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when you saw it with the officers as
when you first saw it.—A. I don’t
know, officers were all around It, and
1 couldn't see very good.
Lawyers Clash Again.
Mr. Rosser took a stand directly be
hind Mr. Dorsey and objected to Dor
sey leading the witness.
“Well, this negro is not as well edu
cated as some of these lawyers,”
said Mr. Dorsey. “It takes a little
patience to get him to understand.”
“What lawyers are you referring
to?” asked Mr. Rosser. “Do you
mean yourself?’’
“Of course, myself.’’ answered Mr.
Dorsey.
Q. Was the toilet west or east from
the boiler in the basement?—A. West.
Q. Was the body west or east?—A.
The body was kinder west.
Q. Could you see Frank from that
desk up stairs?—A. No. sir
Q. Mr. Rosser asked you how far it
was from the steps leading up to the
second floor to Mr. Frank’s office.
How far was it?—A. About as far as
from here to that wall across the
room.
Called Only Police.
Q Did you call anybody on the
phone that night but the police?—A.
No. sir.
Q. Did you call Mr. Haas?—A. No,
sir.
Q. Were the shutters* on the north
side of the second floor of that build
ing closed on Saturday. April 26?—A.
Yes, sir; they were closed.
Q. Wore there apartments back
there on the third floor?—A. Yes. sir.
Q. Who were they for?—A. White
people.
Q. Did white people use the closet in
the basement?—A. No, sir.
Q. Who told you to use it?—A. Mr.
Frank took me down there and told
me to use it.
Q. What did he call It?—A. He
called it a toilet.
Q. At night it is darker in the rear
of that basement than it is* outside?—
A. You can’t see inside there at all
back where the body was found. <
Tries to Discount Diagram.
ThisVndod the redirect examina
tion. and Mr. Rosser began the re
cross-examination. He took up the
questioning in an effort to prove that
Dee did not understand the diagram
of the pencil factory.
“What is this?’’ he asked, pointing
to some blue coloring representing the
blank wall.
I don’t know, s*ir, M the negro re
plied.
Q. It looks like a mill pond, doesn’t
1t?—A. I don’t know just what It is
meant for.
Q. The policemen and detectives
talked to you all the time, didn’t they?
They fired a pistol beside you; they
cussed you and they praised you.
didn’t they?—A. No sir; they didn’t
praise me none.
Q. My friend. John Black, and those
fellows talked to you day and night,
didn’t they?—A. Well. jus*t let me tell
you. I couldn’t sleep even for two
nights after I was put In jail. They
just questioned me all the time, po
licemen and everybody.
Q. Is there any other way to get out
of the basement except by the ladder?
—A. Only the back door.
Q. Are there not some steps be
tween the boiler and the back door up
to the first floor?—A. If there are any
there I don’t know it.
Frank and Lee and no one had re
ferred to it since.
"We want to know if repetition is
going to be allowed," Rosser asked
Judge Roan. It is simply to repeat.
If we start a repeating contest we will
be here forever.”
Judge Roan overruled the objection.
Lee replied: “Detective Black talked
to me the most.
Q. Who talked to you longer the
detectives or Mr. Arnold, when he
came to see you the other day?—A.
Mr. Arnold.
Newt Lee was then called off the
stand, after having been questioned
for 4 hours and 15 minutes.
Sergeant Dobbs Testifies.
Dorsey said, “Bring in L. S. Dobbs,
sergeant of police.”
Q. Where were you at about 3
o’clock April 27?--A. At the station
house.
Q. Did anything unusual happen?—
A. At about 3:25 a call came to go
to the pencil factory. When we got
there the door was locked. Later a
negro came and let us in. He said
there was a woman murdered in the
basement. The negro led the way
down, and about fifteen feet back we
found the body. She was lying with
her face down. We couldn’t tell
whether she was white or black ex
cept that her hair was light. I told
someone to turn her over. A cord
was around her neck and sunk in
her flesh. There was also a piece Of
cloth. I began to look around and
found a couple of notes. One of
them read ”
Mr. Dorsey interrupted. “Never
mind about the notes,” he said.
Identifies Cord arfd Cloth.
Q. 1 will first get you to Identify
this cord (taking the death loop from
a suitcase).—A. That looks like it.
Q. And this (exhibiting a torn
piece of cloth)?—A. It is.
Q. Was there much blood?—A. Very
little.
Q. Was the hair bloody?—A. Very
little; I had to almost reach the skin
to feel blood.
Q. Was it moist?—A. Dry.
Q. Are these the notes you found
near the body? (Exhibiting notes.)—
Q. And this pad?—A. Yes.
Q. How were they lying?—A. Near
the head.
Q. Were they close together?—A.
Yes.
Q. What did you do with Lee?—A.
Took him to the station.
Q. What was his bearing?—A. Cool.
Q. Mr. Dobbs, look at this (pointing
to diagram of factory); point where
the body was found?—A. Right here.
(Indicating spot.)
Rosser—“I object to that picture
Black Talked to Him More.
Solicitor Dorsey at this point took
up the examination-.
Q. Did Frank talk to you in jail?—
Yes, sir.
Q. Who talked longer to you, Frank
or John Black, the detective? Rosser
objected, saying the Solicitor had
gone over the interview between
until the witness says it is i
representation of the building.”
Judge Roan—"I sustain the objec
tion.”
Dorsey—“Is it a fair representation
of the building?”
A. It is.
Dorsey: “That's All."
Rosser After Details.
Rosser took up the cross-examina
tion.
Q. The negro told you she was a
white woman?—A. Yes.
Q. You had to look very closely to
find out?—A. Yes
Q. What kind of light did you have >
—A. We lit some gas jets and ha 1
lanterns.
Q. You found the notes under the
sawdust?—A. Yes.
Q. You were not able to see them
until you raked in the sawdust?—V
No. sir.
Q. Was the note attached to the
pad?—A. No.
Q. How far from the child’s head
was the first note?—A. Not over eight
or ten inches.
Q. What note did you find first. A.
The white one.
Q. Did you find much trash in th 1
building?—A. Yes.
Q. Did you find other notes?—A.
No.
Q. Did you search?—A. Yes, we
were looking for the shoe, you know.
Q. Where was the shoe found?—A.
Some one else found them.
Q. What was the condition of the
child’s face?—A. You mean about
dust?
Q. No; wag there any indication
that she was dragged?—A. I thought
there was.
Q. Lee did become excited become
he left the factory?—A. Yes.
Lee Could Have Seen Body.
Q. From tne place where Lee stood,
could he have seen the body?—A.
Yes; part of it.
Q. Didn’t you make any experiment
in the day time to see whether Lee
could see the body?—A. Yes.
Q. Could you?—A. Yes, sir; the feet
and part of the legs.
Q. I asked you if you said the evi
dences of dragging did not begin im
mediately in front of the elevator?—
A. No, I said it appeared to me to be
gin immediately in front of the ele
vator.
Q. As a matter of fact, you didn’t
find the hat and the shoes close to
gether?—A. The hat and the shoes
were on the garbage pile.
Q. The floor was rough and one
being dragged over it would be
scarred up?—A. Yes.
Q. Captain, you are mistaken about
the wound being on the right side
of the head, aren't you?—A. I won’t
be positive. It was i • ir the rear of
the head.
Q. Was the blood wet or dry?—A.
Dry.
Q. This little trail which you
thought showed where the body had
been dragged extended to the body?—
A. Yes, sir.
Q. You took hold of the hands and
worked them?—A. Yes. but she was
stiff. Her joints worked a little.
Door Staples Pulled.
CL What was the condition of the
back door?—A.The staple had been
pulled, but the lock was still locked.
Q. Was the door open *or shut?—
A. It was a slide door and shut.
Q. Was it a bar door?—A. Yes. The
bar was down.
Q. Did it appear to be a recent
withdrawal of the staple?—A. Yes.
Q. Did you either read or quote to the
negro Lee a statement about who had
committed the crime, and when you
said “night” Lee interrupted with a
statement that he was the one refer
red to?—A. Yes. before I read the
word “witch” he said he was the one
referred to.
Attorney Rosser here exhibited a
cord and a cotton cloth which Ser
geant Dobbs identified as having
been found around Mary Phagan’s
neck.
Q. Did you examine her under
clothes?—A. Not very closely.
Court was then adjourned until 2
o’clock when the redirect examination
of Dobbs was taken up by Solicitor
Dorsey.
Dobbs Recalled to Stand.
It was 5 minutes to 2 o’clock when
Judge Roan walked to the bench and
called order. He asked Solicitor Dor
sey if he cared to question the last
witness, Sergeant L. S. Dobbs, fur
ther. Mr. Dorsey replied that he did.
Sergeant Dobbs was then returned to*
the stand, and the redirect examina
tion began.
Solicitor Dorsey directed the ques
tioning for the State:
Q. To what undertaker did you
turn Mary Phagan’s body over?—A.
Bloomfield, I think.
Q. How far is it from the ladder to
the spot where you found the body?—
A. 150 feet.
Q. What was lying on the trash
pile?—A. A hat and this pump (dis
playing one of Mary Phagan’s shoe).
Q. What else?—A. Nothing.
Q. What about the hat trimming?—
A. I never saw it.
Q. The hair ribbon?—A. We took
it frdm her head.
Experimented to Solve Crime.
Q. Did you make any experiments
at night in the factory in an effort
to ascertain just how and who com
mitted the crime?—A. Yes.
Q. Did you become convinced that
Newt Lee could have seen the body
from where he sat?
Attorney Rosser objected to this
question and the objection w’as sus
tained.
Q. Could more than one person at
a time have gone down the ladder ro
the basement?—A. No.
Q. Would it have been possible for
anyone to have taken the body down
the ladder with them?—A. No.
Q. Would it have been necessary
for anyone taking or dropping a body
down the ladder to have gone around
the elevator shaft?—A. No.
Q. Could you tell whether the evi
dence you saw of dragging was cans ‘d
from the feet of some person carry
ing a heavy burden or actually drag
ging it?—A. No, sir.
The crowd gathered early in front
of the courthouse Tuesday morning.
By 9 o’clock both sides of South
Pryor street near its junction with
Hunter were filled with people drawn
by curiosity and the hope that they
might have the good fortune to get
admission to the small courtroom.
Stricken in Theater,
Dies in Ambulance
ols, was coming out of a movie thea
ter, on Peachtree street, when she
was overcome.
Mrs. Walton was about 26 years of
age. She was the wife of W. T. Wal
ton, a plumber.
Mrs. W. T. Walton. No. 38 English
avenue, died from a pulmonary hem
orrhage while being rushed to the
Grady Hospital in an automobile am
bulance shortly after noon Tuesday.
Mrs. Walton, accompanied by her
sister, Miss Ruby Orr, and J. H. Ech-
$48.
PER YEAR
FOR A BUSI
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SEASHORE
EXCURSION
AUGUST 7.
Jacksonville, Brunswick,
St. Simon, Cumberland, At
lantic Beach, $6.00—Limit
ed 6 days. Tampa, Fla., $8
—Limited 8 days.
TWO SPECIAL TRAINS.
10 p. m. solid Pullman train.
10:15 p. m. Coach train.
Make Reservations Now.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
That’s what ypu pay
us in Atlanta.
In Baltimore, where
independent competi
tion has been destroy
ed, a business phone
costs $174.
LEMONS
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The difference be
tween $174 and $48 is
the difference between
monopoly and healthy
competition.
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Goods charged the
last two days of July
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till September 1.
A Mammoth Trade Event===0ur Annual August Sale
BLANKETS AND HOUSE FURNISHINGS
It opened Monday with a rush! We sold more Blankets, Table and Bed Linens than in any two EEE
EEE previous days/in our history. Hotel men, boarding house keepers, sanitariums and thousands of At- ==
= lanta’s keen shoppers are taking advantage of the tremendous reductions we offer. Buy now and save ==
EEE money.
Only two selling davs before S’"
St.
the end of the month, and please
remember that our Pre-Inventory
S Sale of Low Shoes
Every Pair Blankets Fresh, New
and Sweet—No Old Soiled Stuff
in This Sale---Buy Now and Save
Money !
Extra Grade Plaid Blankets
closes with the month. All
charge purchases made now will
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go on your August statement,
payable September 10.
A special Bargain Table of
Oxfords.
11-4, Plaid half-wool Blankets, colors pink. blue. tan. gray. Regu
lar price $4.50. August Sale, pair, $3.69.
11-4, Plaid 75 per cent wool Blankets, same colors as above; extra
heavy weight. Regular price $5.00. August Sale, pair, $3.98.
11-4, or 66x80-inch, Plaid, all selected wool Blankets. Would be
cheap at $6.50. August Sale. pair. $4.50.
Extra Quality Blankets
66x80-imh. extra weight, Plaid and
White Blankets, made of the best
selected wool that can be had.
They look like Blankets made of
lambs’ wool that retail at $8.50
to $10. This Is a special pur
chase for our August Sale, and
we’ve never been able before to
offer such a value. Worth $6.50
and $7.50. August Sale, pair, $5.
In this lot are plaids in pink, blue, tan, gray, red and black; also
white with colored borders.
Pumps and
Now reduced to
atent, Gun Metal and Tan
Former selling prices $3.50 to $5.
$1.95
R6x80-inch Plaid, all lambs’ wool Blankets, extra heavy weight, full
line of colors. Regular price $7.50. August Sale, pair, $5.69.
72x84, or 12-4. Plaid Blankets of best selected all-wool, extra large
and heavy; would be cheap at $8.50. August Sale, pair, $6.98.
66x80, extra heavy lambs’ wool. Plaid Blankets in all colors.
$8 quality. August Sale, pair. $6.50.
%
%
All of nur $7 Spanish Heel Colonial Bumps, in Patent.
Mat and Bronze Kid, with eut-steel buckle ... $5.45
Every pair of Low Shoes in stock included in
this sale at a reduced price. The following
schedule of prices covers every pair in stock:
$6 values, $4.95; $5 values, $3.95.
$4 and $4.50 values, $3.45; $3.50 values, $2.95.
$3 values, $2.45; $2.50 values, $1.95.
$3 values, $1.65; $1.50 and $1.75 values. $1.35.
$1.25 and $1 values, 90c; $5 Evening Slippers,
$3.95; $4 Evening Slippers, $2.95; $3 and $3.50
Low Heel Evening Slippers, $2.45.
72x80. extra heavy, extra large lambs' wool, Plaid Blankets, full
line of colors, $12.50 value. August Sale, pair, $9.50.
White Blankets
11-4. or 66x80-inch. white Blankets. 75 per cent wool, pink or blue
borders. Regular price, $5. August Sale, pair, $3.98.
12-4, or 70x80, all-wool white Blankets, with 2-inch silk binding. Best
$6.50 Blankets on the market. August Sale, pair, $5.00.
70x80-inch. extra heavy lambs wool Blankets, white with pink or
blue border. Worth $8.50 and $9.00 anywhere. August Sale,
pair, $6.98.
72x84. white lambs’ wool Blankets, with white or blue borders. This Is
a strong leader at $12.50. August Sale, pair, $8.50.
72x84, white California wool Blankets, every thread wool, extra
long nap. Regular price $15.00. August Sale, pair, $12.50.
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As a Bargain magnet for this sale
we'll sell 100 dozen best 81x90 seam- ^ ^ J ^
less sheets, genuine 70c quality, i
Each
ONE THOUSAND PILLOW CASES. ◄
42x36 size, regular 12 1-2c to 15c
quality, excellent muslin, wide hems,
Lie,
;ach
Something Entirely New This Season:
Standard” Sheets and Cases
‘High’s =
No other
Manufactured exclusively for us to our own order,
house handles equal values at the prices:
42x36, "High’s Standard” Pillow Cases, 20c values. 18c.
45x36, “High’s Standard” Pillow Cases. 22 l-2c values. 20c.
72x90, “High’s Standard” Sheets, seamless, with deep hems, 80c qual
ity, 70c.
M. Rich & Bros. Co.
“A Department of Famous Shoes”
81x90, “High’s Standard” Sheets. 85c quality. August Sale, 78c.
90x90, “High’s Standard” Sheets. 95c quality. August Sale, 88c.
90x99. "High’s Standard Sheets, $1.10 quality. August Sale. 95c.
All other brands Sheets and Cases also Table Linens, Bed
spreads, Towels and Fancy Linens included in this sale at great
mvings in prices.
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