Why, then, did Frank tell the officers that
Newt could have committed the crime? Why
did he send to have Newt’s house searched?
\\ lio “planted" that bloody shirt at Newt's
place—the dirty shirt which had no negro
smell about it?
H hy this horrible attempt to hang an in
nocent darkey—and, afterwards, the innocent
white man, Gantt?
AAhy did Frank never once hint, that Jim
Conley might have done the deed?
Why did Frank employ a lawyer for him
self, before he was arrested?
AA by did Frank pretend he might be able
to get a confession out of Newt Lee. when
he knew that Lee wasn't in the building at
the time Mary was there, BUT THAT CON
LEY JIMS/
Why did the negro shield the Jew?
AA hy did the Jew shield the negro?
And when the negro broke down, and con
fessed his own share in it, why was the white
man afraid to face the negro, and talk to
him, in the presence of witnesses?
Aon answer—“ Because Mr. Rosser was out
of the citv.”
Suppose Jim Conley had accused some in
nocent hotel or factory manager of the* crime,
would that manager have hesitated to face
the lying negro?
Does an innocent college graduate, a white
man of superior intelligence, have to wait for
a lawyer, before he can face a darkey who
accuses him of assault and murder?
FRANK PRETENDED NOT TO KNOW THE
GIIRL.
