Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-24
MYSTERIOUS ORDER
IS CHARGED WITH
BELLBOY'S DEATH

DLIEDUI u DAH iii
The charge that the same secret
order responsible for the Lakewood
cutting tragedy was also responsible
for the killing of a negro bellboy of
the Cecil hotel last fall, and the
revelation that the eyes of the I'm
known" tried to terrorize an Atlanta
man as long ago as last June, are
the latest developments in the inves-
LEGATION of the Lakewood mystery.
Information that may link the &C.
Gil hotel affair with the Lakewood
Leavitt, attorney for J. c. Thomas,
who is held in the Tower on the
charge of Staying Fred G. Thompson
at Lakewood, his defense being that,
he was lured there by men who
sought to punish him after sending
him threatening letters signed Eyes
of the Unknown"
The Cecil hotel affair was as mys-
terious as the Lakewood cutting. 1t
was investigated at the time by coun-
ty officers, but little light could be
thrown upon it.
hotel one night last fall They ask
ed for certain bellboy by name and
were referred to the basement,
where the bellboy had gone few
minutes before after getting off
from work.
A few minutes later the men re-
turned through the lobby, holding
the bellboy by the arm. They took
him up Luckie street, stepped into
an automobile and the entire party
rode away. The next morning the
body of the bellboy was found on
the Browns Mill road. He was shot
to death, and never a clue could be
found to his slayers.
Thought It Was Arrest
Noting the similarity between this
and the Lakewood affair, Attorney
Leavitt points out that guests at
the Cecil hotel at that time were
under the impression that the three
ing the bellboy When four men
called for J. c. Thomas at his De-
catur street business, they told him
they were officers and that Chief
Beavers wanted to see him about
some bad checks.
from the eyes of the Unknown,"
just as he claims a vigilance COM
mittee" sought to punish Thomas.
The only difference was, he thinks,
| that Thomas turned the tables on
| LIE dIl6SGu WHIlS D6ll-
| boy went to his death.
Attorney Leavitt declares he has
| further information, which he is not
| yet ready to give out. confirmiH S
this view and indicating that the Sc
cret order, after the, Lakewood cut
ting, sought to obliterate all exist
ing clues to the Cecil hotel affair.
The other development in the
Lakewood Observation-Disclosures which
reveals the eyes of the Unknown
operating nearly a year ago-was
made known to The Journal from a
man who exhibited a letter he re-
ceived.
This man asked that his name be
withheld, but The Journal has it and
he states he is willing at any time
to go before the grand jury or other
proper authority and not only dis
play the letter, but give the name
of a man he suspects was instru-
mental in having it sent to him.
The letter was written on a type
writer in almost identically the same
form as the letters received by
Thomas. 1t was signed eyes of the
Unknown" in capital letters, as one
of the. letters received by Thomas
was signed.
The letter was inspired by a re-
mark the man was said to have
made which the senders construed as
insulting, although the man himself
declared it was made in a discus
sion with a young lady who took no
exception to it at the time and with
whom he is on the best of terms
today.
Text of Letter
The letter was dated last June
After recitlng the circumstances in
spring the letter, the writer contin-
ued as follows:
Nov there is body of more
than A THOUSAND REAL WHITE
MEN in Atlanta who are watching
just such cases as this and hand
ling. such cases in more ways than
one"
The letter then warned him tc
! apologize to the young lady. Unless
he did apologize, said the letter.
- We are going to give you
| the medicine which we think you de.
serve. And if you intend to stay in
Atlanta or around here THIS WILL
HAVE TO BE DONE. And further,
more, if we ever hear of any more
remarks such as this coming from
you, may God help you, for WE
The letter concluded as follows
the language and punctuation being
identical in many respects with the
letters received by Thomas:
Don't think this is a bluff, fol
it is not. We mean business and if
yOu LIl1Ilh we llOll L, just ldll 70 CdII y
out your instructions. AS I said be-
fore, there is over a thousand real
men in this town and we are very
easily keeping up with your move
ments and remarks. I hope that the
next report we get aboSe you will
be favorable. If not then we will
have to take action.
eyes OF THE UNKNOWN"
Called Over Phone
A few days after he received this
letter, said the man whose name is
in possession of The Journal, soma
one called him over the telephone
and asked him if he received the let
ter. When he demanded to know who
was talking, he was answered by a
click of the receiver. He says he
has good reason for thinking he
knows who inspired the letter but
that he knows an entirely different
person called him over the telephone.
ST will be glad to go before the
grand jury with what I know, if it
will be of any public service" said
this man.
The grand jury, if it so desires,
will also be given access to two
other eyes of the Unknown" letters
in possession of Attorney Leavitt.
1t was expected that the grand
Jury might investigate the Lakewood
tragedy Tuesday, but if it does not,
Attorney Leavitt states he is going
to seek a writ of habeas corpus Wed
nesday to obtain the release of
Thomas.