The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-01
SECRET OF MURDER
IS NOT YET SOLVED
Inquest on Death OF Mary
Phagan Adjourned Until
This Afternoon.
N EWsBoY is WITNESS
Tells OF Engagement Hc Had
With Girl and Her Remark
About Superintendent.

Atlanta, Ga. April 30.-Without
reaching verdict as to the mysterious
death Of fourteen year old Mary Pha-
gan. whoae mutilated body waH found
Sunday morning IN tho Rational Pen
Gil company's plant, the coroner's In
quest was adjourned carly tonight un-
was begun Monday. but witnesses were
heard for the firsr time at sessions this
morning and evening
1t the afternoon session of the in
quest interest centred chiefly in the
testimony OF G. w. Eppes. nfteen-
year-old newsboy. Eppes testified that
Mary Phagan had requested him to
cali by tho pencil factory Oh several
occasions because. she told him. MIR.
Frank had sometimes rushed out OF
the factory ahead OF her and yyinked
ri nor as she went past. Leo NJ Frank
superintendent OF the factory, lis under
arrest In connection with the case, but
did not testify to-day before the in
quest.
Eppes Tells His Story.
Young Bppes vino lives near tho
rome OF Mary Phagan. testified that he
came 10 the city with the girl Satur-
Gay morning. According to his testi
mcny, they parted on Forsyth Street.
only n short distance from the nenciI
she was to go there. secure wages
amounting to s160 due her, and meet
Eppes at Peachtree Street and Five
POINTS, where they planned to witness
the Memorial Day parade
Inc witness testified that he waited
at the rendezvous for more than two
hours. but that he never saw the girl
alive again. AT Z O'clock SATURDAY
evening he went to the girls home to
ascertain why she had failed to meet
him. and found ]. w Coleman. the
girls stepfather. just leaving the
house to look for the girl. WV
Young Isppes described the clothes
worn by the girl Saturday and later
identified the bloodstained garments
found on the body OF the girl as the
same she wore Saturday morning.
Only one witness introduced to-6av
who knew the Phagan girl testifed
'hat he saw her after the hour she
reached the pencil factory last Satur
day. Edgar J.. Sentell, grocery
wagon driver. testified that he saw the
eiri on Forsyth Street about mid
night. in company with a Young man
he believed to he Arthur Muliinauy
Mui,inaur Is under arrest. Miss Pearl
robinson testified that she went to n
theatre with Afullinaux Saturday night
*, barrett an employe of the PEN
cii factory. told OF finding bIoodstains
on lnthe in the pencil factory He
also testified that he found bloodsnots
on the floor Of the machine room in
me factory. and that, an attempt had
apparently been made to obliterate the
stains with whitewash
j. w. Coleman, stepfather OF the
Phagan girl. was the last witness Of
the day. He told of his search for the
girl. which was ended when n MESSAGE
came from the police stating that ber
body had been found at the pencil fac
tory.
Worn by Long Questioning.
Newt Lee. negro night watchman n,
the National Pencil Factory. was tho
principal witness this morning. Worn
ana exhausted by hours of questioning
by the police, the negro told again his
story OF the finding of the murdered
girls body In the cellar OF the penciI
factory early Sunday morning.
fuily conscious that the finger OF
suspicion pointed to him as the girl's
slayer Lee reiterated his protestations
OF innocence. Lee told a straightfor
ward story. IT did not vary material
ly from the one he has told the police
since he has been under suspicion. He
said he went down the ladder into the
basement and put his lantern on the
ground. He looked about and saw the
girls body. He said he knew by the
straight hair that it was the hody of a
white woman. He said the body lay
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