Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-07-06 | Page 6 | Atlanta Police Seek Prisoners Freed on Fourth

ATLANTA A A POLICE SK SEEK PRISONERS FREED ON FOURTH 50 of Men Released by Acting Mayor Are Rearrested ATLANTA Ga July 6 5 AP At AP-At- At Atlanta lanta policemen were hurrying hither and yen jon on today In efforts to t as ns man many as possible of the municipal prisoners acting J. J AlIen Allen Couch freed treed yesterday jester jester- day In generous celebration of Independence In Independence Independence In- In dependence Da Day Thus far lar ar fifty of ot tho the con convicts conIc Ic lis gran granted led amnesty have been taken Into custody custod again on old charges and police hoped to have ha a greater number back In their cells before morning Mayor I I. N N. Ragsdale was out of the city yesterday and Couch who Is a member of ol tho the board of or Aldermen Aldermen Aldermen Alder Alder- men emptied the Jail out of or the bigness of or his heart The Tho police department and the recorders recorder's of of office ice fice protested but hut tho acting mayor major stuck luck to his guns SUns However many of tho the prisoners arc habitual offenders and the po- po lie lico stole a march marchon on Couch by the on old charges charge I Mayor Major Ragsdale It-agsdale returned to today today- and said It IL seems m Iron wrong to me and I dont don't think he had a u moral right to take that action The mayor major however doubted If It there It Is h any legal I 1 remedy The rue city construction department dc said ld Couch's action cost a about out oooo a as prison labor lh Is used for municipal work stork and It will be soy soy- oral cral days das before enough men are sc l to carry on the enterprises enterprises enter enter- Jes th thil stopped when tho the con- con It vit workmen kmen were wor set et fr c It I Alderman Couch now no Is 15 under In Indictment Inon In- In on charges es of bribery ery In connection with the recent hal pil graft in c investIgation In In Atlanta Ills case p h his has s not flut yet jet t been een called