Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-06
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fee at O'Clock ! walked down tc
Jacobs drug store. at the corner OF
Whitehall and Alabama streets.
waited there for my car
These afiidavitS say was seen
there at about I;10 o'clock. That coin
cides with my recollection Mrs. MIN
er says ! raised my hat TO her. re-
call that ! did so. ] did not say that
al the trial as a. was Circum stan e
that had escaped my memory. There
IS nothing odd about that recalled
very distinctly how she was dress d,
and there Is no particular reason VIII /
J should have said raised my hat a.
] spoke to her That is an action 81
involuntary that 1t does not furnish
what Is called an Independent recol-
lection. II Is one Of those things
that called TO mind by another cir
cumstance. are readily remembered. !
certainly remember II now
Gratified by Aid to Abb
Frank said he was gratlhed 10 have
additional testimony To his allb state
ment
y never cuul5 understand why x
was not convincing al the trial. he
said. ut surely was as stable evil
deuce and as cohesive as such evil
dence can be without being framed NJ.
! believe this additional testimony will
make IL supremacy positive"
The AFFIDAVIT OF Mrs. Miller" said
Attorney Leonard Haas, OF Frank 9
counsel, is one OF the strongest links
in the chain Of evidence with which
we are establishing an abb II cor
roborates In every detail the testi-
mony of Miss Minnie Kern who
swore at the trial that she saw Frank
at the same place at the same time,
1T proves concmsiyely that Frank
was not a the factory a the time
Jim Conley says he murdered the llt-
tie Phagan girl Mrs Milers aftlda
Wit will form one OF the strongest
contentious that we will present 10
Judge Hin In the motion for new
trial. and there undoubtedly win be
other evidence presented that will
bear out and strengthen the abb
which we regard as proven"
Verifies Girls Testimony.
Mrs Mlller's affidavit is Fridays
sensation in the Frank ease It is
conceded to have important bearing
on the case inasmuch as II verihes
10 the minutest detail the testimony
OF Miss Minnie Kern, who was an
important wit.ess during the trial. In
addition TO Mrs. Miler's affidavit, the
defense also has one made by Maier
Lefkoff, who swears that Mrs. Miller
was on the corner 81 whitehall and
Alabama streets at the time she
claims Lefkoff SAYS that he does not
know whether he saw Frank, as he is
not acquainted with the accused man.
Mrs Millor's 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 Chattd-
nooga at No. 502 Poplar street, but 1T
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
10 the j. =. Allen store on Whitehall
street in company with Mr. Lefkoh 20
meet her sister, Miss Florence Harris
VINO is employed there She swears
that she met her sister about o'clock
and that he trio then walked down
Whitehall to Alabama and up Ala
bama to Forsyth street, where they
caught a Magnolia street car home.
When We reached the corner OF
Whitehall and Alabama streets" Mrs
Millers affidavit says. u saw Mr., Leo
Frank standing on the corner, and
spoke. and Mr. Frank bowed and
raised his hat, My sister does noe
know Mr. Frank and OF course does
not know whether she saw him or no..