Wednesday, 26th November 1913: Anti Leaders Quiz Chief On Blind Tiger Policy, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,
Wednesday, 26th November 1913,
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DuBose and Richards Inquire
Why Arrests Arent
Made.
No Money, Is Answer
A query as to
the attitude of the police and detective authorities toward blind tiger conditions
which are alleged to exist in Atlanta, was the meat of a conference which Rev.
Dr. H. M. DuBose and Rev. J. B. Richards, the former an official of the Georgia
Anti-Saloon league, and the latter its secretary, had with Chief of Police
Beavers and Chief of Detectives Lanford in the formers office Wednesday. The
Anti-Saloon leaguers were accompanied to the conference by J. W. Hewitt, a
private detective.
This query
developed the answer of the police authorities, it is said, that their attitude
is to enforce the law as completely as they can, but that they are limited in
their detective work by the lack of city funds for expenses. Without money with
which to buy liquor from blind tigers, the two chiefs informed the leaguers, it
is not possible for them to get proof of sales in violation of the prohibition
law, unless the merest chance leads them within sight of a purchase just when
the money and liquor are changing hands.
Another
conference may be held some time during the latter part of this week or the
first part of next week, at the request of Messrs. DuBose and Richards, but its
purpose is not revealed.
There is
nothing definite at all to give out, said Dr. DuBose after the conference of
Wednesday. We were just consulting with the chiefs along general lines, about
matters in general. Of course, I represent the Anti-Saloon league, and that
faut may indicate the nature of the conference.
Dr. DuBose was
asked if definite evidence, such, for instance, as could be used to convict a
man, was produced before the officers. He answered that the statement was made
at a public meeting conducted by the league some days ago that purchases of
liquor had been made in saloons and other places.
No, sir, no
arrests will be made right now, he answered to another question as to whether
immediate action by the police is to be expected.
That no
exceptional action will be taken by the authorities is indicated conclusively
by their answer Wednesday that they havent a nickel of expense money to work
with.
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Judge
Urges Married
Children to Live
Separate Until Grown
You children should wait until you are
grown and then go back and live together, remarked Judge John T. Pendleton, of
the superior court, Wednesday to Mrs. Frances C. Dempsey and Robert M. Dempsey,
in passing on the formers suit for alimony and support for her tiny baby.
I cant see that either of you is
especially to blame, although the boy acted wrongfully in leaving his wife just
before their baby was born, and he should pay half of what he earns toward her
support. This trouble may blow over in a few years, and when you are old enough
to live by yourselves you may be happy.
According to the story told by A. E.
Aenschbacker, of 270 Sunset Avenue, father of the girl, his daughter and
Dempsey married last year, when she was fifteen and he seventeen years old.
They came asking forgiveness and he forgave them, telling Dempsey he could live
with him, and that he would send him to a night school so he might get an
education.
Things went happily for a while, but
after little troubles Dempsey decided that he couldnt get along at his
father-in-laws and asked his wife to leave with him. She refused and he went
to Birmingham. Lately he has returned and is living at 517 Sunset Avenue. He
has a job paying $11 per week, and Judge Pendleton ordered that he pay $20 per
month alimony.
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JURY MUST
DECIDE ON
REMOVEAL OF BODIES
Court Is Asked to Construe
Will of Mrs. Mary J,
Rucker
A jury in Judge John T. Pendletons
division of the superior court must decide whether or not the bodies of the late
Chapman Powell and his wife, which were interred in Decatur more than fifty
years ago, shall be removed to a vault at Oakland or West View cemetery.
The grandchildren of the deceased
object to the removal of the bodies from the Decatur churchyard, but their
removal is one of the principal provisions of the will of the late Mrs. Mary J.
Rucker, who devoted $15,000 of an estate valued at a quarter of a million dollars
to the erection of a vault.
Accordingly the executor, Charles J.
McKinney, has asked the superior court to construe the will and to decide
whether or not the removal of the bodies is practicable and essential before
the estate can be divided.
PASS ON BEQUEST.
The case will probably not be concluded
until Friday. Another point of interest to be decided is the status of a $5,000
bequest to the Presbyterian hospital, which no longer exists.
The principal heirs to the Rucker
fortune are Mrs. Martha A. J. Powell, a sister of the deceased; G. L. W.
Powell, a brother; P. T. Powell, Houston Powell, John C. Powell, Mrs. Mary
Montgomery, Mrs. Anna Powell Liddell, and Mrs. Mary P. Eberhart, nieces and
nephews. There are several special bequests to other relatives, friends and
servants.
Mrs. Rucker died several years ago, but
her estate has never been out of the courts. Among the property of the estate
is a lot on Alabama streets near Forsyth, which Mrs. Eleanor Gunby claims under
a deed of trust in 1868.
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COLUMN 2
Chinamen
Go to Court
About Money Raised to
Help Rebuild
Empire
The fact that Chinamen living in
Georgia raised $8,000 to assist Dr. Sun Yat Sen in establishing a new
government in the ancient empire has become public through the filling of an
injunction suit restraining the committee from appropriating the cash to the
individual uses of its members.
The suit was brought in the name of the
Chee Kong Tong, of which Lum Joe is president, and was directed against Loo
Jim, Fong Sing and Charley Lee, Atlanta Chinamen, who were named, when the
money was collected, as a committee to send it to Dr. Sun.
Now that Dr.
Sun is out of power and the money cannot be used for the purpose for which it
was originally subscribed, Lum Joe, as president of the Tong, declares he
wishes to refund it to the subscribers. The committee, however, he alleged,
objects to this plan and would use it for its own benefit. Accordingly the
restraining order was sought and obtained. The suit is set for a hearing on
December 13 before Judge John T. Pendleton. Attorney Eugen Thomas represents
Lum Joe and the tong.