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SOLICITOR HUGH DORSEY GRILLING WITNESSES IN FRANK CASE
Dorsey Waxing Sarcastic in a
Dorsey Arising to the Full
Power of His Dynamic
"w r i|f|
Vigorous Cross-Exami-
Attack on a Witness.
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nation.
Dorsey
Gentle
and
Persuasive
South Georgia Road
In Receiver's Hands
NT'
Joel Hunter Declares Making of
Report a Long, Hard Task,
Requiring Skill.
Continued From Page 1.
amine those specimens of cab
bage and tell either from their
condition or from the conditions
found in the stomach of the mur
dered girl nine days after death
within hours of the time that
elapsed between her meal and her
death.”
The wound on the back of the
girl’s head indicates that she was
knocked unconscious and later
strangled to death.
Called Reckless Conjecture.
“From the data at hand, it is
absolutely impossible to tell that
the wound on the head caused
unconsciousness. It is only a rash
and reckless conjecture."
Mary Phagan was the victim of
criminal violence other than that
superficially apparent.
"This is the most extraordi
nary surmise that could be im
agined. As a matter of fact, he
could not have told from the con
ditions he says were present that
she was a-victim of criminal vio
lence. even if he had made the ex
amination within a few hours af
ter death, instead of nine days
later.”
Dr. Harris not only was buffeted
about on account of his startling the
ories and conclusions, but because of
his conduct in the case. Attorney
Reuben Arnold asked Dr. Westmore
land what he would think of a phy
sician or chemist w r ho was called into
a case like that of the Phagan mur
der; who made the examinations ad
mittedly for the reason that he "liked
the Solicitor"; who conducted all of
his analyses and experiments in ab
solute secrecy, who had not even a
collaborator to check up on him, and
who saved none of the material for
the use of chemists who might be en
gaged by the defense.
Solicitor Dorsey at once made ob
jection to the question.
"1 don’t know that the question is
The Able
Manner in
Which
Dorsey Has
Handled
Case Has
Won Him a
Reputation.
admissible, but it ought to be," re
torted Arnold. "We wish to show
that Dr. Harris has violated all of the
ethics of his profession, as well as
the principles of honesty and decency
and fairness. A man’s life is at stake,
your honor. His case should not be
affected by one man’s word w'ho de
liberately has destroyed "til of the ma
terial upon which in* says he bases
his theories."
Dr. Westmoreland was permitted
to answer. He said:
"It is the ethical rule that,a chem
ist or physician either call in another
expert or preserve the specimens of
his test."
Solicitor Dorsey endeavored to
show that Dr. Westmoreland might
be influenced in his testimony by a
breach of professional relations with
Dr. Harris which occurred some time
ago.
Attempts to Show Dislike.
"How Is you feeling toward Dr.
Harris?’ he asked. "Is it kindly or
unkindly?”
The witness replied that it v. ts
neither one nor the other
Asked by Attorney Arnold to go into
the matter to which the Solicitor re
ferred, Dr. Westmoreland said that he
had preferred charges of scientific
dishonesty against Dr. Harris and
that the charges had been found well
grounded, but were not regarded as
sufficiently grave to warrant any ac
tion. He thereupon resigned from the
State Board of Health, he said, leav
ing Dr. Harris in his position of sec
retary.
Joel Hunter, an expert public ac
countant. testified just before ad
journment that it vhave taker
Leo Frank at least three hours to
make up the financial sheet and bal
ance his accounts on the day that
Mary Phagan was murdered.
"That wouldn't have given him
much time to go to the ball game,
would it?" inquired Attorney Hooper.
It is the theory of the State that
Frank was planning to go to the ball
game Saturday afternoon and that he
compiled practically all of the finan
cial pheet Saturday forenoon. This is
in opposition to the contention of th-r*
defense that Frank did all of the dif
ficult mathematical work in the aft
ernoon. something he could not have
done had he just committed a brutal
murder.
VALDOSTA, Aug. 12.—The Valdos
ta, Moultrie and Western Railroad,
operating 42 miles from this city to
Moultrie, has been placed in the hands
of a temporary receiver through fore
closure of a mortgage held by thn
Valdosta "Bank and Trust Company,
trustee, acting for the bondholder. R.
P. Jones, of this city, owner of the
$300,000 bonds, was appointed receiver
and the railroad cited to show cause
on August 23 why the action should
not be made permanent.
The railroad was built entirely with
local capital four years ago. It was
started on a capital stock of $100,000.
The $300,000 of bonds were issued be
fore it was completed.
C. I. Harrel, general manager, will
continue to operate the road for the
receiver.
NEW MUSICAL JOURNAL.
EASTMAN.—The Musical Star, a
new monthly musical journal pub
lished in this city, has just made its
appearance. Professor A. M. Pace is*
managing editor. Associated with
him are J. C. Lenderman, of Mc
Rae, and George W. Stapleton, of
this city.
TODAY’S MARKET OPENING
NEW ORLEANS COTTON.
House Wastes Time on Measure
That Might Have Been Given
Child Labor Act.
24 Factories Take
Space for Exhibits
Only seven days remain for exhibitors
to lease space in the permanent manu
facturers’ exj>osition, to be held in the
Chamber of Commerce Building. Twen
ty-four manufacturers have already con
tracted
Tuesday the eommltteeMn charge vis
ited the various manufacturers in the
city. Meetings will be held each day
until next Tuesday.
On each floor of the Chamber of Com
merce Building occupied by the exposi
tion, telephones and desk space will be
provided for the transaction of busi
ness A competent man will be em
ployed to show visitors around.
Must Pay Alimony
Or Serve Jail Term
MACON, Aug. 12.—D. F. Arnold,
a contractor, has been given an ex
tension to September 6, on or before
which date he must pay $285 alimony
to his wife or go to jail. When ar
raigned before Jud- e Mathews on a
contempt charge because he had al
lowed the alimony to become in ar
rears. Arnold asked for more time,
and the judge allowed him 27 more
days. He is under order of the court
to pay Mrs. Arnold $75 a month.
Two other Macoh men have been
put in jail In the last 30 days for not
paying alimony.
Fires Bullets Into
Bodies of Dead Men
TRENTON, TENN., Aug. 12.—
Armed with two automatic pistols.
J. A. Alford, a prominent citizen of
Rutherford, shot and killed W. F
Coulter and his son, Harry Coulter,
two prominent lawyers of tills place.
After the Coulters had fallen, Alford
fired several bullets into their life
less bodies.
Alford arrived on a M. and O. train
Hid when he alighted he began firing
on his victims.
Domestic trouble is said to have
caused the killings. Alford surren
dered to officers and was lodged in
jail.
LAMP EXPLODES IN CHURCH.
DALTON.—A big gasoline arc light
installed in Dug G*vp Church ex
ploded just before services Sunday,
the flames severely burning Luther
Babb on the arm and inflicting minor
burns on others.
Kansas Heat Wave
Unchecked by Rain
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 12.—New
heat records were reported to-day
from several cities in Kansas. Show
ers in some parts of Missouri, Okla
homa and Kansas failed to break the
general wave of heat that has gripped
this section of the country more than
a week.
At Great Bend, Kans., a maximum
temperature of 110 was reported yes
terday. Joplin. Mo., reported 106 and
Oklahoma City 102.
MASONIC CONVENTION.
ACWORTH.—The annual meeting
of the Cobb County Masonic Con
vention was held at Powder Springs
and fully 2.000 persons were in at
tendance. Among the speakers were
Thomas H. Jefferies, past grand mas
ter of Georgia; N. H. Ballard, dep
uty grand, master, and Wilber Colvin.
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LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
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NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Stock quotations to 10 a. m.:
10
Prev
STOCK—
High.
Low.
A.M.
Close.
Amal. Copper.
72%
72%
72%
72%
American Can
34 4
34%
34%
34
Am. Locomo..
334
33 4
334
334
Anaconda . .
36*i
364
364
36%
Beth. Steel. ..
36%
364
364
38
B. R. T
89%
89%
894
89%
Can. Pacific..
2194
219 4
219 4
218
Erie
29%
29%
29%
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do, pref. ..
47%
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47%
Interboro .. ..
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do, pref . .
61 Its
614
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614
K. C S
26%
26 %
36%
264
Lehigh \ alley
152%
152 4
152 4
1514
N. Y. Central..
99%
99%
99%
994
N and W. ...
1064
106%
106%
105%
North. Pacific.
113
113
113
1124
O. and W. . . .
29 \
294
29%
294
Pennsylvania.
113%
113%
113%
113%
Reading
1604
1604
1604
160
Rep. 1. and S .
25
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24 4
Rock Island...
184
184
18 4
18-C
do, pref. . .
30 *4
304
304
So. Pacific.. . .
92%
9-’%
924
92
So. Railway...
254
254
254
25%
St. Paul
107 4
1074
1074
109 4
Tenn. Copper.
31%
314
31%
31
1 nion Pacific.
1544
164
154
1534
I S. Rubber.
61
61
61
60%
P. S. Steel.. .
64
64
64
64
Ptah Copper.
. 50%
50%
50 Z
504
Wabash
. 5%
5%
5%
44
do, pref. . .
15
144
15
14%
x—Ex-dividend 214 per cent.
Take the child slaves, shackle them,
Throttle them if thru laugh;
Enslave the ten men if gnu will.
Hut save mg darling calf.
That was the burden of the song
Monday afternoon In the Georgia
House of Representatives—the same
House of Representatives that has
persistently refused to consider any
measure to relieve the condition of
the thousands of child-slaves in the
State—when the legislators, for two
hours, discussed solemnly and ear
nestly a bill designed to protect the
heifer calves of the State from the
persecutions of the butcher and the
farmer by prohibiting the killing of
the "innocent, pure-eyed little things"
—that is what one member called
them—until they have reached th
mature age of 2 years.
Rhetorical thunderbolts were hurled
by the champions of the calves at the
heads of those who were determined
that the last calf should be executed,
to be met by bursting bombs of meta
phor that shook the rafters and pene
trated even to the farthest confines
of the gallery; epigrammatic" sky
rockets threw their trails of fiery lan
guage into the runping gears of the
pin wheels of logic; the defenders of
the calf hurled Biblical passages into
the camp of the veal eaters, and the
bloodthirsty members who wanted
blood, red blood, delved into the poets
and flung quotation after quotation
into (he very teeth of the advancing
army of calfdom.
Bill Bleated—Then Died.
And after two hours the calf bill
poked its head up through the maze
of oratory and near-oratory, through
the mud of condemnation and the
whitewash of appreciation, gave one
plaintive, despairing bleat, and died,
91 votes to 73.
Members who had viewed with
equanimity and magnificent self-con
trol the smothering of measures to
aid the child-slavgs felt impelled to
rise in their might when the rights
of the calf were assailed. Here’s how
some of them felt:
Mr. Conner, of Spalding—“If this
bill is not passed, in five years cows
will be as scarce as hens’ teeth."
Mr. Ennis, of Baldwin—“Saving the
calves is no laughing matter. If you
had seen th« slaughter of these inno-
Goat Dies Tryirg to
Eat Senator's Speech
WILKESBARRE. PA., Aug. 12.—
State Senator Sterling R. Catin has
lost his goat—not that kind the jokers
like to tell about, but a real one
named William.
Catlin kept his pet in the barn
where he had stored many of the
speeches made during his long term
of service at Harrisburg.
The Senator went to the barn to
admire William, ^and to his dismay,
found the goat loose among his
papers. One voluminous budget was
protruding from his mouth. Despite
all the Senator’s efforts William
choked to death. The fatal document
was one of Catlin’s greatest legisla
tive propositions.
cent little things as I have you would
vote aye "
Mr. Lloyd, of Newton—"This bill is
the worst kind of class legislation.
WThy can’t the bull calf have the same
right to life, liberty and pursuit of
happiness that is granted the heifer
calf? A man’s calves are his private
property and should not be regu
lated."
Mr. Culpepper, of Meriwether—
"Why is it these .men want to pro
tect the heifer calves aqd allow the
bull calves to go to their doom, when
it is a fact that the ‘female of the
species is more deadly than the
male?’ ”
Mr. Picquet, of Richmond—"The
Bible says, ‘Thou shalt not kill,’ and
it applies to calves as well as hu
man beings. It makes my heart bleed
to see these innocent little calves
cruelly, brutally slaughtered to pro
vide a veal eater’s holiday."
"Prodigal” Is Provided For.
Mr. Shuptrine, of Chatham—"The
bill should not pass under any cir
cumstances. We have the Bible on
our side, for it distinctly ordered that
the fatted calf be killed for the prod
igal son.”
Mr. Spence, of Carroll—"I am out
raged and indignant. This bill is the
most diabolical bill I have ever seen.
I vote NO!"
Mr. Wimberly, of Bibb—"To kill
this bill means that the slaughter of
the innocents will be continued, and
what man, be he ever so strong, can
endure the sight of the wild-eyed,
bleating calf being led to the slaugh
ter? There are 365,000 calves butch
ered in Georgia every year. If they
were saved, think of the number of
cows we w ould have in four years and
the lowing herds that would wind
slowly over the lea! Think of the
rivers and lakes of milk, and if we
can raise enough strawberries, think
of the strawberries and cream we
could have."
Mr. Berry, of Whitfield—r"I arise to
explain that I am not going to ex
plain my vote."
The bill was introduced by Nelson,
of Clayton, and favorably reported
by the Committee on General Agri
culture, of which Kimbrough, of Har
ris, is chairman.
Polaire Will Wear
A Ring in Her Nose
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. ^
PARIS, Aug. 12—When Mile. Po
laire. who boasts that she is the thin
nest actress in the world, although
she resented being called the ugliest
by the New York papers—appears in
America in the fall Mhe will w’ear a
large gold ring suspended from her
nose to amupe New Yorkers with one
more novelty.
She has had a ring skilfully fitted
into her nose without piercing the
flesh, so that she can remove
trinket when off the stage.
the
Toughest Town in
Wyoming Is Closed
CHEYENNE, WYO.. Aug. 12.-
Jackpot, the toughest town in Wyo
ming, has been closed by the Sheriff,
and its Mayor. Councilmen and in
habitants are ither under arrest or
have been driven out of the country.
Jackpot was a sort of half-way
place, where whisky was sold to herd
ers and others, and where gambling
was carried on in open violation of
the law.
The authorities left a Deputy. Sheriff
behind to see that Jackpot was not
reinhabited
Resents ‘Weakling;’
Wants to Box Heflin
NEW YORK, Aug. 12.—John Black,’
secretary of the Bronx Men's League
for Woman Suffrage, has sent a let
ter to Representative J. Thomas Hef
lin. of Alabama, protesting against
the characterization of men who be
lieve in equal suffrage as effeminate
and weaklings. *
He says perhaps an offer to go ten
rounds with\^io Congressman at some
local club would please him, adding
that some things have to be whipped
into some men.
Car Hits House and
Jars Man From Bed
MUNCIE, IND., Aug. 12.—Albert E.
Needham, alone in his big three-story
residence, was thrown from his bed
and the house was pushed from Its
foundation by the impact of a heavy
interurban car against one corner of
the structure to-day. Three men were
injured.
The car was being taken to the
bain when it jumped the track on a
curve, swung across the sidewalk and
crashed into the house.
FARMERS’ INSTITUTE.
ACWORTII.—The Cobb County
Farmers’ Institute, held in Acworth,
was addressed by President A. P. Mc
Lain, of Acworth, and experts from
the United States and State Depart
ments of Agriculture. George M. Orr, ,
of Acworth. was elected president, <
and Aubur Davenport, of Acworth
secretary for the ensuing year.