Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-11-04
5 SUSPECTS HELD
IN MAIL CARRIER
Staying PROBE

FAYETTEVILLE. Ga, Nov. g.
The investigation to find the party
or parties guilty of the brutal AZ
murder Of James c. Langston, Fair
burn mail carrier, on his route near
Morning creek in Fayette county
Saturday morning, resulted in the
following developments in the caie
Friday:
The citizens Of Fairburn Friday
employed Attorney H. A. Allen, of
Atlanta, and Attorney Lawrence
Camp, of Fairburn, to assist in the
investigation and prosecution of men
believed to be guilty of or to have
acknowledged of, the shocking crime.
Private detectives and county au-
thorities stated the injunction pro
ceedings brought by Attorney Lester
c.. Dickson to prevent them giving
the, third degree" to John Waller.
one of the suspects, without his
counsel being present, would have
no important bearing on the probe:
Arthur Alexander and Jim Adams,
arrested Thursday afternoon, were
being grilled Friday morning. Joe
Satterfield, one of those arrested
Thursday, was released. The sus-
poets now in Jail at FayetteVlile
total five, John and Charlie Waller,
and George Samuels having been
held since Tuesday;
Detective w. H. Hames, enc Of
the private officers detailed to the
case, said Friday morning he was
positive the mysterious case would
be completely solved within thee
Gays at most;
Saturday was set by Judge Will
liam E. H. Searcy, of Griffin, as the
date for the hearing on the perpna-
nent injunction in favor of John
Waller, which embodies a petition
for mis- release on habeas corpus
writ.
Fairburn citizens, after a mass
meeting Monday following the crime.
raised large sum of money for use
in aiding the authorities in solving
the mystery. They retained Attor
ing the legal complications which
nave dIlSSlI LIlc dSLlVAtS VI
Attorney Lester Dickson, counsel
for three of the men held on sus-
picion. They employed Private De-
tectives w. r. Adams, w. H. Hames
and Will Windsor Monday, and in
ton to the Fayette county authori-
ties.
Asks Injunction
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re-examine John Waller late Thurs
day, Attorney Dickson, counsel for
the Waller brothers and for George
Samuels, asked permission to be
present. This was denied.
Mr.. Dickson hurried to Griffin, and
petitioned for the restraining order
on the following grounds: Since John
Waller was perfectly willing to be
questioned if his attorney was pres
ent, it was reasonable that the at
torney be allowed to attend the ex-
animation; Waller has been detained
an unreasonable length of time on
nothing but charge Of suspicion
and should, therefore, be released I'm
der the habeas corpus writ.
Judge Searcy granted the petition
and signed temporary injunction
restraining the officers from examin-
ing John Waller unless his counsel
was allowed to be present. The in
junction is unique in that it is said
to be the first of it's kind ever issued
at Griffin and probably the first of
its kind issued in the state.
Attorney Dickson said Friday that
there was talk of a federal warrant
having been sworn out against John
Waller. Inquiry in Atlanta did not
disclose a record of such a warrant.
The hearing on the permanent In
junction in the Waller case, wiR be
given in Griffin Saturday, it was an
nounced there Friday.
Two New Suspects
Arthur Alexander and Jim Adams,
the two suspects arrested Thursday,
are held Il the ground that they
were in an automobile which left
Fayetteville on the morning Of the
M. .er. and was seen speeding
along the road toward College Park
at noon, the day of the Staying. Joe
Satterfield, also alleged to have been
in tie automobile, was arrested With
the other two men, but later releas-
ed. Another occupant of the car is
no Il being sought by the officers.
The men claim that they went to
College Park to have a battery on
the car fixed, and that thev returned
to their homes about IL o'clock Sat
urday after having remained there
since 9. They are said to have adj
mitted that they were at the Waller
home, a short distance from the
murd ,r spot, shortly after II o'clock.
Activity in the case reached high
point Friday, with the authorities
greatly encouraged by information
they claim to have cleaned from AL
exander, Adams and other figures
in the investigation.
The detectives assert that a great
deal of evidence collected in the case
thus far can not be given to the
public at this time. They say that
the mystery will be solved within
a few days.