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called up Saturday night—something I to be .sustained when he
that he had never done before. Fran c | Hass, tie needed to b« mis!.
says that he asked about Gantt: that when he gent for Monger, big of i
he asked if Gnfitt had left the factovri tation and b'g of frame., cumin
!vej. But Newt Bee says that Gantt's and controlling so far an he.es
name never was mentioned, and that erybody he < an.
I Frank only asked if anything had “And this man Darb y. \\b ha<
happened sst th«* factory. „ into the enemies’ camp to g>
“Frank had instructed 1 Newt Lee Fortunately I got. on the job
previously not to let Gantt in. wheth- and issued a: nubpena for him.
er because he did not want Gantt to I innately Darb y did not kr
see him talking to liitle M ;>:■•.• P!m-
gan. I do not know. But when he
called up Newt Lee that night.’ you
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i.s in the evidence. I
, l i i<> quibble with you. It
> tb iiij vna know itfl.”
i rk . inie into the room,”
•he s d. tor to the jury,
no*. ' 0 her. And it he went
r< ii. neither Rogers nor
'aim look at her.
ou, ihe truth is that Frank
j ;<h: at the body of the girl
\nd even if he did, it was
■ nee ( ;itiio electric lights
';<!>. f on He turned and
ino
about F
It
r objec-
. "noth
in the rec-
“We do
turned Ar
Dorsey:
Arnold:
ring
not in the record.”
■ it is in the record
you to produce it.”
e to produce it,” re-
ight. You are quib-
your honor, to
e quibbling.”
Judge Calls Halt
In Bitter Clash.
Arnold: “Your Hone
He ' no right to g
matin'
Judge Roan: “Mr, Dorsey, you
must not -ay they'arc quibbling un
less they are*. If it is in the record. !
a't you
we object,
on in this
Why didn't they bring firemen here
to substantiate him? Old Holloway
told the truth when he made that af
fidavit in my office when he said ‘Old
Jim Conley is my nigger.’
“The true facts are, when Frank
came down to that elevator Sunday
morning, the box was open, and the
key we.a in his pocket.”
Rosser: "Now. your Honor, there
isn’t a bit of evidence to support that
statement.”
Dorsey (as one of his duputies
handed him the record): “Your Hon
or. the evidence sustains me in this
case, just ns it did in the other. 1
am'gfling to read you Boots Roy• rs’
direct -m mony: ‘I didn’t see him
in the room, but I saw him turn into
what 1 thought was a closet, but af
terwards found it was a place where
someone slept. There was a bed in
“I don’t care what he led out of
him,” answered Rosser: “I read him
the cross-examination, which was the
truth.” (
Judge Roan: "Mr. R< . don’t in
terrupt him as long as he stands by
the records.”
Dorsey: "Yes. I want him to in
terrupt mo. I dpn’f want to misrep
resent this case. There is enough
straight evidence. 1 don’t want to
mislead this jury.”
Judge Roan: "i just wanted to
know whether you meant the state
ment that the key was in Frank’s
pocket as a deduction or a statement
of • vidence?”
Rosser: "That’s what 1 am object
ing to. Ho stated something that was
not so. I don’t mean that he knew it
was not so.”
they are not quibbling. If it is in
the record and they say it is not, then
they are quibbling.”
"If Frank ever looked at that face,”
said Dorsey, "and 1 challenge the
statement, it was so brief—f she was
d> \ and bey rimed, her hair blood v,
her features contorted—if he didn’t
know h* r better than he would have
you i hm.a he did, he never could have
identified hot.
"Why did he go back there Sun
day afternoon? He had been in the
bosom of hi> family and failed to
how any nervousness. He said him
self he was torn all to piece He
went back there to put his ear to the
ground—to see if there were any
whisperings accusing Leo Frank of
the (rime.
s didn’t sec him Inolt or her
dn’t see him. He himself
sight tore him to pieces.
ded on Darley’s knee. But
g to his vomit, a sow to h i
:r went back to review tha:
•ight. I ask you if he didn’t
• see if the police suspecte<
tin :
ervr
lat evidence,
now say
jsness in the
The Scligs
at home.”
The quesnor
ie._went inti
room?—A. I wouldn’t
That’s cross - exa m in-1-
t it’:-: the truth.”
t. I am glad ' ou
list of the matter
k at the body of)
w rong a bo
mi that pier
r.,J.
H<'
“Reads Joke to Assure
All of “elf-possession. ”
n u home Saturday nigh! he
n:m l | to '-••-ure every one of Ilia
. - ib- reeding a joke. The
1 i •:•> liter wad the laughter of a guilt
fo-.-.-o ■■nee. I jarred. He wasn't ner.
v, e jjfid ) discuss the matter with the
•„•; n p js nervous when be went
to ran‘Lie elevator. He stated he
v't th* box open because of the re-
... if .: member of the fire depart-:
, qn had told him that in case
• here was danger of the fire-
sh'“ ked if they could nor
Waives Point
As Immaterial.
Dorsey: "I don’t care anything
about that, point. It i.s my, recollec
tion that it is true, but 1 waive it as
immaterial.
"Frank says that after looking at
the body he identified It as that of
the littl. girl who had been up tb*
d iy previous and got her money. He
v. nt back to the factory, unlocked the
safe, got out his books and found
out that there was a girl by the name
of Mary Phagan who had got her
money the day before.
"This made it Impossible for a mis
take. He might have added, T found
her bock in the metal room. I made
my lascivious proposals to her. She
refused me. I struck her too hard and
knocked her unconsc Sous. Realizing
niv predicament, i choked her to
(P ath. 1 colled Jim Conley, and to
gether we took her body to the base
ment. I had made her envelope out:
Til' tirr.es a year. I had passed her
machine every day that she worked. 1
had called he r by name. 1 had placed
nr. hand on h“i* si < ulder? Of course
it Was Mary Phagan. There could be
"Frank .-aid in his statement oe-
r vo r. ‘Ge<*sling turned her head
toward me. He put his finger in the
wound on the back of her head. Her
face w ) ■ scratch.* ’■ Her right <*>’*•
was blackened. Her tongue was out
n’ld there was a deep indentation in
neck. Then' was blood on the
back of her head. Her face was be
grimed and dirty.’
"Do you mean to say that in that
flash that Frank took at the face, if
I indeed he did take any gThnee at all..
. . .. I that bo could have; comprehended all
,L. ; | “I- T> lectivo Starnes a perjurer?
♦ Y*Vi Frank -aid r hat in his conversation
vith Starnes the morning of the
nurder, lie asked over the telephone*
What : s tbo matter: has then- been
fire at the factory?’ He said that
Starnes replied: ‘No, there has been a
ragedy and we want you down right
Dirle
* to come, so he <■
affidavit in my offi
said the
ion
ind
"This
it v v
*
Newt Lee in making his rounds hid
j discovered the body of this dead girl.
“Frank’s lawyers asked yon, ’Would
you convict this defendant on this
circumstance, or on that circum
stance?’ No: but 1 would put al
these circumstances together and 1
would say, in conformity to truth ani i
justice, that they bound an unbreak- ■ factory, as Pur.
able strand about this man. They seltzer; trembiir
make such a rope, such a si rand, such I j: was dm*
a cable, that it not only is impossible growsome sight,
to conceive a reasonable doubt, but it * iibi appearance
is impossible to conceive any doubt | You t< 11 me the
"Frank was in jail. He made a i v«'»us.less? No. >
statement that he didn’t leave the of- I the consciousne:
fice between certain hours. Frank I crime that he h:
n't w th- t, his <• • ri ■:••••
nnteeh Sio- | was going to cp
nr 1 r oik a 1
“In his, statement before you, Frank
tried to get around this by saying
that he had .no recollection of leaving
his office, although he may have done
so unconsciously as men often do.
But I tell you that if ho had not bpen
back there with Mary I tags n, Mon-
teen Stover would have seen him and
got her pay.
“Harry Scott, working with the city
detectives, asked Frank these ques
tions: ‘From the tirn. that yen earn*.*
back from Montag’s unto you '-vent
upstairs at 12:50 to s. . .Mrs. Whit",
did you leave your office?’ Frank
said ‘no.’
“Scott asked: ‘From the time that
you left Montag’s until Mary Phagan
came for hsr pay, did you leave your
office?’ Frank said ‘no.’
‘Can Not Believe
\ i n h
n leaf —
in tin
IP mm 1
mir 5
Tfm*,:«•
strung. On
to ‘almost
jur
Ding
t n
Harry Scott, had found
ver, who went tc
t im •.
afraid
was
by tu
cessary when i
the kev and jus
e, open the bo^
Frank’s Story.”
"Not until Fmnk sn.w«tho wonder- n
ful ( ipacit.v and the wond ^
ty. the devotion to truth ancr right of
Harry Scott, aid he set him out from
his councils. Not r» alizing the i>im
portance of his #staterni nt. ha* S( >ld
his own detective right in tin pr< -
cnee of John Black that at no mo
ment from the time he returned from
Montag’s until 12:50 did he stir out of
nis office.
“Do you mean to tell me that a
conscientious jury (pm believe thL
man in his statement on the stand
which throws asidq the story he told
his own detective? You in do it,
but as you live, u/her« v r you go,
your'conscience will oppress you.
“If you do it you lo.-w ti r>< ce or
mind that goes with a char con
fidence and that goes with a knowl
edge of dutV 1 11 -.one.
“He indicated nervousness when he
talked to Star aes. W hen Bla< k w eat
out to get him and h*- sent ids w f>
to the door: he botray* d nervousness
bv the rapidity with which h< dr< sse i
and the rapidity in the form of th*
questions he put.
“But before that he had warned old
Newt Lee to come back at 4 o’clock.
Dutiful old darky that he was. Newt
Lee was there. He found Frank en
gaged in washing his hands. He sent
old Newt out. although Newt insist -J «>|
w e re plenty of places around that fac
tory wh; re he could have lain dow n
and had a nap. But no; Frank was
waiting for Jim Conley. He want- d i' l yq>ea , ‘ , ir
him to come back and burn that body (mv.- trl
so that the police of Atlanta to-dav ! « llJt
would not have erolved tL. mystery ->f upon wi
the deatli of Mary Phagan and prob
ably would not cave known she was
killed in the factory.
he was nervous.
Trembled in Shoes at
Fear of Scott.
At this point tho jury was allowed
to retire for .asoft drink.
“Old Newt Lee says that, when he
went hack to the factory that " ■■'tr-
day afternoon at 4 o’clock,” said Dor
sey in resuming his argument, “he
found the inside door locked. He
says that Frank came out of his of-
fi e and given him instructions. That
light down in the cellar that had al
ways burned bright wbs turned clown
until it glowed no .more than *•
lightening bug. . Ybu tell me o' I Jim
Conley felt the necessity of turning
down that light? I tell y < i it was
turned down l)y Leo Frank when he
went down to p-lace the notf beside
the body after he had found ihat Jim Dorsey’s Statements.
Conley wasn’t coming back to burn
ing, and there is nothing mor<
some for the norm 11 stomach iha.i
cabbage, Combre.id and buttermilk,
and it’s good enough for any 1 man.
care for the medical evidence a re* l" -
lied by the number of ipeii the %
tiroiu- ht in on this \ irti«atlar evid re.
The a did ndt bring one repntabb
( hetnist to refute me test imony of Dr.
Foy 1-’. Harris: Th' v t>rou f ;:• t In u-
! p
I would not ba suroris 1 d if taeJr rt,*
son for going out to get these m ner*tl
;•!..■•■ i;u>4M>rs. iiv Die effort, tu
g. t some of the family physicians to
bring here and irdlqence th jury.
Arnold objected
“Your honor,” hr* said, “that is ib-
sotutcly unfair. It is insulting to the
jury.”
“I insist that my words are emi
nently proper,” said Dorsey. "I have
not charged any fact, i am simply
expressing my opinion. 1 am going
to compare the oqaPlications of 'he
physicians they brought in with that
«>f the experts we placed upon the
stand. Tlu-y went out and got gen
eral practitioners, and I am bringing
out the fact that there must have
been some other reason than any
knowledge their physicians might
have.”
“Go on,” said Judge Roan.
"I thought so.” said Dorsey.-
erburdenod with a terrible load that
oke. It was fear, remorse and ter-
r, remorse for tin past and terror
for tin future. Spectral shadows flit
ted before him, the specter of the
- r irl, this trial, the gallows, and in
famy. Guilt forces itself into the
spec* h and conduct and is Its own he
i i .i ver.
"So f;
ir
not f
word about Conley.
I ft us
lis
cuss
’onb y for a moment.
VW can
lc
ivc C’<
jnlcy out and we have
got a r<
»ui
se of
conduct indicative <*f
iruilt, b*
us. it
is consistent with th«-
theory
>f
guilt
and inconsistent with
any «>th
r
hypothesis.
al at (un
mad had
and constipation «
the that his wort
other general pra
* ikon against suet
i no r uni
-nt to r
wav am.
who $a wh
with cab-
YVhy this
l of word..
You tell
Of the
is to # lr
ologtst of note,
Johnson and of
Ideas
end t
i tiorvl i
i stim
na
■ Arnold Objects To
"He turned it down in th* hopes
that Newt Lee would not discover
"And here i.- Harry Scott. P
didn’t t -ke an afb ’avit to hold him to
the truth, thovu;a I tell you 1 trembled
in my shor . after my experience' with
Dailey. While he was their detec-
man by tin- name of Dun bin
murder of two little < hildr
words are better than I eou
! It will explain tin cause of
; nervousness of Leo Frank.
i Nature’s Accusation, He
a Oils Nervousness.
ight toi
that,”
comment
mie
port ani witness's for the State,
a time I r, a -- ft*arful he had thr
me down. But 1; stood by ihe
like a man. He said that F
squimn'd and twisted in his s
rubbed his face; sighed and (
Darley, the man n< xt to him in i
that
his e
iws nervous
st<
ann
olkcman Wag;:
m from across*
c said that he
ithin thirty mil
"Your he
said Arnold. “He he
make such comments
“He has thr tight 1
his opinion,** said Judge l|o^n.
‘ 1 W ■ 11, \y< want both of our objec
tions recorded, your honor,” said Ar
nold. "Of course, you may rule them
out, but \\c insist on it just the
”1 can see no other reason.” con-
or tinued Dorsey, "for going out and
" vr> j getting general practitioners except
' *’• upon that theory, rind I stay that the
:in - < I number of doctors put up here by the
1 l! | <:. fen sc belies the statements of Mi.
1- ew ! Ross* r that they did not attach much
i importance to the Stall ’s contention
ovv • ah at a certain time.
"I say. g ntlemen of t
that j Mary Phagan met her
lie ( factitry shortly aft.-r n
’■•d, time Mrs. White came i
itch whatever time it was
fie,. I ‘
ft in his he
e, a mightv secret o!
t, the overwhelming
guilt. It was natun
“Is Dalton t» low-down character?
If so, is he not exactly the kind of a
MiT) that would b< found consorting
with this woman. Daisy iTopkins. J J.
grant you that Dalton in his young, i
days was not what he should have
icon. You brought witnesses from
Wulton County to testify as to his bad
character, but wp took Dalton after
In* got to Atlanta and did for him
what you didn’t dare t<> do for Daisy
Hopkins. \Y" gave him a good char
acter. Rosser says, ‘Once a thirf.
always a tlfl' f.’ lie says that a thief
i • '< n ally damned, but Christ In His
ying agony on the cross turned to
side and said, ‘This
erpt
the
thief
it hi
s side
Tied
day
shall
thou
be wi
-I a
disc
th.V
“If our
eligion teac
Hi
teac
hes th
it a
thief c
•*tk.
he in
vv be
rehat
this
corn
e a us
•ful membe
“Did we sustain Dalton? By fur
more witnesses than you put here to
Impeach him. Did we sustain Dal-
ton? We sustained him not only as
to character, but also by (\ T. Mayer,
unimpeached and unimpeachable, who
L stifled that he actually saw Dalton
go into the pencil factory with a
woman.
"Corroboration of Conley? Ol
course it’s corroboration -of Conley.
They failed absolutely and inglorious-
l.v to explain this woman. Daisy Hop
kins, which is another corroboration
of Conley.
Rosser Coiild Have Found
Who Dressed Up Conley.
“Rosser said he would give any
thing to know who dressed Jim Con
ley up. If be would use half the ef
fort to find this out that he did to
impeach Dalton he would have found
it out «a.-^ly enough. The man who
dressed up this negro, whom you
would have dr- ssed in a shroud, dc-
served not the f' lidemnation but the
praise of this jury.
“Let ms • . why Jim Conley should
now have been delivered into the
hands ol th< polic . which, if no bet
ter than th* Sheriff, are just as good.”
Dorsey picked up a copy of the plea
in the habeas corpus proceedings
which resulted In the removal of Con
ic'. from the county jail back to the
poli' e station, and read it through.
“This plea charged many things, - *
Continued on Page 13, Column 1.
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rive ti:
Not Dared To
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, Weak, Nervous an:; ! ;
A i Diseased Hen
G ermanently Cursdj
•‘Frank Needed to
Be Sustained.”
Marie
"But Starnes testified .that he nov
el- u.T“1 the word ‘tragedy.’ And that
he gave Frank no intimation of what
had happened. Again it has been
imputed that the detectives and po
lice force have centered all their ac
tivities against Frank, and they have
refused to hold any theory which in- .
vo’ved anyone ol-e. But if they had)
been looking for the easiest map to
convict, wouldn’t they have picked
out someone else than Frank?
Easier To Have
Picked Some One Else.
"He didn’t want Gantt to go into
that factory. but met nlrn at t! * dour.
Gantt told him bo wanted to ga pair
of sho»s. L was almost providential
that Gantt had two pairs <*f .«ho» s
there. Prank hung his head and
he noticed a bov sweeping out a pair
of shoes. He gave the color of the
pair, but when Gantt insisted fru
there were two pairs, lie allowed him
to go in with old Newt Lee. Lo and
behold, both pairs were found!
ows and tbn
and he says
not on the <
“Mr. Re
in. Th
d Ho!!c
M oar* d to
Hunter. He
and Maih-
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Rules of the sale, cash only.
None delivered unless purchase amounts to $1.00 or more.
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"Fiank told vou how ho noted m m HR Jt»Q VllflfOf *** @
tat o oaslon. Newt Uee told ou ho ; \ jU lUwl
U U M
one -
Ac
he jumpecU Starflus and Black
he was nervous. You say (pointing 1
to Frank) It was because of th
ride; it
break L
1 F 1
nk) It was . ,-«»• of ihe lOSHver
t was becaus. you had mlss.-d -J , * ■ j
ust; It was because ot the] ^ «
j grewsome sight.
"Oh, he needed t
$<g .351
It would have been easier if tha neede
:? n.inted to move along th- Lhe st-nt hi;
ut Newt 1 Gantt <*r Conley. • he h:ul her
"Again, Newt Lee says that JO ana niuci mini a
ne*
uneone
support
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All white Dairy Pan! regular
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17-quart 50c 21c
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