I couldnt tell you whether I drew my money Thanksgiving Day or not. Up to Christmas I used to run the elevator, then they put me on >the fourth floor to clean up. I didnt ask Miss Small on Monday what the extra had in it and I didnt say Mr. Frank is just as innocent as you are. I disremember when I first told about it. They came back down, they didnt go out and she says, All right, James. About an hour after that Mr. Frank came down. The next Saturday I watched, he was sick and wasnt there. I cant prove he done it but I can prove, I cant prove I didnt do it, but I know I didnt start it, Teresa says. That was not so. The girls body was lying somewhere along there about No. Yes, the reason I didnt draw my money was because I didnt want to pay them. Scott and Black were both there. JAMES CONLEY, sworn for the State, June 4, 5, and 6. A deep search of public records, regional church baptismal files, and Georgia Vital Statistics Office reveals no surviving documents concerning Jim Conleys birth or death. Insurance agent Tom Drew contacted authorities to say he had recently received ahandwritten letter from Jim, in which he indicated he was contemplating suicide, according to local news websiteThe Chattanoogan. I dont know whether I have ever corrected that mistake or not. I worked before that for Orr Stationery Company for three or four months. As to why I told them that story, because I did meet him there. I never have seen the night watchman in the factory. Yes, we used to go down in the basement and drink together, but he aint the only man. I didnt know either one of the ladies. He said A lady will be in here in a little while, me and her are going to chat, I dont want you to do no work, I just want you to watch. In about half an hour the lady came. The reason I opened the trap door because she said she was ready, I knew where she was going because Mr. Frank told me to watch, he told me where they were going. Leo Frank and Other Associated Principals in the Early Print Media of Newspapers and Magazines During the 20th Century, Including the Notable March 9, 1914, Atlanta Constitution, Leo Max Frank Jailhouse Interview Admission Amounting to Leo Frank Murder Confession Number Four. She wrote the note and folded it up and he read June on the back of it and he laughed at it. James Conley, Jr. Conley was born Aug. 31, 1943, in Madison to James E. Conley, MD and Lillian Quirk Conley. 9 on that picture (States Exhibit A). Contact. Then there was Joe Pride, he told me he drew $8.40 a week. I did tell them about Mr. Frank stamping his foot. I spell Uncle Remus O-n-e Rines. I spell Luxury L-u-s-t-r-i-s. I spell Thomas Jefferson T-o-m Je-f-f- or J-e-i-s-s. I spell George Washington J-o-e W-i-s-h-t-o-n. After Mr. Frank found out what I meant he understood it. Yes, I told them I went from Peters Street and met him at the corner of Nelson and Forsyth before I went to the factory. I dont remember now whether I told them at that time or not. I think I punched when I went out. When we got to the factory we both went on the inside, and Mr. Frank stopped me at the door and when he stopped me at the door he put his hand on the door and turned the door and says: You see, you turn the knob just like this and there cant nobody come in from the outside, and I says, All right, and I walked back to a little box back there by the trash barrel. Mr. Holloway and the peg-legged negro went upstairs and came down before Mr. Darley left the factory. I couldnt tell to save my life how long the door stayed locked. After an hour and a half Mr. Frank came down and unlocked the doors and says, Everything is all right. He then went and looked up the street and told the lady to come on downstairs. Jim Conley spoke at the trial with the kind of glib aloofness that made him appear almost entirely too credible, even after three days of grueling cross-examination by Luther Rosser, known for getting under peoples skin. She will first be eligible in 2041 at the age of 67. They would jolly me together. I disremember whether anybody else drew my money for me the second Saturday I watched for him. According to people who worked at Dr. Kohnles office, she was using marijuana and methamphetamine, said Franklin. She had hair like Mr. Hoopers. I dont remember what time he left. Investigators obtained footage from Chick-fil-A which showed Teresa and the kids arriving at 9:17 a.m. on the morning of the fire. https://www.leofrank.org/images/georgia-supreme-court-case-files/2/0074.jpg. I had orders from Mr. Frank to write down how many boxes we needed and give it to him. Life and Family Background of James Conley. Caleb said that on the morning of his fathers death, he got in the car with his sister and Robin while his mother went back inside the house. Professor of Law, University of Georgia School of Law, Reviews: Leonard Dinnersteins Book, The Leo Frank Case (1968, 1987, 1999) and Steve Oneys Book (2003) And the Dead Shall Rise: The Murder of Mary Phagan and Lynching of Leo Frank. It gave the impression that Leo Franks reticence was intended to protect his purported accomplice-after-the-fact. Using a thermal imaging camera, firefighters detected a body on the floor behind the bed. No they wouldnt ask how many hours I was here, they would just ask if I was here a certain hour and then they would pay me for the full day, whether I punched the clock or not, just so I punched it in the morning. I met Mr. Frank that morning about eight oclock. Everybody kind of knew it. That was about half past four. I told them I started for the laundry after leaving Mr. Frank at the factory. Teresa Kohnle, the Ringgold woman accused 3 years ago of arson and murder in the death of her chiropractor husband, was sentenced Friday to life in prison with the possibility of parole. As to whether I couldnt walk off and keep them from seeing it, if I didnt tear it open, then they would keep up with me until I did. What was Jim concealing by putting that event in the afternoon? When I went back to see about the girl, it wouldnt have taken more than about a minute to go down and lock and unlock the door. Another reason why is, because Mr. Frank taken that and folded it up like he wasnt going to use it. JIM CONLEY. I know he done it. Employees at the Alpha Wellness Center told investigators there were rumors of infidelity in the Kohnles' marriage. Dr. Teresa Conley, DDS is a dentist in Swansboro, NC. I said if I was a white man I would go on out. He told me when the lady came he would stomp and let me know that was the one and for me to lock the door. I was sitting on the box all the time. I made a deal with Jim Bentley to work on a 1946 Harley-Davidson. I went to school about a year. Teresa Conley Public Records for Teresa Conley Found We found 109 entries for Teresa Conley in the United States. -. Yes, I heard the stamping before I locked the door, and I heard the scream before I heard the stamping. Sign. A 1994 graduate of West Virginia University's School of Dentistry and a dentist in the United States Navy from 1994 to 1997, Dr. Conley has been in private practice in Swansboro since 1997. I have swept on the second floor, but not in the metal department. No one else came in after Mr. Quinn except Mary Phagan. Visiting the dentist shouldnt be hard or inconvenient and Dr. Conley and her staff ensure that their patients actually look forward to an enjoyable and relaxing experience. I saw him next time on Tuesday on the fourth floor when I was sweeping. He didnt give me time to stop the elevator, he was so nervous and trembly, and before the elevator got to the top of the first floor Mr. Frank made the first step onto the elevator and by the elevator being a little down like that, he stepped down on it and hit me quite a blow right over about my chest and that jammed me up against the elevator and when we got near the second floor he tried to step off before it got to the floor and his foot caught on the second floor as he was stepping off and that made him stumble and he fell back sort of against me, and he goes on and takes the keys back to his office and leaves the box unlocked. Frank, you are a white man and you done it, and I am not going down there and burn that myself. He looked at me then kind of frightened and he said Let me see that money and he took the money back and put it back in his pocket, and I said, Is this the way you do things? and he said, You keep your mouth shut, that is all right. And Mr. Frank turned around in his chair and looked at the money and he looked back at me and folded his hands and looked up and said, Why should I hang? I have been in prison seven or eight times within the last four or five years. I dont know what time. He taken it and put it in the safe. The Saturday after that, I think about the first of August, I did some more watching for him. He saw Snowball standing there, I have been at the factory over two years. As to how they would know how much to put in the envelope, when I didnt punch, they would come and ask if I was here every time I didnt ring in, and they would ask Mr. Holloway if I was here. 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Mr. Frank didnt say a thing about why he wanted me at the corner of Nelson and Forsyth Street. It was right after New Year, one or two, or three or four days after. I saw Mr. Holloway at the factory the first Saturday I watched for Mr. Frank. The only thing I remember Mr. Frank telling me was not to let Mr. Darley see me around the door, that a young lady would be up there after awhile to chat, and he wanted me to watch for him. The arrest was inspired by the day watchman, E. F. Holloway, who called the Atlanta station house, reportedly because he saw Conley suspiciously cleaning out reddish-colored spots, which had the appearance of blood, from a blue shirt. I cant read a paper right through. Teresa believes that the more education you have the better you are and she demonstrates this by attending as many education events as she can. The abridged trial testimony of Jim Conley with questions and answers starts at around page 50/552 and ends at around 110/552. In total, Jim worked for a little more than two years at the NPCo from the spring of 1911 until Thursday, May 1, 1913, when the Atlanta police arrested him during the Mary Phagan murder investigation. To top off the opulent bath, Jim was given a clean shave and haircut. I didnt see Mr. Darley go up after I got back from Montags. When I got to the top of the stairs, Mr. Frank had that cord in his hands. Given only eight Negro employees worked for the NPCo factory out of about 170 employees, Conley was naturally a suspect. Details JimConley age 43 / Feb 1978 I didnt want to tell it all right at one time. 106 years later, we might finally find out for sure by Steve Oney, Atlanta Magazine, July 2019. The rest of them could have seen me if they had looked. The reason I let them draw my money I owed some of them, and some of them owed me and I wanted them to pay me first before I paid them. It was never clear if Jims real last name was indeed Connolly or not, because on some legal documents surrounding the Leo Frank capital murder trial his last name was listed as both Connolly or Connally and later Conley. The handwriting on the notes clearly did not look similar to Mary Phagans when compared to a poem she had copied and given to her father, nor did the cursive resemble a postcard she wrote to her mother. It dont do me no good because I cant make any out. I know I could have put it in my pocket, but I couldnt tear it open unless I took it out. Some Leo Frank authors have claimed that Jim Conley passed away during the early 1960s. I think she had on black clothes. I knew they paid employees off at twelve oclock. Mr. Dalton gave me a quarter and went out laughing and the lady went up the steps. 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