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The Atlanta Georgian. i Read for Profit---GEORGIAN WANT ADS---Use for Results FINAL! VOL. XII. NO. 13. ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, AUGUST 18,1913. Copyright. 1906, By The Georgian Co. 2 CENTS. p m a J r H ....... 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.