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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 I 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 Fine Summer Suits For Young Men Within the range of $20 to $25 many of the most desirable suits in our house are listed. They’re smart of style and splendid in quality. They’re the models that young men wear and they’re Benjamin Clothes— that’s saying more than we could tell in a world of descriptions. Any suit in the house up to $25, now * Carlton Shoe & Clothing Co. 36 Whitehall Street T 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. Annual Mountain Excursion Southern Railway Saturday, Aug. 16. A Wonderful Remedy That is a Natural Aid and Relieves the Tension. 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. The party will include Miss Hixon. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Bridges and Mr. Simpson. Mother’s Friend, a famous external remedy, is the only one known that s able to reach all the different parts in- t 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. 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