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THIRD CHAPTER IN PHAGAN MYSTERY
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Arrests of Suspects in
the Factory Slaying.
Sensation as Leo
Frank, Manager Was
Taken Into Custody.
chapter m.
Everything that occurred, trivial or
important, during those first few da>s
after the body of little Mary Phagaa
was discovered in the pencil factory
basement took on a dramatic aspect.
The people were keyed to so high a
pitch by the revolting crime that for a
time it seemed to require only a spark
to fire them to violent deeds.
Let a strange person so much as
appear at the police station to confer
with Chief of Detectives Lanford and
wild rumors spread about the whole
city like magic. Let one of the de
tectives drop a careless remark and in
a flash everyone mysteriously under
stood that a complete confession had
been made to the police by the mur
derer.
So it was a sinister reception that
the first catch in the detectives’ drag
net received from the group of angry
men when he was hurried to police
headquarters Sunday night of the day
after the factory girl had been slain.
All through the day crowds had
hung about the police station, some of
them merely morbidly curious, others
having the mistaken impression that
they were going to help the authori
ties in some manner. Since Newt
Lee had been taken into custody in
the morning, there had been no arrest,
but now with the end of the day came
the intelligence that the murderer of
Mary Phagan had been captured and
was being brought to a cell at the po
lice station.
Smiles Defiant at Crowd.
Eagerly the crowd awaited to learn
the man's identity. On each side jt
the doors they lined themselves as he
was walked, defiantly, toward then
between two detectives. A smile
curled his lips when he heard their
sullen mutterings.
“I know that guy; it’s Art Mul
linax,” came in a hoarse whisper from
a roughly dressed youth.
The group of men and boys closed
in behind the detectives and their
captive, but officers barred their en
trance to the police station. To Ohi^f
Lanford, Mullinax repeated his denial
of the crime which he had made pre
viously to the detectives when they
placed him under arrest.
“It’s a horrible mistake,’’ be cried,
dropping the bravado he had dis
played before the crowd. “I don’t even
know Mary Phagan, except by sight,
and the only time I can remember of
seeing her was at a Christmas enter
tainment.’’
Despite his protestations of inno
cence. he was placed in solitary con
finement and instructions were given
that no one be permitted to see him or
communicate with him. Sentell, the
grocery clerk, insisted that Mullinax
was the man he saw with Mary Pha
gan Saturday night at midnight, and
he was so positive in his identifica
tion that there appeared to be little
doubt of the circumstance.
Sentell Was Positive.
Sentell declared that he had known
Mullinax for some time by sight and
had met him frequently at the car
barns, where both of them had worked
at one time. He was certain he could
not be mistaken. If it were possible,
be was even more osltive in hi.
identification of Mary, for he had
spoken to her, calling her by name,
and she had replied, calling him Ed.
Monday’s dawn found the detectives
working feverishly on the hundred-
anri-one clews that had been present
ed to them. They had Mullinax in ;i
cell, but they were confused by the
maze of rumors ,which confronted
them and which pointed the finger of
suspicion at other persons as strongly
as at Mullinax.
Early in the morning two of the
detectives left the station. Chief
Lanford was silent and no one else
could be persuaded to tell of their
mission. The newspaper men, how
ever. jumped to an immediate con
clusion and the next editions carried
a story that search was being made
for a discharged employee of the fac
tory who was known to have been
acquainted with the murdered girl.
A little later Chief Lanford admit
ted that it was J. M. Gantt, Mary’s
childhood playmate in Marietta and
until three weeks before timekeeper
at the pencil factory, who was the
object of the search. He was known
to have been at the factory the night
before. His sister Mrs. F. C. Terrell,
of No. 284 East Linden avenue, gave
a strangely inaccurate account of his
recent whereabouts.
Another Arrest Made.
She declared to the detectives and
to Georgian reporters that Gantt had
not been home for three weeks and
that she understood he was cn h!s
way to California, when it was known
that such was not the case.
Adding to the suspicion against
him. he made the unfortunate move
of leaving town at the very time the
search was started for him, giving the
impression that he was taking to
flight. As it happened, he went only
to Marietta and he was arrested as
he stepped from a car there. He in
dignantly denied that he had any
idea of flight. He did not have any
idea that the officers were after him.
he declared.
His $torv was that he went to
Marietta to buy a crop and that he
had no.ified his mother several days
before that he was coming over Mon
day morning. A warrant charging
that he was suspected of the murder
of Mary Phagan was lodged against
him and he was returned to Atlanta
to be placed in a cell.
To adH to the confusion and doubt
and mystery of the crime, just at the
moment when the detect Ives were
positive that they had the criminal in
Mullinax or Gantt, local handwriting
experts fame out with the declaration
that the writing of the notes found
by the boss of the Phagan girl un
mistakably was that of the negro
Newt Lee.
One of them qualified as an ex
pert of more than twenty years’ ex
perience. He said that he was in the
banking business and had made a
special study of handwriting. After
a careful examination of the notes
and a comparison with the handwrit
ing of Lee, he was as positive as he
could he that the notes and the test
writing were by the same hand.
Suspicion Turns to Another.
Tuesday started with the detectives
and the public divided in opinion as
to whether Lee, Gantt or Mullinax
was the'guilty man. It was not long
before they were allowed to conjec
ture as to a fourth suspect. The
day’s developments came thick and
fast, crowding on each other’s heels.
While the excited public was con
demning each of the three prisoners
TWO EARLY FIGURES
IN PHAGAN MYSTERY
ARTHUR MULLINAX.
to the gallows, the most startling
rumor of all was taking form.
It was that a high official of the
National Pencil Company was sus
pected of the brutal crime and that
an arrest would take place within a
short time. Through mysterious
sources it became known that the po
lice did not place much dependence
on the seemingly positive indentiflea-
tons that had been made of both
Gnntt and Mullinax.
It was learned at the same time
that the theory that the little girl had
been lured to the factory at night was
being abandoned and that in its place
the detectives were adopting the
theory that she never left the factory
after she entered it at noon to get
her pay. They did not believe any of
of the stores that Mary Phagan had
been seen on the street Saturday
night.
This threw the suspicion on some
one inside the factory. Shortly be
fore noon Tuesday an automobile
containing Detective Harry Scott, of
the Pinkerton agency, which had been
engaged by the pencil company, and
Detective John Black, shot away from
the police station and up to the pencil
factory. Within ten mintutes it had
returned. With Scott and Black was
Leo M. Frank.
Arrest Creates Sensation.
It was given out at first that Frank
was not under arrest, but from that
time to this he has-not known an in
stant of actual freedom. This move
of the detectives created a sensa
tion. Public indignation, ready to
vent itself on the newest object at
hand, mounted to menacing heights
even though nothing was known
against Frank except that he freely
admitted being in the factory at the
time the Phagan girl came for her
o’clock and desired to enter the fac
tory.
Actions Were Unusual.
He called Newt Lee in the even
ing. something he never had done
before during Leo’s employment.
There was no answer when Lee
called his house early Sunday morn
ing after finding the body and calling
the police.
There was no answer when Call of
ficer Anderson attempted to get him
on the telephone when the four po
licemen were in the factory early that
morning.
He acted in a highly suspicious
manner when the officers came to his
house Sunday morning to take him
to the police station for questioning.
All the time that the storm of ac
cusation and bitterness was rising
against the young factory superin
tendent. his attorney, Luther Z. Ros
ser. kept silence, except to say that
Frank in the end would be found en-
tirely innocent. Convinced <>f his
client’s innocence. Rosser worked
quietly and faithfully in his behalf.
Only once In the early days of the
tragedy was he provoked to a show
of his bulldog fighting qualities. This
was when he reached the police sta
tion after Frank's arrest and was re
fused the privilege of seeing Frink.
“We’ll see whether they can stop
me from conferring with my own
client.” he shouted. A few minutes
later he was in conversation with
Frank.
From Frank’s arrest until the next
day, when the inquest was to begin,
a dozen detectives were searching the
factory rigidly frorr top to bottom for
evidence. Practically ever-- employee
of the plant was quizzed and detec
tives were sent about the city run
ning down fresh Lads that came in
to the possession of the department.
On the eve of the inquest came
the tragic funeral services of the
money and that the detectives inter
preted some of his actions after the
crime as highly suspicious.
His many friends rushed immediate
ly to his defense. They’proclaimed his
arrest as a ridiculous blunder on the
part of the police. They pointed to
his career and to his reputation as the
most potent indication that he would
not descend to the fiendish deed that
ended the innocent life of Mary Pha
gan.
Rut the detectives said:
He was the last one known tp have
seen Mary Phagan alive.
He was nervous and excited when
Lee came to the factory at 4 o’clock
Saturday afternoon.
He was nervous and apparently
fearful when Gantt came there at 6
young victim. The minister’s prayer
was as a stern, imperative invocation
to the six men on the Coroner’s Jury
as well as a fervent plea to the Al
mighty.
"May God bring the man guilty of
this terrible crime to justice,” he im
plored, standing with closed eyes be
fore the little white casket in the
Marietta church where Mary, when a
toddling child, had attended Sunday
school.
Children who had played with h r
about her home in Marietta sur
rounded the grave and saw the body
lowered into the earth. As the casket
disappeared from sight the grief-
stricken mother swooned
The whole grewsome story of the
finding of the body was repeated at
the inquest, which began next day,
but nothing was told which \youid
throw' any further light on the iden
tity of the guilty person. Newt Lee
told In his Ignorant fashion of every
move he had made during the fatal
day and of his movements in the fac
tory that night.
His story had every appearance pt
truthfulness. Coroner Donehoo was
not able to trip him or catch him in
any misstatements. He declared that
he had no knowledge that the body
was In the building until he went into
the dark basement shortly before 3
o’clock that morning and saw the
huddled form in the dim light of his
lantern.
The officers who visited the factory
that morning told their stories. Sev
eral of them were of the opinion that
Lee knew much more than he had
told and their testimony reflected this
opinion, but the Inquisition of the ne
gro failed to elicit any admissions.
Conley Enters the Case.
Interest was centered In the testi
mony of Frank, which, it was thought,
would be given when the jury re
sumed its session Thursday. Tha
jurors, however, met and immediately
adjourned until the following Monday,
and another event took place which
W’as thought to be of little conse
quence at the time, but which later
assumed a vital bearing on the case.
PT. PT Holloway day watchman at
the factory, walking through the
building early Thursday afternoon
came upon the negro sweeper. Jim
Conley. Conley was washing a shirt
and appeared strangely embarrassed
when caught in the act by Holloway
The negro explained that he was
washing the shirt in preparation for
the inquest to w'hich he had been
summoned. Holloway notified the
detectives of the suspicious circum
stance and Conley was placed under
arrest. That night the first formal
charge was lodged against Frank and
Lee. They were transferred from the
police station to the Tower under
commitments in which it was stated
that they were suspected of the mur
der of Mary Phagan.
Apparently unafraid of the terrible
charge that had been made against
him, FTank appeared at the resump
tion of the inquest the next Monday
seemingly the most unconcerned per
son in the whole assemblage. Only
when he was forced to pass through
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visit to the factory. He recalled giv
ing her the pay envelope. He said
that she left his office and that he
heard her talking with another girl,
he thought, and then heard their foot
steps dying away. He denied that he
sent her to the rear of the factory to
» if an expected shipment of metal
had come.
No Incriminating Admission.
Every person in the crowded and
stuffy iittle room hung on to each word
of his testimony as it came clearly
from his lips, but if anyone was ex
pecting an incriminating admission he
was disappointed, for It did not come.
Instead, the witness-defendant told
most remarkable and impressive
story of his actions on the day of the
crime, a story which since has been
most etrongly corroborated by the
testimony of other persons.
Startling incidents followed in close
succession until the next inquest
hearing on Thursday of the same
week. Paul P. Bowen, a former At
lanta boy. was arrested in Houston,
Tex., on the .-nisplcion of having fled
there after the crime, and a day later
the Pinkertons were trailing a Greek
from Atlanta to Anniston. Ala., where
he was supposed to have taken refuge
after killing the girl.
Bowen was arrested on the strength
of a story that a woman had heard
him muttering wildly In his room in a
Houston hotel.
"Why did I do It? Why did I do it?”
she declared .she heard him cry. Clip
pings telling of the murder were found
In his trunk, but It was found that he
had not been in Atlanta for a year.
The clew in Anniston was discovered
to be as worthless and the Pinkertons
abandoned their theory that a Greek
had anything to do with the crime.
(To Be Continued To-morrow.)
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i An Amazing Clearaway
[of Long Silk Gloves at
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* You will find this identical silk
3J glove in other local stores. They use it as a
“leader” to draw trade. One day one store
55 advertises it at a certain price; another day
a different store has another price. The result is, the glove
■jg has no staple price at all. Since wc don’t care to make a
football of our merchandise, we shall discontinue handling
ag this glove. Our price for to-morrow, therefore, is 39c.
3g Understand, please, that 39c in no wise represents the
"3 value of this glove. It has been advertised plsewhere as an 89c and
q* value; it is well worth 75c. Made of pure thread tricot silk—
firm, wear-resisting and elastic. Full faahloned; finely finished
jg Double tipped fingers. All sizes in black. white, tan,
lavender and navy. Selling starts at 8:30
3 (Main Floor, Left
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A Phone in Your
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Cents a Day
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15c Sale of Wash
Trimming stocks in anticipation
of Inventory—just six short shopping
days away. That’s the reason these miles
of fresh, crisp wash goods are offered,
close to half price. Scan the list—it in
cludes fashion’s favored fabrics all at 15c.
35c Bulgarian Voile—sheer, gracious and attractive. 40 inches.
$1 Bedford Cords—the real French weave. A few odd colors
25c Natural Linen—approved weight and texture; pure flax
25c Yama Yama Crepe—soft, cool and crinkly. 40 Inches wide. /
25c Ginghams—Whyllaw’s famous imported Scotch ginghams l
25c Poplins—this popular fabric In all the desirable colors.
25c Tosca Crepes—fancy stripes and solid colors. /
25c White Crepe—cool and crinkly, in great demand.
25c White Piques—welts and dot designs, etc
25c White Voiles—all white or with colored stripes.
(Ready at 8:30. Wash Goods—Left Aisle, Main Floor)
Clearing 25c & 50c Jewelry at
Bunching odd lots at this little price to avoid invoic
ing them. You will find—
50c and 25c gold plated and gold front bar and \
beauty pins \
50c and 00c Sterling silver belt and sash pins.
50c and 25c pretty jet brooches.
50c and 25c ocean pearl sash pins.
39c and 25c gold plated and enamel euff links.
50c auibc-r bar and brooch pins.
50c gold top engraved tie clasps.
50c sterling silver rings set with brilliants. /
(Main Floor, Center Aisle)
: A 3c Lace Sale
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It includes oddments of
dg embroideries, chiefly in in-
5 sertings and edges and in-
Sg sertings from broken sets in
3* various kinds of laces. 1 to
!g 21/ 2 inches wide. Also some
eg 3-inch bands in Notting-
5 ham, Vais and Oriental
^g laces. Former prices 5c,
>5 714c and 10c. To-morrow at
■1 3c.
(Main Floor, Right)
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Half Price Sale of Table
Linens Continues.
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$12.50 Embr’d
Robes at $3.75
Just nine (9) in all—sur
vivors of the scores we had
earlier in the season. For
mer prices were $12.50
$18.50.
There is one natural
en; the others are white
crepe, voiles and lingeries
embroidered in colors.
Flouncings and bands to
match—make the robe to'
suit your fancy. Naturally 1
tlie robes show some signs 1
of handling. Just nine—not;
to be invoiced, which ex-;
plains the $3.75 price.
(Main Floor, Right);
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USE GEORGIAN WANT AOS FOR RESULTS.
J. M. GANTT.
the narrow lane out into the Jam of
humanity that filled the station house
corridors did he display the slightest
trace of nervousness. Looking straight
ahead ir> an evident endeavor to avoid
the sinister glances of the crowd, he
hurried into the Commissioners’ room
with Chief La-nford’s hand on his arm.
Once inside the room, his face as
sumed an expression of relief and he
wa ked to the stand with an air of
confidence. H* answered the ques
tions shot at him without hesitation
His utterance was distinct and his
voice unfaltering. He appeared abso
lutely sure of himself and sure of his
story.
He related freely Mary Phagan’e