Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-03-18
ROPE OF BLANKETS
HELPS: REWARD OF
$1,000 FOR ARREST

unturned in the hunt for this man.
! During his trial Mr.. Lowry showed
me every courtesy and attention
! that any officer could have done and
| I am sure that he exercised every
| precaution for the safe-lteeping of
| his prisoner. 1t is unfortunate, of
| course, that Satterfield should have
| escaped, but l am confident OF his
recapture and that he will ultimate
ly pay the penaly for his crime.
II make the above statement in
| common justice to an officer whom I
| believe has been diligcnt in the dis
charge of his duties in regard to
this prisoner and whom I feel the
| public should attach no blame to in
regard to this escape.
THE good faith Of Captain Low
ry is shown in the fact that he has
suspended the officers placed on
guard over Satterfield and has per-
sonally offered a reward which is
probably beyond his means to pay in
an effort to recapture this man. I
request the publication of the above
statement by each of the Atlanta pa
pCrs."
Soon after the escape was discov-
cred, a detail, Of deputy sheriffs was
oGuI W L QNhGli NT'i', WllCLC CcllLSL-
field is known to have relatives, and
other officers were sent to various
suburbs and small towns around At
tanta. This last step was taken when
il was recalled that when Satterfield
first escaped Immediately after the
murder Of Mr.. Hart, he did not catch
a train in Atlanta, but left from
Winnings station, in Cobb county.
Deputies Suspended
The deputies suspended by Sheriff
Lowry were J. M. Williams and w.
F. Thompson. They could not be
reached for a statement after the
suspension, but Deputy Williams
stated earlier in the day that he
passed through the wing in which
Satterfied was confined between II
and 1 o'clock Sunday night and that
AL was quiet" Deputies Williams
and Thompson, with Deputy D. M.
Willingham, are the only jailers on
duty at the tower from mighnight
until a. M, it was reported, having
charge of the entire building.
Satterfield had been quartered in
the same cell with r. N. Berrien,
former Atlanta banker. who is I'M
der conviction for empezzlement. 1t
L
e. Fox, convicted slayer of Captain |
w. S. Coburn, before his transfer
last week to the state prison farm |
at Milledgeville.
Other famous prisoners, including |
Frank DuPre and Leo Frank have t
occupied this same cell, which is con-
sidered the strongest in the tower
and was said to be escape proof"
according to jail officials. !
In his letter to Governor Walker, |
Sheriff Lowry asked that the state |
supplement his reward with as large |
an amount as possible and stated he |
regretted that his financial condi- |
ton would not permit him to Offer |
a larger reward.
Governor Is Informed
Governor Walker was in Florida, !
but his executive secretary, Miss |
Myrtle White, informed him of |
Sheriff Lowry's request by tele- |
graph.
When the method Of Satterfelds |
escape became known, officials at |
the Jail recalled that about a month !
ago a messenger boy came to the |
tower with a basket of fruit for the |
prisoner. Investigation showed that |
the basket contained in addition to |
the fruit, a number of fine steel saws, |
a brace and several bits. The mes- |
senger could furnish no informat ton |
as to who had sent the basket other |
than to say that "a man had given |
him fifty cents to bring it to Satter- |
field"
1t was also recalled that Sunday |
morning a man and a woman who |
said they were the uncle and aunt |
Of
and were admitted to Satterfield's |
cell. They remained for some time,
officials said
Satterfields escape occurred six |
days after the supreme court of |
Georgia handed down a decision af.
firming the death sentence imposed !
on him by the Fulton county courts,
This decision was handed down last
Tuesday.
Il have not given up the fight"
Satterfield stated when told of the
supreme courts decision, Il have
other plans which l hope will ma,
terialize.
This last statement took on new
significance Monday when his es-
cape became known.
The Staying for which Satterfield
was condemned to death was the out
tween himself and Mr.. Hart over
the division of the estate of Satter-
fields deceased wife, who was Mr..
Harris sister.
For several months before the
tragedy, according to evidence di-
vEiSed at the trial last September.
Satterfield had been writing letters
threatening the life Of Mr. Hart be.
cause of what he termed the latter's
unfair administration" of the es-
tate Of Mrs Satterfield between Sat
terfield's two daughters.
Late in the afternoon Of Decem
Der =, 1921. Satterfield appeared at
the Hart home on Trinity avenue
and, after some apparently friendly
discussion, Satterfield is said to have
stated: well, may as we'll do what
came to 90"
He then is said to have pulled a
pistol from his pocket and announced |
that he intended TO kill Hart. Hart
ran from the house, while Mrs Hart !
and her two small children grappled |
with Satterfield and attempted to |
detain him.
killing In Soda Stand
Escaping from their grasp, how !
ever. Satterfield followed Hart to |
4 soda stand at thelCorner of White |
hall street and Trinity avenue, where !
he fired several shots into the lat +!
te,'s body. Several witnesses of the |
crime declared at the trial that the
fatal shots were fired as Hart
CrOuched behind a counter and
begged for mercy.
| Despite the biting cold of the De
/ cember evening, and the fact that
/ ne had neither hat nor OVerCOat, Sat
/ terrified then walked calmly our
/ Trinity avenue and made his escape.
\ few days after the crime, The
Journal received a letter. which was
left at It's business Office, signed y.