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FRANK DEFENSE ERASES
PREACHER'S EVIDENCE,
DORSEY PLANS FIGHT
The defense In the case of Leo M.
I'rank Tuesday morning washed its
hands of the Rev. (. B. Ragsdale, the
Baptist minister who made an affida
vit that he overheard a negro identi
fled as Jim Conley confess to the
murder of Mary Phagan, and who is
sald to have repudiated the afidavit
in toto,
Attornevs Rcub2n R. Arnold and
Luther Rosser, counsel for the con
demned man, obtained from Judge
Ben Hill an order striking from the
extraordinary motfon for a new trial
the amendment setting up the Rags
dale afidavit as one of the grounds
for a new hearing. Under this order
the defense is relleved from urging
the minister's story as evidence, but
the aMdavit itself will remain as part
of the record.
Solicitor Dorsey announced Tues
day that when the hearing is re
sumed before Judge Hill Friday he
will protest any move by the defense
to eliminate the Ragsdale aflldavit
and will endeavor to force the whole
Ragsdale matter into the record.
Comment of Defense.
Attorney Arnold, commenting on
the striking of the amendment, said:
“We are after only the truth in
this matter. We won't stand for false
evidence if we know {t, and for this
reason we obtained the order to strike
the Rassdayle mattgr from the ex
traordinary motion. When a man
will swear in an afiidavit to a cer
tain statement of facts or supposed
facts, and then turn right around and
repudiate what he said under oath, I
don’t think any court or any fair
minded man would want to, consider
him in the case at all, That is why
we wish to wipe from the record all
yeference to Ragsdale. Ragsdale made
this affidavit of his own volition and
was recommended to us as a man of
truthfulness and honor. If he swore
falsely he alone must bear the re
sponsibility. We want nothing to do
with him.”
Then Mr. Arnold remarked:
“Since the State set the example
for lying by placing Jim Conley on
the stand, it seems that all of the
liargin Georgia are trying to breal
into this case.”
Burns Still Confident.
Detective Willlam J. Burns was un
perturbed Tuesday over the Ragsdale
matter. Ie declared the repudiation
by the minister would have no hear
ing on the new trial hearing nor any
other evidence in the hands of the
defense.
“We have evidence enough right
Mow to convict Jim Conley of the
murder of Mary Phagan without any
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confession from the negro,” he sald.
Both Ragsdale and Barber made
affidavits declaring they had heard a
negro confess to the murder of &
girl in the pencil factory. Barber
even identified the negro as Jim Con
ley. They brought their stories 'o
Frank's lawyers, and, according (o
the lawyers, presented character ‘n
dorsements from prominent men, Dr.
John E. White and Dr. J. M. Pierce
testifying to the straightforwardness
of Rdgsdale, who is a Baptist minis
ter, and George K. Knott indorsing
the reliability of Barber.
A statement of Frank's lawyer3a
follows:
Not Known by Counsel.
“On Thursday, April 23, 1914, there
appeared at the office of 1.. Z. Rosser,
in the Grant Building, two men who
professed to have important infor
mation in reference to the Frank trial,
One of these represented himself to
be a preacher and the other a former
member of his flock.
“These two men were unknown (o
each of us. Neither of us had ever
geen or heard of them before. .
’ “1.. Z. Rosser acted in taking the
| affidavits of these men. He put them
]m the test of the most thorough
| cross-examination of which he was
| capabla. There was no effort to lead
|them, to add to or coior their story.
On the contrary, they were given
clearly to understand that Frank's
counsel wanted only the truth, and
in taking their affidavits we were
| seeking nothing beyond just what
| they knew and knew accurately.
| “The affidavits were prepared in
Ithnlr presence, almost their very
! words being taken by a competent
and honest stenographer. After the
affidavits had been typewritten they
were carefully read to cach of the
witnesses and sworn to before a dis
{nterested notary public.
Believed Motives Pure.
l “Neither one of us dreamed that
| they were acting corruptly, but be
[lieved that they were acting from
pure motives to correct the wrong of
their former sllence.
“They were asked to glve the names
' of their friends and assoclates, as the
law requires. They gave promplly
gsome of the most correct and upright
[men in the city of Atlanta.
| “Some of these men were promptly
‘seen in an effort to determine wheth
er these men were what they seemed
and represented themselves to be.
“The result was in Kkeeping with
their claims. Some of the best men
in Atlanta vouched for them, and we
| felt justified in presenting their story
| to the courts
{ “It has come to our ears this even
{ing that both these men now recant
{and claim they framed up their story.
“If these rumors be true, we de
nounce the perfidy of these men with
{all the vehemence of our natures.
| “Want Only the Truth.”
l “In this IPrank case we have never
wanted anything but the truth, have
never made use of anything but what
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Relatives of Alvin M. Johns, the At
lanta boy shot at the taking of Vera
Cruz, were rejoiced Tuesday to learn
that his woungs are not serious and
that he will be able to get back on
duty within & week or two if he de
sires
tie was wounded in the left foot im
the fighting. ¥le was one of the Ches
ter's crew and enlisted from Atlanta in
January, 1912, His parents are Mr. and
Mrs. Vandy L. Johns, of No. 272 Waldo
street. He was 20 vears old Sunday,
the day after he was hurt.
The first news which came to Atlanta
was that the lad’'s wounds were se
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fears that he might die. They wired
the War Department for authentic in
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reply came that Alvin was only slightly
wounded.
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January.
was belleved to be the truth,
“We have believed and n.ow pro
foundly belleve in Frank’'s innecence,
but even that conviction has never in
duced us to say one word that the
whole city of Atlanta could not hear,
nor to do anything that the whole
State of Georgia could not see,
“If these rumors are true, we w!ll
at once cut these perjured witnesses
out of this case, just as we have In
the past, and just as we will in tha
future every fact and circumstance
that even squints at unfairness or
perjury.
i “In proof that we did not act even
credulously and inadvisedly in this
matter, we submit copies of affidavits
of men who vouch for the character
of these men.
“L, Z. ROSSER,
“HERBERT HAAS,
“LEONARD HAAS,
‘REUBEN R. ARNOLD,"
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pnext six months. After a year of
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Commission’s Report Rejects the
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mit Minority Finding. ‘\
The State Text Book Commission,
composed of the Board of Education
and a special Legislative committee
appointed to investigate State publi
cation of school books, and required
to report to the next session of the
l.egislature, adopted its report Tues
day, in which it rejects the proposal
of State publication.
The report was adopted with a dis
genting opinion from Roprns(-nmxi\'r-i
McCrory, and an additional but en
tirely separate dissenting report frumf
Superintendent Brittain \
The sub-committee, which for
months has had tl.is question in hand,
and which had investigated the mat
ter most thoroughly, submitted a re- |
port discrediting the proposed State
publication of school! books, but pro
viding a tentative plan for experi
menting on two or three books, if the |
Legislature saw fit to order the same.
Finally |s Beaten. |
This passed the entire Commission
upon a vote taken In the early fore
noon, but late was reconsidered and
the Commission, with the exceptions
noted, was then placed on record
squarely against State publication. |
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only man who voted against the re
port as finally adopted, but Superin
tendent Brittain, who was presiding,
obtained permission to file a further
minority report, In which he opposes
State publication, but rather agrees
to the idea of experimenting along
that line.
“Mr. McCrory's minority report
stoutly advocates State publication.
The arguments indulged in Tues
da.v_at.tlmqn became very heated, anl
it I 8 evident that the entire question
is to go before the Legislature for a
complete and thorough airing when
that body meets in July. .
Risk Degiared Too Great.
Representative Motroyy, In &
speech before the Commission, said
that he proposed “going into every ru
ral district in the State” and to “fight
this battle to a finish,” both in the
General Assembly and ‘on the
stump,” if necessary,
The gist of the Commission's find
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great risk, all things considered, on
ter into the publlcation of fts own
texthooks, and the proposal of the so
called Ontarvio plan, as set up by M.,
MeCrory, was officially rejected Ly
the Commission,
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Tuesday unquestionably means a hit.-
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