Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-06
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This'happencd between / and 1;lt
o'clock"
Went TO Meet Sister.
In statement issued shortly after
her AFFIDAVIT became public, Mrs. Mill
or gives a more extended account oil
her movements on the day Of the
murder, when she swears she saw
Frank standing on the corner April
% was Memorial Day a holiday, an
she says her sister was released from
the days work al the Allen store
promptly at / O'Clock She says that
She her lister and Mr. Lefkoff walked
without delay down Alabama street
and up 70 Forsyth, and that allowing
for all possible Interruptions and de-
lays 1t could not have been later than
1:10 o'clock when she reached Ala
bama and Whitehall and saw Franz
standing on the corner.
u remembered the incident later,
said Mrs. Miller, "and after the negro
Conley's testimony came out my sis
ter and | went to the Allen store and
looked at the time machine 1t showed
that my sister had punched out at
exactly l o'clock, which verihes my
belief that It 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. Miller's 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
oh
she Is acquainted with MIR. Leo
NJ. Frank: that on April 26, Me-
mortal Day. Of this year Q913),
met my sister, Florence Harris
who works at j. +. 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 ] 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 corr
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. NY
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 Iefkof affidavit IS as follows
State OF Georgia vs. Leo NJ
Frank.--Personally appeared Ma
Ter Lefkoff. who. on oath. says
that on April % 1918, he accom-
panied Mrs. Ethel Harris Miller
when she went to meet her sister
at j. =. Aliens. on Whitehall
street, between Hunter and Ala
bama streets We arrived at Al
lens about ] o'clock, perhaps FIVE
minutes after one We walked
down Whitehall street toward
Alabama. and turned mp Alabama
street I should say we reached
the corner OF Alabama and
Whitehall, streets at about l:1O.
as we made no stops between J.
p, Aliens and that point. ! do
not know Mr. Frank
MAIER LEFKOFF.
Chattanooga dispatches Friday said
Mrs. Miller is the wife Of Harry NIL
Ter, Weli-knoWn and reputable bust
ness man.
Indications that Solicitor Dorsey ia
his ipht against the efforts
OF Franks defense to secure a new
trial for their client, and that the
State expects 10 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 q two-hour conference which Mr.
Dorsey held with Detective John
Black ana George w. Epps, father Of
the boy.
Detectives Confer
Conferences have also been held
recently with Detectives Starues and
Campbell, who We're attached to the
Solicitors office during the investiga-
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
ieCtVe Black concocted the story he
told on the witness stand. as a lie
He declares his son told him the
same story he told Black several days
before he was approached by the de-
toCtive
The Epps boy is a prisoner In the
state Reformatory at MiNedgeviue
His uncle. Henry Epps of Eatonton
Ga. and am attorney. Roy Stubhs hello
% long conference with the boy
Thursday. hut the nature Of IL is not
known,