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A V ,0 - ' • * i" : f ” 7 - - 1 ' TTTF ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. LEO FRAAIK’S OWN STORY SUITE’S GREATEST III Continued From Page 2. then distributed them at the r roper places in the Montag plant. don't know just which ones they were. Conversation With Miss Hall Recalled. “In chatting with Mr. Montag I spoke to Mr. Montag and Mr. Korse, after that I spoke to Miss Hattie Hall, the pencil company’s stenographer, who stays at Mon tag Brothers, and asked her to come over and help me that morning, as I have already told you, that these invoices were wrong, and I wanted her to help me on that work, and could not take it up to-morrow. In faot, I told her I had enough work to keep her busy that whole after noon if she would stay. She said she didn't want to do that; she wanted to have at least a half holiday. “I then spoke to members of the Montag Brothers force, on business matters, and then other matters. Alsuo I then spoke to Mr. Guttenheim, who was sales manager of the Montag Brothers and of the pencil factory, and then spoke to him about several of his orders that were in the factory. There were two of his orders that he paid special stress on that were desired to be shipped right away. I said, ‘I don’t know how una far along in the process of manufacture the orders have pro ceeded, but if you can come back I can look it up and tell you when they can be shipped.’ He said he could not come then, but he would come a little later. I told him I would be glad if he would come up a little later on in the afternoon; that I would be there until about 1 o’clock in the morning, and then about half past three. I then took the folder and returned. Arrived at Factory At About 11 o’Clock. “Upon arrival at the pencil fac tory I went up to the second or office floor, and then I noticed that the clock was perhaps five minutes after 11 o’clock, and I saw Mr. Holloway there, and I told him he could go as soon as he got ready. He toid me he had some work to do for Harry Denham and Arthur White, who wanted to do some repairing on the top floor, and that he would do the work first. “I then went to the office, and found Miss Hattie Hall, who had preceded me from Montag Broth ers, and another young lady, who introduced herself to me as Mrs. Arthur White. Mrs. White want ed to see her husband. I went into the inner office, and took off my hat and coat and removed the papers which I had brought back from Montag Brothers and put the folder away. Week’s Sheet Left In Incomplete Form. “It was about this time that I first heard the elevator motor start up, and the circular saw in the carpenter shop which was near to it, and I heard it sawing through some boards and thought it was evidently the work that Mr. Holloway had referred to. “I seperated the orders from the letters which required an swers, and took from them the letters that did not need imme diate attention and laid them in the various places, and it wa* about this time I had an idea I would like to see how far along the report sheets were which I used in getting up the financial report every Saturday afternoon. To my surprise I found that the sheet contains the records of the C encils packed for the week had een entered for Thursday. The last day of the fiscal week was omitted, and Mr. Schiff, evident ly in the stress of figuring out and filling the envelopes for the ayroll for Friday instead of Sat urday, had evidently not had enough time. I told Alonzo Mann, the office boy, to call up Mr. Schiff and find out when he was coming down, and Alonzo said that tne answer came back over the telephone that Mr. Schiff would be right down, so I didn’t pay any more attention to that part of the work, because I ex pected Mr. Schiff to come down any minute. Mrs. Freeman and Corinthia Hall Came In. “It was about this time that Mrs. Emma Clark Freeman and Miss Corinthia Hall, two of the girls that worked on the fourth floor, came upstairs and asked to go upstairs and get Mrs. Free man s coat, which permission I gave them. I told them at the same time to tell Arthur White that his wife was downstairs. A few minutes after they left my office two gentlemen came in, one of them Mr. Graham, and another gentleman, fathers of two boys who had gotten into some trouble during the noon recess and were taken down to police headquar ters, and, of course, could not get their pay envelopes the night be fore. I gave the required en velopes to the two fathers, and chatted with them at some length in reference to the trouble that their boys had gotten into on the day previous. “Just before they left the of fice Mrs. Emma Clark Freeman and Mrs. Corinthia Hall came into my office and asked my per mission to use the telephone, and started using the telephone dur ing the time these two gentle men left my office. Previous to the time these two gentlemen came in I had called Miss Mattie Hall in and dictated what mail I had to give her, and she went out and was typewriting the mail. 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 office” he continued, “on her way home at this time. There were then in the building Arthur White, Harry Denham and Mrs. White. It must have been from ten to fifteen minutes after that this littl® i*irJ whom I 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: “ HHas 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 was the sound of her footsteps going down the hall. But a few moments after she asked me, I had the impres sion of a voice saying something, but it made no impression on me. “The little girl nad hardly left the office when Lemmie Quinn came in. He said something to me about working on a holiday and went out. A few minutes before 1 o’clock, I called up my wife and told her I was coming to lunch at 1:15. I then went up stairs to where Denham and White were working and found they had a bit of the floor taken up and were sawing. “I explained to them that I was going to lunch and would lock the door when I left. Mrs. Whit© left at this time. Some lady said that at 12:35 o’clock sne found me in front of the safe. It is bare ly possible that she did. I don’t recall her being there. Her Mem ory probably is fresher than mine on this point. ‘When I went up stairs I asked Mr. White if his wife was going to stay there with him. She said no, that she would go. She left and then I got my hat and coat and left, locking the outer door. “Now, gentlemen, to the best of my recollection from the time the whistle blew until I went up stairs to see Mr. White, I did not stir out of my office. I went on home. “I called up my brother-in - law, Mr. Ursenbach, to tell him I was unable to keep the engagement to go to the ball game. The cook answered the phone. “My wife and mother-in-law were going to the opera. My fa ther-in-law and I ate lunch. He went into the backyard while I lit a cigarette and lay down for a moment. “I left and while passing the home of Mrs. Wolfsheimer, saw Mrs. Michael on the porch. I went in to see her and saw Mrs. Wolfsheimer, Mr. Loeb and oth ers. Watched Parade When Street Cars Stopped. “To catch the next car I ran down to Glenn street. On the car I met my wife’s cousin, Mr. Loeb. The car was biockecf at the cor ner of Washington and Hunter streets. I walked up to White hall street and stood there possi bly for fifteen minutes watching the Memorial Dav parade. “As I walked down Whitehall street I met Miss Rebecca Car- son. This was probably 3:10 or 3:15 o’clock. I greeted her and walked on. I stopped at Jacobs’ Pharmacy and walked on. I went from there to the factory. “When I reached there I went upstairs and let the boys know I had returned. A minute later, I returned to my office and started to work on the financial sheet. “In a few minutes the clock bell rang and Arthur White came into the office to borrow two dollars. It was while I was at work on the sheet at probably 4 o’clock that I went to the toilet. “As I returned toward the of fice, Inoticed Newt Lee coming toward me from the head of the stairs. I told him he could go on off but to be sure and be back at 6 o’clock. I told him I was very sorry I could not let him know about the half holiday but that he was at liberty to enjoy himself as he saw fit, but that he must not fail to return at 6 o’clock. “The first night that Newt Lee came to work at the factory, I took him over the building, and stressed the fact that he must go into the basement, especially the dust bin, every half hour. “I told him it would be part of his duties to watch the back door. He was to make a complete tour every half hour and punch the clock. “Now, I will return to the work of the financial sheet. This sheet contains the cost of all the pencils made that week. There are no names but this sample case will show you.” Evidence Excluded But Jury Sees It. Frank unfolded a sample rase. Dorsey: "We object to this being used u.8 evidence.” Judge Roan: “I sustain you.” Frank placed^the sample case to one side. “Well,” he said, “you got a suf ficient glance at those pencils to see there were a great many.” “In making up this sheet it was necessary to go through the list of all that were packed. Specials, of course, have to be figured sep arately. “For instance, there is a special 60-60-x pencil known as ‘Crack- erjack.’ Now I notice that the two expert accountants reported two errors. While they were un important, I wish to explain that those errors were not mine. They were made by Mr. Schiff. I never checked his figures. I checked over mine, but not his. “Now the next is ‘jobs.’ The accountant found the only error in my financial sheet there in the item ‘jobs. It was not an error, as I will show you. He did not know my method of figuring. “Two items here are totals. The total gross amount is 791 gross, the total value amount §396.75. In figuring the average I obtained $50.01. In that average he discovered an error. It was not an error. I simply did not go as far into the decimals as he did. One-tenth of a cent was close enough for my purpose. “Now some of the items in here are taken from the reports of the foremen of the different depart ments.” Frank then exhibited a report from the foreman or forewoman GIRL WORKER WHO TESTIFIES TO GOOD CHARACTER OF LEO FRANK of each department and explain ed it. “Then there is the report of Mr. Schiff, showing the gross of pen cils shipped each day of that week —that week was an exceptionally heavy one. “Now there is a little report here that constitutes one of the most difficult calculations. It is from the packing room. We have a trick of the trade to p^t the pencils that do not sell very fast into fancy packages to make them go. “Now, very often these pencils are taken from the shelf, where they have laid for more than a year, and repacked in the fancy cases. I made all the calculations on this that afternoon, despite everything that has been said here to the contrary. “Now hero is a little sheet that deals with the grades of the pen cils. It shows the totals for each class of pencils shipped that week. This data sheet—we have had very few clerks at the For syth street office capable of keep ing it, because it requires rather advanced mathematics to reach the totals.” “Now I will have to get all my thoughts on this sheet. I isn’t a hard job but it is a very tedious one and requires much care and accuracy. Here is rubber—cheap rubber and good rubber. Now it has been intimated that some of these items—this one in particu lar, if I am not mistaken—that I could take two that were already figured and subtract them from the total and get the cost of the third. “That is not so. Some of the pencils haven’t any rubber in them at all. I have to go through the same tedious operation on each item. There are various sorts of packing boxes used. Then there are the skeletons in the boxes. Some pencils don't have skeletons at all. “All these items must be gone through accurately to get correct results of this sheet. Then there is no section on this data sheet showinq the cost of tips. You can5t use rubbers without tips, so, after figuring them, I just added them to the rubbers. "Some pencils take wrappers and some don’t. The very cheap pencils are tied with a cord, so we have the same tedious figuring again. “The slat item is not worked out because I could not find the data. I just put it off until Mon day. “Here are the jobs—the payroll at Forsyth street and the payroll at Bell street. “Now the shipments were fig ured for the week! I did part of that work in the morning and I explained to you about the in voices being wrong. Well, here are the items on this financial sheet. Then, as to the orders re ceived. Entering the orders re ceived that day involved no more work than transferring. Has Own Method of Figuring Cost Data. “Here they are in comparison to the amount sh'pped. “Cne of the most intricate things in making out this financial sheet is figuring the cost data. This sheet I may say is a child of my own brain. The first one gotten out was gotten out by my self. “This item here qives us the net value and the net amount of mon ey the pencil factory received for its pencils. The burden that a business has to carry is its fixed charges—rent, insurance, certain salaries, etc.*—the charges that are the same whether great or few pencils are made. “The machine shop is variable. We did make many machines at first, but later the machine shop was used solely for upkeep. The slats are figured at 22 a gross. That cost was simple multiplica tion. “The figuring of that price is not done in making out the finan cial sheet Saturday afternoon. Mr. Montag and myself figure that in advance, making allowance for profit, breakage, etc. "I have here on the report of April 26 ‘Slats, not complete;’ that was because Schiff had not made out the slat report, and I planned to complete it Monday morning before taking it to Montag. “Now, beside the making this large sheet here and the financial sheet, there aer three other sheets that I made out. Now, I want to call your attention to this. ! did not typewrite it. I merely filled in the blanks. I have several of them typewritten and keep them in my cksk. “In addition to that I make out two condensed financial sheets, showing the principal figures. They are sufficient for a director or stockholder to see what the factory is doing, Mailed Statements To Stockholders. “One of these statements I mailed to my uncle, Mr. M. Frank, who is president of the company, and the other to Oscar Papen- heimer, who was a director. “I put one in an envelope and addressed i tto Mr. Oscar Papen- heimer; the other I sent to my uncle along with a price list, and I wrote him this letter. “This price list is too long for an ordinary envelope, hence the large envelope. “After finishing the financial sheet, I folded the large sheet and addressed it to Mr. Selig Montag. I then took up the checking up of the cash and bal ancing of the cash book. I did that work as near as I remember, between 5:30 and 5 minutes to 6 o'clock. It did not take me an hour and a half. I did it in about 25 minutes. There was $30.54. There couldn't have been any more. It was mostly in small change. There was one loan to Mr. White, making the total amount of cash $28.50. “Beginning that week, we had $39.25 as a balance. We drew two checks of $15 each—I mean by that that we went to Mr. Montag’s office and had him draw the checks. The total amount of money we had to account for was 69.25. What it was spent for, of course, is shown on the debit side.” Frank explained each of those items, including drayage, parcel post, etc. “I found at the end a shortage of $4.34 coming about in payrolls within the last three months.” Drinks Water After Talking Two Hours. At this point Frank paused to take a drink of water having been talking for 2 hours and 30 minutes. “I finished this work I have just outlined,” he continued, “at 5 minutes to 6 o'clock. I took those slips—I won’t show them to you— stamped April 28. They were put into the clock because no one was coming into the office until Mon day. “Newt Lee's punches on Mon day night would appear on the strip placed on the clock Monday night. Just before I left I put a new tape in the clock and made Newt Lee punch it. Then he went on down stairs to wait and let me out. “As ! started out of the factory, I saw Newt Lee talking to a man named Gantt, who had been re leased about two weeks before. I gave them permission to go into the factory and get Gant's shoes which he said were left there and I told Newt Lee to go with him. “I reached home at about 6:25 o’clock and at 6:30, thinking Newt Lee would be near the clock, I called him over the phone to see if everything was all right. I could not get him. I called again at 7 o’clock and again at 7:30. At that time I got him and he told me everything was all right. “That night my parents - in - law had company at the home. Those present were Mr .and Mrs. Mar cus. Mrs. Goldstein, Mrs. M. Marx, Mrs. A. B. Marx, Mr. Ike Strauss—who came in at about 10 o’clock. I read a magazine un til about 10:30 and then retired.” Told Officer He Did Not Know Girl. At this juncture the jury retired for five minutes. Frank conferred with his attor neys while the jury was out. Upon its r»furn he resumed: “I believe I have taken in every move Saturday night. I retired Saturday night. Sunday morning about 7 o’clock I was awakened by the telephone ringing and a man’s voice which I afterwards found out to be Detective Starnes, said: “I want you to come down to the factory.’ ‘What is the trou ble?' I asked. ‘Has there been a fire?' ‘No,’ he said. ‘A tragedy has occurred.' I said, ‘All right,’ and he said he would send an auto. "They came before I finished dressing. At this point I differ wrth the detectives, Black and Starnes, about where the conver sation took place. They sav it was after we were in the ma chine. | say it was before we left the house, before my wife. At any rate, here is what was said: “They asked me if I knew Mary Phagan. I answered that I did not. They asked me if I did not pay off a little girl with long hair down her back the afternoon be fore. | said I did. They said they wanted me to go to the un dertaking establishment to see if I could identify the boyd. They made the trip to the undertaking establishment v«ry quickly. I went in and stoed in the door way. The attendant removed the sheet from the little girl’s face and turned the head toward me. His finger was right by the cut on the head. I noticed her nostrils were filled with dirt and cinders and there were several discolora tions. I noticed a piece of cord around her neck, the kind we used in the pencil factory. I said it looked like a little girl that came to the factory the day before. They had already told me it was Mary Phagan. We went to the factory and by examining the payroll I found that Mary Phagan had drawn her pay the day before and that the amount was $1.20. “As we went into the factory I noticed Mr. Darley going in. We went to the office and I found Newt Lee in the custody of the officers. They told me they wanted to go down into the basement. I got the elevator key, but when I tried to start the elevator ma chinery I found I could not and I told Mr. Darley to see if he could start it. Admits Nervousness And Defends Himself. “He started the car, and when we got further down I found that one of the chains had slipped. They showed me where the body was found, where the shoe was found and pointed out every thing that was at that time known. After looking about the basement we got some nails and a hammer, and Mr. Darley nailed up the back door. Back upstairs Mr. Darley, Chief Lanford ana myself went on a tour of inspection of the three upper floors. We went through the metal room, the same metal room that has figured so promi nently in this trial, and neither Mr. Darley nor myself noticed anything oarticular on that floor. Nor did Sergeant Lanford, chief of the Atlanta detective force. “We went to the time clock. I took out the sli- and a casual note of this ship would indicate nothing was on it. There was somethina on it. It had been par tially rubbed out. It could not be rubbed out altorether without rubbing out the printed lines. I did write wij;h a pencil across the face of it, ‘8:26 a. m.’ We noticed a slip but overlooked any skips. I folded the time slip as it i6 now and handed it to Chief Lanford. Now, gentlemen, I have heard a great deal during this trial about nervousness. “I was nervous. I was com pletely unstrung. Imagine your self called from sound slumber in the early hours of the morning, whisked through the chill morn ing air without breakfast, to go into that undertaking establish ment and ave the light suddenly flashed o i a scene like that. To see that little girl on the dawn of womanhood so cruelly murdered— it was a scene that would have melted stone. Is it any wonder I was nervous?” Notes Found by Dead Girl’s Body Described. ‘I got in an automobile and sat on Mr. Darley’s knee. I was trembling, perhaps. Later Sun day morning, I went to the home of Mr. Sig Montag and told him what had occurred. I got home about 11 o’clock. My wife and I went over to my sister-in-law’s, Mrs. Ursenbach’s, and with a number of friends we discussed the tragedy. “We went back home to dinner and mentioned there the terri ble crime. After dinner I read a short time and about 10 minutes to 3o'clock caught a car down town. "The conversation on the car was about the little girl that had been found dead in the factory. At 3:10 o’clock I went back to the undertaking establishment and found Joe Stelka there. “On Monday I went to the po lice station with Darley and he said he would like to talk to Newt Lee alone. We were shown the two notes found by the side of the slain girl.” Frank then described the notes. “Now, on one of the notes there was an erasure, but the tracing was still discernable. It was January 11, 1912. The order number was very indistinct, but it was evidently an old serial number. "Returning to my home at 4:15 I met Mr. Haas and he asked me about the murder. Severay people on the street also asked me. “I remained at home until 5 o’clock, then I went to Mr. Mon tag’s home and made a report of the tragedy to him. From there I went to the home of Mr. Mar cus where I had received a tele phone message from my wife, and I went by there to get her. “At supper that night the con versation was again about the murder. After supper I read the paper. I called up Mr. Marcus and asked him if he would come down. He said he could not. "Mr, and Mrs. Selia had a party that night. About 10 o’clock, my wife and I went up to bed. Next morning before I had finished dressing, the door bell rang. It was Detectives Black and Haze- lett. They said they wanted me to go to the police station with them. Kept in Ignorance of Charge Against Hmi. “I went and on the way I asked them what was the trouble. They said Chief Lanford would t#M me. “I arrived at the police station and sat in an outer office for probably an hour without seeing Chief Lanford. Near 9 o’clock, Mr. Sel Montag and Mr. Herbert Haas came down. Near 10 o'clock I saw Mr. Rosser. He came in and said, “Hello boys, what’s the trouble.’ “Mr. Haas took him off to one s : de. Chief Lanford came out and aid to me; ‘Come in here.’ “I w®nt into h i a office. He handed me the time slips and if I am not mistaken this same time slio had the figures still un erased: ‘8:26 a. m.' “I took the siip and examined it closely, discovering the slips. There seemed to be some alter cation about Mr. Rosser getting into the room with me. I heard him say: ‘I am going into that room. That man is my client.’ Chief Beavers asked me if I would give him a statement. “I heard Mr. Ross**»' sav: “Whv, it’s preposterous. The man who did that would have signs on his Continued on Page 5, Column 1. M. RICH & BROS. CO.£ Lace Remnants Are Flying They have taken the aeroplane craze. All in a heap have we placed them an dannounce that all will be sold for .just half the market price. To make this reduction absolutely fair to ourselves, we ought to tell that the marked price is just one-half the original sell ing price. All-overs, bands, edges, flounces—every form of every lace. One-half marked price—1-4 original price. (Laces—Main Floor) S Modest—Pretty— ; fe> —- ———■ ■ ■ " ' l Comfortable $1.25 Princess Slips 98c . «j Double-Front Gore Style. *5 Fashion seems to lead us on with little- -5 heed to extremes. Then, when we grotv most ■S wary, she produces one of her favorite offer- <5 mgs. This time it is a dainty princess slip «5 with a double front gore. It is well-fitted, *2 tastefully trimmed with linen lace and af- fords a security which one petticoat never 5 gave. Sizes—34, 36 and 38. 98c. \ >5 Other dainty styles. These are not made with double front, but have a tiny yoke with pretty machine embroidery. Sizes—16, 18, 34, 36 apd 3S. 98c. (Muslinwear—Second Floor) SEABOARD EXCUR SION TO WRIGHTS- VILLE. $6 round trip. Saturday, August 23. Special train leaves 6 p. m. :f Fall Novelties jn Wash Goods | ■ Which do yon prefer—heavy wool and silk jg AS which must go to the cleaners or wash material of g ^ much the same effect? It is all a matter of taste, £ ;» lint the new fall goods show silk and cotton goods ^ *S which can enjoy the tub without injury, whiles rivaling the heavier materials in style and effect. 3= 2 New Fall Ratines. Half silk and cotton. In new bourette effect. Extreme- ly handsome. The yard, 75c. S 2 Brocaded Charmeuse. -J Half silk. This needs a label in order to be distinguish- 3* AS ed as a wash fabric. The yard, 75c. 5» 'i S> =2 Brocaded Tussah. £ All colors. Usually graceful for drapery effects. 5 Half silk. The vard, 50c. £ £ Brocaded Ratine. g Latest importation. 40 inches wide. The yard $1.50. » Ratine Raye. g 2 Good quality of popular weave. 40 inches wide. The £ S yard, $1.00. S', t* (Wash Goods—Main Floor, Lett) 2F $6 WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH Round trip Saturday, August 23. Special train, sleepers and ! coaches. Leave Old Depot 6 p. m. SEABOARD. SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT For the six months ending June 30, 1913, of the condition of the Franklin Life Insurance Company OF SPRINGFIELD. ILL., Organized under the laws of the State* of Illinois, made to the Governor of the State of Georgia in pursuance to the laws of said State. Principal of fice, Sixth and Lawrence, Springfield, Ill. I. CAPITAL STOCK. Amount of capital stock $ 100,000.00 Amount of capital stock paid up in cash 100,000.00 il. ASSETS. Total assets $6,139,945.90 Less unadmitted assets 80.447.81 Admitted assets $5,959,498. u*J III. _:.\3ILITIES. Total liabilities .. $5,959.498.0.0 IV. INCOME DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR 19T3. Total income $ 843,189. J1 V. DISBURSEMENTS DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR 1513. Tdtal disbursements $ 741,745.62 Greatest amount insured in any one risk $ 15,000.00 Total amount of insurance outstanding 45,411,123.00 A copy of the act of incorporation, duly certified, Is ol tile in the office of the Insurance Commissioner. STATE OF ILLINOIS—County of Sangamon. Personally appeared before the undersigned Henry Abels, who, being duly sworn, deposes and says that he i? the secretary of tin Franklin Life Insurance Company, and that the foregoing statement is correct and true. HENRY ABELS. Sworn to and subscribed before in'- this 15th day nf \ugusi 1913. » WILL TAYLOP.. Xatarv Pc-lie. The August furniture sale continues to maintain its record of all furniture at a reduction of from 10 to 50 per cent. (Furniture—Fourth Floor) Royal Society Packages \ 19c--19c--29c i Did you ever hear of a prettily designed telephone pod, ! shaving pad, shoe bag, laundry, list or work bag going out' of style? Impossible. Yet because we have many discon- ■ tinned patterns in Itoyal Society packages we have made > reductions on just three articles. j You may now obtain: ] 25c and 35c packages for 10c. ; 50c packages for 19c. ; 75c packages for 29c. ; All in the noted ftoyal Society designs with working ; materials and full directions. (Center Aisle, Main Floor) Corsets for $1.00 ■4 . _____ 'mt ——————— Perhaps you have suffered during the warm weather ;> more than necessary . A summer net corset would have iv 'd much annoyance. You can get one now, in ail sizes, > for $1.00. .Medium bust: long hip. Ought to be called “Comfort” model. Batiste corsets—durable and dainty— 5. si.oo. (Corsets—Second Floor) Wl. RiCH & BROS. CO.