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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
MACHINISTS UNEXPECTED TESTIMONY AT TRIAL OF LEO M. FRANK
“I found the strands of hair on the handle of the lathing machine in the National Pencil Factory Monday morning. I also found the blood spots on the second floor by the water cooler at the ladies* dressing room. I
know they were blood. The same day that 1 found the spots of blood, I found the pay envelope under the machine at which Mary Phagan worked. The lathe on which I found the hair was about 20 feet away from where
I found the pay envelope. The hair was not there Friday, for 1 worked on the lathe up to 5:30 o’clock, quitting time. The factory was closed Saturday. The spots were not there Friday.”—Testimony of R. P. Barrett,
machinist at the pencil factory.
GIRL DIDN'T SEEI
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Monteen Stover, Who Was at the
Factory on Day of Slaying,
Testifies at Trial.
Continued From Page 4.
SWEARS SHE DID NOT SEE FRANK
IN OFFICE AT NOON ON TRAGIC DAY
verse could Identify the hair.”
The objection was sustained.
Rosser began cross-examination.
Q. How far was it from the ma
chine where the hair was found to
where the girls combed their hair?—
A. About 10 feet.
Q. How do you know that hair was
not on that machine Friday?—A. I
worked at the machine until 5 o’clock
Friday afternoon.
Q. Did any girls work there Satur
day?—A. No.
Q. How far was it from where you
found the blood spots to where you
found th^ hair?—A. About 8 feet.
Pay Envelope Also.
Q. Did you find anything around
Mary Phagan’s machine?—A. Yes, I
found a part of a pay envelope.
Q. Describe how you found it.—A.
The latter part of the week I was
standing about 15 feet from her ma
chine when I saw a paper under her
machine and I went over and picked
it up. It was a part of a pay en
velope with the letter “P” or “F” on
it.
Q. What day and date was that?—
A. The same day I found the spot of
blood between the 28 and 30.
Q. What did you find under tht
machine?—A. Nothing but filings.
Q. What did you do with the pay
envelope?—A. Turned It over to that
man (pointing out a deputy).
Solicitor Dorsey here had the wit
ness to identify the paper and it was
then fchown to the attorneys for the
defense.
Examined Factory Closely.
Q. Did you examine the factory?—
A. Yes, very closely.
Q. Did you find anything like a
baseball bat around the first floor
A. No.
Q. Did you find any part of a pay
envelope?—A. No.
Q. Dic^. you search closely?—A.
Very closely.
Q. You say you found blood?—A.
Yes.
Q. You don't know that it was
bihod—it just looked like blood?—A.
No, sir, I know it was blood.
Q. What time was it when you no
ticed the strand of hair?—A. A few
minutes later.
Q. Were they long strands or knot
ted?—A. They Were around rny fin
gers when I noticed them.
Strands of Hair Foot Long.
Q. How long were they ?—A. About
a foot long.
Q. You didn't see them when you
took hold of the handle and the first
you saw of them was when they were
wound around your fingers?—A. Yes
Q. You say this envelope was found
under her machine?—A. Yes.
Q. Then the lathe the hair was on
was 20 feet away?—A. Yes, 20 or 26
feet away.
Q. The pay envelope you found had
no name or number on it—only this
little loop?—A. Yes.
Attorney Rosser here walked over
to the jury and showed them the loop
marked on the envelope.
Told of Find Same Day.
Then Mr. Rosser called the witness
closer to the jury.
Q. It is the same sort of envelope
they always have used at the factory?
—A. Yes.
Q. There is nothing to identify it
unless this little loop be a part of
a name?—A. Yes, sir, the top of the
envelope was tom off. All the writing
on it was a loop that looked like the
lower part of a “G.”
Dorsey here took up the re-direct
examination.
Q. When did you tell Schiff about
this?—A. The same day.
Barrett was excused.
Mell Stanford, who had not figured
in the case up to this time, was called.
Stanford also Is an employee of the
pencil factory. •
The witness stated that he had
TAX SUPERVISOR PRISON REFORM
BILL PASSED
8K SENATE
Monteen
Stover,
Thursday
witness
for State.
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worked at the pencil factory for two
yearn and was at work there Friday,
April 25.
Spot Not There Friday.
Q. What did you do this Friday?—
A. I swept the whole floor of the
metal room.
Q. Did you see anything there
Monday?—A. I saw some white com
pound smeared over something.
Q. Was it there Friday?—A. No.
Q. What kind of a broom did you
use?—A. A little broom.
Q. Do you know anything about
a big cane broom?—A. Yes.
Q. Where was this broom Monday?
—A. About 8 feet from the spot.
Q. What was under the white sub
stance?—A. Some spots.
Q. Was it blood?—A. 1 don't know.
Q. Could you tell whether the
broom used was big cane or a little
broom?—A. A big one.
The witness was then turned over
to the defense for cross-examination.
Court then adjourned until 2 o’clock.
/Praises Hooper.
Attorney Reuben Arnold took up
the cross-examination of Mel Stan
ford when court resumed after the re
ft ss.
Jusr before court opened Leonard
Haas, friend of l^eo Frank, leaned
across the table to Attorney F. A.
Hooper, Dorsey's assistant, and said:
"Mr. Cooper, I want to congratulate
you on the very gentlemanly manner
with which you have conducted your
self
He said nothii g to Solicitor Dor
sey, who was sitting beside him. Dor-
Three Reform Measures Now Be
fore House With Sheppard’s
Having Best Prospects.
The fight between advocates of
the Lipscomb bill, creating a State
hoard of tax equalizers. and the
Shepherd substitute, creating county
boards only, took an unexpected turn
| in the House of Representatives
Thursday morning, when Represen
tative Barry Wright, of Floyd Coun
ty, offered a substitute to both the
Lipscomb and Shepherd measures.
Mr. Wright’s measure creates
neither a State nor county board. It
establishes the office of Deputy
: Comptroller General, who shall be
| ex-officio Tax Commissioner at a sal
ary of $3,000 a year and have general
supervision of the taxes of the State.
He shall appoint, at his discretion,
lax agents or assessors to visit the
| various counties.
The purpose of his substifute, Mr.
Wright explained, is to ferret out and
get at the untaxed property of the
State, which he claims runs up into
the millions of dollars. He declared
that the provisions of his bill will not
i increase any man's taxes if he returns
his property at a fair valuation, but
will cause those who evade the law
to contribute a just proportion of
their wealth to the State.
A determined effort was made by
the opponents of tax revision to kill
Mr. Wright’s bill before the members
of the House could become familiar
with its provisions.
The introduction of the Wright
substitute places three tax reform
bills before the House. The Lipscomb
bill which was perfected, with the
committee amendments. Thursday
morning after being shorn-of Its pow-
j er by amendments offered by Mr.
Stovall of Elbert, creates a State
Board of Tax Equalizers and county
\ boards. The Sheppard substitute
| abolishes the State hoard and creates
I county boards only. It is understood
that other substitutes will be offered
when the House convenes Friday
morning.
Mr. Sheppard - substitute is regard
ed as the only bill of the three that is
likely to pass.
Provides Indeterminate Sentences
for Felony Cases—Eugenics
Marriage Bill Resurrected.
The Senate Thursday morntnf, by
a votes of 27 to 3, passed Senator
Foster’s bill presiding for the inde
terminate sentences in felony cases
and agreed to reconsider two bills de
feated Wednesday, providing for an
eugenics marriage law and the con-
bills the following new bills were in
troduced.
0y6ter Protection Urged.
By Smith of the Ninth, providing
for the protection of the oyster indus
try in the State.
By Watts, of .he Eleventh, and by
Turner and Elkins, bill providing for
the creation ot a commission to dis
pose of the Governor's mansion and
to erect an annex to the State Cap
itol In addition o a new mansion for
the chief executive
hi executive session the State con
firmed the nominations of the Gov
ernor submitted Wednesday.
Hobson’s Charges
Denied by Carrier
SELMA, July 31.—8. A. Reynolds,
secretary of the Alabama Rural Let
ter Carriers' Association, denies that
a secret resolution was passed at the
last session of the association July
4-5 at Montgomery favoring United
State Senator J. F. Johnston, as inti
mated in charges brought by Con
gressman R P. Hobson, opposing
Johnston for the Senate.
Hobson made a protest to President
Wilson and Postmaster General Bur-
stitutional ameniment restricting the leson on the alleged "pernicious polit
ical activity” of men In the civil serv
ice, declaring that Johnston was try
ing to use the carriers’ association.
U. S. JOB FOR COROLINI AN.
^ _ . , WASHINGTON, July 31.—President
y was.unmindful if any slight wad J wu Ron to-day named Duncan C. Hey-
lntended.
| ward to be collector of internal rev
enue, district of South Carolina.
creation of new counties.
Under the indeterminate sentence
urged by the Men and Religion Com
mittee. persons convicted of felony
will receive a maximum and minimum
sentence rather than a sentence fixed,
and, in addition, the wearing of con
vict stripes is excluded to prisoners
classed as of the lowest grade. The
bill was endorsed by the State Prison
Board.
Pleads for Eugenics Bill.
Senator Allen, ot the Twentieth, in
making his motion for a reconsider
ation of the eugenics bill, made a
strong plea for the measure. He de
clared that Its authors were more
than willing to eliminate the alleged
drastic provisions of the bill in or
der to get it through. The bill has
the support nbw of a number of sen
ators who opposed it Wednesday.
The Senate also passed the Bush
bill, providing for the regulation and
control of insurance companies, in
cluding foreign ard domestic corpor
ations and fraternal organizations.
Senator Burtz’s bill, revising jury
listing, also received the unanimous
vote of the Senate.
Acts on Ducktown Row.
The Senate also passed a resolution
giving the Governor authority and
power to look into the differences be
tween certain <i*i?€ns of Georgia and
the Tennessee Copper Company, a
controversy whifh has been pending
lor several years.
The resoluti m of President Ander
son, giving the Governor authority to
furnish military protection at the
Vanderbilt road races In Savannah In
Novembei, al*o passed the Senate.
Senator McGregor, of the Nineteenth,
voted for the hill after he had been
assured that the proposed service was:
purely voluntary on the part of the
militia.
Following the passage of a large
number of local House and Senate
Plan to Drop Probe
Of Augusta Strike
The investigation of the riots dur
ing the steet ca strike at Augusta
last year probablv will he absndjned
by the House Committee cn Military
Affairs, according to a st» - ment
made Tnursday morning by Repre
sentative Spence of Mitchill county,
chairman of the committee.
"It is not likely,” declared Mr.
Spence, "that another meeting of thll
committee will be called to continue
the investigation, because we have
been unable to see what good will re
sult fro It. So far as we can see the
investigation will lead nowhere, and
will result in nothing by bad feeling.”
A meeting of the military affair*
committee was held at the Capitol*
Thursday afternoon.
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First C!&m Finishing and En
larging. A complete stock lima
platen, papers, chemicals, ate.
Special Mail Order Department for
out-of-town customer*.
Send for Catalogue and Price L(a4.
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| 14 Whitehall 8t. ATLANTA, QA.
Mad Dog Epidemic
Frightens Eufaula
EUFAULA. July 31.—Eufaula had a
mad dog epidemic to-day. about half a
dozen persons being bitten by rabid
canines.
One boy. Lin wood Boyer, had to be
taken to the State Pasteur Institute at
Montgomery for treatment. E. R.
West, one of the oldest Confederate
veterans in the city, was attacked
twice by one dog. but escaptd by flee
ing indoors.
“Law Bros. For Quality”
Semi-Annual Reductions On
Manhattan Shirts
Our entire stoek of high-grade soft Shirts, in
cluding silks, are now on sale at SUBSTAN
TIALLY REDUCED PRICES. Make your se
lections early.
All Straw Hats Now
Half-Price
Watch Our Show Windows
(YiYfS(YiiViWfY«V«'«>■ Stamps, Money Orders, Etc., at Postal Sub-Station in Famous Center Aisle yWYWMrVWWWWW
RICH & BROS. CO.
TALBOTTON MISSION MEETING.
TALBOTTON.—The district meet
ing of th- 3 Woman’s Missionary Union
of the Columbus Baptist Association
was held wMth the Talbotton Baptist
Church Wednesday. Mrs. P. G. Aw-
try. of Manchester, presided. Mrs.
W. K. Kimbrough, of Talbotton, made
the welcome address.
THE BOHEMIA, WHERE
JOY REIGNS SUPREME,
100 WHITEHALL ST.
The American Theater is no
more. With a complete change of
management, change of show and
change of appearance, the Bohe
mia takes Its place under the man
agement of B. T. Glenn.
If there is a better, cleaner or
more attractive show' in Atlanta
than that at The Bohemia, the
writer has been unable to find it.
The girls are pretty, can sing and
dance, and the comedians are
headliners. With it all there is
nothing to offend the most modest.
One visit will convince you.
Alienas Special Shoe Sale
To-morrow and Saturday Until 1 o’ Clock
1000 Pairs of Shoes
At $2.95 a Pair
These inqlude our $4.00 and $5.00 shoes.
In this lot at $2.95 we have shoes of all
leathers, and most every size in every
leather. You can’t help from getting your size in one
of the styles, for all sizes are in this sale. ^
We also have a special lot of white shoes at $1.95
and $2.45 a pair.
J. P. Allen & Co.
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Beginning To-morrow Rich’s Offer Their Entire Stock of High-
Grade Furniture at Price Reductions of 10 to 50 Per Cent
Special Purchases Made by Our Buyer on His Recent Trip
- Are Also Offered at Savings of an Average Third
T HERE in a nutshell is Rieh’s August Furniture Sale—all the furniture that we own, or have
recently acquired by special purchase, is offered at savings of 10 per cent to 50 per cent.
Please remember that these savings come but twice a year—once in February and again in
August.
2nd—Because we can advantageously ac
quire special purchases from the manufac
turers only for February and August.
Two things more we especially stress in this August Sale:
1st—Because our own furniture is marked
at such a close margin of profit that we can
not afford to take a mark-down more than
once in six months.
1st. All the Furniture in this Sale is Sound
Sound furniture means no puttied-up knot
holes, no defects glossed over with varnish, no
“green” woods, no slovenly cabinet work, no imita
tions of any kind masquerading as genuine. When
the day comes that we sen net offer genuinely sound
furniture at genuine economies in a Furniture Sale
or any other, we shall not hold such a sale.
2nd. All the Furniture is in Good Taste
Furniture, to be in good taste, must be
both useful and beautiful. To be useful it must be
well constructed and comfortable. To be beautiful
it must be of proper proportion and harmonious
throughout. It may be simple or highly ornamental,
but it must have harmony of proportion and of de
sign, and it must always be useful and comfortable.
Knowing these truths about good furniture, you may be sure we allow no other kind on our
floors. The August Sale prices would mean nothing if the furniture were not in most instances re
markably fine and beautiful, and in every instance thoroughly good.
All Reductions Are Plainly Marked---Savings Evident at a Glance
Every piece of furniture retains its former price ticket and the new August Sale price ticket.
Former and present prices are easily compared—t he savings are evident at a glance.
N. B.—Customers wishing to profit by th ese special August prices, and desiring
more than the usual 30 days’ credit, can arrange terms to suit through our office.
HH;M. RICH & BROS. CO. M. RICH & BROS. CO. fiMRMMI!
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