1914 May 09 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia

1914 May 09 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia

Author: Atlanta Constitution

Year: 1914

PDF PAGE 1, COLUMN 1 CONLEY CONFESSION WITNESS IS CALLED BY HUGH M. DORSEY Annie Maud Carter Due for a Long and Severe Grilling Before Judge Ben Hill To- day. WILL ASK EXPLANATION OF THE CONLEY LETTERS Solicitor General Dorsey Asks Delay in Hearing of Petition to Set Aside the Frank Verdict. Solicitor Dorsey will spring another sensation in the Frank case this morning when he orders Annie Maud Carter before Judge Ben Hill at 11 o’clock for a rigid examination in reference to her testimonies to the effect that Jim Conley confessed to her the murder of Mary Phagan. She will be interrogated in the court room on the fourth floor of the Thrower building. Mr. Dorsey will demand a complete explanation of her evidence and will insist upon learning the source of the letters purported to be from Conley. Annie Maud Carter is one of the star witnesses for the defense in its fight to gain a new trial. The Jim Conley letters in possession of Frank’s counsel purport to have been sent to her from Conley, and were given by her to the defense. Shortly after making her affidavits to the defense, she was sent from Atlanta, on the advice of Detective William J. Burns. Burns declared on the witness stan