New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-09
Paper Alleged to Cont,;.
Dying Girls Statemers '''
Used in 1909.
NEWSBOY GOES BAcK
ON DEFENCE AGAIN
Now Says That He Was Trao,.,
Into Making Affidavit Deuy.
ing Testimony.
lBy Telegraph 70 The Tr,hu,.

Atlanta, March s-Evidencs wa, ,h..
out by the defence to-day ,.nd,,.
show that tho notes which proved :,
mysterious element in the casa .r
Leo Frank, the Brooklyn man una..
tence OF death for the alleged nina.
girl. were written in the basen,u.
the National pencil factory, and ,,.
the prisoners Office, as asserted h,
prosecution. and that they vera v,,.
on paper which had been used and ,,....
away many years ago.
The prosecution produced three "a.
Wits to-day-one from tho father az,
from the uncle OF George Epn, a.
newsboy, who recently repudlat.d NJ
testimony against Frank. and on. a.
the boy himself. in which he assert, 4.
testimony on the stand was the truth =,
that he was trapped by Franks tr,..,
into making a denial
The murder notes, consisting OF ,,-..
illegible scrawls written upon VAL.
order blanks OF the factory, were ,,,,
by detectives not far from whers a,
body of Mary Phagan was discoy,,.,
They purported 10 be a written s,at.n...
by the dying girl, I'm which she aocr...
some negro OF attacking her. Jane, ca.
ley, a negro sweeper. confessed to ~
ing the notes, saying that he had -,
tricked into doing so by Leo Frank. ~,
had dictated them. The defence su.s..
that Conley had written them for Nh.
self and had purposely drawn a plav,
in his description Of a negro the sur
opposite OF himself
An almost illegible signatur. on on..
the notes. apparently overlooked rear,
year ago. shows the faint trac. a
from carbon paper, OF tho signature =
II. r. Becker, master mechanic a, q.
National pencil factory. The serial nun
Der OF the pad from which the leaf vi
torn corresponds TO a requisition macse
the Cotton States Betting Company
September, 1909, by Becker.
Jim Conley said that the notes W..
written in Franks Office. and upon u,
which was on Franks desk Becker N
the employ OF tho pencil factory mort,
ago and all his papers were tossed ne
tho basement. The defence says ths,
is beyond reason that Frank would hip
had this piece OF paper in his desk az
believe that the murder notes viii nor
prove Franks salvation
Frank gave a written Disc u answer
to-day which he says should show Ia
he is innocent of all crime. He points
the fact that ne admitted seeing M1
Phagan and giving her her pay on t.
day OF her murder, thus directing s.,
picion against himself.
"If had been guilty" he writes. 'rot.
ing on earth would have induced me =
have revealed tho fact that I had SCI
and talked with Mary Phagan In my q.
fec a few seconds before the prosecglN
claims ! killed her. Would not ever r.
stlnct Of self-preseryatlon have causedr.
to conceal the fact that had seen BE-
at all?
Let me gay that II some other nr
were accused Of i murder and he were
come forward voluntarily and state vic
cut any compulslon that lie had seen ar
bad talked with the dead person Just
few minutes before the killing was ssr
posed TO have occurred. 7 would say rs
the man had a clear conscience and VI
not guilty, for. II he had been giho
common sense would have made him hk
and conceal the fact OF having seen "
dead person Just before the killing
Asked why be refused 20 meet Coax
lust before his trial. when the negro W.
brought TO his cell Cor ali interview, FTri
said that he knew the detectives vi
Conley were antagonistic 10 him, and ~
whatever he said would have been y
twisted around that It would have o~
used against him.
They were not hunting Tor trutn' ,
said of the detectives. They were "
ne TO fssten the crime on me