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TTTK A I DAN'I A UtUKHJAM A*\Ui\E\\S, FRIDAY, MAY 2:5, 15)13.
THE GEORGIAN ARTIST’S DIAGRAM OF
PENCILFACTORY USED BEFORE GRAND
JURY TO EXPLAIN PH AG AN SLAYING
C&J
Drawn
bv
Bert
Green
KEY TO DIAGRAM.
(A) —Machine room where
murder was committed.
(B) —Course by stairs taken to
elevator.
(D) —The elevator shaft.
(E) and (C)—Route taken
with body to cellar.
(F) —Pencil shaving dump.
Cross—Where body was found.
Arrow—Where lock and staple
were pulled from rear door.
(H)—Location of office.
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d«*r that no chance conversation or
view of the proceedings might escape
An immense throng crowded the
LAGRIPPE i
corridors of the building and filled the
adjoining rooms.
The witnesses were all bunched into
the ante-room and there kept waiting
while one at a time they entered be
fore the tribunal and told what they
knew' regarding the death of Mary
Phagan.
Dr. Hurt was the first witness to
go before the Grand Jury. He went
Into their room at 10:55 in the morn
ing. He was dismissed at 11:23. Dr.
Hurt's testimony, through his exam
ination of the body, is considered of
vast importance. He declined to make
any statement whatsoever as he left
the building
In rapid succession other witnesses
followed. Their testimony, which is
believed will weave the preliminary
chair of evidence about Frank and
Lee which will warrant their indict
ment. was placed before the Grand
Jury.
Sergeant Dobbs Testifies.
Police Sergeant Dobbs followed Dr
Hurt into the Grand Jury room at
11:49 His testimony is supposed to
consist rryiinly of the condition of
the Phagan girl's body when he ar
rived on the scene, including its lo
cation and the evidence surrounding
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it. Most important probably of his
testimony was that as to the art ions
of the negro. Newt Lee, as he led the
police squad to the body and while
the initial examination of it took
place in the basement of the fac
tory.
City Detective Starnes, after Dobbs'
departure, took into the Grand Jury
room a map of the pencil factory,
showing the floor upon which the girl
Is supposed to have met her slayer,
tracing the trail along which he drag
ged the body down into the basement.
The rapidity with which the wheels
of Justice revolved at ihe hearing bore
out Solicitor Dorsey’s statement thit
when he presented his evidence before
the Grand Jury it would be in a clear,
concise form.
That the prosecution will avoid
presenting its most incriminating evi
dence before the tribunal, unless nec
essary to secure indictments of the
two men. was admitted in the So
licitor's office Just before the Grand
Jury convened. No more than enough
evidence to secure true bills will be
revealed. It was said.
i^oman Makes Affidavit.
The affidavit of Mrs. Mima Fomby.
who told of Frank trying to get a
room at her place was signed
in the office of Dhief of Detectives
Newport Lanford May 11. Mrs.
Fomby was sworn b\ Recorder Nash
Broyles. Probation Officer Sidney J.
Googler witnessed the signature.
Mrs, Fombv said that she and a
party of friends were playing bridge
in her apartments late Memorial Day
afternoon when Frank, whom she had
known a long time, telephoned her.
It was between 6 and 6:30 o’clock,
she stated Frank, according to her
story, wanted to rent a room for him
self and a girl whose name he would
not give Mrs Fombx said that she
flatly refused him, but Frank insisted
he be rented an apartment
“He said be was forced to obtain
a room for himself and the girl,”
said • Mrs. ‘•’omby, ‘but didn't want
to go anywhere else because he put
such implicit trust in me. I would
not grant his request and hung up
the telephone."
Called Several Time#.
“Later he called again." she con
tinued. "This time he was more in
sistent and said ■something about it
being a case of life ami death. Be-
j tween 6:30 and 10 o’clock he called
probably half a dozen times. Finally
I 1 told him not to call any more, as
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in this case: )
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finally noticed the clearing of the
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(Affidavit.) JAS. SQUIRES.
(Above abbreviated; more on re
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T was going automobiling with
friends.’’
Mrs'. Fomby said that she had been
offered money to leave the city until
the courts concluded with the Pha
gan case. To substantiate this charge
Die name of Alexander S. Martin, of
Gainesville, a newspaper man. has
been handed the police. He is said
to know of hush money having been
offered Mrs. Fomby.
Shortly after Frank's arrest Mrs.
Fomby said she visited him at the
Tower. At first she said he did nyt
recognize her. hut later spoke to her,
and they had a secret conference, the
nature of which she would not dis
cuss.
The woman added that when she
lived at 87 Armstrong Street Frank
was a frequent visitor to her place
and had brought girls there.
Chief Lanford’# Theory.
Chief Hanford's theory, as outlined
Friday morning, is that the girl had
been knocked unconscious when the
alleged telephone call was made to
secure a room, and the plan was to
remove the girl to a place where she
could be given medical attention
without suspicion.
“When it was seen that Mrs Fom
by would not rent a room.’’ said Chief
Lanford. "it was necessary that she
be disposed of. Dead folks tell no
tales."
The corridors of the’Thrower build
ing were thronged with witnesses long
before 10 o’clock this morning, the
hour for the Grand Jury to assemble.
More than 100 are under subpena. If
all are examined it will be several
days before the result of the jury’s
deliberation will be known. ^
George W. Parrott, a well-known
business man. has written the follow
ing letter in the Interest of Frank:
As is perhaps known by many,
I am interested in the National
Pencil Company and I have, with
keen interest, noted, from time *
to time, hints and insinuations
that Mr. Leo Frank has misused
and mistreated female employee#
of the factory.
Deny He Misused Employe##.
1 felt It due myself and me oth
er gentlemen interested in the
factory that as to this matter
there should be a thorough inves
tigation.
To that end. on Wednesday, to
gether with other gentlemen like
wise interested in the factory. I
interviewed every employee of the
factory, both male and female.
Every one of them, without a
dissenting voice, voluntarily and
emphatically made affidavit that
Mr. Frank had never, at any time,
or in any way, misused or mis
treated them, and that none of
them had ever known a single
instance of any familiarity on
the part of Mr. Frank with any
one of the female employees.
These affidavits are In my pos
session.
This is a matter of personal
eoncern to me. and 1 beg that, in
Justice to myself and others in
terested in the factory, that this
matter be set fairly right before
the public.
GEORGE W. PARROTT
HERE IS AFFIDAVIT
CHARGING BRIBERY
Here is an affidavit in possession of
the police, sworn to by Hanford's sec
retary, G. C. Febuary and A. S. Col
yar, detailing the conversation alleged
to have taken place Monday night in
Colonel Felder’s office:
“State of Georgia, County of Ful
ton.—Personally appeared before me,
a notary public in and for the above
State and County, A S. Colyar and G.
C. Febuary. who, being duly sworn,
deposes and says:
“We met Mr. Felder in his office
Monday night at 8 o’clock p. m., and
Mr. Felder said: I know who killed
Mary Phagan. I have had a
Burns man here for three
weeks, I know when she was killed
and how she was killed. She was
murdered 30 minutes after she reach
ed that building, on the second floor,
and then the body was lowered to the
basement. And I know who wrote
those notes that were found by hei
body.
“ ‘This d—d fellow Lanford has
had that poor negro Ed Connally lock
ed up for three weeks without a war
rant. and he knows it, and he can be
impeached from office for it; be
knows there is no evidence against
Newt Lee, and yet he holds him. 1
would expose- Lanford and Beavers
right now, but I don’t want to detract
attention from the Pragan case or
mix their case up with the Phagan
case.
“ ‘Beavers is a . but I
came pretty near catching him one
day alst week, but when we do catch
him, we are going to put the d—d re
form in a two-horse wagon, nak
ed. and drive him through the streets
of Atlanta with a sign on him, "Here
is Atlanta’s Reform Police Chief.’’
Lanford is a d—d drunkard and keeps
a quart of whisky in his desk all of
the time, and the people of this town
are indignant at the conduct of those
flunkeyqs down there. I am receiving
at least twenty letters every day, and
as many telephone calls, telling me
that the people are behind me in this
fight to impeach those . Right
here on my desk is a letter (getting
letter from his desk and reading
aloud) from one of the most promi
nent women in the city of Atlanta,
commending my course.’ ”
The affidavit then continues: “The
Colonel then said. *1 want the evi
dence to impeach both Beavers and
Lanford.’ The remark was made that
we might get in Jail, and Colonel Fel
der said: There are only two ways
of getting to the jail; one is through
the Mayor and the other is through
the Governor; and if you get arrested
by the policemen, Jim Woodward,
with whom* I had a long interview
this afternoon, will make those
—— down there jump a rope
to turn you loose, and I don’t care a
d—d who the Governor is. whether It
be Joe Broxx r n or Jack Slaton, I will
have any masi turned loose that will
get me the evklence that will im
peach those If they arrest
you, call on me and see if I don’t
come with the bond at any hour. I
can call a mass meeting to-morrow
afternoon through the papers and
have ten thousand of the best citizens
in this town meet at Five Points to
morrow night and go to the station
house and hang Beavers and Lanford
to telephone poles, the two corrupt
grafters and thieves.’
“ ‘Now, I want to say to you further
(talking to Febuary). You go and get
me the evidence in the Phagan case
and that Coleman afdavit, and bring
it to me. and I will give you one thou
sand dollars in cash for it. And if
you lose your job I will place you in
a government position in Washing
ton or a job in New York; and if I
Ufa down on that I will give you p
job here in my ofee.’ It was sug
gested to Colonel Felder that we
would have to steal the papers, for no
one knew the combination to the safe
except Chief Lanford and Mr. Feb
uary’. and in reply to this, Colonel
Felder said. ‘Go ahead and get them
and I will pay you one thousand dol
lars.’ And we then stated to Colonel
Felder that this would be larceny aft
er trust, and Co’onel Felder '•aid,
‘Larceny H——. It is not. larceny to
steal a perjured affidavit and forged
statements and other crooked papers
that a d thief like Lanford has
gathered against an innocent man;
and you get them and I will stand
behind you and pay the money. I
have such men as James G. Wood
ward. C. <\ Jones. Robert F. Maddox.
Sam Inman. J. W. English, and the
best men in this town behind me. and
who are determined to put that gang
. . . . to the bad, and they will
stand behind you gentlemen with
their money and their lives. ”
“Colonel Felder further stated that
Lanford and Beavers were feasting
and fattening off of the rich graft
they were getting out of certain dis
orderly houses they were shielding,
after they had had people to believe
that they h&d closed them up. and
certain blind tigers and gamblers thar
were favored by these grafters; and
upon being askeri how much they got.
Colonel Felder replied that the
amount was colossal.**
The above is the sum and sub
stance of a conversation between Col.
T. B. Felder, A. S. Colyar and G. C
Febuary. held in the office of Colons
Felder, in the Equitable building, on
Monday night. May 19. 1913. at about
8:15 p m.
A. S. COLYAR.
G r. FEBUARY.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 2tst day of May, 1913.
W. W. BROWN.
Notary Public Fulton County, Geor
gia.”
Say Wm.Lorimer Will
Bun Again for Senate
CHICAGO. May 23.—The news is
being spread around that William
Lorimer will be a candidate for Unit
ed States Senator under ihe direct
election law at the expiration of the
term of Lawrence Y. Sherman, two
years hence.
“I will neither affirm nor deny the
report." Mr. Lorimer says. “I have
no announcement to make on the
subject at this time."
Four Atlanta Men
Officers of U. C. T.
COLUMBUS. GA.. May 23.—Pen
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Senior councillor. E. D. Weir. Sa
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lv. Tampa; secretary. R. L. Wallace.
Atlanta; treasurer. A. L. Brooke, At
lanta; conductor. M. L. Stern. Sa-
vannah; page. Max Heinberg. Pensa
cola sentinel, J. M Giddens, Colum
bus. executive committee. George J.
Byrd. Atlanta, and J. W. Bates, Ma
con; representative Supreme Council.
T. R. I^ewis. Atlanta, and V. Kugel-
man, Savannah.
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CONSTANTINOPLE. May 23.—
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revolution on her hands.
Serious* fighting is going on in the
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between Saadun tribesmen and loyat
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Spanish Miner# Rioting.
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province of Huelva was put under
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