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

Srayed upon ID portrait Of the
{ gubernatorial candidate
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 10 watch the old ex-
convict and counterfeiter walk to and
from the little shop Governor Hayes
had set up for him after he pardoned
him. once the boy even talked TO
aim.
+Biny" Burns Will be g. Atlanta. ca,
again this week as the worlds great
est detective" He comes here to
search out the truth Of the SoutA's
deepest murder mystery the mystery
of who murdered Mary Phagan.
cones 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 If
death by hanging, Detective William
]. Burns, his shrewd analytical brain
drawn to the battling skein of uncer-
aainties in the case as a needle to
n magnet, steps upon the somber stage
and says:
IN see"
Shrewd? Analytical?
Burns is both these and more,
Burns is crafty. he is resourcefui. IN
relentinR; he reads the hearts of men
as the bookworm reads his tome or
the miser his golden ledger.
Burns 80 short stoclty, matter Of
fact His reddish brown mustache IL
curled at the ends, cropped short over
the lips. His eyes are light blue and
steady
Loo,s Like Business Man.
Burns wears a dark business suit
cut close He has the appearance and
manner OF an alert business man. HIS
questions are brief and crisp, but his
statements are uttered in a softene1
tone with a slight drawl This gives
him time TO think fully ts he talks.
His thoughts are lightning quick and
about as forceful when they strike
= point
For example:
Abe Ruef and Mayor Schmltz were
leaders in a gang OF "higher-ur that
had debauched San Francisco. It
came dow. TO the point of getting
Ruefs confession or letting the big
case go 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 90 build in
Ruefs mind the suspicion that
Schn.itz was about to confess. This
suspicion sufficiently developed IN
Ruef's mind, Burns got" him with
this:
by joye. II you do plead guilty in
that French restaurant case, Ruef,
Wen make a sensation Of it. Wen
keep II dark tin the day Of the trial.
Pictures Startling Scene.
The courtroom win be filed.
Every body win be there or watching.
and YOU and Schmitz will be arralgn-
ed ] wouldn't ten even . own at
torneys, If were you, oh, you might
tell one of them but pretend to ELI
him in court, then let him tell the
others They will jump and you can
all go 20 a side room and hold a
conference.
Wen play innocent. our side, and
you can come ) 81 into court, all
paral'-zed The attorney you tell
might walk up and down as II he were
suffering and angry, while you reld
your statement
And ray, that statement: Wen
make that q corker I'll help you on
st.
You can act as If you drew II up at
your little conference, hut by prepar-
ing II in advance you can make some
thing that will move the whole room
TO tears, and the town. Even the
judge will feel it. and Schmitz -!
Say the Mayor win drop in his
tracks; for ] can give you this
straight, Mayor SChmitz is not ex-
pecting YOU 10 do this"
Personal vanity is the weak point
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