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THE ATLANTA C.EOROfAX AND NEWS, THURSDAY. MAYS. IDJ.T Continued From Page 1. onal Pen- L>nf -I Nfw Witnesses Sought. Detectives Stamps and Campbell also w»-rp with the Solicitor, and two of the Solicitor'* assist ants, Newton Garner and Dan Goodlin, were dis patched the first thing 1n the morn Ing to hunt up new witnesses of whom Mr. Dorsey had information. Foreman Quinn wna <plied. It is understood, to clear up the discrep ancies in his ustimony ami the state ment lie is said to have made to the detectives and to several of his ac quaintances. In his testimony before the Coroner's Jury lie declared that he visited tiie factory between 12:10 and 12:80 o'clock, the afternoon of the killing of Mary Phagan. He said he talked with Frank for two minuter in the superintendent's of fice. Detectives declared that Quinn had told them and other persons that he did not visit the f ictory at all Satur day and that he was not there from the time he left Friday until the fol lowing Monday. Frank Expected To Be Held. “That's about what I expected at this time was the comment with which Leo M. Frank, with little, trace of emotion, received the news of the action of the Coroner's jury Thursday night. Deputy Sheriff Plennie Minor w is the officer who Informed both Frank and Newt Lee that the jury had recommended that they be held uri der charges of murder for further investigation by the Fulton Uoumy Grand Jury. The night watchman received the news indifferently and had nothing to say. Frank and Lee are held under k Marges of murder, as the follow ing verdict of the Coroner's Jury will •how : Atlanta. Ga.. May 8. 1913. We, the Coroner's jury, impan- eiod and sworn by Paul Donehoo, Coroner of Fulton County, to in quire into the caus^ of the death of Mary Phag«n, whose dead body now iios before us. sffter having heard the evidence of sworn wit nesses, and the statement of Dr. J. W. Hurt, County Physician, find that the deceased come to her death from strangulation. We recommend that Leo M, Frank and Newt Lee he held under charges of murder for further in vestigation by the Felton County Grand Jury. (Signed) HOMER C. ASHFORD. Foreman. DR. J. W HURT, County Physi cian. Soncitor Dorsey said Friday he would give tiie Phagan case all of his attention and present his evidence to the Grand Jury as quickly as possi ble. The solicitor lias shown an anxiety to avoid delays of any nature in hunt ing down the slayer of the Phagan girl, and now that tiie Coroner's jury has turned the rase over to the So licitor and tiie Grand Jury it may be taken for granted that the investiga tion will be hurried along with all possible speed. Case in State's Hands. 'The rase now fully in ihe hands of the State.“ said the Solicitor Fri day morning. “It will not be pre sented to the Grand Jury Friday, but 1 shall endeavor to present it at the earliest possible moment The instant that I have a complete cure 1 shall bring it to the attention of the Grand Jury. It is my desire to bring the •layer of Mar> Phagan to justice with the greatest dispatch. A great crime has heen done and I am no less eager to see the guilt determined than the general public It required the Coroner's jury about twenty minutes to frauie its formal verdict Thun*da\ night The jurors received a brief charge from Coroner Donehoo and filed from the Commis- Shctect IfcuUe^ jGet the 0rjs.na. and Gsnu ne HORLICK’S MALTED MILK The Fccd-dr nk for All Ij s. For Infants. Invalids and «:rowing Chil* dren. Cure- Nutrition, upinHiding »he whole body. Invigorates •» nursing mother end the :;gr 1 Rich milk ma :td grain, in powder form f' Quick i.oc i '» c~ep* r ed in a minute. T*ke ro subset Ask fo*- HORLICK’S Not m Mny irliLx a rus* 6:08 o'clock. At 6.28 they were back with their verdict. Coroner Donehoo admonished the Jurors to be as ready to hold a person who they thought might be withhold ing information of the crime as to hold a p'TFon they regarded as the possible i-ulprit. A person possessing knowledge of the crime and withhold ing It. he . aid, was an accessory after the fact. An immediate hush fell on the packed room when the Jurors return ed There was a dead silence except for the voice of Homer C. Ashford, foreman of the jury, when the verdict was read. Girls Testify A^einet Frank. T meet damag.ng testimony against Frank in regard to his treat ment of employees at his factory was saved until the last hours of the hear ing Girls and women were called to the Hand to testify that they had been employed at the factory or had had occasion to go there, and that Frank had attempted* familiarities with them. Nellie Pettis, of ft Oliver Street, de clared that Frank had made improper advances to her. She was asked if site ever had been employed at the pencil factory. "No," she answered. Q. Do you know Leo Frank'.’ A. I have seen him once or twice." Q. When and where did you see him?- A. In his office at th*» factory w henevor 1 went to draw my sister- in-law h pay. Q What did he say to you that might have be* n Improper on any of these visits'.’ A. Ho didn’t exactly ay he made gestures. I went to get slstrr's pay about four weeks ago and when I went into the office of Mr. Frank I asked for her. He told me I couidn't see her unless I saw him first.’’ Says He Winked at Her. I told him I didn't want to ‘see him.’ He pulled a box from his desk. It had a lot of money in It. He looked at It significantly and then looked at me. When he looked at me he winked. Ay he winked he said: 'How about it?' 1 instantly told him I was a nice girl." H« r the witness stopped her state ment. Coroner Donehoo asked her aharply: "Didn’t you say anything else?" Yes, 1 did! I told him to go to h -!! and walked out of his office." Thomas Blaekstock, who said that he was employed at the factory about a year ago testified as follows: Tells of Frank's Conduct. Q. Do you know Leo M. Frank?— A. Yes. Q How long have you known him? A. About six weeks. Q Did you ever observe hia con duct toward female employees of the peneii factory? A Yes. I've often seen him picking on different girls. Q. Name some. A. 1 can't exactly recollect names. Q What was the conduct you no ticed particularly? The witness answered to the effect that he had seen him place his hands with undue familiarity upon the per son of girls. Li Hee it often? A. A half dozen times, maybe. He generally was seen to become that familiar while he was touring the building. Q Fa n’t you name just one girl?-- A Ye*. M agnolia Kennedy. Q 1 >id you see him act w ith undue familiarity toward her? A. No. 1 heard talk about it. Q Before or after the murder?— A Afterward. “Girls Tried to Avoid Him." Q When did .you observe this mis conduct of which you have told? A. A year ngo. Q. Did you hear complaints around the plant? A. No. The girls tried to avoid him. Mrs * D. Donegcn *aid she was connected with tiie pencil plant for three weeks. H r capacity was that of forelady. She resides at 165 West Fourteenth Street with her husband. H« r testimony follows: "State your observations of Frank's conduct toward the girls and women of the plant." I have noticed him smile and wink at the girls in the place. That was two years ago." “Did you make a statement to the detectives of undue familiarity you had witnessed?” I told them that 1 had seen Frank flirt wi'h the girls and women — that was all 1 said." Charges Familisritiss. The testimony of Nellie Wood a > oung girl of 8 t'orput street, came next. In brl f it was this: Q Do you know Leo Frank?—A 1 worked for him two days. Q. Did you observe any mlscon- • .'it his part? 8. Wei!. h(* ac* t'.ons didn’t suit me. He'd come around ami put his hands on me. when such conduct was entirely un called for Q. Is that all he did ’ A. No. He asked me one di\\ to come into his office. «aylnir that ho wanted to talk to me He tried *o dose the door, but 1 wouldn't let him He got too fa miliar by g< tlinn so do e to me. He a'-'o pul his hands on me Q Where did lie put his hands? — A He barely touched my breast. He w a - subtle with bin approaches, and \< .‘o to pretend that he was joking 1 it I was too vvarv foY such as that Quit His Employ. Q Did he uy further familiarities? \ Ye-. Q W . n did thi happen" -A. Two Q What did you tell him when you ’t his employ? v. 1 just quit, v ell - i vi him that it didn't suit me. Frank's n -'inmny was looked for- \ iid to with kern Interest, but when N* was called to the stand in the ■ ■ ftci peon, he merely answered addl- i.iiai questions as to his mbve- monts on the day of the crime and failed to add matt riallv to the evl- Grand Jury That Gets Phagan Case The member* of the Grand Jury to consider the esse of Leo M. Frank ;ind Newt Lee. held in con nection with the murder of Mary Phagar. are: F. B, Baker, Louis Newell, F. P. H. Akers, Frank Hawkins, R. R. Nosh, Charles Heinz, Harry. G. Poole, H. G. Hubbard, John D. Wing, R. A. Redding, V. H. Krisg- • haber, R. F. Sams, A. D. Adair, Sr„ S. C. Glass, J. G. Bell, Cephas M. Brown. George A. Gershon, A L. Guthman, Walker Dunion. W. L. Percy. C. A. Cowles. F. A. Pitt man, Sol Benjamin, B. F. Bell, L. H. Beck, B. F. 8ennett, 3r., H. M Beutell, W. E Besser, W. A. Albright, Albert Boylston. 1 Atlanta Ready for v • V V • V V • •> Presbyterians Oy yOy V • V 5,000 Visitors fo r Assemblies V*V v 9 v • '!* 1 v V V *y v • Noted Speakers on the Programs 0 EV. THOMAS STONE CLYCE, moderator of the General •IN Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church, 1912, who v/ill be one of the prominent vi:itcrs in Atlanta next week. Dr. Clyce is president of Austin College at Sherman, Texas. tr •pcaicd pale erd haggard from eisonm-nt. but he replied to the questions clearly and no hesitation or appaient I. was risked: Testimony of Frank hat kind of elevator door is > the shaft in the pencil fac tory? A. Sliding doors. Q. How many? A. fine on each floor. Q. Are they latticed or sol id ? A. Solid. Q. Where was the elevator at 12 o'clock Saturdav ? A. 1 did not no tice. Q Were the door* open or closed? A. I don’t remember. Q. What protection would a person have from falling down the shaft if the doors were left open?-A. A bar which projecis across the opening. Q. After the crime was committed, where did the elevator stand? -A. 1 only know where It stood Bundav morning It then was on the second floor. Didn’t Fils Tims Taps. Q. When you last removed the tape from the time clock, what did you do with it" A. Handed it to an officer in the building Q. Did you put It on file? -A. No. Q. Are you sure? A. Yes. posi tive Q. Do you remember a party at vour house on the night of April 26? A. Yes. q. Gan you name the guests?—A. I don't remember them all. Q. When the police came to bring you down to the factory that Sunday morning, what was said about whis ky?-—A. 1 said T wanted oomethlnir warm to drink. One of the detectives suggested whisky. Q What time was it?- A. Between 7 : 30 and 8 o’clock Says He Viewed Body. Q. What did you say about dream ing?—A. I said to nomeone that 1 thought I had dreamed of hearing the telephone ring In the dead of night. Q. When you went to the under takers', did you go In the water closet instead of the room in which the body lay?-- A No. Q. Did you view the body? A Yes. Q Did you recognize the girl—A. Yes. Q. When did you first hear her name?—A. I don’t remember Q. What time did you return hour that Sunday afternoon? A. I don’t recollect. Q. Did you telephone your wife be fore your return?—A. Yep Q. Was the murder discussed at home that afternoon?—A. Not much. Q. What topic was discussed.—A. I don't remember. Often Does Not Remember. q When did Quinn first mention to you his visit to the factory on the Sfth?-A. I don't remember. Q. What did he say?—A Ho said, “Don't you recollect that I was .i. the factory Saturday about noon?" Q. What did you tell him about withholding that Information until your attorney had been consulted'.’ A. 1 don't remember. 1 had ho many visitors that I couldn't recollect the exact words. Q Who suggested the conference with your attorney relative to Quinn’s visit? A. I don't remember. Q. How long have you known you had counsel? A. Since Monday. Q. Why was it mentioned that Quinn's visit be kept quiet until con- j au I tat ion with your lawyer?—A. I ! don't remember. Explains Locks and Doors. Q. How ran you lock the door be lt ween your office and the dressing I room where the Mood spots were j foil ml'.’ A. I have never seen it J locked. I q Is it usually open or locked? A. <Mosed. Q. Is there any way of closing the dm rs on the bark stairway? —A. Yes i They are locked. 1 Nation with Detective Starnes at the l time you were informed of the trag edy? \. He asked me if I was super- j int* ndent of the National Pencil Fac tory. "I'd like to have you come ! down here at once," he said when I ! Informed him that 1 was Leo Frank. He said he wanted me to Identify a ! girl, and asked me if 1 knew Mary , Phagan. q Didn't you say that the first time you had heard her name was while you were traveling in the auto Ion the way to ihe factory Sunday morning? A. 1 don't recollect that 1 | did. i Q. Did you have any trouble with a girl in your office Saturday morn ing? A. No. There was one incident where a mistake had been made in the pay envelope of Mattie Smith, but it was corrected without an - trou ble. Tell* of Callers at Office. Q. What time was Matt e Smith in your office?—A. Between 9 and 10 a. m. Q. Did any one enter while .she was there? A. 1 don't remember. Q. Give the name of every one in the office throughout the dav Satur day? \. Mr Parley. Mr. Holloway, the office boy. Mips Hall, the atenog rapher; Mr. GtunpbeU, Mr. Fullerton. Mrs. White. Lemrale Quinn. Mi Gantt. Emma Glark. another girl em ployee. Arthur White, Harry Denham. Newt Lee and Mary Phagan. Q. Did you *ep Mav Barrett? A. I don’t know her. Q. What did you say to Emma Glark?—A 1 don’t remember saying j anything to her. GOES TO PREACH REFORM IN JAIL; HELD AS GUN T0TER GOLl’MRl'S GV May ft When Jailer Lav field of Museoge Goim- •v searched an Atlanta nego I minister*who came to the jail to make ; i reform ta k to the prisoners, he I found a big loaded piste in hi* poek- he negro was locked up. He w Consolidation of Four Branches To Be Considered in Gath ering Here Next Week. ft .ludg' Gilbert of the Superior Gourt next week. Preparations are virtually com pleted to-day for the great Presby terian convention to-be held in At lanta beginning May 15. For the first time in tiie history of Presbyterian ism in America representatives from its four branches will gather in joint assembly. From May 15 to May 22 more than 5.000 visiting Presbyterians will be the city's guests. Of this number 1,500 will be regularly appointed (N>m- mlssloners, constituting the largest religious assemblage ever held in the South. More than 700 representatives of the Presbyterian Church, l'. S. A., or Northern Division, 500 from the Presbyterian Church, F. S., or South ern Division; 300 from the United Presbyterian and 25 special repre sentatives from the Associate Re formed Churches will comprise the assemblies. Atlanta has thrown open her homes to th> visitors, all denominations uniting in entertaining the church representatives who come from ev ery State in the Union. Porto Rico. Hawaii and Panama. A number of prominent churchmen from Canada also are expected. The commission ers are chosen, one-half from the clergy and the other half from the laity. They constitute the governing body of the church and are selected large ly because' of their prominence and their activity in church work. Church Union Considered. Southern Presbyterians will be es pecially interested in the discussions looking to a union between the United and the Southern divisions. Two com mittees were appointed last year, one from each of the branches, to confer on a possible basis of union. Their reports will be submitted It is said [ the crltamittees have reached an ! agreement and ii is generally believed j that the assemblies will art favorably ! on their reports. L>etails of the i agreement have not been published. ! but it is believed that they will prove j acceptable to both bodies. While the Associate Reformed branch of the church will not hold a regular conference here, prominent representatives will be in attendance as special commissioners. Their j j synod met in December, but it is j pmbahle that an adjourned session ! will be held. A feature of the meeting here, c rylng with it perhaps the coat v.i spread inter* st. will be a possible fort to unite t ie Northern and Sou e n branches of the church. Ur. gatvzed endeavor has been made ri lng several years past to bring al> the union, but with no further reel j than that churchmen have b j aroused on the subject. The jo meeting here is regarded by repre sentative Presbyterians as a most auspicious occasion for the matter i.y be thrashed out and a union effected. No such opportunity has ever offered itself, as the assemblies have always met in widely separated cities, at sep arate time 3. / Union Seminary Fight. Of consirYcrable interest, particular ly to the Northern branch of the church, will be the effort to bring Union Theological Seminary hack into the fold. The sixteen delegates from New York, however, were elected on the pledge that they would fight to maintain the present status of the* seminary. Charges of extravagance and usurpation of authority against the Board of Home Missions of the Northern Church will be investigate]. Rev. Joseph I.. Weaver, D.D., of Rocky Ford. Colo., it i» understood, iias pre ferred the charges. Dr. William Ful ton, nf Philadelphia, is chairman of the investigating committee. An interesting fight for the place of moderator of the Northern Assembly has developed. The leading candi dates are Rev. Dr. Malnt-Alexander, of Pittsburg: Rev. Dr. Samuel S. Pal in r. of Columbus. Ohio: Rev. Dr. VVltljam MrICibbin. president of Lane Theological Seminarv o r Cincinnati, amid Rev. Dr. Frederick W. Hinitt. f Danville, Ky. Bryan to Speak. The meeting of the assemblies :n Atlantis will bring to the city some o’’ the notable men of the country, prominent not. only in church affair.*, but national figures. ajso. United Slat's Senator Hoke Smith will be present Tuesday. May 20. to preside over a meeting for home mis sions Some "^f tiie most prominent leaders of the Associate Reformed blanch of ihe church will be in al- t« ndance upon the assemblies, one of them bring Dr. J. H. Pressley. »f Statesville. N. C., moderator of the A. Ft. P. division. Among 1 to definite arrangements already made are a nuit!b r of confer ences at the various churches of the city. The main sessions will be held at the Baptist Tabernacle and tiie Auditorium A joint P held at th< evening at S o’eloc of the North Avei ,anta. will preside dres's will bo deliv :r-“ | The Anaerican-Georgian Pony Contest Vote Coupons Gus Edwards’ Youngsters Ex haust Their Repertoire in An swer to Convicts’ Encores. No one would have suspected the 800 laughing, uproarious men before whom Gus Edwards’ “Kabaivt Kids" played Friday morning of being sor rowed and embittered by long years within prison walls. it was one of the most ususual audiences the "kabaret kids" had ever had—800 convicts serving terms of various lengths at the Atlanta Fed eral Prison. The talented youngsters succeeded in making the prisoners forget for a few minutes their Isolation from the world. The galling confinement and discipline that droop the shoulders and break the spirit of the trans gressor were forgotten and the men became merely boisterously happy human beings. They cheered and clapped ami stamped on the floor until Gus Ed wards’ young stars had exhausted their repertoire and all that was left for them to do was to make motions. The convicts have so little oppor tunity of seeing young people that they scan ted to get a good look while the “kids" were there. Miss Belle Storey sing just as she sings ar the Forsyth every day gowns and all. A ball game preceded the enter tainment. GIRL PRISONER IN TAXICAB BREAKS WINDOWS; RESCUED CHICAGO, May ft.—Smashing the windows in a taxicab, Viola Schi- fance, aged 20. screamed for help to day. Policemen rescued her. The girl said she was seized by ?hree Ital ians. hustled into the cab and driven away. Tv. o of the men in the taxi escafie.l. A third. Antonio Moola, was captured. The girl’s hands were lacerated on the broken glass. NAGEL TO PENSION HORSES HE DROVE AS SECRETARY WASHINGTON. May 9. -When Charles Nagel, of St. Louis, was Sec retary of Commerce and Labor in President Taft’s Cabinet, a pair of coal-black horses was provided for his use by the Government. These horses, now old, are to be|auctioned. “1 have a srpall farm." he said, “and I hope to be able to bid high enough to secure this pair and pension them for life." “HOLY ROLLERS 77 DESERT UNION; CARMEN STRIKE Hl’NTINGTON. W. VA.. May 9. Because fourteen of their number re cently Joined the Holy Roller sect and withdrew from the Carmen's Union, 400 carmen Employed in the local shops of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad struck to-day when the management refused to discharge i the men. Hearst’s Sunday American and Atlanta Georgian PONY CONTEST VOTE COUPON, FRIDAY, MAY 9,1913 5 VOTES NOT GOOD AFTER MAY 24, 1313 Voted for Address Voted bv CARRIERS’ AND AGENTS’ BALLOT. Hearst’s Sunday American and Atlanta Georgian Fony Contest Vote Coupon, Friday, May 9, 1913 5 VOTES N0T G00D AFTER MAY 24. 1913 Voted for Address . Voted bv SCHOOL BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ BALLOT. Militia Chiefs Call G. M, A. Camp Model Regimental Staff Inspects Cadet Corps at Lakewood and Remains to Dance. CASTOR IA Tot Infants and Children. The Kind You Nave Always Bought Signature of Students of the Georgia Military Academy are to-day jubilant over high praise bestowed on their camp at Lakewood by officers of the Fifth Regiment of the Georgia National Guard, who were guests of the cadets Thursday afternoon. The entire reg imental staff took part in the inspec tion. It pronounced the camp a model. A dance was held Thursday night in honor of the Fifth Regiment. The day was officially known au “ex-cadet day,’’ and many former students of White City Park Now Open Nex' "'cell, Beautiful Bedding Plan’s, 3c each. Atlanta Floral Co., 5jj d. Fair Street. THOUGHTLESSNESS CAUSES j LOSS OF MAIL PACKAGES; ! Postmaster Hugh McKee asserted j Frjday that thoughtlessness on the part of people and not carelessness on the part of postal authorities had been responsible for the loss of many • mail packages. "It appears that people, rather than bring a package here to the office to be mailed, will just place it on ton of the mail boxes on the streets, if it is too large to go inside." he raid. If you have anything to sell, adver tise in The Sunday American. Larg est circulation of any Sunday news paper in the South. ATLANTA MATiNEES MONDAY WED. and SAT. 25c Ail This Week Miss Billy Long Co. THE! GiRl. FROM OUT YONDER NEXT WEEK— A r e You a Mason?" Mights 15c to 50c Seals Now Matinee To-day rvnai m To-night at 8:30 Here for ihs First Time 4 NEXT WEEK Gi'S EDWARDS KID KABARET j r%ailI With 15 Jolly Singing Kids j PAUL "BELLE STORY, Singing Sir ~ DICKEY Williams. Thompson & Copeland i Famous Foot- Hart’s Six Steppers. Riesner and j ball Star in a Gores, and others. i Sketch low; Au< ■fathering will be rium Thursday Rev It. O. Klimt. > Church of At- A welcome ail ed bv J. K. Or. h r of thf* North Avenue Church, which fraterpa! greetings wili ;t nded from the moderators of .mr ar.-embl: s. -Rev. T. S. Clvoe \is. for the Southern division: J. H. Pressley, of North C ar °- for the As-ociafe Reformed As- Rev. Hugh H Pel!, of Ca*i- for ih♦ United Assembly: Rev. A. Math* p. Washington] . for the Northern division Canadian on Program. ' principal addr* sf of the even-j >1 be made bv Mr. James Me- ■ hi. P'o. D , of The Toronto Globe,- j no Canada, on “The Church s mobility for International ] hr Cm direction of Rev. Danb >r v of Central Presbyterian j *h, Atlanta, a union communion! held at 4 o'clock Fri FOE CLOTHING and CHILDREN You will find ju^t the clothing you need and want in our new and correct Spring Styles. Beautiful and becoming garments for ladies. Snappy, conservative effects for men. ii LADIES Coats, all materials, $ 7.50 to $30 Suits, wide choice, 13.50 to 35 Dresses, cloth, silk, 7.00 to 2~> Waists, wash, silk, .9S to 7 Petticoats, Skirts 2nd Millinery MEN Blue Serge, $12.50 to $25.C0 Cheviots, 15.00 to 22.50 Mixtures, 12.50 to 30.00 Trousers, 2 09 to 5.00 Hats, Shoes, Boys’ Clotues We Don’t be afraid to walk right in and ask for credit, invite everyone to use freely our famous credit plan. the' men TER CO. r- n aft'Tnoor ■ ■« he Baptist Tiber- 'i i ; t« .•.? »>f f I.- ;r EASY 71 1-2 Whitehall St. (Upstairs) CHARGE '' ? ■ ‘ L S? N PAYING * 1st Door Below J. M. High Co. ACCOUNT Marion Mr J;m I Whiteaali Slre&f, Atlanta, Georgia t vhere