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The Atlanta Georgian.
Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Results
VOL. XII. NO. 13.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, AUGUST 18,1913.
Copyright 1906.
By The Georgian Co.
2 CENTS. p m a Jbe°
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NIGHT
EDITION
LEO FRANK TESTIFIES:
That his
he could
married life has been very happy; that his office safe door was open
not see Mary Phagan as she spoke to him on leaving after drawing
her pay; that he was in his office from 12 until just before going home to lunch.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
AT CHICAGO—
BOSTON 000
CHICAGO 010
Bedlent and Carrlgan; Russell and Schalk.
AT ST. LOUIS—
00. ... - . .
00. ... - . .
Umpires, Egan and Dlneen.
Umpires, McGreevey and Con-
NEW YORK 200
ST. LOUIS 000
Ford and Sweeney; Mitchell and Ale xander.
Holly.
AT DETROIT—
PHILADELPHIA 100 -
DETROIT 100 -
Plank and Lapp; Dubuc and Stana ge. Umpires, O’Loughlln and
AT CLEVELAND—
WASHINGTON 010 00 ... -
CLEVELAND 100 00. ... -
Boehllng and Henry; Blandlng and O’Neill. Umpires,
Evans.
Hildebrand and
NATIONAL LEAGUE
AT BOSTON—
CINCINNATI 100 000
BOSTON 200 002
Ames and Clark; Perdue and Rarld en. Umpjres, Brennan
Called on account of rain.
FIRST GAME.
AT NEW YORK—
PITTSBURG 100
NEW YORK 001
000 002 - 3 10 2
002 20X - 5 10 2
ibson; Demaree and McLean. Umpires,
010 00 - .
010 00. - .
Umpires, Klem and Orth.
Camnitz, Cooper and Simon and
Klem and Orth.
SECOND GAME.
PITTSBURG 000
NEW YORK 202
Robinson and Gibson; Tesreau and Wilson.
FIRST GAME.
AT BROOKLYN—
ST. LOUIS 000 100 000 - 1 4 2
BROOKLYN 100 105 00X - 7 9 0
Dosk Perrltt and Hildebrand; Allen and Miller. Umpires, Rlgler and Byron.
SECOND GAME.
ST. LOUIS 611 0 - . . .
BROOKLYN 000 3.'. ... - . . .
Harmon and Wlngo; Rucker and M lller. Umpires, Byron and Rlgler.
AT PHILADELPHIA—
CHICAGO 201 001 00. - . . .
PHILADELPHIA 000 011 00. - . . .
Humphries and Archer; Alexander and Kllllfer. Umpires, O’Day and
Emeile.
HARDGR0VE ON SLAB
AGAINST SMITH MEN
Score b yinnings: >
BIRMINGHAM
ATLANTA
000 00
100 0
THE BATTING ORDtR.
Agler, lb Marcan. 2b
Manush. If Me^nerr. rf
Welchonce, cf McBride If
Smith, 2b Knise.ey, cf
FIsland, ss • • • • • Ma y, er *
Holland. 3b McDonald, 3b
Calvo. rf . EUam, ss
Chapman, c Carroll, lb
Price, p Hard prove, p
PONCE DE LEON BALL PARK, Aug.
12. Billy Smith's Crackers and the
Barons met here this afternoon In the
firfft game of their series. Hardgrove
was Moles worth’s selection to take the
mound for the visitors, while Gilbert
Price was on the hurling hill for the
home talent.
Bibby Gilks, the Cleveland scout was
at the game. It was rumored that he
v, as looking over Harry Welchonce, who
has not been grabbed up by any of the
major league clubs.
FIRST INNING.
Marcan hoisted A high fly to Manush.
Messenger ballooned to Welchonce. Mc
Bride waited for four wide ones and
trotted to the initial sack. Kniseley was
also awarded free transportation to Sta
tion One. Knise'ev - as caught off first.
NO HITS. NO RUNS.
Agler popped up an easy fly to Mar
can. Manush slammed a one-timer to
T 'erbt Vnrce’' an' 1 Carroll disposed of
Welchonce. Manush ambled to second
on ix.e oui. Smith crew four wide ones.
Blsland smashed a screaming single to
left and Manush raced over the count
ing station. Holland lined to McBride.
TWO HITS, ONE RUN.
SECOND INNING.
Mayer found one to his liking and
pounued a single to left. Mayer was
caught asleep off first, Chapman to Ag
ler Holland scooped up McDonald's
grounder and threw him out 8t first. F'l-
jam was disposed of over the strike-
fout route ONE HIT, NO RUNS.
Calvo filed to McBride. Chapman
walked. Price filed to Kniseley. Agler
singled to left. Manush popped to El-
lam. ONE HIT, NO RUNS.
THIRD INNING.
Carroll fi’ed to Calvo. Hardgrove
paJked. Marcan walked. Messenger
hit Into a double play, Smith to Blsland
to Agler. NO HITS. NO RUNS.
Welchonce out, Marcan to Carroll.
Smith singled to left. Blsland out, El-
lam to Carroll. Holland filed to Mc
Bride. ONE HIT, NO RUNS.
FOURTH INNING.
McBride out, Blsland to Agler. Knise
ley popped to Agler. Mayer out, Bis-
land to Agler. NO HITS. NO RUNS.
LATEST
NEWS
ALBANY, N. Y., Aug. 18.—Gov
ernor Sulzer was the only mem
ber of the Board of 1 ruatees of
Public Buildings present at a
meeting called to-day. Martin H.
Glynn and Speaker A. E. Smith,
of the Assembly, were absent.
Mr. Sulzer proceeded with the
business alone. State Architect
Pilcher read the bids for the new
wing for the capitol to replace th©
part burned.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.—
Secretary of State Byran to-day
denied a report that he had de
cided to leave the lecture plat
form because of unfavorable crit
icisms and public opinion.. The
Secretary said he expected to re
sume the lecture platform as soon
as he found it possible to start
on a vacation.
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 18.—De
spite Washington dispatches to
the contrary members of the
Mexican government aserted to
day that Preisdent Wilson's note
brought here by Special Envoy
John Lind had not officially been
laid before President Huerta. It
was tacitly admitted that the
note is in posession of the gov
ernment and that it will have
the formal consideration of Pres
ident Huerty within twenty-four
hours.
FRANK LOOKS STRAIGHT AT JURY
AND TELLS STORY DELIBERA TEL Y
During his statement, Frank looked straight into the faces of the
jurymen and talked very distinctly and deliberately. His voice was not
very strong and the deputies had to rap frequently to keep down the noise.
From the lips of the man accused of the murder of
Mary Phagan, came a remarkable story Monday after
noon.
The spectators in a densely packed courtroom list
ened with strained interest as Leo Frank told in graphic
words of the events of the day which brought the charge
of a terrible crime against him.
It is doubtful if a tale so clearly told, so thorough in its detail, j
so logically presented ever has been related in a Georgia court of
justice by a man over whom has hung the accusation of a horrible
murder.
His wife smiled affectionately at him when he told of his mar
riage to her and said with feeling: “My married life has been ex
ceptionally happy; in fact, the happiest period of my life. ’ ’
His words, dispassionate at first, grew in force as he proceeded,
but he seldom departed from his moderate tone of voice. The only
exceptions were when he was referring to some particularly vital
point.
At on point he adverted to one of the Solicitor's charges that
he had not done all the work on Saturday that his lawyers claimed
for him. Frank displayed a sheaf of requisitions to the jurors, and
said with a trace of heat:
‘' Notwithstanding any insinuations that may have been made,
I—wrote—these—requisitions! ’ ’
He brought out the closing words with a startling force he
had not displayed before, emphasizing each word with a blow of his
hand on the railing in front of the jury box.
At another time he held up a long sample case of vari colored ;
pencils t othe view of the jury.
Solicitor Dorsey objected to the display of the pencils on the
ground that they had not been introduced as evidence.
Frank smiled and said to the jurors:
“I guess you have seen enough of the pencils to perceive there ■
are a great many kinds.”
The spectators smiled with him as they saw he had accomplish
ed all he desired.
Here is Frank’s story as it was
told with its various interrup
tions :
Mr. Arnold: "Now Mr. Frank,
such papers as you want to use
you can come down here at any
time or from time to time and get
them on this table right here.
The Court; "Before you com
mence your statement I want to
read the law. In criminal proce
dure, the prisoner will have the
right to make to the Court and
jury such statement in the case
as he may deem proper in his
defense. It shall not be under
oath and shall have such force
as the jury shall think right to
give it. They maV believe it in
preference to the sworn testimony
in the case. The prisoner shall
not be compelled to answer any
questions on cross-examination.
He should feel free to decline
to answer them. Now you can
make such statement as you see
fit.”
The defendant said: "Gentle
men of the jury, in 1884, the 17th
day of April, I was born in Ter
rell, Tex. At the age of three
months my parents took me to
Brooklyn, N. Y., which became
my home until I came South, to
Atlanta, to make my home hero.
I attended the public schools of
Brooklyn and prepared for col
lege in Pratt Institute, Brooklyn,
N. Y.
"In the fall of 1902 I entered
Cornell University, where I took
the course of mechanical engi
neering, graduating after four
years, in June, 1906. I then ac
cepted a position as draughtsman
with the B. F. Sturdevant Com
pany, of Hyde Park, Mass. After
remaining with this firm for
about six months I returned once
more to my home in Brooklyn,
where I accepted a position as
testing engineer and draughtsman
with the National Meter Com
pany of Brooklyn, N. Y.
Came to Atlanta
In October, 1807.
”1 remained with these parties
until about the middle of October,
1907, when at the invitation of
some citizens of Atlanta, I came
South to confer with them with
reference to the starting and op
eration of a pencil factory to bo
located in Atlanta. After re
maining here for about two weeks
I returned once more to New
York, where I engaged passage
and went to Europe. I remained
in Europe nine months. During
my sojourn abroad I studied the
pencil business and looked after
the erection and testing of ma
chinery which had been previous
ly traded for.
"In the first part of August,
1908, I returned once more to
America, and immediately came
South, to Atlanta, which h^ts re
mained my home ever since. I
married in Atlanta an Atlanta
girl, Miss Lucille Selig. The major
portion of my married life has
been spent in the home of my
parents-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. E.
Selig, at No. 68 East Georgia
avenue. My married life has been
exceptionally happy, indeed—it
has been the happiest days of my
life.
"My duties as superintendent of
the National Pencil Company
were in general as follows: I took
charge of the technical and me
chanical end ef the factory, look
ing after the processes and see
ing that the produot was turned
out in quality equal to the stand
ard which was set by our compet
itors. I looked after the instal
lation of new machinery, and the
purchasing of any machinery,
and in addition I had charge of
the office work at the Forsyth
street plant, and the lead plant
on Bell street.
Looked After the
Purchase of Mateials.
"I looked after the purchasing
of the raw material.’ I saw after
the manufacture of pencils and
kept up with the market of these
materials and when the prices
fluctuated so that the purchases
could be made to the best pos
sible advantage.
“On Friday, April 25, I arrived
at the pencil factory on Forsyth
street at about 7 o’clock, my usu
al time. | immediately started in
on my regular routine work, look
ing over the papers I had laid out
the evening before, and attending
to any work that needed my spe
cial attention that morning.
“At about 9:30 I went over to
the office of the general manager
and treasurer, Mr. Sigmund Mon
tag, whose office is at Montag
Brothers on Nelson street. I
stayed over there a short time,
and got what papers had arrived
* in the mail—all the mail of the
pencil factory comes over to their
office. I got that mail and
brought it back to the Forsyth
street office. I then separated the
mail and continued in my usual
routine duties in the office on For
syth street.
“At about 11 o’clock Mr. Schiff
handed me the payroll booy, cov
ering the plants at Forsyth street
and Bell street, for me to check
over and see if the amounts and
extensions were correct. Of
course, this work has to be very
carefully done, so that the proper
amount of money is drawn from
the bank. This checking took me
untiH about 12:20 p. m.
Went to Bank
To Get Pay Money.
“I then went over to Montag
Brothers, took the checks drawn
and had them signed by Mr. Sig-
Montag, after which I returned to
Forsyth street and got the leath
er bag in which I usually carried
the money and the coin from the
bank, and got the payroll slip, on
which the various demoniations
which I desired to have on the
payroll ewere made out, and went,
accompanied by Mr. Herbert
Schiff, my assistant, to the At
lanta National Bank, where I had
the checks cashed.
"Returning to the factory in
company with Mr. 8chiff, I placed
thia bag containing the money
for the payroll, in the safe and
locked it. At thia time my wife
called for me and in her company
and that of Mr. Schiff I went over
to the car, and went with my wife
home to lunch. After lunch I re
turned to the factory and took
a tour for about an hour through
the factory, after which I then as-
aisted Mr. Schiff in checking over
the amounts on the pay envelopes,
checking the money against the
duplicate slips that we had got
from the bank to see that the
correct amount had been given
us, and helped Mr. Schiff in
checking over the money and in
filling the envelopes.
"Thia took us approximately
until a quarter to six to fill the
envelopes and seal them, and
plaoe them in a box we have there
with two hundred pigeon holes in '
it, that we call our payoff box.
Paid One Mon
Check in Cash .
“While I was so occupied with
Mr. Schiff in filling the enve
lopes, a young man named Wright
who had helped us out in the
office as clerk during the past
week cam« in and I paid him in
cash, as Mr. Schiff had neglected
to put his name on the payroll. I
just made out a ticket and put
it in the payroll box, not the
cash box, and continued in the
office with Mr. Schiff, taking all
the envelopes that were due the
help that had worked from April
18 to April 24, inclusive, to pay
them through the window in one
side of the office. There is a lit
tle window built in the hall. f
had stayed in my office, checking
I over the amount of money which
had been left there.
“Thia amount should have been
equal to the amount loaned out
in advance to the help. I took
a ticket out when we were filling
the envelopes in checking thia
amount there. As near aa I recol
lect it, it was about $15.
“I noticed a shortage of about
$120, or something over a dollar,
at any rate, and I kept checking
to see if I could find the shortage
shortage in the various deductions
which had been made. I could
not locate it that evening, after
the help had been paid off, dur
ing which time I stayed in my
office. No one came into my of
fice and asked me for the en
velope or for an envelope of any
other party.
“After the paying off of the
help had taken place, Mr. Schiff
returned and handed me the en
velopes which were left over,
bound with an elastic band, and
I put them in the cash compart
ment, which is different from the
the cash box, the key to which is
kept in my cash box, and placed
them in the safe, and Mr. Schiff
placed the amounts in the box,
and placed the box in the safe
and left them.
Tells of Puting
Slips in Time Clock.
“I placed i-< the time clock slips
which were to be used the next
day. I took the two time slips
dated April 25, which had been
used by the help on Friday, April
25—these ar« the two that I put
in the slot” exhibiting the same
to the jury.)
Mr. Dorst^ thereupon vigor
ously protested that Mr. Frank
should be allowed to exhibit these
alips to the jury, because they had
not been offered In evidence, on
the grounds that they were im
material and Irrelevant, and on
the second ground that he could
not put them in evidence on hla
own statement.
Counsel for the defendant Insist
ed, however, that they should be
allowed to offer these slips in
evidence, as they had been testi
fied to by Mr. Darley and others.
The testimony, however, was not
produced, and Judge Roan ruled
that Mr. Frank might make any
statement concerning the same,
but that he would withhold his
ruling until fui\.*er investigation.
Mr. Frank thereupon proceeded
to explain to the Jury.
“Gentlemen, as I was saying,
these two slips that have April
26, 1913, written at the bottom
a r e v the two slips I put in the
clock on the evening of Friday,
April 25, to be used on the day
following, which, of course, was
April 26.
*l neglected to mention also, in
going over my duties at the fao-
tory, that Mr. Darley was super
intendent of labor and manufac
ture, and it fell to his duty to
engage the help and distribute the
help throughout the plant, and to
discharge the help in case it was
necessary. It was also due to
him whetner the wages were
raised or not. In other words, he
was the man that came directly
in contact with the help. More
over, he saw that the goods prog
ressed through the plant without
stopping, speedily and economic
ally for their manufacture.
‘On Friday evening I got home
at about 6:30, had my supper,
washed up, and with my wife
played a game of auction bridge
at a friend's home in the evening.
My wife and I returned home and
retired about 11 o'clock.
“On Saturday, April 26, I rose
between 7 and 7:30 and liesurely
washed and dressed and ate my
breakfast, and caught a Wash
ington Street or Georgia Avenue
car I don’t really remember
which, at the corner of Washing
ton and Georgia avenue, and ar
rived at the factory, Forsyth
street plant, at about 8:20.
“Upon my arrival at the fac
tory I found Mr. Holloway, the
day watchman, at nis usual place,
and I greeted him in my usual
way, and found Alonzo Mann, the
office boy, in the office.
“I took off my coat and hat
and opened mv desk and opened
the safe, and removed the various
books and files and wire trays
containing the various imporant
papers which were placed there
the evening before and distribut
ing them in their proper places
about the office. I then went out
to the shipping room and con
versed a few minutes with Mr.
Irby, who was at that time ship
ping clerk, about the work he was
going to do that morning.
“According to my recollection,
we did no shipping that day, ow
ing to the fact that the freight
offices were not receiving any
shipments, due to the fact that It
was a holiday.
"I returned to my office and
looked through the papers and
sorted out those which I was go
ing to take over on my usual trip
to the general manager’s office
that morning.
“I then turned to the invoice
covering shipments which w©r©
'made by the pencM factory on
Thursday, April 24, and which
were typewritten on Friday, April
25, by Miss Eubanks, who was
the stenographer who stayed at
my office. She had hurried
through with the office work on
the day previous, so that she
could go home and spend the hol
iday in the oountry where she
lived. But I didn’t get to check
over the invoices on the shipments
on Friday, due to the fact that
Mr. Schiff and myself were com
pletely occupied the entire day.
So we left the factory with the
payroll. So that naturally, these
Invoices covering shipments which,
were mad© on April 24, ought to
have been sent to the customers,
and I got right to work checking
them.
Shows Invoices to
Jury First Time.
“Now I have these invoices here
(taking up the papers and ex
hibiting them to the jury). These
papers have not been exhibited to
you before, but I will explain
explan them. You have seen some
similar to these.
“Of all the mathematical work
in the office of a pencil factory,
this very operation, thlal very
• •re of work that I have nisi* be
fore me is the most important. U
is the invoices covering shipments
and ie sent to the customer, and
it is very important that the
prices are correct, that the
amount of goods shipped agrees
with the amount which is on the
invoices, that the terms are cor
rect, and that the price is correct.
Also, in some cases, ther w©re
freight deductions, all of which
has to be very carefully cheoked
over and looked into, because I
know of nothing else that exas
perates a customer more than to
receive invoices which are in
correct.
“Now, with reference to the
work I d!d on these orders—that
is not n an easy job as you
might be * to believe. Here are
initials. «/ represent the sales
man who took the order. Some
times f have to go through a
world of pipers to find out to
whom to credit these orders.
“I notice that one of the or
ders to R. B. K indole calls for a
specialty. That has to be care
fully noted and recorded. One
column represents the shipping
point, another the date, etc.
“The next step is to fill in the
orders on this sheet. On this
sheet I must separate the orders
into price groups. Evidently no
work has been done on this «h«ot
since he went away. The reason
this is done —in the pencil busi
ness as in all manufacturing
businesses—it is advantageous to
sell as much of the high-proiced
goods as possible.
“This sheet is the only means
of telling how much of the va
rious goods we are selling. It is
the barometer of our business and
requires most careful work.
Declares He Wrote
Financial Sheet.
“After I have finished that work
I have had to do this, .and not
withstanding any i nainuations
that have been made, I wrote
these requisitions.”
Frank read the name on eaoh
requisition, which were the same
as the names on the orders.
“Now that is all my handwrit
ing, except what /as written at
a subsequent date to April 26.”
Frank went back to the stand.
He was handed a glass of water
as he resumed his seat, but de
clined it.
“Miss Hall left my offioe ” he
continued, “on her way home at
this time. There were then in
the building Arthur White, Harry
D©nham and Mrs. White. It must
have been from ten to fifteen
minutes after that this little girl
whom 1 afterwards found to be
Mary Phagan came in. She asked
asked for her pay. I got my cash
box, referred to the number and
gave her the envelope.
“As she went out, she stopped
near my outer office door and
said;
“‘Has the metal come?’
Sound of Voice Made
Little Impression.
“The safe door was open and I
could not see her, but I answered
‘No.’ The last I heard wae the
6ound of her footsteps going down
the hall. But a few moments after
she asked me, I had the Impree-
eion of a voice saying something,
but it made no impression on me.
“The little girl had hardly left
the office when Lemmie Quinn
came in. He said something te
me about working on a holiday
and went out. A few minutes
before 1 o'olock, I called up my
wife and told her l wae oomlng to
lunch at 1*15. I then went up
stairs to where Denhantyand
White were working and fgsznd