1913 May 03 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia
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1913 May 03 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia
Author: Atlanta Constitution
Year: 1913
PDF PAGE 1, COLUMN 2 NOT GUILTY, SAY BOTH PRISONERS Leo M. Frank and the Night Watchman, Newt Lee, Re- iterate Declarations of In- nocence in Phagan Crime. Leo M. Frank yesterday morning in his cell in the Tower reiterated his plea of innocence to a reporter for The Constitution. "I swear I'm not guilty," he declared. "I could not conceive of such a hideous murder, much less commit it. I am accused unjustly. The report that I have made a confession is totally and basely false. I have no confession to make." Newt Lee, the suspected night watchman, also repeats his statement that he is innocent. "White Folks, I Ain't Guilty." "White folks," he said in his characteristic dialect, "I ain't guilty. If them detectives is any good, they'll find out I didn't have a thing to do with killin' that little girl. I don't know nothing ‘cept I found her body. That was all. I swear ‘fore God it was." In pursuance of an independent investigation he is making into the Phagan mystery, Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey yesterday conferred with a number of detectives from police headquarters who are working on the case. They gave him an insight into the situation as it thus far has been developed by them