Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-15
RECALLS He
WAS TOLD
STORY Of
CONLEY
Waterman Remembers Of Visit Of
Witness to Factory on Day
of Crime.

Further confederation Of sew
eral of the important details in
the remarkable affidavit of w.
H. Mincey, insurance agent and
teacher, who swOre he heard
Jim Conley confess killing a
girl, came Tuesday in a state
ment by f. +. Holloway, day
Waterman at the National Pen.
ell Factory.
Holloway substantlated 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 Mincey 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 waa
a quiet retiring fellow, and I guess
we scared him out There were a lot
Of people in the factory, and the ex-
element after the murder was at its
height. Several detectives were there
and there were a score Of people both
ering the detectives and the factory
authorities with their theories on thu
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 l could take care OF him. He
asked me how many negroes worked
in the factory, as I recall II, and | told
him seven or eight.
You'd better have everyone Of
them arrested he replied. I 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 I said that I 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 l guess he
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 tha
building, as It wasn't possible to mak5
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 wal
the last l thought about his story IN
til the day l found Jim Conley wash
ing his shirt in the factory, something
ne never lid before. so far as l know.
fold of Seeing Conley.
After this Conley was arrested
and l was pretty positive that he
killed the girl. although 1 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 dozen times Then
h told some of the people connected
with the factory about Mincey, and
when l saw him next he told all
about the reasons that he felt posi-
tive it 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. 1 don't
know whether it was at Electric and
Carter streets or not. He said he
didn't think much of il 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;
- killed girl already to-day; [
don't want to kill nobody else.
After this 1 guess they got his af-
hdavit." -.