Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-04
Tracing of Anonymous Letters by
Handwriting One of His Famous
Accomplishments---ForcingC Confess
sions by Psychological Reasoning
Continued From Page I.

yraved upon il portrait Of the
gubernatorial candidate
Billy Burns. the young son OF %
police commissioner in Columbus.
heard the warden tell the story and
saw the picture. Later Billy Burns.
fascinated. used 10 watch the old eX-
convict and counterfeiter walk 20 apG
from the little shop Governor Hayes
had set up for him after he pardonei
him. once the boy even talked to
him
"Blly" burns win be - Atlanta ca,
again this week as the worlds great
est detective" He comes here to
search out 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. superintendent Of the factory
where little Mary worked, tried con
Victed and now held in the Fulton
County Tower under sentence II
death by hanging, Detective william
J Burns, his shrewd. analytical brain
drawn to the tafling skein OF uncer-
tainties in the case as a needle 10
a magnet. steps upon the somber stage
and says:
"lll sect
Shrewd? Analytical?
Burns IS both these and more.
Burns is crafty. he is refourceful, un-
relenting; he reads the hearts OF men
as thu bookworm reads his tome or
hi
Burns s short stocky, matter Of
fact. His reddish brown mustache is
curled at the ends, cropped short over
the lips His eyes are light blue and
steady.
Looi.s Like Business Man.
Burns wears "a dark business suit,
cut close He has the appearance and
manler Of an alert business man. His
questions are brief and crisp, but his
statements are uttered in n softened
tone with "a slight drawi This gives
him time to think fully as he talks
His thoughts are lightning quick and
about as 'orceful when they strike
= point
For example:
Abe Rdef and Mayor Sohmltz were
leaders in gang Of "higher-ups" that
had debauched San Francisco It
came dow To the point Of getting
PGccs confession or letting the big
case go pot, Burnt had to have
that confession
Rnef had been under arrest for
weeks. Burns had played upon his
fears his loves his preiudices. his
ambition This Hvailed nothing
Burns began craftily 20 build in
Ruers mind the suspicion that
Schuitz was about TO confess. THO
suspicion sufficiently developed IN
Ruers mind Burns got him with
this:
by jose. il you do plead guilty III
that French restaurant case, RueT.
wen make sensation OF IT, Wen
keep Il dark till the day OF the trial
Pictures Startling Scene.
THE courtroom win be filled.
Everybody will be there or watching.
and you and Schmitz will he arraign-
ed ! wouldn't tn even v own at
torneys, il I were you, oh you might
tell one Of them, but pretend to ;el'
him In court then let him tell the
others They will jump and you can
all GO TO Il side room and hold q
conference.
Wen play innocent, our side and
you can come into court all
para zed. The attorney you tell
AHiEilA VAIN wv anu tliN ~ iN ~ NC W. v
suffering and angry, while you read
your statement
and say, that statement. wen
make that corker. I'll help you on
&C.
You can act as II Won drew Il up at
your little conference. but by prepar-
ing u IN advance you can make some
thing that viii move the whole room
10 tears and the town Even the
Judge viii feel It. and Schmtz--!
say the Mayor win drop in his
tracks, for ! can give YOU this
straight; Mayor SChmit2 is not eX-
peeting YOU to do this"
Personal vanity is the weak point