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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1915
Page
4
Police court session Tuesday afternoon heard a tale of warring Russians and Syrians in Atlanta. Mrs Mary testified to disturbances and disputes reflecting ethnic tensions, with authorities noting ongoing pressures from immigrant communities. The case highlighted local concerns over cross ethnic conflicts and public safety.
A court hearing featured Maloof, Syrian, Rudolph Melcner, and a Russian figure amid unclear evidence about alleged money misappropriation. The neighborhood at 4 Decatur Street appeared in context as witnesses described funds and relationships, with key figures dismissed from the case.
Miss Mary Bohnefeld matron at police headquarters was struck by a wagon on Decatur Street and lightly injured. The wagon driver, a Black man, was arrested by officers who rushed to assist. Bohnefeld was taken to the station by automobile where doctors found no serious injury.
A man in Douglas Georgia was jailed after attempting a shooting at a mill quarter. A woman was wounded as two of five shots struck a Black woman who moved toward an officer. The suspect, who threatened to “paint the town red,” retreated to the swamp and was captured by deputies. He remains jailed awaiting charges.
The Georgia railroad commission ruled jitney buses are common carriers and subject to regulation. It drafted tentative rules, set a July 19 hearing to reopen discussions, and required detailed filings from operators including vehicle data routes fares licenses and driver ages.
Tom Taylor, an elderly police officer eligible for pension, was run over by BG Hroysea at Five Points Tuesday afternoon. The auto moved about four miles per hour and Taylor sustained a broken leg. He was carried to Grady hospital in Bla mittenine by Broyles who aided him until arrival.
Fifty travelers in ten autos leave Rome Thursday for Birmingham to promote a through Alabama route linking Rome with Atlanta via the Dixie highway. Meetings in Centre and Gadsden urge building a Rome to Atlanta feeder, with a return Friday via Anniston.
Emmet McKinnon, a well known Thomasville resident, shot himself during a despondent episode believed caused by drinking. He was found alone, with a wall entry wound just above the heart, and initially refused to state a cause as he lay dying.
In Columbus Georgia on June 3 special report details a servant startled by a burglar as she answered the phone indoors the intruder appeared at the door the woman fled through a window with sash while the burglar took a small sum of money local officers conduct patrols and report rounded up suspects in Springer woods Forsyth Georgia meanwhile Pine Crest Home school Forsyth closes its first year as an open air Montessori style program conducted outdoors or on porches of the new building
George W Sheram of this county walked the entire Forsyth to Richmond distance for the Confederate reunion. He completed the journey on foot on May 4 after leaving Forsyth, arriving in Richmond on Wednesday.
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