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FRANK, WIFE AND MOTHER CALM AS END OF I RIAL NEARS,,
Painl Used in Pencil Factory Made Blood-Like .Stains, Employee Says
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EVERYWHERE YOU GO
By Bert Green
AGAIN AT PROSPECT OP
DEFENDANT TESTIFYING
Continued from Pag© 1.
did you leave?—A About 4 o’clock.
Q. You don’t know whether Frank
had those women there when you
were off or not. do you?—A No.
The witness was excused and*R. D.
Greenfield was called.
Q. Are you one of the owners of th-s
Venable Building in which the pencil
company has its factory?—A Yes.
Q Who leased it?—A. Montag
Bros., for a period of ten years
Q Do you know where the metal
room is?—A. No.
Q. Where is the Clark Wooden ware
Company?—A. They occupied part of
the building known as No. 37 For
syth street.
Q Since Montags have had that
building has any new flooring been
put down?—A. No.
Q. Do you know Leo M. Frank?—A.
Yes,
Q. Is his character good or bad?—A.
It is very good.
Hooper took the‘witness on cros*-
examinatlon.
Q. Are you closefv connected with
the defendant?—A. As landlord and
tenant,
Q. Did you contribute to the fund
for Frank's defense"—A No.
Arnold took the witness.
Q. Have you ever heard of any such
fund?—A. No.
Arnold, aside, said:
• I wish there was one.”
Montag s Credit
Man on Stand.
The witness was excused and N. O.
Nix, credit man for Montag Brothers,
was called to the stand Arnold
questioned him.
Q. Have you come in contact with
the handwriting of I*eo Frank?—A.
Yes, I saw many of his reports to
Montag Brothers.
Q. Have you a fairly good acquaint
ance with him?—A. Yes. fairly good.
Mr. Arnold showed the witness a
number of financial sheets of the Na
tional Pencil Company, including the
one of April 26.
Q. Whose handwriting were these
made in?—A. All are in the hand
writing of Mr. Frank.
Q. Whose handwriting is that be
low those orders?—A. Miss Hattie
Hall, our stenographer.
Q. Did you employ her?—A. Yes.
Q. Do you know anything about
her getting a raise in salary recent
ly?—A. Yes, I gave her one August 1.
Q. Why?—A. Because I promised
It to her when she first came to work.
The witness Identified Frank’s
handwriting on requisitions said to
have been made out April 26.
Dorsey took the witness.
Q. How do yon know 1t was Frank's
handwriting on those slips and re
ports'' A. By those reports coming
to me.
Q. You never did see him write one
of these, did you? A. No.
Q. Did you ever see him write?—
A. Yes.
Q. Doesn’t this order show that it
came in on April 22? A. Yes.
Q. They would not have waited
until April 26 to make a requisition
for it, would they?
Arnold objected and Judge Roan
sustained him.
Q Are you the brother of the office
boy who has Just testified?—A. Yes.
Q. How long have you been with
Montag Brothers? A. Seven or eight
yea rs.
Q. Whose handwriting is this (the
witness was handed the phtograph of
a letter)?—A. I can not say. It looks
something like Mr. Frank’s
Q Won’t you say whether it is >r
is not?—A. I can not say.
Q. Then how can vou identify that
other handwriting?—A. The other I:
mostly figures. It is different from
this
Unable to Identify
Frank’s Writing.
Q Will you say this is not Frank's
handwriting?—A. I can not identify
this writing.
Q. Give the Jury some reason.—A.
The writing of Frank's which I have*
seen has been mostly figures.
The photograph which Dorsey
showed the witness was of the note
w'hlch Frank wrote to the police for
comparison with the murder notes
found beside the body of Mary Pha-
gan.
On redirect examination the witness
said he was not familiar with Frank s
style of letter writing. The witness
w*as excused and Joseph Stelker, in
charge of the polishing and varnish
ing department at the pencil factory,
was called to the stand. Arnold ex
amined him.
Q. Did you see the blood spots
which Barrett found?—A. Yes.
Q. Did you see the white stuff over
these spots?—A. Yes; It looked like
It might have been a substance we
used on the machine, or face pow’der.
Q. Is there any red varnish used In
the factory? If so. how would It com
pare with this?—A. aome varnUn
looks like blood.
Q. Do you know what that sub
stance was?—A. I d< not.
Q. Would It have been possible for
the red varnish to have been splashed
out of a bottle to this point?—A. Yes
Saw Spots on the
Floor All the Time.
Q. Did you ever s*e these spots on
the floor?—A. Yes, all the time.
Q. You never would have noticed
this particular spot if Christopher Co
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lumbus Barrett had not pointed it out
to you?—A. 1 don’t '-ink I would.
Q. Were you at themndertaktng es
tablishment Sunday afternoon?—A.
Yes.
Q. What impression were you and
Frank under about the Coroner's in
quest?
Dorsey objected and was sustalne i
Q. Do you know whether Frank saw
the body of little Mary Phagan?—A.
No.
Q. Did you understand the Coro
ner’s Inquest was to be held there?—
A. I heard it was there.
The witness was offered as a char
acter witness and declared that
Frank's character \Vas good. He fur
ther said that Jim Conley’s character
was bad and that he would not believe
the negro under oath.
Dorsey took the witness on cross-
examination.
Q. What wages do you get?—A. $20
a week.
Q. How long have you been getting
that?—A. A year and a half.
Q. Where are you from?—A. New
York.
Q. Did you know'Frank there?—A.
No.
Q. Whom did you discuss Conley’s
character with?—A. No one.
Q. Then you don’t mean to tell me
that you are giving Just an opinion?
—A. I was talking about what he had
done to me.
‘Then I move to rufle It out,” said
Dorsey. ”It is nothing'but this man s
personal opinion.”
Says Conley Mixed
Water With Beer.
Judge Roan—I sustain you under
those circumstances.
Q. Did you ever hear anyone say
anything about Conley’s character?
A. I heard he was in the chain-
gang
Q. Who said it?—A. I saw him my
self.
Q. Frank took him back w’hen he
came out of the chaingang, didn’t he?
—A. Don’t you know that a negro is
much better when he comes out of
the chaingang than he was before?
Q. Well, what did Conley do to you?
—A. I sent him out for 25 cents’ worth
of beer, and when he brought it back
it was half water. I said, "Didn’t you
put water in here?” and he said, "No
I wouldn’t do anything like that.”
Q. How do you know he put water
in the beer?—A. By tfie taste.
Q. When was this?—A. Last sum
mer.
Q. What time was it?—A. At 10:30.
Q How do you know the time?
Was it your habit to get that bucket
full every day at this time?—A. Yes
Q. What did you do with this beer?
-A. I threw it out.
Q. Did you send him again?—A. No
Q. What time did Frank come to the
undertaker's?—A. A little after 2
o’clock.
Q. How was he dressed?—A. In a
blue or brown suit.
Q Who came with Frank?—A. He
came alone.
Q How big was the room in which
the body was?—Fifteen by fifteen.
Q. It was a great big room?—A. Not
very.
Q. What kind of a room?—A. i
never noticed It. I just looked at
the body and walked out.
Q. How was the door located?—A.
On the right side of the passageway.
Q. How far did you go into this
room?—A. Just to the door.
Q. Describe the body?—One eye was
badly discolored. There was a scar
on the right of the face. The hair was
hanging loose.
Q. Well, go on.—A. I didn’t look so
close.
Q. W T ho suggested you going to look
at the body?—A. Fritz Yankee.
Q. Didn’t you say a while ago that
you sat there two minutes and got up
and looked at the body', and that
Frank arrived three minutes later?—
A. Yes.
Q. Well, explain that to the jury'.—
A. I don’t know what time it was, I
was so nervous. It might have been
tw’enty minutes.
Q. How long did it take you to get
yourself together?—A. I haven’t got
ten myself together yet.
Q. When did Frank go in to view
the body?—A. Later.
Q. How much later?—A. It might
have been twenty minutes.
Q. How far did you have to go back
to see the body?—A. You could stand
in the door.
Q. Did the seeing of that body have
any effect on Frank’s appearance?—A.
No, he looked Just like he does now.
Q. You don’t know whether Frank
went into that room or not?—A. No.
Q. You felt nauseated?—A. Yes.
Went to Morgue
To See Bruises.
Q. Was there anybody connected
with the factory who went back to
the undertaking establishment with
Frank?—A. No.
Q. Can you name anyone else from
the factory who was there?—A. Lem.
mie Quinn.
Q. Now, why did you go there?—A.
I wanted to see who she was.
Q. Didn’t >'ou know it was Mary
Phagan ?—A. I heard it when I got
there.
Q. Well, why did you go there when
it would tear you all to pieces?—A.
1 wanted to see the bruises.
Arnold—He has already gone into
that.
Dorsey—Tour honor. Want to test
this witness’ recollection.
Arnold's objection was sustained
and he took the witness.
Q. You .are a German, aren’t you -
—A. Yes. sir.
Q. You like to drink your beer
don’t you?—A. Yes.
Q. You ?«ent Jim Conley after beer
didn't he?—A. Yes. and I asked him
and he brought it back half water,
if he had put his black mouth where
a white man was to drink. He said
no. and I cussed him.
The witness was excused and P D.
McCorley. of No. 24 Hampton street,
wno has charge of the cotton seed eil
business of M. Frink, the wealthy
ttncle of Leo M. Frank, was placed
on the stand.
McCorley testified to Frank’s char
acter as being good.
Mrs. M. W. Meyer, followed Mc
Corley. and said she had known Leo
Frank for five years and that his
character was get I.
Mrs. David Marx. No, 354 Wash
ington street. ti:<* wife of Kaboi
Marx, followed Mrs. Mc*yer. Mrs
Marx said that Frank’?' character was
very good.
Mrs. Arthur I. Harris. A. L. Guth-
man No. 479 Washington street, and
M. S. Rice, of No. 14 Washington
street, followed each other in rapid
succession on the witness stand as
character witnesses for Frank. They
each declared that they knew* the de
fendant very well, and that his char
acter was good.
Mrs. B. Glogowski, who has a
boarding house at No. 499 Washing
ton street, testified that Frank board
ed with her for several months prior
to his marriage and that his charac
ter was very good.
Mrs. J. E. Summerfield, a physician;
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Moss, Mrs. Jo
seph G. Brown, William Bauer, No.
52 Washington street; Miss Helen
Loeb and Emil Dittler took the stand
as character witnesses in behalf of
Frank.
E. E. Fitzpatrick, of 105 Sinclaii
avenue, Inman Park, foreman of the
shipping department of Montag Bros.,
testified that he had known Frank for
several years and that his character
was good.
UNIVERSITY CLUB ELECTS.
The University Club Friday an
nounced the following elections: J.
Render Terrell, Greenville; A. L.
Lloyd, Covington; E. V. Heath,
Wavnesboro, and Escol Graham, Mc
Rae.
ONE APPLE TREE YIELDS $75.
SACRAMENTO. CAL.. Aug. 15.—
Seventy-five dollars for apples from a
single tree is the record established
by John McGiel, of Enterprise, in
Butte County.
CUPID ON THE WIRE.
EVANSTON. ILL., Aug. 15.—Tele
phone service here is badly crippled be
cause in the last month seventeen tele
phone operators out of seventy have re
signed to get married, and half of the
girls remaining are engaged.
DODGED BUZZ SAW 40 YEARS.
CHESTER. PA., Aug. 15.—After work
ing for 40 years in Frost’s mill here
without a mishap, Robert Parks caught
his leg in a buzz saw. He will lose the
leg.
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Supper Party.
An informal affair of Friday even
ing will be the supper party at which
Miss Helen Jones will entertain at
her home in Inman Park in compli
ment to Miss Mildred Hazen, the
guest of Miss Mignon McCarty. Sup
per will be served on the terrace and
afterward the young people will en
joy a game of bridge.
Miss Jones’ guests will include
Misses Mignon McCarty, Mildred Ha
zen, Margaret Buckner of Roanoke,
Carolyn King. Laila Bright Cannon,
Messrs. Tyler Waller, Clarence Trippe,
Frank Spratling, Drury Walters, Fred
Hoyt and George Street.
For Miss Specht.
Mrs. William Stewart and daughter.
Miss Emily Stewart, were hostesses
at an afternoon party Monday 'or
Miss Fannie Mae Specht, whose mar
riage takes place this week.
Mrs. Thomas Stewart and Mrs.
Robert Bruce Morrison assisted in
entertaining. Those present were
Mrs. Andrews, Mrs. Specht, Mrs. Ber-
lingham, Mrs. Flowers, Mrs Flury,
Mrs. Ritchie, Miss Sewell, Miss
George, Miss Culberson. Miss Thom
as, Miss Nance, Miss Carpenter. Miss
Miller, Mrs. Andy Stewart and Misses
Uaulyne and Lueile Specht.
Chambers will take his bride on a trip
through the North and East.
For Miss Hixon.
In compliment to Miss Mary Belle
Hixon, of Americus, the guest of Mrs.
Russell Bridges, Mr. George Simpson
will entertain at the dinner dance at
East Lake Saturday evening.
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Mr. and Mrs. Russell Bridges and Mr.
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Thomas-Chambers.
The wedding of Miss Eva Thomas
to Mr. Evans Chambers will take
place Saturday afternoon at the St.
Johns Methodist Church.
There will be a large party of at
tendants, including Misses Marie
Thomas, who will be maid of honor;
Sadie Chambers, Helen Thomas,
bridesmaids; Messrs. 13. G. West. S.
E. Sale, Harritt Chambers, grooms
men. and L. A. James and S. B.
Marks, ushers.
Little Misses Sarah Elliott and
Frances Chambers wil be flower girls.
Immediately after the ceremony Mr.
For Miss Beatie.
Mrs. James H. Taylor entertained
at bridge luncheon Friday a* her
home in Druid Circle in compliment
to Miss Eva Marie Beatie, of New
York, guest of Miss Marie Not ris.
The house was decorated with pink
roses. The prize was a silver pic
ture frame.
Invited to meet Miss Bea>e were
Misses Irene Ben net, Margaret
Farnsworth, Lallie Tipton, Margaret
Green. Allene Perryman, Mildred
Harris, Josephine Smith. Marie Oli
ver, Margaret Gause and Winnie Ison
Mr*. Taylor was gowned id white
voile and lace. Miss Norris and Miss
Beatie wore pink crepe morning
frocks.
Miss Mary Belle Hixon, of Amer-
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Bridges.
Miss Anne Carpenter, of Greenville.
S. C., is the guest of Miss Wycklifft
Wurm.
Miss Margaret Murphey, of New-
nan. who is the guest of Miss Marian
Wooley, will return home Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Clack depart
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lantic City, Washington and N*w
York.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul K. Wilkes are at
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