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VOL. I. NO. 36.
Georgian.
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1006.
DDTPT?. In Atlnntu TWO Cents,
i on Train* FIVE Cent*.
friend of dead man
AND DEAD MAN’S BOD Y
CANNOT BE LOCATED
Prather Bell ofGreens-|S°”' , ““““ < ’“”"”°;l
0 ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS. 0
boro, N. C., Report- \t
ed as Dead.
w. R. HATCH, HIS FRIEND,
These are question* the police O
are trying to solve In their ef- O
forts to clear the mystery:
Is Prater Bell really dead?
If he Is dead, In what manner
did he come to his death?
Where did he die and what
WIRED BELL'S FATHER:® has become of hi* body?
I o What motive prompted W. B.
0 Hatch, Prater Bell', friend, to
_ I® notify Bell's father of Bell's
Officers Cannot Find Bell S Body: O , death and then disappear?
O
Nor Hatch, and Foul Flay
Has Been Suggested.
police and detectives were working
energetically Wednesday In an effort
to unravel one of the most puzzling
cases of mystery brought to light In
Atlanta for a long time.
They are searching for the body of
Prather Bell, of Greensboro, N. C,
lineman of the Western. Union Tele.
n h Company, who Is supposed to bo
In this city, hut whose body. If
dead, has strangely vanished, and they
tre also endeavoring to find W. It.
Hatch, of Greensboro, alro a lineman
for the Western Union, who, It is be
lieved can solve the mystery.
Hatch, who registered at the Tray-
wick hotel, No. 163 Marietta street,
about two weeks ago as "W. B. Hatch."
(Saturday night notified Prather Bell's
father, J. L. Bell, an employee of the
Greensboro Furniture Company, that
his sun died In Atlanta that night at
10:30'o'clock.
Hatch Disappeared.
After falling to unswer two tele
grams from Mr. Bell, Hatch left the
Traywlck hotel Sunday morning, im
mediately after Police Call Officer
Harvey Wells had been there in nn ef
fort to see him, and since then nothing
has been seen or heard of him. When
he left the hotel, the missing man told
Manager Traywlck he was going out
to make arrangements to send the body
of young Bell to Greensboro. The body,
however, has not arrived there.
Tuesday night nn official of the
Greensboro Furniture Company arrived
In Atlanta to get the body of Bell, but
to his surprise could find no trace of
the body nor any record of the death.
The only Information he could obtain
was that Hatch had stated that Bell
died near the federal prison.
After being confronted with these
circumstances, together with the fact
that Hatch could not be found, the
Greensboro man Wednesday morning
brought the matter to the attention of
the fKillce. He had a conference with
Chief Jennings and an Investigation
was at onco Instituted.
Police Are Puzzled.
The severe! mysterious features of
the cage have puzaled the authorities
and they ar* at .a losa to understand It.
So far they have been unablo to ob
tain the slightest clue that would solve
the question as -to whether Prather
Hell Is really dead, and, If so, what hns
become of his body. There Is an equal
lack of Information on the question of
the strange conduct of Hatch and as
to his present wherehboutR.
The police believe that If they con
find Hatch they will be able to clenr
the mystery. They are satisfied he
knows nil about the denth, or sup
posed death, of young Bell, and knows
what disposition was made of .the
body. '• — ..
Foul play has been hinted nt by
those Interested In the Investigation,
hut nn clue has been'obtained to sub
stantiate this theory further than the
mysterious circumstances.
Bell did not stop at the Traywlck
hotel and so far the oltlcers have been
unable to find his hoarding plnce. Xlan-
ager Traywlck says Bell never enme
to the hotel to sec Hatch, but they had
known each other In Greensboro and
to all Rppraranres wore good friends.
Hatch Had Been Drinking.
The Western Union linemen were
paid Friday night by the company and
Hutch Is said to have been drlnhlng
Saturday. That night he informed
•Manager Traywlck that a friend of his,
Prather Bell, was dead; that he had
died near the Federal prison, tatter In
the night A. L. Hell received a tele
gram In Greensboro from Hatch, noti
fying him of his son’s death.
The father Immediately wired
Hatch to have the body prepared for
burial and to send It to Greensboro. No
reply to ttys message was received. Mr.
Hell then sent n second message to
Hatch In regard to the body, which
Hatch failed to answer. Mr. Hell then
wired Chief Jennings nsklng for In
formation In regard to the death of
his son.
The chief telegraphed that the best
Information he could obtain was that
young Bell died several miles out In
the country.
After receipt of this message the
furniture company, by which the eider
Hell Is employed, decided to send an
odiclal to Atlanta to Investigate si -.
,0 get the body of young Bell.
Would Find Hatch.
The Information contained In the
message sent by Chief Jennings was
obtained through nn Investigation by
'all Officer Wells. The chief turned
the Inquiry over to Officer Wells, who
»oon found that Hatch was stopping
the Traywlck. Going there, he fall-
to find the lineman, but found his
room-mate In the room. This man had
Hie telegrams to Hatch from A. L.
“ell. and said Hatch had never re
ceived them. He told the officer he
sould go out and find Hatrli, give
aim the telegrams, and havo him an-
<hem.
Hatch Is said to have returned to
the hotel later Sunday morning. He
uressed himself and went out. telling
Manager Traywlck he was going to
f rr »nge to send Bell's body to Greens,
“era He has since failed to return
to the hotel or to send any word.
Inquiry wss made Wednesday by The
'■•"'rgUa at all of the local undertaking
vstabllshments. hut no Information was
mitalned. None of tho undertakers
jmeu anything of the death of Prater
Hotel Proprietor Talks.
'Then seen W«lne«day morning by
* Georgian reporter. Manager Tray-
» k k said.
"This man Hatch, or Hathe.
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0 DESCRIPTION OF HATCH,
The following Is a descrip
tion of W. R'. Hatch, the miss
ing lineman, who the police bet -
lleve can clear the mystenJ of 0
Prater Bell:
Tall and broad shouldered
and stooped slightly; It appar
ently about 22 or 23 years of
age; Is clean shaven; has light
hair and fair complexion; was
well dressed.
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0 MAYOR OF TOLEDO, OHIO,
0 ORDERS INVESTIGATION
By Private Leasod Wire.
Toledo, Ohio, June 6.—Tho
mayor hns Instructed health of
ficers to Immediately begin nn In
vestigation of the local depots
of the Chicago packing houso
ns n result of the disclosures
made In the inessago of Presi
dent Roosevelt.
Dr. Reinhart took Immediate
cognizance of the order and de
tailed several sanitary police
men to make the examination.
The mayor asks that ho be made
acquainted with tho situation ns
soon as the sanitary officers re
port, so that he can tako such 0 I
action as Is necessary to protect 0 n y prime hr
tho health of the city. He will 0 Wn.hlngt
prohibit sales. If necessary. To.
ledo Is n distributing pi lnt for
this section of tho country.
®! Bureau of Animal In-
0 i
SI dustry Faces Big
Shake-Up.
CONDITIONS NOT REPORTED
AS TO PACKING HOUSES
Roosevelt, It Is Said, Would Likd
to Know Why Nothing
Wrong Was Found.
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OEEIOERS OF CINCINNATI IN
STITUTION AT LOOKOUT INN
Wanted Before the City Municipal
Investigation Committee Now
Probing Public Affairs.
MANIPULATED COTTON REPORTS
ARE CHARGED TO GOVERNMENT
Special to The Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Juno 6.—The
prosecuting attorney of Cincinnati has
issued a warrant for tho arrest of J,
j. Da via, cashier <>f the First National,
and Charles Hindi, president <>f the
same bank, to bring them before the In
vestigation committee of the municipal
affairs ln : Cincinnati.
•Davis and Hlnoh are nt Lookout Inn,
having left Cincinnati last night, pre
sumably to avoid the service of the
warrant.
CITY DESTROYED
BY M0RN1NE
IN JISSISSIPP
HAD A POPULATION OF FIF
TEEN HUNDRED.
Word Sent New Orleans Postof
fice Authorities, But No De
tails Are To Be Had.
Special to The Georgian.
New Orleans, La., June The local
poetofflce authorities received a dis
patch this morning from the postmas
ter at Duckbill, Miss., saying the town
wan destroyed by fire.
Duckbill Is located on tho main line
of the Illinois Central road, fifty miles
north of Jackson, and has a population
of 1,800. t „ ■
No particulars of the fire have been
received here.
CHARGED WITH ASSAULT
ON COLLEGE STUDENT
Special to The Georgian.
Huntsville, Ala., June 0.—Charged
with attempted criminal assault on one
of the A. and M. college girl students
at Normal. Ala, Paul McKlasIck wss
landed In Madison county Jail here yes
terday to await action of the next
grand Jury.
KANSAS CITY DIVINE
TO VISIT ATLANTA
Special to The Georgian.
Huntsville, Ala., June Dr. B. M
Inlow, of Kansas City, who Is to te
Atlanta’s guest In a few weeks, will
pass through Huntsville next week, and
w“ le hVra he will preach at the First
Baptist church. During his stay-in
Huntsville Dr. Inlow will be * guest
In the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Pierce. East Holme* street.
the hotel on May 22 and registered
w. It. Hathe. He had no baggage
and I know very little of hlm. I never
heard him mention the name of Prater
Bell until Saturday night, when-he sold
that Bell had died near the Federal
prison. A policeman came here Sun-
Say morning to see Hatch snd a mtie
later Hatch dressed and Itft the 1boul.
Hs told me he was going out to send
mu body of Bell to his horde. He has
not been bock to the hotel since and
I have heard nothing from Flm. The
Western Union al.v ay .settles the hotel
ame bill* of Ita linemen. lie knew uus.
South Carolina Con
gressman De-
mandsjigures.
DECLARES THAT ACREAGE
HAS BEEN DECREASED
Ellerbee Alleges That Certain Re
ported Increases Cannot Be
Proved by Statements.
By Private Leased Wire.
Washington,' Juno 6.—Holding the
opinion that the flgures In the estimate
of cotton acreage ns made by the de
partment of.agrlculture are not war
ranted by reports sent to tho depart
ment, Representative Kllorbee. of Bouth
Carolina, yesterday afternoon Intro
duced In tho house the following reso
lution calling for the reports on which
the estimate was based: 1
"Whereas, the department of ngrlcul- •
ture on June 4, 1906. mnde an estimate _ p .. . w , r( ,
of the area of land planted In cotton ,, ^ " , 0
during tho current year: and, Harrisburg, la., June 6.—Senator
"Whereas, It Is 'j believed that the , Penrose and his slate carried the day
acreage-of 2(,<St,000, given ont by tie- )(V tfj( . r^mlnstlnn <-r HtvU ■ Maori
department, exceed the amount actu- (or govtrnor WDB , U pp 0rt( *j by
RY. CLERK’S GRAFT
$46,000 IN 3 YEARS
Boyer Admits He Was
Given Coal Com
pany Stock.
SLATE OF PENROSE
NOT EVEN CRACKED:
CHOICE OF PHILADELPHIA
GANG WINS. •
Circulars Denouncing Senator and
HIb Allies Have No Effect
on 0. 0. P. Delegates.
ally planted;-and, r
Asks for Reports.
"Where.., It I. believed that this es
timated acreage Is far In excess of the
actually planted In cotton, and Is
not warranted from the returns re
ceived by the department of agriculture
from Its correspondents,
"Resolved, That the secretary of ag
riculture be, and Is hereby, directed to,
furnish to this house at once the tabu
lated sheet showing the estimate of
acreage made by tho seven classes of
correspondents, viz.: the field agents,
the state agents, the correspondents,
the glnners, the special correspond
ents, and the Individual farmers."
"Reports Are Manipulated.”
Mr. Ellerbee says he Introduced the
resolution because he has direct nnd
positive Information that tho returns
received by the department of agricul
ture have been "manipulated" to the
great Injury of the Southern states.
“I charge," said hs, "that the depart
ment le unable tq show any returns ;
from Its correspondents justifying the - ■ ■ -
MUhwi£ C, 2!d*GOVERNMENT REPORTS
Yi™ branded •• guess work-
urea will warrant. j ———
-It wa* Impossible for the .South to By Private Leased Wire.
pdVt of the Alleghany delegation to
the delight of the Philadelphia gang.
Only one ballot was necessary and at
L' p. Ill then- v .i- « \ • ■ 1 V Ill'll' nt Ion ll.nt
the entire slate would go through.
The tlrnt ballot renulted as followm:
Stuart, 271; Thompson, 65; Wat re*,
48; Stone, 32; Brown, 3; Murray, 17.
The following circular was distrib
uted In tho convention:
'The Message to Penrose: Standard
OJ1 and Pennsylvania railroad have
ordered Stuart's nomination by Pen
rose.
"A combination of graft protector*
has been formed by tho trio, who are
setting themselves up as state bosses.
Penrose, Kllnn, Oliver—tho new
combine—Is deceiving the delegates by
circulating the report that Louts Em
ery, Jr., will withdraw from the Lin
coln party ticket If 8tuart is nominated
and includes a deal to drop all graft
charges against the state and Phila
delphia grafters.
“Delegates, beware."
HE ALSO GETS MONEY
FOR ALL COAL BOUGHT
Pennsylvania Man Says Frankly
That His “Pap” Ceased When
Probing Was Started.
Increase Its acreage materially on ac
count of the scarcity of labor, ami be
fore the first of next October the world
will realise what a mistake haa been
made.
"8how a Decree..."
"I charge and can prove that taking
the moat numerous class—about <0.000
Individuate acattered all over the belt—
their return, ehow a decrease In acre-
age from lost year.
"I further charge that, taking all
source! of Information except tho three
traveling agents, the Increase would be
Immaterial."
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0
guns ready to BOOM 0
FOR FIEIR OR HEIRESS. O
0
By Private Le i ed wire o
Berlin,June!.—T'.- (HMNMffr O
ment of Crown Prince-- Fred- q
erick 'William to expected. ’ Or- A
decs have been i« i--i for th>- O
firing of 101 k in.- here If a *..n O
Is burn or 7j If >t daughter O
Chicago, Jane <.—The grain dealers
elected Henry L. Groeemonn, of To
ledo, Ohio, president,
A change was made In the constitu
tion, which provides that directors
shall be elected for one and two years.
Those selected for one yea* were;
D. Hunter, chairman, Hamburg,
la.; L. A. Homy, New Tork; Charles
D. Jones, Memphis; W. C. Ooffe, Ksn-
■as city, and Buren House, represent
ing the Oklahoma Mission.
Directors—O. E. Horner, Crawforde-
vllle. lad., J. W. McCord, Columbus,
Ohio; H. 1. Baldwin, Decatur, ill.; O.
8. Graham, Bt. Louis, and Arthur R.
Sawyer. Chicago.
The board of directors will select
within the next three months-the place
r»r the holding of the convention In
1907 and will appoint a secretary and
treasurer of the association.
H. c. Grimes, of Portsmouth. Ohio,
tie., jibed the present method of pre-
poring 'he government crop reports,
saying It was largely guess work. He
was In favor of having the letter car
rier- --n rural r tt- - bring In the re
port.-. -a> Ir.g that this method would
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urate tho
By Private Leased Wire.
Philadelphia, June <.—Tho Pennsyl
vania railroad was agnln on the grill
before the Interstate commerce com
mission. -
The first witness was J. R. Boyar,
who Is chief clerk to the superintend
ent of motive power at Altoona. Coun
sel William Glasgow, Jr, questioned
the witness, who admitted freely that
be had accepted stocks nnd other val
uable things from coal companies. He
said he held 200 shares In the Jntnleaon
Coal and Coke Company.
How did you get It?" was asked.
It was given to me," wee the an
swer.
8tock Pays Dividend.
Boyer eald the etock pol<J 2 per cent
dividends. He owned ten shares of
the Valley Cool Company and It shares
of the Edoy Cool Company, which
brought him an Income of 1100 to S32ft
a month. These stocks were presented
to him by Captain Hicks, hs eald.
Ten shares of the Preston Coal Com
pany within lb* put two years were
given to Boyer, he eald, by an unknown
donor.
"The etock certificates arrived In nn
envelope." he said, "and while I eua-
pected that either Joseph Alksn or D.
A.' Kuhn had given me ths slocks. I
never knew. On that stock I received
three checks aggregating 1600."
|46,000 in Three Yeare.
Under examination by Mr. Olasgow,
Boyer admitted that to him, a minor
Clerk, had been given 116,0*0 In the
past three years by operators furnish
ing ths company coaL ........
From a memorandum Boyer testified
that he had received money from the
Oraff Coal Company. ClearflsM and
Gremplon Coal Company, Dunkirk Coal
Company, Smith and Turner Coal
Company and Thomas Blytbs Com-
‘Tram the Greff Company, beginning
In IMS, Boyer received S cents per ton
Tl
FACES CONTEMPT
iE
ARREST MADE FOLLOWING
REFUSAL TO ANSWER.
Taken in Custody on Motion Made
Before the Supreme Court
Wednesday.
Special to Tho Georgian.
Columbia, 8. C., Juno 6.—Lewi* W.
Tarker, president of the largest cotton
mill syndlcato In South Carolina, was
arroftted this morning on tho charge
of contempt of tho legislative com
mittee to Investigate the affairs of tin*
Mato dispensary, which demanded of
hlhi certain Information a* to the se-
Cfot rebates passing between, .liquor
houses and dispensary official*.
Mr. Parker swore that It vai a prl-
voto conversation, and declined to an
swer.
Ho was arrested on motion of .Mr.
Lyon, on habeas corpus proceeding*,
before tho supremo court this after
noon.
A. A. Bristow, of Greenville, yester
day testified that Abel Hamberger, of
Baltimore, paid $Moo in rebate* on a
368,000 order and adulterated tho whis
ky In order to make hi* profit.
*d Wire.
June i. a . oinplete re
organisation of the government'* bu
reau of animal Industry in expected to
result from tho disclosures made by
In\ • *<tigjit<M *■ .Will .in«l R*-vni'ldn of
the awful conditions In tho Chicago
III' nt Jl.ll'Klllg ll'.ll? • -4
President Roosevelt. It Is learned. Is
so exasperated by the discovery of
the alleged Incompetency of the bureau
that he has Insisted on a thorough
denning out. Nono of the abuse* r**-
fxirted by tho Investigators was tom h-
• .i ill"‘ii by th" g"Vi*i niiHMit Inspectin'*
—and tho president now wunt« to
know why.
Report* nro current that th** out
come may be the retirement of Secre
tary Wilson, of the department of ag-
11| 1111 ii > c. and A l> MHv in. thief of the
bureau of animal Industry, ns u purl
of tho shake-up.
The bureau of animal Industry 1* »n«
of the most expensive In the deport -
liictit "f nici b ult ui c. 'i’ll.- bureau at
present employs 522 Inspectors.
In addition to those Inspector*, there
are probably 260 assistant inkroMcop-
Ist*, the bulk of them being located
In the larger packing houses of f'hl-
cugo, Kansas City and Omuha.
PACKERS GIVEN HEARING;
COMMITTEE IS INVITED
TO VISIT THE PLANTS.
ny prlvnto Leased Wire.
Washington, June 6.—The packer*
wero given a hearing today before tho
house committee on agriculture.
Thomas Wilson, of Nelson Morris
Si Co., representing all the big t’hlea-
go packers, was hoard. He Invited tho
committee to come to Chicago and
'Stlgatlonn. It Is
m If at Ion may bo
make per«on
probable tba
accepted.
Listening to the pm k* r;
Charlea V. Nelli, one n
Roosevelt’h InveatlgatoiH.
Agriculture Wilson ami f*
of th<* bureau of animal i
three w III be heard by 11
In reply.
Tho puckon
id fo
id th<
ulntlo
spectlon >
but they c
plants (al
nnd placed in
chemists and so
Everything
healthful and si
was then that hi
to the commute
out of their
In hands of
rep° r t was
President
pc re t a ry of
pf Melville,
untry. All
committee
lit ary reg-
of the In-
i declared,
rol of their
hands
orlsts.
“th
nlta
for coal purchnsed for company use.
His total rocelpta from this company
.mounted In two years and two months
to 316,302.05,
Probs 8topped “Orift"
With tho Clearfield and Oramplon
Coal Company Iloyer had an arrange
ment to receive ono-thlrd of the profit*
—averaging almost 4 cents per ton.
Tho Dunkirk Company paid 6 cents a .
ton In 1905, In which year their soles Zionists’ AssocUtlo
to tho Pennsylvania Company leaped | measures to bring it
to 39,804 tons from ft total of but 678 • unanimously adoptee
tons In 1904. H Tho gradual colon
i his sta
dared.
ek In
ly clean,
Bald, and It
tended an invitation
» K<> to Chicago and
an Investigation to
. «'omlomned meats,
?<»t Into domestic
COLONY IN PALESTINE
IS INDORSED BY JEWS
i of Pi
Hmlth and Turner pold a total of
$18,620, but Royer said he had received
chocks from them since March.
How did these payments come to
stop?" asked counsel.
“About the time this Investigation
started," was tho answer.
Didn't Divide Graft
Did you divide this money with any
oneT* ho wa* asked.
"Na air; I kept It all, sir."
Under rigid questioning, Boyer stuck
doggedly to his assertion that he never
divided hla great profits and that nono
of his ouperlor*. including the chief of
motive power, Mr. Gibbs, nor General
Manager Atterbury, knew about hi* op
erations. ,
He said ho never solicited the gifts
and denied that he had favored the
companies ao giving, although the rec
ord* showed that the sab* of fur*J by
the companies named Increased great
ly after the rake-off commenced. He
said that ho had never done anything
for the companies that paid him, al
though he had lots to do with plucing
orders for fuel coal.
Conscience Didn't Hurt.
"How long did you wrestle with your
conscience before you b**gan to take
this money7" asked Commissioner C!e r
ments.
“Not very long." wa* tho uncon
cerned answer.
Royer said he understood that such
practices had existed a long time In
his and similar offices.
ua! settlers was tl
most feasible by the
era The Idea of a
by mo*t Zionists, w
The Oe
Ot fa
1 The col-
ntluislastb*-
he German
I vigorous
\w if almost
by Individ-
considered
[> of speak-
held
red.
whe
slon of the land
form any sort r
They term it *
theoretical Zion!
ha-
that
ne Into posses-
Iunity they can
te th4*y desire.
11 Zionism vs.
SECRETARY WILSON
MA Y LEAVE FLACE
BECAUSE OF EXPOSE
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REDUCTION IN HOURS
FOR MILL EMPLOYEES|S
„i.
Spectol tq Ttie G»or*ton.
Greenvtle, 8. U„ Juno 6.—Bovonty
three mill proelilonU awl official, re
reMnttnc 2,80»,00* •pinqiem, nr nbn
two-third* of the .flwlle. In Bog
Carolina. m!t yreterday nnd form
th! Cotton Manufacturer-' Aieot latl
of Mouth Carolina.
Several Important reaolott'in. «e
adopted, amend whf'h one ; rovM
that th* running time of milt* In tl
e ahall I"* re«iu, <-<] July | to
r. a w»* k, two year. later U» 62 ‘ law
