1914 October 05 Atlanta Constitution 12 Pages Georgia

1914 October 05 Atlanta Constitution 12 Pages Georgia

Author: Atlanta Constitution

Year: 1914

PDF PAGE 1, COLUMN 4 SMITH IS WORKING ON “DEATH NOTES” Former Lawyer for Conley Believes These Messages Will Finally Yield Solu- Tion to Great Mystery. William M. Smith, Attorney, who represented the negro factory sweeper, “Jim” Conley, during the investigation of the Mary Phagan murder, and whose statement that he believes his erstwhile client, and not Leo M. Frank, to be the murderer of little Mary Phagan, has brought this mystery into the limelight again, is today working to show Frank’s innocence by demonstrating that the “death notes” found in the basement beside the body of the girl were written by the negro without outside assistance. Attorney Leonard Haas, one of Frank’s Attorneys, declared Sunday that in the event any new evidence in favor of Frank is developed through Attorney Smith’s investigation, it will probably be used before the governor and Pardoning Board. Courts Must Act First. “Nothing can be done until the Supreme Court passes on Frank’s extraordinary motion for a new trial,” Attorney Haas said. “We have prepared and presented what we believed to be the most important evidence to show Frank’s innocence before the Supreme Court, and as the case now stands, we ca