1914 March 17 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia

1914 March 17 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia

Author: Atlanta Constitution

Year: 1914

PDF PAGE 1, COLUMN 1 WILLING TO HELP DETECTIVE BURNS, ASSERTS LANFORD “Members of My Force Per- fectly Willing to Submit to Quiz on Phagan Case,” He Tells Constitution. BURNS HAS LONG TALK WITH FRANK IN TOWER The Well-Known Detective Hopes to Have Interview in a Few Days With Solic- itor General Hugh Dorsey. Within a few hours after it had been learned that Detective William J. Burns would seek to quiz every detective at police headquarters who worked on the Mary Phagan murder, Chief of Detectives Newport A. Lanford declared to a reporter for The Constitution that he would co-operate with Burns, if necessary. Lanford stated that there would be no objection to Burns’ proposed bureau who worked on the Phagan mystery. Instead, he averred, every resource of the police headquarters department will be tendered the noted sleuth. “I will throw open to my department,” stated the chief, “if there is anything the Atlanta detective department has overlooked, we will gladly assist. We want to find it out. If there is any mystery remaining, it is our ambition to fathom it. If Burns needs us to help him, do it, we are at his service.” Will Interview Detectives. Burns will likely quiz a number of