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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS f • _
RED SPOTS ON FACTORY FLOOR SMEARED OVER, SAYS SCOTT
Swears Frank’s Lawyer, Haas, Called for Report Before Police Saw It
DETECTIVES FIGURING PROM!NENTLY
IN PHAGAN CASE AND FRANK TRIAL;
J. N. STARNES. HARRY SCOTT. JOHN BLACK.
Continued From Page 1.
strands of reddish-brown hair on the
lathing machine about 20 feet from
the Phagan girl’s machine.
Not Regarded Seriously.
Barrett's finding of the pay envel
ope was not regarded seriously by the
defense. The envelope was begrimed
and dirty. It must have been scraped
about the floor considerably if it had
accumulated all Its dirt between the
time that Mary Phagan was last paid
and the time that Barrett found it on
the floor. It bore no date. It bore no
number or name. It bore no amount
The only scrap of writing on it was
the loop of a letter which remained
after the top of the envelope had been
torn off. The loop might have been
that of a “g,” a "y,” or any of the
other letters that extend below the
line of writing If it was the envelope
of Mary Phagan there Is still the pos
sibility that it was of another week.
It was evident as soon as Harry
Scott, the Pinkerton detective, was
called that a sharp battle was to en
sue over his testimony. A lively
tilt occurred between Rosser and
Dorsey before Scott had been on
the stand five minutes. The tes
timony had progressed only a
little further when Dorsey claimed
that he had been trapped by the wit
ness into believing that testimony »f
another sort would be given.
Dorsey demanded the prlvllere of
asking leading questions In order to
determine whether Scott's memorv
was faulty or if he was purposely
holding something back.
Haas Wanted First Reports.
Th« Solicitor ^ot from his witness
the details of his engagement by tha
National Pencil Company and sougnt
to emphasize that Herbert Haas, one
of Frank’s attorneys, had tried to in
duce Scott to withhold his eviden a
from the police, but Scott tn cross-
examination declare that Haas asked
only that the evidence be given the
pencil factory officials flrst.
Scott testified that FYank in the
flrst days of the investigation had told
him that J. M. Gantt, a discharg:d
factory employee, knew Mary Ph* •
gnn well and was familiar and inti
mate with her, the Solicitor by this
evidence seeking to show a disposi
tion on the part oi * rank to throw
suspicion on someone else.
The detective described Prank’s de
meanor as extremely nervous at the
Interview Tuesday night, April 29, b««
tween Frank and Le Scott said that
Prank hung his head, crossed and re-
crossed his leg*, rubbed his face and
lips with one hand and then the othe r .
and seemed not t^ know where to put
his hands.
Rosser GriHa Scott.
Rosser, cross-e:.amlnlng Scott,
made the detective • dmit that he had
not told of these circumstances be
fore the Coroner’s inquest and had
not stated any of the conversation be
tween Lee and Prank which he had
Just told to the Solicitor. Going fur
ther, he forced Scott to admit that he
had said at the inquest that he had
heard none of the conversation.
Scott told Dorsey that he had male
a thorough search of the first fleor of
the factory soon after his services
were engaged, and that he had found
no ribbon, purse, pay envelope or
bloody stick which later was said to
have been found near where Jim Con
ley was hiding, by Pinkerton opera
tives.
Scott said that he had looked for
blood spots, but that most of the evi
dence of this sort had been chipped
u~ before he entered the case.
Rosser and £ ott “ngaged in a heat
ed argument when Rosser called at
tention to the fact that the detective
had not mentioned at the Coroner’s
inquest Prank’s alleged remark in re
gard to Gantt’s intimacy with the
Phagan girl.
Scott gave as his excuse that It was
an oversight, or that he possibly had
not been questioned on that matter by
the Coroner.
"I am not fool enough to give away
the whole case in detail at a prelimi
nary hearing, anyway,” added Scott.
R. P. Barrett, the machinist at the
pencil factory, who discovered the
strand of hair on a lathing machine
and spots resembling blood on the
floor, was called to the stand at the
conclusion of Monteen Stover’s testi
mony.
Dorsey Quizzes Scott.
Solicitor Dorsey started his ques
tioning of Harry Scott with the
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query:
Q. What is your business?—A.
Pinkerton detective.
Q. Do you know Leo 'Frank?—A.
Yes.
Q. When did you first see Prank?*
A. Monday, April 28, at 7 p. m.
Q. Where was that?—A. In Frank’s
private office.
Q. What was Prank’s attitude?—A.
He was composed.
Dorsey said:
“Your honor, I want to refresh his
memory. I was misinformed as to
what the witness would testify.”
Attorney Rosser objected.
“I am surprised at the evidence,"
said the Solicitor, “of this witness re
garding Frank’s attitude.”
Noted Nothing Unusual.
“What about his breathing?” asked
the Solicitor—A. Well, between sen
tences, occasionally he took a deep
breath.
Q. What about the expression of
his eyes?—A. I had never seen him
before. The expression of his eyes
was about as they are now.
Frank, sitting a few feet away, wore
the same cool expression he has had
since the beginning, his face utterly
devoid r.f emotion. The expression
of his unusual eyes was calm. Dor
sey resumed his questioning.
Q. What did he say?—A. "I suppose
you have heard of the horrible mur
der in this factory. The directors and
1 have decided to employ you to find
the murderer.”
Frank Said He Was Suspected.
Q. What else did he say?—A. He
said he had just come from the police
station and that the police, particu
larly Detective Black, seemed to sus
pect him.
Q. What else?—A. He related his
movements on the day of the murder.
He said that he paid the little gin
off that day and that when she left he
heard voices on the stair. He said
that later he let Mrs. White out of
the factory at about 1 o’clock. She
saw a negro sitting on a box at the
foot of the stairway. Prank said he
left the factory at 1:10 o’clock and
went home for lunch. He said he
returned from lunch at about 2 o’clock
and went up to his office.
Scott testified as readily as though
we were reading a narrative.
Q. Give the jury a description of
how Frank acted.—A. He acted per
fectly natural.
Rosser interrupted.
Q. How do you know it was natural
if you never saw him before?—A. I
just thought it was natural.
Rosser Objects Again.
Dorsey took up the questioning
again.
Q. How were his eyes?—A. Large
and piercing.
Q. How was his breathing?—A.
Very deep.
Q. Didn’t you state to me
Rosser Interrupted.
“I object. You can’t ask him that.”
Dorsey replied: “I don’t know
whether this witness has trapped me
or not. I have it written down.”
Rosser: “I have no doubt you have
it written down from Genesis to Rev
elations, but this witness has already
said the defendant was not nervous.’’
The objection to the question was
sustained.
Dorsey: Q. How did he give you
the narrative?—A Very rapidly and
specifically as to time.
Q. How did the defendant state
the time when Mary Phagan entered
the factory?—A. He said about 12:10.
Q. What did Frank say. if anything,
about hearing voices before she came?
—*A. I don’t recall.
Dorsey addressed Judge Roan: “I
want to refresh the memory of this
witness with the notes he took on the
case.”
Q. Mr. Scott, did you furnish a
report of this case to the defendant?
—A. Yes.
Q. To whom?—A. To S. Montag,
Herbert Haas and L. Z. Rosser.
Q. Did you furnish the State a
readable copy like you did the de
fense?—A. I don't know. I read
your complaint.
Rosser objected. “I object to any
thing like this, Your Honor. It t<
absolutely immaterial here how or
whether he furnished the defense
with the reports.”
“Not Sticking to Testimony.'*
Dorsey: “I hold, Your Honor, that
this witness Is not sticking to his
previous testimony and I have the
right to refer to these reports to re
fresh his memory.”
Judge Roan: “Put your question,
Mr. Dorsey.”
Q. Was it before or after 12 o’clock
that Frank said he heard voices?—A.
(Scott read from his notes) Frank
told me that before 12 o’clock he
heard voices outside his office.
Rosser objected. “I object to his
The objection was sustained.
“Mr. Scott, you can only refresh
your memory from the notes,” sail
the court.
Scott refreshed his memory from
hi« notes, and said:
“I now state that Mr. Frank told me
he heard those voices before 1*
o’clock.”
Q. Before Mary Phagan came or
not?—A. Before.
Q. Where?—A. On the second floor.
Dorsey Misled, He Asserts.
Q. What did Frank say he did at
home when he went home at 1:10
o’clock?—A. He raid he went home
for lunch.
Q. What, if anything, did Frank say
in reference to Gantt?—A. He said J.
N. Gantt know Mary Phagan very
well and was Intimate with her.
Q. What, if anything, did Frank say
about Gantt’s attentions* to Mary Pha
gan?—A. Nothing.
“Your honor,” said Dorsey. “I ad
mit I have been misled.”
Rosser objected. '‘These sorts of
questions fall on me like a false not-}
on a piano.
“Your honor,” said Dorsey, “It is
discretionary with you a?* to whether
I may le-id a witness. If there ever
was a time when a witness should be
led it is now with this detective who
was hired by the pencil factory and
who has been working with the at
torneys for the defense. When I
talked with him and he told me things
and now he testifies differently I have
a right to lead him.”
Charges Scott “Trapped” Him.
“If you mean to say the witness has
trapped you, I will permit it,” said
Judge Roan.
“I do,” answered Dorsey.
Attorney Rosser objected, and the
court recessed until authorities coulf
be looked up.
“He is trying to impeach a wit
ness,” said Rofser.
“If it Is meant that I am holding
back anything I want to disabuse his
mind of that,” interrupted Scott. “I—”
“I am not trying to impeach a wit-'
ness,” declared Dorsey. “Here is a
detective employed oy this defendant
and he simply has had a lapse of
memory.”
Dorsey wanted to submit a memo-,
randum he had taken from Scott, but
Rosser objected.
No Reference to Note*.
“He saw’ me take it,” said Dorsey.
"He saw you write it.” retorted
Rosser, “before my friend Dorsey
conferred with Hooper. Hooper is a
wise man. He charged three times
that he had been trapped by the wit
ness.”
Judge Roan ruled: “At this stage of
the game I can’t allow’ you to ask f he
witness leading questions. He may
be allowed to refresh his memory, but
if it is on anything that is written,
he must have seen it at some other
time.”
Dorsey then questioned the witness:
Q. Mr. Scott, in my talk with you
at my office last week, did I not make
a memorandum of what you would
swear? I want to ask this witness if
he wrote these notes.
Rosser objected: “That is just ex
actly what I don’t w’ant.”
Judge P.oan ruled: “I don’t think
vou can lead the witness at th -.a
stage of the game.”
Said Gantt and Girl Were Friendly.
Mr. Hooper interrupted: “As [ un
derstand it, Mr. Dorsey has the right
to ask this witness what he washes,
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$ .50 Values
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