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State to Try Lawyer First if Sev
erance Is Demanded by the
: Defense.
Indications Thursday were that
~vhen the trial of Victor E. Innes and
Mrs. Innes, on charges of larceny
after trust growing out of the disap
pearance of Eloise Nelms Dennis and
Beatrice Nelms, begins on May 29,
the defense will elect to sever the two
defendants and the &tate then will
try Innes first.
It became known Thursday that a
conference has been planned for the
early part of next week between So
licitor Dorsey and Attorney Reuben
R. Arnold, for the State, and Judge
John 8. Candler, Judge James K.
Hines and C. L. Pettigrew, counsel
for the Inne{es. with regard to an
agreement or\ understanding as to
this phase of the trial. The confer
e€nce was expected to take place Tues
day or Wednesday. It was not held
this week, for the reason that Judge
Hines is absent in Statesboro on court
business.
Neither of the lawyers would dis
cuss their plans, but officials ahout
the courthouse were satisfied, from
general deveopments, that the noted
prisoners will be tried separately. It
was learned on good authority that,
should the defense choose to sever the
cases, the State will insist on the trial
of Innes first. Should he be acquitted,
thig probably would mean that the
case of Mrs. Innes weuld be nol
rrossed. The defense has the right to
sever the cases, but the State deter
mines which of the defendants shall
be tried first.
Solicitor Dorsey and Attornev Ar
nold were in conference for several
hours Wednesday, at work on the
State’s case. Mr. Arnold, for the past
two or three days, has been engaged
in the trial of a damage sujt in the
City Court, but Wednesday was en
abled to devote considerable time to
the Innes case, for the reason that the
court took a recess on account of
Mlemorial Day. He and the Solicitor
were expected to hold another con
ference Thursday afternoon.
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APRIL, 191 fi.-!
Judge of Sunrise Court
Indorses Hearst Papers’
IFight on Strong Drink
Editors Los Angeles Examiner:
As Magistrate of the I.os An
geles Sunrise Police Court, which
deals exclusively with inebriate
cases, I desire to express my
pleasure at the stand taken by
the Hearst papers in regard to
the liquor question. I am not a
prohibitionist, and I heartily agree
with your.idea of solving the lig
uor problem. 2
It has been my custom, for three
months past in the Sunrise Police
Court, to ask each man appear
ing before me this question:
‘“What were you drinking?” The
answers which T have received
and which I file away for inspec
tion, prove conclusively that only
about 3 per cent hecome intoxi
cated upon heer or light wines.
The balance find their way into
the jail through the excessive use
of whisky, or other intoxicants
containing a heavy percentage of
alcohol.
I can also state that the statis
tics to which I refer, as well as
many talks with. habitual drink
ers, have convinced me that pro
hibition is not a satisfactory so
lution. BSeveral men have stated
that they purposely went into dry
States in order to be away from
the temptation of drink, but re
turned to California for tke rea
son that in so-called dry States
the temptation is just as great,
and the quality of the liduor is
mucii more injurious. One and all
agree that it is a very easy mat
ter for a man to secure intoxi
cants in those States which are
numbered as dry.
For the reason that T believe in
the knowledge that these men
have concerning the liquor ques
tion, I very frequently pick out
some fellow who has the drinking
habit very strongly and tell him to
walt until court is over. T then
talk to him in chambers. T select
only men who are desirous of
solving the problem, for them
selves; in other worés. men who
are desirous of overcoming the
habit which thev have acauired.
These men all state that beer or
light wines don't make habitual
drunkards. They believe, with
me, that once the high-proof
drinks are abolished, the liquor
problem will be solved. Many of
them have read the articles which
have apoeared in your paper from
. time to time, and hope, for their
own sakes as well as for others,
‘that your campaign will be
crowned with the success it de
serves, :
I believe that my past waork in
the Sunrise Police Court is suffi
cient proof of the fact that I can
not be influenced one way or the
other in regard to this matter,
but that I proceed in the premises
as my reason dictates. When I
went on to the bench I was a
prohibitionist. I am not a pro
hibitionist now. Many’ of those
who have appeared -Before me
have said: “Judge, if you want to
help the down and outer, don't
help prohibition.”
Then again, I am now as T al
ways have been, bitter and unal
terably opposed to the saloon
which violates any of the city or
State laws. I believe in revoking
the license of any place which
does not operate in a clean man
ner, regardless of the ownership
of the same.
I have stated time and again
that T am tied to no one’s apron
strings, and it is for this reason
that I write this letter urging yvou
to proceed with all the vigor and
force at your command to hasten
the day when all intexicants con
taining a heavy percentage of lq
uor will be abolished.
In this way, and this way only,
will the liquor problem be satis
factorily solved.
Yours very truly,
" GRIFFITH JONES.
Los Angeles, Cal,, April 18, 1918.
Observe Anniversa,ryl
The Elbert Hubbard Club will hold
a meeting at the Hotel Ansley Sun
day afternoon at 3 o'clock, when an
appropriate program will be given in
observance of the anniversary of the
death of Mr. Hubbard.
Judge W. W. Tindall will bathe
orator and several others will makel
informal talks. There will be a mu- |
sical program, also. The public is
invited.
T i s’ Aid Work
ravelers’ Aid Wor
Work of the Travelers’ Aigd repre
sentatives in Atlanta during the last
vear will be reported at 3:30 o'clock
Friday afternoon when the annual
meeting of the organization will be
held in the Central Congregational
Church. .
Dr. Henry Alford Porter will speak
on “Personal Service.”
Burns Club Enjoys
Its First Barbecue
Members of the Burns Club Wednes
day enjoyed a barbecue at the Cottage,
more than 100 bging present.
The club has arranged to continue its
barbecues through the summer and has
'just finished a fine barbecue shed. 'i‘he‘
cue Wednesday was the first held under
the new pavilion. |
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Pickpocket Rob ‘
IcKpocket hobs |
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- Florida Man of SIOO
___Pickpockets found another victim
Wednesday night when they took the
‘wallet of E. L. Morton, of Ocala, Fla.,
at Five Points!
‘ He reported to the police that he
had been robbed of SIOO,
lJunior Law Students
The junior class of the Atlanta Law
School Wednesday night celebrated
the approach of tha time when they
will be seniors with a banquet at the
Hotel Ansley.
R. J. Wynne, president of the class,
was toastmaster, and Hamilton Doug
las, Sr., dean of the school, spoke dur
ing the evening.
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At the Forsyth.
The program at the Forsyth offers
practically everyvthing desired in the way
of entertainment—novelty, feminine
beauty, comedy and melod?'. The song
show, “The Sunny Side o Broadway,”
in which Max Bloom and Alice Sher ap
pear with a big bevy of stunningly at
tired beauties, is one of the una%yieut
and most diverting of offerings. arie
Nordstrom appears in her celebrated
{‘Bits of Acting.” Loney Haskell offers
his famous monologue. Ralph Dunbar's
Royal Dragoons are seen in an excep
tional offering of vocal and instrumental
music. Bert Levy, the artist, and the
Misses Lightner and Newton Alexander
complete the bill,
At the Qoor%l'an.
Those who have seen Pauline Freder
fck in ““Zaza,” ‘“The Spider” and ‘‘Au
drey’” and her numerous other notable
screen portra¥nlfl will welcome her as
Madge, a charming, lllurlng gypl%.mrl
and the central character of Israel ng
will's remarkable drama, ‘“The Moment
Before,” which opens a three-day en
gagement at the Georgian Theater this
morning, and which five- Miss Freder
ick the opportunity of revealing another
true-to-life character,
At the Pledmont,
This 1s the last day “Cycle of Fate™
will‘be shown at the Pledmont Theater,
‘“The Cycle of Fate” is a crook play,
such a crook play as is seldom put upon
the screen, with the tang of the sea
in it and the call of the city, gangs
drugged wine, second-story men and
withal a heart-touching love interest.
Besgsie Eyton is' the star. The Pled
mont's program today also includes
barefoot dances by Yvonne Chapelle,
““Moments Musical” and ‘““The Song of
the Soul,”” and popular ballads by the
Majestic Trio, singers and banjoists. A
Medmont travelogue and a comedy are
also gshown.
At the Strand.
Mmae. Petrova, the gifted Metro star,
will be the attraction at the Strand to
day in “Playing With Fire.” This elab
orate five-part feature wag produced for
the Metro program by the Popular Plays
and Players, and is considered the best
work of NMme. Petrova on either the
screen or stage., There is a stronf sup
porting cast, headed by Arthur Hoops.
The booking for tomorrow at the Strand
f# Robert Edeson in a Pathe play, “Big
Jim Carrity.” Many of the scenea in
this play were taken in north Georgla.
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Tell your friends to vote for Fred
M. Powers for Coroner,
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Self-Defense Plea of Nashville!
Slayer in Statement to Pub
lic—Freed on Bond.
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NASHVILLE, April 27.--Attorney
Charles C. Trabue today made public
the following statement of the kill
ing of Harry 8. Stokes, whom he shot
to death in the latter's law office here
yesterday just before noon:
“T had to shoot Mr. Stokes in my
own self-defense, and 1 greatly regret
that it could not be avoided.
“I do not think it seemly at this
time to go into all the details of the
unfortunate tragedy.
“I went to see Mr. Stokes and en
tered his private office to ask that he
sign a statement withdrawing and
apologizing for insulting things he had
said about me and without purpose
or intent to provoke a difficulty,
“I went armed because of warn
ings I had received from friends, be
cause of numerous threats Mr. Stokes
had made, and because, as is well
known, Mr, Stokes has been keeping
armed men with him and around him.
T had every reason to believe Mr,
Stokes was himself armed.
“After entering Mr. Stokes’ private
office and the exchange of a few
words between us, Mr. Stokes, who
was on- his feet throughout, made a
violent and murderous assault upon
me. jumped at me and grabbed me,
trying to choke me, and, as I believed,
tryving to shoot me at the same time.
I shot' then as quickly as I could to
protect my own life.
Prepares for Defense.
“llntil Mr. Stokes’ assanit I had
made no threat, and no sort of effort
to draw a weapon.
“The clothing I had oA at the time
of Mr. Stokes’ attack upon me will be
carefully preserved, and the physical
marks upon these clothes will bear
out my statement.
“Peonle who know mae, T feel cer
tain, will believe that T would not un
necessarily kill or harm anyone, and
I never had a difficulty before.,”
Trabue today set about the prep
aration of his defense for his trial on
a charge of murder in Davidson Coun
ty Criminal Courtg Within four hours
after the Kkilling he had bheen ar
raigned before Justice of the Peace
Jones, where he waived preliminary
examination and was released on a
$25,000 bond. Under the old Tennes
see law murder was not a bailable
crime. However, since the Supreme
Court was upheld the so-called Bow
ers bill, abolishing ecapital punish
ment in this State, murder, under any
circumstances, is bailable In/a sum
not to exceed $25,000.
Trouble Not Unexpected.
For some time trouble had been
expected because of the vigorous way
in which Stokes had fought the old
City Hall crowd in court and out.
However, 1t was a surprise to every
body that the situation would reach
such a climax that so able a lawyer
and eunltivated géntleman as Charles |
Trabue should resort to bloodshed. ‘
In the probe of the affairs of the
city, which Stokes had been conduct- |
ing before a special examiner of the
Chancery Court for months, he has'
recently been opposed by Trabue, whe
was engaged as special counsel to as
sist the city legal department. In the
course of the hearings Stokes and
Trabue had many heated arguménts,
and last Thursday Stokes bitterly ar
raigned Trabue. It is supposed that
Stokes' vigorous demeanor so rankled
Trabue that he was finally spurred on
to visit Stokes and demand a retrac
‘tion and apology.
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Lounty May Pave
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i Street to Cemetery
l County Commissioners Thursday
had under consideration a movement
looking to the laying of a smooth
pavement in Hunter street to Oake
land Cemetery, following the sugges
tion of C. D. Knight. candidate for
the County Commission.
The Commissioners expressed
themselves as favorable to the plan,
and lndivatiinns were that within a
short time Hunter street will wear a
new paving dress. One of the Com
missioners suggested that the im
provement would be of benefit to the
entire city, because of the traffic to
and from the cemetery.
.
-Go on Divorce Jury
Members of the Paachtres Road Wom
an’'s Club are to serve on a divores jury.
This became known Thursday when it
was announced that the woman's eclub
'nflxt Tuesday night will ;‘\ut on ‘““The
Divorce,” the farce given with sueh suc
cess last week by the Women's Mis
'slnnarv Union of the Jones Avenus Bap
tist Church It will be given by the
Peachtres Club in the auditorium of the
Buckhead Baptist Churech for the bene
fit of the working giris’ home The
| trial wlill be staged by the original cast.
HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETS.
NASHVILLE, April 27.—The open- |
ing session of the Mississipp! Valley
Historical Association was held here
today. Repres ntatives from every
State In the M. ssissippi Valley are in
attendance. ‘
Lm]-lruius .tr;nflh o{'
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-THE ATUANTA GEOKGIAN.
3 Sla,yerfi, Victim in
fi Nashville Tragedy
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Rabbi Samuel Schwartz, of Jack
sonville, will preach at the Jewish
Temple, South Pryor and Richardson
streets, Saturday morning at 10
o'clock,
Members of the congregation and
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hear and welcome the visiting rabbl.
FISH SUIT DROPPED. e
WAYCROSS, April 27.—The suit of
Dan T. Cowart, one of the Civie
TLeague leaders of Waycross, against
City Pure Food Inspector John R.
Scully, for the value of a shipment of
fish condemned as unfit for consump
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Pencil Fact
Tells of Suit
* The Georgian Thursday received
the following communication from the
National Pencil Company by Sig
Montag, treasurer:
Atlanta, Ga., April 26, 1916,
Editor The Georgian:
It {s Deing stated in some of the
sensational papers of the State
that the owners of the National
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Pencil Company have, by settling
the suit of the mother of Mary
Phagan, admitted that she was
killed by Leo Frank. This is eruel
injustice against the owners of
the company and a slander
against Frank,
Mrs. Coleman sued the com
pany on two grounds. She al
leged, first, that Frank was the
murderer; and, second, that Con
ley. was the murderer. Her con
tention was that the Pencil Com
pany was liable to her in damages,
whether Frank-or Conley did the
killing.. In this contention the
court had agreed by declining,
after argument, to dismiss either
ground of the suit. i
The Pencil Company admitted
that Conley kllled the little girl
and settled the suit because he
was the ‘'murderer, and not be
cause Frank was.
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man, the mother, it was express
ly stated that the Pencil Com
pany settled the case because it
admitted that Conley was the
maurderer., ;
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Frank was gullty, every owner of
the ©Pencil Company believes
now, as they have always be
lieved, that Frank was an inno
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Very respectfully,
SIG MONTAG,
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assurad by Mangum’s re
election as Sheriff.
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