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The Washington times., 1915-02-21
Office Boy Never Saw
Women with Frank.

Four residents of Walton
county. whore Dalton formerly
had lived, were called to the stand.
and testified that they would not
believe him on oath. Two women
he said he mad accompa home
from the pencil factory were
sworn, and made fiat denials of
his story. Residents Of Gwinnett
county also testified to his bad
reputation
Wade Campbell. pencil factory
employe and brother OF Mrs. Ar
thur White, testified that when his
sister first told Of seeing a negro
at the pencil factory she said 1t
! was when she entered the factory,
and not, AZ she said on the stand,
when che left, at about 10 minutes
Of o'clock.
Magnolia Kennedy. a factory
girl. testified that she was with
Helen Ferguson on Friday after
noon, April 25, and that Helen
did not ask for Mary Phagan's
envelope. Helen had sworn that
she did. and that Frank said he
could not give II to her.
Borden Bailey rSnow one
Of the negroes employed at the
factory. said he never had heard
Frank ask Conley to come back
and work or to watch for him, and
never had seen any improper con-
duct In Franks ONCE. Conley. at
one point In his testimony. had
said 'Snowball" was standing
near when Frank asked him to
watch for him on a Saturday
afternoon.
Philip Chambers. an ONCE boy,
. testified that he was in Franks
ONCE until about 4. 30 on Saturday
afternoons, and never saw Frank
bring any women in there. He
never saw any one watching for
! Frank. and never saw Frank
speak to Mary Phagan. he said
The Washington times., 1915-02-21
Franks Father
a Small Capitalist.

q. Well that made your house cost
you at the rate OF $lO,OOO, didn't It? A.
Well. II you count in the $500 mort.
gage, 1t aid.
q. Together you have x2O.OOO loaned
out, drawing how much interest? A. /
don't know what my husband gets.
.. You don't know what he drawsY
A. DO you want me to tell you all about
my everyday life?
=. want you Just to answer my
questions. II you please. what business
Is your husband in? A. Temporarily he
10 doing nothing.
q. In other words, he Is a capitalist
and lives or his income: is that Il? A.
Well We have to live on the interest.
y. Now your son-in-law that you
spoke of in that cigar businesz-Mr.
Stern-he lives in Brooklyn? A. He
lives in our house and pays US rent.
Y. Now, where Is his business To-
Gated? A. On Fulton street, in Brook
lyn.
Q. How many clerks does he employ?
A. l know my brother-in-law Is there
Besides that think he has an errand
boy.
Q. Now, what other kinspeople have
you in Brooklyn? A. My two sisters.
.. Are these the only relatives there?
4. Yes, sir.
" A>o KAN 10 ANYBODY else IN broOk-
lyn except these people? 4. Absolutely
none there but my two sisters.
/ Q. Where Is 1t that Mr.. Franks uncle
! lives? A. Right here in Atlanta.
.. He doesn't spend any Of his time
! in Brooklyn? A. Before he goes to Eu-
rope, he generally, II possible, has din
ner with us on Sunday and he invites
US over to see him at his hotel. and.
II 1t Ia possible. we 60 to the steamer
! to see him of.
O. So. he visits you in Brooklyn? t?
A. On Sunday. yes
! Q: Now. he Is very wealthy. isn't he~
A. Well. he is generally supposed to
be. ! never counted his money.
., Where do the Montags live up
{ there A. don't know Of any Mon
tags living up there,
The Washington times., 1915-02-21
Negro Cook Says She Was Forced to
Make Sensational Affidavit
Against Frank.

Minola Mcknight was the wife
of the negro. Albert Mcknight,
who was called by the state and
testified that he was at the Frank
home and that Frank came home
the afternoon Of the crime and
hurried back uptown without eat.
ing his luncheon.
Direct examination by Mr.. Arnold
Q. Your name Is Minoia Mcknight?
A. Yes. sir.
Q. Where do you work? A. For Mrs.
Selig. IS East Georgia avenue.
Q. Do you know this gentleman here.
Mr.. Frank? A. Yes. sir.
Q. Did he and his wife live with Mr.
and Mrs. Selig? A. Yes, sir.
Q. His wife Is MI and Mrs. Sellgs
daughter believe? A. Yes. sir.
O. When did you next see Mr.. Frank
the day this little girl was killed. after
he had eaten his breakfast and left in
the morning? A. Seed him next that
day. about twenty minutes after !
o'clock.
Q. Whit was going on then-was that
dinner hour or not? A. No. sir. It was
not the dinner hour. but Miss Lucille
(Mrs Frank) and Mrs. Selig were going
of on the . o'clock car.
c. Where were they going? A, To
the opera matinee.
O. What time did you get dinner? 4.
Well. they had dinner. Dinner was
ready when Mr. Frank came In.
Q. Where was Mr.. Selig? A. He was
there. too.
G. Is a fellow named Albert Nc.
knight your husband? a. Yes. sir. !
know him.
The Washington times., 1915-02-21

" after, although the negro Nc
KNIGHT said Frank caught
Georgia avenue car.
Miss Rebecca Carson, one of the
factory employees, told the court
that Conley on Monday said that
The was 90 drunk the Saturday be.
fore that he didn't know whore he
was or what he did. She testi-
fsd that she saw Frank between
2.2O and 2.25 the afternoon Of the
crime watching the Memorial Day
parade.
J. c, Loeb swore he rode to town
with Frank on the Washington
avenue car at about 9 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1915-02-21
'NOt a Word of Truth
in Husbands Story.

Q. What else, II anything. was your
husband claiming that you had told him
there \. He said that I told him that
Miss Lucille came downstairs and was
telling her mother Sunday morning that
Mr.. Frank made her get up out OF bed
ard sleep on the floor.
G. Had YOU ever told him anything
Of that kind? a. No. sir, ] had not.
G. Was there word OF truth in il?
A. No. sir. there was not.
q. Now, state whether or not these
detectives were trying TO get you to
state that you had told your husband
that. A. Yes, sir, they wanted me to
tell that had said all that, and l
wouldn't.
=. What did you tell them" \. told
them that it was all q lie--in Mr.. Dor
seS's office.
y. Nov. what dlU they do with YUu
when YOU told them that Was Il Ne
N Thcv said they we're soInG 70 PAT
me in Jail until told a better lie
.. UsHs - hey taxs you? a.
The Washington times., 1915-02-21

acter was good or bad. and I aaid good
q. Well, you have discussed II with
Mr.. Arnold. then. have you not? A. II
that 10 what you would call discussing
1t, / have discussed It.
Q. What do you call it? A. L dont
call it anything.
A large number Of other girls
employed in the pencil factory
w.rs called to the stand by the
defense and asked IL they had
known Of any improper or immoral
acts on the part Of Frank or had
themselves visited his Office en-
cept In connection with their work.
All said Frank bore a good repu-
tation among the girls and women
and denied any visits Of the sort.
The Washington times., 1915-02-21
1T Was a Lie ! Signed"
She Declared.

y. In the presence OF your attorney
Mr.. George Gordon, you signed this pa
per. didn't you? \. | signed 1t, bu,
they made me sign 1t. 1t was lie |
signed.
Solicitor Dorsey here read the
affidavit from which these ex.
, tracts were taken:
Miss Lucille said Sunday that
: Mr.. Frank told her Saturday
night that he was In trouble and
4 that he didn't know the reason he
L would murder, and he told his
\ wife to get his pistol and let him
4 kill himself. When left home
4 20 80 to the solicitor generals
Office they told me to mind how
I talked. They paid me $50 q
/ week up to the time Of this mur-
der. and the week right after the
murder 7 don't remember how
much they paid me, but the next
week they paid me $50 and the
next week they paid me $3.50
One :. don't remember which
one, Mrs. Sclig gave ne s.. but
it WAS not for any work. OF
course, understood what they
meant. understood it was a tip
for me to keep quiet"
The colored woman admitted
| signing tne amdaVlt, Dut SAID 1t
was all lie concocted by her hus-
band and that she signed 1t to get
out OF Jail. She denied 20 loE
had been given more -
regular wages
Several draughtsren ana cor
: tractors and builders were sworn
at this time and testified that
they had inspected the Selig home
and had found that Albert Me-
Knight could not have had a view
into the dining room through the
mirror as he swore on the stand.
Mcknight said he watched Frank
through the mirror and saw that
he did not eat anything. but left
within five or ten minutes Of his
ryy,,o
The Washington times., 1915-02-21
Lawyers Try to Stop
Girls EulOgy of Frank.

@. l say who talked to you about
what you were going to swear on the
stand? A. There hasn't anybody, but
have nearly fought for him every day,
nearly. There Is fourteen people out to
the house. and there isn't one of them
that will say a good word for him, but
anybody that has ever known him. they
will tell you something good OF him
Q. Hasn't anybody talked to you about
what you were going to swear? A. There
hasn't anybody talked to me about
what I was going to swear. When ]
Just told how good Frank was they
called him that Jew" and l said:
Jew or no Jew, ] don't care what he
is, II l believe he Is innocent I am GO
ing to say So ! don't know whether
Jim Is guilty or not, bat believe MIR.
Frank is innocent, and ] Just wish |
could make everybody believe it
The attorneys for both sides
had dificulty in stopping the W.T.
ne.s's eulogistiC utterau""s 'pue
enough to propound th'r pues
tienA-
The Washington times., 1915-02-21
Detective Tells of Find
on Factory Floor.

w. u, McWorth, a Pinkerton
operative, testified to finding a
round club. strand Of cord that
appeared freshly cut and q part
OF a pay envelope on the first
floor OF the pencil factory near tho
. place Conley was known to have
been hiding the day Of the crime.
Dorsey charged that this was a
plant" by Franks friends. There
Were stains on the club. Nc.
worth also found spots on the
floor that he took to be blood
The Washington times., 1915-02-21
(oontinued from Preceding Psse.)

(Continned from Preceding Psse.)
bert Mcknight. said Frank was
there.
Misc Helen Kerns, the next wit
ness. also attacked Conley's story
by saying that she saw Frank
waiting for his car at wMtehA'l
and Alabama streets at about lao
o'clock. q time at which Conley
said Frank still was In the iao.
tory. A neighbor testified that
she saw Frank get of the car ana
enter his house about 1.2o o'clock
and several say they saw him
catch a washington street car
for town about 2 o'clock, or short
The Washington times., 1915-02-21
Strong Character
Witnesses Testify.

Harry Lewis, a lawyer Of No.
156 Underhill avenue, Brooklyn,
who lived only two doors from the
Frank family at No. 152 Under
hill: Herbert Lasher, Of Neisch-
mann's, New York, q college mate
Of Franks at Cornell: John w.
Todd, of the Crucyble Steel Com
pany, Pittsburgh, college mate;
Alfred L. Lane. a New York mer-
chant who knew Frank at Pratt
Institute: Philip Nash Of Ridge
wood, N. j., an engineer with the
New York Telephone Company
Richard A. Wright Of Brooklyn,
and other acquaintances Of Frank
in the North. as we'll as about
one hundred of his relatives,
friends and associates in Atlanta
were called to the stand and tes-
titled that his general character
was excellent.
The Washington times., 1915-02-21
Barrett Was Hot After Big. Reward,
Witness Henry Smith Informs
the Court.

he would commence counting that way?
A. Not every time.
Q. How many times would he do it?
A. Two or three times.
Q. Counting that imaginary money?
A. Yes. sir.
@. That Is all you know about this
case, isn't It? A. That is all I know.
@. He mentioned 1t to you and said
ne thought he ought to have first claim
on It? A. Yes, sir.
Q. First "hook'? A. Yes, sir.
@. He hasn't spent any Of It yet. has
nc? A. (witness shook head in the
neEative)
The Washington times., 1915-02-21

- ". -. H.; VC: % Nj
Ft-, .. - i5-. y, ..,hy"" ~ Ny
sislc. Mrs. Bennett.
.. What does Ter huSnJ' ~ ~: J.. H.
Is clerk for my son-n-!aw and gels
SIS week.
@. Where does your brother-in-law
i've? A. In Lafayette avenue. Brooklyn.
@, What kind OF business has he? A.
He has no business; he is clerking for
my son-in-law.
O. Where does your son-in-law live:
A. He lives in the same house with me-
@. What Is his business? \. He is in
the cigar business-the retail cigar busi-
ness.
@. What is his name? A. stern.
Q. Your estate is quite large and 1t
takes up most OF your time looking
after it? A. No stree.
9. How much do you return taxes on
in Brooklyn? y Trhy, I don't under
stand YOU, quite.
Q You don't know anything about
that A. No, sir; ! don't understand
you.
-. You look after your own estate DO
you2 \. | have no estate.
.. What are your means OF support
Mrs. Frank? \. We have little money
out at interest
.. Well, how much have you out AZ
interest? A. About S2O,OOO
.. That Is, you alone? A. No, sir. my
husband and 1 together
=. Well, you haven't got everything
YOU have out at interest, have you? A.
We own the house we live in; that is
all.
q. what is that worth? A. don't
know what II IS worth.
y. Well, approximately Lafayette
avenue is one OF the principal avenues
in b! B!ookyn, isn't it-one OF the prtncl-
pal residential streets? \. Not that
know OF; | don't 1--we on Lafayette ave
nn".
= What nv"l"ir d" you 1--we on? a
| nd, shan HN"uti'.
e. li"w ,lo,s It ransr VITA tn" other
-Irc e." \. II : amply III the Iesid,u,
ta, section; tnat is all
=. And you te. the 1uIy tnat !ou
The Washington times., 1915-02-21
Neighbors Wouldn't
Believe Him Under Oath.

Further examination by Mr.. Arnold.
O. You say It has been eighteen years
since you have been In any trouble:
aren't you under indictment four times
The Washington times., 1915-02-21
Tells of Pardon
by Governor Atkinson.

Q. How long did you serve in the
chain gang under that sentence? 4. I
don't know: they turned me out some
time in March. When w Y. Atkin-
son frst took the chair he gave me a
pardon.
Mr.. Arnold--I move to rule out
about the pardon business.
The Court-That is ruled out
9, asked you how long you served.
A. ! don't know how long it was.
q. That Is the hrst case; what was
1t YOU stole then" \. A chop hammer.
G. Now, in another case for stealing q
YOU were sent to the chain gang,
weren't YOU 4. No
q, Your name Is {. T Dalton, ism
it, \. Yes, sir.
= A.! .,S4l NtI. 49, yaL ~ ass
The Washington times., 1915-02-21
Attorney Arnold Exposes Chain Gang
and Jail Record of States Wit
ness, &. B. Dalton.

they" A No, sir, l am the man that
pleaded guilty.
Q. You are the only one that
pleaded guilty? A. No, they all
pleaded guilty. but they paid out.
Q. You went to the chain gang and
the others paid out? A. Yes, sir
The Washington times., 1915-02-21

Next Sundays install.
ment will continue the
striking testimony lead.
ing up to the dramatic
features that marked the
closing phases of this re-
markable trial.
The Washington times., 1915-02-21

can't tell the jury what that house Ia
reasonably worth? A. As remember
II, we paid something like x4.OOO or
S4,2OO and assumed a $500 mortgage
on 1t.
The Washington times., 1915-02-21
Sun Not Shining.

But Epps's most fantastic
tatement was in reply to At
torney Rosser's inquiry as to
how he was so certain of the
time when he ana Mary got off
the car. Erps had said that II
vas precisely seven minutes at
ter IL o'clock The boy an
swered this query by declaring
that he told BY looking at the
sun. Nothing could stir him
from his story. Could the jury
have swallowed this tale of the
youths marvellous ability to tell
time to the minute BY looking at
the sun, they still were con-
that the sun was not shining
that day. and that 1t was dis
agreeable and rainy.
When Epps's father and mother
cad his testimony in the paper
it Is reported that the father
gave his son sound thrashing
and denounced him as liar.
Young Epps related this himself
in charging that his testimony
was framed" by Detective John
Black. Epps recanted his story
on the stand. and since has been
sent &c. a reformatory.
Another instance of the unfair
ness to Frank is found in the
testimony OF John Ashley Jones,
@ life insurance man, through
whom Frank had taken out a
policy. Jones's company had in
vestiGated Frank. and found him
Of high moral character. On
cross examination Solicitor Dor
sey asked Jones If he never had
heard Of this and never heard Of
thatA describing misconduct Of
which he we'll knew the witness
had not heard. His sole intent
was not to arrive at the truth. but
The Washington times., 1915-02-21
Letter Told of
Factory Profits.

. This sheet was report ~ the
ractory's output and profits IN
closed by Frank In his letter to
uis uncle. NJ. Frank. This letter,
according to the defense. also was
written Saturday afternoon, April
! 26. shortly after Frank had killed
the Phagan girl, il the States
theory was correct.
.. You said your home is in Brook
.yn: will get you to state II Frank has
any rich relatives in Brooklyn. A. NO.
sir
Frank, according to the story
told by Conley, said after he had
dictated the murder notes: "Whv
should hang? ! have rich people
n Erooklyn."
t')r v-r,,u piuntton h" Solicitor DorSey
The Washington times., 1915-02-21

timony of George Epps, which is
attacked by several of the Wit
ncsses whose evidence is present
cd in this instalment. without
wondering how It was possible in
this enlightened age for char
acter of this sort to receive any
Credence in a court of justice.
This boy was brought in to tell n
weird story of riding on the street
car with Mary Phagan when she
came TO town the day of the mur-
der. Epps testified. in order to
bear out the States theory, that
Mary Phagan left the car at For
syth and Marietta streets, but
both the conductor and the motor
man on that car swore that Mary
did not leave until the car arrived
at Hunter street.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-20
SUNDAY RAISES
$4,000 FOR MEL
Helps Charity Worker Who Was
Converted at Same Place as
Billy" in Chicago.
TRorrER HAS A BAD CANCER

MEETINGS. TO-DAY.
10 q m.--union prayer meeting 1T
40 4. m.-Hibls GLASS. Dundee Prenby-
esTfan church, miss saxe.
N q m. TO p. ms-nugineeg W0men-s
lnneh, 1900 rarnsm strest' nss snns sh
mAsunday az shs rabsrnaois.
n. ms-Tabsrnaois Bible class.
t,on oonnmitess, Y. w. q. A., MISS miller.
as4B ID na--1oyn' and girls meeting,
81. rEnrk's lutheran church. Mss Gam
siso n. m.-Hoys' ana girIs' meeting,
Peoples church, Miss oamlin.
els D. ms-Businsss women'b commit
zee OF key women, Z. ". Q. A. Miss
o II. m.-Bthis GLASS, Christian church,
South sias, Asiss sazs.
81. Joseph citizens contributed
nearly $4,000 to the support Of the
gospel mission as the result OF
billy" Sundays trip to that city and
sermon there Monday evening.
The mission was established by Mel
TroftAr, the weli-known Chicago mission
WORKER He and Sunday are close friends
and were converted in the same mission
IN Chicago. Since his conversion Trot-
ter has established about twenty-five
mission IN cities throughout the United
States. Il has been his custom 10 20
abr ut TO each mission raising money for
its support cnce each year This year he
was unable 20 do so as he IL In the east
taking treatment for a malady said to be
cancer.
So BILLY has returned from 81. Jo-
scph very much elatod that he had sue
ceeded in raising such a goodly sum for
his friend MeFs. work
Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-20
BILLY" Pays His
Respects to Omaha
School Board Men

-BIlly" Sunday preached during the
noon hour yesterday TO an audience which
filled the seats on the flor Of the Bran
deis theater and one-half OF the balcony.
His pclpit was In the midst OF stage
scenery, tall chairs. a couch, n book.
case, three-foot candIesticks and a pile
OF long spears.
In the midst OF a few remarks on edu-
cation Billy stopped 20 say what ht
thought OF the Omaha school board
which has refused to allow him to tall
IN the public schools. He said;
Il guess II isn't my slang that hurts
she members Of the school board II you
will dig deep enough you will smell
booze. I'll just line up with any Of
those NUTS tomorrow and DO examined
on any subject"
''Biliy'' urged tho development Of Chris
tian character as an Inner waii' 70 TO
sisf the attacks OF evil forces after this
Inner walis' OF the human fortress have
fallen. The outer walls. he said. werS
legislation. education. occupation. hom'
life and love OF country.
In a discussion OF economics and IL
relation 70 evil. "Bnly'f said:
Crime produces more poverty thai
poverty produces crime. ! grant tina
n is easier for n man TO be good n h
has an income. but I would expect 4
find the highest morality among th'
richest people. DO II Look about thu
country and see"
Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-20
Sunday Party Will
Scatter Before the
Syracuse Meeting

Next sunday evening after the Sunday
campaign closes there will be a grand
exodus and scattering OF the Sunday
party for brief visits in various parts
Of the country before the opening Of the
Syracuse. N. T.. meeting the following
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sunday and George win
60 to Winona Lake. Ind. where the
Juvenile Sundays live. and where
Georges wife and little boy also reside.
'Rody" will go there also after r bust
ness trip to Chicago. where his gospel
music publishing house II located
Miss Miller will go to Pittsburgh 70
spend a few days with a sister. Mrs.
Asher viii go to Fullerton, Neb.. where
her husband is conducting a revival He
was formerly OF the Sunday party. but
started out this year ION his own hook"
Bob Mathews viii go TO Carrolton,
KY. his own home town." where his
mother lives.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-20
Headache From
a Cold? Listen!
"Pape's Cold Compound" ends
severe cold or grippe
in few hours.

Your cold win break and all grippe
misery end after taking a dose OF "Pape's
Cold Compound" every two hours until
three doses are taken.
Il promptly opens clogged-up nOstrils
and air passages IN the head. stops nasty
DISCHARGE or nose running. relieves sick
headache. dullneas. feverishness. sore
throat sneexing. soreness and stiffness
Don't stay stuffed-up! Quit blowing
and snnffling, Ease your thrObbing head
nothing else In the world gives such
prompt relief as ''Pape's Cold Com
pound" which costs only Is cents at any
drug store. IL acts without assistance.
tastes nice. and causes no Inconvenience.
Accept no substitute. -AdVertisement
Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-20
Does BILLY" Neglect
Those on His Right?

II you go to the Tabernacle and can't
get a seat in the middle section. take one
or the east side OF the house rather
than on the west.
1t has been observed that BILLY" turns
his face in that direction about nine
tenths OF the time. 1t is a speaking
idiosyncracy and he does it uncon-
sciously. Sometimes he apparently
negIects the audience at his right for ten
or fifteen minutes at a time, never turn
ing his head In that direction.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-20
Dwellers at Hotel
McShane Want to
Hear BILLY" Sunday

Now the involuntary guests at the
county jan want Billy 70 come and
speak to them. He received a whole
shoaf Of letters written on yellow paper
from the various tiers OF cells In the Jail
and signed with scores OF names. The
colorec girls on tier No. 1 wrote lonG
and poIysyiiabic letter expressing their
gratitude for the Hinging Of Mrs. Asher
and Mr.. Brewster at the jail. which they
say was most fascinating" In par
ticular We colored girls would like you.
Mr.. sunday, TO come and preach one Of
your utmost sermonn." aays the letter.
"Biily" win not 80 60 the Jail. He says
that experience shows Il IL effort wasted.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-20
Aged Mother Follows
Her Son to Death by
Taking Poison Cup

Mrs. A. Peters. aged 6s years. committed
suicide at noon az SSH North Twenty
ninth street. by drinking two cups OF I've
partly mixed with water. According 70
Detective Charley Van Deusen this is the
'fifth time Mrs. Peters has attempted to
take her life. she was taken to a local
hospital. where abe died shortly after
ward.
About year and half ago her son.
Henry Peters. was drowned In Carter
. lake. according 10 Van Dausen. and about
a year ago another son. Fred Peters. cut
his throat with suicidal intent.