Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-27

expert evidence of its own to the
c, .itrary
Evidence By Mis- Jimmie Mayfield
and Mrs. Cora Faita. factory en-
ployees. Is then quoted TO show that
the hair was not Mary Phagan's.
These two young women testify alb
solusely TO that fact. declaring they
knew Mary Phagan well and that the
hair found was much lighter and
altogether different.
Albert Meningitis reputation of
the testimony he gave that he saw
Frank at the Selig home on the day
Of the crime and that he acted
suspiciously Is then quoted. The de-
Tense says Mcknight swears the
statement vas written and prepared
by Albert Craven, a white man en-
|ployed by the Beck & Gregg Hard
ware Company, and was witnessed by
Z. n Pickett and Angus Morrison,
Jr., both employed by the same firm.
They declare the negro was told that
ne would have to stick to his false
story because It had been witnessed.
mcknight swearg that he was
threatened with the changing If he
changed the story prepared for him,
Whlch ne now brands as an entire
untruth. Mcknight says now he left
the Seiig home before 1880 and did
not see Frank AT all on the day Of
the crime. The defense contends
that Craven planned to collect the
reward offered for the arrest and con-
vletion Of the slayer, a part of which
ne promised to Mcknight. Mcknight
says he was weak enough to follow
Craven's directions after he had been
thoroughly drilled. The defense
points out that the Mcknight testi-
mony was relied upon strongly by
the state to shatter Franks alibi
ana that the Reputation should en-
ute him to a new trial.
MRS j. y. Simmons evidence that
the solicitor failed to call her al
witness after she had informed him
tnat she heard screams from the
basement of the factory az 2.g0
o'clock Is set forth as further JustIa-
cation for a new trial. Mrs sim
mons Is quoted as declaring that the
solicitor tried hard to make her
change her story. but that she stead
lastly refused. The motion then con-
talns this paragraph.
Defendant further shows that II
mas come 10 the knowledge OF this
ueienoant, since the motion for new
trlal was denied, that on April 26,
1918, between $50 and O'clock on
Whitehall street, that he fact that
said Solicitor General Hugh NJ. Dor
sey had seen Frank at about the time
lust stated is the reason that he at
tempted TO discredit the statement
MADE MIN BY Mrs. Simmons"
The defense contends that the
states whole case revolved about the
theory that the girl was killed be-
tween 1905 and 1870 and that Mrs.
Simmonst' testimony given to the So
licitor that she heard screams at 40
would tend TO show the girl was alive
an hour after the State contends she
was killed
The testimony OF Mrs. Ethel Har-
rls Miller that she saw Frank 81
Whitehall and Alabama streets be-
tween 100 and 1910 follow. Her ar
fidavit Is submitted.
Girl Repudiates Testimony.
Dewey Hewell was one Of the
states witnesses against Frank AZ
the trial. She was called 10 SHOW
that Frank had tried to force his at
tentions on Mary Phagan and that
he was man OF bad character.
In the affidavit made for the de-
tense, she states clearly that she was
NeANAANN ahA aAAAASA III ntI testimony
given on the stand, and that Maggie
Griffin another of the States charac-
ter witnesses, was one OF those most
eager in coaching her
She declares that the Griffin girl
told her exactly what TO say and that
others were coached In a similar
manner. that when some OF them
said they were afraid to go on the
stand and tell an untruth. the Gfifin
girl said that she wasn't afraid and
was Roing on the stand and tell ex-
actly what the solicitor wanted.
The Hewell girls affidavit sets
forth that she told Maggie Grimm
that she knew nothing against Frank
and nothing about Mary Phagan and
that the Griffin girl told her 10 70
on the stand just the same and say
that she knew Franks character 10
be bad and that she had seen Frank
whispering 10 the Phagan girl sith
his face very close TO her.
Dorssy's Methods Attacked.
Now We'll go over Il again so that
YOU won't forget a." the Griffin girl
said. according to the affidavit. after
she had given directions as to how
Dewey Hewell should testify.
A stfong attack upon the methods
Of Solicitor Dorsey Is contained In