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The Atlanta Georgian.
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*'"tton fnrtorlos 130, snlndlos.
Halt's cotton consumca In 19X
Value of 1906 cotton crop....*
ATLANTA, GA,, FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1906.
On Trains FIVE CENTS.
Leading Men of City
and County Sign’
Protest.
SAY LAWLESSNESS
WOULD. HE CERTAIN
GOTHAM CHEERS BRYAN;
-HIS PRINCIPLES LAUDED
Nebraskan Is Deeply
Touched By the
Ovation.
HE SPEAKS FRIDAY
AT NEW HAVEN
Hearst Applauded by Big
Gathering at Madi
son Square
Garden.
By I'rlrste Leased Wire,
New Haven. Conn.. Aug. .31.—Fresh
from hla triumph In Neiv York. Wil
liam Jennings Bryan arrived here at
12:33 o'clock thla afternoon.
BRYAN 18 PLEASED -
WITH Hf$-RECEPTION
Bv Private Leased Wire, O'
N'ew York. AugrJ l.-~'St>lllam J. Bry*
OWNERSHIP OF ROADS
PLAN CHEERED JO ECHO
BY RADICALS OF PARTY
It Is Believed Bryan’s Speech Has Revived
Differences Between Wings of
Democratic Organization.
By JOHN TEMPLE GRAVE8.
(Editor of The Atlanta Georgian.)
Special to The Grnrglnu.
New York. Aug. 31.—It I* the elmple
truth to nay that Bryan's speech last
night has simply revived the differ
ences between the two wings or the
Democratic party.
The radical element of the party
heartily applauded hla utterance relat
ing to the government ownership of
railroads. The conservative clement
shrugs Its shoulders, and not caring to
enter a protest In the face of the pres
ent Bryan movement, contents Itself
with saying that It was merely an eg.
presslon of his Individual opinion and
not Intended to be urged as a plunk In
»n, pleased with the'^duslng reception lhe next nntlonal platform,
accorded hUn from the moment he
landed at the Battery until he retired
to his rooms In the Hotel Victoria, aft
er the great* meeting last night in Mad
ison SiiuntyariflSrdtn. a$alts for New
Haven, wltci'JRflf cHf'.b?'given another
. *•,•• JMF'*"'".
Mr. BtSttri VIII be, met at the union
station In New HaveVbJ- Mayor Stud-
Icy, Lieutenant Governor Woodruff,
acting governor or . Connecticut, and
William Karris, chalrmamof the local
reception comnjlttee. pA
To Dina at Hall.
The party will be driven to Music
Hall with Mayor Studley, ex-Senator
Archibald McNeil, of Bridgeport, and
chairman Hewitt riding In the car
riage with Mr. Bryan. In the next
carriage will ride ex-Governor Gandn,
Of Rhode Island; Mr. Lenta, of Ohio;
George F. Williams, of Boston, and
''ongresman Tomlinson, of Alabama.
Lunch will be served In Music Hall.
Dr. Austin Fuller, president of the New
itnven Democratic Club, will preside,
and Mayor Studley will formally wel
come Mr. Bryan on behalf of the City.
The party will proceed to the Green
about 1:30 p.m., where addresses will
be made by Mr. Bryan, Mr. Williams
and Dr. Garvin. Mr. Bryan will leave
New Haven at 5:40 p.m.. for Bridge-
sort, where he will receive another ova
tion.
Democrats to Confer.
Just before hla departure the most
Important conference of New England
Democrats held In years will take place.
Leaders from all six states of New
IT BROUGHT APPLAU8E.
Senator Simmons, of North Carolina,
lost a night’s rest and worry over It.
Senators Daniel and Martin, of Vir
ginia, conservatives, shook their heads
doubtfully over It. Griggs, of Georgia,
ratlifr likes It, but the alignment is
everywhere the same, the radical Dem
ocrats rejoicing and the conservatives
doubtful and at heart disapproving.
Meanwhile it Is highly significant
that no part of Bryan'M s|#eeh re
ceived such Instant enthusiasm 'and
long continued applause from the great
representative audience In Madison
Square Garden us the railroad utter
ance It was u brave and consistent
thing In Bryan to make II. The New
York palters comment variously.
Cell It Undemocratic.
The Times and Tribune declare that
It Is undemocratic and ranges Bryan
alongside of Hearst In the effort to
reorganize the Democratic party along
radical lines, even If party lines are
obliterated to do It. It Is significant
that Hearst, after the meeting at the
garden, broke his rule and called on
Bryan at his hotel, remaining some
time. To summarize the whole situa
tion, the speech leave* the Democratic
leaders who are In New York undecided
In approval and distrust. But Bailey
and Culberson, of Texas, gave the
stamp of their approval zy speaking at
the overflow meeting after having read
Bryan's speech In advance.
It was a great speech, a mighty,
magnificent audience and a vast en
thusiasm. To my own mind, I believe
that Bryan believes and knows he can
sweep the country on his railroad plank
as Hoke Smith swept Georgia. The
age Ik radical, the majority of the
Democrats and many of the Republi
cans arc against the railroads and will
follow Bryan. Five years hence they
might not do It. But they will "do It
next year or two years hence.
Regarding Invitation.
Bryan would neither accept nor de
cline the Invitation to the Atlanta fair
for October. He was Just uncertain
about hla October time. He was will
ing to come in September, but would
not be able to say about October un
til after he had visited Lincoln, Neb.
The Georgia delegation, fifteen strong,
called on Hearst at his home yester
day.
Resolutions condemning the proposed
secret order on the model of the Ku-
Klux Klan have ipeen drawn up and
signed by hundreds of the most promi
nent cltlsens' of Atlanta'and Fulton
county.
The proposed clan Is declared an un
safe thing because dt will tend to breed
lawlessness and riot, because there can
be In It neither order nor discipline.
The resolutions call for greater vigi
lance on the part of the city and coun
ty police for a greatly Increased coun
ty and city police force, and urge the
cleaning out of tough negro dives.
The movement against the proposed
organization was > begun with a large
conference, at which twenty-five or
more men were present, in the office
of Captnln W. D., Kills last week. A
committee of live,.composed of t'aptaln
W. D. Ellis, chairman; Judge George
HUlyer, George Muse, Linton Hopkins
and H. J. Guinn, was appointed to draw
up the resolutions. Another meeting
was held by the original number
of men at which ihe resolutions were
adopted. Then the resolutions were
taken around and were signed.
The resolutions ]bre:
Atlanta, Ga„ Aug. 30, 1906.
To the Public:
We, the undersigned citizens and
taxpayers of the efty of Atlanta and of
Fulton county, do most respectfully
and earnestly present to the city and
county authorities the following mat-
ters for Immediate and vigorous sc-
tlon:
First. The assaults upon white wo
men and girls by negroes meets our
severest condemnation. We denounce
It as damnable, outrageous and as.put-.
ling in jht'I 1 tin pcn.-c, goml .,i ,1m ,m.]
unfair ..f nil |„ „,nL Jn this . .immunity.
Second. We befifwe In the enforce
ment of law. We. believe that defects
FOUND NOT GUILTY OF MURDER,
LEON T. MILNER IS SHOT DOWN;
HIS VICTIM’S SONS ARE ACCUSED
Slayer of B. H. Dorsey
May Die From
Wounds.
MILNER ATTACKED
AS HE LEFT COURT
Jonesboro .and Clayton
County Stirred by
Tuesday Night’s
Shooting.
In the criminal law should be speedily
cured, and we want crime stopped and
criminate punished by law and by of
ficers of the law.
Third. We do not believe It advis
able to have or form any whitecap or
ganization or clan, like or similar to
the Ku-Klux Klan, such organizations
cannot be properly controlled. They
may be composed of good men, but
tend to friction, riot and chaos. We
protest that ours Is a law-abiding
progressive and prosperous community
and that there Is no need of mob law
or vigilance societies.
Fourth. Wo demand the summary
breaking up of all low dives In the
city, especially those on Decatur and
Peters streets.
Fifth. #Ve ask that the police force
be at once largely Increased, and such
Increase to be continued as long ns
may be necessary to rid this commun
ity of tramps, vagabonds and well
known criminals.
Sixth. We appeal to the press of the
city and state to aid vigorously by ad
vocating sui - * * *
holding* the
cltlsens who want peace, good order
and protection for their families, their
homes and their property.
We appeal to all law-abiding and
well disposed persons of both white
and colored races to stand for peace,
good order, the enforcement of the law
and prompt punishment of criminals.
Ororfe fllllypr, K. L. Heely. publisher
The lieorglnn, V. A. flntohelor. Isn«f Ktlles
Hopkins, Jack J. Hpnldlnc. Walter T. Col
L. L. DORSEY ARRESTED
A T JUDGE R. T. DORSEYS;
JUST FROM JONESBORO
LEON T. MILNER.
Who wi« (hot after being acquit-
. ted of murder.
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Some time Thursday night or Frl- timed within the last few month*. He
,„v morning. J C. Elliott died in a cell' «“» «»t In from the court of a Juetlce
day morning, j. of the peace May 26, for cheating anrl
dwindling, made bond and was surren
dered by his bondsmen June 5.
Late Thursday afternoon he was
again arrested and sent to the Tower
under a warrant from Justice Blood-
worth’s court. This time he had been
writing small checks on banks where
he had no accounts and getting mer
chants to cash them for him after
banking hours.
The prisoners In the cells on either
side of him told the Jury Friday morn
ing that at 10 o'clock Thursday even
ing Elliott was snoring. When -the
Inside turnkey opened the ceil Friday
morning he was dead.
Elliott was 30 years of age.
on the third floor of the Tower. A cor
oner's Jury empanelled Friday morning
could not find a cause for death.
When Mrs. Elliott, to whom the dead
man had been married only about two
months, was asked Friday morning
what disposition she wldhed to make of
the body, she sent word that she would
have nothing to do with It. Coroner
Thompson, fearing that some mistake
had been made In the delivery of the
message, went to see her and she gave
him the same answer.
Elliot had been at the Toe * r three
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Staff Correspondence.
Jonesboro, Ga„ Aug. 31.—About eight
minutes after the end of his trial tor
the murder of B. H. Dorsey, the father
of his twin brother's sweetheart, In
which he was vindicated by the Jury,
I-eon T. Milner, of .Jonesboro, was
Thursday'night attacked by men who
are declared'-by him to-be- the two
younger sons and a cousin of tho dead
man, and seriously. If not fatally,
wounded.
The liberated man. In company with
officers of the law, was going to the
Jail to get his effects, when the on
slaught occurred, the first fire upon the
freed man occurring Just as he was
bout ten feet from the front door of
the court house, the assailants being
that far In his rear and just opposite
the entrance, the. first firing being
poured Into him from the back.
Aa he was shot at he was then arm
In arm with a deputy sheriff of tho
county, and another deputy and
sheriff being along tof protection.
8hot in the Back.
Notwithstanding this protection, he
was shot In the back, In the dark In
a running fire, and, as he dragged him
self to cover from his assailants, left
a trail of blood behind.
He Is now In a precarious condition
at hts mother'd home on Smith street,
In Jonesboro,
In a statement given to Solicitor
General William Schley Howard, of the
Stone Mountain circuit, by Leon T.
Milner, In the Jonesboro Jail Thursday
night shortly utter lie was shot, the
wounded man states that Otis Dorsey
fired the first shots. Will Norris tho
next two or three and Louis Dorsey the
shot that caused him to fall.
Louis Dorsey Is now- In the police
station In Atlanta, and hla cousin, Will
Norris, Is In Jail at Jonssboro. Otis
Dorsey is still at large. Norris Is
said to work at Nunnally’s, In Atlanta,
and was arrested about 4:46 o'clock
Friday morning as he was about to
board the Jonesboro accommodation
Ed Ragan and Bailiff John M. Afcher.
I-ouls Dorsey was arrested by Officer
Bone early Friday morning at the home
of his uncle. Judge R. T. Dorsey, In
Atlanta.
Town Stirrsd to Depths.
Jonesboro and Clayton county are
stirred to their depths, but with sub
dued, suppressed excitement. Little
knots and groups of men would huddle
together here and there on the court
house lawn, on the streets and around
the railway station.
On the trains It seemed to be th*
one topic of conversation, and for the
nonce, overshadowed the great. Bryan
reception In New York. "Sad; very
sad,” said one passenger. "Sad things
have happened In our grand old stats
In the post six months."
Milner Is suffering Intensely from
four bullet wounds, where an aged
mother and twin brother and sympa
thetic neighbors are ministering to his
needs.
The bone In his right leg Is split, hts
right arm broken, a wound in the side
of his right hip and In the back of the
left shoulder. Accounts vary as to the
number of shots fired. Rome say eight,
some ten. In the straggling road lead
ing from the court house to the Jail,
some forty steps from where the shoot
ing began, a bullet was picked up about
the size of those used In 38-callbre
pistols.
Grand Jury it Busy.
All Friday morning the grand Jury
was busily engaged In hearing testi
mony from witnesses, who, it was
thought, would throw any light on the
tragedy. There was an unusual still
ness about the court room over which
Judge L. 8. Roan presided. Solicitor
Howard was kept busy going to and
L. L. Dorsey, a son of the man
who was killed by Milner, was arrest
ed at 3 o'clock Friday morning at the
home of Judge R. T. Dorsey, hts uncle,
at 171 Capitol avenue. He refused to
make any statement and was locked
up nt the police station with "suspi
cion" registered opposite his name on
the state docket.
In company with Hugh M. Dorsey,
of the firm of Dorsey, Brewster &
Howell, L. I.. Dorsey drove In a buggy
from Jonesboro to Atlanta. They ar
rived at Jones' livery stable on For
syth street Just before 3 o'clock and
put up their team. They then went
to the home of Hugh M. Dorsey and
his father, Judge Dorsey, on Capitol
uvenue.
Shortly after the shooting the At
lanta police station received a tele
phone call from that point, instructing
the officers to keep a lookout for L. L-
Dorsey and Arthur L. Norris, who were
said to have left Jonesboro on their
way to Atlanta. Plain Clothes Officers
Bone and Cason were sent tp watch
the home of Judge Dorsey, while Call
Officers Dunton and Callaher went to
the home of Norris, 426 Capitol avenue.
The latter gained no results from their
vigil, ns Norris did not come to At
lanta.
After waiting about thirty minutes
Ihe two-plain clothes men saw Hugh
Dorsey and L. I.. Dorsey approach the
house. As they entered the officers
stepped up and notified L. L. Dorsey
that he was under arrest. They had
no Instructions concerning Hugh Dor-
who wae not dleturhed.
One of the officers stated that while
they were talking to the men that one
of the two dropped a revolver on the
floor and that Hugh M. Dorsey snatch
ed It up and ran Into the house. When
the officers demanded the pistol It was
returned to them. When It appeared
It wae loaded In every chamber. The
weapon, a 38 caliber Colts revolver,
with six chambers, was retained at
police headquarters. A request for
an examination of It was denied and
It was not stated whether or not it
showed marks of Being recently dis
charged.
L. L. Dorsey gave the officers no
trouble after hla arrest and accom
panied them to the police station. The
officers stated that he said he had
heard the shotssfired In Jonesboro.
Would Say Nothing.
Both Judge Dorsey and Hu&h Dor
sey Instructed him to make no further
statement. According to tho officers
an Inquiry for Norris wan answered
by Hugh Dorsey, who replied that Nor
ris had nothing to do with the shoot
ing.
Tho prisoner, who was locked In a
state cell, preserved hie silence Friday
morning and refused to make any
statement to newspaper men. saying
that he would prefer not to talk. Hugh
Dorsey called upon Ihlm early In tile
forenoon and spent some time In con
versation with him. He made no state
ment. No application for bond for
Dorsey was made during the forenoon.
TWIN BROTHER’S A TTENTIONS
TO B. H. DORSEY’S DAUGHTER
CAUSE OF THE FIRST TRAGEDY
Staff Correspondence.
Jonesboro, Ga, Aug. 31.—Leon Mil
ner has a twin brother, who resembles
him to a marked degree, and It was
this twin brother, Otis Milner, whose
attentions to the 14-year-oM daughter
of B. H. Dorsey'are said to have caused
the- tragedy In which B. H. Dorsey was
klllaA — - -■•• •
The altercation between B. H. Dorsev
and Leon Milner was about the atten
tions of Otis Milner to the former's
daughter. They had a fisticuff and were
separated by D. 11. Beeves, when, ac
cording to the testimony before the
Jury-In the trial Thursday, i.,-,,n Mil
ner pulled .a pistol and fired four
shots at Dorsey, one of which produced
death. ..—... ■*«ga
GOV. TERRELL’S VISIT
TO GOTHAM MA Y MEAN
MILLION FOR VARSITY
Governor Joseph M. Terrell will leave
early next week for New York on a
combined pleasure and business trip.
Mrs. Terrell will accompany him, and
they expect to spend some ten days
In Gotham.
The governor wilt have conferences
with George Foster Peabody and other
educational philanthropists while away
relative to the future of the University
of Georgia, and particularly the new
agricultural college to be established
In Athens under the Connor bill.
While the Connor bill was pending
In the last general assembly the state
ment wae frequently made that It*
ollars for university extension
and enlargement.
It Is known that Mr. Peabody Is
deeply Interested In the future of his
alma mater, and that he la a profound
believer In the agricultural feature of
thn educational work In his native
state. Governor Teirell's visit, there
fore, may mean great things to follow
In the near future for tho university.
Strentgh Is added to the general
opinion that big developments are Just
ahead because of the special resolution
passed by the last general assembly to
make Mr. Peabody a trusts of the uni
versity of Georgia. Hie commission
was forwarded to New York this week.
TRUST CO. DIRECTORS
ACCEPTED DEPOSITS
KNOWING OF CRASH
By I’rlrste Lessed Wire.
Philadelphia, Aug. 31.—Amazing dig-
cloeures today concerning the devious
methods of Frank K. Hippie, president
of the collapsed Real Estate Trust
Company Included chiefly the remark
able statement that he put up $1,000,-
000 In one of the wild schemes of
Lewis O. Tewksbury', the former New
York bank "promoter."
George H. Earle, receiver of the
failed concern, one of the most promi
nent financiers of Philadelphia, Is con-
nectsd with four of the largest banks
of the city, anti Is chiefly Interested In
trying to rehabilitate the trust com
pany.
Says He Got 35,000,000.
H* made this statement today:
“Frank K. Hippie blew his brains out
because he was an embeszler of at
$5,000,400. In addition, he was
hypothecated 163,000 worth of paper,
securing 850,000 on It end never re
turning the paper or Its equivalent.
"The loans, amounting to $5,000,000,
that Hippie made to Adolph Segal were
personal loans. Although made In the
name of the bank, the directors had
no knowledge of them and consequent
ly the money wae stolen by Hippie.”
Directors Knew of 8uicide.
The directors of the trust company
made the amsslng admission that they
i knew on Sunday night that President
Hippie was a suicide, and despite tills,
they kept the bank open for two days.
They admitted that during these two
days all the deposits received were
marked and placed for safe-keeping in
the Franklin National Bank. The law
makes It a criminal offence for of
ficer* of an Institution to receive de
posits. knowing that the bank Is In
solvent.
The marking of the money on Mon
day and Tuesday le a confession that
the directors knew the bank to be In
solvent. And It was further shown to.
day that the directors and friends of
directors, knowing the bank to be In
solvent and Its president a suicide, had
ample opportunity to draw out their
deposits.
Clerks Tipped Friends.
And the clerks, taking their cue from
the marking of the new deposits, were
able to notify their friends, and these
In turn their friends, and os a result
there was a run on the bank for two
days by these lucky depositors who
were on the Inside.
The fact that the trust company held
more than $60,000,000 worth of various
collateral, principally to secure corpor
ation bond Issuee, and that It also held
securities representing the investment
of more than $24,000,000 of trust funds,
makes the crash formidable und com
plex.
JAPANESE SEAL POACHERS
ARE CONVICTED IN ALASKA
Continued on Page Nine.
Washington. Aug. 31.—The department of Justice today receive,
grant dated Valdez. Alaska, August 30, to the effe. i that six .
xrsre convicted on the 29th of attempting to kill fur seals on St
land by agents of the department of commerce **n.l Libor. Five
party were killed at the time and twelve captured.
