Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-20
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lyn, and Miss Lille Embree. young
woman who was boarding with US.
We couldn't go all over the fac
tory. but / didn't think my husband
seemed at all nervous or acted UNI
usual He did read lot abou; the
case. I noticed that. And some time
after that I missed my diary that
] kept 10 set down almost everything
did. ] don't know that he took it.
however"
Reporters. who had traiIed Fisher
from Birmingham. from where he was
brought 70 Atlanta by C. w Burke,
an agent Tor Attorney Rosser. were
ON constant DUTY ready to resume the
chase in the event that any new NOV,
was made by Franks lawyers or there
appeared an endeavor to hide him
away.
The vigilance OF an entire day and
r night resulted in only the sensa-
Jional statement OF the quasi-prison-
or which was forecast very closely bv
The Sunday American This state
ment was given out late in the after
noon by Attorney Rosser. Rosser
would not reveal the name of the
prominent man charged. lie said tina,
his Identity must remain mystery
for lime at least. The only cIev
he furnished was the man VS.
IN irly prominent.
Mans Name Withheld.
] do not want to use the name q.
the man." said Rosser. and thus
possibly do him an injustice. 7 VIII
tell everything in the world except the
name OF the man.
The man who has just told his
story 90 us is l. W Fisher. He once
lived here and left here about the
tine of the murder Of Mary Phagan.
end since then has lived in North
Geor sia, Tennessee and Birmingham.
lie now lives in Birmingham
Without our knowledge or instiga-
lion he went to the Chief OF Pol.e
in Birmingham, George II. Bodeker.
and asserted that Frank was inno-
cent, and that he had known OF his
Innocence all the time. but that ne
adnt think Frank would be convict |
ed. and therefore nd kept his silence
q oout the real murderer.
He said that he net the man who
,ommitted the crime on SATURDAY. |
April Is, and that this man told him
he was going to meet Mary Phagan
in The pencil factory at noon. Fisher
said that when the man came from
Tho factory he said; I raised HI in
there and YOU have got to get out u:
town
Since that time Fisher says thai
this man, who is well TO do and es-
tahlished in business here, has been
paying his expenses wherever he
went
Whether Fishers story is true or
false We do not know. We are not
giving 1t out as fact. but merely as
one or the numerous stories which
have come to our ears during the in
yestigation OF the crime. We would
have said nothing about it II the
newspapers had not come out yester-
day telling Of Fishers walking into
me Office OF the Chief OF Police in
Birmingham. We do not take any
stock in it one way or another as yet.
But we are going TO investigate il
thoroughly and find out whether or
not il is true.
Police Told Name.
We have told the detectives some
thing which we have not told the pub
lie. We have told them the name OF
the man Fisher accuses, and have in
vjted them TO work with us on our
investigation. There is such a man
as the one Fisher names, and he is
we'll known. Fisher is married
man, and has several children. They
are IN Atlanta
Solicitor Dorsey, Frank 4. Hooper
Who assisted the Solicitor in The
Frank trial, and members OF the de-