Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-14

not admit tina, he could until longer
I denial was useless
% He was caught washing a shirt,
( thing he had never done before and
! when caught gave a foolish excuse.
Trapped Into Confession.
90 He denied all participation In
or knowledge Of the crime until he
/ was driven by the charge that he
wrote the notes found near the body.
Oh on May is he made o signed
1 statement outlining his actions on
/ April &C. making no mention of the
/ murder.
D ON May "a he made an amda-
/ Wit He said that on April 25, before
/ he murder on April 20, he wrote the
| notes az the request Of Frank for
which Frank gave him cigarettes and
/ $3.50. and added statements about
/ Franks people in Brooklyn and an
/ inquiry by Frank as 10 why he should
/. hang
tJ on May 2S Conley made a long
affidavit fun Of contradictions and
/ absurditios beginning IL as follows.
81 make this statement. my second
4 statement In regard 10 the murder ~
! Mary PhaEan ut the National Pencil
! factory. In NV first statement ! made
1 the statement that ] went into tine
/ pencil factory on Friday, April %. and
/ went into Franks Office at five min
/ utes 90 I o'clock. which is a mistake.
4 / made this statement I'm regard 10
/ Friday ia order that | might not he
Accused Of knowing anything of this
murder, for ] thought n / put myself
4 there Saturday they might accuse me
/ OF having a hand In 10. and / now
make my second and iHst statement
/ regarding the matter freely and vol
unfairly after thinking over the sit
uatiOu. and / have made M my mind
/ 10 tell the whole truth. and I make IL
/ freely and voluntarily, without the
| promise OF any reward or from force
| or fear of'puuishment in any way"
First Confession Rambling"
(k) 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 home and on
Peters street on Saturday and on
Monday al the factory most Of which
/ is wholly disconnected with the muir
l der
CD on MAY 20. 1913, although be
I had already sworn that he had made
( his true. full and last statement he
made another statement In which he
purported TO aid Mr.. Frank a. con-
!
/ This statement Is full OF cuntradic-
/ tions and wholly irrecouCilable with
1 itself ana with the known facts sur
/ rounding the murder.
OmJ He closes this remarkable aii-
davit iu the following words. The
reason I have not told this before is
/ that ] thought Mr. Frank would got
out and help me out but IL seems that
I he is not going TO get out. and de-
/ cidcd 90 tell the whole truth about the
I matter
"Conley's Guilt Shown"
/ tnl These are. some of the facts
well known TO the public and 90 the
/ detectives showing Couley's guilt
I There are other powerful facts which
4 could readily be brought before the
4 Grand jury.
/ s. These incoherent gibhering state
mentS will. il is believed, impress the
/ Grand Jury If the negro COnley's case
is submitted 20 H.
o The Grand Jury can be trusted to
( sean these queer statements in the
1 light Of am the surrounding facts and
/ circumstances, and, taken i'm ConncC-
ton with an tho other facts imph-
[ eating C0uley. they proclaim his guilt
beyond all reasonable doubt
! IO The detectives. ohSessed as
I they are with the assumption that
CouIey is tool and not a murderer.
are unfit Co keep him I'm their sole
and unlimited power Under their
+ protecting care Coulcy, instead Of
being left tu tell the truth, Will az
. length deceive himself into the be-
lief that instead of being "a murderer
he is am unfortunate victim.
Detectives Protecting Negro
ON That Coulsy and his counsel
a.