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The Atlanta Constitution,

Saturday, 16th August 1913,

PAGE 2, COLUMN 2.

As the afternoon session began, Sheriff C. Wheeler Mangum arose with dignity from his seat near the witness stand and rapped for order. As silence settled down over the buzzing courtroom, he spoke:

"As sheriff of this, Fulton county, if I hear any more laughing or hissing or giggling or anything unbecoming of a gentleman in this courtroom, I'll have him brought up before the judge, who will do with him what he thinks ought to be done. That's all I've got to say."

Saturday, 16th August 1913: Too Much Noise To Suit The Sheriff, The Atlanta Constitution PDF