Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-06
NEW AFT DAV|T BIC AID
TOFRANK IN AL|B| MOVE;
PRISONERS HOPE CROWS
his happened between / and ITO

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o'clock"
Went to Meet Sister.
In statement issued shortly after
her affidavit became public, Mrs Mil
or gives a more extended account OF
her movements on the DAY 81 the
murder, when she swears she saw
Frank standing on the corner April
% was Memorial Day a holiday AMI
she says her sister Was released from
the days work AZ the Allen store
promptly at 1 o'clock She says hat
she her lister and Mr. Lefkoh walked
without delay down Alabama street
and up 10 Forsyth, and that allowing
for all possible Interruptions and de-
lays it could not have been later than
1910 o'clock when she reached Ala
bama and Whitehall and saw Franz
standing on the corner
'T remembered the incident later,
said Mrs Miller "and after the negro
COnleys testimony came out my sis
ter and ! went to the Allen store and
looked al the time machine II showed
that my sister had punched out at
exactly / O'Clock, which verifies my
belief that Il could NOT have been
later than 1:10 when saw Mr.. Frank.
The Allen store is less than a block
from Alabama and Whitehall street1."
The New Affidavit.
Mrs. Mller's affidavit, in full, fol-
lows.
The State VS.. Leo NJ Frank
personally appeared Mrs. Ethel
Harris Miller who SAYS that she
IS resident Of Chattanooga.
Tenn. that she formerly lived i'm
Atlanta until she married, that
she Is acquainted with Mr. Leo
NJ. Frank: that on April &c, Me
mortal Day, OF this year C9t3, |
met my sister Florence Harris
who works at j. =. Aliens, in
front Of the store which is In the
middle of the block Of Whitehall
street, between Hunter and Ala
bama streets. that it was about
! o'clock when | met her there.
When | met her we walked down
Whitehall street until we got to
the corner of Alabama street,
when we turned up Alabama
street and walked to the cor
ner of Forsyth and Alabama
streets, where we caught the
Magnolia street car home. When
we reached the corner OF
Alabama and Whitehall streets |
saw Frank, and ! spoke to him.
and Mr. Frank bowed and spoke
to me, tipping his hat It was
between ! o'clock and 1910 when
] saw him al the corner of White
hall and Alabama streets My
sister, Florance, and Mr. Maier
Lefkoff were with me when I saw
Mr. Frank My sister, however.
does not know Mr. Frank, and,
of course did not recognize him.
7 do not know whether Mr. LET
koff knows Mr. Frank or not.
ETHEL HARRIS MILLER.
The LefkoH Affidavit.
The LefSon AFFIDAVIT IS as follows:
state of Georgia VS.. Leo NJ.
hrank.-Personally appeared Ma
Ter isefknff, who, on oath. SAYS
that on April &c, 1913 he accom-
panied Mrs Ethel Harris Miller
when she went to meet her sister
at j p Aliens. on Whitehall
street, between Hunter and Ala
bama streets, We arrived at AL
lens about | o'clock, perhaps five
minutes after one We walked
down Whitehall street toward
Alabama. and turned up Alabama
street ! should say we reached 4
the corner Of Alabama and
Whitehall streets AT about 1:10,
p Aliens and that point. / do
not know mr. Frank.
MAlER LEFKOFF
Chattanooga dispatches Friday said
Mrs Miller is the wife Of Harry NIL
Ter a wen-known and reputable bust
ness man
Indications that Solicitor Dorsey is
preparing his fight against the efforts
Of Franks defense TO secure a new
trial for their client and that the
State expects 10 pay particular at
teton to the affidavit made by George
Epps the neWsboy who testified dur
ing the trial for the State. Is seen
in tWo-hour conference which Mr.
Dorsey held with Detective John
Black and George w. Epps, father of
the boy.
Detectives Confer.
Conferences have also been held
recently with Detectives Starues and
Campbell, who We're attached to the
Solicitors office during the inves,iga-
ton prior To the trial and with De
tective Bass Roser who also worked
on the case
The father OF the Epps boy brands
the story told by his son. that De
tective Black concoctod the story he
tod on The witness stand, ms a lie
He declares his son told him the
same story he told Black several days
before he was approached by the de-
tective.
The Epps boy is prisoner in the
state Reformatory at Mlnedgeyille
His uncle Henry Epps of Eatonton.
Ga. and an attorney Roy Stubbs. held
long conference with the boy
Thursday but the nature ~ it is not
known.