1914 February 26 Atlanta Constitution 12 Pages Georgia

1914 February 26 Atlanta Constitution 12 Pages Georgia

Author: Atlanta Constitution

Year: 1914

PDF PAGE 1, COLUMN 1 PLIED WITH WHISKY SHE LIED IN STORY TOLD ABOUT FRANK SAYS MRS. FORMBY Woman Who Made an Affi- davit That Prisoner Had Telephoned Her That He Wanted to Bring Girl to Her House Says Detect- ives Brought Her Booze for Three Weeks. CHARGES “FRAMEUP” IN INTERVIEW GIVEN TO NEW YORK PAPERS Declares She Has Repented Making False Affidavit. Detectives Norris, Chew- ning, Rosser, Vickery and Hamby Figure in Story. Didn’t Know Frank. She Says. New York, February 25.—Repentant over having made a false affidavit accusing Leo M. Frank, who was sentenced to death for the murder of the little factory girl, Mary Phagan, in Atlanta, Ga., Mrs. Nina Formby, of Atlanta, tonight called up The New York Times and asked that she be permitted to make a public denial of the statements she made against Frank in her affidavit. Mrs. Formby repeated again and again that she made the affidavit against Frank only after she had been unduly influenced to do so by the Atlanta detectives. Although her affidavit was not used by the prosecution in the trial, she believes it influenced public opinion and had its part in convincing the young superintendent. The detectives, she said, had piled her with