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¥ EXTRA 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° .. .. . .. ■ . . 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