Clash Over Evidence Of Detective Starnes
In a heated courtroom exchange Judge Roan and attorneys debate the admissibility and testing of Detective Starnes memory amid cross examination about the Mary Phagan case. Rosser, Dorsey, and Foyster press for exact statements, the inquest words, and the pencil factory chart while Dobbs identifies murder notes and the body’s position as the adjournment nears.
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Eask
Leo
Mr. Rosser
Mr. Dorsey
Roan
Lcttor
Rosser
Timago
Frank
Mary Phagan
Starnes
Collettor
Mary Phagan Family Attend Frank Trial Questioning
Testimony notes Lee described recognizing the victim as a white girl by frizzy hair and facial features after seeing the body, while questions arise whether he approached closer to the body or knew more about the event. The attorney pushes for Dobbs to recount finding the notes.
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Lee
Sergeant Dobbs Testimony in Phagan Case Afternoon Session
Sergeant Dobbs resumed testimony detailing the basement discovery. He described finding a blue hat and slipper, the corpse in a basket, and the body’s cold, rigid state. The defense pressed questions on how the body could have been lowered through the scuttle hole and carried to the elevator.
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L. S. Dobbs
Attorney Rosser
Brown
Solicitor General
Mary Phagan
Lee
Newt
Oman
Iid
Discovery Of Body Of Girl In Basement Tells Of Investigation
Officer L Dobbs testified about the 3:20 a m April 27 call to the factory and the retrieval of a girl’s body. He described a tight cord around the neck with torn underclothing, noting a white complexion and blood near the skull, and identified notes tied to the crime scene while implicating Lee as a possible suspect.
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L. §. Dobbs
Lee
Anderson and Brown
Boots” Rogers
Britt Craig
The
Constitution
Boss
Dragged body details emerge in coroner hearing
Witnesses discuss how the body of a girl may have been dragged from an elevator shaft to where it lay. Evidence touches on missing shoe and hat ribbon and whether the officer Lee appeared excited. The stenographic notes and sworn testimony are debated as court adjourns after noon.
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Frank
Starne
Rosser
Phaxgan
Inserihea
CIA
Cross
Dorsey
Mr. Rosser
Las
Dobbs
Lee
Dodge-Atlanta
Dodge
Dodge Manufacturing Co
Mishawaka, Ind
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Detective Starnes
Mr. Armbid Sgain
Swort Tasttsaid
Foxser
Mary Pha
Lan
Iver
Counsel For
Defense Object
Ryan
Sload
Hampton Spring
Jacobs’ Pharmacy Co
E. Tries
Mattie Phagan
J. W. Coleman
Ollie Phagan
Palm Beach
Geo. Muse Clothing Co
Sergeant Dobbs
Southern Factory
S. Forsyth Street
Atlanta, GA
Qur Hunter Street
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