1914 May 10 Atlanta Constitution 66 Pages Georgia
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- 1914 May 10 Atlanta Constitution 66 Pages Georgia
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- Judge Ben Hill
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- 1914
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1914 May 10 Atlanta Constitution 66 Pages Georgia
Author: Atlanta Constitution
Year: 1914
PDF PAGE 2, COLUMN 1 BURNS TO ANSWER CONTEMPT CHARGE Following the Testimony of Annie Maud Carter, Detec- tive Is Ordered to Appear Before Judge Hill Tuesday. Detective William J. Burns has been cited by Judge Ben Hill to appear before him next Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock and show why he should not be adjudged in contempt of Court for sending Annie Maud Carter, the Negro witness, out of the jurisdiction of the Court. Dan S. Lehon, Burns’ chief aide, has been cited to appear at the same time. This action came at the close of the examination Saturday morning of the Carter woman by Solicitor Dorsey before Judge Hill. A Rule Nisi was issued against Burns and Lehon. Burns is now in New York. Lehon is still in the city under $1,000 bond for appearance before the grand jury when it takes up next week the bribery and coercion charges in the Frank case. The Carter woman was brought into Court Saturday morning to explain her tour of the country immediately after signing the sensational affidavit for the defense, accusing Jim Conley of confessing Mary Phagan’s murder. When she told Judge Hill that she had been sent away from Atlanta under direction of Detectives Burns and Lehon, and that, o