Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-27
DORSEY HAS
EXCLUSIVE
EVIDENCE
IN CASE

That a mass of evidence which the
Atlanta detective force had no part in
getting and of which the members
have had no knowledge, will be pre-
scented at the trial of Leo NJ. Frank
by Solicitor General Dorsey became
known Friday.
Developments revealed that the So
licitor, through his personal investiga-
ton and that Of his greatest detect
i've" has discovered a number Of per-
sons whose names have not been con-
nected with the mystery in any way
by the local detectives. From these
persons, the Solicitor has obtained
much evidence which viii be made
public for the first time when Frank
is put on trial for his life.
Detective Identified.
Mr.. Dorsey for a time engaged the
services OF a well-known detective
whose name he kept carefully a secret,
but whose Identity was disclosed Fri
day by The Georglan's Houston. Tex.
correspondent as Frank Pond, who
was connected with the Pinkerton
forces for a number of years, Pond
is now in Houston, where he was
seen by the reporter
It is understood Pond was shad-
owed by the Atlanta detectives all the
ten days he was working on the case
for the Solicitor. He is said to have
registered at eight different hotels un-
der as many different names. At the
eoroners inquest he sat by the So
licitor and no one present except Mr..
Dorsey knew who he was.
Did Work Before Inquest.
Pond did most Of his work before
the inquest. Before coming to At
lanta he was in Asheville. n. c.. on
private case. In connection with
the case, he was obliged to come to
this city, and while here met Solicitor
Dorsey The Solicitor obtained the
consent Of Ponds employer to the
plan Of having the detective work on
the Phagan mystery for ten days or
two weeks,
Pond, by a process Of elimination.
reached the decision that Frank was
the only person who could have COM
mitted the crime, but this was before
it had been discovered that Conley
was in the factory and drunk at the
time OF the crime.
One Of the witnesses who will be
called by the Solicitor of whose tes-
timony the detectives evidently have
had no knowledge, is Mrs. May Bar
rett. The Solicitor is believed to re-
gard her statements as Of great i'm
portance.
Daughter Says She Knows.
Mrs. Barrett is the woman who sew
eral weeks ago came, screaming. from
the offices OF the Solicitor and crying
that someone had been telling lies
about her.
Mrs. Barrett's daughter. Mrs. George
Bailey. had told the officials that her
mother knew more about the mystery
than she had disclosed. This led to
the questioning and the woman's hys-
terics. She was brought to the Office
on another day and this time she
emerged from the Office OF the So
licitor quietly, and the impression was
that she told the Solicitor all she
knew of the case. She has been called
to his Office several times since and
questioned
Mrs. Barrett's name was mentioned
in a puzzling manner in the testl-
m0ny of Miss Corinthia Hall at the
CJroner's inquest.
Miss Hall was asked If she had not
seen Mrs. Barrett on the fourth floor
on the day of the crime and II later,
in telling of the incident TO A. P.
Hayes. she had not said that Mrs.
Barrett had some sacks in her hand
and was confused when she was
asked what she was doing with them.
What the purpose was in this line
of interrogation never has been ex-
planned.
The conversation with Mrs Barrett
must have occurred before Mary Pha-
gan entered the factory, and what
bearing the incident could have had
on the strangling remains a mystery
TO the public. although the Solicitor
may have the secret in his DosSesslon.