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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1913
Page
9
Dr Harris affirmed Mary Phagan was killed within three quarters of an hour after cabbage and bread. The defense pressed witnesses including Dr Childs and Scott of the Pinkertons to challenge the timing and evidence, while Conan Arnold cross examined Harris for hours.
Dalton Corroborates statements from Conley's testimony, admitting basement meetings with women at the National Pencil Company factory and detailing interactions with Frank Wadsght. The proceeding covered his birthplace, employment history, and specific encounters, while the defense objected to some testimony as admissible evidence.
Fragmentary report notes Metcalf reaching a colonel unit and a veteran call involving Richard Lee. Mentions Neb, a governor Thatcher, and a line arrival. Details are unclear due to damaged text but track suggests a wartime or military context with local figures.
Dr Childs admitted gaps in knowledge on laboratory details while the defense pressed, questioning mastication digestion start, stomach acidity, and hydrochloric acid tests. Attorney Dorsey challenged scientific authority, highlighting uncertainty about time of death and natural causes versus violence in Mary Phagan’s case.
Dr Childs and Dr Harris testify on digestion processes in Mary Phagan’s stomach. Childs contradicts Harris, claiming death occurred within two hours of eating and cabbage can remain undigested for years, noting cabbage in the stomach appeared insufficiently chewed. He cites his Michigan medical training and raises hypothetical questions about wound timing and death. The judge adjourns for lunch.
Detective Harry Scott testified to Conley’s multiple contradictory stories and pressures during police custody. The session exposed inconsistencies while detailing how notes were written, who wrote them, and the role of Frank in the alleged crime.
Eufaula Ala August 7 Special in reply to another and final petition by the Law and Order League the city council paused a resolution to continue the restricted district in the southern part of the city By 8 to 1 aldermen decided that segregation was the best solution of the local situation.
Dr Frank Eskridge a prominent physician assists Sol Gen Dorsey in examining expert chemists and medical men during cross examinations. Eskridge lends expertise across medicine chemistry and surgery aiding in challenging defense witnesses. His brother R L T Dorsey, a respected rural medical figure, aids in rebutting expert testimony.
George Slayer, involved in the Montgomery Street killing of Harry McCluslin, was ordered held after a warrant charged him with carrying a concealed pistol without a license. The state could not prove the concealment count, and a prior jury acquitted him of the McCluslin murder.
Charles Whitman announced he would accept either the fusion or anti Tammany nomination for district attorney. He refused to join the fusion ticket headed by John Purroy Mitchell and indicated consideration of an independent mayoral bid.
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