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3 “TfiSi T'il rninmms&Smasx How Many Steps to YOUR Telephone? A N extension from your present telephone to the floor above—to L your bed-room, den or sewing-room—saves stair climbing, time and bother. It is a blessing that the busy housewife will appre ciate every day in the year. The service costs but a few cents a week. No home should be with out an Extension Telephone. Call the Business Office to-day, Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company TTTF ATT . ANT A GEORGIAN A1\T> NEW?!. STATE, TIED BY CONLEY’S Dalton, Whom the State Put Up to Corroborate Jim Conley STILL UNDER DOT FIRE By JAMES B. NEVIN. As the defens© in the Frank case pets under way, it is evident enough, as it has been from the beginning of this case, that there is but one big, tremendously compelling task before it—the annihilation of Conley’s ugly story! The State climaxed Its case thrill- ingly and with deadly effect in the negro. He came through the Are of cross- examination, exhaustive and thorough, in remarkably good shape, all things considered. He unfolded a story even more horrible than was anticipated. Certainly, in every conceivable way, he has sought to damage the defend- ( ant—even going to the extent of lodg ing against him another crime than murder! Through the cross-examination, however, there ran an evident vein of deadly purpose upon the part of the defense. Conley was given full limit to go his length. He went it— no disputing that! The question is, did he go TOO FAR? Did he, in his last minute effort to get in EVERYTHING that possibly might work against the defendant, tell things, or say things, that even tually will rise to plague him to his utter undoing? That Is th© defense’s task—THE UNDOING OF CONLEY. Conley the State’s All. Conley is the heart and soul of the State’s case—without Conley, the State is rendered helpless. He is the Alpha and the Omega of the charge against Leo Frank. That great detective, William J. Burns, says “they always—criminals —leave something out of gear in the stories they tell.” Burns declares there never was a lie told to shield a criminal that did not have in it SOMEWHERE a fatal weakness, that might be located if patiently sought for. The more elab orate the tale the criminal relates, the more chance there is. no matter how infinitely shrewd he may seem to be, that he will be discovered. To-day is the defense’s day in court —during its progress, which may be for a week or more, even as the . State’s day lasted 240 hours, Leo Frank must break down the awful story of Jim Conley, and prove him self innocent, if he can, of all the va rious charges brought against him. Can he do it? Well, maybe he can, and maybe he k can not—at least, In the nam e of jus tice and decency and all that Is right, he must have full and free OPPOR TUNITY. One Side of the Case. During the progress of the State’s case, the defense was led far into the gloom. People began to doubt Frank’s innocence—people of poise and fair minds, desirous of seeing the truth prevail though the heavens fall. Even these people found themselves staggering and groping as the hideous and sinister charges fell from the lips of the negro. Could Leo Frank, of previous good reputation, of fair name and unblem ished integrity, college bred and stu dious in habit, so far as the public knew or suspected, be the monster responsible for little Mary Phagan’s death, and also—the other unspeak able thing? In a rather remarkable interview Mrs, Leo Frank gave The Sunday American some few weeks ago, she said this of Frank and herself: “As sweethearts, we went hand in hand, and intruded ourselves upon no per son; as man and wife we have gone hand in hand, and we have intruded ourselves upon no person!” They still are going “hand in v hand,” the man and the woman, the husband and the wife—the one hold ing up as best he can under the ter rible charge of murder, the other there beside him—“for better or worse, in sickness and in health, for * richer or poorer”—until death, or worse than death, shall sever the tie that binds. That is omethlng steadying to think about! It is the defendant’s day in court— and he is entitled to fair play and a fair chance! To some it may seem that the bur den has shifted, that it is up to the defense now, notwithstanding the more or less fictitious presumption of innocence the law jealously has established in his favor, to PROVE his innoncence. Be that as it may—even as the gloom has closed about him and a 1 he holds most dear in this world—he still is a human being, in very dire distress, as yet unconvicted: and it is only right that the public should be patient, as he sets forth HIS side of this terrible affair. And I give it as my opinion here and now, for whatever it is worth, that the case against Leo Frank yet may be far from conclusive—and it may never be made conclusive. * Conley’s Tale Impossible? Suppose the defense is able to show, by a sequence of logical, orderly and honorably sustained witnesses, that the tale Jim Conley tells is utterly absurd—and IMPOSSIBLE? What then? Will you be prepared, if forced to a conviction against your will, if it be that way with you, to say to Frank: “All right, you came through the fire, at times seemingly sure to consume you, unhurt and unscorched, but you came through, and I am con tent” Conley’s story has not YET beso The Frank trial audience laughed when this witness said he didn't know where he was born. The courtroom crowd was disappointed in C. B. Dalton’s testimony which failed to prove sensational. 3 Japanese Killed In Riot in Oregon SALEM, OREG., Aug. 8.—Fear of further trouble to-day led the police to guard the section of the city where last night three Japanese were killed in a riot. A man, woman and child were kill ed outright and another Japanese man was reported dying to-i^* BITS OF mmm CAN’T HELP BUT Evei try Woman Caste Loving Glance at The Nestling Cud dled in Its Bonnet. charm and sweatee** of a pretty child, and more to-day than ever before since the advent of Mother'* Friend. A woman’* heart naturally responds child, r J broken down—no. But It MAY be broken down. In an article a few days ago, I said this, and I feel like repeating it now: In judging this Frank case, purely from the State's own standpoint, there is othing so im portant as the TIME ELEMENT in which the State uncompro misingly claims the crime was committed. In another article a few days there after, I said this, and this I also feel like repeating now: 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 it be the truth, it will stand against ALL the as saults made upon it! State Tied by Conley. Remember, unless Conley’s story holds together, the caae against Frank goes to pieces. Everybody who has read the evidence and who still is ca pable of rendering just judgment will admit that. Suppose It can be shown, and is shown, that the story Conley told CAN NOT be true? The defense MUST show' that, or Frank Is lost! Can the defense do that? The State has pinned itself down to exact and definite propositions. Remember, the defense has hardly started its story yet—it may be able to make absurd those very proposi tions the State has set up. The crime, according to the State’s witnesses, MUST have been commit ted thus and so, in exact order, and just as stated—or Conley’s story falls down. The biggest element in the State’s case is the time element—mark that! Upon it the State will stand or fall eventually. If Mary Phagan was NOT killed before 12:05, then Leo Frank didn’t kill her. If she was not killed at that time, Conley’s story will not do. Then is when the State says she was killed—THEN and not at any other time. Conley’s story ALL leads up to and away from ^hat. Remember, too, that the only wit ness who swears to knowledge or suspicion of any unspeakable conduct upon the part of Frank is—again— Conley. Dalton a Tame Witness. . When it came to corroborating Con ley, Dalton proved a tame corrobo rator. The ugly, nasty charge of per version and degeneracy, glibly drop ped from the lips of Conley, rests ENTIRELY AND ALTOGETHER on Conley's word. If Conley’s story' of the murder is shown to be IMPOSSIBLE AND AB SURD, will you then reverse your other opinion concerning Frank—if you- have accepted Conley’s word as to that—and agree that Conley, having lied to send Frank to the gallows, would have lied as readily to besmirch him with unmentionable scandal oth erwise? Shall not Frank have the right, un challenged and fair, to clear himself of every charge lodged against him? To-day is his day in court—will any living person begrudge him, sore pressed, one moment of it? Will, in the end, he be able to read and take to himself, happily and se renely, Tennyson’s beautiful poem ending— “And now it is daylight every where!” Italics Will he? We shall see. At least, he is entitled to his day in court—and it is at hand! PASTOR ON VACATION. The Rev. H. M. DuBose, pastor of the First Methodist, is on his vacation at Buckhannon, W. Va. Rev. H. C. Chris tian w'ill preach Sunday at 11 a. m. Rev. Henry Pace wh fill the pulpit in the evening. An organ recital from 7:45 to 8 p m. will be given by Miss Mamie Lee Bearden. State Wins Point in Diggs Slavery Case SAN FRANCISCO. Ar ;. 8. -The fourth day of the trill of Maury I. Diggs, former State Architect charg d with white slavery, began tc-day with ! the defense laboring under a de- ; cided handicap. The firs w m ss- s w’ere on hand ready to festT ;i« to the trip to Reno on which Diggs and Drew' Caminetti, son of the Com missioner General of Imn ivration, 1 are charged with taking Mar.-ha War- ! rington and Lola Norris for imnu r.tl 1 purposes. Judge Van Fleet ruled that the characters and reputations of the two i girls would have no bearing on the case. Bulgars Insist Turks Evacuate Adrianople Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. SOFIA. Aug. 8.—In a communica tion issued to*day by the Bulgarian Government it was announced that “Bulgaria will begin demobilization of her army as soon as a peace treaty is signed, upon the understanding that the power* favor the Enos-MJdia line as the southern Bulgarian boun- darv.” This w-ould give Adrianople to Bulgaria. it is doubtful if Bulgaria could car ry on another war against Turkey. She has lr.-t 100,000 men and her na tional treasury is depleted. CONSTANTINOPLE. Aug. 8.—The Turkish Government to-day issued a manifesto calling upon the nation to oppose vigorously the exacuation of Adrianople. Judge Given Divorce Decree in Own Court DANVILLE. ILL., Aug. 8.—Judge E. R. E. Kimbrough mounted the cir cuit bench here to-day after having been granted a divorce in his own court. Mrs. Emma Fountain Kim brough, w'ho now' »* living in Los An geles, did not contest the judge’s suit. Judge Kimbrough asked the decree on the grounds of desertion. For many years Judge Kimbrough was ae law paretner of former Speak er Joseph G. Cannon. e FOUR SEEK CITY COURT PLACE. MACON. Aug. 8.—The creation of the new municipal court to take the place of the Justice of the Peace courts pro vides an attractive office. Lloyd Moore, and Judge J. T. Burnett already are can didates, and Walter Defore and S. A. Crump are expected to announce. Holiness Meeting at Indian Springs Opens JAUKSQX, Aug. 8.—With visitors from all parts of the South present and w'ith every f ndication pointing to the largest and most successful meet ing in its history, the annual ten days’ session of the Indian Springs Holiness Camp Meeting opening Thursday night. The railroads have offered reduced rates for the occasion, the cottages already are filled and the hotels it Indian Springs have capacity crowds. Charlie Tillman, of Atlanta, will con duct the singing. Jails Husband For False Teeth Theft FORSYTH, Aug. 8.—The limit in stealing has been reached in Monroe. A negro woman of this county has had a warrant sworn out for her hus band charging him with stealing her false teeth. Do You Know How to Bleach Your Skin? A NY very dark, sallow or swarthy complexion o a a be Improved and made fairer. Palmer's Skin Whitener We guarantee to be pure and harmless. It makes the skin clear, soft and smooth, and light ens It. A trial will convince you. 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Five cents. * NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY By 0. B. They call it a chain that the State has forged, or has tried to forge, to hold Leo Frank to the murder of Mary Phagan. But Isn’t it a rope? A chain, you know. Is as strong as its weakest link. Take one link out, and the chain comes apart. With a rope, it’s different. Strand after strand might be cut or broken, and the rope still holds a certain weight. Then might come a time when the cutting of one more strand would cause the rope to break. The point is, the finished rope will sustain a weight that would instantly snap any one of its several strands. Bits of Evidence Threads. And that is what the various bits of circumstantial evidence might bet ter be called—strands or threads. Edgar Allen Poe. in “The Mysterv of Marie Roget,” has nearly exhausted the philosophical phase of accumula tive circumstance and its relation to evidence. Applying the system of the well- known Dupin to the case in point— and REGARDING IT, BE IT UN DERSTOOD. STRICTLY FROM THE STATE’S VIEWPOINT—an analysis of part of the evidence against Leo Frank follows: First off, the isolated circumstance of Conleyis ability to write would seem as futile as a smoke wreath in fiustaining any weight of evidence, except against Conley himself. But to that fact is added the fact that Frank knew Conley could write. Still, the thread is flimsy, and, even connected with the case against Frank, would appear worthless. Six Deductions Seen. But when it develops that Frank, knowing Conley could write, and knowing the police were trying to find the author of the murder notes— when Frank, well aware of these things, did not inform the police that Conley was lying when he said he could not write, the following deduc tions appear: (1) That Frank did not want to connect Conley with the murder notes, which (2) would have been the natural and prompt Inclination of a suspected man who knew nothing of the crime himself, so that (3) it ap peared Frank knew something of the murder and (4) knew that Conley knew he knew something of the mur der, which (5) Justified the conclusion on the part of the State that Frank feared to implicate Conley, lest (6) Conley, In turn, tell something that would Implicate him. Of course, this strand may be broken entirely by the defense, show ing Frank never knew the police wer ignorant of Conley’s ability to write before the police learned it them selves. And there Is / one pretty substantial strand of evidence, as the State sees- it—and all having its genesis in the KEELER. simple fact that Conley knew how to write, and at first denied it. But that strand of itself surely would fail to carry the burden of the case. There murt be others. Story It3elf Not Convincing. Even Conley’s story is strong only by reason of many strands that sur round and support it. Presented to a jury, round and unvarnished— tainted by the reek of false alfidavlts and weakened by the dry-rot of self- interest, Conley’* story never would win a verdict against Leo Frank. But there is the shred of the mur der notes—Conley’s story draws sup port from that. There is the time factor brought out by the expert tes timony—Conley's story twines itself about the prop of science. There is the agitation of Frank noticed by- Newt Lee in the middle of the after noon—Conley’s story provides for that. There 1b the viait of Monteen Stover, a tiny circumstance of itself —but of vast importance Just so far as it strengthens Conley’s recollec tion of exact time. And it is by reason of the rope already well along In the twisting that a hundred other little circum stances become significant that of themselves would be lighter than the air-drawn dagger that troubled the dreams of Macbeth. They fit in with the twisting of the rope. Will the Rope Hold? There is Frank’s agitation at home and at the factory. There is the ugly story of habitual “chats” at the fac tory, guarded by Conley as watch man. And the sending away of New t Lee that afternoon. And the seeing of Conley by Mrs. White, “loitering” at the place he fixes for himself as watchman, and at the time. And the alleged reluctance of Frank to con front Conley at the Jail. And all the rest or it. So many little incident^ and most of them small to triviality In them selves. 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