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  The Atlanta Journal, Monday, 29th September 1913, PAGE 2, COLUMN 2. Paul Donehoo Has Been Bridegroom a Week Now For a week Paul Donehoo, Fulton County's blind coroner, has been a bridegroom. He was married last Sunday to Miss Alverta Benson, and the secret of their wedding was not known except among a very few friends until the happy couple themselves announced it Sunday afternoon, exactly one week after the ceremony. They had intended to keep it secret for at least a month. Dr. S.R. Belk, the pastor of the Park Street Methodist Church in Atlanta, pronounced the words

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 28th September 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.Although He Would Liketo DoSo, There Is, LittleProbabil-ity That Case WillReachHim in TimeWhile Judge L. S. Roan, who presided at the trial of Leo M.Frank, is ready and willing to hear the motion for a new trial in thecase, it still appears unlikely that the motion will be argued forseveral weeks, or before he becomes a judge of the court ofappeals.Saturday the amended motion for a new trial had not beenserved upon the solicitor by Frank's attorneys, and naturally hecannot commence the preparation of his answer and his briefuntil after he has

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 24th September 1913,PAGE 18, COLUMN 3.From Cell in Tower ManCon-demned to HangOperatesAffairs ofOrganizationLeo M. Frank has been re-elected president for another yearfor another year of the local branch of the B'nai B'rith, the Jewishcharitable organization.Other officers elected for the ensuing year are ArthurHeyman, law partner of Hugh M. Dorsey, Frank's prosecutor, vicepresident; Milton Klein, monitor; Dr. B. Wildauer, treasurer, and B.Kaufman, warden. The secretary of the organization is not electedat the same time with the other officers, and Sam P. Cronheimremains in the position.Frank was named to head for another term the order, whichis said to be

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 23rd September 1913,PAGE 6, COLUMN 4.To the Citizens of Fulton County:Now that the wave of excitement and heat of passionincident to the Leo Frank trial has in a measure subsided I deem itadvisable to address a few words to the voters and the people ofthe county relative to the many baseless, unfounded, and unfairrumors which have been circulated about my treatment of thecounty's prisoner, Leo M. Frank.These rumors, many of which are too unreasonable to bedignified with a reply or denial, have largely originated with mypersonal and political enemies, solely for political purposes, butthey have been given

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 22nd September 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 5.Judgeships Certain toChangeBefore Motion for NewTrial Is BroughtIt was stated on good authority Monday that Judge B. H. Hillof the state court of appeals, recently appointed by GovernorSlaton to the new judgeship in Fulton county's superior court, willresign his position in the court of appeals on October 11; and thatJudge Roan, now presiding in the criminal division of the Fultoncourt, recently appointed to succeed Judge Hill on the court ofappeals, will continue upon the bench of the Stone Mountaincircuit until about the same date.There has been much conjecture upon this point, for

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 21st September 1913,PAGE 5, COLUMN 7.Announces as Candidate andReplies to Criticism of HisTreatment of FrankRumors to the effect that owing to advancing years Sheriff C.Wheeler Mangum, would not again be a candidate for publicoffice, are set at rest today be his formal announcement of hiscandidacy before the coming county primary.Although the primary will not be held until next year twocandidates are already in the field against Sheriff Mangum, andtwo others are said to be considering entering the race. In fact,the race is already running full blast.Owing to a recent illness, from which happily he has nowcompletely recovered,

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 20th September 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 5.Taking the Mary Phagan case as an example, Chief of PoliceBeavers is going to instruct his men just what to do from first tolast in working on similar cases. He will give specific instructionsabout the preliminary steps in detection.The chief's firmest orders will be for the officers first todisturb the body as little as possible. He wants few footprintsaround the corpse. Also he will tell his men not to touch the bodyor clothing any more than possible. This is liable to obliteratefinger prints. The value of this evidence, said the chief Saturday,is

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 18th September 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.Such Is UnofficialReport Re-ceived by ChiefBeavers,Is Accused ofFightingUnofficial reports received by Chief of Police, James L.Beavers, Thursday morning from Birmingham, Ala., confirm, it issaid, telegraphic dispatches from that city to the effect thatDetective John Black, of the Atlanta department, had beenarrested there with J. F. Hargrove, also of Atlanta, following a fightbetween the two in the Exchange hotel Wednesday night. Thecharge, that of disturbing the peace, will be aired in the recorder'scourt Thursday afternoon.According to the reports from the Alabama city, the arrestwas made at the insistence of the hotel management, whosummoned

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 17th September 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Beset by Friends andEnemiesto Try for CountyOffice,Beavers Declares He'sPoliceChief Till He's FiredSAID THAT WATERSWILLBE A FOURTHCANDIDATESince Beavers PrefersViceWar to Sheriffship,Mayo,Wright andMangum AreNow OnlyCandidatesAn effort on the part of some of the friends of Chief of PoliceJ. L. Beavers, who fear that his days in the office he now holds arenumbered, and some his enemies who want to stop the vicecrusade, to get the official to run for sheriff of Fulton county hasfailed.While admitting that a number of people had urged him tobecome a candidate for sheriff at the coming election, ChiefBeavers declared

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 16th September 1913,PAGE 7, COLUMN 6.Big Meeting ofInterested Or-ganizations Has BeenPro-posed forDecember 10A movement to gain the co-operation of the variousorganizations raising a fund for a Mary Phagan monument hasbeen placed on foot by Camp No. 763, United ConfederateVeterans of Marietta. A meeting of delegates from each of thebodies interested in the work is advocated. J. Gid Morris,commander of Camp No. 763, has offered his home for thepurpose on December 10. It is proposed at the same time tomake tentative plans for the erection of the shaft in time for itsunveiling on Confederate Memorial day, April 26,

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 15th September 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Samson Selig, an Atlantian by birth and well known locally.Samson Selig, one of Harry K. Thaw's legal advisers in his fight to prevent extradition from New Hampshire to New York, is an Atlantian by birth. He attended school here in his youth, later moving to the metropolis with his parents, and completing his education there. He is at present a member of the law firm of House, Grossman & Vorhause, of New York City.Samson Selig is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Selig, aunt and uncle of Mrs. Leo M. Frank.Samson

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 14th September 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Journal's Prediction ofWeekAgo Fulfilled inAppointmentsby Governor by WhichThreeCourts Are ShiftedJUDGE ROANSUCCEEDSTO COURT OFAPPEALSCharles S. Reed TakesJudgeRoan's Place on StoneMountain Circuit,George M.Napier Is SolicitorGeneralGovernor John M. Slaton yesterday announced appointmentsincident to the new Atlanta judgeship exactly as The Journalexclusively predicted last Wednesday.His appointments are as follows:To the fourth division of the Fulton superior court, JudgeBenjamin Harvey Hill, chief justice of the state court of appeals.To succeed Judge Hill on the court of appeals, Judge L. S.Roan, of the Stone Mountain circuit.To succeed Judge Roan on the Stone Mountain circuit,Charles S. Reid, solicitor general

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 12th September 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.Grand Jury Returns Bill Against Minister on Testimony of Girl and Her Parents " Fourteen-Year-Old Boy Indicted for MurderRev. Crawford Jackson was indicted by the grand jury Friday morning for attempted criminal assault, the indictment growing out of the charges made a short while ago by a young girl who was in his office. An indictment for attempted criminal assault was returned also against John T. Mitchell, the white man arrested by the country complaint on the accusation of a young girl living on the Utoy road.A true bill charging murder was

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 10th September 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.JUDGE L. S. ROANHe is expected to succeed Judge Hill on the court of appeals bench. He is at present judge of the Stone Mountain circuit.Judge Benjamin Harvey HillProbably Will Be Appointedby Governor Slaton to Pre-side Over New CourtAT LEAST THREE COURTSARE EXPECTED TO CHANGEJudge L. S. Roan Likely WillGo to Court of Appeals, andCharles S. Reid Become Cir-cuit JudgeChanges in the judgeships of three Georgia courts are expected to come about as the result of the general assembly's creation of the fourth division of the Atlanta circuit.Governor Slaton has given no

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 9th September 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.Friendly Relations Between Georgia and South Carolina Must Be MaintainedUtterances attributed in the newspapers to Governor Blease to the effect that he had cut off relations with Georgia because Governor Slaton declined to grant his requisition for Julian J. Zachry, the young Augusta attorney, and because former governors had declined to grant requisitions for Thomas E. Felder, the Atlanta attorney, brought forth a statement from Governor Slaton Tuesday morning.So long as I am governor of Georgia, said Governor Slaton, the requisitions of Governor Blease will be g careful and courteous considering the

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 2nd September 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.Charge of Red CrimeWaveIs Injustice to Law-AbidingCommunity, DeclaresJudgeJohn PendletonBEAVERS ISN'TWORRYINGAND NEITHER ISLANFORDWhile Police ChiefDeploresLack of Equipmentin De-partment, He Scoffsat Al-leged CrimsonBlotsIn a strong charge to the new grand jury, Judge J. T.Pendleton Tuesday defended Atlanta against the charge ofexcessive criminality, declaring that statements to the effect thata red crime wave is seeping over the city to be an injustice to acommunity which is, in the main, law-abiding.There is, of course, crime in all cosmopolitan cities, saidJudge Pendleton, but Atlanta is as free from it as any city of itssize in the United

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 11th September 1913,PAGE 7, COLUMN 1.Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey staid Thursday that he wasreceiving letters from various towns in the state informing himthat the attorneys of Leo M. Frank are canvassing the towns tosecure affidavits showing that jurors who convicted Frank werebiased.Some of them say, stated the solicitor that they wereapproached for affidavits but that they declined to give them.Thursday, 11th September 1913: Frank's Lawyers Are Hunting For Affidavits, The Atlanta Journal

  The Atlanta Journal, Monday, 8th September 1913, PAGE 3, COLUMN 1. Anything From One Cent Up Will Be Acceptable- Reso- lutions Adopted Atlanta lodge No. 720, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Sunday appointed a committee to solicit funds for the erection of a monument in memory of Mary Phagan, murdered in the plant of the National Pencil factory. Amounts from 1 cent up will be received. An effort will be made by the trainmen to induce the Atlanta Federation of Trades to appoint a committee to work in conjunction with their representatives in raising the necessary amount. The intentions of

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 7th September 1913,PAGE 7, COLUMN 1.J. H. KellySucceeds J. B.Pierce-HarryScott IsAssistantJ. H. Kelly, formerly assistant superintendent of the Pinkertondetective company's office in Pittsburg, assumed control of thelocal branch of the agency Saturday. He arrived from the northlast Friday and since has met all the city officials. He takes theplace of J. B. Pierce, who resigned shortly after the completion ofthe Frank trial.Harry Scott will remain in Atlanta as assistantsuperintendent. The order transferring him to Houston, Texas,where he was to have been superintendent, has beencountermanded. He will be actively in charge of the criminalbusiness of the agency here.Sunday,