The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-22

titles on the metal room floor, and in less quantities In the basement, where the body was discovered. He also in cluded the testimony of Miss Monteen Stover that when she was in Franks Of flee, about the time the state contended Frank and the Phagan girl were in the metal room, Frank was not in his office, although he had declared he had not left the office.
 The most startling and spectacular testimony in the case was that given by a negro, Jim Conley, who. frequently had been in the chain gang. the statement says. He then referred to the murder notes" found beside the body, which Con ley finally admitted he had written at Franks dictation 'Conley claimed Frank asked him to come to the factory on Sat urday and watch for him he had done, which he explained meant that Frank expected to meet some woman" the gov ernor says. "Conley occupied dark place beside the elevator behind some boxes. Conley mentioned several male and fe- male employees who went up the steps to the second floor where Franks office was. He said Mary Phagan went up the stairs; that in a few minutes he heard footsteps going toward the metal floored room; that he heard a scream, and then disapepared. In a few minutes Frank ap- peared and Conley then unlocked the door and then Frank whistled. Afterward Conley went upstair~- He said Frank was shivering and trembling and told him he made advances to the girl and she repulsed him, and he struck her too hard and she fell and hit her head against something, and he didn't know how badly she was hurt ; Conley said he found the girl in the metal room with a cloth tied about her neck
 f, t,I .1@ was no blood at the place.
 Got Piece of Cloth
 According to Conley's story Frank told him to get a piece of cloth and wrap the body in 1t and Conley got a piece of bed ticking and tied up the body, carrying 1t to near the dressing room, dropped 1t, then called on Frank to assist him. He said that he and Frank toofrsthe body to the basement in the elevator; that they rolled the body out of the cloth then went to Franks office; that Emma Clark and Corintha Hall came into the office and Frank put him In the wardrobe and after they left that Frank dictated the murder notes."
 legged inconsistencies in Conley's story and mentions several contradictions in his story as related in various affi- davits. Among them he said were evil dence that the elevator had not been used Saturday afternoon; that Frank could not have carried the girl down the hatchway while Conley, a powerful negro, could have done so; that no bedticking ever had been seen in the factory; that 1t was a general belief the murder could not have been committed before 12:05 p. m.. and yet Conley has Emma Clark and Corintha Hall in Franks office after the body had been disposed of while unimpeached testi- mony showed they reached the factory at 11:30 and left at 1:45 a. m.
 In conclusion the governor said
 Tn any event, the performance of my duty under the constitution is matter of my conscience The responsi- bility rests where the power is re- posed. Judge Roan with that awful sense of responsibility which probably came over hi mas he thought of that Judge before whom he would shortly appear, calls to me from another world to request that I do that which he should have done. I can endure miscon- struction, abuse and condemnation, but l cannot stand the constant companlon- ship of an accusing conscience which would remind me in every thought that l, as governor. failed to do what