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WIFE WEEPS AT QUERY
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ea^ed delivering mail on Sunday,
hen did you get your reports?—A.
livery Saturday.
Q. Sin.-o that time when have you
been receiving them?—A. Every Mon
day morning.
Q. Did you get the report of April
24?—A. Yes.
Q. When?—A. Monday morning.
Dorsey toow the witness.
Q. Have you got the envelope?—A.
No.
Q. Have you received one since?—
A. No.
State Objects to
Defense Statements.
Arnold, addressing the court: We
will introduce these statements, your
honor.
Dorsey: I object.
Judge Roan. It Is admissible.
Ashley Jones was the next witness
called. Attorney Arnold examined
him.
Q. Do you know Deo M. Frank—A.
Yes.
Q. Do you know his general char
acter?—A. Yes.
Q. Is it good or bad?—A. Good.
Dorsey took the witness.
Q You are an insurance agent,
aren’t you?—A. Resident agent for
the Ne\v York Life.
Q. You don’t know anything of
Frank's practices at the pencil fac
tory?—A. No.
Dorsey Denies That
He Is Four-Flushing.
Q. How do you know him?—A. He
took a policy with our company in
New York and, as you know, an in
surance company makes a pretty
thorougli examination as to the moral
and physical sanding of the appli
cant.
Q You never heard of his taking
young girls into his lap, did you?
Arnold interrupted—Your honor, I
think that question is outrageous. We
are dealing with the date of April 26.
We are not responsible for the lies
and slanders circulated by cracked-
brain extremists. All sorts of things
have been circulated since this mur
der occurred.
Judge Roan—He can’t ask him
about anything that happened prior
to the date of this murder.
Dorsey—Your honor, I am not four-
flushing a bit. I am going to pre
sent a witness to prove these charges.
Arnold: “He couldn’t prove it, even
if it were true. These statements are
all lies. If this matter comes up again
1 am going to make a motion for a
new trial."
Dorsey: “You can take that up
when I present the witness."
Mr. Dorsey (to the witness): Mr.
Jones, did you ever hear of Frank be
ing caught with a girl in Druid Hills?
A. No. We had an investigator on
the case and he never found any such
thing.
Q. The members of your company
took a great interest in this case?
And wrote to the Grand Jury to in
dict Conley, did you not?—A. Three
of us did.
Mother Cries Out
Agonized Protest.
Q. Who were they?—A. Robert
Leopold Cooney, Mr. Clark and my
self.
Q. Was that not unusual?—A. We
have not done it before, but we would
do it again in the interest of justice.
Q. Mr. Jones, did you ever het..- of
Frank taking girls on his lap?
At this question Mrs. Rea Frank,
mother of Leo Frank, interrupted,
shouting to the Lolicitor, "No, and
you didn’t, either.’’
Mrs. Frank broke into tears, and
crying “My God, my God,” was taken
from the courtroom.
Q. Did you ever hear of him putting
his arms around Miss Myrtice Cato?
—A. No.
o Did you ever hear of him going
in the dressing room where little
Gertie Jackson was in September,
1912?—A. No. (Much of Mr. Dorsey's
questioning is unprintable.)
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Q. Did you ever hear of Mrs. Pearl
Dawson going there to get her pay
and of him putting his hands on her
little girl and of Mrs. Dawson throw
ing a monkey wrench at him?—A. No.
Q. Did you ever hear of him eating
familiar with a Mrs. Wlnggold?—A.
No.
Q. Did you ever hear of him paving
suggestive pictures on the walls and
of him dapping girls?—A. No.
The witness was excused.
At this point Solicitor Dorsey asked
Judge Roan to order Daisy Hopkins
seld as he was informed she was pre
paring to leave town.
Deputies Start Search
For Miss Daisy Hopkins.
Judge Roan issued the desired in
structions. Deputies left the court
room In search of her.
Dr. W. D. Owens was then re
called Arnold questioned him.
Q. Dr. Owens, you heard the state
ment that was read here this morn
ing. You and Mr. Walker used this
document in making your experiments
did you not?—A. Yes.
Q Leave out the eight minutes the
negro said he was in the wardrobe
and the time he said he consumed in
writing the notes—how long did It
take you to go through the perform
ance just as Jim Conley related it?
A. Eighteen and one-half minutes.
Q. How fast did you do it?—A. As
fast as we could.
Q. Including the time the negro
said he was in the wardrobe and al
lowing ten minutes for writing the
notes, how long did it take?—A.
Thirty-six and one-half minutes.
Hooper took the witness on cross-
examination.
Q. Did you read this paper while
you were making the experiments?—
A. No, Mr. Hass did. I held the
watch. Mr. Hass would read each
movement that Conley said he made
and then we would carry- ltout in de
tail.
Q. He had to give specific direc
tions and then the act would be
done?—A. Yes, most of the time.
Sometimes directions would be an
ticipated.
Q. That is just what I wanted to
know. Now, if the man who was do
ing this originally was doing it right
along without any directions, couldn’t
he have done it much quicker?—A.
Possibly. I don’t think there would
have been much difference, though.
Re-enacted Movements
As Fast as They Could.
Q. Did you have the man who was
doing this get excited?—A. No. we
just went through the movements as
fast as we could.
Q. This would take you a pretty
good time at thq foot of the elevator,
would it not?—A. A minute.
Q. You didn’t have any body »o
drop, did you?—A. No.
Q. Those knots which were tied
around what was supposed to he the
body didn’t come untied, did they?—
A. No.
Q There were no heavy weights to
carry, were there ?•—A. The sack
107 pounds.
Q. Did you see it weighed?—A. No.
Q. I understood you to say awhile
ago that there were several points
where you lost time?-A. I was go
ing to explain that a little later.
There were one or two places where
I told them they were losing time,
but they said it all belonged that
way. according to the negro’s state
ment.
Q What Is this spot right here?
(Pointing out a spot on the Bert
Green diagram.)—A. Where the body
was found. Grant, who was going
through the actions of Conley, car
ried the sach back from here (indi
cating another point.)
Q. Now, did you say they dragged
the body? A. They dragged the sack
from the elevator.
Q. Where did you get the idea of
dragging?—A. I don’t know They
Just dragged it.
Q Did you notice the effect of
dragging on the sack?—A. No.
Q. What kind of earth was it
drawn over?—A. Just the plain earth
found in the basement.
A recess of a few minutes was
taken while the jury took its usual
afternoon soft drink.
Questioning Resumed
When Jury Returns.
Hooper resumed his questioning
when the jury returned from its brief
recess.
Q. You have got the statement?
here that Conley went to the cotton
box and got a piece of cloth. Where
was that piece of cloth?—A. He went
to the corner of the cotton room.
Q. Who went?—A. Mr. Brandt.
Q. Who is Mr. Brandt?—A. He Is a
gentleman whom I have known for a
number of vears. I don’t know what
his business is.
Q. Who was playing the part of
Frank?—A. Mr. Fleming.
Q What is his business?—A. He is
a builder.
Q You know his Initials?—A. No;
I don’t.
Q. Do you know how long it would
take for an excited man to tie up a
bundle similar In size to a body?—A.
No, I don’t.
Q. "Mr. Frank, you will have to help
me with this girl, she is too heavy, - ’
the man playing the part of Conley
said that?—A. Yes.
Q. How ong did you atop after ne
said that?—A. Well, we f-topped as
long as we supposed Conley stopped.
Q. Who was giving these instruc
tions?—A. M. Herbert Haas was one
of them.
Q. The attorney here for the de
fense?—A. The man sitting there.
Q. Who else?—A. Mr. Wilson.
Witness Tells of
Carrying the Sack.
Q. Mr. Wilson, of the Atlanta Bag
gage and Cab Company?—A. Yes.
Q. That is Mr. Haas’ company?—A.
I don’t know.
Q So Mr. Haas gave directions
about how long to pause?—A. There
was no pause.
Q. Mr. Frank came running down?
—A. Yes.
Q. Came pretty fast?—A. Yes.
Q. How did he pick it up?—A. Well,
there were two corners to the sack.
Q Were the feet sticking out?—A.
Well, if you want an accurate opin
ion, I could pick up the sack as quick
as I could a body.
Q. You know as a matter of fact
that a body Is very hard to handle?
—A. Yes.
Q. Now Frank wee very nervous
and trembling? Was your Frank
nervous and trembling?—A. Oh, yes.
Q After he went a little way, he
let her feet drop?—A. Yes.
Q. Well, who went after the key?—
A. Mr. Fleming
Q. Who was he?—Mr. Frank.
Q. Well, there were two Franks?—
A. No.
Q. Well, wro did the talking?—A.
Mr. Haas.
Q. Dr. Haas did the talking?—A.
Yes.
Q. Who unlocked the switch?—A.
Mr. Fleming.
Q. What part did he take?—A. He
was Just the elevator boy.
Q. Was It not a fact that It was
difficult to read in that basement?—
A. We read, all right.
Q. Who did the reading?—A. Mr.
Ho a a
Q. Oh. yes. Did you read without
gla.^ses?— A. Mr. Haas, who did the
reading, did not have to wear glasses.
Q. Well, which Mr. Haas was it?—
A. Herbert.
Confused About Way
The Sack Was Carried.
Q. Well, doesn’t he wear glassse?
—A. Not that I know of.
Q. Why. look at him now. Hasn’t
he got on glasses?—A. Yes
Q. When you got off the elevator,
who carried the body?—A. Conley.
Q. Did he carry or drag the body?
—A. I am a bit confused as to whether
it was dragged or carried.
Q. Do you recall how he carried it
the first time?—A. Yes, he took it
under his arms supporting It at his
abdomen
Q. Are you at all positive of that?—
A. Yes.
Q. You w-ere in front?—A. Yes.
Q. Well, where did he stay?—A.
Near the boiler.
Q. Where the body was found?—A.
Yes.
Q'. What did they do with the hat,
the parasol and the shoe?—A. Th*>v
were not there. Frank said: “What
am I going to do with them.”
Q. What response was made?—A.
Just throw' them right along there.
Q. What was thrown?—A. I don’t
know.
Q. Well, you remember every time
it means Fleming and when it means
Haas?—A. Yes.
Q. Who washed his hands?—A.
Fleming.
Q. Who impersonated Frank in his
office?—A. Fleming, he got in Frank’s
office and rubbe x d his hands on the
back of his head.
Q. Now, all of a sudden, Frank
looked out of the door and said:
“Here’s Emma Clark and Corinthia
Hall’’?—A. Yes
Q. What did he do?—A. He came
running back and then we eliminated
the time Conley was in the wardrobe.
Q. Who was Corinthia Hall and
Emma Freeman?—A. We did not
have them.
Q. Well, after a while they let Con
ley out of the wardrobe that he w-asn’t
in, and he said: “Gee, you kept me
In there a mighty long time’’?—A.
Yes.
Q. Then they sat down?—A. Yes.
Dorsey and Attorney
Exchange Angry Glances.
Q About how far apart?—A. Two
or three feet.
Q. Then Frank gave Conley a cig
arette. and let him light it, then he
put the cigarette In his pocket?—A.
Yes.
Q. You actually had some cigar
ettes?—A. I don’t know.
Q. Dill you have any money in the
box?—A. 1 don’t think so.
Q. Then they wrote the notes?—A.
No. we Just took cognizance of that
time.
Q. Then Frank reached for a green
piece of paper and told him to
write? Did you take out for that?—
A. Yes.
During Mr. Hooper’s cross-exami
nation Herbert Haas, one of the at
torneys for the defense put his fee:
on the opposit • side of the table from
Solicitor Dorsy. With an expression
of anger, he made a remark to So
licitor Dorsey; Dorsey looked at him
and said: “Did you speak to me?"
Solicitor Dorsey a rot* to be closer to
him. They exchanged a few- words in
an undertone. Solicitor Dorsey paled
as if from anger, and resumed his
seat. He and Mr. Haas exchanged
several angry glances.
Q. When did you write this letter
to the Grand Jury?—A. Some time
ago.
Q. At whose instance?—A. At the
instance of myself and at the in
stance of Mr. Leonard Maas, who is
my attorney.
Reads Appeal for
Conley Indictment.
Q. Why did you write it?—A. I udll
explain. The attitude of the public
has been one of prejudice. Shortly*
after Mr. Frank was arrested I met
Mr. Haas on the street.
Hooper (interrupting): “I don’t
care to know' about that."
Attorney Arnold objected, but was
overruled by Judge Roan
Arnold took the witness.
Q. Dr. Owens, why did you write
this letter?—A. I wrote it as a mat
ter of conscience.
Attorney Arnold read the letter
again, which was an appeal to the
Grand Jury urging the indictment of
Conley.
Q. Dr. Owens, you did not laugh
as much during this' pantomime as
Mr. Hooper, did you?—A. No, we
did not.
Q. If you '’id laugh, it was Conley’s
own tesL.iiony 7 --A. Yes.
Dr Owens w-as excused and Judge
Roan ordered another witness called,
but it w r as reported that all of the
witnesses had gone, so court ad
journed until 9 o’clock Thursday
morning.
KILLS HIMSELF II
A. S. Brown, 52, of Jacksonville,
Drinks Carbolic Acid on Down
town Corner—Leaves Note.
President Urges
Action on Opium
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.—Presi
dent Wilson to-day sent to the Sen
ate a special message urging legisla
tion concerning the opium traffic In
conformity with the report made by
Hamilton Wright on the opium con
ference held at The Hague.
The House passed a bill w'hich
meets President Wilson’s views, as
outlined in this report.
Declaring In a note found by the
Ride of his body that he was going
insane and had suffered for years as
“nobody but Noah of the Scriptures’*
has suffered. A. S. Brown, 52 years
old, of Jacksonville, Fla., committed
auicide at Hunter and Whitehall
streets Tuesday night about 11 o’clock
by drinking carbolic acid.
The man was dying when Police
man E. F. Davis found him lying in
the middle of the sidewalk. He was
taken to Grady Hospital, but died
before the hospital was reached. The
body was taken to Bloomfield’s
morgue and will be held until his rel
atives, who ar» supposed to live at
No. 1J2 Jackson avenue. Jacksonville,
Fla., are heard from.
On a scrap of paper found beside
Brown's body was a note stating that
he was afraid he was going crazy, and
rather than “live a living death” had
decided to commit suicide. He asked
that his body be given to a medical
college for an examinatoin of his
brain. In this note he gave his name
and address.
On the other side of the paper was
a note in which he declared that, if
the public knew of his trouble, it
would wonder how he had stood it as
long as he had.
Brown w-as a man of unusual
height, u'ell cut features and hair
tinged wMth gray. He was roughly
dressed.
Boston Judge for
Free Divorce Law
| BOSTON, MASS., Aug. 13.—“There
should be a more lenient divorce law,
if not one actually patterned on the
free divorce of Norway," judge Albert
E. Avery, of the Quincy and Brantree
District Court declares.
“There would have to be the proper
financial arrangements if divorce were
to bo freer," he said, “and where there
are young children their welfare and
disposition should come before the In
clinations of the parents.
“But it is unspeakable to make two
people live together if they have
ceased to care the right way."
4 Shot Fatally in
I, W. W. Riot in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 13.—None
of the four persons w'ounded by re
volver bullets In last night’s rioting
between citizens and Industria’
Workers of the World will die. ac
cording to doctors to-day.
The trouble was brought on by the
waving of an American flag in the
face of an I. W. W. orator.
Amusement Park for
Millionaires’ Row
NEW YORK. Aug. 13.—William G.
Rockefeller and other wealthy New
Yorkers, who make up the exclusive
millionaire’s colony at Greenwich,
Conn., are sorely troubled over the
purchase, by Lebratl Brothers, of a
tw'enty-acre tract of land next to the
country estates of the millionaires,
which will be used as a site for an
amusement park.
The purchase was made without the
knowledge of Rockefeller and his ex
elusive neighbors.
Women Join to Aid
‘Wets’ in Chicago
CHICAGO, Aug. 13.—An organiza
tion of women to j :l the wet forces
of Chicago in future municipal cam
paigns will be effected to-night when
the Women’s Liberty League of Chi
cago will come into existence.
More than 10,000 men and wom'*n
were expected to attend the flrjt
meeting of the proposed organization
at Pilsner Park.
Missouri Mob Hunts
Little Girl’s Slayer
LEXINGTON. MO.. Aug 13.—More
than 1,000 men to-day are hunting
Goldie Winkfleld, a negro, determined
to lynch him for the murder of 13-
year-old Estelle Potter, daughter of
Newton Potter, a wealthy farmer, who
employed Winkfleld.
The child’s body was found in a
ravine.
Mania to Own Auto
Blamed for Slaying
CHAMPAIGN, ILL., Aug. 13.—The
police to-day are hunting Gus T.
Pennman, charged with the murder
of Harold A. Shaw, a student at the
University of Illinois and the son of
one of the wealthiest citizens of
Urbana, Ill. The murder was com
mitted, the police charge, because of
Pennman’s uncontrollable mania' to
own the big racing car which Shaw's
father had bought.
Pennman disappeared in the rac
ing car on Monday. Shaw's body
was found last night in a clump of
bushes near Philo, in Champaign
County.
FIRST BALE AT FORT GAINES.
FORT GAINES.—The first bale of
1913 cotton was received here to-day,
Just three days ahead of last year.
It was brought In by Tony Wells, a
negro, who received a handsome pre
mium.
Millionaire Brewer
To Labor on Roads
ST LOUIS, MO., Aug 13.—St.
Louisans who have country homes in
St. Loui9 County are planning house
parties for August 20 and 21, when the
guests will be expected to work on
the roads on "Good Roads Day," set
aside by the Governor.
Edwin Lemp, the young millionaire
who temporarily has retired from the
brewing business, and who has be
come a farmer, has sent out Invita
tions for an overall party, to be held
at his country home.
BOUT FOR ED CLABBY.
CHICAGO, Aug. 13. —Eddie Clabby,
brother of Jimmy Clabby, one of the
claimants of the middleweight cham
pionship, has been matched to box ten
rounds with Billy Walters, formerly of
the Naval station at Lake Bluff. Ill ,
at Hammond. Ind., on Labor Day after
noon. The weight for the contest will
he 142 pounds six hours before the
contest.
COLUMBUS CANNING FACTORY.
COLUMBUS.—C. L. Armour, of Eu-
faula, Ala., is in Columbus for the pur
pose of establishing a canning lactory,
it being his intention to can fruits and
vegetables to a large extent. Mr. Ar
mour proposes to make a specialty
in canning potatoes.
1,500-Pound Shark
Captured in Trap
GLOUCESTER, MASS., Aug. 13.—
A 1,500-pound shark. 25 feet long,
which was captured in the Milk Inland |
trap by Albert Story and killed, after
a bitter battle, is at Story’s Wharf
where It attracts much attention.
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