1914 February 24 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia
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1914 February 24 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia
Author: Atlanta Constitution
Year: 1914
PDF PAGE 1, COLUMN 3 ALL NIGHT SEARCH TO FIND M’KNIGHT MEETS NO SUCCESS DORSEY SEEKS TO SHOW HAIR THAT OF PHAGAN Defense Announces That if the Supreme Court Refuses Frank a Rehearing, New Trial Motion Will Be Filed. Refuting the theory of the Leo Frank’s counsel that the strands of hair found on the lathe in the pencil factory were not Mary Phagan’s, Solicitor Dorsey intends to show the Jim Conley jury this morning that the hair actually came from the scalp of the murdered girl, thereby seeking to destroy one of the strongest contentions in the proposed plea for a new trial. Dorsey built a foundation for this move Monday afternoon during the Conley trial. William Gheesling, an undertaker, attached to the Bloomfield undertaking establishment, testified on the stand that he had washed the slain girl’s hair with pine-tar soap the day the body was brought to the morgue of his shop, and that his application changed the color of it pronouncedly. Also, that hair continues to grow after death, and that strong, thick hair like that of Mary Phagan usually grew. He stated it was fifty-six hours after he had taken charge of the corpse before it was lowered into the grave of the quiet Marietta