1914 January 01 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia

1914 January 01 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia

Author: Atlanta Constitution

Year: 1914

PDF PAGE 1, COLUMN 3 GUNMAN AND THUG BUSY IN ATLANTA DURING YEAR 1913 The Meager Police Records Show Forty-Seven Homi- cides, and Arrests Made in Twenty-Nine Cases. MARY PHAGAN KILLED; APPLEBAUM SHOT DOWN These Two Were the Most Noted Tragedies of Year. List of Slain Smaller Than In 1912, When It Was 56 Crimson splotches darkened many pages of Atlanta’s history during 1913, for the city’s homicide rate continues higher than that of other southern centers. Meager police records show that the gunmen and thug, brother slayers, have stalked abroad with effect as great as in many previous years. There were forty-seven homicides in 1913, two of them among the most noted crimes in recent years—the murder of Mary Phagan and the slaying of Jerry Appelbaum. This is a record of almost one tragedy a week. There has been, however, an appreciable decrease compared with 1912 and a pronounced increase in the number of arrests. Last year’s homicidal number reached fifty-six, a ranking greater than that of the whole British empire. In 1912 there were more negro crimes than in the past year. Twenty-Nine Arrests Made. As a result of the forty-seven homicides twenty-nine arrests have been made, accordi