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Heritages of Hate!
The inside story of the feud ahich made
James K. Hackett a millionaire is bared
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Sunday American
Burns sarsHE PHAGAN PURSE MYSTERY
Lashed Convict Accuses Boss in Court
KILLS WHOLE FAMILY
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Georgia Farmer Slays Wife and
2 Children, Fires Buildings.
Then Shoots Self.
VIDALIA, Starch 20.—Insane from
iill health, J, A. Eubanks, a farmer
residing at Oak Park, near here, in
Emanuel County, to-day Kkilled his
wife with an ax, slew two children
with a Kknife, set fire to his home,
barn and several tenant houses and
then fired a buliet into his brain.
I’hysicians say he will die.
Mrs. Eubanks and the childiren were
asleep when Eubanks started on his
death-dealing crusade to wipe out
his family and worldly possessions,
The woman’s head was almost sev
ered from her body. The two children
girls 4 years and 6 months old, re
spectively—were stabbed several
times.
Eubanks is about 30 years old and
has been a respected member of the
Oak Park community, He has bheen
a tenant on the Griffin plantation, the
house in which he lived, the barn and
the tenant houses he fired belonging
to Mr. Griffin,
Several of these buildings were
practically destroyed, but the one ir
which the Eubanks family lived was
slightly damaged.
Storekeeper Is Badly
Beaten by Footpad
[2. Citron, a storekeeper at No. 225
Piedmont avenue, is in a serious con
dition at Grady Hospital Friday, as
thie result 'of a beating he received
from a negro f'nnllva'l.in front of No.
85 East Baker street late Thursday
night. The negro crouched hehind a
tree and when Citron passed on his
way home froam his store the black
knocked him down with a piece of
fenice rail, and continued to beat him
Citron screamed for help and I, L.
Belyou, a druggist at Piedmont and
Baker, chased the negro away. Citron
was not robbed.
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500 Fight Fire to Save
U. 8. Redwood Forest
SAN JOSE, CAL, March 20 Five
hundred men are fighting desperately
A to save the famous National Redwood
Niorest from destruction by fire. They
have succeeded in gaining control of
one Gf the four fires that broke out
in the Santa Cruz Mountains yester
day, but the others are steadily euat
irg their way toward the noted red
woods. o
Reports reached here early to-da)
that several men were missing, but it
ig believed all will be accounted for
All the help available will be sent
from here,
2 Held as Burglars
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In Jail at Kirkwood
FEugene and Charlie Brogli Nne
groes, were placed in jail Thursday
at Kirkwood by Marshal Phillips, fol
lowing a hearing \Wednesday on :
charge of burglar)
Fhey were held to the Superion
Court under $2OO bond. The negroes
it is said, were caught in the act o
entering the home of Colonel W, (
Cousing.
MUSIC IN ATLANTA WOMEN’S VOICES somscerr: SUNDAY AMERICAN
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
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Thief Bags Thirteen
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Chickens in Visit to
- Colonel Peel’s Roost
Chicken thieves early Friday morn
ing raided.the chicken coops of Colo
nel W, L.. Peel, president of the
American National Bank, who lives
at No. 1339 Peachtree street. Six* Buil
Orpingtons and seven Rhode Island
Reds were stolen. (‘olonel Peel noti
fied the police. |
At is thought that the same I!lil'\l'%l‘
enterel the grocery store of J. H.
Barrett, No. 1212 Peachtree streed, |
Entrance was gained ‘through « h;u'i\i
window. A large quantity of oals|
and corn was taken. |
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Pastor F'. A Line Will
The Frank case will be discussed |
by the Rev. Fred A Line at the Uni- |
versalist Church, No. 16 East .ll;u-ris}
street, Sunday morning. His .-a'.b.ion-ti
will be “Vital Aspects of dhe l-'l';:nl\"
Case.” r
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Mrs. Mclendon, State president of |
e iwqual Sutfrage Association, nn.’i
Leonard Grossman will speak on the
subject of “kqual Sulfrage—A\ .\lnl'.lI;
Issue,” at the evening service. l
McCombs Declines
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cuomllNS veciines
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üblic Service Post
ALBANY, March 20.--Willlam I, |
McCombs, chairman of the Democrat- |
ic National Committee, has declined |
Governor Glynn's offer to nmninuu-!
him for a position on the First Dis- |
trict PPublic Service Commission, lul
succeed John I, Eustis,
Mr. MeCombs' reason for his (]m'h-!
nation was that he desired to practice |
law. !
Hewlett Will Lix |
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With Japan Lepers;
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Special Cable to The Atlanta Ceorgian. i
LONDON, March 20.—The Rev A, |
=, Hewlett, a cousin 6f the nn\'l-"—i,!
Maurice Hewlett, has resigned from
St. Paul’s Church, Birkenhead, to|
spend Lis time among the lepers a! |
Kumato, an island off Kyushyu,|
Japan. :
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Girl Held as Thief |
From Father’s Firm|
CHICAGO, March 20 I'uliw-“nm:nn'
Lula Parks, of the Chicago force, will
be sent to New York to bring back Miss
Marie Stopper, 19, whoran away from |
home to realize her stage ambitions l
\ charge of embezzling $5OO from a |
tfirm in which her father is a |'dll|l~'li
has been made against the girl i
\VJH EN night
' comes, you,
who have no
homes, wish to have a
comfy room, bath, clean
linen, and a comforta
ble bed in which to re
pose in sleeping rest.
And it is a provident
hand that leads you to
such. The character of
the advertisers in the
“Want Ad" section of
The American and
Georgian, under the
caption of Rooms for
Rent, warrants you to
make a ready selection,
and with whom depends
only upon the locality
in which you wish to
live.
Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Results
VOL. XII. NO. 198.
Counsel Asks Indictments Be
Quashed Because Weltner Quiz
zed Witnesses for Grand Jury.
Attorneys for Clyde A. Thomason,
former convict boss, on trial before
Judge Ben H, Hill in Superior Court
on the charge of assault and bafter)
upon James Brannon, a convict, Fri
day moved that both indictments
against Thomason be quashed because!
Philip Weltner, secretary of the Pris- |
on Reform Association, had taken an
active purt in the prosecution and had
been in the Grand Jury room ques- |
tioning witnesses ‘
On the stand later, Weltner admit- |
ted that he had beén partly in charge
of the investigation, having question
ed most of the witnesses. He was
asked by Luther Rosser, Ss,. dltor
ney for Thomason, whether it was
true that on Thursday, when he heard
that Thomason was still working for
the county ip charge of convicts, that i
he had asked the County "nnlmi.\“;
s‘oners to discharge Thomason. |
Weltner replied that he had ;I>l\|>d‘
(ne of the Commissioners if it was|
proper to employ a man under in
dictment for mistreating convicts, |
No action was taken by Judge Hill. l
Shooting Trial Next. i
The second indictment against ‘
Thomason, for shooting James Har- |
ris. a convic , will be heard by Jud :'-1
Hill upon the conclusion of the ns
sault and battery charge |
Brannon was the first \\llnr»\*-l
called by the State, He said that lw|
1d been lashed by Thomason on Pe
‘ember 19, 1913, because on the d.l\l
hefore he had said, after '»\hl)v»ill'.{l
the shooting of Harris, “Oh, God! \ull
murdered that man, and it was a cruel
ind cowardly, murder,” Following |
this agsertion, he said that Thomason |
threatened to get even. f
The next day he was given ine oo |
ten lashes across the bare back. Th'-[
strap was about four feet long, three
and one-half inches wide and ~.,.,.‘
quarter inch t} 3 }
After the first blow, Brannon said|
he begged for mercy, but that 'l‘:mm-i
son paid no heed to his eries, ‘l'l
S | that he didn’t know he had vio- |
ited a rule when he expressed ais |
apinion of the shooting of Harris, |
At the time of this troubl |'-l;|!l>:’
non sald that Harris himself and a |
number of others were all w't'l.r\m!;
together |
Heard Lashed Man's Cries.
William Flynn, a conviet, who wit- |
nessed the whipping of Brannon,
when called by the State, said !h;ll;
the lashing had been one of the m..q!
ruel ever given in the camp, He |
said that he was working in the yard |
nd heard Brannon's cries for mer )‘
Thomason is defended by ¢\'llrl'll"\n!
L.uther Rosser, Sr., and Ben Col v\(q‘s‘;
BEd Tyree, tormer guard at the
Adamsvilie camp, will be placed on
trial on the charge of assault ,mdl
battery npon Ben Spratling, a cone
viet, following the hearing of the sec
ond case against Thomasor
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Took Stamps to Write|
To Wife to Avoid Suit,
to Avoid Suit
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PHILLIPSTOWN, N. J March 20|
Villiam Keenan, arrested for stealing |
0 postage stamps, said e had 'o}
vrite a letter to his wife every da »’
eep from being arrested for aban- |
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ATLANTA, GA, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1914.
A storm, accompanied in many esc
tions by heavy snow, struck the South
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were cxpressed for the eariy fruit
crop, mmany trees in various sections
being already in bloom, .Snow fell
during the night in Virginia, Tennes.
see. Texas, Oklahoma Alabama and
North Georgia, and P'riday morning
the tempepature bezan dropping.
In Richmond sxix inches of snow
covered the ground at 9 o'clock Fri
day, and in Baltimore a heavy snow
storm sent the thermometer helow
the freezing point. The snow was
general throughout Tennessee, Nash
ville having the heaviest snowfall in
three years, while at Memphis and
Chattanooga and many of the smaller
towns heavy snowfalls were reported.
In Atlanta the rain of Thursday
afternoon and evening was followed
Friday by a cold snap ‘that sent the
mercury in the weather bureau's
thermometer down two degrees in
less than two hours. At 7 o'clock,
the official observation time, the tem
perature was 32 degrees—just freez
ing: and at 8:30 o'clock the ther
mometer registered 30 degrees, a drop
of 2 degrees. Indications are that the
cold will continué throughout the day
and perhaps Saturday, although ft is
not thonght that it will be any worse
it is not known as vet whether the
Georgiu peach crop has been injured
by the cold. It was stated Friday u!
tire office of K. Lee Worshuw, Staty
Entomologist, that there s little like.
lihood that great damage was done
because the high wind Kept frosu
from forming.
CALMETTE'S FUNERAL
IS HELD UNDER GUARD
Gaston Calmette, editor of Paris Figaro, shot and killed (at
the desk shown in the picture) by Mme. Henriette Caillaux, wife
of the French Minister of Finance, Joseph Caillaux (below).
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French Senate Starts Probe of
Political Intrigue Exposed
by Editor's Murder.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS, March 20.—Under gray
skies and while the streets of Paris
wele flll‘v-d with policemen and Re
publican guards to prevent funer.l
riots, services were held to-day over
the body of Gaston Calmette, editor
of La Figaro, who was assassinated
by Mme, Henriette Cafllaux, wife of
the former Minister of Finance,
Just at the moment the funeral
services were being sald, and while
crowds moved restlessly along the
boulevards awaiting any signal for
violence, # Sepate commission, head
ed by M. Jean Jaures, the famous So
cialist, was bheginning ite sessgion to
investigate the ptlitical intrigues ex
posed in part by the murder of the
journalist.
In St. lLazare jail, Mme, (aillaux,
the beautiful central! figure in this
tragedy of love, jealousy and politics,
was comforted by two nuns as she
gazed out into the raln .
All the police in Paris were on
guard, for Prefect Hennion feared
that the funeral of M, Calmette mignt
prove the spark which would cause
the greatest explosion of violenze
hat has followed the killing of the
orilliant anti-Government editor,
Outbursts Only Sporadic.
Up to noon, however, the disorler
ad been of a sporadic character, and
ot serfous enough o Ccause a!urmi
o the a ;l}'.uriliv:;, |
At St Denis, a surourb, tiere was:
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a grave outbreak, in which a number
of persons were killed, but this vio
lence was attributed to local politi
cal bitterness, as an election was be
ing held there to-day, more than o
the Cafllaux-Calmette case.
Police activity was concentrated to
prevent a Royalist demonstration.
Leon Daudet, of the Royalist League,
had been reported as preparing to
2rouse agitation similar to that which
oceurred at the funeral of Victor
Noir, the journalist who was shot by
Prince Plerre Bonaparte in 1870, The
assassination immediately followed
the revolution of September 4.
Just before the funeral services he
gan, members of the (‘almette famnily
jssued an appeal that the dignity of
the last rites be not disturbed by
digsorder. This appeal, the rainy
weather and the nagural wane of in
terest in the case in some quarters
helped the police maintain peace and
order.
“Skeletons” to Remain Hidden.
I‘rance is now turning its attention
to the political results which will fol
low the tragedy and to the approach
ing trial of Mme, Calllaux, It is now
bhelieved that the pro-Government
forces will he successful in prevent
ing any revelation of political skele
tons when the prisoner is brought to
tria)
“l”n their meeting to-day M. Labori,
attorney for Mme, Caillaux, urged his
client again to throw herself on the
mercy of the court, at the same time
pleading extenuating circumstances.
Either this course or an insanity plea
will in all likelihood prove the meti
od of defense finally adopted.
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! THE WEATHER.
, Forecast for. Atlanta and |
Georgia—Rain and colder !
Friday; fair Saturday. §
DIHER MoalNG THING
WILLBE [LOABOU],
DETECTIVE DECLARES
William J. Burns indicated Friday that he has unearthed im
portant new evidence that will tend to lift the veil of mystery that
has always surrounded the disappearance of Mary Phagan’s purse
and pay envelope, and the flowers nd ribbons she wure on her hat
when she went to the National Pencil Factory April 26, 1913,
When questioned as to whether he had actually found the
missing purse and pay envelope, which Jim Conley declared on
the witness stand were placed in the office safe by Leo Frank, Mr.
Burns was non-cimmittal, refusing either to admit or deny that he
had discovered them. He made, however, this significant reply:
‘‘ln my final report on the case I will tell all about the purse
and the pay envelope, and also the flowers and the ribbons!”’
He would not say whether this report would tell where the
missing articles are, or whether he would produce them, but it is
interpreted, by those familiar with the case and with Burns’ meth
ods, to indicate that he has either located the arficles themselves,
or has obtained positive proof of what became of them after they
were taken from thelittlegirl. | TAT
- Mr. Burns also intimated that
his investigation is rapidly ap
proaching a climax, and that his
fina! repert may be expected
‘within two weeks. Dan Lehon.
of New Orleaus. superintendent
of the Southern division of the
Burns agency, is expected fo ar
ive in Atlanta Sunday or Mon
day to assist his chief in the
!final stages o fthe probe. ITis
arrival is taken to indicate that
Burns has begun to gather up
the threads of the mystery and
weave them into tangible shape.
Trail Grows Plainer.
The famous detective declared that
thig investigation is progressing sat
isfactorily, and that every day the
trail of the murderer grows plainer
and easier to follow. He declared
that his finai report will contain evi
.dence that will dissipate the last re
maining doubt as to the identity of
the murderer, although he would not
say whether his report would affect
Frank or some other person.
“1 intend to prove absolutely the
identity of the guilty man,” sald Mr.
Burns. “I will leave nothing to the
imagination; nothing to prejudice.
That may sound like T am bhoasting,
but 1 am just egotistical enough to
believa that T know what 1 am doing,
and that T can do what I say I can. 1
can find the murderer of Mary Pha
ghen, and I will fird him, and before
very long, too.”
Mr, Burns also took occasion, in
conversation with newspaper men
PPriday, to contradict rumors that he
was working on the case solely with
a 4 view to clearing Frank, This he
declared to be ridiculous and absurd.
“I am here to find the murderer,
not to shield Frank or anyone else,”
he deciared. "I went into this case
with the understanding that my in
vestigation should be impartial, that
it 1 found after careful investigation
that Frank is the guilty man Ishould
say =0 without reservation.
Probe Impartial, He Says.
“There isn't enough money in the
world to tempt me to thwart justice
or aid in thwarting it, | came into
this case with an open mind, with a
contract that gave e liberty to in
vestigate as I pleased without the ne
cessity of shielding anyone; and I in
tend to continue making my investi
gation impartially, and will find the
guilty man and prove that he is
guilty, no matter who he may be.”
Mr. Burns reiterated his intention
of seeing Jim Conley and interviews
ing the negro, burt would not say
when he expected to do it |
“Throughout the plot of this mur
der can be seen plainly the thread of
a criminal's mental process,” seid
Burns. “The slayer of Mary Phagan
wag a criminal of the worst type. I
have never before come in contact
with so foul a crime, And now | see
EVENING
EDITION
my way clear to point my finger at
the guilty man.” ’ ;
As to when this would be done,
however, Mr. Burns declined to he&
specific.
Wiil Give Data to Dorsey. 7
“It may bhe in a few days. it may
be a couple of weeks; it may be
more,” he said snigmatically. I will
‘haye all the racts in hand, and a con
vipcing statement to make when I
‘make it. When | am near the end I
i shall hapd-ever my ddta fo the Solici
lor General, and he, of course, will
act ag he sees fit.”
1t was while talking of Mr. Dorsey’'s
wofk in the prosecution that Mr.
Burns intimated that the trail he was
following was leading away from Leo
I'rank, as he has plainly done several
times, although expressing no opinion
as to his guilt or innocence.
“It 18 quite possible,” he said, “that
the Solicitor has been misled in some
particulars. But if he was, it was by
private detectives—one of the most
‘dangerous institutions with which we
have to contend. The Solicitor was
zealous in the prosecution, I under
stand. But that is proper. He be
lieved he was right, and his belief
was founded on substance supplied to
him by investigators. That substance
was enough to warrant him in his po
sition. As to Mr. Dorsey's zeal, 1
would merely state that this country
would be in a very kad way if it did
not have public prosecutors who car
ried on their work with zeal and de
termination I am quite sure Mr.
Dorsey was not prejudiced in this
case,”’
Will Give No Opinion,
"o two more leading questions the
famous detective returned smiling
and non-committal replies. He de
clined to state if he belleved the
crirge could have been committed by
a person of high intellectual attain
ments and culture. He also declined
to say that he considered the crime
the nroduct of savage instinct and
nature,
Thursday night Mr. Burns spent
more than two hours locked with his
assistants in the National Penctl fac
tory building on Forsyth street. It is
understood that he wegt carefully
over the scene of operations outlined
by (‘onley and established in the trial
a 8 the theory of the State. Hé ex~
pects, he says, to make other visits to
the factory,
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‘Jim, Can You Tango
Yet? Taft Asks Hill
§7. PAUL, March 20.—“ Hello, Jim
Hill," said former President '!'l!&
when met by the veteran l‘llll’o._@;
builder as he arrived for a lmllifi
engagement in the twin cities, o
“Hello, judge; how are you?" Mr.
Hill shouted. 2
“I feel like a four-year-old,” Mr.
Taft answered. 3 “?g.f
“1 feel as young as you de,” q,%
Hliil came back. e
“Jim, ecan vou tango yet?" 3
“I can't, but 1 could if I wanted to**