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Accused Woman Must Answer True Bills on Three Separate Counts. .Mr*. Rachael Lynn, who figured In pollen court recently In sensational charges growing out of alleged discoveries m her «homo In Washlngton-st.. was brought before the grand Jury Tuesday morning and Indicted on three separate charges. The three true bills returned ngalnst her are for assault with Intent to murder, malpractice and abortion. A number of witnesses In the case were ordered by the grand Jury to bo served with subpenaes to appear later before the Jury and further Investigation ma‘ be made later of Mrs. Lynn's case. *Mrs. Lynn has been In the Tower since her arrest, not having been granted bond.Mrs. Bratton Arrested.Just after she had testified before tho grand Jury Tuesday morning In the Rachael Lynn case. Mrs. J. 8. Bratton, tho nurse and star witness, was served by Bailiff Barnes, of Justice Bloodworths court, with the warrant taken out several days ago by Mrs. A. C. Klapper. daughter of Mrs. Lynn. This Is a possessory warrant, under which Mrs. Bratton's trunk, which had been In tho Lynn home, 605 Washlngton-st.. where she had boarded ns a nurse, was seized and several articles found which are said to belong to Mrs. Lynn. *Bailiff Bornea permitted Mrs. Bratton to remain at the court house with Detectives Hollingsworth and Hewell. and they later took her to Jung* Bloodwortli's court In Hunter-at.. a short distance away. Thera Mrs. Bratton was released on her own bond, and the case set for hearing Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.ONE WITNESS DISAPPEARSMrs. Bratton Questioned on One Case—Reported Probe Won’t Be Deep.UppTHEJudiSpiscnatofwher diet o llevei scnat Is pr conn* Lorir Llnut It up upper decls senntTIPM he.but I heart of th PatltActEDViPromises a Sensation.Attorney Lawton Kflley. counsel for the star witness. Immediately fPP**™d at tho court In tho Interest of his client. Attorney Nelly declined to discuss th? case In detail, but JpMraaUg that from Information furnished film by the detectives, who are co-operating with Mrs. Bratton In her protiwtlon. that n sensation will be sprung In the trial. He would only say that he »■ perfectly satisfied that Mre. Bratton w innocent of the charge of having taken any articles belonging In the Lynn home. . , , .. .Mrs. Bratton was not worried In tne least by her arrest and took It u» a matter of course. She said she hail been expecting the wnrranttobeservrd ever since It was taken out the first or last week.Charges Conspiracy.Mrs. Bralton unhesitatingly declarea she Is a victim of a put up Job.••If anything belonging In the Lynn home was found In my trunk, she •Hid, It was put there by some one els#-. I certainty did not put It *h,*re. It areins strange, too, that all of this should have suddenly developed after I had testified against Mrs. Lynn In police court. It Is nothing more than a ruse to weaken my evidence In theCRMr*. Bratton, who has been at the home of her friend. Mrs. J. \\. Spencer, In Augusts, for the past few days, arrived In Atlanta Monday night to appear before the arand Jury. Mra. Bpencer, who waa In Atlanta with her for a short time and took her to Augusta, was unable to come back on this trip, but furnished Mr*. Bratton • huge roll of greenbacks to act In her atead.Mrs. Bratton will probably return to Auaueta following the Justice courttrln,‘ Young Women Disappears.One young woman, who Is said to have undergone an operation Ini the Lynn home and for which Recorder Broyles beli! Mrs. Lynn for murder, failed to answer when her name was called before the grand Jury. She waa expected to be one of the moat Important and direct witnesses ngalnat Mra.understood that her brother and brother-ln-lnw. who . live In nearby cities, took the young woman Sunday night to Indiana and will keep her there to prevent her from testifying before the grand Jury or IB the crimlnal court. Whether the absence of this material witness will have anf effect on the case Is not known. It Is * • c**’tolnly, however, that she will amr return to Atlanta to appear as a witness against Mr*. Lynn.To what point In Indlaija she waa taken has not been learned.A tragic feature In connection with. . ___- — — ik. .In.tli Inaf v.-rrk ofCh t,rr dcrhi with to bitlt;l to nbou the 1 A su govei Onlt*iblfWey.big r ollstl • ntn tilled to Ci pm -i osnoi the tThMm.vicespaychart law I.. tragic imiuic mi ......—the case was the death last week of tne young woman's aged father.me young woman* n™■ *Jer mother Is also reported to be at theKlnt of death and le expected to llva t a abort time.Mra. J. S. Bratton, the nuree, was the afar witness before the grand Jhry, but It Is understood she was asked to testify only In regard to this one case. In which the missing witness figured aa. i i » _ - ...i.li RAmfnv innrA... if mi ■■ .... .Jimiii* —---the principal. Aa a result, nothing more ■ develop * “was’developed than eanie to light In the preliminary hearing before Recorder BruyleaiMr*- Bralton declarea she wru prepared to give the grand Jury additional evidence against Mrs. Lynn, but that her examination waa limited to this one Instance. Whether the grand Jury will delve deeper into the case at some future time and again summon Mrs. Bratton bafore It has not been announced. It la reported that strong Influence has been brought to bear kgainst going too deep1’ Into the af-fklr. despite the court's charge that the cate must be probed thoroughly.In a recent Interview Mrs. Bratton declared she would t*!l the grand Jury all she krxwa” and she Insists she was ready to do so had »he been asked.Late Tuesday afternoon bond for Mre. Rachael Lynn was set at *6,400 for the three case* against her. Count*j for Mra. Lynn Stated that they wop Id have no difficulty-fa Pledging the re-miired security, and that their client would be released shortly. She had n«.l born allowed to go at a late hour In the afternoon.SUIDdlt;scAllo'clo*rivedThe)bannIng.atalrbly I lltlCilMyml lutlo bullo Bo Inacr of III nseer(lieotherconti•\Vwhlc!WOfar Ohee kill*.: 40. blt;
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Atlanta Georgian and News
Atlanta, Georgia, US
Tue, May 09, 1911
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