00:00Public now knows all facts in murder case, say detectives, Atlanta Journal, Saturday, May 10th,
00:051913, page 1, column 1. Pinkertons declare the state has no evidence of importance that hasn't
00:11been given to the newspapers. Identity of solicitor's detective, a mystery. Chief Lanford
00:16believes he is one of sheriff's capable deputies. Gant questioned, Newt Lee has lawyer. The probe
00:22into the mystery of little Mary Fagan's death two weeks ago still goes on. The small army of
00:27professional, amateur, city, state, and private detectives, which took up the chase of the
00:32murderer soon after the horrible details of the crime became known, still pursues the investigation
00:37with unabated vigor. Solicitor Dorsey's detective, heralded as the best in the world and admitted by
00:43the solicitor to be an A1 man, remains a mystery. Mr. Dorsey refuses to divulge his identity, and even
00:49the attachés of his office profess not to know his name. N. A. Lanford, chief of the city detectives,
00:55who has known not even a twelve-hour working-day law since the crime was discovered, and who has
01:00been vigorously following every tangible lead, treats the entry of Mr. Dorsey's sleuth into the
01:05limelight very lightly, and expresses an opinion that the mysterious man is no other than a very
01:10conscientious and efficient young deputy in the solicitor's office. Public knows all. Officials of
01:16the Pinkerton Agency, which has been employed to ferret out the mystery by the National Pencil
01:21Company, declare that they are well satisfied with the progress made, and add that the public
01:27is now in possession of practically all of the really important points in the state's case.
01:32They regard as highly important the testimony of Miss Monteen Stover. The Pinkertons state that
01:38the identity of the mysterious detective who has been brought into the case by solicitor Dorsey
01:42is not known to them. We welcome any assistance which the alleged detectives can give the state,
01:48for we are only interested in seeing the mystery cleared and the guilty party brought to trial.
01:53However, working with the city department and giving it the benefit of everything we learn,
01:58we have done all that is humanly possible for detectives to do, and we are continuing the
02:03probe with the intention of leaving no stone unturned. Solicitor Dorsey on Saturday again gave
02:08practically his entire time to the Fagan investigation, and interviewed during the
02:13morning many of the city detectives who are working on the case. Gant interviewed. Among the
02:18witnesses whom he saw Saturday was J.M. Gant, who for a few days was held by the detectives in
02:23connection with the case. Gant, it is said, made a statement relative to the nervousness of
02:28Superintendent L.M. Frank when he met Gant at the door of the factory Saturday afternoon two weeks ago.
02:34Newt Lee, the Negro ordered held by the coroner's jury, stated to Deputy Plenty Minor Saturday that in
02:40future he would refuse to talk to anyone except his attorney. The Negro didn't remember his lawyer's
02:45name, but it was later learned that he is being represented by Attorney Bernard L. Chapelier of
02:51609 Temple Court Building. Attorney Murray Donnell, who was first reported to be counsel for the
02:57incarcerated Negro, states that the report is a mistake. As the result of the Fagan investigation,
03:03it is probable that the city council will be asked to allow the city detectives money for
03:08reasonable expenses incurred in their investigations. The city detectives, who are working 16 hours a day
03:14on the case and who have been at the grueling work steadily for two weeks, have incurred considerable
03:19expense, which must come from their own pockets since they are allowed nothing but car fare by the
03:24city. Important witness. Monteen Stover, a 14-year-old girl of 171 South Forsyth Street, has made an affidavit
03:33declaring that she went to the office of Superintendent L. M. Frank of the National Pencil Factory at 12.05
03:39o'clock on last Memorial Day, and remained there until 12.10 o'clock without seeing any person in the
03:45building. The young girl, who is a former employee of the factory, is regarded as one of the state's most
03:51important witnesses, and her testimony will be used to help strengthen the state's case when the Fagan
03:57murder mystery is investigated by the grand jury. Mr. Frank testified at the inquest that he remained
04:03in his office from the time the stenographer, Miss Hall, left as the noon whistles blew until the arrival
04:09of Lemmy Quinn at 12.25 o'clock. He also declared that Mary Fagan entered the office about five minutes
04:15after 12 o'clock, the time Miss Stover says that she came to the office and found it empty. According
04:21to Miss
04:21Stover, she walked up the steps at 12.05 and looked at the clock, which she was accustomed to punch,
04:27and went straight to the office. There was no one in the outer office, so she went to Mr. Frank's
04:32private office and found it empty. She waited for five minutes, she says, and having heard no one in
04:37the building left. The detectives found this witness last Saturday when she returned to the factory to
04:42get the pay envelope, which she failed to get on her trip to the factory the week before. She was
04:47with
04:48her mother on this second trip, and they told of the former visit when the officers who were stationed at
04:52the door of the factory stopped them. Miss Stover is a daughter of Mrs. Homer Edmondson, a boarding
04:58housekeeper, and she is now employed as salesgirl at a local store. She worked at the pencil factory
05:03for about a year, she says. The solicitor has another unpublished affidavit in his office, which is of
05:08doubtful value in the case. Heard screams. A woman pedestrian, whose name Mr. Dorsey has not made public,
05:15testifies that she passed the pencil factory about 4.30 o'clock on Saturday, April 26th. Then she was
05:21attracted, it is said, by several shrill screams, which came apparently from the basement of the
05:26building. There were three screams in rapid succession, and then they suddenly stopped,
05:31as if the crier had been choked. This witness has been known to the police since Monday following the
05:36tragedy, for then she reported the occurrence to the officials. This is in conflict with the theory
05:41of the detectives that the girl met her death shortly after noon Saturday, county to pay bill.
05:47According to Shelby Smith, chairman of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners,
05:51that body, and not Solicitor Dorsey, is going to pay the bill for the independent investigation
05:56of the Fagan murder mystery, which is being conducted by the Solicitor General.
06:01Mr. Smith states that more than a week ago, the members of the commission agreed to stand the
06:06expense of an investigation, in order that Mr. Dorsey might not be hampered in getting to the
06:11truth of the matter. The commissioners, so Mr. Smith says, have nothing more to do with the case.
06:16They simply told Mr. Dorsey to go ahead, and don't even know who he has employed,
06:20according to the chairman. Mr. Smith will not discuss a pecuniary limit to the cost of the probe,
06:26but says that the board expects Mr. Dorsey to be conservative.
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