1913 October 22 Atlanta Constitution 16 Pages Georgia

1913 October 22 Atlanta Constitution 16 Pages Georgia

Author: Atlanta Constitution

Year: 1913

PDF PAGE 1, COLUMN 4 MANY AFFIDAVITS DEFEND THE JURY Only Sheriff and Officers of His Force Talked to Mem- Bers of the Frank Jury Dur- ing Trial. To the thirty-odd affidavits made public yesterday in the exchange of affidavits between the state and the defense in the Leo M. Frank motion, which comes up today, several new ones were added Tuesday afternoon by the state. The additional affidavits were from the various deputy sheriffs and bailiffs and were denials that anyone but officers of the court had talked to the Frank jurors. The state has prepared affidavits from the various jurors in which they declare that only the legal evidence influenced them and also deny that they were swayed by the cheering for the solicitor, or that any of them were biased, or discussed the case among themselves prior to Judge L. S. Roan’s charge. The state is preparing to impeach several of the maker of affidavits against Jurors A. H. Henslee and M. Johenning in which it was charged that these two men had, before the trial, expressed animus towards the defendant, then indicted for the murder of Mary Phagan. Aaron Out on Bond. Samuel Aaron, whose affidavit states that Henslee declared at the Elks’ club