Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-23
VENIRE Of z
FOR FRANK
JURY IS
DRAWN
Negro ConIey Sticks to Affidavit
Story When Again Cross
Examined by Dorsey,

The first official action Of the court
in preparing for the trial Of Leo NJ
Frank for the murder Of Mary Pha-
gan was taken Monday afternoon
when Judge L. S. Roam impaneled 70
men. from whom a jury to hear the
case win be sought.
June 30 was agreed to by Judge
Roam for the opening Of the case. If
a postponement is desired It will now
have to be asked for in open court
AS yet Judge Roam said he had re-
ceived no intimation from the defense
that a delay was wanted. Solicitor
General Hugh NJ. Dorsey said Mon
day the prosecution was ready for
trial.
Trial in Thrower Building.
An extra staff of deputies has been
sworn in and subpenas to jurymen
impaneled and witnesses are now be-
Ing served.
No plans for a larger room in which
to hear the case have matured, and
It is likely that the courtroom of the
Superior Court in the Thrower Build
ing will be used at last despite its
size and lack of comfort.
Jim Conley, the negro sweeper was
brought before Solicitor Dorsey Mon
day morning for another crosse exam
nation The questions were solely
along the lines of the negro's affidavit
charging Frank with the crime. As
the Solicitor later said. he had only
refreshed Conley's mind on the points
he had made in his statement. The
negro told the same story he told be-
fore without deviation.
Mr.. Dorsey said that he would cali
all of the principal witnesses for the
State and refresh their minds on the
part they will play in the trial.
w. J. Coleman, stepfather Of the
strangled girl, was summoned by the
Solicitor after Conley had been ques-
toned for some time and was brought
before the negro. Strict secrecy sur
rounded the performance, and If any
thing was gained by confronting the
sweeper with Coleman it was not di-
vulged. Mary Phagan's grandfather
accompanied Coleman.
Later Coleman said that he had
called particularly to ask the Solicitor
If Judge Newt Morris formerly of
the Blue Ridge Circuit, could be
brought into the case. Mr.. Dorsey
Informed him that the State had made
all arrangements for handling the
case, but that if he wanted to have
the former Judge represent the family
there would be no objection.
Attorney Reuben Arnold, for Frank,
announced Monday morning that the
defense's case was complete. Mr..
Arnold said that the testimony of
Twelve witnesses would form the bulk
of Franks support. He declared that
only the inability of one or more of
these witnesses to appear at the time
set for the trial would cause the de-
tense to ask for a postpOnement.
Monteen Slower, the young girl who
called at the pencil factory office be-
tween noon and 1915 o'clock on the
afternoon of the murder, was taken
before Jim Conley at the police sta
+ion Sunday and identified by the
negro as the girl he had seen while
hiding at the foot Of the stairway
waiting for Franks signal.
Conley Identifies Girl.
Detectives went out to the Slower
girls home at III South Forsyth
Street late in the afternoon and ask
ed that she dress as she had on the
afternoon of the murder and go to
the police station with them.
The girl put on small yellow hat
with a red ribbon about it, enveloped
her body in a yellow raincoat and
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