Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-05
Tracing of Anonymous Letters by
! Handwriting One of His Famous
Accomplishments---ForcingC Confess
sions by Psychological Reasoning.
Continued From Page l.

graved upon IL portrait OF the
: gubernatorial candidate
4 Billy Burns, the young son OF a
police commissioner in Columbus,
heard the warden tell the story and
saw the picture. Later, Billy Burns,
fascinated. used to watch the old ex-
Convict and countcrfeiter walk TO and
from the little shop Governor HAYES
had set up for him after he pardoned
/, him once the boy even talked 10
: him
H Billy Burns VIII De e. Atlanta. Ga,
1 again this week as the worlds great
Il est detective" He comes here 10
search out the truth OF the South's
deepest murder mystery mystery
pr who murdered Mary PhaFan
=, Comes at Crucial Moment
~ At this. the eleventh hour and the
fifty-ninth minute. with Leo A.
Frank, superintendent OF the factory
where little Mary worked, tried, con-
: Victed and now held IN the Fulton
I County Tower under sentence II
death by hanging Detective William
j Burns his shrewd, analytical brain
drawn to the LlFling skein Of uncer-
1ainties in the case as a needle 70
I q magnet, steps upon the somber stage
and says
I'm sect"
Shrewd2 Analytical?
Burns is both these and moro.
+ Burns IL crafty. he is rrsuurcefui, un-
Telenting he reads the hearts Of men
as the bOokworm reads his tome OF
the miser his golden ledger
s.ts no. toy Of
1 fact. His reddish brown mustache is
! curled al the ends, cropped short over
Z the lips His eyes are light blue and
asteady.
Lool-s Like Business Man.
Burns wears a dark business suit,
:. rut close He has the appearance and
llmanLer Of an alert business man. HIS
\ questions are brief and crisp, but his
iietatements are uttered in n softene1
tone with a slight draWl This gives
him time TO think fully as he talks
lsdiis thoughts are lightning quick and
about as Forceful when they strike
= point
For example
b. Abe Rlef and Mayor Schmitz were
Z Headers in a gang Of higher ups" that
II had debauched San Francisco, II
came dow. to the point OF getting
rase go o pot. Burns had 70 have
that confession
4. Ruef had been under arrest for
| weeks. Burns had played upon his
fears his loves, his prejudices his
! ambition This awaited nothing.
II Burns began craftily 20 build in
7 Ruefs mind the suspicion that
+ SChn.itz was about 10 confess. Tho
suspicion sufficiently developed III
I, Ruefs mind, Burns got him with
isfhis:
~ by joe II YOU do pleao guilty in
.s5hat French restaurant case. Ruef.
L well make a sensation OF IT, Wen
..keep II dark tin the day OF the trial
Pictures Startling Scene
~ The courtroom viii be filled.
! Everybody will bo there or watching,
d and YOU and Schmitz viii be arraien-
ed | wouldn't toll even Y own at
,iorneys If J were you oh. you might
'ifell one Of them, but pretend TO ,al'
Z him in court, then let him tell the
/, others. They viii jump and you can
sall go TO a side room and Hold a
conference.
Il, Wen play innocent our side ana
/ you can come into court, all
7 bara,z ed The attorney YOU tell
might walk up and down a II he We're
suffering and angry, while you read
your statement---
ii "And say, that statement, Wen
make that corker TN help you on
ut.
You can act as n YOU drew II up at
your little conference, but by prepar-
lisng IL in advance you can make some
siahing that win move the whole room
10 tears and the town Even tho
iI5udge will feel H. and Schmitzi
Say, the Mayor viii drop in his
! tracks for ] can give YOU this
! straight: Mayor Schmitz is not ex-
! pecting YOU TO do this"
II Personal vanity is the weak point