The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-07-13
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on big legal battle.
Since its discovery in Chicaf ome DAYS
ago IL has been determined u the short
age Of President William Q. Dowell Is
much greater than WIS at lr opposed.
The Columbian bell had a ange his
tory in Atlanta during the cz tion. II
was in charge OF Keeper X p, man
whose funeral smile will be I'll remem-
bered by the thousands who Intended the
exposition; and who was nSted for his
desire to have the big bell hoped on al
occasions. But the bell for some reason
dld not stir up any patriotic sentiment.
Keeper Knapp complained that II was neg
lected. The exposition closed. Suddenly
the bell disappeared. No one could To-
/ cate II. Several days ago i, turned up IN
Chicago, ana IL was found that Keeper
Knapp was holding It in hook" for sal
| airy he claimed was due him by Mcdowell
| president of the Liberty Eoil Association.
! Examination was begun anu it was found
| that President Mcdowell vas a defaulter
I ana had misappropriated funds Then
search was pat in for Mcdowell lie has
/ been found by representative of The New
! York Herald who says:
81 called az the home Of william O. Nc
| DoWell, ian Lincoln Park, Newark, yester-
! day afternoon, to ask what he had 10 say
| about the decision of the Columbian LID
! erty Bell Association, OF Washington, 10
/ demand his resignation 1 Was unable
/ to see him. hoWeN er, as his daughter stated
! that his physician had given strict orders
| against any but members Of the family
| talking with him.
THE Washington organization was or
! ganlzed in 1891 by number of prominent
ana emineutly respectable men and women
OF patriotic impulses. for the purpose OF
procuring an historic bell to be taken
around the country and rung at liberty
festivals and ON historic ana patriotic oc-
casiona. The money was raised ana the
/ bell east. ana biz time was made over
II at the Columbian exposition. in Chicago,
lSg2. Mcdowell says that he was appoint
ed chairman ana treasurer at "a meeting
of the pan-republic congress organization,
az Philadelphia, IN 1Sal but IL has devel-
olcd lately that he appointed himself TO
the positions. lie was supremacy active
in the matter. and n fact, took sole
charge ot every thing The other members
OF the committee We're scattered all over
the country.
Is Nan Of Energy.
'He is iul Of cucrsy, and had the repu-
tation of having organized the Sons of
the American Revolution. 1t is not sur
prsins therefore. that other men were
willing to allow HIM 90 lead i'm the bell en-
terprise. Their part in the matter was
only an episode III ther career; his part
developed into its constant daily employ
meut for hye years, with finally nine
clerks working under him. Tie became
virtually the sole survivor Of the bell
committee. and he extended its business
in way that the other members never
dreamed OF. llc Weut ou raising money by
appeals 10 pafriste people throughout the
of. Ifr'cit y, etlss'i.-.t to p.s on Il debt on
literature. including The Liberty Primer
lie also sold souvenir bells at SO each'
though they cost but $3.50, and bells which
he advertised We're made from bell metal
from the ola cruiser Kearsarge and from
the surplus of overflow of the original Lib