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SMITH’S MErt
TAKE FIRST
The Atlanta Georgian
Read for Profit—-GEORGIAN WANT ADS---Use for Results
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 1913.
Copyright, 1906.
By The Georgian Co.
2 /lTr’V r rriQ PAT NO
C-kJN 1 O. MORE
IMPRESSION ON ALL
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,
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: 4 ‘ 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,
*uch 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 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 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
• bout 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 ereotion 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 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.
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
FRANK LOOKS STRAIGHT AT JURY
AND TELLS STOR YDELIBERA 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.
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 drAwe-kem
the bank. This checking took me
untiil 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
hnd 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. 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.
“This took us approximately
until a quarter to six to fill the
envelopes and seal them, and
place them in a box weliave 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 e 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 winddw built in the hall. I
had stayed in my office, checking
over the amount of money which
had been left there.
“This amount should have been
equal to the amount loaned out
in advance to the help. I took
a ticket out when we were filling
Uie 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 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-
fioe 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 pldced the box in the safe
and left them.
Tells of Puting
Slips in Time Clock.
“I placed i.t 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 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 allowed 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.
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 fur...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
are the two slips I put in the
clock on the evening of Friday,
April 25, to bt used on the day
following, which, of course, was
April 26.
1 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
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 whether 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 my desk and opened
the safe, and removed the various
SEATTLE, WASH., Aug. 18.—
Fifty persons are reported to have
been drowned off the southwest
ern Alaskan coast near Juneau,
where the Pacific Coast Steam
ship Company’s steamer, State of
California, was wrecked, accord
ing to news received here to-dav.
Thet steamer sailed from Seattle
August 13. There were more than
80 passengers and a crew of 60 on
board.
ALBANY, N. Y., Aug. 18.—Gov
ernor Sulzer was the only mem
ber of the Board of Trustees 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 capital to replace the
part burned.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.—
Secretary of State Byran to-day
denied a report that he had de
cided to le*ve 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.
LOCALS LEAD
CARONS IN
FIFTH
Hargrove and Price Hurl First
Game of Series; Crackers
Score in First.
EMPIRE LEAGUE.
AT WAYCROSS
CORDELE—
002 00. ... - . . .
WAYCROSS—
010 00. ... - .
Wilder and Bowden; Falrcloth and
Coveney. Umpire, McLaughlin.
AT AMERICUS—
VALDOSTA—
200 0 -
AMERICUS—
200 0 - . . .
Wing and VanLandlngham; Pratt and
Manlhester. Umpire, Derrick.
AT THOM AS VI LLE—
BRUNSWICK-
000 0 -..
THOMASVILLE—
011 0 - . ..
Stewart and Pierre; Roth and Wilkes.
Umpire, Gentle.
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
AT JACKSONVILLE—
CHARLESTON-
002 1 - . . .
JACKSONVILLE—
003 0 - . . .
Gudger and Menefee; Wilder and
Cueto. Umpire, Barr.
AT COLUMBUS—
SAVANNAH-
002 0 - . . .
COLUMBUS-
410 0 - . . .
Armstrong and Qelbel; Weidel and
Thompson. Umpires, Moran and Leary.
AT ALBANY—
MACON—
000 031 ... - . . .
ALBANY *
010 100 . . .
Taylor and Berger; Wiley and Wells.
iTrs, ~ ~ “
BliiMING iAM . 0 • 0 0 0 o 0 c t~ I
ATLANTA
CRACKERS
Auto, lb
Mauush, N
WaJcbotM cl
Smith. 21
Bitlaad. as
Hsltand. 3k. .
Calvo rl ...
Chainua. e
Price, p
Totals
r h o a e
3 3 10 0 0
13 10 1
l S 1 0 0
1 0 0 0 1
BARONS
Marian, 2b
Messenger, rl.
MsBiifce.TI
0 3 & s
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0
0 V
0 i
n a e
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0 t
0 2 3 I t K -utley, ct. 0 #-**
0 t « 4 0
• 0 0 1 0
10 110
116 3 1
0 0 I I l
7 13 27 13 3
Majer, e
McDai aid. 3b
Ellam, si .,
Carritl.lb .
Kaidj uve, p
Tjtais --
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•luviwns
Two-base hits—Agler. Three-base bityt-\V\»^oroe;
Dou le plays—Smith to B stand to Agier; McDoj^fJo Lai *
roll; Maroan to Ellam. Struck out—by Price '*’&/. Haro*
Qioiol. Uases on balls—off Price4; off ffaragTovt 6.
§ac ifice hits—Calvo. Stolen bases—Agier. iTbtih,
Pa;;ccd balls—Mayer, Chapman. Wild pitch—Price.
Umpires—Fifield and Rudderham.
Kniseley ‘ftvngiea.
anneo. ONE HIT,
EIGHTH INNING—MCBrlde (anno
Mayer out, Price to Agler. McDonald
NO RUNS.
Chapman singled to center. Price fl.ed to Messenger.
Agler walked. Manush out pitcher to first. Weiohonoe
doubled to left, scoring Agler and Chapman. Smith popped
to Ellam. TWO HITS, TWO RUNS.
NINTH INNING—Ellam singled to c,enter. Carroll smg'ei
to left. Harogrove singled to right. Marcan forced Hard-
grove at second, Ellam scored. Messenger fanned. M"-
Bricte s'nglei. Carroll secret*. Marcan oJ i'-o
PONCE DE LEON BALL PARK, Aug.
IS.—Billy Smith’s Crackers and the
Barons met here this afternoon In the
first game of their series. Hard grove
was Molesworth’s selection to take the
mound for the visitors, while Gilbert
Price was on the hurling hill for the
home talent.
Blbby GJlks, the Cleveland scout was
at the game. It was rumored that he
was looking over Harry Welchonce, who
has not been grabbed up by any of the
major league clubs. •
FIRST INNING.
Marean hoisted a high fly to Manush.
Messenger ballooned to Welchonce. Mc
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 off first.
NO HITS, NO RUNS.
Agler popped up an easy fly to Mar
can. Manush slammed a one-timer to
right. Marcan and Carroll disposed of
Welchonce. Manush ambled to second
on the out.- Smith drew 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
pouluted a single to left. Mayer was
caught asleep off first, Chapman to Ag
ler. Holland scooped up McDonald’s
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. Blsland 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, Bls
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 hand* were safe. Hard
grove fanned. Marcan lined to Calvo.
Smith 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
ler tallied. Welchonce In an attempt to
sacrifice popped to McDonald and
Mahush was doubled off first. Smith
walked and stole second. On a peseed
ball Smith took third Blsland 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.
Mayor 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 Blsland. On a short passed
ball Hardgrove went to second. Agler
made a fine running catch of Marcan's
foul Messenger out. Blsland to Agler
ONE HIT. NO RUNS.
Price fanned Ag'er singled to left.
Manush beat out a hit 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. Blsland
singled to left and Smith took second.
Holland filed to McBride. Calvo flied
to Kinseley. FIVE HITS, THREE
RUNS __
For remainder of detail see red type.
BIG SWEET POTATO YIELD.
VI LA LI A, Aug. 18.—The Toombs
County soil and climate are ideal for
sweet potatoes was clearly demon
strated by Farmer Joe Todd, who has
Just disposed of his experimental acre
of potatoes at $1.25 per bushel, which
price nets him about $187.60 on the
acre.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
AT BIRMINGHAM—
NASHVILLE .... 000 0 -
CHATTANOOGA 010 0 -
More arid Gibson; Kroh and Street. Umpire*, Kerin and Wright.
Other games not scheduled.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
AT CHICAGO—
BOSTON 000
CHICAGO 010
000 000 - 0 5 2
000 00X - I 6 1
Bedlent and Carrlgan; Rum*II and Schalk. Umpires, Egan and Dlneen.
AT ST. LOUIS—
200 000 - 4 10 0
000 001 - 2 10 1
Ford and Sweeney; Mitchell and Alexander. Umpires, McGreevey and Con
nolly. #
AT DETROIT—
100
NEW YORK 200
ST. LOUIS 000
PHILADELPHIA
DETROIT ....... 100
120
030
Plank and Lapp; Dtibuc and fttana ge. Umpires, O’Loughlin and Sheridan.
AT CLEVELAND—
WASHINGTON 010
CLEVELAND 100
Boehling and Henry; Bianding and O’Neill.
Evans.
001
001
1.
0
Umpires, Hildebrand and
NATIONAL LEAGUE 1
AT BOSTON—*
CINCINNATI 100 000 - I 3 0
BOSTON 200 002 - 4 6 1
Ames and Clark; Perdue and Rarld en. Umpires. Brennan and Eaton.
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
Camnitz, Cooper and Simon and G ibeon; Oemaree and McLean. Umpires.
Klsm and Orth.
SECON D GAME.
PITTSBURG 000 010 000 - 1 9 1
NEW YORK 202 010 00X - 5 12 2
Robinaon, O'Toole and Gibson; Tes reau and Wilson. Umpires. Klsm and
FIRST GAME.
Orth
AT BROOKLYN —
ST. LOUIS
BROOKLYN
000 100 000 - 1 4 2
100 105 00X - 7 9 0
Doak Psrritt and Hildsbrand; Allen and Miller. Umpires, Rigler and Byron.
SECOND GAME.
ST. LOUIS 011 000 000 - 2 7 0
BROOKLYN 000 320 01X - 6 14 1
Harmon and Wlngo; Rucker and Miller. Umpires, Byron and Rigler.
AT PHILADELPHIA—
CHICAGO
PHILADELPHIA
201 001
000 011
006 - 10 18 1
101 - 4 9 2
Humphries and Archer; Alexander. Brennan, Imlar and Kllllfer, Howler
Umpires, O’Day and Emails.
Steamboat Burns
At Memphis Wharf
MEMPHIS. TENN., Aug. 18.—The
Mississippi River packet Bo\> Lee. Jr.,
operating between Mempft ; ._^&nd Ash-
port, was burned early to-day at the
Memphis wharf.
J. R. Parker, steward, was burned
seriously. I^art of the crew Jumped
into the river and. w»lUh1 iitiw
CAROLINA LEAGUE.
Score: R. H. E.
Raleigh. 200 000 000—8 f 2
Durham 101 000 10x—$ 6 1
Jarman and Lldgate; McManui and
Lowe. Umpires, McBride and Miller.
VIRGINIA LEAGUJ
Score: R. H. I
Richmond. ..... TO 000 000—< t 2
Roanoke 000 010 002—$ 6 3
Griffin, A^ers and_Luskeyj Sftnd aad
>be * “ —