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GRAND JURY DEMANDS:
Cessation of brutal punishment of convicts for trivial offenses; removal of
T.- J. Donaldson; fair treatment for shackled men and protection from
armed guards; betterment of sanitary conditions; changes in whole system.
CRIME REIGN
STIRS EAST
ATLANTA
Merchants, at Mercy of Burglars,
Aroused Over the Lack of
Police Protection.
Merchants and citizens in East At
lanta -particularly the merchants—
are thoroughly aroused over the lack
of )01ice protection in that district.
rs shown in the sixth attack by bur
glars since Christmas on the Wag
goner & Waldrop stores. The last ef
fort was a successful safe-blowing
ear'.x Sunday morning which netted
the thieves S3O.
It was the Waggoner & Waldrop
firm members who lay in wait for
thieves at their store near the Atlanta
and West Point Railroad two weeks
ago last Thursday and killed one boy
burglar and wounded another with
eaw £>iK-k«i»L ‘BhoL-
gun.
Th. latest attack was on the up
o n store in the heart of East At
lanta. -
Blames Scarcity of Police.
"There was nothing to show that
le safe-cracking was spite work or
u i- venge for the shooting at our
tiiroad store,” said G. H. Waggoner.
" It was Just a clean job, made easy by
the scarcity of police in this terri
tory Neighbors heard the explosion
about 1:15 Sunday morning. It was
nearly .> o’clock when the police dis
covered what had happened and no
tified me.”
The cracksmen evidently had plen
ty <.f freedom for their work. They
entered through the front door, pry
ing out and breaking a glass panel,
fight on the sidewalk. The other
- -r had been broken through the
' | ie way not long before. The safe
was cleanly blown, the books being
undisturbed. The cash drawer was
found about two blocks away.
We simply haven’t the protec
tion,” Mr. Waggoner stated. “We are
«GI inside the city limits —both of
our stores—and they’ve been entered
s! * times since Christmas. That
seems to prove the case.”
Other Merchants Complain.
C. A. Minor, of the firm of Marbut
Minor, in East Atlanta, supplied
•‘■ome more facts on the situation.
■ 1 < ertainly am not knocking Chief
I ’.< ( vers.” he said. ”1 believe the chief
:s doing his best, but hasn’t enough
n to cover the territory. I have
died him up a number of times and
. ’it the situation before him, and he
sav will try to help us out, but
a ‘ th police protection we have is
iwo men who have a territory of about
wo and one-half by four miles to
over, if they ran their motorcycles
;, t top speed, e and just gave a shake
■) every door they are supposed to
,v . it would take them close to three
tours to make one round.
The district these two men are
•■opposed to guard includes East Aa
anta. lleynoldstown, Edgewood and
I’ruid Hills. I think we should at
he very least have two men to look
Ht’er East Atlanta and the Belt Line
district adjoining, and have nothing
else to cover.
Hire Own Watchmen.
‘These stores are big ones. There
are eight in this district that have as
big stocks as many on Whitehall Our
•wn stock runs from $20,000 to $30,000.
hen there are drug stores and small
er establishments. For the last year
•nd more we have employed two men
*tay in our store at night and
;;i| ’d ii private and expensive pro
tom in place of that the police are
upposed to furnish us.”
t * L?\ a ‘ st A Ganta merchants agree
at their stores are as much with
j ‘ protection as if no police were
assigned to that district.
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VOL. VII. NO. 170.
Hypocrites in Fight
For Temperance Are
Rapped by Jackson;
Members of the Christian Endeavor
League of the First Congregational
Church Monday s*ere discussing the
.temperance lecture‘by Marion Jackson
Sunday night In which he condemned
1 citizens, he said, who "talked for the
i lx»rd and voted for the brewer.
“That type of citizens,’’ he said, “is
becoming extremely uncomfortable, not
< only in Atlanta, but all over the world,
because the world is beginning to grasp
in a large measure the meaning of
Christian citizenship and rhe duties
thereof.
‘‘The man engaged in promoting
death, even by so small a force as a
single vote, regardless of how small his
share of the profit, need not pretend to
be following in the footsteps of Jesus
of Nazareth.”
Parcel Post Reduces
Adams Express Profit
NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—Loss of!
business by reason of the parcel post I
caused directors of the Adams Ex-1
press Company to decrease the divi
dend to a 6 per cent basis by declar- I
ing a quarterly payment of $1.50 a
share. The company has been pay
ing 12 per cent a year since 1900.
In 1908 8 per cent was paid and
from 1903 to 1907 10 per cent; in
19M and 1902 8 per cent, and in l
1900 6 per cent.
Here’s How to Avoid
Suit for Heart Balm
NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—Here's a
maxim for those who would avoid
breach-of-promise suits:
“Do right and fear no man. Don’t
write and fear no woman.''
United States District Attorney
Marshall delivered himself of the
above advice so it can be taken as
soundly legal.
Fortune in Notes
Burned by Negroes
VALDOSTA, Feb. 16.—Notes worth
a fortune, lost on the street by W. P.
Corbett, a capitalist, of this city, it
has developed, were found and de
stroyed by a couple of negro team
sters.
The notes were, in a large pocket
book Corbett had offered a reward
of S2OO for the return of the papers.
Male Angels Have No
Wings, Says Dreamer
FOREST HILL, PA., Feb. 16.—Malty
angels are wingless, says Miss Mabel ■
Reitenbach, who in a trance had a i
vision of a "Beautiful City." and saw ,
“the angels."
Microscopic
Business NeiCs
N the classified col- !
umns of The Geor
gian and American
I
there are published
daily little ‘‘Want Ads”
that mean worlds to
some, more than you
ever dreamed a mite
could enrich.
Many of them are
startling, wonderful,
practical and powerful
prescriptions for suc
i cess. Try one to-day—
to-morrow continu
ously.
ATLANTA, GA.. MONDAY. FEBRUARY 16. 1914.
GORE TELLS
HIS STORY
ON STAND
“Plot to Ruin Me,’’ He Declares
as He, Tells of Alleged
Assault.
OKLAHOMA CITY. OKLA., Feb. I
16.—" This is a plot to destroy me."
With this statement Thomas P.
Gore. United States Senator from
Oklahoma, this morning entered the
i grim fight to cleanse his name and
save himself from political destruc-
I tion by taking the witness stand in
' his own behalf in the $50,000 damage
I suit brought against him by Mrs.
Minnie E. Bond for assault.
Sitting far out in his chair, his
hands folded firmly across the knob
of his cane, his sightless eyes staring
straight ahead, his boyish features
'wet in n look of grim -determination,
was the picture Senator Gore present
ed on the stand to the mass of hu
manity that packed the courtroom to
the limit. There was hardly a sound
except the voices of the questioner
and the Senator's.
Senator Gore gave his name and
said he was born in Mississippi. He
said he had lived in Oklahoma since
190 J. He has been blind since he was
11 years old. He testified he met Mrs.
Bond at the Skirving Hotel In Jan
uary, 1913, and that she said her
husband wanted to be collector of
Internal revenue, but, he toj,d her, he
was already’ committed and could not
support him. Mr. Gore said he did
not suggest that she bring her hus- i
band's application to Washington.
Earp and Jacobs After Jobs.
Gore said his Washington office was
j in the Senatorial Annex and that he
had three clerks and a messenger in I
the office.
"Do you know Dr. Earp and Jim
Jacobs?" he was asked.
“Yes,” replied Gore.
"Do you know whether Earp wanted
a job?”
“Yes. sir; he wanted to be I’nited
States marshal for the Western Dis- j
, trict of Oklahoma. Jacobs wanted |
I the same position for the Eastern Dis- i
’ trict."
"Did Mrs. Bond ever come to your '
| office about her husband s applies- i
i thon?”
"Yes, about ten days after inaugu-
I ration/ She came in and asked me .
j if 1 could not consider her husband's !
i candidacy. I told her I could do noth
ing. Then she said: Then. Senator,
you can't hold out any hope?' I said
‘No.’ ’’ -
"Did you make any advances to her.
! such as holding her hand or touch-I
i ing her foot?”
"Most positively not."
j "When did you next hear from Mrs
: Bond ?”
"She called me on the phone a few
i days later. She asked me if I could 1
i come down to her hotel to see her. |
! J told her I could not.
Met by Mrs. Bond.
"She called me again and asked
me to come to her hotel. 1 told her 1
could not at that time. Then she
asked me if I could drop by her ho
tel on tnv way' home. I said possibly
I could.
I left my office under the guidance
of Howard Kav about 6 o’clock, at
riving a few minutes later."
"Had y<’u ever at any time been
in the Winston Hotel before
"1 never had."
"You know nothing about lite ar
chitecture of the hotel, with regard
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Stolen Gems Found
In Negro's Pockets; I
Held in $1,500 Bond
Sam Green, a negro, was arrested
Monday by Detective Starnes on sus
picion of having stolen $1,500 worth
of diamonds from the home of Mrs
Mary A. Hamilton, No. 213 East Fait
street. The detective found $450
worth of the stones in his pockets.
"Where’d you get those?" inquired
the officer.
"Ginger Green give 'em to mvr" re
plied the negro, artlessly
It developed that the prisoner him
self was Ginger Green.
Recorder Broyles hold Green under
SI,OOO bond Monday morning
Mayor Wants Plaza
Bonds in Small Sums
Mayor Woodward declared Monda>
that efforts soon would be begun to ar- |
range for beginning work on the pro
posed plaza over the railroad tracks b>
the first of next year. He said he
hoped the General Assembly this sum- •
mer would authorize the building of the
plaza during the present lease of the
Western and Atlantic.
“When we go to issue bonds for that
project I think they should be in small
enough denominations for the working :
people of the city to invest in them. |
said the Mayor. “We might make them '
agnail as $lO each. With the bonds
sold at home we w’ould keep the inter
est here.’’
Hundreds of Schools
Closed by Blizzard
NEW HAVEN. <’ONN.. Feb. 16.
j Hundreds of schools throughout Con- j
; necticut were closed to-day because
| the snow drifts in ma»v sectioi.s were
so deep that pedestrians < mild not
make their way fhrough i •m. in
i some places the |lrifts even rned
back horses end sleighs Street a» .
railroad traffic of the Slate was bauly
! crippled.
More snow is falling
‘Holy Rollers’Pelted I
With 25 Dozen Eggs
WAYCROSS, Feb. 16. - -Holy Rollers,
who have been making their headquar
ters at St. Marys sevpral weeks, living
aboard a small sloop, were attacked by
a. party of yoking men and boys with
pggf*. while returning from a night t
I meeting.
Twenty-five dozen eggs were used
with effect on the “Holy Rollers. ’ No
charges have been preferred.
Sues for Being Jailed
As Stork Visits Her
WAYCROSS. Feb. 16. —Claiming darn
’ages for confinement in jail at SI
Marya. Grace Young has filed suit
against the Camden Commissioners for
$5,000. The case against the woman '
was dismissed at the August term of
City Court.
The woman was kept in the jail eight
days, during which time she was visited
.by z the stork.
Wilson, Still 111, Again
Cancels Engagements
WASHINGTON. Feb. 16- President
Wilson canceled all his engagement** -
to-day with the exception of his con
ference with the newspaper men
His cold lingers, despite efforts to
shake it off, and his physician has
advised him to refrain from work
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta "And
Georgia—Fair Monday and
Tuesday; colder Monday
night in Northwest portion.
COUNTY PRISONS HEAD}!
SCORED BYGRANDJURY}
Captain Thom
as Donaldson, m
on whom the
Grand Jury put
much of the
blame for de- <1
plorable prison \
conditions.
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Doctor Near Death
As Train Kills Horse
Dr. J. I. Wells was being congrat
ulated Monday by his friends on his
narrow escape from death the after
noon before, while driving across a
railroad crossing near his home In
Hapeville. Central train No. 11, com- 1
ing down rapidly from the past,
struck Dr Wells’ horse, killing the
animal instantly, and hurling Dr
Wells from the bugg\
“J was not injured.’ Dr. Wells stat - |
e<.. "but I will be a long time getting i
over the scare. I was looking for the I
Dixie Limited, which comes from the l
west, and the Central train, coming
from the other direction, took me by .
surprise.”
1 Dead,Another Dying
In NorthGeorgiaFeud
DAHLONEGA. GA . Feb 16 Afici
shooting Coon Lee fatally yesterday,
Joe Edmanson fled, with- Tate and
Will Seign in pursuit.
This morning Edmanson was found
dead in a creek near the s< env of the
shooting • i
Lee is expected to die
Argentine Warship
Sets Wireless Mark
BOSTON, Feb. 16 The Argentine |
battleship Rivudavia sent a wireless
message here to-day announcing that
she had broken the world's record for
ejUiblishing wireless communication
at sea b\ being in communication
wltn the Government wireless station
at Colon. Panama, while off Nan-I
tucket. I
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Vanderbilt Racer Is
Hurt; Kills Veteran
SANTA MONICA, CAL., Feb. 16. !
David Lewis, driver of the Fiat car
entered in the coming Vanderbilt Cup '
races here, was seriously injured.
Lew is Q. Smith, an old soldier, may i
} die. and four other persons, three of'
them women, were seriously hurt as
the result of Lew Is’ racing automo
bile skidding from the roadway and
crashing into a crowd in front of the
Saw telle Soldiers’ Home to-da>
Thp big machine turned over and
, pinned Lewis beneath It. Eddie Ar
nold. mechanician, was hurled from
! his seat and was seriously injured. I
Premier Defiant in
Home Rule Battle
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Feb- 16. Premier Ae
qulth to-day defied the Unionist mem
liers of Parliament to force him to
show his hand in the home rule fight.
Replying to an interpellation, the
Premier emphatk ally declined to slate
whether lie intended to propose an
, . niendment to the pending bill ex
hiding l ister from the measure
Active Work is Begun
On Rural Credit Bill
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. Active work
! on rural credits legislation began to
day with a meeting of the Senate and
House subcommittees. The members
conferred with Senator Fletche’ who
introduced, on behalf of the . I nlted
States rural credits commission, the
measure which will form the ground
of h-gisiaib'n to help the farmer
I ibtain money uiiotr u .er conditions
2 CENTS P aV, R *°
PRESENTMENT BARES
HORRIBLE IDmOIS
The -Fulton County Grand Jury Monday api-aug a geuidn*
i sensation by a presentment to Judge lien Hill substantiating iit
i every detail the exposes of convict camp horrors published from
day to day in The Georgian and strongly urging the immediate
elimination ol' Captain T. -I. Donaldson and all vestige of the Don
aldson influence from county affairs.
The essence of the Grand Jury's findings was contained in thq
preliminary statement of Foreman Alfred ('. Newell, who told
Judge Hill that conditions had been uncovered “which make Rus
sian tortures appear pleasantly inviting and Mexican barharieties
seem mere parlor pastimes."
Severe censure was passed upon the County Commissioners,
who were held responsible for the brutality and inhumanity which
were found to exist in the convict camps ,and for the rise to an
I autocratic power of Captain Donaldson in his more than 20 year*
as superintendent of public works
Captain Danaldson Called Autocrat
It was held that only by the absolute elimination of all. Don
aldson domination could reforms be instituted. The captain wa»
described as an autocrat who had built up a political machine by
which he swayed and controlled the public works department and
the administration of the convict camps through every successive
board of County Commissioners.
The most important recommendation of the Grand Jury was
i that the position of Superintendent of Public Works and Warden
be at once divided into two offices—that of Superintendent and thatt
of Warden, the latter to have the care and control of the convicts- <
and that new men be engaged to fill these places. The adoption
of the Grand Jury's suggestion in this respect will mean the in
stant dismissal of both Captain T. J. Donaldson and his brother?
S. H. Donaldson, recently appointed to Captain Donaldson's place
as Superintendent, as well as the removal of a number of convict
camp employees who are known to be Donaldson men.
W. B. Syinmers. Secretary of the Grand Jury, read the pre
sentment Io Judge Hill. At its conclusion the Judge praised th*
Grand Jury highly for its thorough investigation, and thanked
the members for the time they had spent in the work. He said than
while the State provided that its convicts should pay the penalty
for their misdeeds in hard labor, it did not contemplate the use ofi
brutality and inhumane practices toward the prisoners.
Startling Expose Made
Os Camps by Grand Jurif
a 4
Alfred «' Newell, foreman of the!
Grand .liny, in handing up the pre
sentment. said:
As a Grand Jury especially
charged by you with looking after
the interests of the people of Ful
ton County, we appear before
your honorable court to lay be
fore you special general present
ments.
It is claimed that the recom
mendations of successive Grand
Juries have amounted to nothing
more than fruitless efforts of men
vested with brief authority.
With the futility of the aver
age presentment in view, we de
sire. while we are still serving, to
call your attention to certain mat
ters in connection with the con
trol of the convicts in the care
of Fulton County.
Found Grounds for Probe.
We have Just concluded an in
vestigation which came about by
accident. In looking into evidence
on a special ease presented to us
In regular routine, certain general
facts were brought out which
seemed to make it our duty to
broaden the inquiries
Evidence developed has con- i
vineed every member of the
Grand Jury that punishment in-
HOME
EDITION
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dieted on convicts, both white
and colored, for trivial and arbi
trary offenses, at the whim of
guards would. In soma casts,
make Russian torture look Invit
ingly pleasant and Mexican bar
barity seem a parlor pastime. Af
ter examining photographs pre
sented herewith, we believe that
you will agree as to our warrant
for this statement.
We are against the effort whieh
would color up any situation Into
a sensation. We are aware that
lurid accounts have been broad
casted which might reflect upon
our community. This is to he
regretted.
Absolute Facts to Face.
At the same time, absolute facts
must be faced therefore by a lit
eral transcript of testimony and
photographs appended to our pre
sentments. we have endeavored to
give your honorable court only
those facts. After an investiga
tion of this kind there is always
danger of the pendulum swing
ing too far on the other side.
We are not unaware of the
danger to the community of too
great leniency with criminals. In
' this connection we desire to ap
peal for the protection of thia
court in behalf of certain wit-
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