The Washington times., 1915-02-07
Told Frank
Girl Was Dead,

q. When you went down there you
hollcred. didn't you? A. I didn't holler
loud back there at him come outside
of the door and hollered and told him.
I says. "Mr. Frank. this girls dead
After told him she was dead. he told
me to bring her UP there, and !. asked
him how I was to bring her up there.
and he told me to look by the cotton
box and get a pieec of cloth.
q. What sort Of a piece did you get
there? A. This piece was kinder like a
striped bedtick--1 guess you've seen
bedticks with white stripes running up
and down? Something like your shirt
there-got big. long piece.
q. Got big piece about like my
shirt? A.. No. sir. 1t wasn't like your
shirt but It had stripes like that.
Q. About how large n piece of cloth
was that. Jim? A. oh, 1t was big
piece. most taller than I am. If you
had laid 1t out it would have been
longer than me.
Q. About how wide? A. Something
like that reckon dllus.rating).
Q. Something about two feet in width
that's two feet, amt it, A. I reckon
50: I don't know. sir.
q. Jim. don't you know two feet when
YOU see it? A. No. sir. | don't know
two feet when | see 1t. know two
feet when take my two feet and put
them down like that.
@. How many inches in foot. Jim ?
A l. don't know. sir.
@. How many feet in u yard? A.
don't know. sir, how many feet in a
yard.
@. Well, what did YOU do when you
got back? a. After ! got back | taken
the cloth. taken the cloth and spread II
down; taken the little girls hands and
pulled them down. and taken the little
girl and rolled her in the cloth, taken
the cloth and tied It up
Court adjourned at this point
I for the noon recess IN the midst
OF Attorney Rosser's endeavor to
show that a great part Of the de-
tail OF Conley's remarkable story
either had been added since he
had made the last of his four
statements to the police or had
/ been changed in important respects
! from the previous versions. Attor-
! ney Rosser In his argument to the
i jury at the close Of the trial used
i these admissions of changes and
Il additions to support his conten-
tion that Conleys whole story
was fabrication cunningly al
tered and added to from time to
time as the negro read the papers
and was coached by the police
detectives. Before the jury re-
turned to the box for the after
noon session Attorney Arnold. for
the defense, made a motion to eX-
Clude the testimony Of Conley
/ bearing on his alleged practice of
u watching for Frark while women
!; visited FRANKS office. and also the
|, negro's testimony which described
Il Frank as degenerate. M. Arnold
Il declared the testimony Irrelevant,
II absolutely immaterial to any issue
Il IN the case and brought in only
FOR ehe purpose of prejudiCng the
defendant unjustly before the jury.
! Judge Roam reserved his decision
until the following day and then
\ denied the motion.
Mr.. Rosser (resuminS cross-examina
tion)--Jitn, you took that girl and role,
her on that sheet? a. On that piece o.
cloth yes, sir.
@. You wrapped her up in 1t? y.
tied the cloth around her
q. Just likr all old woman ties
, clothes? \. Yes, sir
=. You took each end together and
lied it Gllustrating)? y. Yes, sir.
q. Did the cloth so all over her.
y. 1t didn't so over her whole body
n q