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THE ATLANTA OEOTCCTAN ANT) NEWS. 3 CONLEY’S MIR LIES OF LITTLE MOMENT IP JURY By JAMES B. NEVIN. “Gentlemen of the Jury, having heard from James Conley, the black est, most damning story ever told in Atlanta by one human being against another, having sat there and listened as he smudged with unspeakable scandal the defendant in this case, Leo Frank, although it is irrelevant, Immaterial, and has nothing to do with this case, you will kindly forget it, being on your oaths as jurymen to consider the evidence declared com petent!" And the jury, being like most other juries, in one way and another, and having heard all the things as afore said, will promptly proceed to do as instructed about forgetting it—NOT' I have heard juries told too many times to "forget" things—such, for instance, as that there is no such thing as "unwritten law" in this land of the free and home of the brave —and I have seen too many times those very same juries proceed to "forget”—NOT! Juries are, after all, composed of mere human beings, and things such as Conley said to the Frank jury can NOT be forgotten, and will NOT be disregarded by the average jury. Merely Question of Belief. It is merely a queston of whether the jury BELIEVES the negro! There was something infinitely pa thetic in the situation Tuesday, when court met in the afternoon. For one thing, it brought to the cheeks of the defendant’s wife, al ways and* ever at h’*- side, the first tears I yet have seen fall from her eyes. She has borne herself with amaz ing fortitude thus far—the wonder is that she has not long ago collapsed. When Reuben Arnold, moving to strike from the record the vile story of Jim Conley, paused a second before reading the exact words he desired expunged, 'ooked a moment in the direction of the defendant’s wife, arid said, with no show of spectacular whatever, "Your honor, I would pre fer not to read this in the presence of these two ladies, and I therefore pass it to your honor that you read it in silence!” The moment was tens? and tragic! Weeps For First Time. I do not know whether it was grati tude to Arnold for the kindness and consideration thus shown, whether it was realization of the weighty pur pose of the motion, whether it was the first chilling breath of apprehension, or hether it was just a physical giving way that moved Mrs. Frank. ‘What ever it was, as Arnold passed the pa per along to Judge Roan, the first tear I ever saw from the eyes of Lucile Frank trickled down her cheek and she dropped her head in her hands for a moment or two and sobbed! had remembered most amazing and inconsequential details—such as the fact that a woman who called to see Frank on Thanksgiving Day wore a blue and white polka dotted dress, a green hat and white shoes and stock ings—under cross-examination he could remember nothing at all save after the most persistent prodding. Time and again Mr. Rosser had to go over the entire ground of an entire situation to draw from Conley one further comment upon it. Questioned on his story under ho*h cross and direct examination, tne negro was pai enough in reply—on other points he was as vague as he possibly could be. Twenty-one time* Tuesday he ad mitted to Mr. Rosser that he had "lied." Seven times in addition to that he admitted that be had been "mistaken." As the cross-examination pro gressed, too, it became eviden' enough that the defense is to hold tin- entire charge against Frank to be largely a "frame-up," with Conley as the bright and particular star about whom It revolves. The negro said he at first refused to speak of the crime at all, and when he did speak deliberately lied because he "wished to protect Mr. Frank.” "He was my yourtg superintendent —I would have done anything to save him," said the negro—whether with sinister cunning or genuine sinceri ty, the jury must say. Showed How Negro Lied. And yet. with Conley’s own lips Rosser showed how, time and again, he deliberately lied about his move ments on the fatal Saturday that was Mary Phagan’s last on earth— after he had said that he had looked in vain for help from Frank, and was then determined to tell "the whole truth I" After Conley's excuse of protect ing Frank had been shattered by the negro’s own "confession,” he had to make three subsequent and different "confessions" before he got things shaped to his liking—and eevry time he readjusted his story it was changed to mee the ever bobbing up objections to the story of the day or two be fore. Continuously Mr. Rosser referred to the fact, always admitted by the ne gro, that his various affidavits were changed "at police headquarters," In the presence of officers, "after being released from jail and carried to headquarters." There are dozens of puzzling in consistencies to be bridged over in Conley’s story—scores of things yei to be explained and straightened out. And yet— In the average mind I doubt wheth er Conley’s story has been seriously Apparently theTe was nothing in the j discredited in the main. Incident, either upon the part of Ar nold or the woman, designed to be the There are people who admit, read ily enough—hundreds of them—that least bit theatrical. The jury had Conley is a liar, a thousand times been removed, the stage settings were wanting. It merely was a natural and minor incident that tugged, somehow', at the heartstrings and caught at the throat. In all the packed courtroom there were two women only—beyond that, there was a morbidly hungry crow'd of men, ready to grasp greedily at any thing sensational. Arnold denied the crod for the sake of—the w’omen. And now’ the jury has been asked to forget the damning thing that has been said to it, that has been said in the presence of the wife and the mother—and that was too vile to say a second time in the presence of the latter! Do you think the jury WILL for- g et __(io you think it CAN forget? Maybe you do—I don’t! No Chance for Collapse. And as to Conley and his story In its entirety—the spectators in that courtroom have been looking for Con ley to "break dow'n," to fall on his knees and confess it all a lie, and all that sort of thing. There never was any chance that Conley would do that. It should be borne in mind that to "break down’’ Conley’s story does not necessarily mean to break down Conley—to col lapse him. The point is: Can the defense—has or will the defense—so UNDERMINE Conley’s story that, through the in troduction of other evidence, it even tually will fall to the ground as a mass of lies? Slowly, but persistently, with dead ly Intent even If with tediousness of method, Luther Z. Rosser for more than two days has attacked the amaz ing and terrible story upon which the State hopes to convict Leo Frank of the murder of Mary Phagan. Rosser has been almost maddening in his patience with the negro. He has gone over the same ground, time after time, in his efforts to get Con ley’s various stories adjusted to the purpose of the defense. • Conley, rapid-fire enough In direct examination, rattling off his grew some and frightful story as if it were a recital of an altogether common thing, became quite another Conley under cross-examination. ZZZZ2. 7Zr/Zp7ZE‘. over, a loafer, and an utterly unde sirable citizen. Doubt Slowly Crystallizing. They will say thus and so to his disparagement, but Fateful, suggestive, profoundly melancholy "but" for Leo Frank! It bespeaks a widespread and crys tallizing doubt that Is dangerously incompatible with Frank’s hopes for life and liberty and the restoration of his good name. With all the undermining and in congruities of Conley’s story that the most subtle ingenuity of the defense can conjure to its aid, the jury has been given a story which, if so much as 5 per cent of its sticks, likely will serve to convict. The primary circumstances—these might be swept a9ide like chaff be fore the wind, if only Conley’s story might be crushed to earth and made absurd. But there is the story in all its abundance of sinister detail—th* comings and goings of questionable men and women, the negro, time and again, on w r atch downstairs, respond ing to signals, the connivance of the negro with the white man in unna tural and perverted practices, the coming of innocent little Mary Pha gan, the pattering of anxious feet above, the suppressed scream, the call to Conley for further assistance In consummating unlawful deeds with women—this time murder—the re moval of the body, and the promise to pay on some subsequent day! And Details Matter? Will the story thus given to the Jury, unless completely and alto gether broken down, ever be re moved from its mind entirely? And unless it is removed entirely, can Frank hope for acquittal? If It is, in its essentials, the truth, what w r ill the jury care about the exact time at which Conley bought some whisky on Peters street; or whether he went straight from Pe ters street to the laundry; or whether he remembers the mythical "woman in green who went up the factory steps,” no matter how vitally impor tant these things may be to the sus tained truth of Conley’s story. Conley may lie in a dozen details Where but a few moments ago he of his story, he may have readjusted THE CRUISE OF THE “PIFFLE”! Copyright, 1913, International New* Service. “Cheerily, my hearties! Why, this is indeed a pleasure! To what am I indebted for this unex- pectulated impingement? Who are you guys, anyhow?” This sailor-like language was uttered by that bluff old sea dog, Professor Slick, the first navigating officer of the battleship “Piffle,” as he sur veyed two strangers who had just entered his cabin. “I, sir,” said the elder, “am The Spirit of ’76! Can I be of any use to you in the Japanese matter?” “And I,” said the other, “am the Monroe Doctrine. Is there anything doing in my line in the Mexican mix-up?” “Gentlemen,” said Professor Slick, “I am at present considering whether to adopt a policy of discombobulous mediation or rambunktious protectorosity in the matters you refer to. My friend, Admiral Juice, here, will give you a lecture on the subject!” “With pleasure,” replied the Admiral, laying down a bunch of Chautauqua reports, “but I’ll have to charge you two dollars apiece. You know living is high!” Suddenly the boatswain of the “Pif fle” entered, leading two large and active dogs. “What shall I do with these?” he asked. “Put them in the back parlor and tie them up tight!” replied Professor Slick, promptly. At this moment, without any warning whatever, the most frightful and discordant yells were To be continued—pretty soon. GIGANTIC TASK II FACE By L. F. WOODRUFF. it continuously under the direction of Tom, Dick, or Harry, he may be everything he ought not to be—and yet, if one BIG detail in his awful story sticks in the minds of that jury, Leo Frank is undone hopelessly. If the story Conley tells IS a lie, then it is the most inhumanly devil ish, t he most cunningly clever, and the most amazingly sustained lie ever told in Georgia! Every little detail, as finally ad justed—and not then until Conley went upon the stand Monday—fits the necessities of those bent upon Frank’s conviction. If it is, as the defense contends, a "frame-up," it is a diabolically smart "frame-up"—one can not escape that conclusion! Girl’s Visit Dovetails. Even the coming an d going of Monteen Stover, the five minutes of time in which the primary circum stances might be made to dovetail into the Conley story, is cited by the witness Conley as the very period of time wherein Conley, sitting in the dark hall below, heard pattering foot steps above, the faint scream, and im mediately after Miss Stover went out, the tiptoeing of Frank to the front, and then the story of the death up stairs. Monteen Stover could not have chosen a more exact and useful mo ment to wander in—and yet, she heard no scream, although, she did not see Frank in his office during the few minutes she remained upstairs. If the Conley story is a lie. if it has been TOO CLEVERLY "framed up" —if and a thousand other "ifs”— what matters that? It matters this: If it be a lie, it MUST break down. somewhere, sometime; if be the truth, it will stand against ALL the assaults made upon it! It has come to the point where one, seeking the truth, a nd justice and the right, to all men at all times and In all circumstances, can only say he will leave It to the jury—and that the JURY will speak the TRUTH! Crowd at Frank Trial Set Like Adamant in Opinions By 0. B. KEFLEIi. ‘Wilsonade’ Routs Bryan Grape Juice WASHINGTON. Aug. 6—-"Wilson - ade,” the new Capital drink, made of orange Juice and plain water, has completely routed Bryan grape juice out of Washington. President Wilson is sponsor for the new drink, and it is prepared espe cially for him in the White House kitchen each morning. A dash of powdered pugar may be added if de sired. Isadore Duncan’s Motor Is Wrecked 6pecial Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. PARIS, Aug. 6.—Isadora Duncan gave proof of her stoicism the other night when her chauffeur flung her car at full speed In pitch darkness ! boy should thus be railroaded to his The impression persists that court room crowds are made up in the main of two classes, as follows: (1) People who take it for grant ed that .any person being tried on charge in any court is guilty, and E. i some. (2) People who are constitutional!} incapable of believing anybody guilty of anything whatever. That is one powerful impression 1 gained at the Frank trial. It is an impression sticking out pointedly in the wake of the Thaw trial, and tht Nan Patterson trial, and the Bento trial, and the Hyde trial. All three of the Hyde trials, in fact , Never an Opinion Altered. At the risk of being convicted of exaggeration in the first degree, the writer, who was rather intimately associated with the celebrated poison case, would estimate that 18.397 per sons expressed in his hearing what they insisted were unalterable opin ions as to the guilt or Innocence of the accused physician before the jury in the first trial had been impaneled. And of the 18,397 (estimated) not one single instance Is recalled of on-? single opinion being altered. The fact that the physician was convicted on his first trial made not the least difference to those who be lieved him innocent. Court Ruling Mattered Not. The fact that the Supreme Court reversed and remanded the case for further trial made not the least dif ference to those wno voted guilty. The second and third trials, one of which resulted in an escaped juror, ileeing madly by way of a rain spout from the dread lair of the hypothet ical question, and the other in a hung Jury’, had no perceptible effect on the factions. Except to solidify them in their original beliefs. One side desired to take steps at once. The other side named men-chil dren for the object of a persecution unparalleled since the days of Nero. Arguments Never Will End. And if Bennett Clark Hyde’s an nual trials proceed as per schedule until the year 1950, there will be hoary-headed wrangling over the same old points, by the same ancient and original wranglers, lined up the same way as when the greatest mys tery of the West came to the fall of the gavel in the opening trial. Take the Beatty Case. There were men and women—you know some of them—who raised frantic hands to heaven, that a poor RICH EH RULE against the cloaed barriers of a rail way crossing at Mondragon village. Instead of Jumping out. under the stress of the ghastly memories of her children’s fate, she remained in her seat and a little later reached Orange practically unhurt. doom. They were about set to buy mileage and travel to throw themselves and their petitions at the feet of a cruel and callous Governor. And then Beatty confessed. Did that still the trouble lachrymal waters? Not precisely. . They said the poor boy’s mind had beep weakened by his persecution. And if you are in a hypercritical mood or are otherwise disposed to stick pins in toy balloons, just ask your memory to inform you how many times yon have heard these pronouncements since the trial of Leo M. Frank began: First: "Well, I’ve been absolutely certain from the very first that Frank did it.” Second: "Well. I never have be lieved that Frank was guilty of that crime.” And now do you feel hypercritical? And now’ do you fancy that 18,397 is an inflated estimate? Third Estate as Judicious. Of course, there must be a Third Estate—a well-balanced, thoughtful, cautious body. Particularly cautious, and slow of speech—mayhap in some sporadic instances slow of thought. They are the judicial ones. They hold the balance open at both ends, to receive and weigh the testimony and the facts. At least, they say they do. That would be the Jury, perhaps. And some others—perhaps. Gerard Threatens to Quit as Ambassador Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. BERLIN, Aug. 6.—Justice James W. Gerard, of New York, the Ambassador to Germany, after inspecting all the available houses in Berlin, says that unless he succeeds in finding a place adapted to the requirements of him self, his family and the embassy, he was seriously considering declining the post of Ambausudor. He has been unable to find quarters, although he is willing to pay for them out of his private means. Aero Manufacturer Fails for $6,000,000 Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. PARIS, Aug. 6. Extravagant living and speculation in the silk trade were declared to-day to have caused the downfall of Armnnd Duperdessin, who was arrested yesterday on the charge of fraudulently raising millions of dol lars for the extension of his aeroplane factory. M Duperdessin’s liabilities amount to $6,000,000, whereas his assets are given at only $2,000,000. Morgan Held House of Rishops in Hollow of Hand, Asserts Epis copalian Rector, I’Tactically the entire case on which the State of Georgia bases its claim on the life of Leo Frank to pay for that life taken from Mary Phagan is before the Jury. Most of the remaining evidence of importance which the Solicitor Gen eral may introduce merely will be re buttal to testimony presented by Frank’s counsel. Whether the evidence presented is strong enough to convict is a question for the jury to decide. Whether the testimony introduced by the defense will be convincing enough to cause the reasonable doubt which th e law says shall make Frank a free man or whether the defense’s attack on the State’s case has been of sufficient strength to create a question in the minds of the Jurors, time alone will tell. But this fact remains unchallenged: Every single thing that Solicitor Gen eral Hugh Dorsey declared in advance that he would get before the Jury is there now’. It may not be enough to convict, but the case which the State said fastened the crime on Leo Frank has been put In evidence. Dorsey Had Huge Task. One by one the prosecutor has forged the links in the chain that he maintains fixes the guilt of the Pha gan murder on Leo Frank and Leo Frank alone. It has been long, tedious work. Dorsey has had to fight against con siderable odds, but his work has been well done. When the defense has its innings, the chain may be torn asunder as though struck by lightning, but that will be the work of the skilled attor- j ; neys who are fighting to save the life ; , of the pencil factory superintendent, j Here was Dorsey’s work: He had \ I to adduce enough circumstantial evi- j | dence to corroborate the testimony 1 of Jim Conley before his cause could | even be seriously considered. The un supported word of the negro sweeper would have been about as valuable as a punctured drum. The Solicitor knew this. « First, he had to prove the venue. He had to locate Frank in the Na tional Pencil Company factory at the time Mary Phagan was slain. He did this by the unattacked testimony of many witnesses. He did it so thoroughly that the defense has tac itly admitted that Frank was at the factory about the time he deed was supposed to have been done. Question of Time Settled. Then he had to prove the time. According to the. State’s theory the j murder was committed about 12:10 on Memorial Day. Frank himself has ! said and his employees and his as- | - r-— sociates have testified he was there 1 j ,»> s V n „ and the chain was practically com plete. As has been said before, this chain may not stand the acid test of the defense’s attack. It may not be strong enough even unattacked to convince the jury that Frank is re sponsible for Mary Phagan’s death. But it Is what Dorsey went out to get before the jury. He has done it. And he has done it practically un aided. The valuable assistance he had reason to believe he w’ould re- the greatest blows to the State’s case have been delivered by detectives, supposuiy expert witnesses who have been unable to withstand the cross fire of Luther Rosser. The case has meant a lot to Dorsey, and right now, with the thrilling bat tle approaching its final stages. Dor sey stands out as big and command ing a figure as the brilliant lawyers against whom he Is arrayed. He may lose his case, but if he does he will come out with reputa tion enhanced. PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 6.—"Our House of Bishops is led in tow by Wall street. The lat J. P. Morgan was the power behind Bishop Greer, and he held our House of Bishops in the hollow’ of his hand, "The cathedral on Morningside Heights is a standing monument to our New York corrupt money power. It is the embodiment of ecclesiastical snobbery, spiritual frippery and moral incompetency. "Since the day of Bishop Potter the diocese of New York has been in con trol of half a dozen plutocrats. In Philadelphia the Episcopal Church is ‘run’ by n few rich men They c on trol the Bishop (Rhinelander), who, in mental ability, personal authority and moral aggressiveness is not, by any means, a great man. "August Belmont is at the head of our race track gamblers. His career is one of the worst careers for an American youth to Imitate. Yet he prominent in the Church of the As cension on lower Fifth avenue." The foregoing quotations are from a sermon delivered in St. John'? Episcopal Church by the rector, thf j Rev. George Chalmers Richmond. "In most of the large parishes of the Episcopal Church throughout the country we find men |ike Belmont and the late J. P. Morgan, who curb the spiritual influence of the clergy, make them timid, and in the end cause them to shrivel up morally. Men in humble circumstances dis trust our sincerity. The Episcopal church is not sincere in its present assumed attitude* toward labor. "My own ecclesiastical superior Bishop Rhinelander, was elected two years ago." said Mr. Richmond, "largely through the push and pull of Wall street Interests, corporation law. yers and social idlers, together with a few of our clergy among whom tow ered pre-eminently the Rev. Father Mortimer, of the ‘High Church gang,' who has since been disposed from the ministry for gross immorality." 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