Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-06
NEW AFFIDAVIT Bic AID
TOFRANK IN AL|B| MOVE;
PRISONERS HOPE crow

] 1 HIr llt pHfItL ttI anu j ~
/ o'clock"
Went to Meet Sister.
In statement issued shortly after
! her affidavit became public, Mrs Mil.
/ er gives a more extended account Of
! her movements on the day OF the
murder, when she swears she saw
! Frank standing on the corner. April
! 20 was Memorial Day a holiday, ana
/ she saws her sister was released from
| the days work at the Allen store
/ promptly at / o'clock. She says that
| she. her sister and Mr.. Lefkoff 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
II remembered the incident later
said Mrs. Miller, land after the negro
Conleys testimony came out my Sis
ter and ] went to the Allen store and
looked at 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 1910 when / saw Mr. Frank.
The Allen store is less than a block
from Alabama and Whitehall streets
The New Affidavit.
Mrs. MilIer's aff1davit, in full fol-
lows.
The state vs.. Leo NJ. Frank
personally appeared Mrs Ethel
Harris Miller, who says that che
is resident OF Chattanooga,
Tenn: that she formerly lived In
Atlanta until she married that
she IS acquainted with MIR. Leo
NJ Frank: that on April rs, Me
mortal Day. Of this year Ns18,
met my sister, Florence Harris,
who works at ] p Aliens, In
front Of the store. which is in the
middle Of the block of Whitehall
street, between Hunter and Ala
bama streets, that il 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 corr
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
10 me lpBiIb HIS nat. - WAS
between l o'clock and 1:10 when
] saw him a the corner of White
hall and Alabama streets. My
sister. Florance and Mr.. Maier
Lefkoff We're with me when | saw
Mr. Frank My sister. however,
does not know Mr. Frank, and.
Of course did not recognize him.
do not know whether Mr. LET
koff knows Mr.. Frank or not
ETHEL HARRIS MILLER
The Lefkoff Affidavit
The Lelkoff affidavit is as follows:
state Of Georgia VS.. Leo NJ
Frank PERSONALLY appeared Ma
Ter Iefkom, who on oath, says
that on April % 1913, he accom-
panied Mrs Ethel Harris Miller
when She Went TO meet her sister
At J. r. Aliens on whitehall
street between Hunter and Ala
hama streets We arrived at Al
lens about I o'clock. perhaps Ave
minutes after one, We walked
down Whitehall street toward
Alabama. and turned up Alabama
street | should say We reached
the corner OF Alabama and
Whitehall streets at about $40,
as We made no stops between ].
not know Mr Frank
MAIER LEFKOFF.
Chattanooga dispa tches Friday said
Mrs Miller is the wife ~ Harry Mil
Ter, a well-knoWn and reputable bust
ness maa
Indications that Solicitor Dorsey Is
preparing his fight against the efforts
Of Franks defense TO secure new
trial for their client, and that the
State expects 70 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 "a two-bour conference which Mr.
Dorsey held with Detective John
black ana George w Epps, father of
the boy,
Detectives Confer.
Conferences h2VC also been held
Recently with Detectives Starues and
CamphcU, who we're attached to the
solicitors office during the lnvestiga-
tion prior to the trial. and with De
tectlve 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 conCocted the story he
told on the witness stand, as a lie.
He declares his son told him tha
same story he told Black several DAYS
before he vas approached by the de-
tectiVe
The Epps boy is a prisoner In the
state Refurmstory at Miledgeville
His uncle, Henry Epps, Of Eatoutou
ia and an attorney, Roy StuhbS, held
q long conference with the boy
Thursday, but the nature Of it is not
known.