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IIEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 1913.
LEO FRANK IS READY TO REVEAL HIS STORY
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Accused Superintendent to Appeal to Reason of the Men Who Will Decide His Fate
DECLARE RE ALONE RAS
Defendant Will in No Way Try to
Stir Emotion of Jurors, But Will
Simply Outline His Contention as
to Tragedy.
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Leo M. Frank’s statement to the
jury, delayed from last week by the
swarm of character witnesses brought
In at the last moment, is the main
4'actor of Interest remaining in the
\ /r rial of the National Pencil Factory
i superintendent before the rebuttal is
taken up by the two attorneys rep
resenting the State.
What this statement will be the de
fendant’s lawyers themselves profess
not to know. They have had little
or no part in framing it, they say.
All they know is that he proposes
to make one, and that he has been
preparing it piecemeal as the trial
has progressed and one point after
another has arisen.
Whether it will be a formal state
ment read verbatim, no one knows
except the prisoner and possibly his
immediate relatives.
If the lawyers know they are keep
ing it darkly a secret. They believe,
they have ventured to say, that it will
be more or less informal and that it
will be in the nature of an address to
•the jury and the court based upon
■the notes that Frank has made from
time to tirv^e during the trial.
Appeal To Reason.
That there will be little appeal to
the emotions of the Jurors is prac
tically a foregone conclusion. It is
the purpose of Frank, it is understood,
to appeal directly to the reason and
common sense of the twelve men—to
outline to them as he has outlined to
■his dun attorneys the weak points
or Im,u.ihabftUties in the negro Con
ley’s .'lory.
well as this, it Is his intention
to picture to them his every move-
u?nt during the entire day and to
represent the physical impossibility
of his having committed the crime
and disposed of the body as Conlej
describes, if his alibi as set up by a
• score of witnesses is accepted by the
*' .it|ry.
V The statement will embrace much to
which he testified at the Coroner’s
\ inquest. But there will be much more.
He will go Into some Things on which
I his own lawyers have not touched.
\ The statement practically is certain
w 8 to T form a most remarkable and iewmk
| important portion of the record the
* . trial’s proceedings.
What promised to provide a sensa
tion during the presentation of the
defendant’s case may collapse inte
nothing. This is W. H. Mincey and
h» startling declaration that he saw
Jim Conley on the afternoon of the
murder, and that Jim bragged to him
that he had killed a girl that after
noon and didn’t want to kill anyone
else.
Appear to Doubt Mincey.
The attorneys for the defense have
not been willing to say whether or
not they would call Mincey. They
have appeared to entertain some
doubts of Mlncey’s credibility. Reu
ben Arnold said Saturday that he
was not prepared to say that he
would or would not call Mincey.
If Mlncey’s story could be corrob
orated it would furnish a most ef
fective weapon in winning the battle
.lor Frank’s life. Granting Its truth-
lness, it is the most definite and
rect evidence of the entire cast*,
nbraclng as it does a virtual con
fession of murder on the part of the
negro. ^ . ,
Mincey said he met Conley at
Electric avenue and Carter street
Saturday afternoon, April 26. Con
vey was partially intoxicated and be
coming angered at Mincey’? insistence
• that he take out an insurance policy
threatened the agent and boasted of
killing a girl shortly before, accord
ing to the affidavit made by Min-
If Mincey goes on the stand his
testimony will become the target for
some of the State’s strongest rebut-
> ial That and the character of Frank
will divide the attention of the So
licitor. He will not bother about
much else. He Is content to let Con
ley’s story, as bolstered and strength
ened by the testimony of detectives
and other witnesses, stand as a suffi
cient rebuttal for practically ail of
the evidence that the defense has
brought out In favor of Frank Jne
Solicitor believes that when the ar
guments go before the jury the mem
bers will be willing to accept the
atory of the negro as against that of
Frank.
After Frank’s Character.
Dorsey, however, has been unceas
ing in his efforts to wreck Frank’s
character. He has branded him as a
degenerate and a criminal of the
worst type. The introduction of char
acter witnesses by the defense has
given him a new opening, and he pro
poses to take every advantage of It.
His attitude is shown in a colloquy
between himself and Judge Roan.
• How far /do you Intend to go in
that line of testimony?" inquired the
judge.
“Just exactly as far as your honor
will let me,” Dorsey replied.
Judge Roan remonstrated that the
Solicitor General should not seek to
introduce evidence that he knew was
illegal. The Solicitor smiled.
Dorsey has about twenty witnesses
he will use in an effort to destroy all
of the favorable impress!' created
by the 100 character witnesses who
have testified for Frank so far in the
trial. From some of them he has
promised to produce testimony of the
most sensational sort.
One young girl, Dewey Hewell, not
yet out of her teens, was brought all
tl\e way from Cincinnati last Friday
for the express purpose of testifying
against the young factory superin
tendent.
American Girl Tells
Of ‘Walloping’ Prince
“I Kicked Radziwlll Out of His Au
to for Kissing My Hand too
Rapturously,” She Says.
NEW YORK. Aug. 16.—Miss Eliza
beth Frewen, of Philadelphia, arrived
from London to-day on the Oceanic
with a Pekinese named Bo Sing, a
gift from Prince Albert Radziwlll,
who married Miss Dorothy Deacon,
a Boston society girl, some years ago.
“Just because I tFll you the Prince
gave me Bo Sing,’’ said Miss Frewen,
“don’t think he is a friend of mine.
Just before I left London I walloped
him on the Jaw and kicked him out of
his automobile for kissing my hand
too rapturously."
Miss Frewen is six feet tall. She
was met at the pier by Joseph Daley,
of Boston, to whom she Is to be mar
ried next month.
Father Sells Girl at
Auction in Detroit
FRHAVEN, of I’liilfKlrf-
phia, who kicked a Prince, and
is proud of if.
Custom Officers
Seize Davis Trophy
International Tennis Cup. Just Won
by America Is Held Up
for Duty.
NEW YORK, Aug. 16.—The Davis
cup, international tennis trophy, re
cently won in England by the Amer
ican team, was seized by customs of
flclals when it reached here to-day
on the liner Mauretania, but Collec
tor of the PoVt Mitchell intimated to
night that the prize would probably
be released within a short time.
The basis of the seizure was tlie
officials claim that although the tro
phy was originally American prop
erty, it had been abroad so long that
the payment of duty might be neces
sary.
Authorities Take Steps to Have Mar
riage of Syrian Child to Turk
Annulled.
DETROIT, MICH., Aug. 16.—The
marriage license department of the
County Clerk's office has taken steps
to nullify an auction sale of Marie
Aman, a Syrian girl, only 15 years
old. Her father made the sale. There
were half a dozen bidders.
The girl had been in the country
only seven weeks, and was brougnt
here by her father expressly to be
sold. A Turk, Mehammed Haj Se-
leem, was the successful bidder.
The bargain was sealed Immediate
ly by the reading of an Oriental mar
riage service. The girl had a sweet
heart who could not bid high enough
to win her.
Triplets in Home
Where 6 Twins Live
President Wilson Is Honored Three
Times in the Naming of
the Babies.
Woman Not Man’s
Equal, Says Prelate
Archbishop Says He Wouldn’t Dare
Say Suffrage Agitation Is
Against Church Rules.
MILWAUKEE. Aug. 16—"I do not
believe the Creator intended the po
sition of woman in the world should
be the same as that of man,” said
Archbishop Sebastian G. Messmer. of
this city, in an address to the Cath
olic Press Association to-day.
“But I would not dare make the
positive statement that agitation for
woman suffrage is against the rules
of the church. The church has not
taken any definite stand and until it
does each individual has a right to
think, talk and act as he sees fit.”
Weds Model; Loses
Home; Goes to Work
‘I Should Worry,’ Remarks Rich Re
tired Merchant’s Son When
Disowned.
WORCESTER, MASS.. Aug 16.—
Because William A. Lyttle, Jr., son
of Colonel W. A. Lyttle, a wealthy
retired merchant and erstwhile mem
ber of the Governor’s Council, eloped
with Miss Thyra Linea Johnson, a
19-year-old artist’s model of this city,
to Putnam., Conn., he has been dis
owned by his father.
Colonel Lyttle has ordered his son
to give the girl up. Disregarding
that mandate, young Lyttle brought
matters to a crisis by quietly slip
ping out of town a few days ago with
his sweeaheart and having the matri
monial knot tied.
“I should worry,” said young Lyt
tle when he was told of his father’s
decision, and then he promptly started
with his bride to Detroit, where he
will learn the automobile business.
Grape Juice
vs.
Milk
Charges Sister Stole
Her Husband’s Love
California Woman Namea Beautiful
Relative In Her Plea for
a Divorce.
HOMESTEADER IS BLOWN
FROM HIS BED BY STORM
PIERRE, S. DAK., Aug. 16—Otto
Everhardt. a young bachelor home
steader, arrived at the home of a
neighbor dre«‘«ed only in a two-foot
piece of blanket, which he said was
all that remained of his household
property as a result of the storm
which swept this section. Everhardt
said that the tornado struck his shack
while he was in bed, carried away the
Mhan + - and bed and left him unin
jured. Other homesteaders suffered
heavy looses, reports indicate.
Secretary Bryan Does Not Have
Undivided Support of Cabinet
in Choice of Beverage.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16—Grape
juice as a Cabinet beverage has gone
into eclipse, in spite of the promi
nence given to It by Ciceronian elo
quence as being the only nectar of the
gods.
A canvass of the preferences of oth
er members of the Cabinet beside
that of Mr. Bryan, whose favorite
beverage is well known, disclosed the
fact that plain eld mi!!:, sweet and
buttermilk, is ahead in the race. Pres
ident Wilson prefers orange Juice to
that of the luscious grape.
Secretary o£ the Navy Daniels Is
one of the sweet milk champions and
has a fellow champion in Secretary
of Labor William B. Wilson.
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
leans toward buttermilk.
Attorney General McReynolds and
Secretary of War Garrison are ?aid to
be ardent milk advocates.
Secretary of Agriculture David
Houston is one of the two members
that find enjoyment in pure unfer
mented grape Juice.
Secretary of the Interior Lane pre
fers hot tea, while Secretary of Com
merce Redfleld likes his tea cold.
SU8ANVILLE, CAL., Aug. 16.-
Charglng that hrr younger and pret*
tier sinter had stolen her husband’s
love, Mrs. Celia Rundquivt Schaefer
asked Judge Monroe for a divorce
from Marin Schaefer a fTult grower
and rancher. Miss Rose Rundqulst,
sister of the plaintiff, was named ns
co-respondent.
Mrs. Schaefer testified that her sin
ter admitted that her husband was n
“grand man,” and that he showered
attentions upon* the slater and ad
mitted making love to her. The plain
tiff also claimed that she had to sup
port both for two years.
Judge Monroe held that tfiere was
Insufficient corroborating evidence
and instructed the applicant for di
vorce to get more witnesses.
AUTO AS MATADOR SAVES
FARMER FROM MAD BUU
ELGIN, ILL., Aug. 16.—Matadors
may be succeeded by automobiles as
bullfighters. This was proven when
Peter Green, a farmer, 60 years old.
of Huntley, was being gored by a bull
in one of his pastures His screams
attracted an automobile party of three
men. who were In the road. They wit
nessed the attack for a moment, then
the driver of the big touring car made
a dash into the pasture and after ihe
bull.
The horn was tooted and tooted,
and the bull finally was driven awav
from the helpless farmer. Three >f
Green's ribs were broken, but he will
recover.
LAONIA, WIS., Aug 16.—Three
pairs of twins and a set of triplets
Is the record that Mrs. Joseph Che-
cota, of this town, boasts The trip
lets will be named Woodrow, Wil
son and W. W. Joseph, In honor of
the President.
The father believes this is a record
long time to
that will stand for
come.
Mr, and Mrs, Checota have been
married six years and in that ime
have had nine children. Ail but one
are living.
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We Don’t Want Them
Maybe You Do!
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This refers to a fine lot of used pianos
turned from rental and taken in exchange
player-pianos. We need the room and they
on sale Monday at
re-
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go
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Their Actual Value
Most of them are nearly new and are stand-
makes. Below we list a few of them:
Confusion in Study
Of Grammar Dispelled
Committee’s Report on Standardizing
Nomenclature Makes Good
Impression.
^COLORADO SPRINGS, Aug. 16.—
Standardization of grammatical no-
men'clature, which will do away with
the confusion in the study of Eng
lish, as well as other languages, In
American schools, has been effected
by a committee of fifteen, of which
Professor Hills, of Colorado College,
was a member.
Tho committee made a report to
the National Education Association in
onvention at Salt Lake City and its
a idoption without amendment virtp-
illy insures the following of thecom-
’nittee'i recommendation* in all
schools and colleges.
According to Professor Hills, it was
found that in the sentence “John i*
^a^good,” the word “good” was called by
Vine different names in 25 grammars;
lie word “John” in “This is John,”
Xas called by nineteen terms, and in
' We made John president,” the word
“president” was given eighteen dif
ferent namea in the textbooks exam
ined.
Wing -
Cooper -
Cofe -
Smith & Barnes
Temple - - -
Everett -
Columbus - -
Estey -
Weser -
Lester - - -
- Used -
- Used - -
- Used -
- Used •
Nearly New ~
Nearly New
Nearly New -
Nearly New
Nearly New -
Nearly New
$ 75.00
- $85.00
$145.00
- $155.00
$160.00
$225.00
$150.00
$260.00
$145.00
$225.00
Some Fine Bargains in PlayerPianos
Ludden & Bates
63 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, Georgia
This Is a Thing of Ihe Past for Our lire Customers
RING IVY 2023
Three service cars and two motorcycles on duty day and night,
every day in the year, to come to your assistance.
BUY YOUR TIRES FROM US
(We sell all makes.)
Our prices are no higher and the service is free
JOHNSON-GEWINNER COMPANY
83-85 North Forsyth St.
Opposite Ansley Hotel
Free Air Station
Gasoline 17c
We can reach
the farthest
points in 30
minutes.
Service
within 30
miles of
Atlanta