Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-05

to foot and then replied with heat:
you come over here and I'll speak
to you"
I'm sitting down" answered Eel
| der You come over here
i With rapid strides, the chief
walked over to where Fielder was sit
ting.
At this moment friends of the two
crowded about. AS Fielder started TO
rise from his chair, Lanford was
taken by both arms and drawn away.
| At the same time others caught the
attorney, pulling him off in the oppo-
| site direction.
Warned of Attack.
Let me go, and I will kill him."
Fielder shouted repeatedly TO his cap
tors Lanford had been taken from
I the room.
Then Fielder told of the warning
which he declared he had received.
that Lanford was waiting to assault
| him
Il received an anonymous letter
Yesterday afternoon to the effect that
| | would be assaulted this morning"
the attorney said. Il was also warm
ed over the telephone this morning to
look out as l would be the victim of
an attack
Later the two met at the door to
the Solicitors office. Deputy Sheriff
| Miner intercepted them as Fielder
thrust his hand to his hip pocket.
| Peace was not fully restored until
| Lanford was called before the Grand
Jury. When the chief came out Eel
der was summoned. and following the
attorney came Colyar.
| Lanford Thursday morning defied
| Colonel Fielder, or anyone. to substan-
] So 4 la
| him and his department in the Grand
Jury's probe OF vice conditions and
| alleged corruption in the detective
and police departments
Il defy Fielder or anyone, to prove
| to the Grand Jury that penny OF
graft has ever gone into the detective
| department, and l defy him to sub
stantiate one Of his blackmailing ut
| terances against me. He can't do 1t,
and he knows he can't"
"opens Grand Jury's Eyes
81 have given the Grand Jury a
great number OF facts in this matter
| and | think they are beginning to see
/ things about like a great many people
/ in Atlanta see them said Fielder, In
| reply.
In next Sundays issues Of the
| Atlanta papers I viii issue a state
ment setting forth in full the founda-
| ton for every statement / have made
and showing the people how corrupt
their Chief Of Detectives really is. I
| will not comment here on how great
a failure he is as 1. detective. When
| William j Burns reads Of some Of his
| marvellous deductions In the Phagan
case, the great detective Will bow his
| head in shame and pronounce him
self a timid amateur.
| MY statement viii substantiate
I IL Nd
any shadow Of a doubt"
! A. d. Colyar. Jr., and G. c. Feb
uary were summoned at the request
] Of Chief Newport A. Lanford, who
/ was also in the Grand Jury witness
| room when the body went into exec
utive session. Gentry. the photograph
| stenographer, could not be located.
| but the deputy expected TO ind him
| during the day. Colonel Fielder stated
the young man had been run out Of
| town by the alleged dictograph con
! spirators, but Chief Lanford said he
! knew where the young man was and
| would produce him at the proper time
Colyar Seeks Freedom.
| CoIyar sought to obtain his release
| by the novel expedieut Of drawing up.
without the assistance Of an attorney,
writ Of habeas corpus, which he had
taken to the court of Judge Pendle-
ton.
! Colyar asserts in the writ that he
was arrested at the instigation of
| criminal violators Of the law in Geor-
/ gia to make him inaccessible in the
/ present inquiry into charges Of brib-
/ cry and other inquiries. He continues
/ by calling attention TO the fact that
/ he was once before arrested on the
| same charge and that he was released
when the Tennessee officers failed TO
! come to this State 70 get him.
| Later Colyar retained ". NJ. Smith
as his attorney and Judge Pendleton
/ set Saturday at I a. m for the trial
! FOR HEADACHE