Monday, 13th July 1914: Conley Tires Of Jail. Wants To Join “gang”, The Atlanta Journal

Negro Involved in Frank Case Asks Judge to Let Him Serve Sentence

Jim Conley, the Negro factory sweeper, convicted as accessory to the murder of Mary Phagan, wants to quit appealing and go to serving his sentence in the gang, according to a message he sent Judge Hill, of Superior Court, Monday. Judge Hill said he has received other verbal messages like this from Jim, through deputy sheriffs. Jim sent word he was tired of the jail and tired of waiting, and wanted to go to the gang.

Judge Hill directed an investigation of the supersedeas, to determine whether its filling had fixed a stay of the sentence. If it has not, he said, he probably will issue an order sending Jim to the gang to serve his twelve 'months' sentence.