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The Atlanta Georgian,
Saturday, 11th April 1914,
7th Edition (Final),
PAGE 2, COLUMN 6.
### Rumor Had Rival Detective Watching Burns; Latter Has New Clews
Speculation was aroused Saturday by the report that William A. Pinkerton, head of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, was in Atlanta and had been here several days under cover. The supposition has been made in connection with the Phagan murder mystery, on which his operatives in Atlanta have been engaged for several days after the crime until the conviction of Leo Frank.
The report also had it that he had left New Orleans Monday night, and had come directly to Atlanta, where he kept his identity a secret. As this is not in accordance with his usual habit, it was suggested that he might have come to investigate the activities of William J. Burns, Dan Lehon and Guy Biddinger and the many Burns operatives, whose final report appears likely to be directly at variance with the verdict of the jury, based in part on the testimony of the Pinkerton agents.
### Agents Deny Chief Is Here
J. H. Kelly, superintendent of the Pinkerton for this district, and Harry Scott both denied emphatically that Pinkerton is in town or had been here for several months.
"He left New Orleans early in the week, and went directly to Hot Springs, Ark., according to the information we have," they declared. "We are sending our reports there for him, and have every reason to believe he is getting them. He is at the Arlington Hotel."
Detective Burns said Saturday that he would not comment on when he would make his final report.
### Burns Has New Clews
"I have knowledge that everyone who had any knowledge of Frank's character make an appointment with me in my office, when I will hear their story and make a thorough investigation. I am determined to probe to the bottom every rumor against the prisoner's morality."
"It will be a service to me, and will assist in arriving at the whole truth of the case if everyone who has any information that appears to point toward misconduct on the part of Frank will make it known to me."
Burns admitted that he had been making an extensive investigation of every angle of Conley's connection with the crime, and that he had turned up significant clews that never have had a part in the case before.