The Washington times., 1915-02-21

10 poison the minds Of the Jury
with the idea that Frank was a
libertine.
The Solicitors procedure was
SO outrageous thae Franks poor
mother. who was sitting by the
prisoners chair. jumped to her
feet and denounced Dorsey, as
serting that he nor any one else
ever had heard Of such conduct
on the part of Frank. This was
a tremendously dramatic moment
In the court room.
It required great courage on
the part Of any individual to take
the stand at tina. time in defense
Of Leo Frank. As an illustra-
tion Of what IL involved I may
mention the case Of Miss Sarah
Barnes. whose testimony appears
in this installment. Outraged by
charges against Frank and know
ing little Of court procedure, this
Young woman, an employe at the
factory, created something Of a
sensation by expressing her Arm
belief In mis- Innocence and her
willingness to die In his place.
The girl was manifestly. good
hearted and sincere, though verg-
ing on the hysterlcal from her
excitement. When the Solicitor
came to argue the case. he not
only used this incident to attack
Frank. but he assailed the girls
character as well, going out Of
his way TO tell the jury that
there must have been more than
II Platonic friendship between
this girl and Frank"
Frank Corroborated.
wish to direct the readers at
ientlon to the fact that a review
of the testimony will show that
Frank was completely corrob-
Grated by reliable witnesses as TO
the time Of his leaving the pencil
factory and arriving home for his
luncheon on the day Of the crime.
lie was at home at 1.2O. a time
when Conley on the stand swore
that Frank still was In the pencil
factory directing the disposal Of
the girls body and debating the
murder notes. These witnesses.
one OF whom testified to seeing
Frank at Whitehall and Alabama
streets waiting for his car. and
others to seeing him arrive home,
never were impeached. nor was 1t
even sought to impeach them.
III the testimony OF \. v. OAR
ley, manager OF the factory. there
is the statement that there was
not a speck or a sign Of blood at
the place Conley said ne found the
girls body on the second floor
This was corroborated by other
witnesses. and the State did not
attempt to dispute this fact. which
was SO utterly at variance with
the theory OF the prosecution. It
was here that the state contended
he girl was slap, yet from the
wound on her head. two and a
quarter inches long, there was not
a sign Of blood at the place where
Conley said her body lay. 1t Is q
plain absurd!ty to hold that her
body could have lain there and
not left its mark OF blood.
When Con.ey was taken to the
pencil factory and asked to re-
enact the part he said he took In
the tragedy. the detectives asked
him where It was he dropped the
body. Conley started to the left.
which would have brought him to
the partition OF the room where
the paints were kept. but as the
negro started one OF the detectives
stopped him and asked: Was It
not over there" indicating the
locality at which the supposed
blood spot was found. Conley
professed to correct himself. and
stated that the place pointed out
by the detective was the right one
Another incident on that trip
through the factory that 'ended
TO show the falnty OF Conley' s
story took place In Franks 'nner
once. Conlev was told by tn. de-
tectives to sit down and write the
notes just as he had done 70.
Frank Now. 60 ahead and get
the pad just as ne did IT," one OF
the detectives ordered. Conley
searched around. but. Of course
couldn't find the pad. for there
were none Of the sort on which
the murder notes were writer
kept In Franks ONCE Then the de.
tect!ve said to Mr. Schiff. Franks
ass slant: Give HIM a pad.
Schiff replied: Let him find the
rad where Frank got it," No pad
was found, and Conley wrote. the
notes on some paper that was