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

Charges that Detective John
Black framed" and doctored
the testimony given on the stand
in the Frank trial by the 14-year-
old newsboy, George Epps, are
contained in a sensational aft
davit made public Wednesday
by the defense. The affidavit
hits also at Solicitor Dorsey, who
is charged with having encour-
aged the false testimony.
Next to the accusations made
against Roy Craven by Albert Nc
Knight, the Epps charges are the
ugliest of those made since the ending
of the famous Frank trial The lad
declares in his affidavit that Black
suggested the larger part of his testi-
mony and forced him TO swear 90 It
on the stand
Probably the most hurtful of the
Epps testimony was that Mary Pha-
gan had told him that Frank had
acted "suspiciously" toward her, that
he had walked down stairs ahead of
her and waited for her at the door
where he winked at her and endeav-
ored to attract her attention. and that
she was afraid of him.
All False, He Says.
All of this was false and perjured
testimony, Epp declares in his new
statement and was concocted out OF
nothing by Detective Black.
Other developments in the Phagan
case Wednesday were the request by
Solicitor Dorsey for the resentencing
of Frank, the positive declaration by
members of Franks counsel that
there would be no effort to have
Judge Hill pronounce a sentence of
life Imprisonment instead of the
death sentence, and the signing OF
the habeas corpus papers, which will
bring Frank before Judge Hill.
Judge Hill is expected to reimposs
the death sentence upon the prisoner
within a day or two. The habeas cor
pus writ was given into the hands OF
Deputy Sheriff Plennie Miner, bus
no time was set for the bringing OF
Frank from the Tower,
Sentence was first pronounced upon
Frank within less than "a hours after
his sentence. 1t was anticipated thas
the prisoner might be brought from
the Tower late Wednesday or Thurs
day afternoon when few persons ars
about the courtrooms.
New Story From Lagrange.
A new and entirely unheralded turn
In the Frank case developed Wednes-
day in LAGRANGE. Ca, where a story
was told that is somewhat problemat-
ical in its bearing, but may be OF
sensational value to the defense.
The story, told by Ed Ross. a negro,
to Gus Reed, a bailiff. and E. b. Ed
mondson, a constable. in LAGRANGE
declares that Conley came into Reeds
boarding house on the afternoon of
the murder and washed blood from
his hands
Ross says that Conley came into
the house, and as he washed his
hands, remarked that he had had
some trouble at the factory" said
Reed over the long distance telephone
He said that Ross
seemed to be a Woodworking, truth
full negro, and said that he hadns
told the story previously because he
did not want to be mixed up in ths
case, and had not been asked about
1t by anybody
Reed and Edmondson already have
communicated with Franks lawyers
and were to have been in Atlanta
Monday but were held up by the
press Of court business. Reed said no
would probably come to Atlanta,
Thursday
Epps Now in Reformatory.
George Epps, the author Of the affi>
davit charging 2 frame UP" on ma
part of Detective Slack now is in a
reformatory At Mlliedgeville ard IS
represented as thoroughly repenbanE