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DR. HARRIS'TESTIMONY
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was fifteen minutes?—A. I don’t re
member.
Q. How Ions: was it after those let
ters were dictated that you com
menced writing?—A. Two minutes.
Q. Can you tell how long you were
writing those letters?—A No.
(J. When you were writing those
letters, where was Frank?—-A. In his
office.
Q After you finished, what did he
do?—A. I took them in to him
Q. Did he say anything?—A. He
said he would put them in the en
velopes and mail them.
Q. He said you need not wait?—A.
Yes.
Q. Did you get anything there Mon
day?—A I got the timebook and
some papers.
Q The previous Saturday when
you were over there, do you remem
ber Frank working on the financial
sheet that morning?—A No; I helped
him get up something about gross—I
found afterward it was the average
sheet.
made it up. I helped him by trans
ferring some of the things to the
sheet ?”—A. Yes, but I thought It wad
the financial sheet.
Q. Didn’t you state at the coroner’s
inquest that you helped him the Sat
urday before?—A. Yes.
Found Her Error
Herself, She Says.
Q.When was it • you discovered it
was not the financial sheet?—A. 1
don’t know, but I want you to know
I discovered the mistake myself.
Q. Now were you not at the fac
tory the previous Saturday and helped
him?—A. Yes.
Q Did you not have that financial
sheet before you at the Coroner’s
inquest, and did you not identify it?
—A. I don't think so.
Q. Well, you said he w r as working
on the financial sheet that previous
morning?—A. He was not.
Q Did you not tell the Coroner’s
jury that you were in the outer office
the entire time?—A. I don’t know.
Q. Now explain how' your mind un
derwent this change. You said then
you were not in his office and now
you say you were. A. I was rattled
before the Coroner, because I had
never been in a courtroom before.
Q Now. didn't you say in response
to the question. “Do you know what
a financial sheet is?” that you did?—
A. But 1 was thinking of the aver
age sheet.
Q. Now, what did you mean by tell
ing the Coroner some of those girls
came in for their pay and now saying
the only one you know anything
about came in for her coat?-—A. I
Just forgot.
Q. Now\ didn't Frank say that
morning that he would not get up
that sheet until Herbert Schiff came
down and got up the necessary data?
A. Yes. he said he could not go on
with his work until Schiff came down.
Q. You do know* that Frank said
positively he could not make up that
sheet until Schiff had gotten up cer
tain data?—A. He did not positively
say so. He said he did not mind Mr.
Schiff being off if he had done his
w’ork, but that he had not don e his
work.
Q. Miss Hall, didn’t you swear be
fore the Coroner's jury that you
worked on this financial sheet which
is written in ink the Saturday pre
vious, and now to-day you swear it
w'as this sheet which is written In
pencil?—A. 1 did not. I wns identi
fying the handwriting on that sheet.
Q. You said lots of people wrote
slanting, and it was hard to Identify?
—A. Yes.
Q. While you -were* working in
Frank’s outer office, you paid he was
very quiet and you did not know what
he was doing?—A. Yes.
Q. You do not know' whether he
was working on the financial sheet
or not?—A. Yes; I saw the papers on
his desk that he w'as working on. and
the financial sheet was not among
them.
Attorney Arnold took the witness.
Q. Why did you tell Mr. Frank you
had to get aw^y at 12 o’clock?—A. He
said something about wanting me to
help him in the afternoon. I told
him I had to get away at 12 o’clock,
and I did get away at 12 o’clock.
Dalton’s Prison
Record Exposed.
Dorsey objected to the answer, but
was overruled.
Miss Hall was excused and C. R.
Dalton was recalled to the stand.
Arnold questioned him.
Q. Who Is Andrew Dalton?—A. A
9 brother-in-law.
Q. With the same name?—A. Yes.
Q Who is John Dalton?—A. He Is
my brother.
Q. Weren't you three sent to the
chaingang at the special term of the
Walton County Superior Court in
1894’’—A. No.
Q. You were not?—A. I was. but
the others paid out.
Q. What did you steal?—A. A chop
hammer.
Q. Didn’t you plead guilty to two
more charges?—A. That Is the only
rime I ever went to the chaingang.
I don’t know* how long I served, but
I was pardoned In March.
Attorney Arnold moved that the
witness’ reply in reference to being
pardoned be struck from the records.
Q. Didn’t you plead guilty to three
charges all at the same time? And
, that the sentence was concurrent on
the three charges?—A. All I took was
a chop hammer. One of the other
boys took a plow stock.
Q At the February term of 1899,
were you not indicted for stealing a
bale of cotton?—A. For helping.
Q. Were you found guilty?—A. 1
w'as fined 1146. which I paid.
Q After that, did you not go Into
Gwinnett County and steal?—A I was
indicted for stealing some corn, but I
was found not guilty.
Dorsev took the witness.
Q. How long since you were in
trouble?—A Eighteen years.
Dorsey to Recall
Daisy Hopkins.
Arnold took the witness.
Q Is it not a fact that there are
now four indictments against you in
Walton County for selling liquor?—A.
If there are I don’t know it
Q. Is it not a fact that they let you
get out of the county and were glad
to get rid of you?—A. 1 nave been
back there every year.
Dorsey took the witness.
Q Do ypu know that Daisy Hop-
Kins know% Leo Frapk?—A. I do.
'4- How tfo *ou Know ?—A. She told
1 me she knew him, and then I saw
her talking to him.
Arnold interrupted: “I object to
what she said.”
“That’s all right; then " Dorsey re
plied “I will recall her.”
Dalton was excused and the de
fense began an attack on his *’har-
acter with witnesses from Walton
County.
B. S. Cooper, the first witness call
ed. W'ax accompanied by a small boy
of 6. He held the boy on his lap
while h e testified on the witness
stand. Arnold questioned him.
Q. What is your business?—A. A
farmer.
Q. How long have you been In Wal
ton County?—A. Fifty years.
Q. Do you know C. B. Dalton?—A.
I do.
Q Do you know his general char
acter?—A. I do.
Q. Is It good or bad?—A. Bad.
Q. Would you believe him under
oath 9 —A. I would not.
Wouldn’t Believe Him Under Oath.
At this point C. B. Dalton w r ae
called for but could not be found. Dor-
sey said he would admit that the wit
ness was speaking of the Dalton w-ho
had testified against Frank. Hooper
was excused and J. H. Patrick was
called Arnold questioned him.
Q. VV’here do you live?—A In Wal
ton County.
Q. What do you do?—A. Carpenter
and bailiff.
Q. Have you aeon Dalton here this
morning?—\ I shook hands with him.
Q. Do you know' his general char
acter for truth and veracity and Is it
good or had?—A. Bad.
Q. Would you believe him on oath?
A. No.
The witness was excused and W
T. Mitchell w r as called. Arnold ques
tioned him.
Q. Where do you live?—A. Walton
County.
Q. Do you know C. B. Dalton?—A.
Yes.
Q. Have you seen him this morning?
A. Yes.
Q. Do you know' his general char
acter?—A. Yes. *
Q. Would you believe him under
oath?—A. No.
The witness was excused and I. M.
Hamilton was called. Arnold ques
tioned him.
Q. Where do you live?—A. Walton
County.
Q. What is your business?—A.
Farmer.
Q. Do you know C. B. Dalton?—A
Yes.
W Would you believe him under
oath 9 —A. No.
The witness was excused and Miss
Laura Atkinson, of No. 30 Ella street.
Atlanta, a woman apparently 35 years
of age, was called to the stand. Ar
nold questioned her.
Q. Where do you w’ork?—A. At the
Empire Printing Company
Q. Did you ever w’ork for the Na
tions! Pencil Company?—A. Yes, for
two days.
Denies Dalton's
Story of Strolls.
Q. Do you know C. B. Dalton?—A.
Yes.
Q. Did you ever walk home with
him from the Busy Bee Cafe on For
syth street?—A. I did not.
Q. Were you ever with him around
the National Pencil Company?—
Dorsev interrupted: “I object,” h€
said. “The witness said nothing that
reflected on this woman.”
Arnold: “It was a reflection for him
to say that he was wdth her.”
The objection was sustained.
Dorsey took the witness.
Q H<>w’ long have you Anown Dal
ton?— A. About six months.
Q. Were you ever In hi® company 9
—A. I have been in his company
three times.
The witness was excused, and Mrs.
Minnie Smith called. Arnold ques*
tinned her.
Q. Where do you work?—A. Na
tional Pencil Company.
Q. Are you the Mrs. Smith who
lives at No. 148 South Pryor street?—
A. Yes.
Q. Are you the only Mrs. Smith at
that address?—A. Yes.
Q. Do you know’ C. B. Dalton?—A.
No.
Q. Were you ever in his company?
—A. No.
The witness was excused. Alonzo
Mann, the office boy at the National
Pencil Factory, was then called. Ar
nold questioned him.
Q. Where do you w’ork?—A. At the
National Pencil Company as an of
fice boy.
Q How long have you been there?
A. Since April 1 of this year.
Q. Where do you stay when you are
not at work?—A. Right outside the
office.
Left Frank and
Miss Hall in Office.
Q. How late do you w’ork on Sat
urdays?—A. I had only been there
tw’o Saturdays before the murder.
Q. You don’t know’ how late you
stayed?—A. No.
Q. What time did you leave the of
fice Memorial Day?—A. At 11:30.
Q. Who did you leave there?—A.
Miss Hall and Mr Frank.
Q. Do you recall w'hat you did that
morning?—A. No.
Q. Did you phone Mr. Schiff?—A.
Yes Mr. Frank told me to, but 1
could not get him
Q. How late did you stay those oth
er Saturdays?—-A. 3:30 to 4 o’clock.
Q. Did you see Mr. Frank bring
any women there and buy them
drinks?—A. No.
Q. Who do you recall seeing there
that day?—A. Mr. Holliday, Mr. Irby,
Mr. McCrary and Mr. Darley.
Q. Can you recall anybody else?—
A. No.
Q. Did you see Corinthia Hall?—A.
I don’t remember.
Q. Did you see a man come in to
see about his boy?—A. I don’t know.
Dorsey took the witness.
Q. What time did Mr. Frank get
there that morning?—A. I don’t re
member.
Q. Did he go out?—A. One time,
as I recall.
Q Do you know’ how long he w’as
gone?—A. No, I can’t remember.
The witness was excused and Wade
Campbell was called.
Arnold questioned him.
Q. Where are you employed?—A. I
have been at the National Pencil
Company for a year and a half.
Q Do you recall a conversation
with Mrs. White the Monday follow
ing the murder?—A. Yes.
Q. Can you tell me w’hat she said?
—A. She said that as she went Into
the factor/ at 12 o’clock she saw a
negro sitting thtr*. She said that
Dr. George
Bachman,
Who Attacks
Conclusions
of State’s
Expert.
A. I don’t know.
Q. Do you know whether he was
reading about the crime?—A. No.
Q. Was it an extra?—A. I think so.
Q. You knew Conley could write?
—A. Yes.
Q. You did not report it to the offi
cers?—A. No.
Q. Did Frank know he could write?
—A. I don’t know.
Q. Where did you see him writing?
—A. In the boxroom.
Q. Did you ever see him wrrlting
wdth a pencil?—A. Yes.
Q. Who did you tell w’hat your sis
ter told you?—A. Mr. Darley.
Q. How often did you see those
spots in the metal room?—A. Occa
sionally.
Q. How often have you seen those
spots In the hall?—A. Oh. veTy often.
Q. Did you see the spots where
those chips were taken up?—A. Yes.
Q. You saw those spots every
where, whgt everybody said was
blood, and yet you tell the jury you
didn't pay any attention to it?—A.
Yes.
Q. Other people got down and
looked at them, didn’t they?—A. Yes.
Rosser interrupted.
“I object to what other people said
and saw. It is utterly immaterial
and Irrelevant,” he said.
“We want to show.” said Mr. Hoop
er. Interrupting, “that this man was
interested and that he w-ent out to
see his sister about the negro, and
when she came down he w'as not
there, and she heard voices, but could
not tell where.
Q. Were you at the factory Satur
day?—A. Yes.
Q. At what time?—A. About 9:35.
Q. Did you see J^rank?—A. Yes
went right to his office.
Q Did he say anything?—A. Yes; 1
was jollying him and he was jollying
me.
Q. Were you on the fourth floor
Tuesday morning?—A. Yes.
Q. Did you see Jim Conley up there?
A. No.
Dorsey took the witness on cross-
examination.
Q. Do you board with Mr. Darlev?
A I did.
Q. Where were you Saturday night
of the murder?—A. I don’t know.
Q. Didn’t you go to the Bijou that
night with Mr. Darley?
“I object," said Rosser.
Judge Roan sustained The objection.
Q Darley is a married man with
five children, is he not?—A. Yes.
Q Did you see Miss Dixon that
night ?
Rosser—T object.
Judge Roan sustained him.
Q. You reported to Darley on April
J8 that your sister had seen a negro
in the pencil factory on Saturday,
about 10 o clock?—A. Yes; he sent me
to see my sister.
Q. What did she tell you?—A. She
said she saw a negro man,on the first
floor. She said she heard some indis
tinct voices as she w-ent in.
Q. T ou saw that blood on the sec
ond floor?—A. I saw what they said
was blood.
Q. How did it look?-—A. I didn’t
" ot J ce ^ <)S ^ enough to tell about it
unlled Concerning
Statement to Dorsey.
Q. Where do you work?—A As an
inspector at the National Pencil Com
pany.
T ou mai1 ° a statement on May
12 -—A. I made a statement to'vou. I
don t remember the date.
Q. Didn't you state that vour sister
said she saw the negro as she was
comitig out? A. I did pot
Q. You deny It. then?—A. I do.
Q. Is this your signature?—A It
looks very much lik«* it.
Q. You can’t swear that this is your
signature?—A. No. 1 would not swear
Q. You say* that you don’t know
whether that is your signature?—A.
Yes.
Q. Do you deny making this state
ment ?—A. I told you I did.
Q. Did you not read over this state
ment and make certain corrections?
—A. Yes.
Q Did you not say in this state
ment that your sister went there at
12:30 and could not see her husband
and went back?—A. I don't know.
Arnold took the witness.
Q. How did you come to go to Dor
sey’s office?—A. I received a subpena.
Q. You thought you had to go°—a!
Yes.
Q. Didn’t you know that it was not
worth the paper it was written on 9 —
A. No.
Wanted To See
Corrections Made.
Q Did you just point out these cor.
rections. or did you wait and see that
they were made?—A. I think I waited.
Q Who was there?—A. Starnes,
Campbell and Dorsey.
Q. Did they all ask j’ou questions?— I
A. Yes.
Q. AH of these 21 pages are your j
statement?—A. Yes.
Q. You were anktd all of these ques
tions?—A. Yes.
Q. Were you asked at the time
you were in the office if anyone came
In and did vou answer “No”?—A. Yes.
Q. You answ ered that someone came
in to get their pay?—A. Yes.
Q. Do vou know this negro Jim
Conley?—A. Yes.
Q. After this murder do you recall
seeing him reading newspapers?—A.
Yes.
Q. Where?—A. Orv the fourth floor.
Q. How many times?—A. Twice.
Q. Is it anything unusual to see
spots on the metal room floor?—A.
No.
Q. Have you seen the place w’here
Conley said he found the body?—A.
No.
Dorsey took the witness.
Q. Where was Conley sitting w’hen
he was reading the paper?—A. By the
elevator,
Q. Where was he the second time?
—A. In the rear of the building.
Q. What paper was he reading?—
yet he came back there and was in na
way interested.’*
“I think you can ask questions
along that line,” said the court.
“Well, we want to record an objec
tion,” said Rosser.
Q. Where and when have you ever
seen on that second floor anything
that looked like that spot?—A. I did
not look close enough at it to know.
Q. When did you see other spots
like it on the floor of the metal
room?—A. There were other spots,
but I don’t know whether they were
like that spot or not.
Q. Did you talk to your brother-in-
law about w’hat your sister said?—A.
He told me about it.
Court adjourned until 2 o’clock.
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MEN AND DELUSION BULLETIN No. 74
God in Georgia
“For it is God which workefh in
you both to will and to do His good
pleasure.”
—Phillppians 2:13.
Thanks
Be
to Him
the House Has
Passed
House Bill No. 4
and
Directed That
It Be
Transmitted
Immediately to
the Senate.
We believe that Georgia
will provide for her way
ward and delinquent
girls at this session of the
Legislature.
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