Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-15
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MINCEY IS
UPHELD
Factory Waterman Recalls Visit to
Plant of Man Who Heard
COnIey CoRfess

Further confederation of several OF
the important details in the remark
able affidavit of W H. Mincey. in
suranoe agent and teacher who swore
he heard Jim Conley confess killing
a girl, came Tuesday in a statement
by e. F, Holloway. day Waterman
at the National Pencil Factory.
Holloway substantiated in every
particular the story of Mincey's visit
to the factory the Tuesday following
the crime and recalled the general
trend of the conversation, which was
practically as Mineey related It in his
signed statement published exclusive
ly in The Georgian Monday. The de-
Tense has obtained an affidavit from
Holloway as to the circumstances Of
the day.
Il remember Mincey coming here
Tuesday" said Holloway. He was
a quiet retiring fellow. and I guess
we scared him out. There were lot
of people in the factory, and the ex-
element after the murder was at It's
height. Several detectives were these
and there were a score of people both
ering the detectives and the factory
authorities with their theories on the
killing
Wanted Negroes Arrested.
This man Mincey came up to me
and said he wanted to see Mr.. Frank.
told him Mr.. Frank was not there,
but that could take care of him. He
asked me how many negroes worked
In the factory, as recall 1t, and told
him seven or eight.
You'd better have everyone Of
them arrested, he replied, =. know
the one that did it,
But there weren't any negroes
working in the factory Saturday eX-
cept the night Waterman, l told him,
and ! said that l didn't see any ne
groes at all when l left at 11:45 on
account of the holiday. I got a little
sore at him because he kept Fostering
me about the negroes, and / guess ne
got mad because l wouldn't pay any
attention to him.
FINALLY, Herbert Schiff or some
body else turned to the crowd and tod
them they all would have to leave the
building, as it wasn't possible to make
any progress in the investigation with
them scattered all over every floor
and In the basement. This man Min
cey went out with them, and that was
the last thought about his story un-
til the day ! found Jim Conley wash
ing his shirt in the factory, something
he never did before, so far as know.
Told of Seeing conIsy.
After this Conley was arrested
and l was pretty positive that he
killed the girl, although ! didn't have
any means of knowing that he even
was in the factory until he con-
fessed it of his own accord after he
denied it half a dozen times. Then
told some of the people connected
with the factory about Mincey, and
when | saw him next he told all
about the reasons that he felt posi-
tive 1t was Conley.
He said that he had met Conley
the afternoon that Mary Phagan was
murdered and that Conley had boast
ed that he had killed a girl. Mincey
said he met him somewhere over
near where Conley lived. l don't
know whether it was at Electric and
Carter streets or not. He said he
didn't think much of it at the time.
as he had supposed that Conley in
his drunken stupor was merely brag-
ging about his part in some negro
row. He told me that Conley had
threatened him, saying:
Il killed a girl already to-day; I
don't want to kill nobody else
After this / guess they got his af-
fidaVit"