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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
'CONLEY’S CHARGE TURNS
FRANK TRIAL INTO FIGHT
'TO WORSE THAN DEATH'
By. JAMES B. NEVIN.
Black and sinister, depressing In
Its every aspect and horrible in its
gloom, the testimony of Jim Conley
in the Frank case was given to the
court and the Jury under direct ex
amination Monday.
The shadow of the negro had
loomed like a frightful cloud over the
courtroom for days—the negro him
self came into the case Monday.
And he came into it in an awful and
Aunspeakably sensational way!
*K, The public was prepared for most
that Conley said—it was not quite
* prepared for all he said.
The State, in its direct examina
tion of Conley, climaxed its case
against Frank most thrillingly and
most abhorrently. If that climax is
* not rendered impossible, ridiculous
'and absurd by the defense, then the
young factory' superintendent is
doomed.
It is, indeed, now a battle to the
death—and to worse than the death!
Either it is Leo Frank's life or Jim
Conley’s life that must pay the for
feit of Mary Phagan’s untimely and
tragically miserable end!
Can the negro’s story be broken
down?
Either it is a pack of horrible and
me .strously grotesque lies, or it is a
horrible and monstrous recital of
trtith.
Which is it?
That is the problem that MUST be
solved—that is the puzzle that MUST
be unraveled, if it be so that “truth
s mighty and will prevail!”
Burden Falls on Rosser.
And into the hands of one man—
Luther Z. Rosser—has been intrust
ed the responsibility of breaking it
down so completely that Leo Frank
may go forth from that stuffy little
courtroom a free man. enjoying again
even a measure of the respect and
esteem of his fellow men.
Within the massive head of Rosser
\\ alone is the mental machinery mov
ing now to free Frank. Rosser is
conducting the cross-examination of
v Conley. He is a pastmaster in the
art of examining witnesses.
True, the keen intelligence of that
other remarkable lawyer, Reuben
v Arnold, is aiding and abetting the
'Abig man—but the result of the cross
ing of Conley, upon which this case
unquestionably will turn, will be
either Rosser’s victory or Rosser’s
defeat.
, He must feel to the full the weight
of responsibility upon him.
Never before in all his long and
successful career at the bar, perhaps,
has so much depended upon his skill
and knowledge of the law, and his re
markable ability at making witnesses j Jn
tell not only all they wish to tell, but 1
much more than that, if necessary!
Conley Is- NOT the same sort of
witness Newt Lee was.
To begin with Conley is seeking to
save his own neck, the while he seeks
to place the noose about Frank’s.
Gives His Evidence Glibly.
He is far too sharp a negro not to
know, despite his seeming ignorance
in some directions, that failute to
convict Frank likely would mean
Conley’s subsequent conviction. He
knows that as a confessed accessory
after th£ fact, th« worst he faces is a
few 1 years in the penitentiary, where-
as as the principal to the murder, he
t would face the gallows.
* He delivered his testimony as glib-
fly as if he were a phonograph set
^Uroiijg for the purpose,
t He rattled it off so rapidly at times
. that it was difficult to follow'. He
remembered minute details of this,
that, and the other—he seemed to
have an almost superhuman memory
under direct examination, unwinding
his tale with few and far between
* Suggestions from the Solicitor.
His Memory Was Marvelous!
It was only when he got to the
cross-examination by Mr. Rosser,
however, that he recalled possessing,
among his other mental assets, even a
little bit of a forgettery!
Before the cross-examination had
proceeded very far, nevertheless,
? Conley recalled that he could forget.
Rosser already has mixed him bad
ly in many ways.
If Conley is telling the truth—
which many people believe—even in
the main, Mr. Rosser will never shake
him to pieces, however much he may
shake him in spots.
If he is lying—which many people
also believe—Mr. Rosser will, shake
him to pieces before he turns him
loose—it hardly can be doubted.
With Conley’s story sustained, de
spite the tire of Rosser’s cross-exami
nation. Frank is undone and lost for
ever* and every damning circum
stance cited against him will loom
I\large and conclusive in the mar
ping I he verdict and public opin
ion thereafter.
With Conley’s story crushed and
flattened out as a tissue of lies re
lated to save his own neck, all the
’ circumstances cited against Frank
w dl be rated inconsequential and of
accouiu.—for without Conley to
back them up they are worthless.
State Ba»es Case on Negro.
The purely circumstantial case
against Frank is not strong—the State
doubtless recognizes that. It has wise
ly and consistently shaped its every
endeavor toward Conley as the cli
max of its Btory.
As the ugly story was falling from
Conley’s thick lips, I watched Frank.
It will not do to say he was uncon
cerned. No person in all that crowd
ed courtroom was more concerned
than he.
More than once he wet his lips witF
his tongue and gripped the arms ot
his chair tightly. He kept his eye
glued to the negro most of the time,
moreover—and occasionally he reach
ed backward, gently and composedly
to grasp the hand of his wife—and
always her hand met his more than
halfway,
There he sat—flanked by the two
women in all the world most deeply
concerned in the outcome of this trial
—Lucile Frank, the wife, and the elder
woman, the mother. The one young
and beautiful, the other growing old,
but still handsome after her type.
There is something infinitely be
wildering In the situation in that
courthouse to-day.
Is the awful story Jim Conley rat
tled off as unconcernedly as be might
recite .the details of a “crap” game
TRUE?
If it be true, who in all the wide,
wide world has been so outrageously
and so inhumanly wronged as those
two women sitting there beside the
defendant?
Better for Mary Phagan that she
sleeps In her Uttle grave, her mem
ory sweet and fragrant as the flow
ers blooming about her last resting
place, than Lucile Frank—and the
mother—if what Conley says is true!
Others Face Hell on Earth.
At least, to the dead girl has come
forgetfulness—and if Frank is guilty,
never again to either of the other
two women shall peace come this side
of the grave.
If only little Mary Phagan might
sR££k; if only she might say just ONE
little word directing each and all of
us to the TRUTH of this amarfng,
terrible and strange story!
She could say—and who can doubt
that she, purified of death and utterly
unafraid, would say—the' one im
pregnable word of truth so neces
sary in the present moment?
It' is in crises of the present kind,
when reason reels and staggers be
fore the sinister and deadly story
Jim Conley tells, that poor, weak
mortals grope and seek to. seize upon
the friendly hand of some unseen and
Infallible Power, to ask, like a child
distress, for guidance... and the
strength to see the light!
Is .the word of this negro Conley—
many times a confessed liar, many
times a “jailbird,” many times a
loafer and a street vagabond—to
serve the purpose of crushing utterly
the young superintendent of the pen
cil factory, heretofore of unblemish
ed character and reputation?
Is it to serve the frightful purpose
of stabbing the wife and mother to
the heart forever and forever, to
blacken and make unthinkable the
memory of the husband and son?
Story Is Not Impossible.
Can It be the TRUTH that Jim
Conley speaks ?
Yes, It can be the truth.
It is seemingly far beyond the
range of the probable, perhaps, but
It is not beyond the range of the
possible.
It is possible that Conley is telling
things as they actually happened,
even though lying in parts—it is pos
sible, If not probable.
It must be remembered that the
defense as yet has introduced hq
witnesses. Its case still is to be made
out. Whatever damage it has sus
tained—ahd it has suffered heavily,
even at best, it must be admitted —
whatever damage it has sustained at
the hands of the State’s witness
(and such advantages as it has gain
ed—and it has gained some advant
ages—it has gained at those same
hands.
Wifi its own witnesses fare better
under cross-examination from the
other side than some of the State's
witnesses have, and yet may, fare
under the pitless fire of Rosser?
When Conley's horrible story was
finished under the direct examination,
the spectators ht^d been shocked into
almost irresponsible indignation
they were In no condition to judge
with any approximate decree of fair
ness the truth or the falsity of it,
in any aspect of those things.
Rational men and women, honest
men and women, men and women
willing for the right to prevail, an.i
praying that only the right MAY pre
vail, still are strur^Mnsr to keep their
minds open and free of prejudice
and immature conclusion.
Why not. then, resolve in yoar
heart and mind this: WHATEVER
THE JURY SHALL SAY, THAT
SHALL SPEAK THE TRUTH OF
THIS TRIAL!
LOYAL WIFE OF DEFENDANT IN THE
MARY PHAGAN SLAYING CASE
Mrs. Leo
Frank
as she
appeared in
courtroom
Monday.
HUiB&s,
The wife of the
accused
continues to sit
constantly by
her husband’s
side at the
crucial sessions.
Two Men Drowned
Trying to Rescue
Girl Who Is Saved
ALBANY. Aug. 5.—While assisting
a party of young women who were
taking a swim in Notchaway Creek,
near Newton. M. Geise, of Milford,
and G. Price Tompkins, of Ameicus.
were drowned.
The girls, while picnicking on the
banks of the creek, went in wading.
One of them ventured into the deep
water, and Tompkins went to her res
cue. As he also went down, Geise
Jumped into the water with his clothes
on and hastened to them. Both men
sank. The girl whose life had been in
danger managed to save herself.
Searchers found the body of Geise
nearby, but they have been .unable to
find that of Tompkins.
Actress To Appear
In Garb Like Eve’s
NEW YORK, Aug. 5.—Fanny Ward,
the actress, arrived to-day on the
Olympic to give American audienoep a
thrill or two when she appears in
“Madame President,” garbed as Eve.
“In Paris I wore practically noth
ing at all,” said Miss Ward, “but I
shall have to be a little more cir
cumspect here. It is necessary for
purposes dramatic to wear as little
clothing as possible."
3 Newport Belles
Swim Mile On Bet
NEWPORT, Aug. 5.—Three debu
tantes—the Mimes MIml Scott, Elsie
Stevens and Rose Dolan—swam from
Bailey’s Beach to Hazards, almost a
mile, in a rough sea on a wager mad.
by Miss Scott that she could make the
dWani e without effort.
The other girls followed her.
OPEN STATE MEET
Forsyth Theater Reserved for. the
Delegates—Crops and Kindred
Subjects Linder Discussion.
With every Indication that the
registration will go to 4,000 before
the end of the sessions, the Southern
Merchants’ Convention opehed Tues
day morning at the Auditorium. The
convention was called to order at 10
o’clock to hear addresses of welcome.
At 10;f»5 the real work of the gath
ering began, th** topic for the day be
ing crop diversification. Related
subjects, f*uch as marketing grain,
live stock and the effect of this course
on credits, were scheduled for treat
ment in addresses.
The delegates will go to the For
syth Theater Tuesday night. The
entire house has been reserved for
the-occsaion. The registration office
opened at the Auditorium Tuesday
morning at ? o’clock, and . wap busy
from that time forward.
There will be no sessions Wednes
day, but they will be resumed Thurs
day.
Mrs. Marshall One
Of Capital’s Tans’
WASHINGTON. Aug. 5. — Mrs
Thomas R. Marshall, wife of the Vice
President, is one of the most inde
fatigable baseball fans in official
Washington. She attends every game
played here. She know? each of the
players by sight, and often adds* her
voice to the general shout when the
Nationals score a run.
When the team is out of town, Mrs
Marshall frequently may he seen in
U ?T automobile before some score-
j board watching the returns with in-
l tereat. . _
Lifelong Friends Die
Within Few Hours;
Funerals Together
Born in the same neighborhood in
the same year, reared together, in
business together, and chums through
out their lives, John A'. Tuggle, No.
193 West Fourteenth street, and G. E.
Wallace, No. 707 Ponce DeLeon ave
nue, died within 30 hours of each oth
er. Mr. Tuggle died early Monday
morning, and Mr. Wallace died late
Saturday night. Their funeral will be
held together at ’ 4 o’clock Tuesday
afternoon at the Peachtree Baptist
Church, and they will be buried side
by side in the old churchyard.
The two rnpn were each 33 years
old. They were bon in Atlanta With
in a few doors of * ach other, and their
entire boyhood was rfpent together.
They attended the same school,
played baseball on the same teams,
and studied together. When they
reached manhood there was a double
wedding. After their marriage Mr.
Tuggle and Mr. Wallace were asso
ciated in the contracting business for
many years.
Mr. Tuggh- is survived by his wife,
one child, three brothers and four sis
ters. Mr. Wallace leaves a wife, one
child, two brothers and five sisters.
Policewomen Have
Men to Guard Them
CHICAGO. Aug. 5.—Chicago's wo
men police officers to-day took the
oath of their offices and went to
work. The women were given their
stars, but they were not ordered to
wear uniforms or carry clubs or re
volvers.
They will work in pairs with a male
officer trailing them to aid in any
difficult cases in which they may be
come involved.
MACON PRIESTS MOVED.
MACON.- The Rev. T. D. Madden,
pastor, and the Rev. J. Brown, as
sistant pastor, of St. Joseph’s Cath
olic church, have been transferred to
New Orleans. They are succeeded
here respectively, by Rev. Mr. Frank-
hauser and Keif, Mr. Murphy, both of
New York.
K.IFC.URGEDTDI
RAISE SOCIAL
Catholic Order Is Exherted by
Bishop to Join Church, Not
Socialists, in Fight.
BOSTON, Aug. 5.—Bishop Joseph
J. Anderson, in addressing the thirty-
first annual supreme convention of
the Knights of Columbus here to-day,
said in part:
“It Is well for us to learn from the
experiences of Europe the dangers
that threaten us here. We see how
the enemies of religion fully realize
the power of organization, and. profit
ing by the apathy and indifference of
Catholics, have managed to gain con
trol in Europe of tfre reins of govern
ment and the public press, with the
result that they have been able t,o
enact unjust laws and shape public
opinion against her. The people
have remained—through lack of or
ganization and through long inac
tivity and indifference to their condi
tion—hopeless and helpless.
Takes Up Social Question.
“There is one great problem that
perplexes the world to-day, in which
the church is deeply interested be
cause it affects not only the welfare
of her own members, but the general
welfare of society. It is the social
question.
"The desire and effort of men to
improve their social conditions, so
long ignored and abused by the pow
erful and rich iff every land, have so
fired men with frenzied passion that
they have been captivated with the
program and principles of reform
presented to them by Socialism and
by the methods of physical force of
fered by anarchy.
“The material benefits to be de
rived from these efforts of reform
have caused them not only to ignore
religion, but to consider it a hin
drance to success. This hatred and
contempt for the church and (*irist
has been due to the principles taught
the struggling masses by such the
ories as the descent of man from the
ape and the materialistic conception
of history. This pagan view of life
holds sway in men’s minds.
Urges Knights to Co-operate.
“Fortunately there is an awaken
ing in this country to this danger
that threatens the welfare and se
curity of society and there is an ear
nest desire on the part of all right-
minded and public-spirited men to
seek the solution of these social
problems.
“What, then, is your duty as Cath
olic Knights in this great problem?
It is to take your place In answer to
the appeal of the Holy Father and in
response to President Wilson’s ap
peal to co-operate for a solution of
these eVlls.”
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GOOD
WORK
Allred Vanderbilt Is
Frozen Out of Society
Yes, the head of this noted
family returns to Newport with
his new wife to find all his old
friends “not at home.” You
can read all about it in
Next Sunday’s
American
and at the same time feel certain
that a similiar fate cannot be
meted out to you in Atlanta, for
even if the doors are closed,
Polly Peachtree
will take you into the innermost
circles with her chatter of all the
lively doings of the gay pa
tricians. And it matters not
whether the fair reader is plan
ning a trip to a country club or
merely a stroll on Peachtree
Street.
Mine. Cavalieri’s Beauty Secrets
which will appear in the same
issue are sure to be a joy to the
feminine mind, for the famous
prima donna will tell how to save
the beauty of the mouth. Like
wise
LADY DUFF
will bring to the households of
Dixie the most striking features
of the latest Paris modes, show
ing in a charming color page the
mannish tendencies of the fash
ions abroad. Moreover this
great Sunday paper will contain
another thrilling story by Sophie
Lyons, the famous Queen of the
Burglars, on
WHY CRIME DOES NOT PAY
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