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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
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FRANK SPENDS HALF HOUR STUDYING PENCIL FACTORY MODEL
Wife and Mother Kiss Prisoner as Trial Opens Upon Its Third Week
EXPERT TAKES
Continued From Page 1.
girl, could not have done all the diffi
cult mathematical work without error
and without eigne of agitation In hie
writing.
The Solicitor, however, started right
out on a line of queatloning that in
dicated hla opinion was that Frank
had done the work during the morn
ing hqurs instead of after Mary Pha
gan had been slain
Time for Making Report.
4 Dorsey first. asked Schiff, who was
recalled to the stand, if it would not
have been possible for Frank to have
done the work on the financial r’— *:
between 8:36 and 10; 30 o'clock in the
forenoon before he went to Montag
Bros., and between 11:80 and 12:00
o’clock, after he returned from the
MontAg plant. Schiff said that thero
would have been time for the work.
Dorsey recalled to the witness’ mind
A conversation between Frank and ?.
E. Ersenbarh Friday afternoon, in
whicl^Frank said he would try to get
his work In shape In time to go io
the baseball game on the following
day.
It was the implication of the So
licitor that Frank had hurried through
with his work Saturday morning and.
as a matter of fact, had It completed
or nearly completed before the after
noon.
Finishing with this line of ques
tioning. the Solicitor began an attack
on the time element which the de
fense has introduced in the trial.
Dorsey questioned Schiff at length
— as to the accuracy of the clock in the
office floor, with the apparent inten
tion of arguing that when Monteen
Stover came into the factory and saw
the clock hands pointing to 12:05
o’clock, the correct time really might
have been 12:12 or 12:15 after Mary
Phagan entered the factory and went
to Frank’s office. Schiff maintained
that the clock always was kept on
time by W. and A. yard whistles.
Mrs. Frank at Office
On the redirect examination Schiff
said that the financial sheet always
was made up Saturday afternoon,
and never in the morning. He said
the correspondence and entering and
acknowledgment of orders always
were taken care of in the forenoon.
Attorney Arnold also brought out
the testimony that Frank s wife fre
quently came to the factory Saturday
afternoons to help her husband In
stenographic work.
Schiff explained keeping Jim Con
ley in the employ in the factory after
discovering his unreliability by say
ing that it was difficult to teach new
negroes the work He denied that he
ever had tried to discharge Conley
and that Frank had prevented it.
Frank’s Aunt in Court.
Mrs Jacob Selig. aunt of Leo
Frank, was the third woman visitor
of his family to the court Monday
morning. She had a seat near the
prisoner and his mother and wife
Before court convened Frank Asked
permission to examine the paper mod
el of the National Pencil Company
that had been offered in evidence by
the defense. He spent some 30 min
utes closely examining this model.
Frank was in court early. His wife
and mother came in and kissed him.
taking seats on either side of him
It was reported around the court
room that the jury would be taken m
visit the National Pencil Company
building. Attorney Reuben Arnold for
the defense said "hat he personally
would be very glad for the Jury to
make the examination Solicit a** Dor-
eey said he did not know whether ne
would consent.
Just before Schiff was recalled to
the stand Mr Arnold announced that
Misa Hattie Hall, stenographer for
Montag Brothers, who was at the
factory Saturday. April 26. to take
some dictation from Frank, probably
would he the next witness. Solicitor
Dorsey resumed his cross-examina
tion of Schiff
Schiff’s “Darta” Puzzles Dorsey.
Q Mr Schiff. of course you don't
know to your personal knowledge that
this finance sheet was made up on
Saturday?—A It couldn't hav* been
made up before
Q Why?—A. I had not accumu
lated the "darta" (data) Friday, as I
always did
Q. The what?—A. The data (pro
nouncing it as though It were
"darta ")
Mr Arnold interrupted "He means
data "
Mr Dorsey *«ld he didn’t know
whether Schiff meant data or some
•or! of sheet he was accustomed to
making out.
Q. Couldn’t you take the data gath
ered by Miss F.ula May Flowers and
the others and have gotten up thle
sheet?—A. I think I might have.
Frank Not an Expert, He Says.
Q. You haven’t made up one since
Frank left?—A. No; simply because
wo have not had time
Q. Don't you consider him an ex
pert?—A. T do not.
Q. Go ahead and tell me what he
would have to know.—A. The slat
record.
Q. Is that here?—A. No.
Q. Can you get me a slat record 0 —
A Yes.
Q. Well you get one and bring it
back here. Now. is the slat record
more complicated than this for- lady's
report?—A. It is a great long sheet.
Dorsey Questions Sharply.
Q. Tell me the truth. Is it more
complicated?—A. I am telling you the
truth. Mr. Dorsey.
Q. Well, doesn't he Just take the
total from all the reports?—A. No. he
has to do some figuring and other
work.
Q. Well, what else?—A. He has to
get the tipping record and severa'
others.
Q. Do you m°an to tell me. then, that
the totals in these reports and the
body of the report are not the same
handwriting ’ -A I do.
Q. Now this financial sheet? Do
you mean to tell me it is all In the
same handwriting 0 —A. It certainly is.
Q You are sure of It?-—A Yes.
Could Have Done It in Two Hours.
Q. Now, ‘entering all these eleven
order.* and this financial shed. was
that all Frank had to do that Satur
day?—A. All I can think of.
Q Do you know that it was done
Saturday? -A No. but It was not done
Friday, and he did not. work on it
then.
Q. When did you see this work?—A.
Sometime Monday or Tuesday.
Q. Now, could T rank have done this
w ork betw een 8:30 and 10 30 o’clock
that morning?—-A. Yes. if he was not
Interrupted.
Q. Well, didn't you tell us Saturday
that Frank could do that work in one
and one-half hours? A. I did not.
Q. Well, all the work you know
that was done there Saturday was
thf. financial sheet and entering those
orders?- A. So far as I know.
Orders in Frank's Writing.
Q. Were you paid off April 26?—
No
Q. Was Frank?—A. No.
Q Now. are you quite sure Frank
entered those orders? A. They are
In his handwriting
Q. Now\ it took about two minutes
to put down these things and a min
ute to add them over?—A. Yes.
Q. Will you look there and tell me
whether there is an entry on April
26 for $2 advanced Arthur White?—
A. It is not on this hook; it i3 on
the time book.
Q. Who entered It?—A. Mr. Frank.
CJ Have you got the receipt for $2?
— A. I can get it.
Q. Who made note of that on the
record?—A. Mr. Frank did. I entered
it on the time book the following
week.
Mr. Arnold interrupted. "You had
better make a note of these various
things Mr. Dorsey wants," he said.
No Record of Orders.
"I know exactly what he wants."
replied Schiff. Dorsey continued the
examination.
Q. Is there any record on this
financial sheet of the orders you said
caine in on Saturday?—A. No.
Q. You told Mr. Arnold there was?
—A. I told him that as a rule there
was.
Q. But there is no re ord here?—
A. I was telling Mr. Arnold what Mr.
Frank did on Saturday. I don’t see
any place on the financial sheet for it.
Q. Now toll this Jury what there
Is to show that these orders did not
come in before Saturday. April 26.—
A. They were not there Friday night.
I had looked through the files.
Q. Was there any reason why the
sheet had to be at Montag’s Monduy?
—A. It was our custom.
Q. Mr. Frank was a man who al
ways stuck to his business? He
would never go away unless his busi
ness was up?- A. Yes.
Q. Mr. Schiff, didn't you swear be
fore the Coroner that it would take
two hours and thirty minutes to get
up the data and make up the sheet?
A. I may ha\> misunderstood the
question. 1 say now that it would
have taken from two and one-half
to three hours.
Frsnk Faster Thun He Is.
Q If h ‘ had an engagement and
wanted to speed up. couldn’t he do it
within two and one-half hours?—
A Not and make it look the same
Q. Ip Frank a faster man than you?
A. Yes. He iR a faster man on a
financial sheet.
Q. Didn’t you swear before the
Coroner that Frank could have gotten
the sheet up thirty minutes quicker
than you?—A. I could not have speci
fied any time I have never made up
the sheet
Q. Then you deny this statement
before the Coroner? A No. I didn't
deny it. It is not in my exact lan
guage
Q. How long did you say it would
take Frank to balance the $69 in petty
cash?—A. That is hard to say. I
think I said before the Coroner that,
if woud have taken frem one to one
and one-half hours.
Q. How do you remember where
you were last Thanksgiving 0 —A. One
tiding I Intended to do was to go to
Athens to attend a football game It
snowed The B’Nai Brlth had an
affair that night I helped Mr. Frank
carry some packages there.
Q Do you mean to tell the Jury that
you recall every Saturday?—A. I re
call that I have never missed a day
since mv vacation
Teds of Thanksgiving Day.
Q. Do you know what time you left
the factory that Thanksgiving Dav°
— A. Yes; I left with Frank at 12:30
He went home.
Q. Do you know whether he went
back that afternoon?—A. Yes; a
friend w ho was with him told me
where he was.
Q Then from your knowledge you
do not know whether he went back
or not?—A. No.
Q Now, how do you recall that Hel
en Ferguson came there Friday?—A.
I just remember it.
Q Well, who else came?—The wit
ness enumerated fifteen other em
ployees.
Q. Can you tell me who came the
Saturday before?—A. No; I had an
idea in looking up and refreshing my
memory ns to that day.
Q. Now. that sheet had to be made
up by Monday. Why was that data
not ready Friday night?—A. I don’t
know.
Q. How were the pay envelopes
numbered”—A One to two hundred.
Q When was the number?—A.
That varied The office boy had no
regular place for it.
Questioned About Basement.
Q Now. this place where the chute
is located is pretty dark, and few
people go there?—A. Yes.
Q It Ip one of the most remote
spot- in the basement?—A. Yes.
Q This place down there is not
used”—\ Yes. we put schlich down
there to keep It cool.
Q How often do you go down
there 0 —A. Every two or three days.
W. you saw that place when
PINKERTON MAN WHO
TESTIFIES FOR FRANK
W. D. McWorth, Pinkerton man, who will testify to finding
bludgeon and part of a pay envelope behind radiator on first floor
of factory. The defense will offer the “finds” to the jury without
making any great claims for their importance or genuineness.
In the men*.
the blood was?—A.
room?
Q. Yes. A.—Yes. I saw IT
Q Did you notice anything about
it°—A. L was under something white
that looked like a compound.
Q. Was it smeared?—A. No. Jt
looked like other apotn In the factory
Q. When did you notice the door
leading from the chute?—A. I cam*
up there two or three days after the
murder, and it was open.
Q. You are sure of it?—A. Yes.
Never Lost a Day,
Q Now, you told Mr. Arnold that
you were at the factory May 31. Hov\
do you recall that?—A. For the simple
reason that I have never lost a day.
Q. Well, did you mean by that that
you were there that Saturday after
noon after 12:30?—A. Yes.
Q You didn’t consider it losing
time, then, if you left Saturday after
noon?—A. I certainly did. 1 remained
there at work.
Q. Then you do say you were there
that Saturday afternoon?—A Yes.
Q Was that clock always rignt?—
A. Usually it was on time.
Q Who set it?—A. Holloway. 1
think
Q. Wno saw that it was right?—A.
I don't kno*v
Q How do vou set that clock?—A
I set it. Holloway sometimes ylrd*
it up.
Q. Is it correct? Does it ever ge.
fi\ e minutes fast?—A. Whenever l
looked at it it was on time.
Q What did you set it by?—A. A
watch or whistle.
Q You employ reliable people a.
the pencil factory? You don’t keep
those who lie and are untrusftwortny-
—A Some of them are not
The defense objected to this ques
tion and was sustained.
When did you discuss the
worthlessness of JJm Conley?—A A
long time a*o. About the first time
I ever spoke to him. .
Q. And vou continued to keep him
A. We moved him from the elevator
to the fourth floor.
Q Whom did you tell he was worth
less?— A. It was talked to me
Q. By whom?—A. Schiff named a
long list of employees who had com
plained about Conley borrowing mon
ey and being worthless.
Q Didn't vou complain to Frank
about him. and did Frank overrule
you?—A. Mr. Frank is not over m*
Q. Did you have the authority to
fire Jim Conley?—A. 1 did.
Q If he was so worthless, why
didn't you fire him?—A. It ''as so
hard to get a negro who knew any
thing about the work.
Q. And you kept him there for two
years?—A. He was in the chaingang
two or three times.
Saw Conley on Chaingang.
Q. How do you know?—A. I aw
him once working on Forsyth street
in front of the factory.
Q. You swear that he was on the
chaingang two or three times?—A.
Women came to me once or twice to
get money to pay him out.
Q. Out of what?—A. The chaingang
or the calaboose. I am not versed in
thofe things
Q Why did you swear he was on
the cha ngang three times?
Arno!’ nrerrupted; "Your honor. 1
object, ile doesn't cross-examine a
witness. He just quarrels with him.
The best evidence of Conley’s stock
ade career is the record."
Dorsey—I have got the record, and
I am going to introduce it. That is
why 1 want to pin this witness down.
Judge Roan ruled the witness mus*
answer the question, but the witness
should not be any more explicit.
Knew Conley Could Write.
Q. If any of these books got down
Into the basement, they went into
the trash, didn’t they?—A. Yes.
Q. Now, these other books?—-A.
They were kept all over the place.
We gave them to the negroes.
Q Just who did you give them to?
—A. I gave one to Jim Conley. He
wanted to write home.
Q. Then you knew he could write?
—A. Ye?.
Q. Didn’t you knew his home was
right here?—A. I did not.
Q. What did these negroes do with
these pads when you gave them to
them?—A. They got on the elevator
and went to the basement to write.
Q. How did they get light?—A. In
front of the boiler.
Q. Did you ever see Conley there?
—A. Ye*.
Q Now. Frank was very anxious to
have the Pinkertons at work?—A.
Yes.
Q. When did you report Conley’s
strange action to the Pinkertons or
the police?—A I don’t recall.
Q. Did vou report it to Mr. Frank?
He was anxious to have the murderer
caught 0 —A. I think so.
Arnold Balks at Hurrying.
Q Now. where would a person have
to stand on the fourth floor to see
the office floor?—A lie could not.
Q Where were Denham and White
on the fourth floor 0 —A. I was told
Q Then don’t bother. Were you at
thR factory when detectives made
certain experiments with the eleva
tor 0 —A. Yes.
Arnold then took the witness on
the redirect examination.
Judge Roan said: "Hurry up, Mr
Arnold.”
Rosser spoke up: "Your honor, time
should not be considered. A man’s
life is at stake.”
Judffp Roan: “Go ahead.”
Q. Was that sheet usually made up
in the morning or afternoon?—A
Afternoon.
Q. Now. Is It not a fact that Frank
is interrupted almost constantly by
sale-men or employees who have
some adjustment of their pay envel
ope to request?—A. Yes. quite a few
interruptions
Q. Do you not change your opinion
that it would take one and one-half
hours to fill out these requisitions and
enter the orders?—A. I do not. It
would take about that time.
Q. When was this made up?—A. In
the morning.
More About Financial Sheet.
Q Was the financial sheet ever
made up in the morning 0 —A. No.
Q Do you change your opinion that
it would take two and one-half to
three hours to make up the financial
sheet?—A. I do not.
Q. What length of time would you
say he worked there Saturday?—A
My original estimate—six hours.
Q. Is ibis financial sheet of April 26
any different from the reports of
three mouths previous?—A. It is not.
Q. Mr. Dorsey asked you whether
these initials, "H H.,” of April 26
did not mean the last work that was
done on that sheet? That it might
have been entered two or three days
before? Now. what does it really
mean?—A. Nothing, really. Those
initials and that date would have been
there If it had been entered Satur
day. regardless of the date it was
acknowledged by Miss Hall.
Dorsey Objects to Slur.
Q. Now, Mr. Schiff (I am going tc
call him Mister. I am not as fa
miliar with him as Mr. Dorsey seems
to be. He calls him "Schiff” all the
time), you say the murder caused you
to remember paying off Helen Fer
guson on Friday?—I said that.
Dorsey objected
Judge Roan sustained the objection.
Mr. Arnold put the question in a
different form, and received the same
answer.
Q. Mr. Schiff. this diagram (point
ing to the prosecution's diagram of
the factory) does not show' the open
ings into the Clark woodenware de
partment, does it?—A. It does not.
Q. Mr Schiff. it is rather unpleas
ant to fire a negro and then have to
hire a new one and teach him the
work. Is it?—A. It is.
Hooper interrupted: "Your honor,
if he’ is not leading this witness, 1
do not know what you would call it.”
Judge Roan sustained the objection,
i nd Mr. Arnold again changed his
question.
Didn’t Know of Detectives’ Hunt.
Q. Mr. Schiff. you didn’t know the
detectives were trying to find out if
Conley could write?—A. Not for some
time.
Q. Mr. Schiff, did Mr. Dorsey sub-
pena you to come to his office, p.nd
did you know you didn't have to go?
—A Yes; .1 was subpenaed—he tele
phoned me.
Q. Do you know' where the sacks in
w’hich you keep the cotton were kept?
—A. Just outside the metal room.
Q. Were there any empty sacks
there?—A. I don’t know. We never
keep empty ones there except for a
fw hours after they are empty.
Dorsey took the witness on the re
cross-exa minatioii.
Q. Mr. Schiff. you talked to Mr.
Arnold about customs up there. Was
it Mr. Frank’s custom to make en
gagements Friday afternoon for Sat
urday afternoon, and neglect his
financial sheet?—A. It was not.
Arnold interrupted: "We don't
want to argue this point. We just
want to be recorded as objecting.”
Dorsey was allowed to continue.
Q. Was it Mr. Frank’s custom to
keep his engagements?
Arnold objected: "We must op
pose this."
Judge Roan sustained the objec
tion.
Noted Conley’s Attitude.
Q. How long did it take Frank to
go from the pencil factory to Mon-
tag’s?—A. From three to five min
utes.
Q. How far is it?—A. About two
and one-half blocks.
Q. What time was it Monday you
observed this peculiar bearing of Jirr.
Conley?—A. Between 7:30 and 8
o’clock.
Q What time did you go with De
tective Starnes to arrest Gantt?—A.
Some time late in the day.
Q. After you had observed all of
the suspicious conduct on the part of
Conley you have just been telling
about?—A. I think it was.
Q. When you lopked at this white
stuff and the red spots under it, were
all of those blinds on the north side
open or closed?—A. open.
Q. If they had been closed it would
have been much darker in there,
would it not?—A. Yes.
Dorsey and Schiff Argue.
Mr. Schiff differed with Mr. Dor
sey a^out the location of the ladies’
dressing room on the second floor.
After considerable argument., they
agreed on the locaton, and the exam-
nation continued.
Q. Is it not true that most of the
light that shines on the spot where
the blood was come? from the win
dows on the north side?—A. No, sir.
Q. Would it make any difference
whether those blinds wore closed?—A.
Yes; but about as much light comes
from the west as from the north side.
Arnold took the witness again.
Q. Mr. Dorsey has the door to the
ladies’ dressing room and the door to
the metal room out of position, hasn’t
he?—A. No, sir.
Q Did you ever see Mr. Frank talk
ing to little Mary Phagan?—A. I never
did.
Professor Bachman on Stand.
Schiff was excused from the wit
ness stand and Professor G. Bachman
was called as the next witness in re
buttal to the expert testimony of Dr.
H. F. Harris.
Attorney Arnold examined him.
Q. What is your occupation?—A.
Professor of physiology in the Atlanta
College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Q. Have y.*u made ar.\ study of di
gestion -A. Yes. I teach it.
Q. What time would it trke cabbage
to digest?—A. Four and one-half
hours to g«t out of the stomach.
Q what is the time required for
bfrxuit to digest?—-A. Not less than
three hours
Q. What time would you sav a
meal of cabbage and bread would
take to digest?—A. It would depend
on conditions.
Q Is it possible to sav hew long it
would take to digest anything?—A
It is not. The failure to masticate
would materially retard any digestive
process.
Might Stay Long in Stomach.
Q. Suppose a person had not prop
erly masticated cabbage, would the
unmasticated portions come in contact
with the pyloris and keep the rest o?
the food in the stomach* any length
of time?—A. Seven to eight hours
W- Suppose a physician made an ex
amination of the contents of the stom
ach, could he mv how long it had
been there?—A. He could only hazard
a guess*.
Q W hat part of digestion goes on
in the stomach.—A. Only about half
Q. Look at .nis cabbage and tell
me whether it has been masticated
(nanding him the specimen of cab
bage eaten by Mary Phagan).—A.
Hardly ..t all.
Q. How long would it take this to
pass out?—A. It would depend on the
acidity.
Q. in a dead body, if you find 32
degrees of acidity c^uld you tell
whether it was ascending or descend
ing?—A. Absolutely not.
Q. After a body dies and is thor
oughly embalmed, what effect would
it have on the pancreatic juices?—A.
It would destroy the ferment.
Q. Does it affect the hydrochloric:
acid?—A. No.
Q. You Investigate and find proba
bly a drop and a half of hydrochloric
acid. Did you ever hear of a drop
of it?—A. No: it is a eas.
Calls Time Estimated Impossible.
Q. Investigating this bod'- several
days after death, would it have been
possible for anyone to say now long
FRANK'S ASSISTANT
AT PENCIL FACTORY
HERBERT SCHIFF.
that food had been in the stomach?—
A. It would have been absolutely im
possible.
Dorsey took the witness on cross •
examination.
Q. Where were you born?—A. Mul-
chausen.
Q. French or German?—A. French
Q. How long have you been in this
country?—A. Since 1903.
Q. How long have you been where
you are now?—A. Four years.
$ What do you teach?—A. Physi
ological chemistry.
Q. Are you an expert chemist?—A.
I am so far as the body is concerned.
Q. What is the princina! property
of wheat bread?—A. Starch
Q. Where does starch digestion be
gin?—A. In the mouth.
No Such Word, Says Expert.
Q. What is amidulin?—A. I never
heard the word.
Q. What is ervthrodextrin (Dorsev
spelled the word ' slowly) ?—A. Write
it out (Mr. Dorsey w’rote both words).
There is no such word as the first
and the second is a 5->tage in the di
gestion of starch.
Solicitor Dorsey launched into
technical examination, spelling most
of the words. Deputy Plennie Minner
had to rap often to hush the laugh
ter in the courtroom.
Q. With an Ewald test breakfast,
how long would it take to get a posi
tive starch test?—A. All the time the
food is in the stomach.
Q. Didn’t you know that medical
authorities agree that it takes from
30 to 40 minutes to get such a test?—
A. There is no authority for such a
statement as you put it
Q. Would finding a positive starch
test indicate how long the food had
been there?—A. It would indicate
nothing. Starch is not digested in the
stomach.
Q Then how are doctors able to
prepare tables on the process* of di
gestion?—A. They can tell from the
proteins combined with the hydro
chloric acid. Starch does not. There
Is nothing certain or clear about these
matters.
Calls It Only a Hazard.
Q. How do medical men agree it
takes about four hours to digest cab
bage?— A. That is a hazard.
Q. Then, tell me what the average
condition would be if vou found starch
but no maltose in the stomach?—A.
I would fay the food had not been
there very long
Mr Rosser interrupted. "I want to
say that we are not dealing with an
Ewald breakfast. We are dealing with
cabbage and bread We want the
young Solicitor to come down to fried
cabbage and bread—the matters we
are dealing with.
Judge Roan ruled that the Solicitor
might question the doctor to deter
mine his scientific knowledge.
Q. You never heard of any ona
making any experiments with the va
rious stages of digestion or have you
made any yourself?—A. That is true.
Questioned on Cabbage Specimens.
Q. Doctor, take these two samples
(handing him Dr. Harris’ vials of
cabbage). Assuming that this one
has been in a normal stomach one
hour, how long would you say this
one lad been in (the cabbage Mary
Phagan ate) had been in a normal?—
A. I would say seven or eight hours.
Q. Why?—A. The pieces are fo largj
they would delay the substances in
passing from the stomach into the
small intestines.
Q. Don’t you know there have been
coins to be known to pass from them?
—A. After seven or eight hours.
Q. Do _y£.u mean to say they etop
up the alimentary canal?—A. No, but
they don’t go in for several hours.
Q. Now, leave out the time required
to pass out of the stomach—what
would you say?—A. That would de
pend on the conditions.
Q. Well, suppose that all conditions
were the same?—A. I would say that
the digestive processes* c.oukl not
reach those larger pieces at all.
Refuses to Venture Opinion.
Q. Why do you reject the hypo
thetical proposition that these two
specimens were masticated the same
way and that tills* specimen was taken
way and aht this specimen was taken
out in a period of from 45. to 60 min-
tes, and how long would you say this
one (Mary Phagan’s) had been there?
A I could not say.
Q. But if everything were equal—
we would say?—A. I still could not
say.
Q. What is the difference between
a meal of bread and water and a meal
of bread and cabbage? (The physi
cian gave a technical discussion of the
different properties of the foods).
Arnold took up the redirect ex
amination
Q. Would you take one man’s- word
about these tests?—A. No. The medi
cal profession never takes one man’s
statement unless it is confirmed.
Q. Do you know any doctor besides
Dr. K. F. Harris who would venture
an opinion on how long cabbage had
been in a stomach?—A. I do not.
Court recessed until 2 o’clock.
Deputy Hunting Scalp
Of Juror-Ventriloquist.
Big Bob Deavors. Deputy Sheriff
in charge of the Frank trial jury,
marched to the courtroom Monday
morning w'ith an aching head and a
grim determination to get even with
Juror A. H. Henslee. whose elusive
voice piloted him against a bedpost
late Sunday evening.
Henslee is a ventriloquist of no
mean ability, and when the jury has
been locked up Sunday his talent has
afforded the principal pastime. Y’es-
terday he worked on Deavors, the
deputy. He had Bob’s wife calling
to him from the street, the hall door
and finally from the door leading into
another room. It was through this
last door that Deavors broke and
encountered the head of a bed with
the full weight of his big frame.
An impromptu piano concert Sun
day afternoon by Juror F. E. Win-
burn. a stroll under guard late Sun
day evening and the feats of ventrilo
quism broke the monotony of what
would have been a listless day.
FIRST TILT
Anti Administration Forces of the
|. T. U. Routed at Nashville
Convention.
NASHVILLE. Aug. 11.—The Inter
national Typographical Union opened
its annual convention in the House
of Representatives at 9 o’clock this
morning, and were shown a two-min
ute session of the Ooodle Rug leg
islature at noon when the prolonged
session of the lower branch of the
Tennessee Oeneral Assembly had to
meet to keep within the bounds of
tiie constitution in meeting from day
to day.
President Lynch, of the Interna-
graphical Convention, won his first
bout with the anti-administration
forces when the proposition to elect
the committee on appeals from the
floor was defeated by a vote 171 to72.
Naming of committees by the Pres
ident consumed the major portion of
the morning session.
The fight to enlarge the executive
committee to wrest control from
President Lynch will have its first in
ning before the committee on laws to
night. The proposition is set for
a special order before the convention
Thursday at 2 p. m.
$21,000 Shortage in
Yadkin Valley Bank
RALEIGH. Aug. 11—A shortage of
more than $21,000, including $12,000
in probably worthless checks and
notes, was reported to the North
Carolina Corporation Commission to
day by State B^nk Examiner Hub
bard, who Saturday night closed the
Yadkin Valley Bank, of East Bend,
Yadkin County.
Cashier Lee Norman, who is criti
cally ill at his home, is being held
under guard. He became ill when the
bank examiner appeared two weeks
ago to inspect his books. The bank
Bartholdt in Denial
Of Mulhall Charges
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—Repre
sentative Richard Bartholdt. of Mis
souri, to-day notified the House lobby
investigating committee, he would be
glad to reply to all charges by Colo
nel M. M. Mulhall, but on account of
his wife's illness would be unable to
return from Germany before Sep
tember 30.
Bartholdt denied he ever yielded
to pressure from the National Asso
ciation of Manufacturers in its votes
against labor measures.
Prince Robbed of
$25,000 in Jewels
Weak, Nervcus and
Diseased Men
Permanently Cured
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LONDON, Aug. 11.—Jewels valued
at more than $25,000 have been stolen
from Prince Alexander of Battenberg,
it was learned to-day. The thieves
in some way gained admission to the
Prince’s compartment on a train and
remoVed the jewels between Hull and
Kensington Palace.
Scotland Yard Is conducting a most
searching investigation, but thus far
no results have been reported.
Livery Men Unite to
Combat Motor Car
ST. LOUIS. Aug. 11.—A $250,000
corporation is being formed in St.
Louis, it is said, to take over practi
cally all the undertaking and livery
establishments in the city.
This amalgamation, it is said, is
deemed necessary by the liverymen
to avoid further loss to their business
from the encroachments of the motor
car, which has almost eliminated liv
ery rig^ as pleasure vehicles.
$60,000 LUMBER FIRE.
JACKSON. MISS., Aug. 11.—Fire of
unknown origin destroyed the lumber
manufacturing plant of G. B. Merrill
& Bro. at Lake, Miss. The loss is
estimated at $60,000, with 80 per cent
insurance.
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