Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-13


/ denied that he could write. and did
/ n0t admit that ne could until longer
/ denial was useless.
90 He was caught washing shirt
/ p thing Dee had never done before, and
/ when caught gave foolish excuse
Trapped Into Confession.
Cg) lie denied am participation in
. or knowledge Of the crime until he
was driven by the charge that he
/ wrote the notes found near the BODY.
( Ch on May rs he made "a signed
statement outlining his actions on
4 April 20. making no mention ~ the
murder
GJ ON May "a nc made an oHida-
VIII He said that on April %. before
the murder on April %. he wrote the
/ rotcs ut the request ~ Frank for
which Frank gave him cigarettes and
$3.50 and added statements about
Franks people IN Brooklyn and an
inquiry by Frank as to- why he should
hang
ID on May 2s Con.ey made long
affidavit fun Of contradictions ana
ahsurdltes. beginning 81 as follows:
u make this statement, my second
statement iu regard 10 the murder OF
Mary PhaEan at the National Pencil
factory In my first statement made
the statement that ! went into the
pencil factory on Friday April IS, and
went into Franks office AZ five min
utcs 20 ] o'clock. which IL mistake.
] made this statement In regard 20
Friday in order that ] might not be
accused Of knowing anything OF this
murder for I thought ~ I put myself
there Saturday they might accuse me
~ having a hand In IT, and / now
make nay second and last statement
regarding tho matter freely and vol
UNFAIRLY. after thinking over the sit
uation, and | have made up my mind
20 tell the whole truth and ] make It
| freely and voluntarily without the
promise Of any reward or from force
or fear Of punishment In any way
First Confession Rambling"
Ok After this beginning he sets
/ out with variations the writing Of the
notes on Saturday instead Of on Fri
/ day. and In a long. rambling state
meut his movements al nome and on
] Peters Street on Saturday and on
/ Monday az the factory, most Of which
/ rs wholly disconnected with the muir
der.
I had already sworn that he had made
''Nia true. fun and last statement no
made another statement IN which ne
ptirportod 10 aid Mr.. Frank - CON
ceaiing tho body of Mary Phhgan.
/ This statement IL full Of ccntradic-
/ lions and wholly irrcconciloblc with
itself md with the known facts sur
rounding the murder.
Cnj 10 closes this remarkable am
| dnvit IN the following words "Ihe
reason ] have not told this before IL
| that / thought SIR Frank would got
Out and help mo out, but Il seems thhat
hu iR not going 90 ge1 ous ana ] DO
cldsd to tell tho whole ruth about IN"
/ matter"
"conisy's Guii, ehewn."
tnD Thuse are some OF the facts
we'll known 10 tho pahilc and TO the
deteetivos showing Honicy'H guilt
1 There are other powerful facts which
could readily be brought before tho
1 grsEd Jury,
/ These incoherent. gibhsriHE stHts-
ments viii n is believed. impress the
/ GRAND Jury II the negro Conl7y's case
/ is submitted Co &c.
/ 9 The Grand jury cas- Soc trusted "a
/ scan these queer statements To the
/ HsHt ~ alI The surrounding facts ana
/ circumstance, and taken 10 cohuvg-
/ lion with lN the other facts imWl
I J-iiT- sru.aE. thry proclaim his sum-
! beyond alI reasonable doubt
/ G0l The detectives ohses=ed as
/ .aey aye with th5 assumption thai
4 Cunlpy IS q tool and NOS murderer
are uuht Go keep him 'u tHuir sole
and unlimited Uuur. Under i.eii
/ rTstectiHg care touley instead "i
I being left fu fel. tine truth, viii ll
/ length deceive himself into tine ber