1914 March 08 Atlanta Constitution 54 Pages Georgia

1914 March 08 Atlanta Constitution 54 Pages Georgia

Author: Atlanta Constitution

Year: 1914

PDF PAGE 1, COLUMN 7 NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN CASE OF FRANK COME WITH A RUSH AFTER RESENTENCE Repudiation of Testimony Given on Stand by George Epps Attacked in Two Af- Fidavits Furnished Solici- tor by Father and Uncle of Boy—Assert Youth Says His Statement True and He Was Trapped Into Re- pudiation While in Birm- ingham. MURDER NOTES WRITTEN IN BASEMENT ACCORDING TO EVIDENCE FOR FRANK Paper on Which the Notes Were Written Shows That Frank Did Not Dictate Them in His Office as Conley’s Story Stated, Says Defense—Prisoner Gives Out Statement From Cell in Which He Again Asserts His Innocence. Outlook Comments on Case. Developments came thick and fast in the Frank case Saturday afternoon and night. First was the disclosure of two affidavits put in the hands of Solicitor Hugh Dorsey by George Epps, father of the ex-newsboy witness for the prosecution, and by the boy’s uncle, W. H. Epps, of Eatonton, who swear that the youth confesses to having been trapped into making the sensational affidavit in which he recently announced his testimony. Next was the release of newly discovered evidence by the defense to show that the murder notes found beside Mary Phagan’s body were written in the baseme