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PageJTw Let Mr death. to dlSWoyel tbe cut nt if the Epps boy that lie had ac. pajiled the Phagan girl to town. and to how that the ear reached. the city later than Eppa had testified.

Matthews stated Mary phaKan did not leave the car at Marietta street. but sot off at Hunter and Broad streets In company with a tlrL Hollui stated he did not see her with a tlrl. but coincided with Matthews as to time. The purpose of this testimony Is to show that the eyldence of the Stover girl Is of itUe value thai Mary Phagan reached. the rectory later than the state claims.

Rarr Scott was recalled bv Solicitor Dorsey. He explained that when Conley wrote lh first note at his dictation. It tok him some seven minutes hut when he discovered he could write and was not attempting to. conceal anything It took him a much shorter time. N.

V. Barley was recalled by the defense. He told of the general condition of the factory floor and of the frequent finding of blood spots In the WHITLAW Painless Dentist Kna Patnlnc lttat Haxe you teeth treat ed at once. Make onr bad teeth as good as new My- system PainleBB 11 Btry enables me to make your achlns th sound with abso lutely to It your teeth pain 0 don del a Come met- me once. Ioatlo.

trff tenant and ladles rest room. Crown and Bridge Work. S34. 5 55 A SET My Gold ha. Plat.

will not clip or drop. uaraatrcd or 30 y. rm Filling. In Gold. Silver rich.

am nod Porcelain. 5Oc and It. Open from 8 to 8 Sundays 1 0 to 3 TERIVISTO SUIT Largest most thoroughly quipped Sanitary office In the South. Entrance 704 hltf bull St. opposite Vnurtetto Theater.

th door from J. It. High. over A Tea Store. parts of the bonding on tn model.

stated left the factory at' I o'clock Memorial day. Cooler contends left at 11 o'clock. Holoway Gets Muddled. E. F.

HoUowa. who was used by the' state last week was placed on the stand by the defense. On th direct examination by Mr. Arnold he answered questions with a sure tone of votes which promised he would prove a valuable witness for the defense. On the- cross-examination by Solicitor Dorsey he got hope lessly mixed up and his memory for sook He made a number of contradictory statements and the state' managed to tear down a good deal of his testimony which promised well for the defense.

Solicitor lorsey asked him the dI. rect question if he had not had a conversation with Kendrick. a former night watchman. regarding the times Frank had called up at night stating to Kendrick that no one would know anything of the conversation. Hollo- way denied this.

He also denied having stated to a man named Whitfield that something meaning a club would be found in the factory. lie said Daisy Hopkins was a nice girL so far as he knew and he got mixed up when Solicitor Dorsey showed him a statement he had signed to the opposite effect. He finally confessed he did not know when Barley had left the fac. tory after stating it was 9:30 o'clock and 10:45 o'clock. It wan all guess work.

he said. At another time he confessed that if be had said o'clock he meant 4 o'clock. He was asked If he had ever seen any beer bottles taken out of Frank' office. What time he asked. Later he denied having seen any.

He didn't seem to remember what he had previously said about a dray. man being at the building. and finally said Well II I said Its was there he was and it I said he wasn't he was not Holloway confessed that he had toll the detectives the day he had turned up Conley that it he's convicted. re member he's my nigger. Prom present Indications the trial will lat two weeks longer.

and II looks as It character witnesses will be Introduced by the defense. COULDN'T LOCATE EPPS BOY WHEN WANTED IN COURT At the opening of the afternoon session the defense called for George ps. the year newsboy who says he rode uptown with Mary Pha- gun on the da of her death. He did tot anbv er. Mr.

Arnold asked the assistance of Judge Roan in bringing the boy to court. Thr judge dispatched a bailiff In search or the news armed wit ft art attoelirrent. He was not produced. however. at any' time during the afternoon session.

SHERIFF C. W. MANGUM ANSWERS HIS CRITICS In answer to criticisms which he sai i had beet made of the fart that Leo Frank. now on trial- for th murder or Mary Pitagan is not handcuffed when being conducted to and from the jail and courthouse. Sheriff Mangurn has Issued with the request that it be published the follow statement.

Some complaints are being made in regard to the handling or a prison. er not prisoners to and tram th tower. When soy prisoner is to be handled if he Is not violent or unruly is allowed to go walking by the side Of the oflcr yr officers in charge of him. regardless whether he Is black or white. regardless of the prisoners sex.

creed or nationality. The sheriff and Ms deputies are re sponsible for to. safe handling of prisoners and my Belief is that the people of Fulton count have full eon- fldenre in to oheriff and his deputies. Respectfully. Sitd C.

W. sIANGCM. Saturday Selling at tons 15 Fine Shoes for Women pair The sizes that remain aftrl' a seasons selling are small ones or those of narrow width. And make broken tots. This state of' affairs makes hard stork" for tile merchant.

but pickings" of value for the purchaser who finds a pan- or several pairs to lit for these are fine shoes including our best makes. The price is now remarkably low shoes which at regular selling ranged from 350 to 6 all leathers. Pumps Ties and Button Oxfords now 165 All low shoes men women and children are reduced in price at Carlton's 36 Whitehall DINING CARS ALA CART SERVICE lomsyniE t. i SHE DENIES CHARGES MADE" BY DALTON AND BY CONLEY Photo by tmncl Prim. td MISS DAISY HOPKINS Who.

according to stories already told the jury accompanied Dalton to the factory and was well known by Leo Frank. On stand Friday he made complete denial of testimony given by Conley and by Dalton. Holloway. Witness for Defense WANTED REWARD FOR CONLEY CAPTURE Riddled By Examination E. It' Holloway watchman and time- keeper at the pencil factory whose testimony Solicitor Dorsey riddled on examination followed General Manager Barley to the stand.

He his answers rapidly making them frequently even before Attorney Arnold had finished propounding his questions. He Is a man who looks older than 80 with cold gray eyes and thin. Ups. His general appearance causes the lover of Dickens to think that the aged witness had stepped from one of that authors novels. He became confused uponthe cross of the soOtel' tor.

and perspired profusely. Same flats for All. He was examined directly by Mr. Arnold. Was it a habit or Jim Conly to register as he pleased" So You applied the same rule to him as you applied to all of the help Yes Did you ever sea Frank pinch him or touch him Never saw Mr.

Frank even touch him. Do you recoil a Saturday that you missed sine. you have been employed with the pencil company Sot a one. 1 Who would relieve you before Lee ent to work on Saturday after- noon. Kendrick the nlgntwatchman.

At what time Four o'clock. Where did you stay on Saturdays All over the building. Did you ever see any women In Prank office None except Ills wire. Did you on any Saturday or this or any other year. see Code watch- ling the front door No Could you have tailed to see him if he had watched So I think not.

I Could h. omen. 1 If Frank had had any women In I his ornc. couldn't you have seen them Yes I Did You ever see Frank bring any i women into his office for himself or or Schlff i Did you know that anybody was practicing Immorality In the build- No Did you know Daisy Hopkins Yes Hg ah ever been to the factory since she quit No On Thanksgiving day white there I was snow on the ground. did you Be a woman with white stockings and white shoes come Into the building No roe women with any other kind or shoes or stockings.

Those men who stayed during the holidays to work on the machinery upstairs. had to be there at such times in order to get at the machinery while it wasn't working didn't thy Yes Its very dark near the elevator shaft on the first floor. isn't It Yes Con Throw Girl Down. Could a man waiting near th shaft take hold of a girl and throw her down the shaft with ease Yes Did you observe anything bt ui Conley the wk following the murder" I Yes he left his work and stayed around where the detectives and newspaper reporters were searching for clues. What caused his arrest I caught him washing his shirt.

Did you walk from Broad street down Hunter to Forsyth and up Forsyth to the pencil factory on a test Yes When This morning. How long did it take you Two and a halt minutes. Did you walk from the bridge or Foyh street to the pencil factory Yes How long did it take Six minutes. 4atW Pak 35 Here the solicitor began the cross. examination.

How many times have you been see Funk In the Jail Only once. Do you remember talking to Kendrick. the old night watchman Yes Do you remember asking him if ht would wear Frank had called bin over the telephone of nights aft Frank had gone' home No I dill not. Now UK. Urn.

th detective named Whitfield was there searching the factory didn't you tell him to come back tomorrow and he would find some- I thing and he came back tomorrow to find the bloody club No sir. I did net. Do you know Daisy Hopkins and i hr general character Yes Was It good or bad. Do you deny this affidavit you made i to me nil to which you signed your name and in which ou said ncthing could be depended on what Daisy Hopkins said No "Didn't you tell me that Mr. Frank and Mr.

Lartey went out of the fac- I tory together on tile morning of the l2Sth at 10 45" Admit He W. Gosling. I cant recollect that I did. en lets refresh your memory. Dorsey showed the witness the tn lt Well answered Hollow.

It was all guesswork anyway. Yci don't deny sd lng it o. "Wasn't your memory better three months go than it now is I cant say it was. What did you say about getting the reward for Conly I told Black that If Coney was unty' he was my nigger. Did 5 ou tell Sir Arnold that you left the factory every' day about 530 o'clock Yes "Didn't you ten me you left sometimes at I o'clock" I said 3 I meant 4.

What did you mean by 4 :30 never said 4 30 How touch time did Contey put in before April 26 Two ears. Jim Cool. amber. What was Jim Conleys number on the punch clock' I don't know' Wasn't it 71" you sure about that Not uactly. Then why did you say it wasn't I don remember.

Look at this slip and see how well is registered I haven't got my glasses. Very well. then. Old Cooley' work regutarly for sixty days preceding the murder Yes "Didn't he punch th clock accurately every day9" He did every morning. On Monday morning ou say the door was open in the Clark Wooden- are company Yes Don you know as a matter of tact.

that it was obstructed by a huge pile of boxes' There were only four or live cases hut you could see the door" Was that before Mr. Parley nailed the door Called the Soot' An objection was Interposed to this question. In which Mr. Arnold argued that Darley could have Instructed the witness himself to nail the door. Mr Parley told roe to get a ham.

mer and nail the door. said the wit. ness' Why Because nobody wanted that door open' Do you know that it was open Sat- urday1 It wasn't open Saturday" Are you absolutely sure it was open Saturdav I am. What about the chute on the first tloor' Thy were nailed up" "Weren't they open. though No" You don't claim to he an expert in women's dress.

do you Mr. Holloway No You don't know whether or not a fancy lad would wear white upper. to her shoes in November' An objection by' Mr. Arnold was sustained. "Don't you know that frequently on Monday morning you would ml empty beer bottles in the office Pause What time" queried the witness Any time" No there never were hut two tot.

ties found in the whole plant. Wh then did you ask me what time' lust now7" I wanted to know whatever tlm you meant" Was that negro drayrnan there Sat. urda you said so awhile ago dldn' you I said he was there he was. I I said he wasn't there he wasn't Which was the truth I wont say. The collector Insisted upon the Judgi requiring an answer of the wttaesj Judi- Ro a ortrAHotlowr wet the solletlo" qmeatlon.

I flout' rwnwriber- he replied Then why did TOO 557 there I don't know. Now. teUtth JU7hat JimQopley A vtbat wa unlike tn other work- en of the plao on ondayT" 1 cant saj thejre waa anytMnr la particutarn Tot do not 69 whether tUo' tr ear clock and toe ncir factory clock N. V. Barley general manager of the National Pencil factory.

who has already been used a witness for the prosecution was called to the stand fo the defense following the pattern makers department. wax examined by Mr. Arnold. You era th general manager of the pencil factory aren't you Yes Looking from a point of ground plan. Isn't this a correct model of the pencil plant Yes Barley then described various fur' nltur.

and fixtures in the basement and two floors depleted In the model. Plain View of Stairway. If a body fell down the chute that runs from the first floor to the basement how far would It land from the spot at which Mary Phagans body was found' About thirty or forty feet. What kind of a view Ira. a man of the stairway if lie tt in Franks office Plain view.

Suppose the safe door open In Franks office. what view can a per- son from the outside have Into tha Inner office Practically none unless thy get up close. Was there a lounge or bed in the entire pencil factory So la there a chair in the metal room No Nothing but machinery and stock. "That's all. Did you se the spot where Conley says he' round the body In the metal room1 Yes Did ou know Mary Phsgan So What time did you leave the fac- tory on May 267" At oelook that morning.

It Jim Conley says. then about 11 clock he Is lying Yes Gl CORle. the Lie. If lie says you came down before Holloway. he la also lying Yes With whom did you leave the taco tory' Leo Frank.

Did ou see Conley' that day No Do you know him Yes Did you ever jolly with him So I used to Kick him whenever I caught him loafing. Did you know a girt named alsy Hopkins' No but when saw hr this morning I remembered hr face" Did you ever see this man Dalton to Too knowledge. Was Schtff always In the office on Saturdays" I remember only a few times when he was not" Did Frank have anything to do with the help or employing if" No This man Dalton testified he saw a gro nlghtwatchmn at the factory In September. this correct So Jiff TV tefcm These. There was no colored nightwtcb man at the factory until we employed this mart Newt Lee three weeks be fore the murder.

Did you Conly on Monday 28 Yes What was his appearance He appeared nervous and would. not look up at me when I spoke to him. Did his appearance cause suspicion Yes and I told Holloway to keep an eye on him. Objection by Solicitor tiorsey on this answer was sustained. What did he do in his usual way.

He was familiar with every part of the building Yet" Did you give him any instructions as to what should be done on Saturdays Yes I told mm to knock oft at 12 nooi. Did you permit anyone of the help to stay there after clock on Saturday None of the negroes stayed to toy Here the examination was be gun by the itor Mr Darley did you make any contribution to tb defense Frank So Did ou know an thin ii Daisy Hopkins' general character So Do yu know that the chute on first floor was nailed up Moo lay It was not nail" th first time I saw It. When did you first see itr I do not- recAli exactly but 11 must ha4 been when toe Insurance men ordered th nr clean 111) by lit. XBSM many Mked yon' qu whan yen la Solicitor Dor- ofoor or tvai amwb Too formed ue opinion. dl It you that UT Hopkins wasn't a nice fiilT I rm a say Holloway warn called from tb taad and court was over for u.

day. Conductor Also Swears Epps Boy Was. Not on Car With Mary Phagan W. T. HoUle of.

It Wee tern avenue the conductor on the English avenue Or on which Mary Phagu rods to town on the day she waa murdered followed the motormaa on the tad also declared that the prl not accompanied by a boy md that she did not get oft at Foray th and Mari etta streets where he left the car. MC also declared that he was not accompanied by any boy answerIng th de scrlption of George PPB but that a little girl wu with her. 1401115 corroborated the testimony of the motorman In practically every de tall as to time and other features up to the moment when he was relieved at Forsyth and Marietta and left the car. Further than that the witness de elated that there were only a few passengers on the car that trip and that he noted the girls appearance as shu had often ridden with him on the way to the factory In the mornings He said lie did not know her name until after the murder. when he found out ah was the one who had been tailed.

Attorney Frank A. Hotter who Is aiding- the state In the case took up the examination. Did you see the girls body Yea a newspaper man found out that I was the conductor on whos car she had come to town and he to tc me to see If I could identify the body. Did you have any trouble in doing or No I knew her at once. Have you any recollection or a towheaded boy Retting on the car asked Mr.

Hooper referring- to Epps. NoM Did Mary Phgan get on at Lindsay attest Yes Do you remember the Epps boy get ting- on at any other street No I have not. When you took up the girls ear fare was anyone with her No Did you men a while ago that you keep the rules or the company and never reach a given point bad of or behind time Its not against the rules to get there. behind time. replied the conductor.

But It Is against the rules to get there ahead of time isn if" Yes Do you always look at your watch when you pass every important point We are supposed to. "Don't you fall to do a lot or things ydusare supposed to" The witness admitted that such might occasionally be the case. He was then excused. N. V.

Darley Denies Testimony Given by Conley and Dalton anyone had shot a corpse down the chute. wouldn't he round a world or tons and rats at the mo behind hlch the body could have beet hidden Indefinitely Yes So far you know. Frank could have dismissed the night watchman and could have put qonley to watching the front door for him I wasn't there that afternoon. "There'd be no reason to ha line on the floors would there" No business reason. Would she Cerelenneaa.

Then If there would be so business reason it would be carelessness. wouldn't it Yes Do you undertake to BJ. that this model Is accurate In measurements and perspective So far as I ran remember. Arnold resumed the direct exami. nation.

Was there any water on the floor where Jim Conly says the body was found In the metal roomT' I noticed none. If a spot of blood mouse got on the floor two. years ego It would still be there. wouldnt It I suppose so. IDorseys objection to this question and answer was sustained.

Dorsey resumed the cross-examination. You say the state or blood was not sufficient to excte comment' Not that particular spot on the metal room. Did you not report Its discovery to the police Yes To whom did ou first report Conley's nervousness Harry Scott I think. Sun Yat Sen in Japan. Mull Japan.

August 8 Dr. Sun Tat Sen. former provisional president of the Chinese republic arrived hr to day from' Formosa. He was traveling incognito. He said lie load not decided whether he would remain In Japan or go to America.

0 OVg vasTriisI BARNES" CASH' GROCERY' Mi. ID Pall SlInr sat Lard 139 Ml. 10 Pall 1 fl Puro lut Lard li.J7 29c Old Water Ground Mill pick 350 Sliced L. C. aehe cm S5c Plain sod Stuffed Olives bottle 190 200 Pure vu glais 100 Strawberry Blackberry.

Peach and Cherry. But Iced Tea. pound 440 40c Coffee pound. 280 New York Full Cream Cheese pound 210 Fine Pineapples each. Fine Fresh Salt Mackerel.

Sac value each 150 Full line of Fresh Meats Fruit and Vegetables. 7 East Mitchell Street. Suwulls Special snaps for Saturday. Everything retailed at wholesale prices Solid carload of I Lemons per dozen. Iaai2w Large Fancy Limes.

per dozen. Largo Fancy Cantaloupes each. pound pall Pure I rt Leaf Lard. I Dry Salt Meat I pound. Best Breakfast Bacon pound.

pound Sack Best Flour. QOC Meadow Brook Pure Creamery Butter pound. C2w Solid carload of Poultry and Eggs. Frlers dressed fresh on premises 24c per pound. Sewell Commission Go.

Wholesale and Retail. 115 Whitehall Street. Branch Store. 164 Decatur fit. Fresh Corn.

doz. Dc Fresh Tomatoes 40 Fancy Pineapples Each Fancy Pink Meat il Cantaloupes Each 2" Fresh Country Butter Pound CONTINENTAL Cash Grocery Co. 182 Whitehall Street The Daylight Corner" en Till 9 P. M. on Saturday Yearly Sale of Men's and Boys' Suits Furnishings and Hats Here are the Men's Suits All Men's Suits that were up to 35 reduced to All Men's Suits that were up' to 26 reduced to.

AU Men's Suits that were up to 20 reduced to. C77 The above mentioned Men's Suits are all in THIS Benson styles of weight and weight fabrics. Blue Serge. and other wool materials in solid colors and fancy effects. Stylish Mohair Suits tool AU Boy" Men' and Boys' Fzrnshings of great Price.

Reduction. All Straws at Price AU Ment and Boy. STRAW HATS and PANAMAS are reduced to PRICE. 4 mLt bo iIII4to if Pbai ILD but tre t-ioi' I 1 Done the to ff d1 covered 1 fJ W. DR.

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sa' fare a. i I I 8s turday. I not It ngro 1.0 Wtdo be- I on wa ery ye hILt I knowledge. Crone B. be- 1 i' i tho any ht Moftlay the se It recaIL ha.

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