Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-06

OtAer evidence presenter ''"' ''
bear out and strengthen the alihi
which we regard as proven
Verifies Girls Testimony
Mrs. Miner's affidavit is Fridays
sensation in the Frank ease, i :
conceded to have important bearing
on the case. inasmueh as il veriiies
to the minutest detail the testimony
of Miss Minnie Kern, who was an
important witless during the trial IN
addition to Mrs. Millers affidavit the
defense also has one made by Maler
l.efkon. who swears that Mrs Miller
was on the corner Of Whitehall ana
Alabama streets at the time she
claims. Lefkoff says that he does hot
know whether he saw Frank, as ne ~
not acquainted with the accused man
Mrs. MiIlers 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. SOP Poplar street but u
the time of the murder of Mary Pha-
gan was living in Atlanta.
In her affidavit she says that on
the afternoon of the murder she went
to the j, +. Allen store on Whitehall
street in company with Mr.. Lefkoit %
meet her sister, Miss Florence Harris,
who is employed there. She swear5
that she met her sister about ] ocleek
and that he trio then walked down
Whitehall to Alabama and up Ala
bama to Forsyth street, where they
caught a Magnolia street car nome
when we reached the corner OF
la Nu
Miiler's affidavit says, Il saw Mr.. Leo
Frank standing on the corner, ana
spoke. and Mr. Frank bowed ana
raised his hat. Ny sister does not
know Mr.. Frank, and Of course does
not know whether she saw him or no..
This happened between and i: 10
o'clock"
Went to Meet Sister.
In a statement issued shortly after
her affidavit became public, Mrs. Mil.
er gives a more extended account 81
her movements on the day OF the
murder, when she swears she saw
Frank standing on the corner. April
26 was Memorial Day, hoiiday. ana
she says her sister was released IRON
The DAVIS work at the Allen store
nromntly at l o'clock She says that
she. her sister and MIR Lefkoff walked
without delay down Alabama street
and IN to Forsyth and that allowing
for ali possible Interruptions and de-
laws IL could not have been later thah
no o'clock when she reached Ala
hama and Whitehall and saw frahf
standing on the corner
n remembered the incident later
said Mrs. Miller "and after the negro
Conley's testimony came out my SIS,
ter and | went 10 the Alien store anu
looked at the time machine. II showed
that my sister had punched out at
exactly ! o'clock, which v"rihes my
belief that Ii could not have been
later than 1910 when | saw MIR Frank.
The Allen store is less than block
from Alabama and Whitehall streets"
The New Affidavit,
Mrs. Millers 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 IN
Atlanta until she married; that
she is acquainted with Mr., Leo
NJ. Frank; that on April 70, Me
mortal Day, Of this year t9l3), !
met my sister. Florence Harris,
who works at J. F. 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 l 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
per OF FORSYTH and Alabama
streets, where we caught the
Magnolia street ear home When
we reached the corner Of
Alabama and Whitehall streets |
saw Frank. and / spoke To him,
and MIR Frank bowed and spoke
10 me, tipping his hat 1t was