JOHN M MINAR, Sworn In For The State, 98th To Testify

JOHN M. MINAR, sworn for the Defendant.

I am a newspaper reporter for the "Atlanta Georgian. " I visited

George Epps Sunday night, April 27th. I went there to ask him and his

sister when was the last time either of them had seen Mary Phagan.

George Epps and sister were both present. I asked them who had seen

Mary Phagan last, and the little girl Epps said she had seen her on the

previous Thursday. George Epps was standing right there and he said

nothing about having seen her Thursday. He said he knew the girl, that

he had ridden to town with her in the mornings occasionally when she went to work. He said nothing as to having seen the girl on Saturday and coming in on the car with her. I directed my questions to both the children.

CROSS EXAMINATION.

I was not seeking evidence for the defendant. There was no defendant at that time. This was on Sunday, the day the body was found. I

have been working under the direction of Mr. Clofein, city editor. Clofein

visited Frank in jail. At that time Mr. Frank had not been mentioned

in connection with the case at all. At the time of the interview

with the little girl and the little boy they were both in the room with their

father. Their father took me out there.