Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-05

| Both my mother ana rather TAXED
to me about the evidence as published
in the newspapers that ! had given
They said they knew | did not know
anything about the case, and that the
evidence published in the newspapers
gave BY me was false My father
was very mad and he tied my legs
and whipped me for lying He
whipped me with the strap, ! went
10 work at the factory after my whip
ping in the afternoon Of that day
! Dete tive Black and another detective
named Scott came TO the shop where
! / worked and sent in for me. ! went
| out TO see them, and they sent me
back into the shop to get a boy named
! Boyd Towns to get him to say what
he knew about the Mary Phagan case
Scott and Black claimed that Boyd
Towns had heard somebody say that
they had heard Mr.. Frank say some
/ Thing about being sorry he killed
/ Mary Phagan, but Boyd Towns de-
4 MED that he knew anything or had
heard anything about it and nothing
( came Of IT,
Black Calls Him Again.
The next day following, when
! vent back TO the shop to go to
( work. / was told that they had a boy
/ in my place. / did not hear anything
| more from or see Detective Black for
I some time. One evening Detective
| Black came out to where l. lived and
| told me to come 10 Solicitor Dorsey's
office at 1870 My mother was pres
ent when Black called on me that
evening. and Black did not say any
thing 10 me about the case, further
than TO tell me 10 come TO the Solic-
itor's Office the next morning
~
the next day as instructed by Black.
! arrived there at 1890 o'clock
| When ! arrived | was told that Mr.
Dorsey was busy and couldn't see me
just then and | waited few min
utes In the hall near his office, then
Black opened the door from Dorsey's
office and said. hello, George, come
in
There was no one in the room but
Solicitor Dorsey, Detective Black and
myself Black and Dorsey sat near
each other at desk, and | sat over
in corner. Mr.. Dorsey said 10 me,
| George, We have got you down here
TO refresh your mind on the testimony
that you have given at the coroner
inquest He then questioned me
about the time ! had got on the car
on April 26, and | then told him that
Detective Black had directed me to
say that | got on the car at ten min
utes to twelve He asked me If
sat On the seat with Mary Phagan
on the way down town, and ! told
MN | sat three seats behind her, and
Black looked at me very hard De-
tectiye Black and Mr.. Dorsey, while
was being questioned by Mr. Dor
sey, would have private conversations
hetWeen them that | could not over
near, and after one of these CONVEX
satlons, Dorsey said, You sat in the
seat with her. didn't your | then
tod him, Yes, | changed my seat and
sat with her He wanted to know
Whereabouts on the route we were
when changed my seat, and | told
him Chestnut street.
Says Dorsey Said, "AII Right"
Then he asked me what CONVEX
satlon Mary Phagan and ! had on
the car, and | told him that / was
tired Of talking about this case, that
! had told all that at the Coroner's
inquest. Mr.. Dorsey while he was
| talking to me at this time had a kind
OF book before him and there was
| typewriting on the pages Of it, and
| he looked at this book all the time
| he was questioning me and when
| mad told him that II was just like
| had said at the Coroner's inquest,
| he said, That Is all right. you just
stick to that
After this conversation In Mr.,
| Dorsey's office, with him and Detec-
| tive Black. Detective Black followed
| me out in the hall, and told me he
| wanted me, to be sure about the
time, and not forget it when ! got
! off the car with Mary on April 26th,
and You stick TO il. as about seven
| minutes after twelve, and said that
/ the reason he wanted me to remem-
| Der this and stick to this was that il
! supported Jim Conlcy's story as to
! time, and he wanted my time to be
! the same as the time Conley had said
| il was. and to agree with II. | prom
Used Black that | would do as he told
me to- Detective BLACK also said at
! this time that he had found a man
! by the name Of Page, who was on
| the car with me on April 26th and
! had seen me sitting with Mary Pha
| gan, and | told Black that that man
] must be liar. because ] didn't sit
| with her lie said, That is all right,
| George you do as | tell you this
| fellow saw you in the seat with Mary
and at this time | told Detective Black
| that didn't want TO get into any
! trouble and | wished ! had not gone
| into this case. and ne told me TO go
right on and do just like he said and
! he would see that | didn't get into
| any trouble.
! And then | left Black In the hall
| and went out and when ! got out on
| the street | met a boy know and who
| lives in the neighhorhood. but ! can't
! just recall his name. He drives a
/ horse and buggy and carries wall pa
per samples for the Piedmont Wall
| Paper Company and ] got In the bug
/ Ev with him and rode around while
! he delivered some samples and came
! back to town and | got out Of his
! buggy at the corner OF Mitchell and
/ Forsyth street. and | then went on
! home | heard nothing more of Black
| for some little time. and then one ev-
/ ening a man named Hunter from Mr,
| porsey's office came to my house and
| Left me two subpenas, one Of which
| called me Ia Mr. Dorsey's office, the
next morning, and. the other one to
| appear at Mr. Franks trial when It
began. do not know the dates.
Swore to Lie on Stand. He Says.
"The next morning I went TO Mr..
! norsey's office and was told that |
| could not see him, that he was at the
/ Jail with Mr. Black. They telephoned
him at the Jail from his Office, and
| then directed me To so TO the jail Ia
see him. and | did so. Arriving at
the jail. saw Mi Dorsey and Mr.
! Black They said, Hello, George,