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¥ TTTE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANT) NEWS. Continued From Page 4 ceased delivering mail on Sunday, "hen did you get your reports?—A. Every Saturday. Q. Since that time when have you been receiving them?—A. Every Mon day morning. Q. Did you get the report of April -4?—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. ^ • uor*»ey: I object. Judge Roan; It is admissible. Ashley Jones was the next witness called. Attorney Arnold examined him. Q. Do you know Leo M. Frank—A. Yes. Q. Do yop know his general char acter 7 —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 New 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 thorough examination as to the moral and physical standing of the appli cant. You never heard of his taking young girls into his lap, did you? Ainolu interrupted—Your'honor, I think that question is outrageous. We are dealing w:th 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—Y r our 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? \ No. We had an investigator on the case and he never found any such thing. y. 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 justie-*. Q. Mr. Jones, did you ever hecr of Frank taking girls on his lap? At this question Mrs. Rea Frank, mother of Leo Frank, interrupted, shouting to the Solicitor, “No, and you didn’t, either. ’ Mrs. Frank brike into tears, ani 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.) Q. Did you ever hear of Mrs. Pearl i Dawson going there to get her pay | and of him putting his hands on her j little girl and of Mrs. Dawson tnrow- ing a monkey wrench at him?—A. No. Q. Did you ever h< ir familiar with a Mrs. Wlnggold?—A. No. Q. Did you ever hear of him having suggestive pictures on the walls and of him slapping girls?—A. No. The witness was* excused. At this point Solicitor Dorsev asked Judge Roar, to order Daisy Hopkins seld as he was informed she was pre- I 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 Conlev rein»«»-i 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 w’ould 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 > » •>- ing this originally was doing it right along without any directions, couldn’t he have don** 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 vou a prettv- good time at the foot of the elevator, w’ould it not?—A. A minute. You didn’t have any body to drop, did you?—A. No. Q. Those knots which were tied around what was supposed to be 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 nil belonged that way, according to the negro’s state ment. Q. "bat Is this spot right here? (Pointing out a spot on the Rert Green diagram.)—A. Where the body was found. Grant, who was going through the actions of Conley, car ried rhe sach back from here* (indi cating another 'point.) Q- ^’ ow ’ 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 digging on the sack?—A. No. Q. What kind of earth it drawn over?—A. Just the plain earth found in the basement. A recess of a few „- 0 . 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. W T ho is Mr. Brandt?—A. He is a gentleman whom I have known for a number of years. 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 !s a builder. Q. You know his initials?—A. No; I don’t. Q. Do you know hotv 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 Conlev said that?—A. Yes. Q. How ’.ong did vou stop after ne said that?—A. Well, we .‘Topped as long as we supposed Conley stopped. Diaz Ignored Because Of Diplomatic Error SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 18—A cablegram to a local Japanese news paper from Tokio to-day said; “As the Government of Mexloo has ignored the diplomatic usage of the international intercourse etiquette by sending an envoy to Japan without consulting and making arrangements with the Japanese Government for ttie mission of General Felix Diaz, Japan advised the Government of Mexico that there is necessity of careful consultations beforehand.” Noted Organist of England Plays Here Atlanta music-lovers will have the opportunity next Sunday of hearing Eugene Wyatt, one of the most fa mous English organists, in a free con cert at the Auditorium under the aus. pices of the Atlanta Music Festlvul Association. During the next few weeks a num ber of the most prominent organists in the country will be heard in con cert at the Auditorium in the contest for the place of city organist left va cant by Dr. Percy Starnes’ resigna tion. Mr. Wyatt, however, will not par ticipate in the contest, his appearance here being a special attraction ar ranged by the association. Seton Blyth. a noted English organist, and Clarence Reynolds, organist at the Ocean Grove Auditorium, are two who will try for the place. Tango Puts Ban on Tight Corset Style PITTSBURG, PA., Aug. 13.—The slit skirt, the tango and turkey trot are approved and the tight-fitting cor set taboo with Miss Ruth S. Denis, the danseuse. “You remember, a few years ago, if a girl could squeeze herself Into a 17-inch cornet she thought she would be just the r lght figure. No one could tango in that kind of corset now, and we particularly owe the healthier cor set to the popularity of this dance." FIGHT TO RECOVER KILLS HIMSELF II Case Will Be Taken to Richmond Superior Court—Divorce Pro ceedings Do Not Interfere. Wife of Secretary Is Champion Whistler WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. — Mrs Josephus Daniels, the talented wife >f the Secretary of the Navy, is to-day considered the champion whistler of the Cabinet circle. Mrs. DanleN learned this unusual accomplishment from her sons. When she drives down to coax the Secretary from his desk these Mexi can days she summons him by giving a sweet, high whistle in a code both understand. Soldiers Shoot Wild; Blacks Fear Bullets AUGUSTA, Ga.. Aug. 13.—The new rifle range of the local military com panies will have to be abandoned un less better precautions are taken to protect human lives. An injunction is threatened by W. H. Rennison and other property owners in the vicinity because the soldL*- are said to be shooting recklessly. Negroes In the neighborhood have slopped work on the farms for fear of oeing killed. AUGUSTA, Ayg. 13.—Attorne. C. E. Dunbar announces that he will bring action before Judge Henry C. Hammond, of the Richmond Superior Court, for the recovery of the Zachry children. By a decision of the Supreme Court yesterday Judge Hammond must hear the evidence in the case. The entire matter is, therefore, reopened, and Dunbar believes that he will recover the children on his next attempt. Ordinary Walton heard the case at first, and he decided that Zachry should have the custody of the chil dren. Subsequently divorce proceed ings were brought by Dunbar for Mrs. Zachry, and he asked Judge Ham mond to hear the case and decide whether the father or the mother should have the custody of the chil dren. Judge iWmmond declined on the ground that Ordinary Walton had al ready decided the matter. Dunbar reminded him that at the time the matter was heard before Walton di vorce proceedings had not been insti tuted. Hammond said it made no differ ence and that he had no right to hear it. The Supreme C.ourt has ruled that he had and has the right. 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 which meets President Wilson’s views, as outlined in this report. 4 Shot Fatally in I, W. W.Riot in Utah SALT LAKE CITY. Aug 13.—Non? of the four persons wounded 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. Declaring in a note found by the side of his bpdy that he was going insane and had suffered for years as “nobody but Noah of the Scriptures" has suffered. A. S. Brown, r>2 years old, of Jacksonville Fla., committed .suicide at Hunter and Whitehall streets Tuesday night about 11 o’tlo < 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. Tin- body was taken to Bloomfield’s morgue and will be held until his rel atives, who are supposed to live at No. 112 Jack*»on 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 examlnatoin 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 won dor how he had stood it a* long as he had. Brown was a man of unusual height, well cut features and hair tinged with 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 weie to be freer,” he said, “and where ther* are young children their welfare and di?»posltion 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.” Women Join to Aid ‘Wets' in Chicago CHICAGO, Aug. 13. — An organiza tion of women to i..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 worn were expected to attend the first meeting of the proposed organization at Pilsner Park. 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. Amusement Park for Millionaires' Row NEW YORK. Aug. 13.—William C». Rockefeller and other wealthy New Yorkers, who make up the exclusive millionaire’s colony at Greenwich, Conn., are sorely troubled over the purchase, by Lebrati Brothers, of a twenty-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 e.\ elusive neighbors. Missouri Mob Hunts Little Girl's Slayer LEXINGTON. MO.. Aug 13.—Mor« than 1,000 men to-day are hunting Goldie Winkffeld, a negro, determined to lynch him for the murder of 13- year-old Estelle Potter, daughter of Newton Potter, a wealthy farmer, who employed Wlnkfleld. The child’s body was found in a ravine. FIRST BALE AT FORT GAINES. FORT GAINES.— 1 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.—S.. Louisans who have country homes In St. Louis' 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 CHICAGO, Aug. brother of Jimmy claimants of the pionship, has been rounds with Billy the Naval station at Hammond, Ind., noon. The weight be 142 pounds si contest. ED CLAB3Y. 13. — Eddie CUbby, Clabby, one of ihe middleweight chan- matched to box ten Walters, formerly of at Lake Bluff. Ill., on Labor Day after- for the contest will x hours before the 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. 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