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Invites the Elks and their ladies to make Atlanta their next meeting place Let Us Wei come OSCAR MILLS, County Commissioner An auto trip (and we promise you many of them) over Fulton County’s well paved roads will prove a genuine delight. The historic old battlefields, where the Blue and Gray clashed in deadly combat, will be among the many interesting sights in and about Atlanta. I have just returned from a trip through nineteen States, and our paved roads invite comparison from any section. EVERY GOOD CITIZEN OF FULTON COUNTY JOINS ME IN BIDDING YOU WELCOME. OSCAR MILLS County Commissioner, Fulton County HBARST’B _ SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, JULY 4, 1015. J0LTSPHIS01 HONOf! PLJHI But Keeper of Joliet Retains Faith in Con victs Who Cry for Life of Murderer of New Orleans Stage Beauty. CHICAGO, July 3.—The “honor system” in State prisons has been given a staggering arraignment. The beautiful young wife of Warden Edmund M. Allen, of Joilet Penitentiary, Illinois—Odette Allen, a former comic opera favorite—known to the convicts as the “Angel of the Prison ” is dead, brutally murdered, and strong evidence points to a product of the “honor system” as her murderer. Two years ago that system was inaugurated by her husband at Joliet among the convicts. Joliet became the most talked of prison in the world. Crushed and broken-hearted now by the death of the woman he Idolized, he still de fends it. It Is defended by Governor Dunne, the warden’s stanch sup porter, In his belief that the worst criminals can be regerenated by kindness, by appealing to the smold ering instinct of their manhood. Opponents of the “honor system” now declare vociferously that the ’'fcU tar system” must go—that the dis covery last Sunday of the mutilated, seared body of beautiful Odette Allen, the kind, tender-hearted woman who, It la well known, inspired the warden to establish the “honor system”—ut terly disproves its merit, brands it. Instead, as a terrible menace. Was New Orleans Beauty. Mrs. Allen was 34 years old. She formerly waa Miss Odette Mazie Bor deaux, a native of New Orleans. At 21 she joined a musical comedy company In New Orleans. She possessed tal ent and beauty, and when “The Merry Widow” company was organized she was made an understudy to Ethei Jackson, who played the title role. Shortly afterward she was given the title role to a road company. She met Edmund M. Allen in Chi cago about six years ago. They were quietly married, and then Mrs. Allen left the stage. When her husband was appointed warden of Joliet penitentiary by Gov ernor Dunne in 1912, Mrs. Allen’s in fluence did much toward establishing the “honor system.’’ It was due to Mrs. Allen’s Influence that the Joliet prison band was al lowed to leave the penitentiary walls on various occasions unaccompanied by a guard. Trusted Convict Suspected. Singularly indeed, suspicion of hav ing been the slayer of Odette Allen now centers on the convict who, above all the other 1,800 inmates of Joliet, was favored by the “honor system,” and the one who especially had been honored by the murdered woman. “This man is “Chicken Joe” Campbell, a negro, convicted of manslaughter in Chicago five years ago and sent to the penitentiary to serve an indeter minate sentence of from one year to life. Several months ago he was cho sen by Mrs. Allen to act as her per sonal servant. Mrs. Allen’s body was found in the warden’s suite on one of the twin beds there. Her skull had been fractured and her body was fearfully burned. A fire was iaging in the room. Campbell Last in Room. Campbell was the last man in the warden’s suite Saturday night. He carried a thermos bottle to Mrs. Al len’s room at 5:50 Sunday morning. He came down with the dog 25 min utes later. Dr. J. P. Benson states his belief that Mrs. Allen’s skull may have been fractured by a blow from the thermos bottle. The negro went out five minutes before fire was discovered. He insisted there was no Are when Captain of the Patrol Clarkson point ed to smoke coming from a window. A bloody collar belonging to Camp bell was found in Mrs. Allen’s closet. E DMUND ALLEN, warden of the Illinois State prison at Joliet, and Mrs. Allen, “the Prisoners’ Angel,” who was slain by one of the more trusted convicts of the honor system she aided so greatly. The grief- stricken warden sent a remarkable appeal to the convicts to bo “100 per cent men” in in this great crisis in the prison. A WARNING! URIC ACID Stuart’s Buchu and Juniper Compound Drains It Out of System—Strengthens Weak Kidneys or Blad der. It is th© function of the kidney* to filter uric acid from the blood and cast it out in the urine: but at times the kidneys become weak and slug gish and fall to eliminate the uric acid, causing stiffness, soreness, pain, rheumatism, aching back, puffy and swollen muscles, spots before the eyes, dropsy, diabetes, dizziness, scalding and dribbling of the urine. Stuart’s Buchu and Juniper Compound has been used for years to clean out im purities and uric acid from the kidneys and bladder, thus ending all kidney and bladder weakness and doing away with all irritating symp toms. curing dropsy and diabetes. Stuart's Buchu and Juniper Is a fine kidney regulator and has helped thou sands of sufferers from weak kidneys by making kidneys strong and well. Responsible druggists can supply you. —Advertisement. FOURTH OF JULY Special rates via W. and A. R. R. Tickets on sale July 3, 4 and 5. Re turn limit July 8, 1915. Apply ticket agent*. C. E. HARMAN, General Passenger Agent. Campbell says he cut his cnin while shaving, but no wound is found. The most damaging evidence against Campbell came out in the tes timony of Michael J. Kane, assistant deputy warden, who has been em ployed at the penitentiary for 30 years. Deputy Kane said he saw Campbell change his clothing during the excitement attending the finding of Mrs. Allen’s body. Other circumstances have put an other negro trusty, Walter Edwards, under suspicion. He had access to the linen closet. He changed his clothes immediately after the fire. He was in the building at the time of the fire. He insisted Mrs. Allen’s body was in bed when other men in the smoky room could not see it. The other convicts without excep tion believe Campbell to be the mur derer. Their admiration for the war den’s dead wife and their fear that the murder will cost them their "honor privileges” inspire them with hate. They would rend him to pieces if he were not kept In solitary confine ment. Nearly 1,000 convicts were at the noon n^eal in the main dining room the day after the murder when a man rose from his seat and shouted: “Boys, follow me and we’ll string him up!" Violence Prevented. A hoarse cry reverberated through the mess hall. Seventeen convicts leaped from their seats and started to gather around the leader. Armed guards seized them and hustled them off to their cells, while other deputies scattered through the room to pre vent further trouble. The danger was past for the moment, but mutterings were still heard. Then the warden’s brother stood up and announced he had a message from Wraden Allen. It was the first as surance many of them had that the warden was still alive. He had not been at the prison all day, and this served to strengthen the rumors that he, too, would not return. “Boys,” said Jim Allen, "the war den is coming back.” A hoarse cry followed. "But he is not coming back unless you help him in this time of trouble. He has placed you on your honor and he will continue to do so. You are his friends and he needs all of hi* friends at this crisis. Do nothing to violate the confidence he has in you. He will come back, but he won’t if you do violence here to-day.” Was to Go With Husband. So far as is known, Campbell, the (personal servant, Is the las. person to have seen Mrs. Allen alive. Mrs. Allen, disappointed by her dressmaker at the last minute, had been unable to accompany the war den when he started on a ten-day trip to West Baden, Ind., the night before, and had been the only occu pant of the bedroom. At 6:10 o’clock, nearly an hour be fore her usual rising time, the gong rung by a push button at her bed side set up a clamor. Usually such a summons Is answered at once by Campbell, whose station Is in a den opening off the bedroom The bell continued to ring steadily, 0U1SVILLE as if an impatient finger were press ing against the bedroom button. James Larkin, a keeper, was at breakfast in the butler's pantry, around a bend In the corridor. He ran into the hall and met George Simpson, another negro house serv ant, who had been across the corridor in another suite. Fire Alarm Sounded. “The lady's ringing,” snapped Lar kin. “Why don’t you answer?” “It ain’t my bell,” protested the ne gro. “Where's Campbell?” The keeper raised his voice and called t'ampbell. There was no reply from the negro, but I^arkin’s call and the continued, unbroken ringing of the gong brought Harry Rogers, a night turnkey, from his post on the lower floor. ‘T smell smoke," Rogers announced as he reached the head of the stair case, panting. "Get to the fire whis tle! ” The convict firemen raced to their rendezvous, the boiler room. A half dozen of them followed Michael Kane, day captain of the department, into the warden’s house With them ran Christy O’Leary, the warden's chauf feur. Kane, O’Leary and the rest found Larkin beating with his fists against the locked door connecting the bed room with the Governor’s suite. Smoke was curling through the (.racks between dcor and frame, and Kane’s arrival was greeted by a crashing of glass as the bedroom windows fell out. Body Is Found. O’Leary smashed a panel of the door with a wrench and reached through and turned the key. Smoke billowed forth in a cloud that drove back the fire fighters. "Mrs. Allen’s In there!” cried some one In the crowd. “No, she’s not,” another voice con tradicted. "I just saw her run up the stairs.” Later it developed that the woman seen on the s»talrs was Katherine Al ien, Mrs. Allens 17-year-old step daughter. By the time the flames had been drenched out it was 6:40 o’clock. O’Leary and Kane groped their way into the room, stumbling over the ruins of a lounge. They came to the twin beds. The charred posts were still standing. The rest had gone up in the fire. O’Leary bent over the bed nearest the den door—the one occupied by the warden’s wife. “My God!” he cried. "There's Mrs. Allen!" Bryan Has No Time Now to Raise Onions Former Secretary Offers HI* 200- Acre Texas Farm for Sale for $20,000. WASHINGTON, July I.—Now that he ha* retired as Secretary of State. Wil liam J. Bryan has no time to run hi* onion farm down in Texas. He is therefore willing to aril out for 120,000 with a liberal discount for cash. The following advertisement appears In the current issue of The Commoner: FOR SALE. An improved farm of 200 acres, under irrigation, three miles from Mission, Texas This farm la in the Rio Grande Val ley I have not time to look after It. It has a house costing 12,500, with barns and outbuilding to match; Is fenced and in cultivation. I am willing to sell for less than the cost for unimproved land In that sec tion Is selling I will aell entire 200 acres for $20,000, with a liberal discount for cash. Small tracts, not Including the one upon which house stands, may be purchased us follows: 10 acre tracts, $125 per acre; 20 acre tracts, $122 50 per acre: 40 acre tracts. $120 per acre; 80 acre tracts, $115 per acre. . I have 40 acres of unimproved land near Mission, which I will sell as a whole or In 10 acre tracts for $75 per acre cash. Address. W. J. BRYAN, Lincoln, Nebr. Bruck and Miss Anna Htaigenskaitls- kltage. A few days later the bride re ceived a letter from Miss Mae Matou- pakosalouskis. of New Bedford, Man*., congratulating her on the loss of her long name. The clerks in the lost poatofPice strug gled with the two names for day* In a vain effort at pronunciation. However, Pu^pademanakakoopouloua. William J of Klrksville, Mo., got in the game by addressing a letter to the former Miss Htaigenakaitlskltage, apparently ignor ant of her marriage to Bruck. 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