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4 T T l 1 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. r±= TO CRILL1 OF NEWT LEE fair Continued From Page 4. 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 NESS PHONE 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 \P W The difference be tween $174 and $48 is the difference between monopoly and healthy competition. Doz. Cash Grocery Co., Doz. 118 WHITEHALL 3 ATLANTA TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH GO. REAL SINGING AND DANCING BEAUTIES AT BONITA THEATER “The Mirthful Girls” company at the Bonita are real singers and dancers, and are about the pret tiest bunch of feminine grace and beauty seen in Atlanta in many moons. Standing room only greet ed the company iMonday, and this will probably be the case the bal ance of the week. Vanderbilt University 1046 STUDENTS 12S TEACHERS' CAMPUS OF 70 ACRES, also special cam pus for dep’ts of Medicine and Dentistry. Expenses low. Literary courses for graduates and undergraduates. Professional courses in Engineering, Law, Medicine. Pharmacy, Den tistry,Theology. Send forcatalognamingde- partment. j. HART, Secy. Nashville. Tenn. M. Rich & Bros. Co. The Last Call I Charge Purchases Goods charged the last two days of July will not appear on bills 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 > 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. EXTRA SPECIAL SHEET BAR- GA,N ' 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. Whole Day of Adventure AND Reams»' Romance That’s what you ran get delivered right at your front door, for your hours of .Sab bath enjoyment. For , NEXT' Sunday’s American in addition to the dozens of regular feat ures which have made it Dixie’s best read newspaper will include the Free Fiction Magazine This wonderful periodical teems with the good things of summer reading and carries, as well, the continuation of JACK LONDON’S Great Story THE SCARLET PLAGUE *9 which already has a grip on those who have started it. And all this is free with this issue of The Sunday Ameri can, which in itself surpasses all that has gone before. There’s a Thrilling Color Page ENTITLED GO TO WAR WHEN WOMEN Inspired by the brilliant achievements of warring women of all ages, a French woman has organized a fighting female brigade. Of course , . , NOW From Your Dealer or By Phoning to MAIN 100 Lady Dull Gordon the famous Lucille of London, has an ar ticle in which she tells how Paris solves the problem of keeping cool in gowns of chiffon trimmed with fur. Moreover, there are many other queer tales from the earth’s four corners which no one who can read can afford to miss. So insure your self a pleasant day by ordering your SUNDAY AMERICAN