certain to cause death.
The ordinary dose is 1.100 or 1.120 of
a gTain.
How Drug Affects Victim.
Curare, the drug which is alleged
to have been used In the Newark
case, is very rare and can not be re
lied upon to produce the stupefying
effects desired. It usually excites
convulsions. It is a concoction made
by Bouth American Indians from the
bark of a tree and boiled down and
mixed with the venom of certain
poisonous reptiles.
Megaro. the youth under arrest In
Newark, was warmly defended to
day by his former associates in the
Barringer High School and the New
ark branch of the Y. M. C. A The
young man was bom in the Argen
tine Republic of Italian parents and
was brought to Newark by his uncle,
a reputable physician who desired
him to become a pharmacist.
The boy, however, showed little
diligence In his studies in the high
school and in the New Jersey Col
lege of Pharmacy. His uncle then
became disgusted with his apparent
lack of ambition and he left home and
sought work in various places around
the city. He lately had been employ
ed in a drug store.
Medical examination of the needle
found in the box in which Megaro
waa seated when Mrs. Graff was
stabbed is being made. In the mean
time Megaro is being held in $20,000
bail.
Tinsley Accused of
$60,500 Bank Theft
SAVANNAH, Deo. Fleming D.
tTinaley, member of one of the most
prominent families In the State, re
cently acquitted by a Superior Court
Jury of a charge of larceny after trust
in connection with the failure of his
cotton firm, has now been Indicted by
a. Federal Grand Jury in a like raae
Tinsley is charged with taking $60,-
600 from the Merchants National
JIack. of which he was a director,
Through the representation that there
waa enough cotton in the warehouse
to protect the loan.
Joseph Hull, father of T1nel*r*a
partner. Dan Hull, who is one of the
wealthiest citizens In the State, made
the money good with the bank.
Man Weeps as He
Prosecutes Brother
MACON, Dec. 6.—Georg© Anderson,
proprietor of a hotel in Denver, wept
like a child to-day aa he stood at the
bar in Police Court and proeecnted
his half-brother, T. F. Wycha,
charged with the theft of diamonds
and other jewelry belonging to An
derson, who is here at the bedside of
their dying mother
*T am doing this because T believe
It Is best for the boy's own good,** Mr.
Anderson sobbed.
The man to whom Wycha pawned
the jewelry testified. The Recorder
bound the defendant over to the Su
perior Court under bond of $300 for
larcenv from the house.
Prevent 5Kin
Blemishes
SAVANNAH, Dec. C. K. S Ha'iAV
wealthy naval stores and fertilizer
man. is becoming famous in Savan
nah in a three-cornered row with the
city and the Central of Georgia Hall
way.
Ka!a<« recently purchased extensive
wafer frontage In doing so he got
a sidetrack belonging to the Central
Of Georgia Railway and a lane be
longing to the city. He immediately
started closing the lane and tearing
up the cobble stones, but an injunc
tion stopi>ed him. Ho then tore up
the Central of Georgia tracks, and
built a thick wall across the open
ing. The company sent a switch en
gine and knocked the wall down. He
has now erected across the opening a
sign the size of a large billboard
warning the railroad , not to again
trespass on hi* property.
Just what plana he has made he
would not say, but «<> sure are the
company employees that he nas
planted a mine, that no one will take
an engine in.
Four Sentenced for
Breaking Into Cars
COLUMBUS, Dec. 6, In Federal
Court here Irvin Cummins was con
victed and Frank Hill secured a mis
trial, Cummins being sentenced to
serve a year and a day in the Fed
eral Prison at Atlanta for car break
ing. Allie Griffin, Eugene ( ox and
Daly Monroe pleaded guilty’and were
sentenced to two years in the Na
tional Training School near Wash
ington.
Deputies Fail to Find
Slayer of Six in Mine
BINGHAM. UTAH, Dec. 6.—After
nearly one-half of the Utah-Apex
mine had been searched by deputy
sheriffs to-day, Ralph Lopez, the des
perado who killed six men, was not
found
Searchers came upon a cave-in and
it was supposed the bad man suc
ceeded in staying on the side of this
where the poison gases pumped into
the mine to suffocate him could not
penetrate.
Dr. John E. White, Pastor of First
Baptist Church, to Deliver
an Address.
The Child Welfare and Public
Health Exhibit In the old Leyden
House on Peachtree street will be
open Sunday from 1 o’oiock to 6, with
every department of the exhibit, ex
cept the moving pictures, in full op
eration. The “movies," though of an
educational character, will not be
shown because of the city ordinance
which prohibits the showing of mov
ing pictures on Sunday.
No admission will be charged Sun
day. Because of the few hours that
the exhibit will be open no attempt
• ,s been made to arrange one of the
elaborate programs that have fea
tured the show during the week.
Dr. John E. White, pastor of the.
Second Baptist church, will deliver
an address at 3;30 o’clock on the
“Mountain Folk." but with the excep
tion of this there will be no added
features to the show.
Special attention will be paid to
day to the health conference, through
which parents are given an opportu
nity to have their children examined
by prominent physicians, members of
the Fulton County Medical Society.
The doctors are donating their serv
ices to the show management, and no
charge is made for the examination.
More than 100 children have been
examined since the show’ opened, and
the conference is proving one of <ts
most Important departments. It is
expected that there will he more
babies brought to the show for the
free exmaintion to-day than there
have ever been, owing to the fact that
many parents can come on Sunday
who could not come during the
week, and six doctors will be on hand
to do the work.
Barron Case Opens
Augusta Liquor War
AUGUSTA, Dec. 6^—C. A. Piequet,
attorney for Sol Barron, proprietor
of the Metropole near-beer saloon,
must show cause Monday before
Judge Henry C. Hammond, of the Su
perior Court, why his place should
not he closed as a public nuisance
Barron has been ordered to produce
in court his Federal license to retail
whisky. This is expected be an im
portant factor in the case, as tending
to show Barron's Intent to sell malt
and spirituous liquors.
The opening skirmish In the Au-
gueia campaign will be watched with
Intense Interest There unqnestlona-
blv is a hard fight ahead of the Law
Enforcement League, for It has been
remarked “it will be as hard to get
whisky out of Augusta as it was to
rid Sodom of sin." Augusta never
has been totally dry.
Real ‘Sticky’ Party
Given by Bachelor
FORT VALLEY. Dec. «.—Illustrat
ing Fort Valley's predilection to tear
off stunt* unheard of before and un
thought of by residents of any other
section was a social affair this week,
when John H. Allen, a confirmed
bachelor, yet on the sunny side of 50,
whose fortune was made from or
chards that abound on the 1,200
acres of his ancestral farm, gave a
“syrup sopping” party at his colonial
home, a fe-w miles east of here
It was unquestionably the “stick!-
! est" social event of this or any other
sea son.
The invited guests went out in au
tomobiles and were “cllngingly" re
ceived by the patriarchical host, at
the mill, where the cane was being
ground and the Juice converted into
the more delectable and desirable
syrup.
Postoffice Robbed;
Dogs Trail Thieves
COLUMBIA, R. C„ Dec. 8.—Bur
glars entered the postoffice at Blythe*
wood, a small town near Columbia
to-day and rifled a quantity of regis
tered mail. The home of t\ie post
master and a dry goods store were
also robbed.
The robbers made their escape and
are being trailed by bloodhounds from
the State penitentiary. They filled
a buggy full of shoes and other arti
cles from the dry goods store.
WHITNEY IN CONCERT.
Myron W. Whitney, basso, will ap
pear in concert at the Ansley Hotel
December 9 under the auspices of the
Young Women’s Christian Associa
tion. He will be assisted by Margue
rite Valentine, an English pianist.
‘Clever Pickpocket
Gets Empty Purse
Traveling Salesman Has Laugh on
Thief—Put Money In An
other Pocket.
Same supposedly clever pickpocket
no doubt is severely kicking himself
this morning. At the same time, J.
NS'. Barwlck, a traveling salesman, Is
gyfnnlng over the smooth way In
which he “put one over” on the thief.
Berwick walked into the postoffice
Saturday afternoon to send off a
money order, end noticed a conslder-
abh crowd about the money order
window. He had Just hail a check
cashed for Jr.O, and put the money in
his vest porket and returned the purse
to his hip pocket.
A few momenta later Barwlck eased
into the crowd and worked his \jav
to th- window. When he emerged
he felt for his purse. It was gone.
He felt for Ills money In the vest
poeke; It was intact. Detective Ros
ser a,is notified by Barwlck in the
hope that the empty purse might lead
to the capture of the dlsapt>olnted
pickpocket.
Colyar Trial Is Set
For Tuesday at Rome
'Hie trial of A. S Colyar, the “dicto
graph expert and secret conversation
procurer." on a charge of swindling
Mrs. S. C Awtrey, of Rome, Ga., out
of $750 in money and notes, will be
held before a Rome justice of the
peace Tuesday afternoon, according
to dispatches received here last night.
Colvar was arrested on complaint
of .Mrs. Awtrey’s son, H. J. Awtrey,
of Chicago, who asserts that Colyar
induced his mother to give him the
money to save her son from the pen
itentiary.
Baptist Orphan Day
Set for December 14
Individuals whose interest lies In
the welfare of the Baptist Orphans’
Home are considering It an occasion
for congratulation that the Ingather
ing Day of the home should fall si
multaneously with the "Go-to-Church
Day" for Atlanta and vicinity.
December 14 has been named as
the day for both events. H. D. Haw
kins, who is connected with the home,
has issued a card telling of the con
junction of the dates.
Solicitor Needs Them to Prepare
Brief—Defense to Finish
Them Monday.
Representing that possession of the
original papers in the case of the
State against Leo M. Frank was
necessary for the preparation of the
►State’s brief. Solicitor General Hugh
M. Dorsey obtained an order Satur
day from Judge Ben H. Hill, of the
criminal division of the Superior
Court, for the return of the papers
to the office of the court clerk.
Clerk John H. Jones was informed
by Herbert Haas, of counsel for the
defense, that Frank’s lawyers were
not entirely through with the papers.
An agreement was reached, however,
which provided for the return of the
amended motion and other papers on
Monday. The brief of evidence was
given into the custody of the clerk.
The defense practically has com
pleted its work in the preparation for
the new trial argument which has
been set for a hearing on December
15 before the Supreme Court of Geor
gia.
Solicitor Dorsey also has been
busily engaged in preparing his brief
and will go before the high court de
termined to establish that the de
fendant Is for no reason entitled to
another trial.
REAL HIGH-CLASS
MUSICAL COMEDY
AT THE BONITA
The highest priced and best
Musical Comedy Company on the i
road is booked for the Bonita for ;
all next week. The girls are all
beauties, and know how* to sing ;
and dance. The cc*medlans are <
a\vay above the average.
Dick Tope, leader of the orches
tra, has added a violin and cor
net, and the music in itself is ;
worth the price of admission. If !
you are in doubt as to where to go,
you won’t make a mistake if you
select the Bonita—always good,
always clean.
Charles 1V. Cranfyshaw
Diamond Merchant
and Jeweler
I have for this Christmas Season the most
attractive selection of latest NOVELTIES in
GOLD and SILVER.
DIAMONDS, in LA VALLIERES,
BROOCHES and RINGS.-
WATCHES in all sizes, for all uses, in
cluding a wide range of the BRACELET
WATCH~one of the most popular articles ever
produced by the Goldsmith.
Brooches, Scarf Pins, Sleeve Buttons, and
a complete line of Gold Jewelry.
The “Lucky Blue Bird” in Brooches, Rings
and Hat Pins.
In Silver—Flat and Hollow-ware for the
table.
And a superb assortment in Purses, Card
and Vanity Cases, and Mesh Bags.
Goods and prices to please every one.
You are cordially invited to call.
Charles W. CranfyshaW
16 Whitehall Street
Atlanta National Ban\ Building
Indicted for Stealing
Six Spools of Thread
SAVANNAH, Dec. 6.—Henry Mar
shall, of VIdalla, has been indicted by
the Federal Grand Jury because it *s
alleged he stole six spools of threal,
valued at 6 cents each, from the mptls
when ho was acting as rural carrier.
His case will come up for trial at this
session.
It cost the Government more than
$100 to g*t the necessary witnesses to
secure tho Indictment.
Suspenders Make
Vagrant a Suicide
NEW YORK, Dec. ♦>.— With the aid
of his suspenders, Joseph Grant, 45,
banged himself early to-day in a celi
in Raymond street jail. Brooklyn. He
had boon committed on a vagrancy
charge.
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75 of McAdory Clan
Present at Wedding
BIRMINGHAM. Dec. No less
than 75 members of the McAdory
Clan of Jefferson County, brothers,
half-brothers, aunts, uncles, sis
ters, cousins and other kin. at
tended the marriage of Helen Mc
Adory, daughter of Sheriff Walter K.
McAdory. and Carlt<»n Smith, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Zack Smith.
The wedding, which was one of the
most interesting of the fall season,
occurred at the First Methodist
Church and was followed by a re
ception at the McAdory home.
Pair to Roll Around
World in a Barrel
NEW YORK, Dec t? Antonio Zan-
ardi and Eugene Blsbiarno. Venetians,
will attempt to roll around the world
in a huge barrel for a prize of $2,000.
Starting, here, they expect to make
the tnp$n twelve years.
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Kitchen Sets
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Play Stoves
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Desk and Chair
Special
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Wheelbarrows
Special 00 c
$2.50 Volocipedes
Sale C* -f AQ
Price . *P J*
Doll
Beds
$1.50
$1.00
TRAINS
69c
Hand
Cars
$3.75
Table and
Two Chairs
$3.50
$65,000 “ l! Furniture, Rugs, Curtains, Etc.
Now Marked One-Fifth to One-Naif Usual Price!
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