Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-21
TELEGRAM SENT
CONLEY LIE g.
SAYS BURNS
Detective Scores Rivals He Says
Are Trying 10 Hamper Him
in Frank Case.
Continued From, Psge I.

the rights Of Mr. Smith or hts client,
said Mr.. Burns u suppose Mr. Smitr
knows what his rights are, aud sup
pose he is working solely In the in
torests Of his client when he thur
TRADES against me although hi,
statement sounds q little Ike II mignl
have been inspired
4 expect hat when the time rom
for me 10 see Couley ! shall 90 TO AIR
smith and make some arrangements
In no hurry to interview Conlcy he is
IN pail and always available
Silent on Finding Purse.
Mr. Burns refused 10 comment on
the report that he has located The
purse and the ribbons and flowers
that Mary Phagan had when she wen,
IN the pencil factory He reiterated
his determination 10 tell about them
when he submitted his final report.
In addition 10 his activities IN the
Frank case, Burma now is having .
merry round with what he terms q
bunch OF dirty liars and crooks, and
incapable asses masquerading under
the bogus title OF detectives
These terms are. not applied 20
members Of the Atlanta detective lie
partment. Mr.. Burns desires it I'M
derstood that he approves OF their
zeal as shown in the case on whg
he is engaged.
But the man who sent that tele-
gram full Of fake stuff from Newark.
" j., said Mr. Burns, Il know to be
the representative Of rival detective
organization In New York which has
tried to annoy me before this with a
mess OF lying assertions"
latest Of the petty tricks" 1t is a
telegram received in Atlanta and
signed John Black
Called "Fske Detective"
Please send this message to Jim
Conley: Glad you called the fake de-
tective's bluff Ask him about his I'M
Gle Dick Burns. better known as Ohio
Dick, a notorious bank burglar, Dick
did his penitentiary bit in Massachu-
sets. Ohio, New York and Delaware,
where his picture and record are
These dirty liars have done all
they could to hamper me recently"
said the detective THE man To whom
they refer is, or was, a crook who
turned informant for me while he was
In prison. His real name was Dick
Johnson He reformed, and ! Nelped
him by getting him respectable work
TO do. Then he went wrong again.
and gave him up. Poor fellow! |
think he is dead now.
THE only time any crook ever said
anything about his being my uncle 10
my face | took him by tho neck and
crammed that lying assertion down
his throat
Smiths Statement
Mr. Burns would add nothing to mis-
rema-ss concerning the latest def
ance hurled AT him by Smith, who
IS exceedingly insistent that no one
see his client except when he is
around
Conley's attorney in his statement
referred TO Burns as a movie picture.
ge-lecturing. tangoing sleuth, fol
lowing his usual methods OF playing
to the gallery" and predicting that he
would prove a disappointment TO his
employers and "a downright Injury 10
the cause in whic he was hired
Smith said that II Burps ever sees
lin Conley. he viii have to come to
him (Smith) "as a gentleman should, "
express the understanding that he
has no rights IN the matter and
agree 10 whatever terms smith may
dictate
mo Time for Bombast," He Says.
Then" said Smith, MIR. Burns
the situation. in my judgment, de-
mands. II he is allowed to see Con-
ley IL Nill not be as a matter OF
right but as matter OF courtesy
from Conley and his counsel
1t ought To he to the everlasting
shame and disgrace Of William j.
Burns If he should come here TO per-
form a high service for truths sake
and sacrifice IL upon the altar Of his
desire for publicity. This is no time
for bonbaSt and braggartry'
Smith winds up his philippe With
he demand that Burns for once give
as facts. give as light give MS truth,
and eliminate the advertising pro-
gram"
Expert Aides Coming
Mr. Burns announces that he vii
summon to his aid in this case Guy
q Riddinger, assistant general man
aver OF the Burns service. who prob
ably viii arrive I'm Atlapta SUNDAY.
Dan I.ehon. OF New orleans. is eN-
pccted Saturday. and with these Two
men at his side Burns will have what
he sserts to be two OF the most COM
letent specialists in the detection of
rhine In America to-day
Together we are going To sitt this
50 eNhaustiNciy" said Mr.. Burns.
When We have finished, ] viii be in
position TO make good every prom
I~e have made ] am going To show
the guilty man to the public and In
such a manner as To- dispel every
Nestiee OF doubt
Nothing viii he concealed Ny
report will give an account Of every
action 81 myself and my sistants.
There viii hc mo- room lpft for suspi
tian nothing chat the most Violently
prciudiccd can point Gao ms "a rcnec-
lion upon my connection with this