1914 April 29 Atlanta Constitution 16 Pages Georgia
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- 1914 April 29 Atlanta Constitution 16 Pages Georgia
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1914 April 29 Atlanta Constitution 16 Pages Georgia
Author: Atlanta Constitution
Year: 1914
PDF PAGE 1, COLUMN 3 DORSEY MAY ASK FOR EARLIER DATE Solicitor Will Insist That the Ragsdale and Barber Affidavits Remain a Part of the Record. Having announced that he is amply prepared to combat the amendments to the motion for a new trial by Frank’s attorneys, Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey, in all probability, will go before Judge Ben Hill today and make the startling request that Judge Hill reconvene the retrial hearing Thursday morning—a day earlier than set. When attorneys for Frank’s defense last Friday presented to Judge Hill the affidavits of Rev. C. B. Ragsdale and Anna Maud Carter, who testified that Conley had confessed to Mary Phagan’s murder, Solicitor Dorsey asked that the hearing be postponed in order to give the prosecution time to prepare a counter showing. Affidavit a ‘Frame-Up’. The postponement was effected, and the reconvention date set for Friday of this week. Since that time Ragsdale has repudiated his affidavit, declaring that his story was a “frame-up,” and R. L. Barber, whose affidavit corroborated Rev. Ragsdale, has made a similar confession, saying his story was “molded.” Whether or not there have been any such developments in the story of Anna Maud