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WON'T HANG SAYS BURNS.
Detective Declares He Knows Wlio
Killed Mary Phagan.
Chicago. April 3.?William J.
Burns, the letective, declared late
to-day that lie knew who murdered
Mary Phagan. the Atlanta, Ga., girl,
for whose death Leo M. Frank is un
der sentence of deatn. \\ neuier
the murderer is Frank or someone
else, in his opinion. Burns would not
say, but he intimated that from his
investigations and comparing their
results with the conclusions of the .
coroner's jury that he did not consider
Frank the sort of a man capable
of making the attack on the girl
r alleged to have preceded the mur\
der.
Burns, on his arrival to-day .from
Kansas City, related the story of his
investigation. He said his- attention
first bad been called to it by a young
man from Atlanta, who was a passenger
o" a steamer on which Burns was
returning from Europe. The young
man expressed his regret that Burns
had not become interested in the case
"before the arrest and conviction of
Prank. Through him Burns read in
newspapers of the trial, and concluded,
from the accounts he saw, that
Frank was guilty. Later, while he
was in Key West, three citizens of
Atlanta, including two personal
friends of Frank, saw the detective
and asked him to undertake an investigation
of the case.
Bums Takes Case.
At first, Burns said, he refused, on
grounds that if Frank were guilty his
investigation and final conclusion to
that effect could only hurt the defendant,
while if the investigation
tended to throw doubt of guilt on
him, it might serve to thwart justice.
Frank's friends declared that they
believed he had not been given a J
fair trial, that he was innocent of
the crime, but that if guilty, they
wanted indisputable evidence of his
guilt.
Burns then took the case. His investigations
soon showed him, he
said, first, that public clamor, after
a "crime wave" had resulted in the
police making extraordinary efforts
to adduce "evidence tending to con*
vict Frank," and second, that a re.
port making out Frank a man of abnormal
characteristics was commonS^J
ly circulated through the city, putting
the house open strongly against
him.
His inquiries then convinced Burns
that Frank was a perfectly normal
man. On the other hand, the testi}
mony'of physicians was to the effect
that the man who attacked Mary
Phagan was abnormal.
Then Bums interviewed many of
the witnesses who testified' in the
Iv case. At the conclusion of this phase
Of his investigation he said he was
convinced that he knew the murderer.
No Mystery in Case.
"There was no mystery about the
murder of Mary Phagan," said
Rums. "The tracks of the murderer
were plain and there is no doubt as to
his identity.
"The whole story will be clear in
& few days. I have made a complete
report to Frank's attorneys in Atlanta
and in a few days it will be
given out.
"I cannot anticipate my report,
and, therefore, I cannot say more
definitely than I have what the report
will contain. The murderer of
Mary Phagan is known to me and he
can't get away."
"I will say tat, in my opinion,
Frank will not hang on April 17 for
the murder of Mary Phagan. I believe
the Supreme Court cannot ignore
the evidence we have gathered."
"Hparin? of an exraordinarv mo
tion for a new trial in Frank's case
is set for April 16, the day preceding
that on which Frank is sentenced
to die.
HOMICIDE NEAR LEXINGTON.
G. Levi Rish Shot to Death at School
Closing.
Lexington, April 4.?G. Levi Rish,
a prominent farmer of Lexington
county, was shot and instantly killed
at Smith Branch School House, twenty
miles south of this city, at 10
o'clock to-night. James Clark and
Elliott Gantt, two well-known farmers,
are accused of the crime, according
to a message received here
by Sheriff Miller at 11 o'clock. Details
of the tragedy at this hour are
meagre and hard to obtain because of
the fact that there is but one telephone
line to the community in which
the shooting occurred. According
to reports Rish, Clark and Gantt
met at the school house wher^ there
wasx'&n- entertainment in progress in
connection with the closing of the
)ol. The killing occurred just
*Xk the building and seven or
by tyi.*?
. bv>ts are said to have been
r \vr
hrc G*.e bullet struck Rish in ther
head, causing instant death. The deceased
was a man of about 38 years
of age and is survived by a wife
and four children. Sheriff Miller and
the coroner have left for the scene.
FIXKKAL SHIP AKKIVKS.
Bellaventure Beaches St. John With
Victims of Arctic Storm.
St. Johns, X. F.. April 4.?Amid
silence like a funeral hush the sealing
steamer Bellaventure steamed
slowly up the harbor at dusk to-day.
bearing sixty-nine of the dead and
fifty of the crippled survivors of the
disaster that overtook seal hunters
from the steamer Xew Foundland 011
the ice floes near Belle Isle Straits in
last Tuesday's blizzard.
Thirteen of the living were removed
to a hospital in a critical condition.
Several others were seriously
ill, and all but one of the remainder
bore scars of their thirty-eight hours'
exposure in the Arctic gale in which
seventy-seven of their companions
met death. This uninjured survivor
was stricken blind after being picked
up, but it is believed he will recover
his sight.
Five thousand persons, many of
them relatives of the victims, had
lined every vantage point along the
harbor front all day, waiting for the
Bellaventure's arrival and for some
new6 of the missing sealer, Southern
Cross, carrying 170 men. Not a word
has been heard from the latter vessel
since she was seen driving before the
storm Tuesday morning. Hope aroused
by reports that she had made
harbor were dashed when investigation
proved an error in identification
had been made.
There still is faith in many quarters
that the Southern Cross weathered
the blizzard. No wreckage has
been reported.
Caring for Wounded.
In the absence of Governor Davidson
and Premier Norris, the acting
premier, .Mr. Bennett, directed the
work of caring for the dead and
wounded. Every physician and nurse
in tne city volunteered for service.
They were aided by squads from the
naval reserve ship Calypso and various
military organizations. The;
new Grenfell Institute was turned into
a morgue.
The disaster which overtook the
New Foundland's hunters was unavoidable.
according to Capt. Randell.
of the Bellaventure. Tuesday
dawned somewhat overcast, but witn
no hint of blizzard conditions, he
said, so that it was quite permissible
to put men on the ice after seals.
The storm broke with typical Arctic
suddenness. The hunters from
the Bellaventure and the Florizel
were fortunate enough to reach their
ships safely. The Stephano's men,
being near the Florizel, hurried on
board her. The Stephano steamed
towards the spot where her crew
had been seen before the snow shut
in. This took her away from the
New Foundland's group, who were
far from their own 6hip. As soon
as the Stephano was notified by the
Florizel's wireless of the safety of
her men, she headed back into the
storm to pick up the New Foundland's
hunters.
CouM Not See Ahead.
It was impossible to see a ship's
length ahe^d into the snow curtain,
and when the Stephano's captain
thought he was within a mile of the
stranded hunters he lay to and kept
his whistle going in the hope that
they might be guided towards him.
As hours passed and not a man reported
he concluded all had reached
their own ship. But the New
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that day and Wednesday, while the
blizzard raged with unabated fury,
the fleet remained in ignorance of
the fate of the 150 men marooned
on the floes.
The main party of castaways were
four miles away, over a broken field
of ice. The Bellaventure was driven
toward them with all possible speed,
but so bad were ice conditions that
it required nine hours to cover the
four miles.
In the meantime Capt. Randell's
men had reached the castaways. Only
a few of the hardiest were conscious
and able to help themselves.
Many were in a stupor. Some were
raving, others had been stricken with
ice blindness.
Many bodies were found frozen so
fast in the ice that pickaxes were
necessary to chop them out. Two of
the. survivors; were nearlv mad from
their own sufferings and from grief.
Each had watched a brother die.
By good fortune thirty of the New
Foundland's hunters, who had not
strayed far from the vessel, had been
able to reach their ship, else the
death list undoubtedly would have
been greater.
In the meantime the Stephano had
worked within striking distance and
had picked up a few of the survivors
and recovered a few bodies.
After the snow-filled hollows had
been searched for more bodies the
Bellaventure turned her prow homeward.
battling severe ice conditions
and a second gale nearly all the way
to port.
Cape Charles. Va., March 22.?A
large unindentified steamship which
went ashore off the Smith's Island
life-saving station to-day was floated
later and is supposed to have proceeded
undamaged.
CLEMENCY SHOWN TO 1,176.
Governor Overshoots Mark He Set in
Pardoning.
Columbia. April 4.?There have
been 1,176 convicts who have received
clemency at the hands of the governor
since he was inaugurated for
the first time on January 17, 1911.
Of this number about three-fourths
were released under paroles and the
rest were given full pardons or had
Uioir cpntpn^ps rnmmuted. These
figures were compiled this morning
from records in the office of R. M.
McCown, Secretary of State.
With nearly 1.200 to his credit,
the governor seems to have beaten
the mark he set for himself. At the
annual conference of governors in
Richmond, Va., in the falTof 1912
the governor, in boasting of his pardon
record, which was over 400, said
that he hoped to make the number
800 by the end of his second term.
With a little less than a year of that
second term gone the governor's pardoning
record has reached nearly
1,200.
There is much speculation being indulged
in as to the effect the pardoning
record is going to have on the
governor's race for the United States
senate. He stated after his re-election
in 1912 that he was proud of his
pardon record and that he considered
the people had endorsed it by reelecting
him over former Chief Justice
Ira B. Jones. Since that time
600 more prisoners have been freed
and there is every indication that
the pardoning record will again be
one of the main issues in the campaign
for the United States senate
this summer.
Depopulating Prison.
The governor is apparently carrying
out his declaration that he would
depopulate the State penitentiary by
August 1. A great many prisoners
have been sent back to the county
chain gangs of the counties from
which thev were sentenced and oth
ers have been released under paroles
and pardons. There are only 186
prisoners left in the penitentiary, of
whom just 150 are men. There are
in addition some 57 prisoners employed
on the State farms, but is
is stated that this is much less than
the number necessary to work the
farms and operations will have to be
greatly curtailed. Should the governor
carry out his intention to depopulate
the penitentiary there will be
no prisoners left to work on the State
farms.
Married at Branson.
Brunson, April 3.?A marriage
of much interest occurred here yesterday
afternoon, when Miss Mildred
Brunson, third daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Thaddeus W. Brunson, became
the bride of Dr. J. Perry Lamar Harrison.
The church was beautifully
decorated for the occasion and to the
strains of Mendelssohn's "Wedding
March," rendered by Miss Iva Lee
Brunson, the bridal party proceeded
to the altar, where the Rev. Mr.
Johnson, pastor of the bride, pronounced
the solemn words that made
this popular couple man and wife.
During the ceremony Mr. R. W. Harrison,
brother of the groom, sang "O,
Promise Me."
They left amid a shower of rice on
the afternoon train for a short trip,
after which they will be at home to
their many friends in Hartsville,
where Dr. Harrison enjoys an extensive
practice.
TAKES REVENGE IN BLOOD.
Arkansas Youth Shoots Man Accused
of Killing His Father.
Blytheville, Ark., April 2.?T. H.
Musgrove, wealthy planter, was shot
to death near Blytheville late to-day,
and to-night John Walker, a 16-yearold
youth, whose father Musgrove
was charged with having killed fifteen
years ago, surrendered to the
sheriff here to answer for the killing.
Musgrove was tried on a charge of
murder in connection with the killing
of the elder Walker and acquitted.
According to the authorities the
youth asserts that he acted in selfdefence
and that the shooting to-day
was the culmination of an argument
between Musgrove, another planter,
and himself over the ownership of a
stretch of timber land.
Villa Buys South Carolina Cocks.
Anderson. April 4.?S. J. Hester,
of Hester Station, just south of this
city, to-day shipped twelve extra
fine fighting cocks to Gen. Villa, the
Rebel leader in Mexico. The order
from the general is the second that
Mr. Hester has filled since Christmas,
which goes to show that Villa
is interested in more than one kind
of fighting.
Mr. Hester says that he has sold
his cocks for $18 in Mexico, but the
war has decreased the demand, and
he was able to get only $6 each from
Villa. In all, Villa has been shipped
twenty-four cocks by Mr. Hester in
the last three months.
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Spartanburg. April 2.?Policeman 8
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the manner in whch he prevented E
what might have been a serious ?
wreck on the Charleston and Wes- 9
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patrolling near the Crescent Knitting a
Mills he observed fifteen runaway S
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become detached from a train without
being noticed and were running
down a grade in the direction of a
passenger train due in a few minutes.
The runaway cars had gained
considerable momentum and if they
had crashed into the passenger train,
the result would have been serious.
Nash swung aboard the first car,
climbed to the top and applied the
brakes, stopping the cars before
they had passed from their siding
on to the main line. A few minutes
later the passenger train rushed by.
Pensions for Widows.
Washington, April 1.?Pensions
for widows and minor children of officers
and privates who served in
the Spanish-American war, the
Philippine insurrection and the Boxer
uprising in China would be authorized
by a bill passed late to-day
by the house, 276 to 76.
The bill would grant $12 monthly
to the widow of an honorably discharged
soldier or sailor and '$2
monthly for each child under 16
years of age, provided the widow
shall have married the soldier prior
to the passage of the bill. The pen- S
sions are to be limited, however, to a
widows without means of support a
other than their daily labor and an a
actual net income not exceeding $250 ^
a year.
An inquiry among the camps of the fl
United Spanish-American War Veter- fl
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thousand widows of men who served H
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