Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-03

about $4,000 in liberty bonds"
The state placed Detective Burke.
of the Pinkertons, on tie stand to
tell of his investigation of the fl
nancial condition of Clarence Brad
streets family in Metechuan, N.
]. The detective stated that the
Bradstreets lived in a small house
in the country worth about $4,000
and being bought on the INSTALL
ment plan. Bradstreet, he stated, had
been an insurance solicitor before
entering the army, and -Bradstreet's
father had been mill hand, who
had lived and died a poor man. So
far as he could find out, he stated,
the family had no money and no
resources.
w. o. Martin was recalled to the
stand in rebuttal testifying that
Mrs. Bradstreet had no deposits
with the Fairburn Banking COM
pany except $195 shown by the
books at one period during 1919. He
asserted that Green admitted to
him that several checks made pay
able to Mrs. Bradstreet and signed
by Green as vice president, were
drawn on the funds of the bank and
that the money of the Fairburn
bdilhlHS COuJpd11y WCIlI " Anl -
Bradstreet. Mr.. Martin also identi-
fed several burglary, automobile
and fire insurance policies made out
to Mrs. Bradstreet and found in
Green's desk in the bank after the
fire. These policies, with the can
celled checks cashed by Mrs. Brad
street, were introduced as docu-
mentary evidence.
Saw Running Man
Otis Stephens, a farmer, testified
that on the night of the fire, he had
taken bale of cotton to the gin.
He saw the smoke, he stated, and
drove to within IS yards of the bank.
From this point, he saw a man cross
ing the sidewalk in front Of the
bank. The man walked out in the
street and turned around and looked
at the smoke.
II could see no fire then, but soon
it burned through" said the wit
ness.
1.-THE man fired several shots and
went off toward the drug store cor
ner at rapid speed"
Gould you recognize that man."
mot positively.''
What size man was he?"
About six feet tall, and weighing
about IT'S pounds"
You couldn't say who it WASP"
mo"
who did it look 1ike?"
ut looked like Mr.. Green"
On cross eXamina ton, when asked
if he could swear that it was Mr..
Green, he said no. The witness de-
clared positively that the man was
not Alton Milan, the town marshal
of Fairburn.
State closes
The state closed at 5 p. m.
Green was recalled to the stand in
rebuttal after the state closed it's
case to deny a statement made by
w. o. Martin, to the effect that Mrs.
Bradstreet had book of checks
signed by Green.
''She never had but two such checks
and knew what they were for" said
Green.
graphed by him to Mrs. Bradstreet
while she was in New Jersey in Feb
ruary, Green declared that the Brad
streets wished to come back to Geor-
gia for the trial, which was original
ly set for the February term of the
court. They needed money to come
back, he said, and he wired 500 on
two occasions.
while I was in the telephone ex-
change the night of the fire, heard
somebody fire some shots out in the
street." he said, referring to the tes-
timony of Stephens.
II did not fire them. for I didn't
even have a pistol"
This concluded his statement and
the defense closed it's case immedi-
ately,r Judge Hutchinson adjourning
court at $40 o'clock.