Speer Attacks Foes as Probe Ends in Georgia News
A Raleigh dispatch notes A S Colyar, famed for the Phagan case, is in North Carolina posing as Governor Ben Hooper. Atlanta and Birmingham police pursue him on money under false pretenses charges. Fulton County flagging flogging prompts Grand Jury call to probe prison camps, urging humane reform and guard discharge. Mrs Emma Douglas leads opposition to brutal treatment.
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C. M. Walters
Ralaigh
Beavers
Ben Hooper
Tennessee
Colgar
North Carolina
Atlanta
Wanderer
Birmingham
Alabama
Morris
Walters
Colyar
Philip Weltner
Georgia Prison Association
Weliner
Weltner
Emma Neal Douglas
South
Fulton County Grand Jury
Georgia
Douglas
Judge Speer testimony closes hearing on impeachment claims
Savannah January 31 hearing before the special congressional committee ends after Judge Emory Speer testifies in his own defense. Discussion outlines possible Washington reconvening, report to the Judiciary Committee, and potential impeachment steps pending House and Senate votes. Judge Speer faces questions over fees and disqualification in notable Georgia cases.
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Savannah
Emory Speer
Special Congressional Committee
United States Court For
Southern District of Georgia
Speer
Webb
Washington
Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives
House
Cal
United States Senate
Conley To Be Tried As Phagan Slaying Accessory
Jim Conley, the confessed negro accomplice in the Mary Phagan murder at the National Pencil Factory, is set for trial on February 28 in the Superior Court. If Leo M. Frank’s appeal is decided before then and the verdict affirmed, proceedings will proceed. if Frank is reversed, Conley remains a material witness.
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Conley
Phagan
Mary Phagan
National Pencil Factory
Hill
Superior Court
Con
Tinue
Supreme Court
Leo M. Frank
Frank
Mother Denounces Killing of Boy as Unjustifiable
Crushed by the death of her son Frank who was shot as a burglar in the East Atlanta store of O H Waggoner and O O Waldrop Mrs Emma Holmes of 134 Powell Street denounces the killing as entirely unjustifiable The boy and his companion Harry Underwood were shot in the act of trying to rob the store The mother was too sick to visit Grady Hospital and he died without seeing her Funeral set for Saturday at Poole's chapel with burial in Hollywood Cemetery
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Frank
Atlanta
O. H. Waggoner
O. O. Waldrop
Emma Holmes
Powell Street
Harry Underwood
Tampico swept by smallpox epidemic
Washington dispatch reports Tampico Mexico faces a smallpox epidemic with land and rail links cut. Sixty cases reported and the city quarantined. One American dead and two ill. Rebels’ assault unlikely in near term.
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Tampico
Washington
Mexico
Fletcher
Navy Department
Small Town Envy Blamed for Gainesville Fine
Atlanta detective Eugene A. Coker appeals a $50 fine for falsely imprisoning H. M. Griggs in Gainesville. He claims local jealousy of Atlanta influenced the conviction, which rests on a technical issue about arresting outside the city. Coker, with 22 years in the police force, says he did nothing unlawful and expects the conviction to be overturned on appeal.
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Atlanta
Gainesville
H. M. Griggs
Coker
The
Police Department
Detective Service
Employee Diverted Firm Funds to Buy Mines
A. H. Maloney of Marietta is accused in Fulton Superior Court of diverting his employer’s funds to purchase mines in Chihuahua Mexico. Judge Ellis issued a temporary restraining order to prevent disposition of the property and set February 7 for reasons why the order should not be permanent. The petition alleges Maloney bought Mexican mines in his own name and did not return any proceeds to the company, seeking transfer of the property to the plaintiffs in fee simple.
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A. H. Maloney
Marietta
Chihuahua
Mexico
Ladura Consolidated Mines Company
Ellis
Fulton Superior Court
Malaney
What’s Your Message In Georgian Sunday American
A compact notice describes how telegram style brevity suits one or two readers while a want ad in Hearst papers reaches thousands. The piece contrasts direct, terse wording with broad audience reach and urges concise messaging.
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Hearst
Daily Georgian
Sunday American
Chloroform Mystery Around Death of Miss Warren
In Los Angeles a coroner's inquest will probe the death of Mary Warren from Toledo Ohio. Her sister Nanette kept vigil for about twenty days in the Ivan apartments. An empty chloroform bottle was found. Nanette is reported in critical condition. The sisters had arrived from Toledo with money that later disappeared.
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Los Angeles
Mary Warren
Toledo
Ohio
Ivan Apartments
Nanette
Miss Warren
Nanette Warren
Oho
Mayor Seeks Recall of Five Aldermen Blocking Finance
Mayor Woodward said five Aldermen Thomson Maddox Nutting Owens and Candler plan to delay the January finance sheet until their amendments are approved. He urged voters to recall them, insisting the city’s business stalls while they block the sheet and criticizing Alderman Candler for trying to dominate Council.
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Woodward
Thomson
Maddox
Nutting
Owens
Fighth
Alderman Candler
Candler
Young Harold Cummings Jr trains as Atlanta fire chief in hope
The article portrays Harold B. Cummings Jr preparing for a fire department career. He studies fireology under the current chief, climbs apparatus with ease, and endures smoke and water exposure as part of his early training. Civil service exams follow this promising apprenticeship.
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Atlanta
Little Harold B. Cummings, Jr
Harold, Jr
Harold
Police Seek Holdups Who Took Man's Gun
Police investigate a Friday 9 p m underpass hold up of H W Henderson a street car motorman at the Krog street underpass Two well dressed young white men not masked demanded surrender Henderson lost a pistol and 75 cents A man named Jim Brown was arrested loitering nearby and Henderson lives at No 6 Fulton terrace
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H. W. Henderson
Krog Street
Jim Brown
Henderson
Fulton Terrace
Shoemaker Fined For Annoying Couple In Picture Theater
A Broad street bootmaker, A J Pate, paid 25 75 dollars for conversing with Mr and Mrs Richardson at a Peachtree street cinema and 15 75 dollars for contempt of court for not appearing when the case was called. Mrs Richardson accused him of insulting remarks but said she summoned a policeman. Recorder Pro Tem Preston imposed the fines in the police court.
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A. J. Pate
Broad Street
R. E. Richardson
Peachtree Street
Pate
Covington
Preston
Fraud Prosecutor Admits Cheating Too in Election Scandal
TERRE HAUTE IND Jan 31 Special Prosecutor Roach confessed to causing 300 corrupt ballots to be passed to defeat the prosecutor. He aimed to doublecross Donn Roberts, the indicted mayor in the election corruption case.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Roach
Donn Roberts
Lady Sackville Seeks Return of Art Sold to Morgan
London date January 31 reports Lady Sackville, famed as Sir John Murray Scott's heir, has contacted J Pierpont Morgan to buy back the art treasures she previously sold to Morgan's father.
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London
Lady Sackville
Sir John Murray Scott
J. Pierpont Morgan
Mr. Morgan
22 Dead Taken From Wrecked Coal Mine
In Dortmund Germany on January 31 twenty two bodies were removed from the Achenbach colliery after an explosion and a noon mine collapse. rescue attempts were abandoned. In Washington on January 31 the House adopted the Burnett bill amendment banning advocacy of unlawful property destruction by a solid vote with no debate.
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Dortmund
Germany
Achenbach
Washington
Princeton Man for Commerce Board
Winthrop Moore Daniels of Princeton New Jersey and Henry Clay Hall of Colorado Springs Colorado were named by President Wilson to join the Interstate Commerce Commission. The president also nominated Christian A Neimeyer of Preston Iowa to be Collector of Customs for the district of Iowa.
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Washington
Winthrop Moore Daniels
Princeton
N. J
Henry Clay Hall
Colorado Springs
Colo
Wilson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Christian A. Neimeyer
Preston
Iowa
District of
Letters to Husband Cause Support Suit
Mrs. Lillian Goodlet filed in Superior Court for support from her husband C. B. Goodlet, a mail clerk, for herself and three children. The petition alleges threats to shoot her if she refused to deliver a packet of letters found in his pockets. Judge Ellis will hear the case February 4.
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Lillian Goodlet
Superior Court
C. B. Goodlet
Goodlet
Chauffeur Bound Over in Fatal Auto Runover
Eugene Isaac Arnold a Negro chauffeur charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of John Lipton a Negro boy. Arnold was bound over by Judge Rosser in the Municipal Court following the fatal Sunday incident. Bond set at $1000.
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Eugene Isaac Arnold
John Lipton
Rosser
Hetty Green's Nephew Adopts Socialism
New York January 31. Hetty Green's nephew Rev Dr Augustine Elmen dorf baptised her about a year ago announces he is a Socialist. He serves as secretary of the social service commission of the Episcopal diocese of Newark New Jersey.
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New York
Hetty Green
Augustine Elmendorf
Social Service Commission
Episcopal Diocese of
Newark
N. J
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Samuel B. Adams
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Judge Speer
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E. H. Callaway
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