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VOL. XII. NO. 13.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, AUGUST 18,1913.
Copyright. 1906,
By The Georgian Co.
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WIFE III TEARS IS
Leo Frank made the sensational charge Saturday
afternoon that some one had made an erasure of the very
writing he had placed on the time slip being Newt Lee’s
punches, of April 26, for the express purpose of iden
tification.
‘ ‘ But they were not so successful that they obliterated it com
pletely,” said Frank, holding up the time slip, "although they did
partly erase the red lines on the slip. You still can see the words,
‘Taken out at 8:26 a. m.’ and the two lines I drew under it." Frank
said that he had folded the time slip and given it to Chief Lanford.
Frank took a rap at Chief of Detectives Lanford when he told
of taking the chief past the very place near the ladies’ dressing
room where the supposed blood spots later were found. He said
the chief, though making a thorough investigation, failed to take
any notice of the spots which later were to play an important part
in the case.
Frank at 5 o’clock had been talking almost ceaselessly for
three hours to the jurors who will pass on his guilt or innocence
of the charge of murder.
He presented a wonderful review of each detail of work of the
day. He explained the tipae slips; he told of calling Newt Lee the
night of the tragedy; he gave his version of the events on which
the Solicitor has thrown a sinister interpretation.
Standing out in startling distinctness from the mass of detail
in Frank’s statement were a number of declarations in which the
prisoner took sharp issue with the oharges of Solicitor Dorsey and
the testimony of some of the State’s witnesses.
Hits Testimony of Girl.
One of his most important denials was that of Miss Helen Fer
guson, who said she came to his office Friday night, April 25, for
the pay of Mary Phagan and was refused.
"No one came into my office that night to ask me for his or
her pay envelope or the pay envelope of any other party, ’ ’ he said,
decisively.
Dorsey had contended that Frank refused the pay envelope to
the Phagan girl as part of a deliberately pre-arranged plan to get
her to the factory on the next day and attack her.
At other times he contradicted flatly the insinuations of the
Solicitor that he had not done Saturday afternoon certain portions
of the work his lawyers claimed for him.
Discussing the testimony of Monteen Stover that she had en
tered his office at 12:05 o’clock, and that he was absent, he said
that this might easily be so. He declared, however, that he could
not remember leaving his office from the time he returned to the
factory at 11 o’clock until he went to the fourth floor at 12:50
o’clock. He said there were a number of things which might have
called him from the room for a few moments.
Frank finished his remarkable story at 6:05. As he finished
his wife burst into tears and swooned away. She was given at
tention by her mother, Mrs. Selig, and soon recovered.
It is doubtful if a tale so clearly told, so thorough in its detail,
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. ’ ’
Words Grow in Force.
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:
. 1 ‘ 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-
FRANK LOOKS STRAIGHT
INTO EYES OF JURYMEN
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.
ed all he desired.
Here is Frank’s story as it was
tcrtd 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 prop®** in his
defense. It shall not be under
oath and shall have such force
as the jury shall think right *o
give it. They may 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 here.
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.
“I 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 be
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.
Looked After the
Purchase of Mateials.
“In the first part of August,
1908, I returned once more to
America, and immediately came
South, to Atlanta, which has 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 of the factory, look
ing after the processes and see
ing that the product 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.
V‘l 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 tim®. | 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 o**r 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 n|y usual
routine duties in the office on For
syth street.
“At about 11 o'clock Mr. Schiff
handed me the payrool book, 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
until 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 were 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. Schiff, I placed
this bag containing the money
for the payroll, in the safe and
locked it. At this 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
sisted Mr. 8chiff 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.
“This took us approximately
until a quarter to six to fill the
envelopes and seal them, and
place them in a box we have there
with two hundred pigeon holes in
it, that we call our payoff box.
Paid One Man
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. I
MOTORCYCLE RACER
McNEIL BADLY HURT
| Jock McNeil, one of the most popu
lar and speediest of the racers at the
Atlanta Motordrome, was dangerously
hurt late Monday afternoon when a
tire burst as his machine was making
more than 80 miles an hour, hurling
I him through the air for a hundred
feet.
McNeil was practicing for the mo
torcycle races and was making terrific
speed when the accident occurred. At
tendants at the track were horrified
to see his body hurling through the
a^r and rushed to his aid expecting to
find him dead.
A Grady Hospital ambulance was
summoned and responded in record
time. The physicians said he had a
chance for life.
had stayed in my office, checking
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 this
amount there. As near as I recol
lect it, it was about $15.
“I noticed a shortage of about
$1.20, or something over a dollar,
at any rata, 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 bean paid off, dur
ing which time I stayed itt 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 sn 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 th© 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 the time clock slips
which were to be used the next
day. I took the two time slips
dated April 25, which had boon
used by the help on Friday, April
25—these are the two that I put
in the slot" exhibiting the same
to the jury.)
Mr. Dors thereupon vigor
ously protested that Mr. Frank
should be i-’lowed to exhibit these
slips 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 his
own statement.
Consel for the defendant insist
ed, however, that they should be
allowed to offer thyse 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 c r 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
are 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.
Darley’s Duty to
Employ All Help.
‘I neglected to mention also, in
going over my duties at the fac
tory, that Mr. Darley was super
intendent of labor and manufac
ture, and it fell to his duty to
sngage 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 whether the wages wer#
raised or not. In other words, ho
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 leisurely
washed and dressed and ate my
Continued on^Page 2, Col 1.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
AT BIRMINGHAM—
NASHVILLE 000 002 000 - 2 6 1
CHATTANOOGA 010 000 000 - 1 6 1
More and Qlb.on; Kroh and Street. Umpires, Kerin and Wright.
Other games not scheduled.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Score by innings:
BIRMINGHAM 000 000
ATLANTA 100 010
R. H. E.
003—2 9 2
32x—7 13 3
CRACKERS— R. H. O. A. E
Agler, 1b 3 3 10 0 0
Mmuih, If 2 3 1 0 1
Welchonce, cf 1 2 1 0 0
Smith, 2b 0 2 3 2 1
■ Island, ss 0 2 3 4 0
Holland, 3b 0 0 0 1 0
Calvo, rf 0 0 2 1 0
Chapman, c 1 1 0 2 0
Price, p 0012 1
Totals
BARONS—
Marcan, 2b. .
Messenger, rf.
McBride. If. .. .
Knlseley, cf. .
Mayer, c
McDonald, 3b
Edam, ss
- Carroll, 1b.
j Hardgrove, p.
.... 000 000 000 - 0 5 2
.... 010 000 00X - 1 6 1
AT CHICAGO—
BOSTON
CHICAGO
Bedlent and Carrlgan; Russell and Schalk. Umpires, Egan and Dlneen
AT ST. LOUIS—
NEW YORK
ST. LOUIS
200
000
200
000
000
001
- 4 10 0
- 2 10 1
Ford and Sweeney; Mitchell and Alexander. Umpires, McGreevey and Con
nolly.
iT DETROIT
fT DETROIT—
PHILADELPHIA
DETROIT ...
Plank and Lapp
AT CLEVELAND—
WASHINGTON
CLEVELAND
Boehllng and Henry; Blandlng
Evans.
...... 100 120 000 - 4 9 2
100 030 001 - 5 62
Dubuc and Stana ge. Umpires, O'Loughlln and Sheridan.
010 001 100 3 - 6 12 2
100 101 000 0 - 3 10 3
and O’Neill. Umpires. Hildebrand and
NATIONAL LEAGUE
AT BOSTON-
CINCINNATI 100
BOSTON 200
000 -
002 -
1
4
7 13 27 12 3
R. H. O. A. E
0 0 2 5 0
0 0 1 0 0
0 14 0 1
0 2 4 0 0
2 1 0
1 1 0
3 2 1
9 0 0
0 1 0
. . . 0 1
0 0
.. . 1 1
. . . 1 3
0 1
Totals
2 9 24 10 2
SUMMARY.
Two base hits—Agler, Welchonce.
Three-base hits—Welchonce. Dot bie
plays—Smith to Bisland to Agler; Mc
Donald to Carroll; Marcan to Ellam.
Struck out—by Price 6; by Hardgrove
1. Bases on balls—off Price 4; off Hard-
8 rove 7. Sacrifice hi 1 *—Calvo. Stolen
ases—Agler, Smith, Marcan. Passed
balls—Mayer. Chapman. Wild pitch—
Price. Umpires, Fifleld and Rudderham.
6 1
Ames and Clark; Perdue and Rarld en. Umpires. Brennan and Eason.
Called on account of rain. .
FIRST GAME.
AT NEW YORK—
PITTSBURG 100 000 002 - 3 10 2
NEW YORK 001 002 20X - 5 10 2
Camnltz, Cooper and Simon and G Ibaon; Demaree and McLean. Umpires,
Klem and Orth. _ .....
SECON D GAME.
000 -
oox -
1 9 1
5 12 2
Robinaon
Orth.
Umpires, Klem and
100 000
105 OOX
1
7
4 2
9 0
PITTSBURG 000 010
NEW YORK 202 010
O’Toole and Gibson; Tesreau and Wilson
FIRST GAME.
AT BROOKLYN—
ST. LOUIS 000
BROOKLYN 100
Doak Perrltt and Hildebrand; Allen and Miller. Umplree, Rlgl.r and Byrpn.
SECOND GAME.
ST. LOUIS 011 000 000 -
BROOKLYN 000 320 01X -
Harmon end Wlngo; Rucker and Miller. Umplree, Byron and Rlglar.
AT PHILADELPHIA—
CHICAGO 201 001
PHILADELPHIA ....... 000 011
Humphries and Archer; Alexander, Brennan, Imlar and
Umpires, O’Day and Emslle.
2 7 0
6 14 1
006 - 10 18 1
101 - 4 9 2
Killifer, Howler.
EMPIRE LEAGUE.
AT WAYCROSS
CORDELE—
002 000 000 0
WAYCROSS
010 000 010
-260
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
AT JACKSONVILLE—
CHARLESTON-
002 110 010 -
JACKSONVILLE
1 - 3 10 3 033 000 000 -
Wilder and Bowden; Falrcloth
Coveney. Umpire. McLaughlin.
AT AMERICUS—
VALDOSTA—
200 000 010 3 - 6 13 4
AMERICUS—
200 000 010 0 - 3 10 2
Wing and VanLandlngham; Pratt and
Manlhester. Umpire. Derrick.
Gudger and Menefee;
Cueto. Umpire, Barr.
AT COLUMBUS—
SAVANNAH-
002 000 120 -
COLUMBUS—
410 040 OOX -
4 12 3
3 9 0
Wilder and
5 12 2
9 18 1
Armstrong and Qelbel; Weidel and
Thompson. Umpires, Moran and Leary.
AT ALBANY—
MACON—
4 000 031 000 -
ALBANY—
0 010 100 000 -
AT THOMASVILLE—
BRUNSWICK-
000 000 000 - 0 5
THOMASVILLE—
011 010 OOX - 3 8
Stewart and Pierre; Roth and Wllkei. Taylor and Berger; Wiley nbd Welle.
Umpire, Gentle, I Umpire, Pender.
4 7 0
2 6 3
ponce df. leon ball park. a
lit—Gilbert Prjce was in great form thla
site moon an<l as a result the Crack*-/.s
e«®pe«1 the first game of their series
with the Barons, 7 to l.
FIRST INNING.
Marcan hoisted a high ny to Manush
Messenger ballooned to Welchonce. Me
Bride waited for four wide ones and
trotted to the initial sack. Knlseley was
also awarded free transportation to Sta
tion One. Knlseley was caught ofT first
NO HITS, NO RUNS.
Agler popped up an easy fly to Mar
can. Manush slammed a ohe-timer to
right Ma roan and Carroll disposed of
Welchonce. Manush ambled to second
on the out. Smith drew four wide ones.
Bisland smashed a screaming single to
left and Manush raced over the count
lng station. Holland lined to McBride
TWO HITS. ONE RUN.
SECOND INNING.
Mayer found one to his liking and
pounded a single to left. Mayer was
caught asleep oft first. Chapman to Ag-
2 Q I ler Holland scooped up McDonald’s
** v grounder and threw him out at first. El
lam was disposed of over the strike
out route ONE HIT, NO RUNS.
Calvo filed to McBride. Chapman
walked Price filed to Knlseley. Agler
singled to left. Manush popped to El
lam ONE HIT, NO RUNS.
THIRD INNING.
Carroll filed to Calvo. Hardgrove
walked Marcan walked. Messenger
hit into a double play, Smith to Bisland
to Agler. NO HITS. NO RUNS.
Welchonce out, Marcan to Carroll.
Smith singled to left Bisland out, El
lam to Carroll. Holland filed to Mc
Bride. ONE HIT. NO RUNS.
FOURTH INNING.
McBride out. Bisland to Agler. Knlse
ley popped to Agler Mayer out, Bis
land to Agler. NO HITS. NO RUNS.
Calvo out. Marcan to Carroll. Chap
man out. Ellam to Carroll. Price out.
Marcan to Carroll. NO HITS, NO
RUNS
FIFTH INNING.
McDonald walked Ellam grounded
to Smith and on his error was safe
Carroll bunted to Price, who threw wild
to first and all hands were safe. Hard-
S rove fanned. Marcan lined to Calvo
mlth made a dandy running catch of
Messenger’s short fly In centerfleld. NO
HITS. NO RUNS.
Agler doubled to left. Agler pilfered
third Manush singled to right and Ag
far tallied. Welchonce in an attempt to
sacrifice popped to McDonald and
Mahush was doubled off first. Smith
walked and stole second On a pessed
ball Smith took third. Bisland fanned
TWO HITS. ONE RUN.
SIXTH INNING.
McBride lined to Smith. Knlseley sin
gled to left. Mayer forced Knlseley at
second. Price to Smith. McDonald
walked. On a wild pitch both runners
advanced. Ellam grounded out to Price
unassisted. ONE HIT. NO RUNS.
Holland walked. Calvo sacrificed.
Mayer to Carroll. Chapman lined to
Marcan and Holland was doubled off
second NO HITS. NO RUNS.
SEVENTH INNING.
Carroll beat out a grounder to Price.
Hardgrove forced Carroll at second.
Chapman to Blaland On a short passed
ball Hardgrove went to second. Agler
made a fine running catch of Marcan's
foul. Messenger out. Blsfand to Agler.
ONE HIT. NO RUNS
Price fanned Agler singled to left
Manush beat out a nit to Ellam. When
Ellam threw wild to second to catch
Agler, Joe raced to third. Welchonce
laced a triple to right scoring Agler
and Manush. Smith singled to center
and Welchonce registered. Bisland
singled to left and Smith took second
Holland filed to McBride. Calvo filed
to Klnseiey FIVE HITS, THREE
RUNS.
EIGHTH INNING.
McBride fanned. Knlseley singled to
left and went to second when Manush
let the ball get throgh him. Mayer
out. Price to Agler McDonald fanned.
ONE HIT, NO RUNS.
Chapman singled over Ellam's head
Price filed to Messenger. Agler walked.
Manush out. Hardgrove t Carroll. Wel-
r**once doubled t left scoring Agler and
Chapman. When McBride let the ball
through him Welchonce took third.
Smith penned to Ellam. TWO HITS.
TWO RUN8.
NINTH INNING.
Ellam singled to center. Carroll sin
gled to left and Ellam took second
Hardgrove singled to right fllUft* the
bases Marcan forced Hardgro* at
second. Smith to Bisland. Ellam scored
on the out Messenger fanned Marcan
stole second. McBride singled to right
and Carroll scored., Marcan out at the
plate, Calvo to Chapman. FOUR filTS
j l two runs.