The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-31
JURY LACKED Up

q JlIRy LAEKEB Up 81
d kTIiANTA, Gass Jan, % On q
y rs ftlllnre 10 reach u verdict nj O
o ter; an hours slelihrrafieH. The d
9 Jury 10 She case OF Dan n. LeIi0ii, 10
y ltllinger OF the Barns Detective o
q Ageney, C.. G. re dfer, q former q
! q 4sssfHs enlplayee, and Arthur. %
d ThnrllinE, % local lawyer, charged q
u With AislDfuatf I'm af peflary iii q
D connection with Tie Eea "a. Frank o
d eases lnte tGnighf vas etd cred "a
80 i0ekail MP by Superior EeErt q
| q Judge Hill. The jury Mili seyp- O
4 tlnSe lts Seliber&iiuIS early 10. q
o morrow. 4.
Q 90 40 2 p q. 10 q 9 o 9 4, . z, q
ATLANTA. ca jan, so .TIse de-
fcnse rested late todHt in thh ffiRi OF
lanns s. clion, ntanager ef the fsifrns
| Detectiye Agency; g. &c. Tsdaef q
former Burns ernpf1yee. and Arthur
I'59turlnan 80 local lawyer shhrsaa
with aabosnation al nselnry ii c6sls
nectfon win the tseo ii. IRA, ei.ae
Imniss 4 afteswss cdS,As 81 i'if
~ 4 si
Eafgdlnents. t5 the Jury, Z
Lawyers. preachers and grand
jurors were among today's witnesses
called by the defense in an effort to
rsfute testimony of tho Rev. c. 81.
RagsdaIe and II. L. Barber that they
nad been brihsd by employees OF the
Burns agency to make false afIidasits
favorable TO Frank The three defen4
dants also Went on the stand and en-
tered a general denial OF the charges
against them. Tedder stated that be-
fore he entered the employ OF Burns
egcEcy. which was working on the
Mary Pbagan murder at the instance
OF Franks friends, he asked the adj
vice OF an attorney engaged By. the
sclicitorrseneral's Office. This nttcr-
ney, he said. later told him he had
seen the solicitor and the latter had
said: "Tell Tedder to 60 ahead AID
work for the. Burns people"
j. H, Hirsch, 5uember OF the present
county grand jury, which had under
considerations alleged new chaTges
against the accused. testified that last
Monday Ragsdaie told the grand Jury,
his mind was In daze when he made
the affidavit and that he did not re-;
call how or where he got the alleged
5000 bribe. h s 3
Thurman stated that, Ragsdale and
Barberi visited his Office where they
were introduced to Teddcr. The qiics-
tion Of affidayits was not discussed
there. he said, and he Immediately
went With them % I,ehon's Office and
left them. This. he stated, was the
end OF his connection with the matter.
Lehon related TO tho court how lie
had been called TO Atlanta by Bufnp
In an effort to unrayel the Pbagan
mystery Tile employment OF Tedder
twas urged, he said, by one OF Franks
friends. thouRh he stated he Was not
impressed with the plan.
sWhen told 3ur1s airant the
preachers story said Lehon. as re-
lated to me by Tedder, he laughed and
said he did not want any more alley
stutf. He advised me. however. to
look into Ii on the chance that u
might develop something Imp0Ftapt.v
Luther u. Ruosser, who was one OF
Franks principal attorneys Ia hiS
trial on the charge OF numbering
Mary Phagsn was the first witness for
the defense today. He testified thnt
Ragsdaie and Barber came TO fiis of
fiSe unsolicited by him to make the
aiIidavits. Others in the room at the
time. he said were Morrls Brandon,
his law partner, and Lehon.
.'Ragsdaie did most Of the taiking,,,s
Rosser testified. '.EIe spoke nuentIr,
without prompting or sugEestioh from
me or from Lehon OccasionhIIy
Barber added Dofne details. When they.
the substance OK tiiem to stenoks
|rapher. After reading the written
statements RngsdaIe ana Bafher made
oath TO them and slgncd them.
The testimony OF Mr.. Brandon tend.
ed ~ eOsr0bDrate that OF Mr.. Rossef.
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