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

to me about the evidence as published
i'm the newspapers that | had given.
They said they knew | did not know
anything about the case, and that the
evidence published in the newspapers
gave by me was false My father
was very mad, and he tied my legs
and whipped me for lying He
whipped me with the strap | went
10 work at the factory after my whip
ping in the afternoon Of that day.
Dete tive Black and another detective
named Scott came to the shop where
worked and sent in for me. I went
out TO see them, and they sent me
back into the shop to get boy named
Boyd Towns 10 get him To say what
he knew about the Mary Phagan case.
Scott and Black claimed that Boyd
Towns had heard somebody 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 it and nothing
came of IT,
Black Calls Him Again.
The next day following. when
/ KENT back to the shop to go 10
work, 1 was told that they had a 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 At 40: 30. My mother was pres
ent when Black called on me that
evening and Black did not say any
thing to me about the case, further
than to tell me to come to the Sole
ltors office the next morning.
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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 Dorsey's
office, and said, hello, George, come
in
There was no one in the room but
solicitor Dorsey, Detective Black and
myself. Black and Dorsey sat near
each other at a desk, and / sat over
in corner, Mr.. Dorsey said to me,
George, We have got you down here
10 refresh your mind on the testimony
that you have given at the coroner's
inquest He then questioned me
about the time | had got on the car
on April &c, and / then told him that
Detective Black had directed me to
say that | got on the car at ten min
utes to twelve. He asked me If |
sat on the seat with Mary Phagan
on the way down town. and | told
him | sat three seats behind her, and
BLACK looked at me very hard De-
tectlVe Black and Mr.. Dorsey, while
was being questioned by Mr. Dor
sey, would have private conversations
hpt WnRn than
near and after one of these CONVEX
sations, Dorsey said, You sat in the
seat with her. didn't YOU? I then
tod him. Yes, | changed my seat and
sat with her He wanted to know
whereabouts on the route we were
when ! changed my seat, and ! told
him Chestnut street.
Says Dorsey Said, "All Right"
Then he asked me what CONVEX
satlon Mary Phagan and | had on
the car, 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 at this book all the time
he was questioning me and when l
had told him that it was Just like |
had said at the Coroners inquest,
he said, That is all right, you just
stick TO that
After this conversation in Mr.
Dorsey's office, with him and Detec-
tive Black, Detective Black followed
me out Ia the hall, and told me ne
wanted me TO be sure about the
time. and not forget it when | got
nfT tho with MaTs,r rpfJ pkFia
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 1t
supported Jim Conley's story as to
time, and he wanted my time to be
the same as the time COnley had said
it was, and to agree with it, ! prom
ised Black that | would do as he told
me to. Detective Black 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 Goth and
had seen me sitting with Mary Pha-
gan. and | told Black that that man
must be a liar. because ! didn't sit
with her He said, That is all right,
George, YOU do as ! tell you; this
fellow saw YOU in the seat with Mary.
and at this time / told Detective Black
that | didn't want TO get into any
trouble and wished | had not gone
into this case and he told me to go
right on and do just like he said and
he would see that | didn't get into
any trouble.
And then | left Black in the hall
and went out and when | got out on
the street ! met boy know and who
lives in the neighborhood, but ! can't
just recall his name. He drives q
horse and buggy and carries wall pa
per samples for the Piedmont Wall
Paper Company and | got in the bug
gy with him and rode around while
he deliHered some samples and came
back to town and | got out of his
buggy at the corner Of Mitchell and
Forsyth street, and | then went on
home. | heard nothing more Of Black
for some little time, and then one ev
ening man named Hunter, from Mr.
Dorsey'S office came 70 my house and
left me two subpenas, one OF which
called me to Mr. Dorsey's office, the
next morning. and the other one to
appear at Mr. Franks trial when it
began. | do not know The dates.
Swore to Lie on Stand, He Says.
The next morning l went 10 Mr..
porsey's office and was told that |
could not see HIM that he was at the
iail with Mr. Black. They telephoned
him at the Jail from his Office and
then directed me to go to the jail to
see him, and did so. Arriving az
the jail saw Mr., Dorsey and Mr..
Black They said Hello. George,
and Mr. Dorsey felt through his peck