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SWEEPER CUNNINGLY WITHSTANDS ROSSER'S FIERCE ATTACK
Admits Previous Falsehoods, but His Main Story Stands Unyielding
CONLEY GLIBLY EXPLAINS
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we have the right to test Tiis mem
ory.”
Judge Roan overruled the objec
tion. declaring that the defense had
the right to tes*t the witness’ memory
by asking If he had said those things.
Tells of Meetina Frank.
Q. Jim, you told the officers first
that you met Mr. Frank accidentally
on Forsyth street.—A. I disremem-
ber.
Q. You were at Nelson and Forsyth
streets at 10:30?—A. Between 10 and
10:30.
Q. You saw r Mr. Frank going to
Montag’s and how long he stayed?
You don’t know you said about an
hour?—A. Yes, sir, about that.
Q. V%hen you started back to the
factory, then, it was about 11:30?—A.
I guess so.
Q. When Mr .Frank saw you what
uid he say?—A. “Ha, ha, you are here,
are you?”
Q. How many times did? Say it
again.—A. Ha, ha, ha, ha.
Q. That makes four times.—A. The
way I say it it seems like twice.
Q. What else did he say?—A. He
said: “Ha, ha, ha, ha, I see you are
here, are you. 1 will see you as soon
as I go to Sid Montag’s.”
Q. He didn’t give you any new in
structions? Just told you to wait?—
A. That was all. I didn’t know what
he wanted.
Q. What was It he wanted with
you at Nelson street? Got no idea?—
A No, sir, I don’t know.
Q. Just had you to go up there for
no reason In the world? He told you
he was going to move a body—to
come and chat with him a while?—A.
Yes. sir; he told me that, and then in
a little while he told me again.
Told to Shut Door.
Q. He repeated it to you? You
didn’t say anything about this yes
terday, did you?—A. Yes, sir; I did.
Q. What else did he say?—A. He
said for me to shut the door and no
body could get in unless they had a
key.
Q. You did not say anything about
a key yesterday?—A. Yes, sir; if 1
didn’t, you cut me off.
Q. Mr. Dorsey was questioning you.
He didn’t cut you off, did he?—A. If
I didn’t tell him that, he cut me off.
Q. Now, you got back to Montag
Brothers. Who was the first person
you saw go upstairs?—A. The first
one was a lady in a green dress who
worked upstairs. I don’t know her
name.
Q. Was that before you saw Mr
Holloway and that peg-leg nigger
drayman?—A. Yes. sir.
Q. W T hat time was it?—A. I don’t
know, sir.
Q. How long was It after you got
back? A. About five minutes.
Q. How long did she stay?—A. I
don’t know.
Q. About bow long?—A. I don’t
know ; a pretty good while.
Q. How long after the woman went
up did the peg-leg nigger come?—A.
1 don’t know. sir.
Q. Jfow long did he stay?—A. He
didn’t stay no time.
Q. How long after that did Mr.
Holloway comp?—A. Not long.
Q. Give me your best estimate?—A.
I don’t know.
Q. What else happened?—A. Mr.
Darl^y comp down then; Mr. Hollo
way come down and then the lady in
green come down, and then Lemmie
Quinn come down.
Saw Persons Enter Factory.
Q. Lemmie Quinn came up and
went down before Monteen Stover?—
A. Yes.
Q. You are sure of that?—A. Yes,
and the dead girl. too.
Q. Monteen Stover went up right
after Lemmie Quinn?—A; No, the
dead girl came up before she did, and
the lady in green, too.
Q. You didn’t see the office boy?—
A. No.
Q. Miss Hall?—A. No.
Q. The office bey?—A. No.
Q. May Barrett?—A. No.
Q. You didn’t see any of those
folks I just named?—A. N6
Q. What did you do while you
waited?—A. I got water.
Q. Where?—A. Near the elevator
door.
Q. You say when Mon teen Stover
came in you just went to sleep?—A.
No.
Q. You locked the door, then?—A.
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No; when the girl left.
Q. When did you go to sleep?—
A. Aftbr she left.
Q. When was it you heard those
screams—before or after Monteen
Stover went up there?—A. It was be
fore.
Q. Was it before you went to sleep
that you heard those footsteps going
back there?—A. It was right after
the little girl went in.
Quizzed About Footsteps.
Q. When was it you first told the
detectives about those footsteps?—A.
I don’t know.
Q. When did you tell them about
the scream?—A. 1 don’t know.
Q. Whom did you tell?—A. Detec
tives Starnes, Campbell and Lanford.
Q. Was it before or after you left
the jail?—A. I think it was after.
Q. Were, you asleep when you heard
those screams?—A. No; that was just
before Montcen came in, then a-run-
ning on tiptoe.
Q. You didn’t wake up until you
heard the stamping?—A. No.
Q. Was he stamping when you
woke?—A. I don’t know. I heard the
knocking when I woke.
Q. What did you do?—A. I kicked
on the elevator door.
Q. Why didn't you tell the detec
tives that?—A. I did tell one of them.
Q. What kind of shoes did the
woman in green have on?—A. I don’t
know.
Q. You didn’t notice?—A. No.
Q. Isn’t it a fact that you didn’t no
tice anybody's shoes but the Stover
girl’s?—A. Yes.
Q. Why do you know about her?—
A. I couldn’t hear her walk and no
ticed her shoes.
Saw Frank Trembling.
Q. How long did the girl in greer.
stay up there?—A. About fifteen min
utes.
Q I thought you told me yesterday
you couldn’t tell?—A- Yes; I am only
guessing at that now.
Q. How long did the Stover girl
stay up there?—A. It seemed about
like five minutes.
Q. After Frank stamped he whis
tled. and you went on upstairs?—A.
Yes.
Q. When did you tell the detectives
GRIM FLASHES OF TRAGIC HUMOR AS
CONLEY REPEATS STORY OF HORROR
Grim as is the trial of Leo M. Frank there hare been flashes of tragic humor which have even made the defendant smile,
while a reference of the negro Jim Conley to his two feet when Attorney Luther Z. Rosser was attempting to get him to ex
plain the “width of two feet’’ caused a general laugh.
( onley was telling of the cloth in which he had wrapped the lifeless form of little Mary Ph&g&n. He described the cloth
as being as tall as him and about that wide,” (holding his hands about two feet apart.,
Rosser asked him if the cloth was about two feet wide and the negro said he didn’t know. Asked if he knew what two
feet was he pointed to his own. Officers had to rap for order several times before the laughter ceased.
isolation. He was allowed to se<>' not
even his own attorney, William M
Smith, by special agreement of de
fense and State.
It wa« the first time for months
that the detectives and Smith had not
been permitted to see him whenever
they wished.
Uonley, by Smith’s arrangement, ate
a hearty meal of steak and scram
bled eggs Monday night. He was
given a cold shower bath before he
retired and arose Tuesday morning: to
don a brand-new suit of underclothes
which bad bean provided for him by
his attorney. Ho ate another hearty
meal and went to the courthouse well
pr ar*-d to hi-rant! the grueling
examination . u was in. store for
him.
Frank and Conley did not meet
after th**y ieft the rourlroom Tuesday
night. Conley was taken to the thJni
floor of the Tower, and Frank occu
pied his cell on the second floor.
Frank was brought to the courthouse
Tuesday morning by Sheriff Mangum.
THE RKADINC3 OF WANT ADS in
Hearst’s Sunday American and At-
anta Georgian means money to you.
that?—A. I don’t know.
Q. It wasn’t very long between the
time you heard him stamp and heard
him whistle?—A. It didn't seem very
long.
Q. You went upstairs, and what did
you see?—A. I saw Mr. Frank stand
ing there trembling.
Q. Now, when did you tell this?
You didn’t say anything about It
when you first told about helping car
ry the body?—A. I don’t know wheth
er 1 told it then or not; I did tell tt, I
know.
Q. To whom?—A. Mr. Starnes, Mr.
Campbell and Mr Dorsey, too.
Q. Did you tell all the truth then 0
—A. I intended to tell It all.
Q. You told all you know, did you?
—A. I tried to tell all I remembered.
Frank Told Him to Hurry.
Q. You said Frank had a cord m
his hand. What did he do?—A. He
told me to hurry, and he threw the
cord toward his office.
Q. Was thut the first thing he said?
—A. He a*»ked me If I saw that little
girl go out. I told him I saw one
go out. but I saw one go up who
ain't come back down. He said: ‘Um
humph.”
Q. Those very words?—A. That’s
what I said.
Q. Well, what else did he say?—A
He said: “Yes, I wanted to be with
the little girl, and she refused me.”
He said: “I struck the little girl and
struck her too hard.”
Q. Jim, when did you get thio reve
lation? When you vaid you told the
whole truth, why didn’t you tell It?—
A. I meant to tell it.
Q. You said all of that yesterday?
—A. Yes.
Q. You are certain of that?—A. I
don’t know if I did. I intended to.
Q. You didn’t say anything about
money yesterday, don’t you know
that?—A. No. I don’t remember.
Q. When did you tell the officers*?—
A. I don’t know.
Q. What did he strike her with?—
A. I don’t know. He Just said he
struck her too hard.
Q. Why didn’t you tell the police
that on May 29?—A. I think I told
one of them.
Q. Didn’t you say this (reading
from the affidavit of May 29): "He
picked up a girl and dropped her back
there”?—A. I reckon so, hut I told
also about striking her.
Q. Did Frank say anything about
the girl being dead when he told you
to go back there and get her?—A.
No.
Q. What did he eay?—A. He just
told me to go back there and get her
and Taring her up here,”
Q. That was all he said?—A. No,
he said: “We will have to get her
out of here.”
Q. What did you do?—A. I went
back there.
Q. You found her near the toilet
In the dressing room?—A Yes.
Q. You know* W’here the ladles’ toilet
is?—A. Yes.
Q. Now you went back there and
found a cord around her neck? And
a part of her undr*rIothes?—A. Yes.
sir; I found her with a knot back of
her head, like her head had been
raised up off the floor and a cord put
around It.
Q. You Just know that knot was
at the back of her head?—A. No.
sir; I looked at It close.
Q. Why didn’t you tell the detec
tives this?—A. I think 1 did.
Didn't “Holler” to Frank.
Q. You said he told you to bring
her “up here.” Didn’t you tell the
detectives he told you to bring her
up to the elevator?—A. Not about
that time. When Mr Frank droppeo
her feet. I told them he said to take
her to the elevator.
Q. Jim, you went back there and
hollered to Mr. Frank, you told the
detectives.—A. I didn’t holler. I went
outside the door and told him she
was dead.
Q. Now. when Mr. Frank whistled
for you, you looked at the clock?—A.
No, sir, not then.
Q. When did you look at the clock?
—A. Well, when I saw the little girl
was dead, he told me to bring her
up there and I aaked him, ‘How was
I to move her.” He said go back and
get a cloth by the clock-box.
Q. Don’t tell me all that, Just an
swer my question.—A. Well, I was
trying to explain.
Q. I don’t want you to go off on
an explaining excursion. You look
ed at the clock when you went to get
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the cloth to move the body?—A. Yes,
sir.
Q. What time was It?—A. Four
minutes to 1 o’clock.
Q. Jim, when you talked to the de
tectives that time, you were teLling
all that you knew You didn’t »ay
anything about getting that cloth?—
A. I intended to.
Q. What sort of a cloth was it?
Like that burlap you hftd up here the
other day?—A. No, sir. it wasn't like
lhat. It was striped.
Q. How wide was It?—A. I don't
know exactly.
Q. Was It two feet?—A. Yes. sir, I
guess it was two f H.
Q. What is two feet?—A. Like
these. (Conley pointed to his feet.)
Q. What then did you do with the
body?’—A. I turned it on to the cloth
and wrapped it u
Q. Now, when you were talking to
Black and Scott you didn't say any
thing about coming un to Frank be
fore you went and got the cloth to
wrap the little girl in?—A. No, sir,
1 don’t remember saying that.
At this time court adjourned until
2 o’clock.
Asks Ruling Out of Testimony.
When the court was resumed Reu
ben Arnold asked that the Jury be
excluded while he made a nmotion
When the Jurors had left, he asked
that all the testimony relating to
Frank’s alleged degenerancy be ruled
out.
“We move to exclude all evidence
about this negro watching for Frank
on other occasions,” said Arnold.
“We propose to wlthdray all cros*-
examinatlon on this subject.
“Your Honor, the stuff is too vile
to be read before these women. I’ll
show' it to Your Honor and to the
attorneys for the prosecution.
“Our motion is to exclude this tes
timony on the ground that It is ir
relevant.”
Now, I want to bring to the at
tention of the tx>urt,” continued Ar
nold, ‘ that this was not brought out
on cross-examination. It was put in
for nothing in the world, but to preju
dice the Jury against this man and
propose to rule out our cross-exami
nation on those questions. We want
to rule out the fact that he watched
and what he claims he saw.”
Attorney Hooper said that when
the defense did not object when that
question was put and answered it
sevmed to him they were too late.
“There is every reason why it
should be admitted," he said. “They
have had the full benefit of the cross-
exemainatipn. I am almost positive
they forfeited the right to get this
ruled out when they didn't ask for it
at the time they were admitted.”
Before ruling, the Judge called f?r
authorities.
Conley was brought to the court
house Tuesday morning at 8:16 by
Deputy Sheriff Haygood. He spent
the night at the Tower In. complete
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