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2 TFTK ATLANTA (JEORGLW ANT) NEWS, Continued From Page 1. ping department at the National Pen cil fac tory, wan the first of the wit - nesses to be examined by the Solici tor. He was In Mr Dorsey's office n considerable i»art of the forenoon and underwent a rigorous examination. New Witnesses Sought. Detective* Starnes and Campbell •Iso were with the Solicitor, end two of the Solicitor’s assistants, Newton Gamer find Dnn Goodlin. were dis patched the first thing in the morn ing to hunt up new witnesses of whom Mr. Dorsey had information Foremen Quinn was called, it is understood, to clear up the discrep ancies In his testimony and the state ment he is said to have made to the detectives and to several of his a< quaintam.es. In his testimony before the Coroner’s Jury he declared that he visited the factory between 12:10 and 12:30 o’clock, the afternoon of the killing of Mary Phagan. He said he talked with Frank for two minutes in the superintendent's of fice. Detectives declared that Quinn had told them and other persons that he did not visit the factory' 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 Geo M Frank. with little trace of emotion, received the news of tne action of the Coroner’s jury Thursday night. Deputy Sheriff Plennle Minor was the officer who informed both Frank and Newt l>*e that the Jury had recommended that they be held un o'er charges of murder for further investigation by the Fulton County Grand Jury. The night watchman received (he news indifferently and had nothing Frank and l^ee are held under charges of murder, as the following v» rdict of the (goroner s Jury will Atlanta. Ga., May 8. 1913. We, the Coroner’* jury, impan eled ar.d sworn by Paul Donehoo, Coroner of Fulton County, to in quire into the causa of the death of Mar/ Phag.n, whose dead body now lies before us, after having heard the evidence of sworn wit nesses. and the statement of Dr. J. W. Hurt, County Physician, find that the deceased came to her death from strangulation. We recommend that Leo M. Frank and Newt Lee be held under charges of murder for further in vestigation by the Fulton County Grand Jury. (Signed) HOMER C. ASHFORD. Foreman. DR. J. W HURT. County Physi cian. Solicitor Dorsey said Friday he would give the Phagan case all of his | attention and present his evidence to the Grand Jury as quickly as possi ble The solicitor has shown an anxiety to avoid delays of any nature in hunt ing down the slayer of the Phagan girl, and now that the Coroner’s Jury has turned the case over to the So licitor and the Grand Jury it may be taken for granted that the investiga tion will lie hurried along with all possible speed. Case in State's Hands. ' The case now \s fylly in the hands of the State," said the Solicitor Fri day morning. "It will not be pre- Rented to the Grand Jury Friday, but 1 shall endeavor to present it at the earliest possible moment. The instant that I have a complete case 1 shall bring it to the attention of the Grand Jury. It is my desire to bring the flayer of Mary Phagan to justice with the greatest dispatch A great crime has been done and 1 am no less eager , to see the guilt determined than the j general public.’’ It required the Coroner's jury about twenty minutes to frame its formal verdict Thursday night. The jurors received a brief charge from Coroner Donehoo and filed from the Commis sioners’ room in the police station at 3%ckct IfcuMetyi Get the Original and Genuine HORLICK’S MALTED MILK The Fcod-drink for All Ages. For Infant*. Invalids ar.d Growing Chil dren Pure Nutrition, upbuilding the whole body Invigorates the nursing b< r nd tl ■ aged Rich milk, malted grain, in powder form k qu'ck lime*", prepared in a minute. Take no subsrt'tute. Ask for HORLICK’S Not in Any Milk Trust 6:<)8 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 (Time as to hold a person they regarded as the possible culprit. A person possessing knowledge of the crime and withhold ing it, he said, was un accessory after the fact. An immediate hush fell on t he packed room when the jurors return ed. There was h dead silence except for the voice of Homer C. Ashford, foreman of the jury, when the verdict was read. Girl* Testify Arjainat Frank. 'I’he moot damaging testimony Hgalnst 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 Aland to testify that they had been employed at the factory or had bad occasion to go there, and I hut Frank had attempted familiarities with them. Nellie Pettis, of 9 Oliver Street, de clared that Frank had made improper advances to her. She was asked if she ever had been employed at the pencil factory. "No.” she answered. Q. Do you know' Leo Frank? A ^ have *u*en him once or twice.” Q. When and where did you s*e him? A. In his office at the factor, whenever I went to draw my sister- in-law s pay. Q What did he *ay to you that might have been improper on any of these visits'.’ A. He didn’t exactly *••>’ he made gestures. I went to get sister’s pay about four weeks ago and when I went into the office of Mr. Frank I asked for her lie told me 1 couldn’t see her unless "I saw him first.” Say* He Winked at Her. ”1 told him I didn't want to see him He pulled a box from his desk It had a lot of money in it. H** looked at it significantly and then looked at me. When he looked at me he winked. he winked he said: ‘How about it ?’ • I instantly told him I was a nice girl.” Hero the witness stopped her state ment. Coroner Donehoo asked her sharply: ‘ Didn’t you say anything else?” ”Yes, I did! I told him to go to h—1! and walked out of his office ’’ Thom a* Blackstock, who said that he was employed at the factory about a year ago testified hr follows: Tell* 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 his con duct toward female employees of the pencil factory? A. Yes. I’ve often seen him picking on different girls. Q. Name some A. I can’t exactly recollect name* 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. Q Sec it often? A A half dozen times. maybe. He generally was seen to become that familiar while he wan touring the building. Q. Can’t you name Just one girl? • A. Yes Magnolia Kennedy. Q. Did you see him act with undue familiarity toward her? A. No. I heard talk about it. Q Before or after the murder?— A. Afterward. “Girl* Tried to Avoid Him." Q. When did you observe this mis conduct of which you have told? A. A year ago. Q. Did you hear complaints around the plant?—A. No. The girls tried to avoid him. J Mrs. C. I). Donegan sat'd she was connected with the pencil plant for three weeks. Her capacity was that of forelady. She resides at 165 West Fourteenth Street with her husband. Her testimony follows: "State your observations of Frank’s conduct toward the girls and women of the plant.’’ "1 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 with the girls and women -that was all I said." Charges Familiarities. The testimony of Nellie Wood, a young girl of 8 Corput Street, came next. In brief it was this: Q Do you know Leo Frank?—A. I worked for him two days. Q. Did you observe any miscon duct on his part?—A. Well, his ac tions didn't suit me. He’d come around and put his hands on me. when such conduct was entirely un called for. Q. Is that all he did?—A No. He asked mo one day to come into his office, saving that he wanted to talk to me He tried to close the door, but I wouldn’t lot him. He got too fa miliar by getting so close to me. He also put his hands on me. Q Where did he put his hands?— A. He barely touched my breast. He was subtle with his approaches, and tried to pretend that he w-ns joking, but I was too warv for such as that Quit His Employ. Q. Did he try further familiarities? — A. Yes. Q When did this happen?—A. Two \ears ago. Q. What did you tell him when you ft his employ'. A. I just quit, tell ing him that it didn’t suit me. Frank's testimony was looked for ward to with keen Interest, hut when he was called -to the stand in the afternoon, he merely answered addi tional questions as to his move ments on the day of the crime and failed to add materially to the evi dence in hand. He appeared pale and haggard from his imprisonment, but he replied to cl! of tdie questions clearly and showed no hesitation or apparent fear. He was asked: Testimony of Frank. Q. What kind of elevator door is there to the shaft in the pencil fac- Grand Jury That Gets Phagan Case The member* of the Grand Jury to consider the c.aae of Leo M. Frank and Newt Lee, held in con nection with th* murder of Mary Phagan, are: F. B. Baker, Louis Newell, F. P. H. Akers, Frank Hawkins, R. B. Nash, Charles Heinz, Harry. G. Pool#, H. G. Hubbard, John D. Wing, R. A. Redding, V. H. Krieg- shaber, R. F. Sams, A. D. Adair, Sr., S. C. Glass, J. C. Bell, Cephas M. Brown, George A. Gerahon, A. L. Guthman, Walker Dunscn. W. L. Percy, C. A. Cowles, F. A. Pitt man, Sol Benjamin, B. F. Boll, L. H. Beck, B. F. Bennett, Sr., H. M. Beutell, W. E. Bssser, W. A. Albright, Albert Boylston. Atlanta Ready for Presbyterians •1* • v • v d***r •> e -!• *!« e *h 5,000 Visitors for Assemblies *•*:• *•* .*© V Noted Speakers on the Programs R EV. THOMAS STONE CLYCE, moderator of the General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church, 1912, who will be one of the prominent visitors in Atlanta next week. Dr. Clyce is president of Austin College at Sherman, Texas, 'KID KlSiBEHT FEDERAL PRISI Gus Edwards’ Youngsters Ex haust Their Repertoire in An swer to Convicts’ Encores, rz The American-Georgian Pony Contest Vote Coupons tory?—A. Bllding doors. Q. How many? A. On* on each floor. Q. Are they la tl iced or solid? A. Solid. Q. Where was the elevator at 12 o’clock Saturday? -A. I 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 th«* shaft if the door* were left open?—A. A bar which projects across the opening. Q. After the crime was committed, where did the elevator stand?—A. I only know where it stood Sunday morning, it then was on the second floor. Didn’t File Time Tape. Q. Whin 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 your house on the night of April 26? A. Yes. Q. t'un you name the guest*?—A. 1 don’t remember theln alt. Q. When the police came to bring you down to the factory that Sunday morning, what was said about whis ky?— A. I said I wanted something warm to drink. One of the detectives suggested whisky. Q What time was it? A. Between 7: 30 ami 8 o’clock._ Says He Viewed Body. Q. What did you say about dream ing’ A. I said to someone that I 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 vou recognize the girl A. Yes. Q. When did you first hear her name” A. I don’t remember Q. What time did you return home that Sunday afternoon? A. I don’t recollect. Q. Did you telephone your wife be fore your return?—A. Yes Q. Was the murder discussed at home that afternoon? A. Not much. Q. What topic was discussed.—A. 1 don’t remember. Often Does Not Remember. Q. Whett did Quinn first mention to you his visit to the factory on the 26th? A. 1 don’t -remember. Q. What did he say? A. He said. “Don't you recollect that I was at the factory Saturday about noon?” Q What did vou tell him about withholding that information until your attorney had born consulted?— A. 1 don't remember. I had so many visitors that 1 couldn't recollect the exact words. Q. Who suggested the conference with your attorney relative to Quinn’. 3 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 sultation with your lawyer#—A. I don’t remember. Explains Locks and Doors. Q. How can you lock the door be tween y'uir office and the dressing room wuere the blood spots were found? A. I have never seen it locked. Q. Is it usually open or locked?— A. Closed. Q. Is there any way of closing the dorrs on the hack stairway? -A. Yes They are locked. sation with Detective Starnes at the time you were informed of the trag edy?- A. He asked me if 1 was super intendent of the National Pencil Fac tory. "I’d like to have you come down here at once," he said when I informed him that l was Leo Frank. He said he wanted me to identify a girl, and asked me if I knew Mary Phagan. Q. Didn’t you say that the firfct j time you had heard her name was ! while you were traveling in the auto on the way to the factory Sunday I morning?—A. I don’t recollect that I j did. 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 1 the pay envelope of Mattie Smith, but it was corrected without anv trou ble Tells of Callers at Office. Q. What time was Mattie Smith in your office? -A. Between 9 and 10 a. m. Q. Did anv one enter while she was there"—A. 1 don’t remember. Q. Give the name of every one in the office throughout the day Satur day?—A. Mr. Parley, Mr. Holloway, the office hoy. Miss Hall, the stenog rapher; Mr. Campbell, Mr. Fullerton, Mrs. White. Lemmle Quinn, Mr. Gantt. Emma Clark, another girl em ployee. Arthtir White. Harry Denham. Newt Lee and Mar> Phagan. Q. Did you see May Barrett" A. I don’t know her. Q. What did you say to Emma Clark?—A. I don’t remember saving anything to her! GOES TO PREACH REFORM IN JAIL; HELD AS GUN TOTER COLUMBUS GA., May 9 \\ n Jailer Lay field of Muscoge Coun ty searched an Atlanta negro minister, who came to the jail to make a reform talk to the prisoners, he found a big loaded pistol In his pock et. The negro was locked up. He will face Judge Gilbert of the Superior Court next week. Consolidation of Four Branches To Be Considered in Gath ering Here Next Week. Preparations are virtually com pleted to-day for the great Presby terian convention to be held in At lanta beginning May 16. For the first time in the 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 com missioners, constituting the largest religious assemblage ever held in the South. More than 700 representatives of the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A., or Northern Division. 500 from the Presbyterian Church, IJ. 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 the visitors, aJl 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 aro 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 committees have reached an agreement and it is generally believed that the assemblies will act favorably on their reports. Details of the agreement have not been published, but it is believed that they will prove acceptable to both bodies. While the Associate Reformed branch of the church w’ill not hold a regular conference here, prominent representatives will be in attendance ns special commissioners. Their synod met in December, but it is probable that an adjourned session will be held. A feature of the meeting here, car rying with it perhaps the most wide spread interest, will be a possible ef fort to unite the Northern and South ern branches of the church. Unor ganized endeavor has been made dur ing several years past to bring about the union, but with no further results than that churchmen have been aroused on the subject. Thje joint meeting here is regarded by repre sentative Presbyterians as a most auspicious occasion for the matter to 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 times. u Union Seminary Fight. Of considerable interest, particular ly to the Northern branch of the church, will be the effort to bring Union Theological Seminary back 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 investigated. Rev. Joseph L. Weaver, D.D., of Rocky Ford, Colo., it is understood, has pre ferred the charges,. Dr. William Ful ton, of 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. Maint-Alexander. of Pittsburg; Rev. Dr. Samuel S. Pal mer. of Columbus. Ohio; Rev. Dr. William McKibbin, president of Lane Theological Seminary of Cincinnati, nnad Rev. Dr. Frederick W. Hinitt, cf Danville, Ky. Bryan to Speak. The meeting of the assemblies :n Atlanta will bring to the city some of the notable men of the country, prominent not only in church affairs, but national figures also. United States Senator Hoke Smith will be present Tuesday, May 20, to preside over a meeting for home mis sions. Some of the most prominent leaders of the Associate Reformed blanch of the church will be in at tendance upon the assemblies, one of them being Dr. J. H. Pressley, of Statesville, N. C. f moderator of the A. R. P. division. Among the definite arrangements already made are a number of confer ences at the various churches of the city. The main sessions will be held at the Baptist Tabernacle and the Auditorium. A Joint fellowship gathering will be held at the Auditorium Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. Rev. R. O. Fllnn, of the North Avenue Church of At- anta. will preside. A welcome ad dress will be delivered by J. K. Orr, an elder of the North Avenue Church, after which fraternal greeting* will be extended from the moderators of the four assemblies. Rev. T. S. Clyce. of Texas, for the Southern division: Rev. J. H. Pressley, of North Caro lina. for the Associate Reformed As sembly; Rev. Hugh H. Bell, of Cali fornia. for the United Assembly: Rev. Mark A. Mathews, of Washington State, for the Northern division. Canadian on Program. The principal address of the even ing will be made by Mr. James Mc Donald. Ph. D., of The Toronto Globe, Toronto. Canada, on "The Church's Responsibility for International Peace." Under the direction of Rev. Dunbar Ogden. of Central Presbyterian Church. Atlanta, a union communion service will be held at 4 o'clock Fri day afternoon at the Baptist Taber nacle. The moderators of the four assemblies will conduct the service. Rev. Charles R. Stelzle, of New York, and Marion Jackson, of At lanta. will be principal speakers at a Christian social service meeting Sat urday night at the Auditorium. "Christian Citizenship and the Social Evil” is the' subject of Mr. Jackson’s address. No one would have suspected the 800 laughing, uproarious men before whom Gus Edwards’ "Kabaret 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. The*’ cheered and clapped and stamped on the floor until Gus Ed wards’ young stars had exhausted their repertoire and all that was lelt for them to do was to make motions. The convicts have so little oppor tunity of seeing young people that they wanted to get a good look while the "kids" were there. Miss Belle Storey sang just as she sings at the Forsyth every day— gowns and all. A ball game preceded the enter tainment. GIRL PRISONER IN TAXICAB BREAKS WINDOWS; RESCUED CHICAGO, May 9.—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 three Ital ians, hustled into the cab and driven away. Two of the men in the taxi escaped. A third, Antonio Moola, was captured. The girl’s hands were lacerated on the broken glass. NAGEL TO PENSION HORSES HE DR0VEAS 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. "I have a small farm." he said, "and I hope to be able to bid high enough to secure this pair and pension them for life.” “HOLY ROLLERS” DESERT UNION; CARMEN STRIKE HUNTINGTON, 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 shop* of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad struck to-day when the management refused to discharge the men. Hearst’s Sunday American and Atlanta Georgian PONY CONTEST VOTE COUPON, FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1913 5 VOTES NOT GOOD AFTER MAY 24, 1913 V oted for Address Voted by CARRIERS’ AND AGENTS’ BALLOT. Hearst s Sunday American and Atlanta Georgian Pony Contest Vote Coupon, Friday, May 9, 1913 5 %/fbTFC not good after B 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. 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 a* 1 "ex-cadet day,” and many former students of the school were present. THOUGHTLESSNESS CAUSES LOSS OF MAIL PACKAGES Postmaster Hugh McKee asserted Friday 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 top 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. CASTOR IA Tor Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Sears the Signature of White City Park Now Open Next "leek, Beautiful Bedding Plan's, 3c each. Atlanta Floral Co., 53J i£. Fair Street. ATLANTA MATINEES All Thla Week Miss Billy Long Co. 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