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THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1913.
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EULER STORY
ISSTiLLCENTER
After Two Weeks of Testimony
Only Evidence Directly Link
ing Frank With the Crime Is
the. Sensational Statement
Made on the Stand by Negro
Sweeper-Summary of De
velopments m 1 rial to Darn
F OK two long and tedious weeks
Leo M. b'rank. indicted £or the
murder of Mary Phagan, has
been on trial tor bis lite. Luring
those two weeks forty-eight wit
nesses nave testified, innumerable
exhibits, documents, books, dia
grams, photographs and illustrative
contrivances have been displayed to
the jury.
Only the remarkable story of
James Conley, the negro sweeper,
directly connects the deiendant with
the crime, and even in this ingen
ious narrative the negro did not say
that he actually saw Frank do the
deed.
Time and again while under the
merciless gruelling of Attorneys
Rosser and Arnold, Conley frankly
and complacently confesses that he
had lied and lied frequently in his
many statements and affidavits to
the detectives. However, he clung
fast to his story as related upon the
witness stand Monday, Tuesday, and
a part of Wednesday. He had ‘every
circumstance and feature of this
story clear in his mind and not once
during the sixteen and a half hojirs
that he was in the witness chair did
he admit that any portion of it was
false, notwithstanding the terrific
■ bombardment of questions hurled at
him on cross-examination by Attor
ney Rosser.
He wo’uld not attempt to explain
apparent inconsistencies in his last
and final testimony, but contented
himself with asserting that he had
told the whole truth.
There can be no doubt that Con
ley’s story made a profound impres
sion even upon those who believe he
is lying to save his own neck, and
who are convinced that he was en
abled to piece together a plausible
narrative because the detectives in
the continual sweating administered
to the negro pointed out the flaws
in his original stories.
But the question which presents
Itself most persistently is: “Could
this illiterate negro have conceived
and fitted together such a set of de
tailed circumstances without some
foundation in fact?’’
The verdict in the Frank case
without doubt depends on just how
much credence the jury places in
Conley’s testimony and how it re
gards the circumstantial evidence
which the state has introduced to
corroborate it.
ENTER MANY OBJECTIONS.
The defense is evidently playing,
for position in the event the Jury re
turns a verdict against Frank. Both
Attorneys Rosser and Arnold have
daily entered many objections- and
taken many exceptions which they
asked to • be noted in the record.
This is understood to mean that they
are paving the way for an applica
tion to the supreme court for a new
trial in case the verdict is adverse to
their client.
With its thirty-four witnesses, the
state, through Solicitor Dorsey and
Attorney Hooper, sought to show:
That Mary Phagan met her death
in the metal room on the second
floor of the pencil factory between
12:.30 and 1 o’clock on April 26.
,That she went to the factory be
tween 12:06 and. 12:10 o’clock.
That she was struck on the head
and rendered unconscious and that
she was then strangled with a twine
cord.
That Frank was the last person who
saw the girl alive.
That he was out of his office between
12:06 and 12:10, after Mary Phagan
called.
That she was heard to scream after
she went up to the second floor of the
factory.
That she was done some kind of ex
ternal violence a few minutes before
death.
That Frank called the negro Conley
upstairs to help him get the body into
the basement.
That when he went home to luncheon
ho dM not eat anything and remianed
In th ehouse but a few minutes.
That he was very nervous on the day
after the murder when ne was brought
to the factory by the detectives.
That he refused to look upon the dead
girl’s face when taken to the under
taking establishment.
That he is guilty of perversion.
The state took nine days in which to
present its evidence. The defense has
been offering evidence but three days
and has introduced but fourteen wit
nesses, three of them having been wit
nesses for the state.
Just what Is the theory of the de
fense as to the time and manner of
the murder has not yet been disclosed.
9o far .the defense has been content
to 'confuse and cast doubt upon the evi
dence offered by the state.
THE EXPERT TESTIMONY.
Dr. H. F. Harris, secretary of the
state board of health and a physician
and chemist of high standing, testifying
for the state, said that he had made
a careful examination of the dead girl’*
body and that he was satisfied beyond
doubt that she had first been Btruck
upon the back of the head und rendered
unconscious and that later she was
strangled to death.
Dr. Harris was positive that the girl
died within a half or three-quarters of
an hour after she ate the cabbage and
bread which her mother swore she had
eaten about 11:45. Ho based his opin
ion upon the undigested cabbage which
he found in her stomach. Dr. Harris
also testified that the girl had without
doubt been done some violence a few
minutes before death. This he had
determined by the condition of the blood
vessels.
DR. CHILDS DISAGREES.
d«f«zise put up Dr. Leroy Childs,
a well known physician and surgeon
to rebut Dr. Harris’ testimony. Dr.
Childs had not examined the Phagan
girl’s body, but from the evidence given
by both Dr. Harris and Dr. J. W. Hurt,
the coroner’s physician, he was confi
dent that it would have been impossible
to tell just how long after she had
eaten the cabbage that the murder oc
curred. He declared that cabbage was
one of the most indigestible of vege«
tables and ofen remained In the stom
ach for hours before being digested.
Dr. Childs expressed the opinion that
death could have been produced by the
blow on the head, but from the infor
mation furni’shed him he was inclined
to the belief -that she died from stran
gulation. Hp declared that the dilated
and ruptured blood vessels could have
resulted from natural causes and not
necessarily from external violence.
George Epps, a newsboy, testifying
for the state, swore that he rode into
the city with Mary Phagan on the day
of the murder and that she left the
car at Forsyth and Marietta streets ‘at
about 12 o’clock, going across the via
duct to the factory.
VBy W. M. Matthews and W. T. Hol
lies. motorfhan and conductor on the
car, the defense showed that Mary Pha
gan boarded the car alone, rode into
the city alone and left the car at Broaa
and Hunter streets at 12:10.
* E. F. Holloway, the day watchman
at the factory, swore that he had timed
himself to see how long it would take
him to walk to the pencil factory from
Broad and Hunter streets and from For
syth and Marietta streets. He said
that in the foi mer instance it required
two and a halt to three minutes and in
the latter seven minutes.
WHEN SHE ARRIVED.
If the testimony of the conductor,
motorman and Holloway is to be con
sidered and that of George Epps thrown
aside then Mary Phagan did not reach
the factory until 12:13. On the other
hand,, if the testimony of Epps and Hol
loway is to be credited she arrived there
before 12:10.
Neither of these calculations fits in
with the testimony of Monteen Stover?
the witness for the state, who swears
she went to the factory at 12:05 and
left at 12:10, that she saw no one while
there and that she went to the office
door and looked in to see if Frank was
there but that he was not. Conley
swore that Miss Stover followed Mary
Phagan upstairs.
By N. V. Darien. general manager of
the factory, Herbert Schiff, assistant
superintendent; Holloway. the day
watchman, and others, the defense
brought out that while at work Frank
was accqustomed to keep the big safe
in the outer office open and that when
it was open the door shut off the view
into the inner office and that a person
no taller than Miss Stover would find
it impossible to see over this safe door
even if she tiptoed.
Conley was the only witness to tes
tify that the girl screamed. He said
he heard her scream very shortly after
she went upstairs and after he heard,
the sound of footsteps going back to
ward the metal room. Several detec
tives, policemen and officials at the
factory swore that Frank was very
nervous on the day after the murder.
To offset this the defense developed
from the factory officials that Frank
was of a highly nervous temperament
and that when anything went wrong
he became excited and nervous; that on
one occasion when he was on a street
car which ran over a child he was so
nervous he could not work and that at
another time when he had quarreled
with a factory official he manifested
extreme nervousness.
None of those who visited the un
dertaking establishment with Frank
would swear that he had failed to look
at the face of the dead girl. However,
both Detective Black and Bailiff Rogers
who accompanied him there, declared
they had not seen him do so.
Conley swore that Frank called him
up at about 4 minutes to 1 to aid in
carrying the body down to the base
ment. The testimony of Mrs. Arthur
White, who said she saw a negro sit
ting on a box at the foot of the stairs
when she went out of the factory about
1 o’clock has never been disputed, al
though Solicitor Dorsey developed that
this information did not reach the po
lice until several days after the mur
der, notwithstanding Mrs. White re
ported the fact to Frank’ on the Mon
day following.
In his statement Conley related inci
dents reflecting on Frank’s moral char
acter. The defense made vigorous ob
jection to the admission of this evi
dence and during the argument which
followed Solicitor Dorsey announced
that the state expected to be able to
corroborate Conley’s accusations.
DALTON’S TESTIMONY.
C. B. Dalton was put up by the state
and he swore that he had visited *the
factory with Daisy Hopkins, a former
employe; that he knew Frank and had
seen him in his office on Saturday aft
ernoons drinking beer and soft drinks
with girls.
Dalton also testified that he had tak
en Daisy Hopkins to the factory and
that Conley had kept a lookout for
him. The Hopkins girl was put up by
the defense and she denied everything
that had been stated by Conley and
Dalton, declaring she only knew Frank
when she saw him; that she had never
been into his office and that she had
never seen him di inking soft drinks
and beer with women.
Solicitor Dorsey made the Hopkins
girl admit that she had been in jail on
a statutory charge.
Officials and employes of the factory
put upon the stand all swore that they
had never seen girls visit Frank in his
office nor had they ever seen girls
drinking soft drings and beer with him
in his office.
COULDN’T SEE THE MIRROR.
The testimony of Albert McKnight,
the negro husband of Minola McKnight.
cook at the Frank-Selig home, in which
he swore that on the day of the murder
Frank came home for luncheon about
1:20 and left a few minutes later with
out having eaten was rebutted by the
defense with pictures and diagrams of
the Frank-Selig home. McKnight swore
that he was sitting in the kitchen near
the passageway to the dining room and
could by looking In the sideboard win
dow in the dining room see that Frank
didn’t eat anything. He also swore that
Frank caught a street car at Pulliam
street on his return to the city.
Albert Kauffman, a civil engineer, who
made blueprints of the Frank-Seiig
home, and of the pencil factory and
who measured the distance from the
home to Washington and Pulliam
streets, testified that it was impossible
to see i the mirror in the dining room
sideboard from where McKnight said
he sat in the kitchen; that a street
car ran on Georgia avenue in front of
the home, and that it is further to
Pulliam street by about 100 feet than
It is to Washington street.
H. J. Hinchey. manager of the Soutn
Atlantic Blow Pipe company, declared
he saw Frank on a Washington street
car, just In front of the capitol about
2:15.
Pinkerton Detective Harry Scott, who
had been first called by the state, was
also called by the defense. He testi
fied that Conley had made a number of
statements to him; that he had called
the negro’s attention to defects in his
statements and that later the negro
would change his sory to conform.
WITNESS CONFUSED.
The very favorable testimony for the
defense, given by E. F. Holloway, the
day watchman at the pencil factory,
was greatly minimized by the fact that
he went completely to pieces under the
cross-examination of Solicitor Dorsey.
The solicitor asked him many questions
which he evaded and others he an
swered only when forced to do so by
the judge. Holloway became excited
Only Attack on Lind
Will Cause Invasion
• Of Mexico by the U. S.
President’s Envoy Lands on Mexican Soil and Huerta Gov
ernment Tells Washington That He Stands in No Personal
Danger—Starts for the City Sunday-Foreign Relations
Committee in Accord With President’s Policy-Peaceful
Mediation Is Only Plan
(By RALPH SMITH.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—The
only probability of war between the
United States and Mexico is predicted
upon the commission of an over act by
the Huerta administration toward the
United States or toward President Wil
son’s special envoy, John Lind, of
Minnesota.
Declination or failure of Huerta or
his representatives to treat with Lind
will not occasion an armed demonstra
tion toward Mexico by the United
States.
If Lind’s mission of peace fails, the
embargo on arms which the United
States has maintained against the con
stitutionalists, or revolutionists, will
be lifted and the warring factions of
the Mexican republican will be be left
to themselves to fight it out. It is the
belief there that with arms, the con
stitutionalists can overthrow ‘ \the
Huerta government within three
months.
There is absolutely no chance that
the United States will ever recognizn
the Huerta administration in Mexico,
because of a belief that Huerta was
a party to the murder of Madero.
Intervention lias not been nor will
It be seriously considered by tne United
States at this time.
The possibility of an overt act by
Huerta toward special envoy Lind is
the one thing that makes the situation
grave, in the opinion of Washington.
At conference at the White House to
night, between President Wilson, Sec
retary Bryan and members of the for
eign relations committee, the Mexican
situation was discussed in all of its
phases. The president took the senate
committee into his confidence and If
understood to have explained every
move that has been made by the state
department, and in addition, given to
the committee all of the inside facts he
has with reference to (the situation in
Mexico.
'John Lind's purpose in Mexico is to
induce the warring factions to lay down
arms long enough to hold an election
for president of the republic. Huerta
cannot be a candidate on the strength
of his own promise and it is believed
that should he indicate a desire to dis
regard this promise strong influence
would be exerted to hold him to his
word.
Huerta Will Never
Accept Mediation
(By Associated Press.)
MEXICO CITY. Aug. U.—Correct
treatment of ex-Governor Lind, coun
seller of the United States embassy
here and personal representative of
President Wilson, by Mexicans is as
sured by the Mexican foreign office in
a message forwarded to Washington
today, and speculation in the Mexi
can capital tonight has turned to the
nature of Mr. Lind’s mysterious mis
sion. which apparently, in the belief of
the United States government. can
sclve the difficulties now besetting the
Mexican nation.
While assuring the safety and free
dom from annoyance of President Wil
son’s representative, the Mexican gov
ernment stands firm on the non-accept
ance of mediation, declaring on that
point “that it already has made its
declarations.” It is regarded as a
foregone conclusion in political circles,
therefore, that the mission is bound to
fail unless the suggestions to be made
by Mr Lind take some other form.
AMERICANS PUZZLED.
Neither Americans nor Mexicans here
are able to imagine a plan which could
be acceptable to the Mexican govern
ment which contemplates mediation in
any form by the United States.
The reply of Manuel Garza Aldape,
acting foreign minister, to Secretary
Bryan’s second note recommending
moderation on the part of the Mexican
officials and requesting that judgment
be withheld respecting Mr. Lind’s mis-
son. has cleared the atmosphere of ap
prehension regarding his reception at
the capital, which was created by ru
mors traceable to no definite source,
but nevertheless persistent in their hos
tility to his coming.
SECRECY SHROUDS ROUTE.
Sufficient credit had been given to
these rumors apparently by those
charged with the arrangements of Mr.
Lind’s trip from Vera Cruz to Mexico
City, to Induce the utmost secrecy.
The United States embassy has with
held all information respecting his
movements and It is not known tonight
by what route he will come to the capi
tal or the time of his arrival.
Senor Aldape's note to Secretary
Bryan was practically his last official
act as minister. Frederico Gamboa took
the oath as minister of foreign affairs
at noon and assumed charge of the
ministry immediately.
Preparations for tomorrow’s pro-
Huerta demonstration being .continued
but there is little fear that it will take
on an anti-American complexion.
Wilson Outlines His
Policy to Senators
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.-—Two hours
of conference tonight between President
Wilson, Secretary Bryan and the senate j
foreign relations committee brought |
about no change in the attitude of the ;
administration toward Mexico.
President Wilson took the senators
into his confidence far enough to out
line the following:
REDEEM PLEDGES.
That John Lind, his special envdy to
Mexico City, does not bear any solution
of the present situation, but goes to
continue this government’s effort to in
duce Provisional President Huerta to re
deem his promises for free and consti
tutional elections:
That under no circumstances does the
administration propose to recognize the
Huerta government.
That Mr. Lind has gone to Mexico City
to be the “eyes and ears” of the Wash
ington administration on the ground, and
to explain the attitude of this govern
ment when he has fully familiarized
himself with the situation.
That by withdrawing Ambassador
Wilson and sending Mr. Lind the presi
dent planned to have a man on the
ground who was in sympathy with the
administration here and was in no sense
a factor in the situation in Mexico City.
These policies and suggestions of the
president and Secretary Bryan came Mat
in general discussion. It was made
clear that the purpose of the conference
was to establish more frank and inti
mate relations between the senate and
the administration, in the development
of the Mexican policy; and in the fur
therance of this idea the president talked
freely and answered many pointed ques
tions.
PLAN IS VAGUE.
While the president disclosed no defi
nite plan for the pacification of Mexico,
the implication remained that upon
Lind’s reports would depend to a large
extent the future policy of this country.
The meeting tonight was entirely
friendly. The president did most of the
talking and Secretary Bryan and mem
bers of the committee added a word
here and there. If the twelve men pres
ent only two senators, Smith of Arizona,
and Stone, are out-and-out believers in
a policy of ultimate intervention. Presi
dent Wilson was firmly of the belief
that intervention will not be necessary
and some members of the committee who
went to the White House disturbed in
mind, came away with the belief that
perhaps much of the recent talk in the
senate had been unwarranted.
PRESIDENT’S ATTITUDE.
The president did not ask that sena
tors refrain from debating the Mexican
policy, but he left a distinct impression
that prominence given in Mexico to con
gressional discussion and newspaper
comments reported from the United
States, caused embarrassment for the
administration in attempting to carry
out its difficult policy of peaceful set
tlement.
Senators who expected to be informed
of a definite plan or a formal message
Mr. Lind might be bearing to the Mexi
can government, were disappointed. The
president told them that upon the ar
rival of Mr. Lind in Mexico City there
would be transmitted through the
charge d’affaires at Mexico City, as well
as to the foreign governments generally,
an explanation of Mr. Lind’s mission.
This explanation is developed at to
night’s conference is expected to be a
reaffirmation of *the American govern
ment’s attitude of the last few weeks
favoring efforts to secure a temporary
cessation of hostilities in Mexico so that
constitutional elections may be held.
It was reiterated after the conference
that Mr. Lind’s movements and proce
dure will be left largely to his discre
tion after he had talked with William
Bayard Hale and other close friends of
the administration familiar with the
situation in the Mexican capital.
LIND IS SAFE.
It developed tonight that when Sec
retary Bryan telegraphed Charge
O’Shaughnessy yesterday in reply to
Minister Aldape’s official message, which
said Mr. Lind’s mission was an unwel
come one, he made pointed inquiry re
garding the personal safety of Mr. Lind
in Mexico.
Minister Aldape’s statement tonight
given out in Mexico City, stating that
rumors suggesting danger to Lind were
entirely without foundation and that the
envoy might pass through the country
freely “without being subject to moles
tation,” developed that the administra
tion here had taken official notice of the
question of Mr. Lind’s personal safety,
though that was not made public in
Washington.
Lind Lands in Mexico;
Confers With Hale
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.
VERA CRUZ, Aug. 11.—John Lind,
former governor of Minnesota, Presi
dent WPson personal representative In
Mexico and the adviser of the Ameri
can legation, landed at Vera Cruz this
afternoon and went immediately to a
hotel.
Mr. Lind arrived in A era Cruz har
bor on the battleship New Hampshire,
but immediately transferred to the
battleship Louisiana, flagship of the
second division of the Atlantic fleet,
and was received by Rear Admiral
Frank F. Fletcher, and Dr. William
Baynard Hale, another of President
Wilson’s representatives in Mexico, who
made the trip from the capital especial
ly to confer with Mr. Lind.
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Tillman Clashes With
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 11—Senator Till
man, of South Carolina, is the latest
national legislator to clash with a street
car conductor, and today he was en
gaged in “cooling off,” as he expressed
it, before determining whether ho would
file charges against the man. Within
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Buchanan, of Illinois, have clashed with
conductors on Pennsylvania avenue
street cars.
“If this keeps up,” said a senator to
day laughingly, “we’ll have to organize
the solon’s street car society for con
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come the most popular summer sport
with congress.”
Senator Tillman, with Mrs. Tillman,
boarded a car at the capitol to ride to
their home; he procured his tickets
while standing on the step and accord
ing to his account, the conductor order
ed him on to the platform “in an abrupt
and discourteous manner.” The clash
followed and the senator took the man’s
name and number. The conductor to
day denied that he had been or intended
to be discourteous or abrupt.
CARDINAL GIBBONS IS
OPPOSED TO SUFFRAGE
Believes Women Will Get It
but Prefers Good Mothers
to Good Politicians
CHICAGO, Aug. 11.—“I am weary,”
said Cardinal Gibbons, when he arrived
in Chicago today en route to Milwau
kee, where he will preside over meet
ings of the Federated Catholic Socie
ties. “These trips.” he said, “are a
trifle hard on an old man.”
At the railway station the cardinal
was plied with questions by eager re
porters.
“Will you speak of woman suffrage?”
he was asked.
"Personally I do not believe in women
voting,” wa^s the cardinal’s reply. “I
have always' opposed it. The church
has not passed on the subject. I have
the old-fashioned idea about the woman
and the home. I think women would
better make good mothers than good
politicians. But suffrage is certain to
come to women.”
Treasury Is Prepared to De
posit $100,000,000 if Nec
essary to Move Crops
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11—At a confer
ence today between treasury officials
and bankers of the central west regard
ing the distribution of government de
posits to help move crops. Assistant
Secretary Williams declared the treas
ury was prepared to deposit $100,000,000
if necessary. The original plan called
for $50,000,000. The exact amount will
be determined after the bankers’ views
have been analyzed.
Bankers of Chicago and Indianapolis,
it was said, declared they were not pre
pared to say whether the deposits would
be needed by them. Generally the gov
ernment’s proposition to put out the
money was welcomed.
Mr. Williams informed the bankers
that on deposits to be secured by state
and other bonds, exclusive of govern
ment bonds and by commercial paper,
the treasury department probably would
insist upon an additional security of
10 per cent in United States bonds.
Slain After Robbing
12 Men at Point of Gun
(By Associated Press.)
TULSA, Okla., Aug-. 11—After holding
a dozen men at bay, while he gathered
all the money In sight, $60, an unidenti
fied man attempted to escape from a
club house near Tulsa In an automobile
last night, and was shot and killed by
a posse who pursued him In another
automobile. The man emptied his re
volver at his pursuers, but without re
sult.
Leper Escapes After
Few Hours Quarantine
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 8.—George O. Hart
man, the leper who was taken to quar
antine several miles south of St. Louis
yesterday, escaped early today. He
returned to his wife's home in the heart
ot the city, got some money and de
parted.
Declare Strike
BARCELONA, Spain, Aug. 11.—The
Confederation of Labor here declared a
general etrlke today. The government
has proclaimed martial law In the city
and taken extensive military precau
tions.
Williams Urges Lobby Probers'
to Ferret Out Alleged War
Syndicate
WSHINGTON, Aug. 11.—The end of
the senate lobby committee's investi
gating committee Is not In sight, ac
cording to Senator Reed, a member of
the committee, who today had the sen
ate provide for the expenses of the com
mittee.
Senator Galllnger inquired when the!
comittee would finish Its work. “I ctfn-
not tell,” replied Senator Reed.
Senator Williams urged that the com
mittee should Inquire Into the reputed|
existence of an organized and syndi
cated movement to plunge the United
States Into war with Mexico. This sug
gestion was opposed by Senator Qallln-
ger. No action on the request was'
taken.
. |
Monaco Prince Will
Study Workings of
U. S. Weather Bureau'
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.—Prince Al-‘
bert. of Monaco, noted for his lntereati
In scientific studies and for the fact
that he rules over an Independent ter- :
ritory on the Hediterranean, only eight
square miles In area, has Informed the
state department that he expects to visit
the United States early next month.
A letter from Dr. J. Richard, who
signs himself "director of the scientlflo
cabinet of his serene highness,” stated
that the prince wished to study the
workings of the weather bureau here.
He will be notified that his government
will be pleased to extend this privilege.
FRISCO CROWDS TO HEAR
DIGGS WHITE SLAVE CASE,
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., Aug. 11.—So
much notoriety has attended the trial:
of Maury I. Diggs under the Mann act
that the corridors of the federal build-'
lng were chocked with crowds today anl
hour before the doors of the court room 1
opened.
Marsha Warrington, on whose testi
mony interest focused today, was not
expetced to take the stand for the
government until late In the afternoon.
The prosecution planned first to Intro
duce further evidence from railway em
ployes about the trip from Sacramento
to Reno, where Diggs, Camlnettl, Mar
sha Warrington and Lola Norris were
arrested.
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