Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-26
FRANK RECEIVES REPORTERS
IN CELL; DISCUSSES HIS CASE

| that Mary Phagan was murdered. II
| was on April 25. and ] remember II
| because IL was my birthday. / re-
/ member also quite well that day that
| Mr.. Frank was arrested, and ! re-
! member, too, that it was only about
| a week afterwsrd that Detectives
Norris ana Chewing called me up
| over the telephone and asked me +
/ had any booze. ! told them didn't
have any. and they said they would
bring some around TO my house
They called around that evening
and they brought the booze. We
drank booze and played cards in the
dining room. They mentioned the
arrest Of Mr.. Frank only incidentally
They told me that some woman had
called them up that day over the
telephone and suggested 10 them |
might be able to tell them something
about Mr Frank. don't know VIII"
their informant was as they wouldn't
tell me.
always Brought Booze"
For three weeks Norris and Chew
ming came to my apartment Thev
were there every night, and they AL
ways brought booze. We played
cards as usual in the dining room. and
something was said each time about
the Frank case ] remember now
that when they went away each time
we had drunk up all the whisky.
81 can't say how many days they
came to my apartment and talked
about the Frank case before hey
asked me If Mr.. Frank wasn't a de-
generate.
"Of course. / said / didn't know:
but at that time / was under the IN
fuence of liquor. When Norris and
Chewing kept asking me il didn't
know that Mr. Frank was a degen-
crate. finally lost the power to dis
criminate about what ! was saying.
"They asked me the same question
so many times that at last | gave
them the answer they wanted me to
give them. | said:
1.-THE Fatal Mistake"
Yes, he is 1t was right there |
made fatal mistake
Il recall particularly this: They
asked me if Frank didn't call me up
over the telephone on the day of the
murder and | told them that If the |
telephone bell had rung once that day /
1t had rung 25 times.
THE detectives became insistent |
and asked me il | didn't remember !
Mr.. Frank calling me and ! said Yes |
Then they asked me if he wanted a |
room for himself and another per- |
son. | said. Yes and right here
want to state that ! was particular. !
even though under the influence Of !
liquor to say that party without |
mentioning Mr.. Franks name
After that they suggested that |
Mr.. Frank was possessed of a mania |
and asked me II | knew anything !
about that side Of his character. To
those questions also replied in the
affirmative
The Awful Affidavit"
81 went back to Atlanta in Sep
tember, 1918. | was there only day
or so before | heard it whispered that
would be forced to swear in court
that ] had mace that awful affidavit.
just said to myself then that 4
never would do it. | was st.ll more
determined not to stay there to swear
to that affidavit following a meeting
had in the postoffice with one Of he
detectives His name was Rosser
The detective Rosser told me
plainly that he thought | had been
hanued dirty deal by the other two
men and he said he was sorry for me
because | didn't deserve it.
Meanwhile l was approached by |
Two other detectives, named ViCkery /
and Handy, who tried to persuade me |
10 open a college in Atlanta They Il
said they wanted me to go back to
housekeeping. because 7 had been a
good scout and they promised that
they would stand by me to the end
n the future. | know now that they
only wanted me to place myself again
lnder their protection"