Inside Scenes of Atlanta's Black Week

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Excerpt from Inside Scenes of Atlanta's Black Week: A Series of Social Sensations and a Carnival of Crimes, Terminating With a Terrible Tale of Tragedies and Tears It is a theory in newspaper circles that crime, like storms, travels in waves. When one terrible event has occurred the newspaper man with "nose for news, " is on the alert, looking for and expecting something else of the same nature, something similar to happen. And he is rarely disappointed. It is a strange theory, but its demonstration is stranger still. There are storms of lesser magnitude, and there are cyclones. The distinction is one of degree alone. So with these crime waves. There are cyclones - simoons of crime. As the simooms with its breath of hell swoops down on the city of the desert, stifling, suffocating every creature in its path, so did a crime simoom swoop down upon the fair city of Atlanta - startling, stifling, suffocating. No words can picture the consternation, the destruction, the desolation it brought. It was something unique in the history of any city - something unparalleled in the annals of crime. The story of that chain of events, rushing in upon each other as they did, is one of deep and absorbing interest. It is of interest not to the seeker after the sensational alone, were it only that, there would perhaps belittle reason for this volume, but it is more. Here is a study for psychologists. It opens a field for discussion, and at the same time tells a story so peculiar, so absorbing, so tragical that it all seems beyond the bounds of possibility and proves, if proof be necessary, that the facts of this life are stranger than any fiction. For months Atlanta, the Queen City of the fair Southland, had been at peace, apparently, with all mankind and was reaping the benefits of that peace in a bounteous prosperity. The financial storms that had struck her less fortunate sisters had left her unscathed. The "Atlanta air" of thrift and enterprise and success was seemingly more noticeable than ever. Society was free from scandal and the people were happy. Atlanta was the pride of the South. And she is still, but many and deep have been her tribulations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.