00:00T.B. Felder accounts for subscriptions received. The Atlanta Journal. June 11, 1913 says only $102
00:08was paid into fund to employ Burns Detectives attorney Thomas B. Felder. Wednesday morning
00:14issued a card to the public in which he accounts for the funds subscribed to employ the Burns
00:18Detectives to work upon the Fagan murder case. He reports that but $102 was collected. Mr. Felder
00:25announces that all subscriptions paid in have been returned to the subscribers and that those who
00:29have subscribed but have not yet paid are not expected to do, submits a letter and detailed
00:34statement from C.N. Anderson, the treasurer of his law firm, in which it is stated that the expenses
00:40incident to the employment of the Burns Detectives have been charged to Mr. Felder's personal account.
00:46In conclusion, Mr. Felder says that his connection with the controversy is ended and that he will
00:53in due season ask a committee from the Bar Association to pass upon the regularity of his
00:58employment in the Fagan case. Mr. Felder's card. Following is Mr. Felder's card. To the public,
01:05I beg to submit a statement of receipts and disbursements in connection with your contributions
01:09to the fund that it was proposed to raise for the employment of the Burns Agency to investigate the
01:15murder of Mary Fagan. First, I submit a letter addressed to me by Mr. C.N. Anderson. Second, a statement
01:22prepared by Mr. Anderson, showing all monies resolved by my law firm. Third, Mr. Charlesmund Ryan, who was
01:30designated as custodian of the fund without his knowledge or consent, informs me that he has
01:35already returned to the contributors whatever money was paid into him. Fourth, the Atlanta Journal
01:41subscribed $100, and I am informed that certain subscriptions were made to it. This subscription
01:46has not been paid in and is not expected, and the Journal is hereby requested to return to the
01:51contributors any sums that it has received. Fifth, the Atlanta Constitution subscribed $100, and I am
01:58informed that certain subscriptions were made to it. This subscription has not been paid in and is not
02:03expected, and the Constitution is hereby requested to return to the contributors any sums that it has
02:09received. Sixth, the Atlanta Georgians subscribed $100, and I am informed that certain subscriptions were made to
02:16it. This subscription has not been paid in and is not expected, and the Georgianis hereby requested
02:21to return to the contributors any sums that it has received, hundreds of dollars sick received.
02:27In addition to the above and foregoing, permit me to say in conclusion that additional sums
02:32aggregating several hundred dollars were subscribed by the public but were not paid,
02:36and payment has not been and will not be requested. With the above and foregoing statement,
02:41I pledge the public not to trespass further upon their time and patience, as my connection with
02:46the controversy is ended. I will in due season as a committee from the Bar Association to pass
02:51upon the regularity of my employment in the Fagan case and make its report in accordance with the
02:57evidence. I request the newspapers in the city of Atlanta in the future to refrain from publishing
03:02any statement that can be by the public construed as a reflection upon me either as a lawyer or an
03:07individual. Thomas B. Felder. Mr. Anderson's Letter. Mr. Anderson's Letter to Mr. Felder regarding the
03:14subscriptions follows. Atlanta, Georgia, June 9, 1913. Mr. T. B. Felder. Felder, Anderson, Dillon,
03:21and Whitman City. Dear Sir, in connection with the business of the above stated firm, of which I am a
03:27member, I occupy the position of treasurer. All letters addressed to the firm are placed upon my desk
03:33and are distributed by me. All monies and checks paid in are turned over to me for appropriate
03:38disposition. I have received from contributions to the Burns Fund dollar 102. Several of the
03:45contributions were anonymously made. In the majority of other cases, contributors requested that their
03:50names be withheld, and in some cases the addresses of the parties making the donations are unknown to
03:56me. Under your direction, I am returning to the contributors the several amounts sent in by them,
04:01where the names and addresses of the contributors are known, and I am directed by you to return the
04:06balance upon their request. I also desire to say that you have directed me to charge whatever
04:11disbursements have been made, which, by the way, are several times over larger than the contributions
04:16that have come in, to your personal account. This I have done. I beg to remain. Very truly yours.
04:23Signed. C. N. Anderson. Detailed Statement. The detailed statement of funds paid in as prepared
04:28by Mr. Anderson follows. May 15th check. Joseph Hirsch $25 May 15th check. Anonymous $30 May 16th check.
04:36Anonymous $5 May 16th check. Anonymous $1 May 17th check. Not authorized to give name $1 May 17th check.
04:44Not authorized to give name $1 May 17th check. Not authorized to give name $25 May 17th check. Not
04:49authorized to give name $5 May 23rd check. Not authorized to give name $1 May 26th check. Not authorized
04:55to give name $5. May 26 check, not authorized to give name $3.
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