Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-06
NEW At F|DAV|T BIC AID
TOFRANK IN BIMOVE;
PRISONERS HOPE crows

This happened between and 1910
o'clock"
Went to Meet Sister.
In statement Issued shortly after
! her affidavit became public, Mrs. NH.
( er gives a more extended account Of
/ her movements on the Gay Of the
/ murder when she sWears she saw
! Frank standing on the corner. April
| 2G was Memorial Day, holiday. an
I she says her sister wars released from
! the DAYS work at the Allen store
! promptly at / O'Clock. She says that
She her lister and Mr.. Lefkoff walked
without delay down Alabama street
and mp 10 Forsyth, and that allowing
for all possible Interruptions and de-
! lays it could not have been later than
/ $40 o'clock when she reached Ala
| bama and Whitehall and saw Franz
standing on the corner
! 81 remembered the incident later"
| said Mrs. MllldF, "and after the negro
| Conleys testimony came out my sis
I ter and ! went to the Allen store and
| looked at the time machine. II showed
that my sister had punched out at
exactly l o'clock which verifies my
belief that IL could not have been
/ later than 1910 when I saw Mr.. Frank.
The Allen store is less than block
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
,, to y,rtf 10
NJ Frank: that on April g. Me-
mortal Day, Of this year G918, /
met my sister. Florence Harris.
who works at J. r Aliens, in
front OF the store which is in the
middle of the block of Whitehall
street, between Hunter and Ala
hama 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 cor
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
to me- tipping his hat. It was
between ! o'clock and 1910 when
] saw him at the corner Of White
hall and Alabama streets. My
sister, Florance. and Mr. Maier
Lefkoff were 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 Lefkofr affidavit is as follows:
state of Georgia vs. Leo NJ,
Frank. appeared Ma
Ter LcfkoH. who, on oath. "ayS
that on April &c, 1913, he accom-
panied Mrs Ethel Harris Miller
when she went TO meet her sister
at j, T.. Aliens, on Whitehall
street, between Hunter and Ala
bama streets We arrived at Al
lens about l o'clock, perhaps five
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 1:10,
as We made no stops between j.
p. Aliens and that point. ] do
not know Mr. Frank.
.MAlER LFFKOFF
Chattanooga dispatches Friday said
Mrs. Miller is the wife OF Harry Mil
Ter well-known and reputable bust
ness man.
indications that Solicitor Dorsey is
preparing his fight against the efforts
Of Franks defense to secure "A new
trial for their client, and that the
state expects to 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 hour conference which MIR
Dorsey held with Detective John
blark and George ". Epps, father OF
the boy
Detectives Confer.
Conferences have also been held
recently with Detectives Starnes and
Campbell. who We're attached to the
solicitors office during the invostiea-
ton prior To the trial and with De-
tective Bass RoSer. who also worked !
on the case
The father OF the Epps boy brands |
the story told by his SON. that De- |
lectiNe Black concocted the story he |
told ON the witness stand. as "A He |
he declares his son told him the
same story he told Black several days |
before he was approached by the de- |
tectiNe.
The Epps boy is a prisoner i'm the |
state ReformHtory at MU,rdgeNtNe |
His uncle. Henry Epps of Eatouton. |
tia, and am attorney Roy Stubs. hello /
long conference with the boy |
Thursday but the nature OF ii is not |
known