Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-04


was printeG and that was the first
that he ar nv mother knew OF my
having hern before the Coroner's in
,1est ard what had testified 10.
"Both NV rrotber and father talked
10 me about The evidence as published
in fine ney,suauers that I had given.
They said taey ltnew aid not know
anything abotlt the case and that the
evidence published I'm the newspaper
gave Nv me was false. NV father
was very mad. and he tied my legs
and whlpped me for lying He
whipped me- with the strap. went
% work al the factory after my whip
ping In the afternoon Of that day.
Detective Black and another detective
named Scott came to the shop where
| worked and sent in for me. ] went
out 10 see them and they sent me
back into the shop 10 get a boy named
Bovd Towns 10 get him to say what
he knew about the Mary Phagan case.
Scott and Black claimed that Boyd
Towns baa heard eo,nnhodv say that
they had heard Mr.. Frank say some
thing about being sorry he killed
Mary Phagan, but Boyd Towns de-
MED hat he knew anything or had
heard anything about ii and nothing
came Of it.
Black Calls Him AGAIN.
"The next day following, when
I sent back TO the shop to 20 to
work I was told that they had boy
IN my place. | did not hear anything
more from or see Detective Black for
some time one evening Detective
Black came out TO where | lived and
told me to come to solicitor Dorseys
Office a 1890 My mother was pres
aut when Black called on me that
evening and Black did not say any
thing to me about the case, further
than to tell me 10 come to the Sole
tors office the next morning.
i went to solicitor Dorsey's office
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 Dorseys
office, and said, hello, George, come
IN
Ihere was no one In the room but
solicitor Dorsey Detective Black and
inyseH. Black and Dorsey sat near
each other at a desk, and | sat over
IN a corner. Ar Dorsey said TO me,
George We have got you down here
70 refresh your mind on the testimony
mat you have given at the coroner's
inquest, lie then questioned me
ABOUT the time l had got on the car
on April rs, and ] then told him that
Detective Black had directed me to
say that | got on the car at ten min
uieS to twelve. lie asked me if
sat on the seat with Mary Phagan
on the way down town, and told
him | sat three seats behind her, and
SLACK looked at me very hard De-
tective Black and Mr. Dorsey. while
was being questioned by Mr. Dor
sey, would have private conversations
between them that | could not over
near, and after one of these CONVEX
sations Dorsey said. You sat in the
seat with her, didn't you? | then
told him, Yes ! changed my seat and
sat with her lie wanted to know
whereabouts on the route we were
when | changed my seat, and / told
nm Chestnut street
Says Dorsey Said, GAN Rioht."
Then he asked me what CONVEX
sation Mary Phagan and had an
the ear, 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 ~ this book all the time
he was questioning me and when |
had told him that it was lust like |
had said at the Coroners inquest.
he said That is all right, YOU lust
stick to that
After this conversation in Mr..
Dorsey's office, with him and Detec-
tive Black, Detective Black followed
me out in the haH, ana told me he
wanted me 10 be sure about the
time. and not forget it when | got
off the car with Mary on April 26th,
and You stick to it. as about seven
minutes after twelve and said that
the reason he wanted me to remem-
Der this and stick to this was that it
supported Jim Conley's story as to
time, and he wanted my time TO be
the same as the time Conlev had said
it was, and 10 agree with 1t. | prom
Used Black that | would do as he told
me to. Detective Rlack 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 a liar. because / didn't sit