Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25
CONLEY, PUT ON
GRILL, STICKS
STORY
Police Resume Questioning of the
Negro Sweeper Who Accuses
Leo Frank.

Puzzled by several of the state
ments Of Jim Conley in regard to his
part in the happenings the day that
Mary Phagan was killed, the police
have resumed the questioning from
which the negro had been free since
he was taken to the police station
by the detectives.
One point that mas not been
cleared up is why Conley saw every
one else that went into or left the
factory and yet failed to see Mary
Phagan
Conley, on Sunday, was confronted
by Monteen Slower. He identified
her as the girl he saw enter the
factory shortly after II o'clock on
the day Of the crime. Yet ne still
maintains that he did not see Mary
Phagan, although Mary must have
entered the factory either just before
or just after the Slower girl was in
the building. The evidence in the
possession of the State shows that
there could hardly have been more
than three to FIVE minutes inter-
vening between the times that the
two girls were in the factory.
Want Clearer Statement.
Conley has been asked to explain
this apparently improbable circum-
stance. Conley at first denied that
ne had seen Lemmie Quinn in the
factory on the Saturday of the muir
der. Later he said he had seen the
factory foreman Which statement Is
believed by the State is not known
What explanation Is made by the
negro for lying in regard TO tue
matter also is conJectural.
Mary Phagan left her nome on
April 26 at about 1850 o'clock. Liy-
ing in Bellwood, 1t is regarded as ia
likely that she reached the factory
in less than % minutes or at IL; 10.
Monteen Slower has testified that she
visited the factory at about 1910
which would be just before Mary
Phagan had entered the factory II
the times testified to are correct.
'Conley. on this account, has been
asked il he saw, from his vantage
point behind the boxes, Monteen Sto-
yer enter the factory at 1910 o'clock,
and Lemmie Quinn enter at l2:2C,
why he did not see Mary Phagan
when she entered in the interval be-
tween the visits Of the Slower girl
and Lemmie quinn.
Sticks to His Story.
Another point on which he has been
question I'd is as to how he could have
left his home at the time he has tes-
tilted and visit all the saloons OF
which he has told and still meet
Frank at Nelson and Forsyth Streets
as Frank was on his way to Montag
BroT. factory. Frank, according 70
the statements Of members of the
Montag firm, was In their building
bv 10 O'Clock. Yet the things that
Conley has testified to doing would
have taken him until considerably
after 10 o'clock, according to a con-
sentative estimate.
He also has been quizzed on other
points in his testimony which appear
at variance with the facts but he has
stuck steadfastly to the story told in
his last affidavit. Solicitor Dorsey
has said that he has been unable to
shake the negro in any important
Deny Hoke Smith Story.
Attorney Luther Il. Rosser, chief of
counsel for Frank, made strenuous
denial Wednesday that any effort had
been made to connect Senator Hoke
smith with the defense. A similar
denial was made by Herbert Haas,
associated with Mr.. Rosser IN the de
feuse. Neither was able TO say how
the rumor had started.
Frank A. Hooper, who is assisting
Solicitor Dorsey in the prosecution,
said that the State would be pre-
pared Monday to fight the subpenas
duces tecum issued by the lawyers
for the defense. 1t 10 regarded as
improbable, however that the defense
viii bring the matter to an issue I'M
iii the trial begins July rs.