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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 r h 0 0 V 0 i n a e ') 0 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 -- (i I J u, S I fi. 1 ir tv.. i I U 3 t 9 n :c ? •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 * “ —