Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-04
Tracing of Anonymous Letters by
Handwriting One of His Famous
Accomplishments---F orcing Comics
sions by Psychological Reasoning.

Forty years ago William Allen vas
running FOR Governor 81 Ohio \
convict. wandering about the prison
yard In columbus where he was 20
lowed to- have a litte Workshop pick
ed mp ana old circular saw and en-
crayed upon ID portrait of the
guDernatorial candidate.
Billy Burns. the young son OF
police commissioner ia Columbus,
heard the warden tel the story ana
saw the picture Later Billy burns,
fascinated used 10 watch the old eX-
convict and Counterfeiter walk TO anG
from tho Httlc shop Governor Hayes
had set up for him after he pardoned
him. once the boy even talked TO
him.
"Bnly" burns VIII be in Atlanta. CT,
again this week as the world = great
est detective" lie comes here 10
search ont the truth Of the South's
deepest murder mystery the mystery
of who murdered Mary Phagan.
comes at Crucial Moment.
AT this. the eleventh hour and the
fifty ninth minute. with Leo NJ.
Frank. supcr!ntcnecnt % the factory
where little Mary worked, tried, con-
Nicted and now held in the Fulton
County Tower under sentence u
J. Burns. his shrewd, analytical brain
drawn to the baTllng skeln Of uncer-
families in the case as a needle 10
a magnet, steps upon the sOmber stage
and says
III see"
Shrewd? Analytical
Burns fs both these and moro
Burns is crafty, he is resoarcefnl, un-
relenting. he reads the hearts Of men
as the bookworm reads his tome or
the miser his golden ledger,
Burns 80 short, stoCly matter Of
fact. His reddish brown mustache is
rurled at the ends. cropped short over
The lips His eyes are light blue and
steady.
30 Looks Like Business Man.
Burns wears a dark business suit
cut close He has the appearance and
manfer Of an alert business man, HIS
questions are brief and crisp, but his
statements are uttered In q softened
tone with a slight drawi This gives
him time TO think fully rs he talks.
His thoughts are lightning quick and
about as forceful when they strike
= point.
For example.
Abe Ruef and Mayor Schmitz were
leaders in a gang Of higher ups that
had debauched San Francisco. II
came dow. 10 the point OF getting
Ruers confession or letting the big
case go 20 pot. Burns had to have
that confession,
Ruef had been under arrest for
weeks Burns had played upon his
fears his loves his prejudices, his
ambition This availed nothing.
Burns began Craftily 10 build IN
Ruefs mind the suspicion that
Schnitz was about to confess. This
suspicion sufficiently developed 10
Ruefs mind. Burns got him with
Ibis:
BY jose. il you DO plead guilty a.
ihat French restaurant case, Rae!
wen make a sensation OF IT, Wen
keep il dark TIN the day of the trial.
i.a Pictures Startling Scene.
The courtroom viii be filled.
Everybody will be there or watching
and you and Schmitz will be arraign-
ed ] wouldn't tell even ~ own at
torneys. II were you on, you might
tell one OF them but pretend TO eli
him in court, then let him tell tho
others They will Jump and you can
an go to side room and hold a
conference
Wen play innocent, our side, and
YOU can come ! % into court, all
paral~zed The attorney YOU tell
might walk up and down as II he were
suffering and angry, while you re I'd
your statement
i And gay. that statement Wen
make that CorkeT I'll help you on
g.
you can act as II YOU drew ii up at
your little conference, but by prepar-
ing 1t in advance you can make some
thing that viii move the whole room
10 tears. and the town Even the
Judge will feel Il, and Schmitz--!
say the Mayor win drop In his
tracks: for ! can give you this
straight: Mayor Schmitz is not ex-
pecting YOU to do this"
Personal vanity is the weak point