1914 April 25 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia

1914 April 25 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia

Author: Atlanta Constitution

Year: 1914

PDF PAGE 3, COLUMN 2 DID NOT CONFESS TO GIRL’S MURDER, SAYS JIM CONLEY Three New Affidavits in Hearing on New Trial Pe- tition by Leo Frank Neces- sitate Postponement. JIM CONLEY CONFESSED GUILT, SAY WITNESSES Preacher and Negress Swear to Admission—Another Witness Tells of Seeing Girl Leave Frank’s Office. Jim Conley, the Negro accused yesterday of confessing to the murder of Mary Phagan, made a sweeping denial last night to The Constitution, and declared that his counsel would be able to present evidence which would prove that the accusations were absolutely false. The Negro’s statement was made to a reporter for The Constitution through Attorney William M. Smith, Conley’s attorney. Smith was requested to ask certain questions having direct bearing on the affidavits submitted before Judge Ben Hill by Frank’s defense, in which two witnesses accuse Conley of having admitted the Phagan crime. Conley stated through Smith that the affidavits were false in every respect, and that he had never known Annie Maude Carter, the Negress, who says Conley, while in Fulton Jail, confessed to her, except to see her occasionally while she was imprisoned in the Tower. He says they rarely spoke and