1913 November 14 Atlanta Constitution 18 Pages Georgia

1913 November 14 Atlanta Constitution 18 Pages Georgia

Author: Atlanta Constitution

Year: 1913

PDF PAGE 7, COLUMN 5 TRIAL OF JIM CONLEY POSTPONED TO MONDAY Court Thought to Be Awaiting Action of Court of Appeal. Without explaining this cause, Judge Ben Hill, on Thursday, postponed the trial of Jim Conley, as accessory after the fact in the murder of Mary Phagan, until Monday. Conley was ready for trial but when he was called to the bar in the Thrower building and as Solicitor General Dorsey arose to address the court, Judge Hill said: “I have decided to postpone this case until Monday.” A hurried conference between Judge Hill, Dorsey and the negro’s attorney, William M. Smith, followed but none of the three would say why the trial was put over. It was rumored about the courthouse that Judge Hill was awaiting the action of the appeal court on the motion for a rehearing of the Frank trial before proceeding with the Conley litigation. Should Conley be tried as accessory after the fact in the Phagan murder he could not then be tried for principal in the murder; according to court room attaches and it is believed that if the appeal court does not make some decision on the Frank retrial hearing motion before Monday, Conley’s trial might again be put over. Solicitor General Dorsey