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DEFENSE FAILS TD OBTAIN
OM LEE
Continued From Rage 1.
htdleated that it was the intention
to prove that Newt Lee was con
cerned in the writing of the two mys
terious notes found by the mutilated
body of Mary Phagran.
Jurors Sent From Room.
The Solicitor objected strongly to
arguing before the Jury the admis
sibility of this testimony of Lee's,
and the Jurors were excused while
Arnold outlined the purpose of the
defense.
“We expect to show that two notes
were found by the body of Mary
Phagan,” said Arnold.
Solicitor Dorsey had Juat given Mr.
Arnold the two notes found in the
basement and Judge Roan ordered the
Jury to retire. Mr. Arnold said:
“The defense expects to show that
the two note* found in the basement
of the National Pencil Factory were
very obscure notes and the. police
■were trying to read them in the pres
ence of Lee.
“They read this one: ‘He said he
•would love me, laid down, played like
•the night-witch did it, but that long
black negro did it by hts-self.’
^^51* Lse’s Explanation.
night-witch means me,’” said Arnold.
“It showed familiarity with the notes.
This negro who is so dull that Mr.
Rosser has to repeat his questions
now' and again interpreted thi mys
terious note In a second and a half.”
Here Dorsey interrupted.
“Since Attorney Arnold has the
note itself, there is no reason to ask
what somebody else said about it.”
Assistant Prosecutor Hooper here
Joined in:
“Unless it was intended to try to
connect Lee with the crime, what
someone else said about the notes to
Lee is w'holly inadmissible. The
charge first must be made against
him.”
“We don’t have to photograph a
criminal. "We have got to begin
somewhere,” retorted Rosser.
Judge Roan sustained the defense,
saying that it might produce evidence
to show' anxiety on the pan of the
negro, or a lucid interpretation of the
notes.
"Suspicion on Lee,” Says Rosser.
“We expect to show' that the notes
were obscure and doubtful in'mean
ing We expect to show' that the of-
I fleers wer$ endeavoring to read them
meaning. In on© of them we will
show that the w’ording was something
like this, so far as I can decipher it:
‘He said he would love me, laid down,
played like the ntght-witeh did it but
that long, tall, black negro did It by
hls-self.’
“We want to show” continued Ar
nold, “that Lee spoke up and said.
That’s me, boss. That means night
watchman.’
“Isn’t It strange that a negro so
ignorant and dull that Mr. Rosser had
to ask him a question ten times over
could In a flash Interpret this Illegible
scrawl ?”
Rosser supplemented Arnold’s ar
gument by remarking that he regard
ed Lee's alleged remarks as highly
suspicious, and that he considered he
had the right to question a witness
with a view of showing that a person
or persons other than the defendant
had a part In the crime.
Judge Roan ruled with the defense,
and the Jury was returned. The Judge
declared :
"The attorneys for Frank are privi
leged to bring out evidence showing
anxiety or fear on the part of the
negro.”
Lee Makes Denial.
Lee denied w'hen questioned that he
had said. “That’s me, Boss; that
means night watchman.” He testified
that he told the officers that someone
was trying to put the crime on him.
Sergeant L. S. Dobbs, one of the
officers who visited the factory after
Lee called the police station, testified
before the Coroner s Jury in regard to
Lee’s ready explanation of the notes.
Rosser ended his« cross-examination
the negro had been on the grill two
hours Monday afternoon and nearly
as long Tuesday.
The efforts to discredit Lee’s story
began the moment Rosser got him on
the stand. He sought first to show
that It was a very peculiar circum
stance that Lee went clear to the rear
of the factory basement, where he
found the girl’s body, w'hen all
through the earlier part of the night
he had gone only a short distance
from the foot of the ladder in the
front of the basement.
Calls Lee's Excuse Flimsy.
“Fvery time you w’ent down into the
basement you went only about 25 feet
from the ladder to see If there was
Are in the dust pan,” said Ros»er, re
peating Lee’s testimony, “and, yet at
this time, w'hen you say you found
the girl’s body, you assert that It was
necessary to go clear to the rear to
ascertain the same fact?”
Lee replied that he had gone to the
rear of the basement for another pur
pose and Rosser attempted to show
that this was only a flimsy excuse.
By his line of questioning Rpsser
endeavored to ridicule the idea that
Lee could have identified Mary Pha
gan as a white girl by the dim light
of his dirty lantern when, as he testi
fied, he got no nearer than five or six
feet to the body, and when the of
ficers with electric searchlights w'ere
not able to determine whether the
girl was white or a negro because of
the grime and cinders on her body,
until they had pulled down her stock
ing
Session Full of Clashes.
The session was fj|ll of spirited
It was a favorable forenoon for the
defense, Rosser almost Invariably
being permitted to continue the line
of questioning which he was pur
suing.
Rosser, while he succeeded in
showing up discrepancies in Lee’s
present story with that before the
Coroner’s Jury, was unable to force
the negro to any admissions incrim
inating in themselves.
Dorsey questioned Lee in redirect
examination and Rosser in recross
examination, Lee left the stand at
11:40 o’clock, after a total of four
hours and forty minutes’ grilling.
Sergeant L. S. Dobbs followed Lee
on the stand. He told the story of
finding the body and identified the
Phagan girl’s clothes and the cord
that was used to strangle her.
Frank, his face a mask, was brought
Into the courtroom Just before the
court was called to order by Deputy
Sheriff Plennie Miner.
After taking a cool survey of the
courtroom, the factory superintendent
conversed a moment with is counsel
and then centered his attention on the
night w'atchman. Frank took no note3
of the negro's testimony, but he evi
dently was making a mental record of
every word of it.
What he thought of the negro’s
statements could not be guessed from
his features. Whether the negro was
giving testimony which might be con
strued as favorable or as most dam
aging. there was not the shade of a
change in the expression of the young
factory superintendent.
He only took his eyes from the
witness to speak a word to his wife
or to answer an occasional question
sel. He was brought to the court
house from the Tower at 7:45 by
Sheriff Mangum and Deputy Sheriff
Miner. He was dressed in a blue mo
hair suit with a striped effect, and
wore a fancy gray tie.
Eats Light Breakfast.
His breakfast was brought to him
at the courthouse by a relative, and
consisted only of two slices of toast
and a bottle of milk.
T am w'ell pleased with the prog
ress of the trial to this point, he
sali in his conversation with Essen-
bach. "Nothing has been developed
which has not already been well
known to the public and attorneys
and which will be explained in the
light of the defense’s case.
T am feeling well and confident.
Nothing has taken place to disturb
me in the least. I hope that the trial
will move as rapidly toward its con
clusion as the first day’s session gave
promise. I have nothing to conceal
and nothing to fear.”
Grilling of L_ee Resumed.
The cross-examination of Lee was
resumed as soon as court opened.
Q. How far were you from the body
when you first saw it?—A About ten
feet
Q. Could you see to either side?—
A. No. I stood up, picked up lantern
and went toward the dust pan.
Q. Why didn’t you go to the pan
earlier in night?—A. I Just happened
to take a notion to go this time.
Q. When you were in closet which
way did you look?—A. Toward the
wall.
Q. What do you call the right?—A.
This (indicating right hand).
Q. Well, the dust pan was on your
right, wasn’t it?—A. Not exactly.
had to w’alk quite a distance to see
whether there was any fire In the dustt
pan, didn’t you?—A. Yes, sir.
Q. How far did you walk?—A. A
little piece below the light.
Q. Tell me exactly how far it was?
—A- About as far as that man there.
(About 25 feet.)
Q. You only went to the dustpan
once that night?—A. Mr. Frank told
me not to go near it with the lan
tern.
Shows How He Held Light.
Q. How close did you go to the
body?—A. That wall there.
Q. How far Is that?—A. About six
feet.
4$. How did you hold the lantern
to see it?—A. Like this. (Holding
hand over head.)
Q. What did you see first?—A. The
feet.
Q. How far was the body from the
closet?—A. I don’t know.
Q. Was it two feet, ten feet or
twenty feet?—A. I don’t know.
Q. Was it fifty feet, forty feet or
thirty feet?—A. Somewhere about
thirty feet, maybe not that much.
Q. How long did you look at the
body?—Al. I looked to see whether It
was a natural body.
Q. You didn’t linger?
At this question Lee arose and
pointed his finger at Rdsser. “Just
as soon as I saw what it was I want
to tell you I lit a rag.”
Saw It Was Whit© Girl.
Q. You saw it was a white woman?
—A. There were one or two white
spots on the face and her hair was
frizzled.
Q. How long did it take the police
to find she was a white girl?—A. I
don’t know; they arrested me.
Q. What did they say?—A. One of
them said this girl has been dead
three or four days.
Q. When you came up did you
remember.
Q. Did you notice whether the door
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