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TTTE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
LEO FRANK AIDS' HIS LAWYERS IN QUESTIONING OF WITNESSES
For First Time Prisoner Takes Active Interest in Trial for His Lite
ARCHITECT IS QUIZZED IB
REFUTE TESTIMONY OF
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c.\/ER VISITED PENCIL
PLANT WITH DALTON
Contnued From Page 2.
in? a a bed or a sofa?—A. No.
Q 1 you And anything that look
ed like a bedroom, except the ladies’
room?—A. No.
Hooper Croat-Examine*.
Attorney Hooper took the witness
on cross-examination.
Q. Who told you the location of
the body?—A Mr. Kchiff.
Q. He was under Mr. Frank in the
factory?—A. Yes.
Q. Then if that location was wrong
all of your measurements were
wrong?
Arnold objected and his objection
was sustained.
Q. You based all your measure
ments on Mr. richlff’s location of the
body?—A. Yes.
Q. If that was wrong, all of your
measurements were wrong—I mean
about lines of vision, etc.?—A. Yes.
Q. You found a gas Jet burning in
the basement? Where was it?—A
Near the front.
Q. On the third floor you depended j
for light on the front doors and win
dows?— A. Yes.
Q. These are all glass?—A. Yes
Q. There is also a gas jet farther
back?—A. I didn’t see any.
Q. On the first floor you say there
Is a trap door near the elevator two
feet by two feet three inches, lead
ing to the basement?—A Yes.
Trap Door Small.
Q. A man of your size would have
a hard time getting through there,
wouldn’t he? A. Yes.
Q. Two people couldn't get through?
A No.
Q. The scuttle hole back on the
first floor leads to the basement?—A
Yea. to the dustpan in the back.
Q. A man doesn’t look in a curved j
line, does he?—A. No, sir.
Q. Well, what do these curved lines j
on the second floor mean?—A Those
indicate the direction he probably
walked
Several of the Jurymen were inat
tentive to these demonstrations.
Q Anyone coming into this office
Could see if anyone was in there,
couldn't he. If the door adjoining was
open?—A. Yes.
Q. Nobody standing on the fourth
floor at the head of the stairway
could see down to the second floor?—
A. I don't think they could.
Q. Don’t you know they couldn't?—
A They might have a little view.
. Frank Suggest* Query.
Arnold took the witness on the re
direct examination.
At the suggestion of Frank. Arnold
asked the witness how near Frank's
office there was a lavatory.
The witness did not know. Arnold
also asked him at Frank’s suggestion
how far It was from the back of the
stairs on the first floor to the top of
the stairs at the second floor. The
answer was 27 feet.
The Identification of the plant and
the ' measurements were carried on
with the Jury grouped around the
witness on the edge of the Jury box.
Frank arose and walked over to Mr.
Jtosser to make his suggestions. Ros
ser whispered the questions to Arnold,
who was making the examination.
Q. You did not make any test to
see whether a person could view from
the third to the fourth floor?—A.
Yes.
Q. Would there be any trouble
dropping a body down that scuttle
hole?—A. No.
Q. Mr. Hooper asked you If it was
dark by the elevator, was It?—A.
Rather dark.
Might See Mirror.
Hooper took the witness.
Q. This is your diagram—that block
on Georgia avenue?—A Yes
Q. This is your diagram of the Pe-
lig home, isn’t it?—A. Yes.
Q. Where was the refrigerator in
the kitchen?—A. Right here.
Q. How far is it from this corner
of the room to the kitchen door'.’ A.
About four feet.
Q. A man sitting in this corner
could see that mirror, could he not?—
A He might.
Arnold took the witness
Q. Could a person standing or sit
ting anywhere near this kitchen door
see the mirror or any part of it?—A.
No.
The witness was then excused.
Attorney Arnold tendered an evi
dence the diagram of the factory,
the plat of the Selig home with ref
erence to Pulliam, Washington and
Gleen streets and Georgia avenue.
Solictor Dorsey made no obpertion
J. G. Adams, a photographer, whi
Miss Daisy
Hopkins
contradicts liis
story told to
corroborate
Conley.
Medical Bill Is
Passed in House
With Amendments
j resentative Wohlwender, of Muco-
gee, charged under influence by ad
vocates of the measure, the House
of Represcnatives Friday morning
passed the Garlington medical bill,
known as the Medical Practices Act,
by a vote of 121 to 3, amended so as
to prevent the members of the Allo
path School of Medicine having a
The Frank
trial audience
laughed when
C. B. Dalton
said he didn't
know where he
was born.
County Tax Returns
Alter $500,000 Loss
To $1,308,275 Gain
County tax returns received at the
Comptroller General’s office Friday
morning changed the decrease of $500,-
000 to more than a $2,300,000 increase.
Among the leaders were DeKalb Coun
ty with an increase alone of $1,308,275.
This tremendous gain, it 1* said, is the
result of the recent efforts of the De-
Kalb County tax assessor, w f ho made a
thorough supervision of the entire tax
assessments.
Other counties showing gains are
Bibb, with an increase of $1,557,576, not
yet reported officially; Ware, with a
gain of $540,349; Columbia with an in
crease of $213,291. Only two of the
twelve counties reported Thursday and
Friday showed losses and these were
small.
PECULIAR LIGHT
DEFENSE CALLS SCOTT
$100,000,000 Ready
For Crops if Needed
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.—Secretary
of the Treasury McAdoo and Assist-
I ant Secretary Williams to-day re-
I peated to 30 Western bankers the
Treasury Department's plans for the
loan of $50,000,000 for moving crops,
j which were explained to 100 Southern
bankers yesterday. Each Western
: banker applied for a share of the Gov-
j eminent loan.
Assistant Secretary Williams an
nounced that even $100,000,000 of
i Government funds may be loaned to
| the banks if it be found that this
I amount is needed to move crops.
OSITUARY
next called to the stand. Arnold ques
tioned him.
Q. Did you go to the Selig home
and take pome picture*?—A. Yes.
Q. Did you take a couple of photo
graphs, one from the kit< hen door
on the outside and one from the hall
way looking into the dining room?—
A. Only a portion of the window.
Q Did you take one from the inside
of the door?—A. Yes
Q. Could you see the mirror from
thi* view?—A. No.
Arnold addressed the court:
“Your honor, may I show’ these pic
tures to the jury as we go along?”
Dorsey—It's against the rule, your
honor. They would not let me do it.
Rosser—Oh. get the witness down
off the stand and come before the
jury. You can do it that w’ay. Don’t
bother about Hugh.
Shows Photos to Jury.
The witness presented pictures of
the open door of the safe in the
outer office, excluding the view into
the inner office. He also showed a
picture taken outside of the outer of
fice which showed that, with the safe
door open, the view into the inner of
fice was excluded He showed pic
tures of the basement and a series of
view s of the elevator shaft on the sec.
ond floor. He showed pictures of
where Jim Conley is said to have sat
on the first floor: also pictures of the
plating room and a box near where
Conley said he got thS cloth in which
he wrapped the Phagan girl’s body
He showed a picture of the lathe
where some hair was found.
Q. Did you take a picture of the
path a person would take coming
from the metal room down the steps?
—A. I did.
Mr. Arnold—I want to show the ex
tent of the machinery in this metal
room.
The attorney passed a number of
photographs before the Jury.
Q. In every one of these instances.
Mr. Adams, did you make as accu-
-A. I
rate photographs as possible?
did.
Hooper Quizzes Picture Man.
Attorney Hooper took up the cross-
examination.
Q. How long since you took these
photographs?—A About a month.
Mr. Hooper went over the diagram
bf the Selig home with the witness.
Q. When did you take a photograph
of the Selig home?—A That was more
recent.
Q. A alight change of the position
of that sideboard would have mad©
the whole room visible through the
mirror?—A. It would have made some
of it visible.
Q. Wouldn’t it have made it all visi
ble?—A. I can’t say.
The witness was excused All of the
photographs taken by him were of
fered as evidence without objection on
the part of the State.
Court then took a recess until 2
o’clock
The Best Food-Drlnk Lunch at Fountains
Charity Asked for
Sick Fortune Teller
The Anti-Tuberculosis Association,
with office in room 708 Gould Build
ing. asks contributions for the pur
pose of having a sign painted for a
crippled fortune teller.
The fortune teller had supported
herself and small son for several years
by reading pal&is, but when the or
dinance against fortune tellers was
passed, her means of earning a liveli
hood was taken away.
The association was interested in
her case, and rented a small piece of
ground and a tent for her at Lake-
wood. and also induced the county to
give her a license.
Foetess Freed of
Slaying a Priest
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS. Aug 8,-Mme. Crespy, the
poetess, charged with the murder of
Abbe Ohassaign. a young priest, with
whom she was infatuated, was ac
quitted in the Criminal Court at Ager,
to-day.
Her defense was that the priest
committed suicide, but the prosecu
tion contended that the woman killed
her sweetheart in a jealous rage.
Arkansas Justice to
Seek Clarke's Place
l.ITTT.K ROCK, ARK.. Aug. 8.—
Associate Justice William F. Kirby,
of the State Supreme Court, an
nounces he will he candidate attains.
United States Senator James P.
Clarke, who shortly will announce for
re-election.
Kirby was formerly Attorney Gen
eral of Arkansas and cordially sup
ported George W. Hays in the recent
gubernatorial elections.
Soldiers to Leave
Copper Strike Zone
CALUMET, MICH., Aug. 8.—Prep
arations were begun to-day for send
ing half of the 2.000 Michigan State
troops home, after two weeks on duty
in the Calumet copper region, where
18,000 miners are on strike.
Sheriff Cruse has trained a force
of 300 special deputies, who will be
assigned as guards of mine property
when the troops withdraw.
majority qf the proposed State Board
of Medical Examiners. The original
bill provided for a board of five
allopaths, two eclestics and one
homeopth.
The original bill, it was alleged by
its apponents, was drawn by Repre
sentatives of the American Medical
Association, referred to on the floor
of the House as the ‘‘Medical Trust.”
It was favorably reported by the
committee, and a minority Teport
condemning the hill was offered by
R J. Arnold, of Henry County, a
member of the Hygiene and Sanita
tion Committee.
Chairman Breaks Tie.
Representative Hardeman, of Jef
ferson. who occupyed the Speaker's
chair during the early part of the
consideration of the bill, broke a tie
vote on the amendment of Conner of
Spalding, to add two more members
to the eight provided by the original
bill. The Chairman’s vote carried the
amendment.
The bill as amended and passed
provides for a State board to con
sist of five allopaths, three eclectics
and two homeopaths, thus prevent
ing any arbitrary ruling based on dis
like of any school of medicine, save
through a combination that it is
thought impossible to effect. The
amended bill w'as approved by both
factions.
The bill will raise the standard of
physicians in Georgia.
40 per cent. It provides that appli
cants for licenses ns practicing phy
sicians must have attended a recog
nized school of medicine for four
terms of eight months each, whereas
the old laws required only three terms
of seven months each.
Christian Scientists Not Barred.
Prior to the discussion of the bill
the impression was that it would bar j
Pk-Sr.ii.1« C..mnHc(u q a montul Vuval .
The Funeral of Miss Eunice A. Bed-
dingfield, who died Thursday, will
be held from the residence of her
sister. Mrs. Stewart Murray, No. 222
Rawson 6treet. at 2:30 Saturday af
ternoon.
Mrs. A. J. Smith, 43 years old, of No.
145 West Peachtree street, died
Thursday night after a long illness.
She is survived by her husband. A.
J. Smith, one son, Young B. Smith,
and two daughters, Misses Eliza
beth and Amelia Smith. Funeral
arrangements will be announced
later.
The Funeral of Miss Margaret Posse.
who died Wednesday, was held at
the Sacred Heart Church Friday,
followed by interment at Oakland
Cemetery.
The Funeral of R. L. Wicker, who
who died at 9 o’clock Thursday
night at his home. No. 786 High
land avenue, will be Held at 3
o’clock Friday afternoon from
Poole’s chapel. He was 45 years
old and is survived by his wife.
He was a member of the Woodmen
of the World and the Junior Order
of United American Mechanics. In.
terment at Atlanta Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Eleanor Butler, 44 years old. died
at 5:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon
at the family residence on Todd
street. Surviving her are her hus
band, H. A. Butler, and seven chil
dren. Funeral announcements later.
The Funeral of William Danforth,
who died Thursday, will be held at
2 o’clock Friday afternoon from the
residence. No. 21 Delta place.
The Funeral of Morgan Pearce, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson Pearce, of
New York City, will be held Friday
from the family home on West
Ninety-fifth street. New York. Mr.
Pearce had a number of relatives in
Atlanta and was well known here.
He died Wednesday afternoon after
an illness of several weeks.
Mrs. S. O. Price, 61 years old. No.
241 East Georgia avenue, died Fri
day morning. She is survived oy
five daughters. Mrs. F. S. Han
cock. Mrs. J. R. England. Mrs. G.
R. Barnwell. Mrs. J. M. Bewell and
Miss Bertha Price; three sons. \Y.
H., W. T. and G. G. Price. Funeral
announcement will be made later
Harry Scott, of the Pinkerton
agency, showed up the “confessions”
of Conley in a peculiar light when he
was called to the stand by the Frank
defense Thursday afternoon.
The detective, questioned by Luther
Rosser, told the Jury that Conley,
when he “had told everything;” when
he had accused Frank of the killing
and had made himself an accessory
after the fact by declaring that h3
assisted in the disposal of the body;
when every motive for holding anv-
thing back had been swept away by
his third affidavit, still denied to
him (Scott) many of the alleged cir
cumstances to which he testified
while he was on the stand the first
three days of the week.
It will be the contention of the
defense that these many additions to
Conley’s tale, inasmuch as all rea
son for concealing them had passed
after Conley had come out with his
accusations against Frank and his
confession of his own part in the
crime, are pure fabrications of the
black man's imagination, as are the
other details of his tale.
Scott said that he had grilled and
badgered Conley repeatedly about
seeing Mary Phagan enter the fac
tofy. Even after the negro had made
all his incriminating statements, he
steadfastly denied seeing the girl
victim go up the stairs to the sec
ond floor.
Denied He Had Seen Purse.
He denied also to Scott, the detec
tive said, that he ever had seen the
girl’s mesh bag or parasol, or that
he ever had heard a girl’s scream
while he was sitting on the first
floor. He told the detectives that he
did not see Lemmie Quinn or Mon •
teen Stover enter the factory, al
though he later < .dared he had se-n
them both and so testified on the
stand.
Conley said on the stand when he
was questioned by Rosser that he
Thought he had told all these things
to Scott and John Black while he
was making his third and final affi
davit. Scott was called to testify
that Conley not only had failed to
tell them, but for the most part had
made strenuous denials when asked
about them. It was expected that
Black would be called early Friday to
testify on the same matter.
Rosser, in his examination of De
tective Scott, sought to 'reate in the
minds of the jury the impression that
Conley had been guided and directed
by the detectives in the framing of his
string of statements ana affidavits.
Scott admitted that the improba
bilities in the negro’s statements had
been pointed out to him. and that,
with these suggestions, Conley pro
ceeded to doctor up hi? affidavits un
til they harmonized better with the
circumstances of the day.
Solicitor Dorsey was loath to let
any statement get into the record
which indicated that Conley had been
coached by the detectives, and he
got Scott to say that no one had put
the words in the negro's mouth.
‘‘But you would say,” shouted Ros
ser. ‘“That don’t fit. Jim.’ and Jim
would get something that did fit; isn’t
that so?”
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at night.
And the care that you give
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into the regular habit of teeth
care, is common sense invested
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I Will Not/Asquith leaped Leper in
Tells Suffragettes Flight to Menoo .
Christian Scientists and mental heal
ers. An amendment was introduced
by McCarthy, of Chatham, providing
for this school of healing, but it
was lost. The bill, however, takes
care of them in the followin language:
"The provision of this bill shall not
be construed as to interfere with the
practices and beliefs of any religious
sect, nor with the practice of osteo
paths.”
Garlington. of Richmond, the author
of the bill, asserted that the minority
report submitted by Arnold, of Henry,
was drawn by physicians opposed to
the passage of the bill.
Wohlwender, of Muscogee, declared
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Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Aug. 8.—A deputation of
suffragettes, headed by Mrs. Milli-
cent Fawcett, president of the Na
tional Union of Woman Suffrage
Societies, called upon Premier As
quith to-day and asked him to intro
duce a bill in Parliament giving votes
to women. The Premier replied:
"1 w’ill hot.”
France Threatens
Trouble With Italy
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS. Aug. 8.—According to to-
< J a\'s is^ue of the newspaper Temps.
; Prance will reopen the question of
j he delimitation of Southern Albania
i unless Italy relinquishes the Turkish
aland* seized during the war in
I Tripoli.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 8.—George Hart
man. the leper who was taken to the
isolation cottage yesterday, escaped
from there to-day and made his way
to the home of his wife, where he
obtained $200 and departed, saying
he was going to Mexico.
Hartman is said to have contracted
the disease in the Philippines, where
he served in the army.
TELEGRAPHER BANKRUPT.
Herbert E. Dailey, a telegrapher,
filed a voluntary petition in bankrupt
cy Friday. He admitted liabiltiee of
$586.40, with no assets.
bill were the worst he ever had seen
in his experience as a member of the
Legislature. He declared they had
endeavored to reach him through the ,
medium of his own family physician.
Nearly a hundred physicians sat in
the galleries during the debate.
Thursday afternoon many of the in
vaded the floor of the House and
were expelled by the Speaker. Fri
day the doors of the hall were locked
and all persons except Representa-
tivs and newspaper men were ex- j
eluded.
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