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

r.,r.y years ago William Allen was
...rrfrs for Governor of Ohio. a
r.rf wandering about the prison
r5 F., columbus where he was al
,,,.r ro have little workshop, pick
.. am old circular saw and en-
.r..sa Ipon it a portrait of the
7.n.rr4tural candidate.
puHl Burns, the young son of a
#.a commissioner in Columbus,
.rt fine warden tell the story and
40, trs picture. Later, Billy Burns,
|t,s.frted used to watch the old eX-
cart. and counterfeiter walk to and
.ram the little shop Governor Hayes
,.d sci mp for him after he pardoned
m once the boy even talked TO
aRuv burns will be in Atlanta, Ga,
,.,.n This week as the worlds great
vi 1efcrtive." He comes. here to
.o,r.l ont the truth of the South's
desuest murder mystery-the mystery
0f uaa murdered Mary Phagan.
comes at Crucial Moment.
e.. trfs the eleventh hour and the
ninth minute, with Leo NJ.
rr.rI, slperintendent of the factory
where little Mary worked, tried, con-
i.,ej and now held in the Fulton
.suuty Tower under sentence II
da5th hy hanging, Detective William
Burns. his shrewd, analytical brain
drawn to the battling skein of unCer-
stn,fe- in the case as a needle to
magnet. steps upon the somber stage
sod SAYS
"I' see.
st,,az.a NualVticaln
Burns is both these and more.
Barn, is crafty, he is resourceful, un-
.r'eatinc. he reads the hearts of men
a. iha bookworm reads his tome or
ito mjscr his golden ledger.
Egrn, short, stocky, matter-of-
lac. His reddish brown mustache is
grloi AT the ends, cropped short over
the Hns. His eyes are light blue and
steady,
Lools Like Business Man.
Errre wears a dark business suit.
close He has the appearance and
tanlc r of an alert business man. His
re,ttons are brief and crisp, but his
s,a.cmorts are uttered in softened
AravHh a slight drawl. This gives
r sine ia think fully IS he talks.
Ht- thoughts are lightning quick and
srlw as fOrceful when they strike
uoIui
For example;
Voc Rdef and Mayor Schmitz were
mdcrs in sang of "higher-up that
sd debauched San Francisco. 1t
tamc dow to the point of getting
RefS confession or letting the big
.,o 60 o not. Burns had to have
laar confession.
2u5f had been under arrest for
weeks Burns had PLAYED upon his
fear bis loves, his prejudices. his
m1Hjon. This Z availej nothing.
pum, began craftily to build in
Ruo"s mind the suspicion that
S.hnitz was about TO confess. This
suspicion sufficiently developed IN
EUcfs mind Burns got him with
by io,c, if YOU do pleaG guilty il
8ar French restaurant case. Ruef,
ISL. make a sensation of it. Wen
keep il dark till the day of the trial.
Pictures Startling Scene.
THE courtroom will be filled.
Uyel nod, will be there or WATCHING,
and YOU and Schmitz will be arraign-
ed wouldn't TIL even = y own at
'orncys, If I We're you. On, you rniskt
'rII one OF them but pretend to al
him in court then let him tell the
Jhers. They will jump and you can
7.' 60 to a side room and hold a
conference.
Wen play innocent, our side and
toU can come ! - into court, all
usrd.,zed The attorney YOU tell
might walk up and down as if he were
suffering and angry, while you reld
A. ~ e. :
AND say, that statement; wen
make that a corker I'll help you Oh
You can act as if you drew it up at
Your little conference, but by prepar-
ne il in advance you can make some
hing that will move the whole room
70 tears, and the town. Even the
nudge will feel it, and Schmitz--!
Say the Mayor will drop in his
racks, for can give you this
s'aight Mayor Schmitz is not eX-
3er'ing YOU TO do this
Personal vanity is the weak point