Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-18


track is there.
In the Phagan case | have
found that the murderer left IA
plain track; there are many
things that point to the murder
err. have found the trail and
my work now will be to follow
it to its conclusion, where we
will find the murderer"
Mr.. Burns declined TO discuss the
details OF the case, nor would he d.
vulge the nature Of new evidence
which it is believed he has unearthed
within the past few hours. He de-
clared, however, that he attached
great importance to the discovery
that the signature Of H. F. Becker Ia
plainly dscernible on the notes that
were found by the side Of Mary Pha-
gan's body.
The detective refused to express an
opinion on the possibility Of Leo
Frank having had some Of Becker's
blanks on his desk in the pencil fac
tory Office.
Rlrns expressed his satisfaction
at the published statement of Chief
of Detectives Lanford that the de-
tectlve department will cooperate
with him In his efforts to solve the
mystery of the murder.
q never had any doubt he said.
that Chief Lanford would aid me- or
allow me to aid them. IN the inves-
tigatiaon. 1t is to their interest, and
to my interest, to work together"
Think Dorsey Was Honest.
The detective also took occasion 20
express his belief in Solicitor Dor
sey's honesty Of purpose in prosecut-
ing Leo Frank for the crime.
81 believe that Mr. Dorsey was hon
est and sincere in his work" said
Mr., Burns. 81 don't believe he would
have prosecuted Frank unless he had
really believed the man guilty of the
murder The one fault that could be
found with the prosecution, in my
opinion, is that they possibly made
the mistake that is so often made
One man is seized upon as the per-
petrator of the crime, and all the
work is done with a view TO con-
meeting him with it rather than get
ting at the real truth of the case.
have known detectives-and there are
thousands of the kind-who formu-
late theory OF crime and who dis
tort incidents, and almost commit
murder sometimes to make the facts
OF the case At the theory. Their mo-
tives are excellent, no doubt, but their
zeal is misdlrected,"
New Motion Ready.
Counsel for Frank, in announcing
Wednesday that the extraordinary
motion for a new trial virtually is
completed and will be filed the latter
part OF this week or the first OF next.
intimated taht far more sensational
grounds than those already made
public will be cited.
The grounds generally known in
clude the rApudistion Of his testi-
mony by Albert Mcknight. the as
sertion by DR.. H. F., Harris that the
hair found on the lathe on the second
floor was not that OF Mary Phagan;
the discovery that the pad on which
one OF the murder notes was written
was one which had been written on
in 1909 and probably never had been
in Franks Office, but more probably
had been found in the basement by
the murderer; the claim by George
Epps that his evidence was framed
by John Black; the affidavit by Nina
Formby that her sensational state
ment against Frank before the trial
was suggested by Detectives Chewn-
ing and Norris and was not true in
any particular, and the declaration OF
MIS-. J. b. Simmons that she heard
screams from the factory basement
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