Saturday, 9th August 1913 Heres the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?
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The Atlanta Georgian,
Saturday, 9th August 1913,
PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.
THE RIDDLE OF THE CLOCK IN THE PHAGAN MYSTERY
Jim Conley swears Mary Phagan went up the stairs of the National Pencil factory and was murdered before Monteen Stover arrived. He says he saw Miss Stover go up and leave.
Monteen Stover, State's witness, swears she arrived at 12:05.
George Epps, State's witness, swears he and Mary Phagan arrived at Marietta and Forsyth streets at 12:07.
The car crew, defense's witnesses, swear Mary arrived at Broad and Marietta at 12:07 and at Broad and Hunter at 12:10.
If Mary Phagan was at Marietta and Forsyth at 12:07, as the State says, or at Broad and Hunter at 12:10, as the defense says, how could she have preceded Monteen Stover, as Jim Conley says, up the factory stairs, when Miss Stover was in the factory at 12:05?
What's the answer?