1914 March 06 Atlanta Constitution 12 Pages Georgia

1914 March 06 Atlanta Constitution 12 Pages Georgia

Author: Atlanta Constitution

Year: 1914

PDF PAGE 1, COLUMN 7 FRANK’S TIME ALIBI GETS NEW SUPPORT IN TWO AFFIDAVITS GIVEN THE DEFENSE Mrs. Ethel Miller Swears That She Saw Frank on Street at Time Jim Conley Says He and the Prisoner Were Taking Phagan’s Body to basement HER STORY IS SIMILAR TO ONE TOLD ON STAND AT TRIAL BY MISS KERN Solicitor Hugh Dorsey, De- tective John Black and the Father of George Epps Hold a Long Conference, But Refuse to Tell What Action Was Decided Upon In Reference to the Boy’s Affidavit. An interesting development in the Leo Frank case yesterday as the disclosure of two affidavits, now in the hands of the defense, one of which was made by Mrs. Ethel Harris Miller, who swears she saw the convicted man at Whitehall and Alabama streets at an hour at which Jim Conley testified he and Frank were carrying Mary Phagan’s body into the pencil factory basement. The other document as made by Laier Lefkoff, who says he was with Mrs. Miller at the time she passed Frank and spoke to him on the day of the tragedy. Both affidavits were made in September of last year, but were not revealed until Thursday afternoon, when they were given to a reporter for The Constitution. Epps and Dorsey Confer. Another developmen