The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-11

Frank Arnold Minhinnett. not Will liam Minnihett, yesterday told the story of his life to Chief Clerk John Farley of the Health Department. and R. M. Sands, Secretary to the Mayor, who is also a notary public.
 Before Secretary Sands, acting as a notary, MT. Minhinnett swore that all he told them was the truth. This af- fidavit from Montgomery's costly visi- tor is given in full and the people of Montgomery will find it interesting reading for Minhinnett Is the most not ed visitor that the city has entertained in many years.
 The statement first of all clears up some confusion as to his exact name. The original papers issued by the Health Department, gave his name as William Minnihett. an error due to haste in copying and in writing an odd and unfamiliar name.
 Atlanta will undoubtedly lay imme- diate claim to MT. Minhinnett because he once worked in that city. The local authorities are quite content that the shrinking Georgia city should have him. They may express a faint regret that Atlanta did not get him at first. MT. Minhinnett Is moreover a native of Georgia.
 The Vltdl part or ms dHludNlt, tHo part in which the city of Montgomery Is the most interested, Is the account of his movements since the middle of June. MT Minhinnett declares em- phatically that he did not violate any quarantine laws. nor did he tell any lies to get into the State of Alabama. He wants 1t emphasized that when he came to Montgomery from Kentwood, La., that there was no Alabama quar- antine against the State of Louisiana. He encountered some Alabama quaran- tine officials on the train but they were working to prevent refugees from New Orleans from coming to the State. They only asked him about New Orleans.
 He was able to tell them truthfully, he swore that he had not been to New Orleans since June 25. It was on July 23 when he encountered the Alabama quarantine officers. The intervening time he had spent in the town of Kent wood. He went on to swear that there was no yellow fever in Kentwood so far as he knew or had even heard of :. There were, however, several cases of malariaI fever, but MT. Minhinnett swore that he did not leave Kentwood because of any fear of sickness.
 In coming to Montgomery Mir. Min hinnett said he spent several hours in Selma When he got to Montgomery he said ne registered rom JACKSON, Miss. because he believed that. al- though there was no quarantine against Louisiana, 1t would have excited some people of Montgomery who were all ready uneasy about the situation.
 In full the affidavit and statement of Mfr. Minhinnett Is as follows:
 State of Alabama,
 County of Montgomery,
 "Personally appeared before me, R. M. Sands, notary public. in and for said county and State, F. A. Minhinnett. who. being duly sworn, under oath states as follows:
 My name is Frank Arnold Minhinnett. I was born in Roswell, Cobb County, Georgia, in October, 1869, and will be a6 years of age next October. My fa- ther who was married a second time. lives at Barnesville, Ga. I have an only brother in Atlanta. Ga, and two half brothers In Barnesville. By pro- fession. am a bookkeeper, and have worked In that capacity in times past for Messrs Leak & Lyle. Atlanta, Ga, and billing clerk for the Southern Agri- cultural Works of Atlanta, and other concerns.
 T left Atlanta, where had been en- gagged in mercantile business, and went to Texas. nine years ago. I lived In and around San Antonio for seven years, and spent one year in Galveston. I lost my wife and child in San Antonio.