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mSARST’R RT.TNP\Y AMERICA': ATT A NT A, OA , SUNDAY, JULY 27, 1913
FRANK TRIAL OPENING
Every Bit of Evidence Against Frank
Sifted and Tested, Declares Solicitor
Factory Superintendent To Be Placed on Trial
for Girl’s Slaying Monday Morning—Both
Sides Confident of Winning a Victory.
Continued From Page 1.
defending Frank They already ridi
cule the Idea of accepting an lota ol
Conley's testimony, in view of the
many changes he has made in It since
he first talked to the detectives. They
brand him as a perjurer and his state
ments rdt.
State Ready for Fight.
Solicitor Dorsey and his associate
in the prosecution, Frank A. Hooper,
have been preparing themselves for
the fight that may be precipitated at
any moment after the opening of the
trial over the subpenas duces tecum
which have been Issued by Luther Z.
Rosser and Reuben R. Arnold, law
yers for Frank.
The subpenas, which were Issued
last month when It was thought that
the trial might begin June 30, com
manded Solicitor Dorsey, Chief Lan-
ford, Chief Beavers, Harry Scott and
other detectives who had worked on
the Phagan mystery to bring to court
with them the affidavits of Jim Con
ley, Newt Lee, Monteen Stover, W. M
Matthews and several other witnesses.
The attorneys for the proeecutlor
branded the subpenas as a trick to
discredit the State’s witnesses if their
testimony should vary in the slight
est from that contained In the affida
vits. They announced that they
would fight the move before the bar
of the court. If unsuccessful, It was
regarded as not unlikely that they
would retaliate with subpenas duces
tecum of their own. It Is possible
that the skirmish over the subpenas
may precede the drawing of the jury,
which also will involve a large amount
of legal jockeying
P. H. Brewster, one of the oldest
member* of the Atlanta bar. and
known for his wealth of legal infor
mation. has been called in to assist
the prOMOUtlOB in preparing certain
phases of its case.
Colonel Brewster to Figure.
Colonel Brewster has compiled
briefs bearing on the admissibility of
everv particle of evidence which the
prosecution has in ita possession, and
he is expected to be an interesting
figure in the courtroom during the
progress of the trial.
Attorneys for the defense an
nounced yesterday that they knew of
nothing that would influence them to
aJ*k for a continuance when the case
is called to-morrow. Subpenas have
been issued for about 150 witnesses by
Frank’s lawyers. One of the subpe
nas was served upon Harry Scott,
who conducted the Investigation Into
the murder mystery for the Pinker
ton Agency. Scott also is under sum
mons by the prosecution.
Frank and hla attorneys will go
into the trial confident of an acquit
tal. Evidence has been in their pos-
•4MS10Q for WMlU which points sus
picion directly at the negro Conley.
All of the veniremen, with the ex
ception of two or three who could
not be located yesterday, have been
notified to appear. The courtroom has
been prepared for the crowd that will
pack It w hile the trial is in progress.
Judge Roan has said that he knows
of no reason why there should be a
further postponement.
Judge Roan to Preside.
The formal trial of Leo M. Frank
for the murder of Mary Phagan will
begin at 9 o’clock Monday morning,
when Judge L. 8. Roan calls the crlm
Inal division of the Superior Court to
order in the courtroom on the first
floor of the old City Hall, South Pry
or and Hunter streets.
Under direction of Deputy Sheriff
Plennie Minor, all preparations for
receiving the vast crowds that are
expected to be drawn by the cele
brated case have been made. Benches,
outside the space reserved for the at
torneys and newspaper men, have
been replaced with chairs there, and
the seating capacity of the room has
been raised to 250. No spectator will
he admitted after the seats are filled.
Saturday morning electricians were |
Installing half a dozen electric fans,
which will help to make the room j
comfortable during the battle to come |
There also have been installed half a
dozen ozonators to help purify the
air.
Judge Roan was In his chambers
all of Saturday. He declared that
despite his recent attack of indiges
tion he will be on the bench when
the hour of the trial arrives.
Prominent Atlantans Named
On Frank Trial Jury Venire
The venire of 144 men from w'hich
twelve will be selected to decide the
fate of Leo M. Frank is considered to
be one of the most representative ever
drawn from a petit jury box in Fulton
County. Prominent among the pros
pective jurors are Joel Hurt. Dr. E. L.
Connallv and J. W. Alexander, capi
talists; David Woodward, president of
the Woodward Lumber Company.
George Law. of Law' Brothers; R. F.
Shedden. of the Mutual Life Insur
ance Company; Thomas D. Meador,
vice president of the Lowry National
Bank, and Edwin F. Johnson, adver
tising man.
The complete Jury li*t is printed
below:
C. A. Virgin.
J. D. Hardy. B. R
J. M. Defoore, E. P.
Bud Waits, C. P
W. W. Sorrells, Hapeville.
Sol Benjamin. 348 Whitehall street.
P. H. Miller, Peachtree.
C. J. Bosshardt, No. 215 Bryan street.
W. S. Copelan, Oak Grove.
O. T. Camp, No. 309 Oakland avenue.
A. W. Brewerton. 45 W. Peachtree PI
F. W. Stone, No. 82 East Linden
street.
W. H. Dunne, not In directory
(probaby Wynne).
W. A. Abercrombie, Blackball.
R. G. Elliott. Atlanta Agricultural
Works, Glendale.
T. C. Lauren, Nq. 13 Decatur street.
L. E. Smith, Hapeville.
C. T. Hopkins, Jr.. 403 N. Boulevard.
W. D. Cates, South Bend.
R. F. Shedden. Mutual Life of New
Tork, Grant Bldg. 20 East Linden Ave.
T. G. Young, Georgia Railway and
Power Company, 42 Loomis avenue.
D D. Henry, 178 Oakland avenue.
Howard Oliver, B. R.
H. E. Lackey. 4 Rosedale avenue.
James F. Hast, Collins.
Alfred Barilli, Jr., Grant Building.
O. L Rpurlin, 156 Lawton street.
A. H. Henslee, No. 74 Oak street.
Thomas D. Meador, Imperial Hotel.
R. E. Biggers. 745 Glenn, carpenter.
F. V. L. Smith, Empire Building,
No. 481 Cherokee avenue. ✓
R. L. Cliett, No. 58 Boulevard place.
H. R. Callaway, 691 Piedmont Ave.
A. J. Shlde, No. 45 Lucy street.
F. A Hull, 60 Milledge, 130 Grant.
Edward E. Hawkins, Collins.
H. D. Hurlbut.
S. J. McDowell. No. 80 Waddell.
W. W. Brown. No. 107 Peachtree
place or No. 217 Glennwood avenue.
Edwin F*. Johnson. Appeal Publish
ing Company, 176 Wert Peachtree.
J. L. Fulghum. Hapeville.
W. C. Willis, E. P.
H. C. Hasty, No. 261 Jones avenu a .
George R. Law. No. 4 Whitehall
street, residence No. 205 Ashby.
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F. M. York, No. 221 Cooper street.
A. li. Cook, 252 E. Georgia avenue.
Chas. H. Candler. 114 Elizabeth St.
George. R. Wall, No. 1.19 Hill street.
S. (\ Owens, E. P.
J. C. Henderson, 413 Piedmont ave.
J. W. Heinsim.n.
D. M. Brown, College Park.
W. J. Brooks, 224 East Fair St.
R. J. Baldwin, Hapeville.
D. Townsend, 84 Whitehall terrace.
R. A. Thompson, 152 Ashby street.
C. C. Thorne, 135 East North Ave.
C. A. Vaughn, Collins.
R. A. Palmer, No. 68 Austin avenue.
Ben F. Willis, Cooks.
C. M. Patten. Hapeville.
Carl Welnmeister, 27 Elbert St.
S. L. Miller, No. 27 Fraser street.
Henry L. Solmonson, 71 Sells Ave.
C. S. Johnson, 140 Gaskill street.
L. A. Hendon, 91 West Fifth street
W. S. Medcalf, not in directory.
Homer C. Ashford, 83 East Fifth 3t.
E. C. Wachendorff. 22 Willow St.
Nicholas Ittner, 234 Forrest Ave.
J. C. Harrison, 304 Capitol Ave.
W. H. Hudson. 298 Myrtle St.
H. Maness, rooms No. 47 Bell street.
G. R. Jilner, not in directory.
John 8 Head. Oak Grove.
C. H. Allen, not in directory.
V. N. Carroll, 1292-A Marietta St.
Robert Schmidt, 195 Angler Ave.
T. F. Barber. 281 E. Georgia Ave.
H. B. Chamberlain. Peachtree Dis
O. Wingate, 328 Edgewood Ave.
T. E. Winslow, 29 Boulevard Ter.
C. A. Withers, 15 Simpson St.
* A. W. Wafford. not in directory.
V?. F. Burdett. Buckhead.
H. H. Kelly. Blackhall.
M. A. Lang, not In directory.
John W. Bowin, Collins.
C. W. Gittens. Hapeville.
H. T. Ferguson. 332 E. Georgia Ave.
W. L. Merk, No. 108 Grant street.
Q. F. Hardy, 514 St. Charles.
F. E. Walker, 610 North Boulevard.
E. L. Connally, No. 53 Ashby street
T. B. Sale, 136 N. Moreland avenue.
Elmo Moore E.
W. S. Gaston. 481 Whitehall.
C. L. Asbury, No. 44 Park avenue.
J. W. Chatham, rooms 132 Jones.
C. W. Seagraves, Collins.
J. A. McCrary. 78 E. North ave.
L. A. Helms, rooms 253 Forrest ave.
T. J. Henderson. 25 Woodson.
L. F. Davis, 148 Bell wood ave.
David Woodward. 635 Peachtree.
J. E. Betterton. College Park.
J. H. Holcomb. Oakland City.
M. J. Sewell, East Point.
J. F. Higdon, 10S Ormond.
F. E. Winburn. 213 Lucile ave.
Chas. Witherspoon. 23 Vedado way.
Walter H. Scott, No. 215 Gordon.
H. J. Kuglar, South Bend.
T. J. Hale, South Bend.
J. P. Hays. South Bend.
A. L. Wisbey. No. 31 Hood street.
E. L. Winn. 1210 Peachtree.
Joel Hurt, No. 85 Elizabeth.
W. H. Abbott. No 224 Rawson.
K. P. Mason, Peachtree.
W. M. Jeffries. Collins.
Boyd Perry. 637 N. Boulevard.
M. Johenning, rooms 161 Jones ave.
M. S. Woodward, No. 182 Park.
Samuel Schoen, 214 Washington.
W. F. Wingleton, not in directory.
Earl Davis, Collins.
C. F. Cantrell.
W. M. Donehoo. Buckhead.
John W. Woodruff. 58 Cooper.
David W. Perdu, Collins.
George Mathieson. Buckhead.
S. J. Hayles. 20 Flat Shoals ave.
John W. Alexander, 439 S. Pryor.
John W. Collier, 81 Washington.
J. E. Redd, not in directory-
Y. R. Norris, Blackhall.
W. W. Hammett, 34 Decatur.
A. F. Bellingrath, 91 Milledge ave.
D. Berger. 380 Capitol ave.
E. A. Massa, 305 E. Fair.
J. T. Oburn. not In directory.
J. H. Gilbert. South Bend.
H. H. Jones, 69 E. Ashland ave.
Solicitor-General Hugh Dorsey, who will prosecute the case
against Leo M, frontL, last night gaoc the Sunday American the fol
lowing statement:
SOLICITOR GENERAL DORSEY.
W ITHOUT going into the merit of the State’s case
against Leo M. Frank, charged with the murder of
little Mary Phagan, the possibility of a mistake having
been made is very remote.
To say why the State believes Frank to be guilty of this
murder would be hurtful, and lay before the defense the
evidence we have so carefully guarded.
We have employed only the fairest methods and have
accepted no evidence until it had been subjected to the acid
test.
Conley’s connection with the case occasioned the most
careful investigation. No statement of his was accepted
until it had been proved. He is merely a link in the chain.
We looked into the possibility of Conley having com
mitted the murder, but with other facts considered, it was
impossible to connect him other than as an accessory.
Whether there can be a reasonable doubt when the evi
dence is weighed remains to be seen, but on the eve of the
trial I have no misgiving as to the strength of the State’s
case.
Public Demands Frank Trial To-morrow
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Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay
Theory Is That Watchman Surprised
Sweeper Attempting to Dispose of
Body and Entered Into Pact.
Either Side Asking Postponement
Will Reveal Weakness, as Time
Has Been Given for Preparation.
Conley Is Center of Interest,
By AN OLD POLICE REPORTER.
The defense In the case of Leo
Frank would have made a mistake,
If current street comment counts
for anything, had it decided to move
for a continuance of the case to
morrow.
Indeed, the fact that the defense
even was suspected of an intent to
move for a continuance—righteous
ly or otherwise—has not had a,
happy effect upon the public, even
If it has not, on the other hand,
served particularly to prejudice the
case.
The people want the Frank case
.ried. I think there is no mistake
about that.
And when it was rumored that it
might be postponed, with the con
sent of the defense, even if not of
its own motion, more than one per
son in Atlanta, ev°n those inclined
to he friendly to Frank, began, more
or less Impatiently, to ask them
selves, WHY?
If the State is sure of itself, why
delay? If the defense is sure of it
self, why delay?
If either is not -sure of itself, why,
then. It must be because the one
not sure of itself has a weak case
Thus reasons the public.
Leo Frank is guilty or he is not
guilty.
The case against him can be
thrashed out NOW as well as later
along. Frank is reported eager for
trial. The State professes to be al
together ready.
Hesitancy upon the part of either
now Is not apt to win favor to the
hesitating.
Public Not Muddled.
While much has been said of Jim
Conley of late, and an effort was
made to have him indicted in ad
vance of Frank’s trial, the public
has not permitted itself to be mud
dled.
Il realizes that Conley occupies
a somewhat dual position, to be
sure, and that the finger of suspi
cion points to him as a possible
principal to the killing of Mary
Phagan, no less than as a confessed
accessory after the fact.
The public has its eye very much
on Conley—YES. But the public
has not YET been convinced—and
may never become convinced—that
Leo Frank is innocent of the crime
for which he has been indicted.
And he has been indicted, by
"twelve good men and true,” as the
law requires—one must NOT forget
that!
Frank is admitted to have been
in the pencil factory when the crime
MIGHT have been committed The
evidence that he actually committed
the deed is, to be sure, entirely cir*
cumstantlal.
Even the affidavit of the negro
Conley, if it withstands the blis
tering attacks Attorneys Rosser and
Arnold unquestionably will make
upon it. still will not be direct evi
dence that Frank committed the
crime. % •
It is rather difficult for the lay
man to comprehend fully the exact
difference between circumstantial
and direct evidence, and to keep his
mind quite clear when passing
through the twilight zone dividing
the one from the other, but there
IS a dividing line, and Frank stands
well within the circumstantial lim
its.
Law Recognizes Circumstances.
While, however, t e law holds the
State to a sterner accounting in the
matter of establishing guilt through
circumstances rather than by direct
evidence, it nevertheless permits
circumstances to convict SWEEP-
INGLY AND COMPLETELY, if
properly sequenced and sustained!
Here. then, is the case against
Leo Frank, from the State’s point
CHRONOLOGY OF PHAGAN CASE
April 27—Body of Mary Phagan found in factory. Arthur Mulli-
nax arrested. Newt Lee arrested.
held
April 28—J. M. Gantt arrested. Geron Bailey arrested. Leo Frank
April 29—Pinkertons declare Lee guilty. Eliminate Gantt, Mullinax
and Bailey.
May 1—Coroner issues commitment against Lee and Frank. Jim
Conley, negro sweeper, arrested.
May 8—Coroner’s verd«ct orders Frank and Lee held for Grand
Jury.
May 12—Burns put on case, through agency of T. B. Felder.
May 23—Grand Jury considers case. Dictograph scandals revealed.
A. S. Colyar accuses T. B. Felder of attempts to corrupt policeman.
Frank indicted. Conley says he wrote notes at Frank’s dictation, April
May 25—Mrs. Mima Formby says Frank asked her for room night
of killing.
May 30—Ccnley says he helped Frank dispose of body. Re-enacts
crime at factory.
June 6—Conley denies he confessed killing to A. S. Colyar.
June 15—Mrs. Frank, in statement to Sunday American, stands by
her husband.
July 10—W. H. Mincey's statement first published, that he heard
Conley boast of killing.
July 15—E. F. Holloway, factory employee, says he was told of ne
gro’s boast just after killing.
July 23—Frank says he is ready for trial. Search for Will Green,
Conley’s companion, said to have seen killing.
of view, as given to the newspa
pers and not otherwise:
Frank was in the factory at “the
time Mary Phagan might have been
slain. He had the OPPORTUNITY
to consummate the deed. He had
been in prior communication witli
the girl, when they two were prac
tically alone in the pencil factory,
save for the then unsuspected
presence of the negro Conley. There
is some evidence that Frank had
been, at times, rather familiar with
factory employees — particularly
with two or three young girls.
Frank, contrary to his usual cus
tom, permitted Newt J.ee to g*«
away from the factorv during the
afternoon of April 26—Saturday.
This extraordinary procedure has
not been accounted for to the
State’s satisfaction.
Frank, contrary again to his us
ual custom, phoned to the factory
after he arrived at his home Sat
urday evening, and this fact also
never has been explained to the
State’s satisfaction.
A negro, Jim Conley, a sweeper
In the factory, has signed an affi
davit to the effect that Frank, nerv
ous and seemingly much agitated,
called him to the second floor of the
factory—the negro admitting that
he had been dozing in a drunken
stupor on the floor below—along
about 1 o’clock in the afternoon of
the killing, and that Frank there
after hired him to remove the dead
body of Mary Phagan from the sec
ond floor to the basement below,
hide it. and, at Frank’s dictation,
wtftc and place the notes beside the
dead girl, found next morning.
Frank also is accused—whether
the State will rely upon this evi
dence in any particular is not alto
gether clear, however—with phon
ing persistently a notorious woman
between 7 and 10 In the evening of
April 26, asking that he be permit
ted to bring to her house a girl, un
named, “upon a matter of life and
death.”
Conley Center of Case.
Now, if the State can sustain it
self thoroughly jpon these allega
tions. It must be admitted that the
case against Frank will be very se
rious. indeed!
Of course, Conley will be the most
damaging witness against him, for
upon Conley’s evidence will depend
the hurtfulness or the utter worth
lessness of the other circumstances
set up against the defendant.
In other words, if Conley is BRO
KEN DOWN, the remaining alle
gations against Frank doubtless will
be quickly and easily disposed of.
If Conley is NOT broken down,
however, then the other circum
stances become links in a chain
against Frank that likely can be
made to hold together.
It is just as well to look things
squarely in the face, as the Frank
trial comes on to-morrow!
Can the defense break Conley
down?
That, of course, I do not know—I
can not know.
The only thing I know’ of expe
rience in cases of this kind is that
the defense MUST break Conley
down or Leo Frank will face a very,
very dangerous situation!
It must be borne in mind, more
over, that it will be the defense’s
burden to break Conley down, rath
er than the State’s burden to estab
lish his credibility
Unless successfully assailed, Con
ley’s affidavit will stand before the
jury unprejudiced for exactly what
it may be worth.
The defense claims to be prepared
perfectly for the annihilation of
Conley’s statement. Maybe it is—
the defense should have read its
own hand pretty well by now.
The defense, however, may be In
the situation “Br’er Rabbit*’ found
himself once when he “clum a tree”
because he just naturally was
“obleeged to,’’ and NOT because
anybody ever had heard of a rabbit
climbing a tree before in all natu
ral history’. And I do not write
this flippantly, but to illustrate the
point.
Whether the defense can break
down Conley or not, the DEFENSE
MUST BREAK DOW* CONLEY or
face a perilous alternative!
Refused Cooley Indictment.
All the circumstances and recitals
concerning Conlev. tending to show'
that he and not Frank more likely
Defense Must Break Story of Ne
gro or Face Difficult Situation.
State Will Base Case on Chain
of Circumstantial Evidence.
An amazing chain of evidence, lay
ing bare the mystery of the two notes
found beside the body of Mary Pha
gan, which have proved the most baf
fling of all the facts connected with
the girl’s murder, came to light as In
the possession of the defense Satur
day.
According to the theory of the de
fense, Conley murdered the girl and
was unexpectedly discovered with her
body in the basement of the pencil
factory by Newt Lee; that the night
watchman declared the blame for the
murder w'ould be placed upon him
self instead of Conley, and that the
two notes, laying the blame upon the
negro fireman Knoyls, and openly ac
cusing the night w’atchman of the
crime, sealed an agreement of secrecy
between Lee and Conley.
Motive of Notes.
The first note, written by Conley,
to soothe Lee’s fears. Is believed to
have been the one reading:
“Mama, that negro hired down here
did this. I went to get water and he
pushed me down this hole a long tall
negro black that has it woke long
lean tall negro I write this while piuy
w r ith me."
According to the defense’s theory,
this did not satisfy Lee, and hence
the second one reading:
“He said he would love me laid
down like the night witch did It, but
that long tall black negro did it by
hisselff” was written.
It is the claim of the defense that
in the obvious exoneration of Lee
| by Conley, as is shown in the second
I note, despite the admissions of both
that they were barely acquainted
| with each other lies the proof that
j Lee directed the execution of the
note.
j The defense will also show, it is
I said, that when the notes were picK-
ed up by officers, Lee called their
! attention to the peculiar, spelling of
w’ords “night witch” and explained
j that they meant night watchman and
was the principal in the killing of
Mary Phagan, is beside the IMME
DIATE QUESTION. The trial to
called to-morrow’ is the trial cf
LEO FRANK and not James Con
ley.
In addition to that, a Grand Jury
but recently has definitely and di
rectly REFUSED to indict James
Conley for the murder, pending the
disposition of the Frank case.
These are stubborn facts the de
fense is called upon to face—and it
w’ill not do, I take it, to face them
either hesitatingly or otherwise
than frankly and candidly.
The defense may be loaded with
ammunition sufficient to shoot the
State’s case to pieces, just as it
claims to be. There are many peo
ple w’ho believe it is—but there also
are quite as many people, perhaps,
who believe it isn’t.
Looking back over the progress
of events in this puzzling, elusive
and continuously interesting Pha
gan case—to my mind by far the
most bizarre and grimly engag
ing mystery in all the catalogue
of crime in Georgia—I am moved
to no great surprise that the pub
lic yet is largely of open and fair
mind in respect of it.
! himself
Missing Time Punches.
Following the writing of the two
I notes, Conley is supposed to have
been the companion of Lee until the
watchman telephoned to the police.
Then Conley departed.
The defense, it is declared, believes
the notes to have been written be
tween 11:30 and 1:30 o’clock on the
night of the murder and will pre
sent the fact to uphold this theory
that Lee’s time clock failed to show
that he was at his post on the upper
floor during this time. The time
clock slip in the possession of the
defense show’s that Lee missed
punching it at 11:30, 12:30 and 1:30
o'clock that morning.
Despite the claims of the defense
as to the missing punches in the
time slip, however. Leo M. Frank, on
the witness stand at the Coroner’s
inquest, declared that the time card
showed that the negro made his
rounds regularly on the night of the
murder, and that no misses appeared,
so far as he knew.
Prosecution Knows Theory.
That the prosecution is aw’are of
the defense’s theory of the presence
of the notes was indicated by the
bringing of the two negroes together
last week in New’t Lee’s cell in the
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county jail, when Solicitor Dorsey
put them through a cross-examina
tion. At this time, however, both are
declared to have denied emphatical
ly the conspiracy of which they re
accused.
As astounding as may be the de
fense’s conception of the murder
notes, it satisfactorily explains their
potentiality and conforms readily w’ith
the other evidence in the hands of
Frank’s counsel to direct guilt at Con
ley—namely, the torn bit of the dead
girl's pay envelope, found near the
elevator shaft on the first floor, the
umbrella of the girl discovered at the
bottom of the elevator shaft, the mur
der notes, the broken latch on the
basement door and the time slip with
the missing punches.
Contention of Defense.
Here is the theory of the defense as
it has been learned by the prosecu
tion:
Conley is believed to have waylaid
the girl on the first floor, and when
she descended the stairway, after re
ceiving her pay envelope from Frank,
to have struck her from behind with
the stick which w’as afterward found
blood-s'tained near by. As the girl
fell unconscious from the blow the
negro is believed to hive heard the
footsteps of Lemmie Quinn entering
the building. Witht a quick move
ment he is thought to have snatched
the girl’s purse and cast her body and
umbrella down the open elevator
shaft, then dashed behind some boxes
to hide. There he opened the purse,
took out the envelope and tore It open,
casting the torn-off top behind the
radiator, where it w r as later found by
Pinkerton detectives. After Quinn
had gone up.rtairs, the theory is that
Conley came from his hiding place,
descended the ladder through the trap
door to the basement, picked up the
girl’s body and carried to back to the
saw’dust pile In hi9 haste, he is de
clared to have forgotten the umbrella
which had fallen with the girl, and left
it to be found later by detectives. Aft
er depositing the body, Conley broke
open the basement door and escaped,
but returned at nightfall to get the
body and take it away. Then it was
that Newt Lee is supposed to have
discovered him, to have framed the
murder notes* and entered the pact of
secrecy.
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