Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-06
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flce at o'clock. walked down 70
Jacobs drug store. at he corner oi
Whitehall and Alabama streets.
waited there for my car
These atildavifs say ! was sean
there at about l:10 O'clock. That coin
cides with my recollection Mrs. Mill
er says ] raised my hat to her / re-
call that ! did so. did not say that
at the trial, al IL was Circumstance
that had escaped my memory There
IS nothing odd about that | recalled
very distinctly how she was dress 4
and there is no particular reason VIII
j should have said / raised my nat as
] spoke to her. That is an action 81
involuntary that It does not furnish
what is called an independent reCol-
lection 1t is one OF those things
that, called to mind by another cir
cumstance, are readily remembered.
certainly remember It now"
Gratifed by Aid to Abb.
Frank said he was gratihed to have
additional testimony to his abb state
ment.
Il never could understand why It
was not convincing at the trial" he
said. 1T surely was as stable evil
dence and as cohesive as such evil
dence can be without being framed up.
! believe this additional testimony will
make 1t supremely positive"
THE affidavit Of Mrs Miller" said
Attorney Leonard Haas, Of Frank 8
counsel, rs one of the strongest links
In the chain of evidence with which
we are establishing an abb. II cor
rohorates in every detail the tcsti-
mony OF Miss Minnie Kern. who
swore at the trial that she saw Frank
at the same place at the same time.
1T proves conclusively that Frank
was not at the factory a the time
Jim Conley says he murdered the lit
tie Phagan girl Mrs. Milers affida-
Wit will form one OF the strongest
contentious that we will present TO
Judge Hill in the motion for new
trial and there undoubtedly viii be
other evidence presented that VIII
bear out and strengthen the alibi
which we regard as proven"
Nerifies Girls Testimony.
Mrs. Miers affidavit Is Fridays
sensation in the Frank case. 1t IS
conceded to have important bearing
on the case, inasmuch as Il verifies
TO the minutest detail the testimony
of Miss Minnie Kern, who was an
important wti.ess during the trial In
addition 10 Mrs. Miller's affidavit. the
defense also has one made by Mailer
Lefkoff, who swears that Mrs. Miller
was on the corner OF Whitehall and
Alabama streets at the time she
claims. Lefkoff says that he does not
know whether he saw Frank, as he Is
not acquainted with the accused man.
Mrs. Miller's affidavit was sworn 10
before Leonard Haas several months
ago, but has been withheld by the
Frank defense as an emergency weap-
on. Mrs Miller now lives in Chatta-
nooga, at No. 500 Poplar street but at
the time OF the murder OF Mary Pha-
gan was living IN Atlanta.
In her affidavit she says that on
The afternoon or the murder she went
to the j. p, Allen store on Whitehall
street In company with Mr.. Lefkoff 20
meet her sister, Miss Florence Harris
who IS employed there. She swears
that she met her sister about l O'Clock
and that he trio then walked down
Whitehall TO Alabama and up Ala
bama to Forsyth street where they
caught Magnolia street car home.
when we reached the corner Of
Whitehall and Alabama streets" Mrs
Miller's affidavit says, Il saw Mr.. Leo
Frank standing on the corner and
spoke. and Mr.. Frank bowed ard
raised his hat My sister does not
know Mr. Frank, and Of course does
not know whether she saw him or not,