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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
WOMEN OF FACTORY SWEAR FRANK'S CHARACTER IS BAD
Stale Makes Headway With Testimony Hitting Standing of Prisoner
WITNESS SAYS SHE SAW
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ing ahead of time?—A. Not at first.
Q. Now, did you ever catch him
ahead Of time at 12 o’oclok?A. Yes.
Q. How much?—A. Three minutes.
Q. When was it?—A. During the
sprinp' of the year.
Q. How many times have you
known him to be ahead of time?—A.
Only twice. I think, in the short time
he has been under me.
The witness was excused and N.
Kelly, a motorman was called. Dor
sey Questioned him.
Q. Whers were you April 26 be
tween 12 and 12:05 o’clock?—A. At
Broad and Marietta streets.
Q. Do you know what time the
English avenue car came in?—A. It
was 12:03.
Q. Do you know Matthews and Hol
lis?—A. Yes.
Mary Phagan
Not On the Cars.
Q. Did you see them on the car?—
A Yes.
Q. At what time?—A. 12:03.
Q. Did you know Mary Phagan?.—A.
By sight.
Q. Was she on that car when you
taw It?—A. She was not.
Rosser took the witness on cross-
examination.
Q. How do you remember that?—A.
I looked at mv watch to catch a car
Q. Did you look at it yesterday at
that time?—A. I don't remember.
Q. Why did not you report about
little Marv Phagan not being on that
car?—A. f did not want to get mixed
up in this.
Q. When did you first tell the de
tectives?—A. I didn’t see the detec
tives. I told Mr. Starnes this morn
ing.
Q. Who else was on that car?—A
I don’- - remember.
Q. What did vou do after that?—A.
I stood at Jackson & Wessels for a
time and then went and caught the
12:10 car for College Park.
Q. You were not paying any par
ticular attention to anything, were
you?—A. I was watching the crews
being relieved.
Q What is the schedule of the Col
lege Park and Hapeville cars?—A.
The College Park schedule is 8:30
to 8:50 and the Hapeville cars run
on the hour and every twenty min-
Ut Rosser—Don’t tell it so fast. What’s
the schedule?—A. A car every ten
minutes.
Says Car Often Is
Ahead of Time.
The witness was excused and W.
Owens, a conductor on the White City
line, was called. Dorsey questioned
W Q.' What time do you get to town at
noon?—A. 12:05.
Q. Do you remember seeing tne
Knglish avenue and Cooper street car
on April 26?—A. No.
Q Did you ever know that car ro
come in there ahead of you?—A. Yes.
Q. How much?—A. Two minutes.
Q. Ever more than that?—A. I nave
known it to be three minutes
The witness was excused and L. *•
Ingram, a street car conductor, was
called. Dorsey questioned him.
Q Do you remember coming to
town on an English avenue car Sat
urday, April 26?—A. I do.
Q. What time was it?—A. I don t
remember.
Q. An English avenue car Is due at
Marietta and Broad streets at 12:0.
o’clock. Do you remember that car
ever coming in ahead pf time '—A.
Ye^ ■ frequentlv. Sometimes they
come in'ahead of time and sometimes
late. I saw one of those trippers
come in this morning at 8:24 when it
was due at 8:30 o’clock.
Q How much have you known the
English avenue car to be off sched
ule ?_a. Three or four minutes.
Rosser took the witness on cross-
examination.
Q. It’s against the rules of the com.
pany to come in ahead of time, isn\
it?—A. Yes.
The witness was ej^cused and Miss
Mamie Kitchens, an employee of the
pencil factory on the fourth floor, was
'-ailed. Dorsey questioned her.
Q. How long have you been at
the factory?—A. Two years.
Q What floor?—A. Fourth.
Q. Were you at the factory to
day?—A. Yes.
Only Hearsay
About Superintendent.
Q. Do you know any woman on
that floor who has not been called as
a witness here?—A. Miss Eva Jones
and Mrs. Howell.
Q. Are you acquainted with
Frank’s general character?—A. Only
by hearsay, and I don’t want to testi
fy
Q. That’s all right. I won’t press
the question. Now were you ever in
that dressing room on the fourth floor
with Miss Irene Jackson when this
defendant, Leo M. Frank, cam e in?—
A Y es.
Q. Well, just tell the jury about it.
A. I was back there one day when
he came back and stuck his head in
the door. He laughed, and said some
thing about us having no work to do,
and Then went out.
Rosser took the witness on cross-
examination.
Q. Did he ask you if you girls had
anv work to do?—A. Yes.
Q. Didn’t he open the door and
oay: "Haven't you girls any work to
j 0 7"—A. He didn't say it that way.
Q. Who else was there?—A. Miss
Ethel Stewart was in there for a
1,I q Aren't you mistaken about Miss
Jones and Mrs. Howell not being call
ed as witnesses?—A. I only have
their word for it.
q I am going to ask you a ques
tion we have asked every woman who
works on the fourth floor. Did you
ever meet Mr. Frank for any im
proper purpose?—A. I never did.
Dorsey: “Your honor, if that ques
tion is admissible, why can't we ask
Miss Wood the question w e have in
dicated ?”
Judge Roan: ’’They claim their
questions are only in rebuttal of
Conley."
At this time, X o'clock, court re
cessed until 2, making the longest
morning session yet held in the trial.
Motorman, Recalled,
Denies Talk of Case.
The first witness called at the after
noon session was W. M. Matthews,
motorman, who declared that the
Phagan girl came into the city on his
car on the morning of th*^ murder.
Solicitor Dorsey endeavored to show
that he had feeling in this case which
caused him to lean toward the de
fense.
Dorsey—Do you know this man, W.
C. Dobbs?—A. I do.
Dobbs was sent from the courtroom.
Q. Didn’t you have a talk with Mr.
Dobbs about three days after the
murder and say that Mary Phagan
and Gebrge Epps got off your car at
Broad and Marietta streets?—A. I
never told anyone that.
Q. Didn’t you tell someone you
owed «. debt of gratitude to someone
connected with this case?
Rosser interposed an objection.
’‘Let him give names,” he said.
Dorsey—How long since you were
a defendant in eourt?A.—About two
years.
Q. Who defended you?—A. Mr.
Moore and Mr. Branch, Mr. Colquitt
and Mr. Conyers.
Rosser — You were acquitted,
weren’t you?—A. Yes.
W. C. Dobbs Sys He
Talked With Conductor.
Q. Does Mr. Branch live anywhere
near you?—A. No.*
Q* Did you eveT talk to me about
this case?—A. One time.
Q. Did you ever talk to this man
(indicating Attorney Arnold)?—A. No.
Q. This man (indicating Frank)?—
A. No.
Q. You have no Interest in this
c&se?—A. No.
Q. What were you tried for?—A.
Manslaughter.
Q. Did the jury acquit you?—A.
Yea
The witness was excused and W.
C. Dobbs was called to the rtand.
Dorsey questioned him.
Q. Did you ever have any conver
sation with Conductor Matthews
about Mary Phagan and George Epps
coming in on his car?—A. Yes; he
toid me she came tn on the car and
that Epps was with her.
Q. Did he say anything about where
they got off?—A. Yes; at Marietta
and Forsyth streets.
Rosser took the witness on cross-
examination.
Q. are the son of Police Sergeant
Dobbs who is testifying in this case,
are you not?—A. Yes.
The witness was excused.
J. W. Coleman, step-father of Mary '
Phagan, was called again. He did j
not answer- and Solicitor Dorsey said
that Coleman’s wife was sick and it
would be necessary to send for him.
W. W. (Boots) Rogers was recalled
to the stand. Dorsey questioned him.
Q. Did you notice anything about
the stairs and door that Sunday
morning in the National Pencil Fac
tory from the basement to the first
floor?—A. Yesr the stairs were dirty
and dusty and the door could not be
lifted.
Man Says He Saw
Negro In Alleyway.
The witness was excused without
being cross-examined.
Sergeant L. S. Dobbs was called to
the stand. Dorsey questioned him.
Q. Did you see Boots Rogers try
to open that door to the stairway
leading from theb asement in the
pencil factory the Sunday morning
the body was found?—A. Yes.
The witness was excused and Rog
ers recalled. Dorsey questioned him.
Q. Did you see anything by that
chute?—A. Yes; a large pile of shav
ings.
Rogers was excused and Oxel Til -
lanter was called to the stand. Dor
sey questioned him.
Q. \Vere you at the pencil factory
April 26?—A. Yes.
Q. At what time?—A. Just before
12 o’clock.
Q. Did you see anybody?—A. Yes;
when I went in I saw a negro com
ing through a dark alleyway. I asked
him the way to the office and he
showed me.
Q. Have you seen this boy. Jim
Conley?—A. Yes.
Q. Is he the negro?—A. I w*on’t be
positive, but he look? like him.
Q. Did you see Frank?—A. Yes.
Q. Where?—A. In his office.
Q. What was he doing?—A. Work*
Ing.
Q. What did you say to him?—A. I
asked him for my daughter-in-law’s
pay and got it.
Rosser took the witness on cross*
examination
Q. You are not positive about its
being Conley?—A. No.
Q. You say you saw a darkey come
up from a dark alley. Where was
that?—A. At the side of the factory.
Step-Father of
Dead Girl on Stand.
The witness was excused. E. K.
Graham was called to the stand.
Dorsey questioned him.
Q. On Saturday, April 26, were you
at the pencil factory?—A. Yes, about
20 minutes to 12 o’clock.
Q. Did you see a negro at the en
trance?—A. Yes.
Q. Have you seen Jim Conley?—A.
Yes, I saw him this morning.
Q. Was he the man you saw there?
—A. i couldh.’t say. I noticed a re
semblance, though it seems to nte
that the man I saw was a MUle
brighter.
Q. Did you say anything to him?—
A. No. The man with he asked him
how to get to the office.
Q. Did he show* you?—-A. Yes.
Q. Was he drunk or sober?—A. I
didn’t see any signs of drunkenness
Rosser ,took the witness.
Q. You say the negro you saw was
brighter than Conley*?—A. Is seems
to me he was.
The witness was excused. J, W,
Coleman, step-father of Mary Pha
gan arrived at the courthouse at this
time and was placed on the stand.
Dorsey questioned him.
Q. Do you remember a conversation
you had with Inspector McWhort, of
the Pinkertons?—A. Yes.
Q. Did be or not exhibit an envelope
found in the factory?—A. He did.
Q. What figures if any did the en
velope have on it?—A. It had a
figure 1 up in the corner. Then a
figure was torn out; than a 5.
The witness was shown the en
velope the detectives brought into
court and he said it did not look like
the one shown him.
J. M. Gantt Is
Recalled to Sand.
Rosser cross-questioned the wit
ness.
Q. You don’t know whether this l*
the same envelope or not, do you?—A
It might be, but the figures are not
the same.
Dorsey took the witness again.
Q. Did you say anything about this
envelope not fitting the case?—A. Yes,
my wife spoke up ancl said—
Rosser interrupted: “Never mind
what your wife said.’’
The witness was excused. J. M.
Gantt was called to the sthand. Dor
sey questioned him.
Q. Did you ever see Leo M. Frank
make ftp the financial sheet?—A. Yes.
Q. How long would it take him?--
A. If he had the data, it would not
take him more than one and one-
half hours.
Q. Was that time clock accurate?
—A. No.
Q. How did It vary?—A. Two io
three minutes.
Rosser took the witness on cross-
examination.
Q. Did you pay off those girls by
it?—A. Yes.
Dorsey took the witness again.
Q. How often was that clock regu
lated?—A. Two or three times a
week.
Arnold registered an objection but
was overruled.
The witness was excused and Her
bert Schiff was recalled. Dorsey
questioned him.
Q. How much pay did Mary Phagan
draw that last week?—A. $1.20.
Q. Now I want you to show me on
that book there where the $2 Frank
loaned Arthur White appears.—A. It
appears as )4 because I advanced him
$2 the next week and made the en
try myself.
Q. Where is that ticket Frank made
of it?—A. I tore it up.
Says He Gave Haas
All the Papers.
Q. You tore it up?—A. We alw'ays
do.
Q. You were served with a duces
tecum to bring to the court a paper
signed by Charley Lee in regard to
the injury of this man Dudley?—A. I
was.
Q. Did you bring it?—A. I turned
over to Mr. Haas all the papers I
had.
Q. Did you ever show to Lee a writ
ten statement he had made about this
accident?—A. I don’t think he ever
wrote a statement, tl was written
on a typewriter.
Q. Was it in the papers you gave
Mr. Haas?—A. It had no right to be
there.
Q. Did you have the same time clock
at the time of the murder that you
had when Gantt was there?—A. We
have two time clocks.
Q. How much behind was the clock
when you sent for Mr. Price to fix it?
—A. I don’t think that was the trouble
at all. tl think it was clogged with
the ribbon.
Roster took the witness.
Q. You had $1,174.80 for the payroll
except for the loans you were to pay
out, and every cent of that was in
wages, was it not?
Dorsey: ‘ This is his witness. He
can not lead him as though it were
a cross-examination.”
Rosser: “What? I thought I could
cross-examine him. Mr. Dorsey has
brought in an entirely new matter
of that time.”
Judge Roan: “The uniform rul has
been that when one side introduces a
witness, he remains their witness.”
Rosser: “Then, your honor, we have
suffered grievously by this. (Turning
to the witness) Mr. Schiff, I will now
shift my method of examining you.
Come down.”
Negro Says He
Drank With Conley.
Ivy Jones, a negro, was the next
witness. Dorsey questioned him.
Q. What do you do?—A. Drive
for Walker Brothers.
Q. On Saturday, April 26, did you
see Jim Conley?—A. Yes.
Q. Where?—A. At Forsyth and
Hunter streets.
Q. What time was it?—A. Be
tween 1 and 2 o’clock.
Q. Can you be more accurate than
that?—A. No.
Q. Was he drunk?—A. No.
Q. Where did you go with him?—
A. To a saloon.
Q. Then where?—A. Toward his
home. I left him at the corner of
Davis and Hunter streets about three
blocks from his home.
Rosser took the witness on cross-
examination.
Q. You and he drank beer at that
saloon, didn’t you?—A. Yes; both of
us got some.
Rosser: “Come down.”
Harry Scott, Pinkerton detective,
was recalled to the stand. Dorsey
questioned him.
building, did you see any blood around
the scuttle hole on. the first floor,
which leads to the basement?—A. No.
Rosser—This li«f» all been gone over
before and is incompetent.
Dorsey—We want to rebut Me-
Whort’s evidence about the bludgeon
and the blood.
The objection was overruled.
Q. When did the State learn of this
bloody bludgeon?—A. I told you per
sonally about it on July 15.
Further objections caused Solicitor
Dorsey to change his line of question
ing.
Memory Not Clear on
Finding Piece of Cord.
Q. Mr. Scott, when you were going
through the basement with Mr.
Frank, did you pick up a piece of
cord similar to that found around
Mary Phagan’s neck?—A. I think I
did.
Q. Did you pick It up, or Frank
pick it up?—A. My memory is not
clear.
Q. Did Newt Les ever recognize that
bloody shirt?—A. He did not.
Q. From whom did you learn Con
ley could write?—A. I got the infor
mation from my office. I was out of
town when they found it out.
Q. When did you learn of It?—A.
Mc Whort told me on Sunday—
RosF^r objected and was sustained.
Q. What did you do when you dis
covered Conley could write?
Rosser: "Then went into that on the
direct.”
i ue objection was sustained.
Q. What conversation did you have
with Frank about Darley?—A. We
told him we believed Darley had been
going with girls in the factory. He
said, “No; Darley is the soul of honor.
He could not know anything about
It.”
Q. Did Black say to you: "Come
on, there is nothing doing?"—A. No.
The witness was excused, and L. F.
Kendrick, former night watchman at
the factory, w - as called to the Btand.
Dorsey questioned him.
Dorsey’s questions
Met With Objections.
Q. Did you have any conversation
with Holloway about swearing that
Frank called you up?
Rosser interrupted: “Holloway was
their witness. They can not impeach
him.”
Rosser’s objection was sustained.
Dorsey: ‘Well, can’t I show intest
and feeling, then?”
Judge Roan: “You can only im
peach Holloway on points on which
he has mislead you.”
Dorsey: “That is not the law.”
Judge Roan: “Then what is the
law ?”
Dorsey: “I will get you the authori
ties.”
Judge Roan: “Then I will rule
later.”
<J. Now*, during the tw*o years you
were working there, did you ever see.
women there on Saturday afternoons?
Rosser: "You have already ruled
on that.”
Judge Roan: “You can’t ask that.”
Q. Did you ever put a slip in tho
time clock?—A. Yes.
Q. How long did it take you?—A.
About two or three minutes.
Q. Could you hear that elevator
running when there was hammering
and knocking?—A. No.
Q. Have you ever seen Conley
around the elevator on Saturday aft
ernoons?—A. I have seen Conley there
on the way back from lunch.
Rosser took the witness.
Q. You have seen all the negroes
around there?—A. I have seen some
of them.
The witness was excused and Dor
sey tendered as evidence the time slip
made by the witness.
Little Girl Telb of
Visit of Reporter.
Vera Epps, a little girl 11 years old,
sister of George Epps, was called.
Dorsey questioned her.
Q. Did you know Mary Phagan?—
A. Yes.
Q. Did you talk to a Georgian re
porter, Mr. John Minar, the Sunday
after the murder and tell him the last
time you had seen Mary Phagan was
the Thursday before the murder?—A.
Yes.
Q. Was your brother George Epps,
there?—A. He was in the house, but
he wasn’t there all the time this man
was there.
Q. Had your brother told you he
had seen Mary Phagan on Saturday?
—A. No.
The witness was excused, and C.
B. Maynard was called to the stand.
Dorsey questioned him.
Q. Do you know C. B. Dalton?—A.
Yes.
Q. Did you ever see him go Into the
pencil factory with a woman?—A.
Yes.
Q. When?—A. In June, or July.
Q. What time of day?—A. Between
1 and 2 o’clock.
Q. What day of the week was It?—
A. Saturday.
Rosser took the witness.
Q. You are sure of that ?—A. Yes.
The witness was excused and W. T.
Hollis, conductor on the English ave
nue line on which Mary Phagan came
to town the day she was murdered
was recalled to the stand. Dorsey
questioned him.
Q. Didn’t you have a conversation
with J. D. Reid on Monday after the
murder?—A. I don’t know him.
Q. Didn’t you tell him that you saw
a little boy with her who looked like
her sweetheart?—A. I did not.
Recognizes Patron
But Doesn’t Know Name.
Q. You say now, like you did the
other day, that if George Epps was on
the car you did not know it?—A. Yes.
Solicitor Dorsey had Reid brought
into the courtroom. Dorsey then ad
dressed the witness:
Q. Do you know this man?—A. He
rides on my car. 1 don’t know his
name.
q; Did you tell him anything like I
have suggested?—A. I did not.
The witness was exeussd, and J. D.
Reid was brought to the stand.
Q. On Monday, April 28, did you
have and conversation with Conduc
tor J. T. Hollis on the street car
about Mary Phagan?—A. No. I
wasn’t on the car with her.
A ripple of laughter ran around the
room.
The witness continued: “I am a
little deaf; will you come a little bit
closer.”
Dorsey moved closer to the witness
and repeated his question.
A. Yes. He told me it made him
feel bad because the little girl rode on
his car the last time. He said that
a little boy named Epps, her sweet
heart, rode i nwith her. He said they
sat in the same seat and got off to
gether.
Rosser did not cross-examine the
witness.
City Detective Tells
Of McKnight Story.
J. M. Starnes, city detective, who
has been in the courtroom with So
licitor Dorsey since the trial began,
was recalled to the stand. Dorsey
questioned him.
Q. Did you see any stains of blood
spots near the scuttle hole on the
first floor of the pencil factory when
you made your examination of the
building Immediately after the mur
der?
Rosser interrupted: “He answered
that before.”
Starnes: “I did not.”
Dorsey: “Now w r o will jump to v'^e
arrest of Minola McKnight. Tell u«,
about that, Mr. Starnes.”
A. We had information about what
her husband said she knew. We took
her to Mr. Dorsey's office, and from
there to the police station. I did not
see her until the next day. We got
Mr. Pickett and Mr. Craven from the
Beck & Gregg Hardware Company
to come up and see if they could get
a statement from her. T asked Minola
if she had rather make her state
ment to them or to us. Sh e said to
them. I said: “Minola. if this is not
the truth, do not make it.”
When she was about half through I
asked her attorney, Mr. George Gor
don, to come in. I had the stenog
rapher read over what she had said.
When he had finished she signed it.
Q. Was she held by my authority?
—A. Sshe was not.
Q. Could I order you to release her* 7
—A. You told me over the phone you
could not tell me what to do.
Rosser took the witness on corss-
examination.
Q. Now, Starnes, you locked that
woman up because she w*ould not give
you the kind of statement you want
ed?—A. No.
Locked Her Up Because
He Was on Murder Case.
Q. Well, why did you lock her up?—
A. I was wmrking on a murder case.
Q. Answer my question. A. I am
going to tell you.
Dorsey—He has a right to answer
It.
Q. Well, by what authority did you
lock her up?—A. By the authority
of an honorable officer working on
a murder case.
Rosser—That’s all right. Now, who
Issued a warrant for that woman’s
arrest?—A. There was none that I
know of.
Q. Who arrested her?—A. A bailiff
or deputy from Dorsey's office went
out and got her. He did not arrest
her.
Q. Who locked her up?—A. I turn
ed her over to the des'k man.
Q. And you kept her there twenty-
four hours?—A. Yes.
The witness was excused and the
jury retired for five minutes to take
their usual afternoon soft drink.
When the jury returned to the
room, Attorney Rosser stated that he
was not through questioning Starnes,
and the detective was recalled to the
stand.
Q. Did you call Mr. Dorsey about
that statement?—A. Ydfc.
Q. What did you tell him about it,
to the best of your recollection?—A.
My recollection is that 1 phoned Mr.
Dorsey right after Minola made her
statement and told him that her at
torney, Gordon .would be around to
see him.
Q. You just wanted to get his
permission?—A. No.
Starnes was excused.
Attorney Rosser
“Takes” Witness Chair.
Dorsey: "We want to introduce
some documentary evidence. First. I
want to introduce the statement of
Miss Hattie Hall before the Coroner."
The Solicitor read the parts of the
evidence of Miss Hall, stenographer
for Montag Brothers, given before the
Coroner's jury, which he offered as
evidence.
Attorney Rosser climbed into the
witness chair to listen.
—M—PHAGAN—
Mr. Dorsey offered an affidavit of
Wade Campbell concerning an inter
view with Mrs. Arthur White about
seeing a negro on the first floor of the
factory the day of the crime.
Attorney Rosser objected to various
parts of it and the Solicitor coqceded
to them being stricken.
The following documents were sub
mitted by Solicitor Dorsey as evi
dence:
Parts of Minola McKnight’s af
fidavit; the bloody shirt found at
Newt Lee’s home: a record of the
injury to J. E. Duffy; affidavit of
Lemmie Quinn; the records of Con
ley's transfer from the tower to the
oolice station.
Is Put in Evidence.
Conley's Police Record
Solicitor Dorsey also put In Gon-
ley’s police record of punishment for
thirty offenses; the handwriting of
Leo Frank identified by his mother;
the pay envelope found by Barrett;
the affidavit of E. F. Holloway of
May 12.
Rosser—We object to that Holloway
affidavit; Holloway was his witness
and he has not the right.
Dor.«*ey—He entrapped me.
Judge Roan—Where he entrapped
you it is admissible.
Dorsey—I also want to present part
of the evidence of Emil Belig given
before the Coroner’s jury. It is con
tradictory with his testimony here;
also the testimony of Mrs. Josephine
Selig.
Judge Roan—All right.
At 4:46 o’clock Solicitor Dorsey
said—We close our case, yonv honor.
T. Y. Brent was tho Jlusf witness
called by the defense in its rebuttal.
Rosser questioned him.
Q. Do you know a fellow named
Kenley who runs on the East Point
car?—A. Yes.
Q. Did you ever hear him express
an opinion about Frank?—A. Yes.
Q. What did he say?—A. He said
that he felt about Frank like he did
about those two negroeM at Decatur.
He said he didn’t know whether the
negroes were guilty, but they had to
hang somebody and it might as well
be them. He said Frank was nothing
but a Jew and he ought to be hanged
anyway. He said he would help lynch
him.
Dorsey took the witness on cross-
examination.
Q. Why was It you left the Steven^
Lumhfcr Company? What was the
charge against you and how did you
settle it?
Arnold—that is absolutely Inadmis
sible.
Judge Roan sustained the objes-
tion.
Went Through
Factor With Owens.
Q. Are you the Brent who went
through the pencil factory with Dr.
Billy Owens?—Yes.
Q. Did your employment by the de
fense include that, too?—A. No. I
went there on Sunday.
Q. What part did you take in the il
lustration of the crime given there?—
A. Jim Conley.
The witness was excused and N. E.
Stahi was called to the stand. Arnold
questioned him.
Q. Where do you live?—A. On
Washington street.
Q. Did you ever hear this man Ken
ley talk about the defendant, Leo
Frank?—A. He said if Frank was ac
quitted he w'ould be one of five or
seven to get him.
The witness was excused without
cross-examination.
J. M. Asher was the next witness.
Arnold questioned him.
Q. Have you ever been on a street
car with a fellow named Kenley?—A.
Yes.
Q. What did he say about this case?
—A. He was talking very loud and
discussing the Frank case and he
suddenly said: “The damn Jew; they
ought to take him out and hang him.”
I took his name to report it to Mr.
Arkwright. He said If there was any
doubt that it should be given to the
State that Frank was guilty. A young
man sitting in front of him disputed
it and he asked him angrily: “Do
you work for a Jew?”
Pawnbroker Says He
Had McCoy’s Watch.
Dorsey did not crosis-examire tho
witness. Nathan Sinkovitz, a pawn
broker. was the next witness called.
Arnold questioned him.
Q. Do you know M. E. McCoy?—A.
I do.
Q. Has he ever pawned his watch
to you?—A. Yes; January 11, 1913.
Q. Where was it on April 26, 1913?
—A. I had It.
Q. When did he ge It?—A. He gave
me $10 to take It out on August 16,
1913.
Q. Did he have any other watch?—
A. No; this Is the same one I have
been getting all the time.
Dorsey took the witness on cross-
examination.
q. Describe him.—A. He is a tall
fellow with a mustache.
Dorsey looked for the entries on the
pawnbroker’s book and moved that
they be ruled out. The objection was
overruled.
The witness was excused.
Arnold addressed the court:
“Your honor, we want the defendant
to go on the stand in rebuttal of what
has come out."
Frank took the stand. Looking
straight at the jury he said:
“In reply to the statement of the
Turner boy about seeing me talking
to Mary Phagan, it is absolutely false.
In reference to the statements of the
girls, Miss Dewell and Miss Robin
son about me talking to Mary Phagan
and putting my hand on her shoulder
and calling her Mary. I wish to state
they are mistaken. I may have spok
en to Mary Phagan, hut I did not
put my hand on her and I did not call
her Mary. With reference to the
statements of the two women who
said they saw me going into the
dressing room, it is utterly false. It
Is a blemish on the character of a
young woman who is a perfect lady.’*
Frank left the stand. Attorney Ar
nold wanted to call other girl wit
nesses who worked on the fourth fior
but Solicitor Dorsey objected and was
sustained.
Arnold—Then, your honor, we an
nounce that we will close.
It was 5:14 o’clock.
Judge Roan (addressing the attor
neys)—Are you gentlemen willing to
indicate to me how long you will want
to argue?
Dorsey—I am satisfied with the
amount the law* allows.
Judge Roan—The law allows you
two hours, but with so much evidence,
I don’t think counsel should be re
stricted. Stick to the evidence and
get through as quickly as you can.
Court then adjourned until 9 o'clock
Thursday morning.
Dalton City Council
Shorn of Its Power
DALTON, Aug. 20.—The City
Council, at the regular meeting last
night, discussed the new charter
amendment and decided that the body
now had authority to do little more
than meet and adjourn.
The Whitfield representatives de
clined to push in the General As
sembly the Council’s bill to give It
authority over the police department
and Recorder’s court, but secured the
passage of a substitute which took
from Council the supervision of the
public utilities.
Electric Chair for
Cats Is Projected
PASADENA, CAL., Aug 20.—Stray
dogs and cats marked for execution
by the Pasadena Humane Society
will be sent to their final journey
across the border by a miniature
electric chair, according to Dr. E. L.
Conger, president of the society.
Dr. Conger recently saw one of the
animal electric chairs operated in
Boston which killed dogs and cats in
a fraction of an instant.
Dr. Conger stated that Immediate
steps would be taken to install one
of the chairs by the local humane
society.
STATE FORECASTS
Government Reports Georgia’s
Acreage Is Over Half Million
More Than in 1910,
Georgia has 678,351 more acres
planted In corn this year than in
1910, according to statistics issued
Wednesday morning by the Depart
ment of Agriculture. Three years ago
the total acreage of corn land was
3,383,061, while late figures, based on
Government and State reports, show
that there are this year 4,061,412
acres. The figures also show that of
the 106,884,000 acres growing corn in
the United States, Georgia has 3.8 per
cent.
Officials of the Department of Agri
culture stated also that the corn crop
this year gave romise of being one
of the heaviest in the history of the
State, as the condition of the grow
ing crop is good.
Indications are also that the yield
and quality of oats and other grain
will be greater than ever before.
7 Perish in Sinking
Of River Steamboat
KEOKUK. IOWA, Aug 20.—Divers
to-day went to the bottom of the
deepest part of the Mississippi River
channel here making preparations
for raising the sunken steamer
Henry Bosse and recovering the
bodies of seven persons who were
drowned when the boat was struck
by a storm yesterday afternoon.
One man drowned trying to save
his sister. Seven passengers and
the members of the crew* escaped.
Verdi’s ‘Aida’ Given
With 800 Performers
Special Caote to The Atlanta Georgian.
MILAN, Aug. 20.—In the vast
Roman amphitheater at Verona,
which holds 30,000, the most orig
inal and elaborate performance ever
attempted is being given of Giu
seppe Verdi’s Egyptian opera, “Aida,”
in honor of the composer’s centenary.
There are more than 800 perform
ers in the orchestra. The scenery
for the enormous amphitheater cost
nearly $100,000.
The Best Food-Brink Lunch at Fountains
_ _ _ .
Insist Upon
S HGRLICK’S
Avoid Imitations—Take No Substitute
Rich milk malted grain, in powder form. More healthful than tea or coffee.
For infant?, invalids and growing children. Agrees w.th the weakest digestion.
Pure nutrition, upbuilding the whole body. Keep it on your sideboard at home.
Invigorates nursing mothers and the aged. A quick lunch prepared m a minute.
Davison-Paxon-Stokes Co.
New and Becoming Dresses
For Girls Are Priced at 69c
Tn a few days the early fall sehool wardrobe must be looked into,
and the needs of fresh, new wash dresses will ba revealed.
Here are new dresses that are intended for just this purpose. They
are beautifully made, in eight different styles, of pretty striped lawns,
light and dark shades, and effectively trimmed. Sizes 6 to 14 years— '
priced for to-morrow’s sale at 69c each.
Pretty New Dresses for
Little Tots at 39c
Every one new—they have just come, and will be gladly wel*
corned by mothers who are now finding their children’s wardrobes
dilapidated from the hard summer’s wear.
These dresses are made of sturdy percales, dotted and figured
effects; about six styles—low square neck, short sleeves, long waist-
ed, plaited skirt, with belt; 2 to 6-year sizes. Priced at 39c.
A Sale of New P. N. Corsets
at Special Prices
$1.50 for $2.00 Corsets
$1.00 for $1.50 Corsets
Every corset in both groups is new. Bought under special condi
tions to sell for less. New models; extra boning; medium and low
busts; extra long; six good supporters attached.