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

III IIlt Trail caster 10 IOIlOW LndH
track is there.
In the Phagan case / have
found that the murderer left a
plain track; there are many
things that point to the murder
er. | have found the trail and
my work now will be to follow
1t to its conclusion, where we
will find the murderer.
Mr.. Burns declined to discuss the
details of the case. nor would he d.
vnlge the nature OF new evidence
which it is believed he has unearthed
within the past few hours. He de-
elaredr however, that ne attached
great Importance to the discovery
that the signature OF H. F. Becker In
plainly discernible on the notes that
were found by the side Of Mary Pha-
CANS 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-
tective department will co-operate
with him in his efforts to solve the
mystery of the murder
II never had any doubt" he said.
that Chief Lanford would aid me. or
allow me to aid them, n the inves-
tigatiaon. 1t is to their interest, ana
to my interest, to work together"
Think Dorsey Was Honest.
The detective also took occasion 10
express his belief in Solicitor Dor
sey's honesty of purpose in prosecute
ing Leo Frank for the crime.
Il believe that Mr. Dorsey was hon
est and sincere in his work" said
MIR Burns q 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 10 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 fit the theory. Their mo-
tives are excellent, no doubt, but their
zeal is misdirected."
New Motion Ready.
Counsel for Frank, in announcing
Wednesday that the extraordinary
motion for new trial virtually is
completed and win be filed the latter
part OF this week or the first Of next.
intimated Jaht far more sensational
grounds than those already made
public will be cited
The grounds generally known in
Guide the population Of his testf-
mony by Albert Mcknight; the as
sertiop by Dr. II, r. 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 proclaim
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 Cheun-
ing and Norris AMI was not true In
any particular. and the declaration Of
Mrs j B. Simmons that she heard
screams from the factory basement
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