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

| was printed, and that was the first
| that he or my mother knew Of my
! having been before the Coroners in
/ quest and what / had testified to.
| Both nay mother and father talked
! TO me about the evidence as published
J In the newspapers that | had given
! They said they knew | did not know
! anything about the case, and that the
! evidence published IN the newspapers
! gave by me was false My father
was very mad, and he tied my legs
and whipped me for lying. He
whipped me with the strap. | went
| TO work at the factory after my whip
! ping in the afternoon of that day.
! Detective Black and another detective
/ named Scott came 70 the shop where
/ ! worked and sent in for me. ! went
out to see them, and they sent me
| back into the shop TO get a boy named
! Boyd Towns to get him to say what
! he knew about the Mary Phagan case.
! Scott and Black claimed that Boyd
Towns had heard somebody say that
| they had heard Mr., Frank say some
| thing about being sorry he killed
Mary Phagan. but Boyd Towns de-
MED that he knew anything or had
heard anything about it and nothing
4 came OF II.
Black Calls Him Again.
| The next day following, when
| ! went back 10 the shop to 60 to
/ work ! was told that they had a boy
| In my place. / did not hear anything
more from or see Detective Black for
| some time one evening Detective
| Black came out to where I lived and
| told me 10 come to Solicitor Dorseys
| office at 1920. My mother was pres
ent when Black called on me that
evening and Black did not say any
thing to me about the case, further
than to tell me to come to the Solic-
TORS office the next morning.
y went to Solicitor Dorsey's Office
the next day as instructed by Black.
arrived there at 1890 o'clock.
When | arrived | was told that Mr..
Dorsey was busy and couldn't see me
Just then, and ! waited a few min
utes In the hall near his Office; then
Black opened the door from Dorsey's
Office, and said, hello, George, come
in.
There was no one in the room but
solicitor Dorsey. Detective Black and
myself. Black and Dorsey sat near
each other at desk, and | sat over
IN corner, Mr.. Dorsey said to me
george, we have got you down here
10 refresh your mind on the testimony
thdt you have given at the coroner's
inquest He then questioned me
about the time / had got on the car
on April 20. and ! then told him that
Detective Black had directed me to
say that got on the car at ten min
utes TO twelve. He asked me If
sat on the seat with Mary Phagan
on the way down town. and I told
hlm sat three seats behind her, and
Black looked at me very hard. De-
\ tpCtfNa
J was being questioned by Mr.. Dor
sey, would have private conversations
between them that | could not over
near and after one OF these CONVEX
satlons, Dorsey said. You sat in the
seat with her, didn't you?' I then
tod nm. Yes, changed my seat and
sat with her He wanted to know
whereabouts on the route we were
when | changed my seat and | told
him Chestnut street.
says Dorsey Said, "All Right"
Ihen he asked me what CONVEX
sation Mary Phagan and | had on
he car, and | told him that / was
tired or talking about this case that
had told all that at the Coroner's
inquest. Mr.. Dorsey while he was
| talking to me at this time had kind
OF book before him and there was
typewriting on the pages OF 1t, and
| ne looked at this book all the time
| he was questioning me and when
| mad told him that IT was Just like
| mad said at the Coroners inquest
| he said, That is all right, you Just
| stick to that
After this conversation in Mr..
! Dorsey's office. with him and Detec-
| tive Black, Detective Black followed
me out in the hall, and told me he
| wanted me to be sure about the
time, and not forget 1t when ! got
off the car with Mary on April 26th.
and You stick to 10. as about seven
minutes after twelve, and said that
the reason he wanted me to remem-
Der this and stick 10 this was that II
supported Jim Conley's story as to
time, and he wanted my time to be
the same as the time Conley had said
| II was, and to agree with It, I prom
Used Black that l would do as he told
me to. Detective BLACK also said at
this time that he had found man
by the name of Page, who was on
| the car with me on April 26th and
had seen me sitting with Mary Pha-
gan. and I told Black that that man
must be a liar, because ! didn't sit,
with her He said, That is all right.
| George, you do as I tell you; this
! fellow saw YOU In the seat with Mary
and at this time told Detective Black
| that | didn't want To get into any
trouble and | wished l had not gone
into this case and he told me to go
| right on and do just like he said and
he would see that ! didn't get into
any trouble.
And then ! left Black in the hall
and went out and when | got out on
the street | met a boy | know and who
| lives in the neighborhood. but | can't
| just recall his name, He drives
! horse and buggy and carries wall pa
per samples for the Piedmont Wall
Paper Company and ! got in the big
| gy with him and rode around while
! he delivered some samples and came
| back to town and | got out Of his
/ buggy at the corner of Mitchell and
| Forsyth street. and ! then went on
home. heard nothing more OF Black
| for some little time, and then one ev-
ening man named Hunter, from Mr.
| Dorsey's office came TO my house and
| left me two subpenas, one of which
| called me to Mr.. Dorsay's office, the
/ nd "a ~ hap a