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FRANK CASE IAIEDNE
CONLEY TO BE CLIMAX
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ptate's indictment charging strangu-
Ration by declaring that this was as
suredly the cause of her death, the
blow on the bark of the head being
Insufficient to produce more than a
temporary’ unconsciousness.
In the midst of his startling testi
mony, which was the first evidence
brought out by the State that was
pot already known by the public, he
pollapeed Solicitor Dorsey had
planned to ask him a number of other
questions, but was forced to stop
•^here he was. The defense, it may
fee supposed from the ungentle man
ner in which they attacked the doc
tor’s statements the next morning
•Mth another of the State’s medical
experts on the stand, also was plan
ping to question Dr. Harris at length.
Whether any other revelations of
Importance as the result of Dr. Har
pis’ examinations of the body at the
first and second exhumation would
have been made under the examina
tion and cross-examination can only
be determined when Dr. Harris again
takes the stand. It also is prob
lematical whether the physician will
testify with such assurance and pro
fessional ease when he gets under the
grilling cross-fire of Reuben Arnold,
who knows a little medicine and
physiological causes and effects and
fcffects hitnself.
State to Call New Expert.
The prosecution, before it finishes,
has still other witnesses to call. An
expert in abdominal surgery, to cor
roborate the testimony of Dr. Har
ris. probably will be one of them.
Solicitor Dorsey would not reveal his
name Monday morning.
Harry Denham and Arthur White,
the factory employees who w-ere on
the fourth floor of the building Sat
urday forenoon and in the afternoon
until 3 o’clock, are expected to be
questioned briefly by the Solicitor be
fore he concludes the presentation of
his evidence. Their testimony is not
regarded as of special value, except
to establish the time when Frank
came to their floor to tell that he was
going to leave and lock the front
door. They are expected to say, In
addition, that they were hammering
and making a great deal of other
noise and that they probably would
not have noticed the running of the
elevator had any one used it.
Mrs. May Barrett’s . testimony is
shrouded in mystery. She was seen
on the fourth floor of the factory the
Saturday of the crime, but what she
will be able to testify Iras not been
dtsclosed by the Solicitor. The first
time she went to Solicitor Dorsey’s
office she emerged crying hysterical
ly that someone had been telling lies
and that she knew nothing.
Her daughter. Mrs. George Bailey,
It is understood, told the authorities
that Mrs. Barrett had not revealed
all she knew of the day’s events.
Admissions Are Reported.
There was another conference be
tween the Solicitor and Mrs. Bar
rett. This time she is said to have
made admissions which the Solicitor
regarded of considerable importance
in building up his case against
Frank.
Chief Lanford is another of the
State's witnesses. The head of the
detective department, however, has
had in his possession little informa
tion that has not already been madt
public, and his testimony may be re
garded as merely confirmatory of that
previously given by his detectives and
the police.
The defense has been waiting with
some degree of eagerness the placing
of Lanford on the stand. Attorney
Rosser has been saving a mass of In
terviews that the chief gave out
which, he says, Indicates that Lan
ford started on the case with the
firm theory that Frank was guilty,
and that he excluded every possibil
ity orfm his mind, working only to
gather evidence that could be harm
ful to the factory superintendent.
Mrs. Mima Formby, the author of
‘he sensational affidavit charging
that Frank called up her house sev
eral times Saturday night asking per
mission to bring a girl there, will not
testify for the prosecution. This has
been stated definitely by the lawyer*
representlng the State.
Jury Spends Quiet Sunday.
They say that they do not believe
the woman’s affidavit and. that there
is no use in calling a person who
they are certain has been telling
pure falsehood. There Is a strong
likelihood, however, that Mrs. Fombv
will testify and that she will he
called by the lawyers for the de
fense against whose client she ut
tered h**r accusation.
It Is said that she will be asked
to explain the origin of her affidavit
and narrate all of the circumstances
which preceded its writing. Frank's
attorneys say that they are aware of
the reason for the framing of the af
fidavit and declare that when Mrs.
Fomby takes the stand there will be
some highly interesting testimony.
The twelve Jurors spent most of
their Sunday in the three rooms at
the Kimball where they are quar
tered. During the day they read
magazines and books, played games,
talked and Joked. but were kept
strictly from reading any newspapers.
They were taken for a walk after
they ate at noon and again in the
evening Most of them, retired early.
A host of friends and relatives of
Frank visited him at the Jail during
the day. He was calm, cheerful and
optimistic. Hie wife and mother did
not go to the Jail, but stayed at home
to rest for the ordeal of another week
in the courtroom.
‘Only Rich Will Know
Meat's Taste In 1923'
CHICAGO, Aug 1.—There is to bo
no reduction in the price of meat in
the United States within the next
five years. On the contrary, in 1923
meat of ..II kinds will cost so much
that none but the very wealthy can
eat even beef. So sayy J. T Russell,
president of the National Master
Butchers’ Association.
“Meat sales over the nation have
dropped from 35 to 50 per cent within
th° last three years. In ten years
hardly any one will eat meat.”
LEO FRANK AND FIVE LINKS IN
CHAIN STATE HAS WOVEN FOR HIM
riowcfr
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Vital points in
evidence
against Frank
illustrated
by artist
P. A. Carter.
Kiss Causes Wreck
Which Injures Forty
CHICAGO, Auk. 4.—Forty persons
are nursiltK br uses to-day—some of
them are seriously hurt—but u!l are
silent on the subject on which ev
ery outsider wants information. They
will not tell the name of the girl Roy
Martin kissed.
Tney were going to Cedar Lake
Ind.. to spend the day. The girl was
sitting beside Martin on the front seat
of the big auto truck. He leaned over
struck‘tMbumpT Maytir/whiried’The Committee to Decide Report For
steering wheel to keep from falling
off the seat.
The truck went Into the ditch.
FATE TO-OflY
the House Democratic
Caucus.
Not the Juror! His
Lot, Mostly, Is Monotony
A policeman’s life is not a merrv
one. The thought was expressed and
event set to music in those dim days
of the distant past when people heard
the lyrics nnci listened to the charm
ing lilts of Gilbert and Sullivan opern
Instead of centering their attentions
on a winsome young woman with a
record In the divorce courts and not
fcnuch else in either ability or raiment.
Gilbert and Sullivan, now being
tradition, can be considered authori
ties. Wherefore the thought is re
peated that a policeman’s life is not
a merry’ one
But there are twelve Fulton county
men who will say that he went too
far in his statement in one way and
didn’t come within a mile of ap
proaching the mark in another.
For after the sergeant sings “a po
liceman’s life is not a merry one.*’
the chorus of constabulary cants, “t?.
ran ta ra, ta ran ta ra.*’ which sounds
rather joyous.
The Jurors Dissent.
And the Jurors with whom the fate
of Leo Frank rests believe there is
no more Joy in the work which is
Imposed as part of their duty as citi
zens of Fulton County than there is in
a crutch to a man unaccustomed to
using that method of transportation.
They would like to be included in
the category of those persons whose
existence v*' as far removed from
the paths of primrose as pole iAfrom
pole, but they would voice violent
protest against any ta ran ta ra’s.
There Is much Justice in their po
sition and their claims to a place high
©n the list of martyrs to the sacred
cause of duty.
An English humorist wrote of a
poung man who kept a diary’ and
abandoned the pursuit when for three
days this entry was repeated: “Got
up. washed, went to bed.’’ He rea
sonably figured that his existence wap
entirely too colorless to necessitate
recording.
Mostly Monotony, Their Days.
ff he members of the Frank Jury are
Inuich the same position. They
By L. F. WOODRUFF.
merely get up, wash and go to bed,
with Just the added duty of sitting
through hour after hour of legal bat
tling that has only its brief periods
of interest. They are as securely cut
off from the rest of the world as they
would be were they locked In Ful
ton County’s Tower, and for this they
are paid by the State of Georgia the
munificent sum of $2 a day, that does
not go far toward the purchase of
the family corn meal and cabbage in
these days when certain persons find
it hard to live on a salary of $12,000
a year
Here’s about the daily routine of
the men whose duty it Is to decide the
most perplexing mystery that has ever
confronted the law enforcing powers
of the city of Atlanta.
They are quartered together In the
Kimball House, and they are guarded
as closely from the Intrusion of out
siders as the foulest felon in a Geor
gia convict camp.
They all arls«e about 7 o’clock, for
they have to dine together, and there
is no necessity of one’s awakening
before the last. They are shackled
together by the orders of the court
as firmly as if a convict chain was
fastened on the wrist of each.
They eat their meals at the Ger
man Cafe, in Pryor street. The coun
ty does not stint them. Judge Roan
haR given orders that they be given
every reasonable luxury.
On their way to their meals Ihey
are under close guard. A deputy leads
them. A deputy acts as a rear guard.
Deputies flank them on either side.
Their One Dissipation.
After breakfast they are allowed
to take a walk—still under guard.
This walk is their most rakish amuse
ment. And on this walk they are
taken up back streets, whore they
can see nobody and nobody can see
them. Imagine an Atlantan of this
good year of 1913 getting his amuse
ment strolling through a section as
interesting as a gla>*s of stale water
the morning after, and always con
scious that if a friend should happen
Kt say "h^io*" Jaa .would be under dire
Vy
suspicion of having arranged a secret
code in which ‘‘hello’’ meant any
thing from “$200,000 if you acquit” or
“your wife w’ill quit you if you
acquit."
After this stroll they w r end their
way to the courtroom. They are
seated before the spectators enter.
The court orders all the spectators
to remain seated until they file out
at recess.
The courtroom Is not the most
pleasant summer resort in the world.
Atlanta has been in the throes of a
hot spell constantly since the 'open
ing of the trial, and then hundreds
of humans are packed in a p>pace
where only scores should be. The re
sult Is that the ventilation of the
courtroom is bad. The atmosphere
is oppressive.
Still the Jurors seem to be bearing
the ordeal bravely. There is always
a look of relief on their faces when
the court orders recess.
As the audiences sits, their guard
of deputies forms and they file out.
straight to the restaurant. When the
noonday meal is concluded, there Is a
chance for brief relaxation. The ju
rors make most of it.
The same performance is gone
through with in the afternoon. When
adjournment for the day Is taken,
the members of the panel are taken
to the hotel, wliere they bathe and
don clean linen. Then they are either
taken out for a walk or allowed
to postpone that pleasure until after
their supper.
Bed Is the Exciting Climax.
When bedtime comes they are usu
ally fairly w’ell ready for the mat
tress. ^
That Is their day, and there is a
reward of $2 for those services com
ing to them at the end of the trial,
whenever that is
“What are their amusements?"
Chief Deputy Plennie Minor who is
one of their most zealous guardians,
was asked.
Minor smiled. “I don’t know' that
they have any. They talk among
themselves, but they are not allowed
to read any newspaper, by strict or
der of the court. A few carefully-
censored magazines were doled out
to them for Sunday recreation.
“They smoke a good deal; and. well,
they talk pretty much all the time.
“No one is allowed to communicate
with them in any way. Every letter
they receive has to be inspected by
someone from our office before the
Juror can read it,” he said.
Aaccordingly, the Jurors get few’
letters, even though they are married
men as a rule. A wife would hardly
like to have a deputy peruse the inti
mate secrets of family life, nor be
made familiar with the pet names re
served aione for her husband.
“Even their linen is examined to
see that there is no note of communi
cation is enclosed." said Miner.
These precautions are absolutely
necessary. They are as necessary for
th«’ protection of tie juror as they
are to the assurance of a fair and
honest trial
The court is not trying to be severe.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4. — The
House Banking and Currency Com
mittee will determine at a meeting
to-day whether the Glass-Owen bill
shall be sent to the House Democratic
caucus with a favorable report.
Consideration of the bill has been
completed by the committee Demo
crats, but they could not reach an
agreement to support the bill, even
in a majority report. Many of them
balk at a binding caucus order to
vote for the bill, but they will take
!t into caucus at the request of Pres
ident Wihon.
After agreeing to the Wingo amend
ment. providing against int^r-locklng
hoards of bank directors, the Demo
crats on the committee reversed their ,
action, and by a vote of 7 to 5 re
jected the amendment. Wingo gave
notice that he w’ould press the amend
ment before the caucus.
The Henry plan for an industrial,
commercial and agricultural currency,
the latter based on corn, wheat and
cotton warehouse receipts, was de
feated by the committee. Democrats.
Representative Ragsdale, who brought
the amendment before the committee,
and Representative Henry will make
their fight in the caucus.
If defeated there. Henry will carry
the fight to the House, w’here he pro
poses to get the support of the Re
publicans from the agricultural belt
of the Middle West.
Final radifleation has been given to
amendments creating an advisory
council of twelve bankers to sit with
the Federal Reserve Board and ad
vise concerning general business con
dition. discount rates, rediscount busi
ness. note issues, purchase and sale
of securities and gold, creation of new-
reserve banks, and open market op
erations by the central reserve banks.
The section provides for as many
members as there are Federal re
serve districts, each Federal reserve
bank, by its board of directors, to
select annually one member, who shall
receive no compensation.
As an emergency measure, it is
provided that reserve banks should
be required when necessary to re
discount the discount paper of all re
serve banks under a special tax of 1
to 3 per cent.
It is simply trying to preserve the in
tegrity of the laws of Georgia.
Small wonder then that there are
men who seek to evade jury duty by
failing to qualify as an elector, who
hide their name.-* from the directory
compilers, who serve in the militia to
escape possibility of having to do
the w’ork that these twelve men are
doing.
There is absolutely nothing to make
the work one to relish. The judge,
the lawyers, the detectives, the wit
nesses, all are more or less in the
coveted spotlight. It is doubtful if
there is a man in Atlanta not Inti
mately connected with the case who
could name the twelve men on the
Jury.
They are not professional Jurors,
w'ho seek the $2 a day because they
are incapable of making that much
money as easily in any other way.
They are doing this w-ork with a
sense of duty to their city, county and
State. Their reward must be only a
realization of a duty well done.
Small wonder they do not class
their lives as« merry onqp Small won
der that they wish no ta ran ta ra’s.
$300,000 Posted for
Recovery of Necklace
Special Cable to Th© Georgian.
PARIS. Aug. 4.—Three hundred
thousand dollars /.as been placed in
the hands of a Paris advocate for
the recovery of the missing $750,000
pearl necklace, stolen between Paris
and London. The money was put up
by a member of Lloyd’s.
A dispute over where the necklace
was lost is on between Scotland Yard
and French detectives. The former
claims the pearls were lost in French
territory. The Parisian detectives say
the theft took place in England.
Joy for Naiads! Scant
Suit Jails Man Bather
CHICAGO. Aug. 4.—Women bath
ers of Chicago who have been com
pelled to add more to their bathing
suits to satisfy the ideals of the Lake
Michigan bathing beach censors to
day were rejoicing at the arrest of
Austin Qualey who wore trunks that
were too short and too tight.
Qualey was the first man arrested
this season for wearing a too brief
costume.
Fire in Jewish Club
Causes $500 Damage
Fire broke out in the Jewis Alliance
Building. 95 Capitol avenue, at 2:30
o’clock Monday morning. Quick ar
rival of the firemen prevented serious
damage.
The blaze started in the gymna
sium and burned a hole through the
fioor. About $500 damage was done.
California Workers Attack Posse.
Japs Given as Cause—Sol
diers on Guard.
WHEATLAND, CAL., Auk. 4.—Five
companies of State troops were un- 1
der arms here to-day to quell the
expected rioting of hundreds of hop
pickers who engaged in a battle with
Special Effort Will Be Made to
Get Vote On Measure
This Week.
Senator Shafroth Declares All
Democrats Should Support
Its Principles.
Friends* of the medical practice bill
w'hich has passed the Senate by the
vote of 36 to 4 are making special
efforts to get the measure up for ac
tion In the House this week.
At last year’s session the bill was
not reached in the House until thq/
closing day of the session. Then it
^failed to pass by nine votes.
The bill provides for a single, com
posite board of medical examiners
upon which each of the three recog
nized schools of medicine will have
, , ... .representation, instead of a separate
sheriff s posse last night, killing i. .. . , , . , . j
board for each school. It is designed
through the composite board to keep
nine and wounding 25 others. Lead
ers of the Industrial Workers of the
World were the guiding spirits of the
rioting strikers.
The dead in last night’s riot:
A. E. Manwell, Marysville, district
attorney; D. Rieordan, Marysville,
deputy sheriff; three strikers; three
other members of the posse, and a
negro bystander.
Sheriff and Mayor Wounded.
Among the injured, seme of whom
may die, were: Sheriff George H.
Voss, of Marysville; Constable L. C.
Anderson, of Wheatland; Marshal
Scoggins, of Wheatland; Postmaster
John Johnson, of Wheatland, and
George Bilby, of Marysville. Many
of the strikers were reported suffer
ing from fatal injuries to-day.
The striking hop pickers, urged on
by the I. W. W. agitators, attacked
the small sheriff’s posse that had en
tered the strike region to preserve
quiet. The strikers had demanded
higher wages, and when this demand
was refused, walked out of the fields.
Jap Workers Are Cause.
The leaders asserted they were ag
grieved because of the low w-agos
and the presence of Japanese work
ers in the fields where they were
picking.
In addition to the troops on dutv
here 300 citizens of Wheatland, arm
ed and in charge of Police Chief Mc
Coy, of Marysville, were kept m
readiness to quell trouble that was
expected to start to-day.
There were about 500 hop pickecv
on strike, and the 1. W. W. leaders
were trying to add to th* ir forces by
calling out the pickers from all the
surrounding farm*. ^
in closer and more intimate touch
with the medical practice situation
in the State and to make fraud more
difficult.
The eight members of this‘board
are to be appointed by the Governor,
and to hold two meetings each year
for examining applicants for license
to practice. The fee for each appli
cant is fixed at $20, and from the
money thus collected all the expenses
of the board are to be met.
Applicants for license to practice
medicine are required to have gradu
ated from a legally incorporated
medical college, and to be of good
moral character. Successful appli
cants are required to register their
licenses with the clerk of the Superior
Court in which they wl«h to practice
and the clerk is required to make a
regular report to the board of all
registrations.
Medical colleges whose students are
applicants for license to practice in
Georgia are subject to approval by
the board. Under the present law
there are required of the studont only
three terms of seven month? each,
whereas the proposed law requires
four terms of eight months each-
requirement now made by all stan
dard medical colleges. For entrance
to a medical college there Is required
a preliminary literary education
equivalent to fourteen Carnegie units,
which is practically the same as a
standard high school education, such
is required for entrance into any
college or university.
Funeral Designs and Flowers
FOR ALL OCCASIONS.
Atlanta Floral Company,
455 EAST PAIR STREET.
WASHINGTON, Auk. 4.—Senator
Shafroth, of Colorado, who fought
hard in caucus to prevent putting
sugar on the free list, but who will
support the tariff bill in the Senate,
rays he is a firm believer in reci
procity.
‘The general principles of reci
procity should receive th© support of
l| Democrats, in my judgment,” says
Mr. Shafroth. “We have in the pend,
ing bill a provision that will justify
the President in making reciprocal
arrangements with other countries.
We also have given to him the power
to imposet diecriminating duties
against those nations that deal un
fairly with us or discriminate against
us. That power will be beneficial.
“I have always been in favor of
the largest market it is possible to ob
tain for the American producer and
manufacturer, and reciprocal trade
agreements have done much to insure
those markets. If these trades are
based upon the admission into this
country of articles that do not com
pete with our own producers, we give
our consumers that grade of necess i At
tie®* at a reduced cost. In return for J 13.
that concession to the foreigner we
give our produce and manufacturer
the opportunity to export under th*'
most favorable conditions and that
increases business here at home.
An enlarged market means more
work for more men. at least insures
against a reduction in wages if it does
not increase them, and put? more
money in. circulation. Reciprocity
is a sound principle and should be
applied wherever possible.”
Negro Thief, Roped,
Gets Scare of Life
COLUMBUS, Aug. 4 —Thinking he
was going to be lynched when C. B.
Grimes, a merchant of Columbus, tied
a rope around his neck to prevent
him from getting away, George
Thomas, a negro, created a scene in
front of .Grimes’ store, where he had
store, where he had stolen a pair o1
trousers.
The negro had entered the store,
stolen the trousers and started oui
hurriedly u’hen he attracted Grimes'
attention. The merchant started aft
er him, and after a short chase cap
tured the negro, tying th? rope around
his neck.
Fin.d Rich Man Dying
In Home of Woman
CHICAGO, Aug. 4.— An autopsy
was ordered held to-day by Coroner
Hoffman to determine J. Wiley
Dumm, millionaire president of th?
National Fruit Company, of Kansas
City, came to hie death
Dumm was found unconscious on
the floor of Mrs. C. Brown’s apart
ments here and died without making
a statement. His skull was fractured
and one of h's ribs broken. Hi?
widow insisted that he died of pneu
monia. 1
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Mad Dog Creates
Panic in a Church
LACROSSE, WIS., Aug 4 —A rabid
dog yesterday created a panic In St.
Mary’s Catholic Church here while
service* were in progress. As the dog
appeared the worshipers dashed to
th*e exits.
The clog attacked the altar, snarl
ing so viciously that bone dared ap
proach. A policeman finally induced
the animal to pursue him from the
£feurcb» Then he killed IL
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Pennsylvania. 113% 113%
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Union Pacific. 148% 148%
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