1913 May 17 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia

1913 May 17 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia

Author: Atlanta Constitution

Year: 1913

PDF PAGE 1, COLUMN 7 IN LOOP OF DEATH DORSEY MAY HAVE CLUE TO MURDERER Noose Found Knotted Around Neck of Mary Phagan Be- ing Carefully Examined by Officers. BURNS RIGHT-HAND MAN NOW PROBING MYSTERY Fund Started by The Consti- tution for Purpose of Bring- ing Noted Detective to At- lanta Has Reached $1,500. In the noose found knotted around the throat of Mary Phagan's lifeless body, Solicitor Dorsey and headquarters detectives aver they possess a valuable clue to the girl's murderer. It is being inspected by experts, who also are examining specimens of cord picked up here and there in the factory building in which the child was slain. Expecting to find a knot which compares with that which was used to strangle the victim, detectives are scouring every portion of the plant's premises. The knot in the wrapping cord is looped, sailor-fashion, in an inextricable knot. No novice, the sleuths say, could form it so well. When the body was discovered, the noose fitted so tightly around the throat that it had formed a purple trench-like scar in the flesh. Knot Tied by Professional. The solicitor and detectives hope to follow up the clue by comparing the death loop with specimens found in th