The Detroit times., 1915-01-04

Negro that the Phagan girl was com
ing 10 the factory the next day and
that while she was in his office on
the second floor Conley was 10 stand
on guard in the hallway
This fatal day was April 81. the
confederate memorial day. and though
most OF the employees were given a
holiday Frank was at the office TO
hnish up some pressing business
Then. 10 resume Conley's story.
Frank, having the Phagan girl in his
office. told Conley TO come at the
stamp of his foot and unlock the door.
Conley dozed OF 10 sleep and was
awakened to find his master tapping
him excitedly with the point of HIS
right shoe II guess ] hit her too
hard. and she's lying on the floor in
the machine ROOM was the gist OF
Conleys remembrance OF what his
master had said Conley then went
10 the room and found the girl dead
His master was excited and said TO
wrap the girl up in gunnysack and
the two would take the body down 10
the basement furnace for burning.
This they did. and Conley promised
TO return and burn the girls body, but
got drunk on the money Frank gave
him and forgot TO.
And forthwith Frank was locked up
as suspect
Immediately the populace arose al
most as one man and cried for the
| death OF Frank 10 expiate the slay'
| ing OF the Phagan girl as we'll as the
other crimes in which there had been
no conviction. Frank was removed
from one Jail 10 another and the state
militia was notified to be In readiness
at moments call 10 prevent mob vio
| lence On Monday evening July 2S
1913, after an unusually short time
the personnel Of the jury which wa;
i 10 try Frank on the homicide charge
was agreed upon.
( At the trial the crowd was intense
in it's antagonism toward Frank. The
jurymen had their attention distracted
by men in the audience who shouted
YOU'D better hang the Jew. IL you
don't, well hang him and get you
too" The populace considered the
jurymen its persona, enemies until
! they had shown otherwise by bringing
! the verdict II wanted The wives Of
the iurymen received threatening tel
ephone calls and notes from the en-
ragged citiZenry.
/ The case OF the state rested almos'
entirely upon the testimony OF Con
lev. who. in. his FIVE different state
lments. contradicted himself in many
details. Conley was admittedly
drunkard. His habits we're proved tc
be the most disreputable. Yet his tes
ttmony prevailed over that OF Frank
against whose hitherto upright char
acter not one word OF substantiateC
accusation was brought.
At the conclusion OF the case-anc
here was where his constitutions
rights are alleged TO have been denied
him-the Judge had Frank removed
to iail so as not TO be present when
the verdict was read.
After three hours deliberation, the
| Jury returned verdict OF guilty. This
was Aug. %, 1913.
Since that time efforts have been
made on Ave occasions to get Frank
a new trial. without success. The at
torneys for the defense have declared
they have new evidence that would
show. without the question OF doubt
that their client is innocent. Recently
supreme court Justice OF the United
| States. Justice Holmes, declared that
he was under the impression that
Franks trial had been irregular.
| The federal court Judges and the
state supreme court Judges in Georgia
have refused 10 grant Frank a rehear
| ing. and unless some legal miracle
happens before Jan %. he will hang
The only possibility OF escape from
| the fate is the intervention OF the
state board OF pardons, the president
the governor or the action OF the
| United States supreme court Judges