1914 February 25 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia

1914 February 25 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia

Author: Atlanta Constitution

Year: 1914

PDF PAGE 1, COLUMN 7 LATHAM LEAVES TO SEEK UNCLE OF MARY PHAGAN It Is Said That the Defense Hopes to Prove Discrep- ancy in the Time Element Theory of State. NINA FORMBY IS NOW IN NEW YORK CITY She Has Secured Services of Judge R. R. Jackson and Will Meet Him in Chatta- Nooga to Confer About the Case. That a new and startling phase of the puzzling time element in the Mary Phagan mystery—one contradictory to the state’s theory—will be injected into the effort to gain Frank a new trial, was made evident last night when it became known that Harry Latham, an ex-court attache, was on a hurried trip to New Orleans to confer with a reputed relative of the murdered girl. A close friend of Latham also an ex-court employee, stated late last night that Latham, while on a recent visit to New Orleans, during which he was acquitted of white slavery charges, had become acquainted with the man with whom he goes to confer, and that the acquaintance professed to be an uncle of the slain child. He is said to have told to have told of a heretofore unknown turn in the time element, which is said to refute the theory and evidence of the prosecution. Its exact nature was not known by Latham’s companion.