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

expert evidence OF its own to the
G ntrary.
Evidence by Mis- Jimmie Mayfeld
and Mrs. Cora Falta, factory en-
ployees. is then quoted TO show that
the hair was not Mary Phagan's
These two young women testify alb
solutely 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 SeIlg home on the day
OF the crime and that he acted
suspiciously is then quoted. The de-
Tense says Mcknight swears the
statement was written and prepared
by Albert Craven, a white man EN-.
ployed by the Beck e. Gregg Hard.
ware Company, and was Witnessed bS
r. II. Pickett and Angus Morrison
Jr., both employed by the same firm
They declare the negro was told that
he would have to stick to his false
story because 1t had been witnessed
Mcknight swears that he was
threatened with the chaingang IL he
changed the story prepared for him
which he now brands as an entire
untruth. Mcknight says now he left
the Selig home before 49, 80 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-
vietion Of the slayer part of which
he promised 10 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 alibl
and that the reputation should en-
tltle him to a new trial.
Mrs. ], B. simmons evidence that
the Solicitor failed TO call her as n
witness after she had informed him
that she heard screams from the
basement of the factory at 1890
O'Clock Is set forth an further iustifi-
cation for 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
tains this paragraph:
Defendant further shows that II
has come TO the knowledge OF this
defendant, since the motion for new
trial was denied, that on April go.
1913, between 40 and o'clock, on
whitehall street that he fact that
SAID solicitor General Hugh M. Dor
sey had seen Frank at about the time
Just stated Is the reason that he at
tempted to discredit the statement
made o him by Mrs. Simmons"
The defense contends that the
states whole case revolved about the
theory that the girl was killed be-
tween 1905 and 12;2O and that Mrs.
Simmonst' testimony given to the So
licitor that she heard screams al ., 20
would tend TO show the girl was alive
an hour after the State contends she
was killed
The testimony Of Mrs Ethel Har-
ris Miller that she saw Frank at
Whitehall and Alabama streets be
tween 100 and 1910 follow. Her az
| fdavit is submitted.
Girl Regulates Testimony.
Dewey Hewell was one OF the
States witnesses against Frank IN
the trial She was called 10 show
that Frank had tried to force his al
tentions on Mary Phagan and that
he was a man OF bad character.
In the affidavit made for the de-
iense, Sne states clearly that she was
coached and drilled in her TESTIMONY
given on the stand, and that Maggie
Griffin, another OF tho 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 q similar
manner, that when some OF them
said they were afraid TO 60 on the
stand and tell an untruth, the Griffin
girl said that she wasn't afraid and
was going on the stand and tell ex-
actly what the Solicitor wanted.
The Hewell girls affidavit sets
forth that she told Maggie Griffin
that she knew nothing against Frank
and nothing about Mary Phagan and
that the Griffin girl told her to Go
on the stand jus. the same and say
that she knew Franks character 10
be bad and that she had seen Frank
whispering to the Phagan girl with
his face very close 10 her.
Dorsey's Methods Attacked.
Now Wen go over Il again SO that
YOU won't forget g." the Griffin girl
said, according to the afiidavit. after
she had given directions as To how
Dewey Hewell should testify
A strong attack upon the methods
Of Solicitor Dorsey Is contained IN