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MISS MYRTICE CATO AND MISS MAGGIE GRIFFIN, Sworn In For The State, 160th To Testify

MISS MYRTICE CATO and MISS MAGGIE GRIFFIN, both sworn for the State, testified that they had seen Miss Rebecca Carson...
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S L ASHER, Sworn In For The Defendant, 200th To Testify

S. L. ASHER, sworn for the Defendant in sur-rebuttal.About two weeks ago I was coming to town between 5 and...
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N SINKOVITZ, Sworn In For The Defendant, 199th To Testify

N. SINKOVITZ, sworn for the Defendant, in sur-rebuttal.I am a pawnbroker. I know M. E. Mc Coy. He has pawned...
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MISS C S HAAS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 198th To Testify

MISS C. S. HAAS, sworn for the Defendant, in sur-rebuttal.I heard Kendley two weeks ago talk about the Frank case...
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M E STAHL, Sworn In For The Defendant, 197th To Testify

M. E. STAHL, sworn for the Defendant, in sur-rebuttal.I have heard George Kendley, the conductor, express his feelings toward Leo...
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T Y BRENT, Sworn In For The Defendant, 196th To Testify

T. Y. BRENT, sworn for the Defendant in sur-rebuttal.I have heard George Kendley on several occasions express himself very bitterly...
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DR JOHN FUNK, Sworn In For The State, 195th To Testify

DR. JOHN FUNK, sworn for the State in rebuttal.I am professor of pathology and bacteriologist. I was shown by Dr....
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DR GEORGE M NILES, Sworn In For The State, 194th To Testify

DR. GEORGE M. NILES, sworn for the State in rebuttal.I confine my work to diseases of digestion. Every healthy stomach...
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DR CLARENCE JOHNSON, Sworn In For The State, 193rd To Testify

DR. CLARENCE JOHNSON, sworn for the State in rebuttal.I am a specialist on diseases of the stomach and intestines. I...
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J N STARNES, Sworn In For The State, 192nd To Testify

J. N. STARNES, sworn for the State in rebuttal.There were no spots around the scuttle hole where the ladder is...
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Friday, 23rd May 1913 Frank Feeling Fine But Will Not Discuss His Case

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Atlanta Georgian Friday, May 23rd, 1913 Leo Frank was seen this morning by a reporter for the first time since he was put in jail. He absolutely refused to talk on the Mary Phagan murder mystery, saying he had been advised not to say a word. "What do you know about the affidavit, charging that on the night of the murder of Mary Phagan you called Mrs. Nina Famby on the telephone and tried to engage a room for yourself and a young girl?" "I will not talk," said Frank. "I have been cautioned not to say one word." "Do

Tuesday, 29th April 1913 Slayers Hand Print Left On Arm Of Girl

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  Atlanta Georgian Tuesday, April 29th, 1913 Page 2, Column 1 Hope for apprehension of the slayer of Mary Phagan has come to the police with the discovery of distinct finger prints, stamped in blood on the sleeve of the dead girl's jacket. The discovery was made by a Georgian reporter in the course of a minute inspection of the girl's clothes yesterday evening. The finger prints are on the right arm of the light silk dress. The imprints of two fingers are just below the shoulder, staining purple the lavender of the child's dress and penetrating to the arm,

MISS MYRTICE CATO AND MISS MAGGIE GRIFFIN, Sworn In For The State, 160th To Testify

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MISS MYRTICE CATO and MISS MAGGIE GRIFFIN, both sworn for the State, testified that they had seen Miss Rebecca Carson go into the ladies' dressing room on the fourth floor with Leo M. Frank two or three times during working hours; that there were other ladies working on the fourth floor at the time this happened.MISS MYRTICE CATO AND MISS MAGGIE GRIFFIN,, Sworn In For The State, 160th To Testify

S L ASHER, Sworn In For The Defendant, 200th To Testify

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S. L. ASHER, sworn for the Defendant in sur-rebuttal.About two weeks ago I was coming to town between 5 and 10 minutes to 1 on the car and there was a man who was talking very loud about the Frank case, and all of a sudden he said: "They ought to take that damn Jew out and hang him anyway." I took his number down to report him.CROSS EXAMINATION.I have not had a chance to report since it happened.S L ASHER, Sworn In For The Defendant, 200th To Testify

M E STAHL, Sworn In For The Defendant, 197th To Testify

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M. E. STAHL, sworn for the Defendant, in sur-rebuttal.I have heard George Kendley, the conductor, express his feelings toward Leo Frank. I was standing on the rear platform, and he said that Frank was as guilty as a snake, and should be hung, and that if the court didn't convict him that he would be one of five or seven that would get him.M E STAHL, Sworn In For The Defendant, 197th To Testify

MISS C S HAAS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 198th To Testify

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MISS C. S. HAAS, sworn for the Defendant, in sur-rebuttal.I heard Kendley two weeks ago talk about the Frank case so loud that the entire street car heard it. He said that circumstantial evidence was the best kind of evidence to convict a man on and if there was any doubt, the State should be given the benefit of it, and that 90 per cent. of the best people in the city, including himself, thought that Frank was guilty and ought to hang.MISS C S HAAS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 198th To Testify

N SINKOVITZ, Sworn In For The Defendant, 199th To Testify

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N. SINKOVITZ, sworn for the Defendant, in sur-rebuttal.I am a pawnbroker. I know M. E. Mc Coy. He has pawned his watch to me lately. The last time was January 11, 1913. It was in my place of business on the 26th of April, 1913. He paid up his loan on August 16th, last Saturday, during this trial. This is the same watch I have been handling for him during the last two years.CROSS EXAMINATION.My records here show that he took it out Saturday.N SINKOVITZ, Sworn In For The Defendant, 199th To Testify

DR JOHN FUNK, Sworn In For The State, 195th To Testify

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DR. JOHN FUNK, sworn for the State in rebuttal.I am professor of pathology and bacteriologist. I was shown by Dr. Harris sections from the vaginal wall of Mary Phagan, sections taken near the skin surface. I didn't see sections from the stomach or the contents. These sections showed that the epithelium wall was torn off at points immediately beneath that covering in the tissues below, and there was infiltrated pressure of blood. They were, you might say, engorged, and the white blood cells in those blood vessels were more numerous than you will find in a normal blood vessel. The

T Y BRENT, Sworn In For The Defendant, 196th To Testify

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T. Y. BRENT, sworn for the Defendant in sur-rebuttal.I have heard George Kendley on several occasions express himself very bitterly towards Leo Frank. He said he felt in this case just as he did about a couple of negroes hung down in Decatur; that he didn't know whether they had been guilty or not, but somebody had to be hung for killing those street car men and it was just as good to hang one nigger as another, and that Frank was nothing but an old Jew and they ought to take him out and hang him anyhow.CROSS EXAMINATION.I have

DR CLARENCE JOHNSON, Sworn In For The State, 193rd To Testify

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DR. CLARENCE JOHNSON, sworn for the State in rebuttal.I am a specialist on diseases of the stomach and intestines. I am a physiologist. A physiologist makes his searches on the living body; the pathologist makes his on a dead body. If you give anyone who has drunk a chocolate milk at about eight o'clock in the morning, cabbage at 12 o'clock and 30 or 40 minutes thereafter you take the cabbage out and it is shown to be dark like chocolate and milk, that much contents of any kind vomited up three and a half hours afterwards would show an

DR GEORGE M NILES, Sworn In For The State, 194th To Testify

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DR. GEORGE M. NILES, sworn for the State in rebuttal.I confine my work to diseases of digestion. Every healthy stomach has a certain definite and orderly relation to every other healthy stomach. Assuming a young lady between thirteen and fourteen years of age at 11:30 April 26, 1913, eats a meal of cabbage and bread, that the next morning about three o'clock her dead body is found. That there are indentations in her neck where a cord had been around her throat, indicating that she died of strangulation, her nails blue, her face blue, a slight injury on the back

J N STARNES, Sworn In For The State, 192nd To Testify

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J. N. STARNES, sworn for the State in rebuttal.There were no spots around the scuttle hole where the ladder is immediately after the murder. Campbell and I arrested Minola Mc Knight to get a statement from her. We turned her over to the patrol wagon and we never saw her any more until the following day, when we called Mr. Craven and Mr. Pickett to come down and interview her. We stayed on the outside while she was on the inside with Craven and Pickett. They called us back and I said to her, "Minola, the truth is all we

VERA EPPS, Sworn In For The State, 188th To Testify

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VERA EPPS, sworn for the State in rebuttal.My brother George was in the house when Mr. Minar was asking us about the last time we saw Mary Phagan. I don't know if he heard the questions asked. George didn't tell him that he didn't see Mary that Saturday. I told him I had seen Mary Phagan Thursday.VERA EPPS, Sworn In For The State, 188th To Testify

C J MAYNARD, Sworn In For The State, 189th To Testify

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C. J. MAYNARD, sworn for the State in rebuttal.I have seen Burtus Dalton go in the factory with a woman in June or July, 1912. She weighed about 125 pounds. It was between 1:30 and 2 o'clock in the afternoon on a Saturday.CROSS EXAMINATION.I was ten feet from the woman. I didn't notice her very particularly. I did not speak to them.C J MAYNARD, Sworn In For The State, 189th To Testify

W T HOLLIS, Sworn In For The State, 190th To Testify

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W. T. Hollis, sworn for the State in rebuttal.Mr. Reed rides out with me every morning. I don't remember talking to J. D. Reed on Monday, April 29th, and telling him that George Epps and Mary Phagan were on my car together. I didn't tell that to anybody. I say like I have always said, that if he was on the car I did not see him.W T HOLLIS, Sworn In For The State, 190th To Testify

HARRY SCOTT, Sworn In For The State, 186th To Testify

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HARRY SCOTT, sworn for the State in rebuttal.I picked up cord in the basement when I went through there with Mr. Frank. Lee's shirt had no color on it, excepting that of blood. I got the information as to Conley's being able to write from Mc Worth when I returned to Atlanta. As to the conversation Black and I had, with Mr. Frank about Darley, Mr. Frank said Darley was the soul of honor and that we had the wrong man; that there was no use in inquiring about Darley and he knew Darley could not be responsible for such

L T KENDRICK, Sworn In For The State, 187th To Testify

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L. T. KENDRICK, sworn for the State in rebuttal.I was night watchman at the pencil factory for something like two years. I punched the clocks for a whole night's work in two or three minutes. The clock at the factory needed setting about every 24 hours. It varied from three to five minutes. That is the clock slip I punched (State's Exhibit P). I don't think you could have heard the elevator on the top floor if the machinery was running or anyone was knocking on any of the floors. The back stairway was very dusty and showed that they

IVY JONES C, Sworn In For The State, 185th To Testify

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IVY JONES (c), sworn for the State in rebuttal.I saw Jim Conley at the corner of Hunter and Forsyth Streets on April 26th 1913. He came in the saloon while I was there, between one and two o'clock. He was not drunk when I saw him. The saloon is on the opposite corner from the factory. We went on towards Conley's home. I left him at the corner of Hunter and Davis Street a little after two o'clock.IVY JONES C, Sworn In For The State, 185th To Testify

TILLANDER, Sworn In For The State, 181st To Testify

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TILLANDER, sworn for the State in rebuttal.Mr. Graham and I went to the pencil factory on April 26th, about 20 minutes to 12. We went in from the street and looked around and I found a negro coming from a dark alley way, and I asked him for the office and he told me to go to the second floor and turn to the right. I saw Conley this morning. I am not positive that he is the man. He looked to be about the same size. When I went to the office the stenographer was in the outer office.

E K GRAHAM, Sworn In For The State, 182nd To Testify

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E. K. GRAHAM, sworn for the State in rebuttal.I was at the pencil factory April 26th, with Mr. Tillander, about 20 minutes to 12. We met a negro on the ground floor. Mr. Tillander asked him where the office was, and he told him to go up the steps. I don't know whether it was Jim Conley or not. He was about the same size, but he was a little brighter than Conley. If he was drunk I couldn't notice it, I wouldn't have noticed it anyway.CROSS EXAMINATION.Mr. Frank and his stenographer were upstairs. He was at his desk. I

J W COLEMAN, Sworn In For The State, 183rd To Testify

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J. W. COLEMAN, sworn for the State in rebuttal.I remember a conversation I had with detective Mc Worth. He exhibited an envelope to me with a figure "5" on the right of it.CROSS EXAMINATION.This does not seem to be the envelope he showed me. (Defendant's Exhibit 47 (*51). The figure "5" was on it. I don't see it now. I told him at the time that Mary was due $1.20, and that "5" on the right would not suit for that.J W COLEMAN, Sworn In For The State, 183rd To Testify

W W ROGERS, Sworn In For The State, 179th To Testify

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W. W. ROGERS, sworn for the State in rebuttal.On Sunday morning after the murder, I tried to go up the stairs leading from the basement up to the next floor. The door was fastened down. The staircase was very dusty, like it had been some little time since it had been swept. There was a little mound of shavings right where the chute came down on the basement floor. The bin was about a foot and a half from the chute.W W ROGERS, Sworn In For The State, 179th To Testify

LOUIS INGRAM, Sworn In For The State, 176th To Testify

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LOUIS INGRAM, sworn for the State in rebuttal.I am a conductor on the English Avenue line. I came to town on that car on April 26th. I don't know what time we came to town. I have seen that car come in ahead of time several times, sometimes as much as four minutes ahead. I know Matthews, the motorman. I have ridden in with him when he was ahead of time several times.CROSS EXAMINATION.It is against the rules to come in ahead of time, and also to come in behind time. They punish you for either one.LOUIS INGRAM, Sworn In

W M MATTHEWS, Sworn In For The State, 177th To Testify

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W. M. MATTHEWS, sworn for the State in rebuttal.I have talked with this man Dobbs (W. C.) but I don't know what I talked about. I have never told him or anybody that I saw Mary Phagan get off the car with George Epps at the corner of Marietta and Broad. It has been two years since I have been tried for an offense in this court.CROSS EXAMINATION.I was acquitted by the jury. I had to kill a man on my car who assaulted me.W M MATTHEWS, Sworn In For The State, 177th To Testify

N KELLY, Sworn In For The State, 174th To Testify

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N. KELLY, sworn for the State in rebuttal.I am a motorman of the Georgia Railway & Power Co. On April 26th, I was standing at the corner of Forsyth and Marietta Street about three minutes after 12. I was going to catch the College Park car home about 12:10. I saw the English Avenue car of Matthews and Mr. Hollis arrive at Forsyth and Marietta about 12:03. I knew Mary Phagan. She was not on that car. She might have gotten off there, but she didn't come around. I got on that car at Broad and Marietta and went around

W B OWENS, Sworn In For The State, 175th To Testify

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W. B. OWENS, sworn for the State in rebuttal.I rode on the White City line of the Georgia Railway & Electric Co. It is due at 12:05. Two minutes ahead of the English Avenue car. We got to town on April 26th, at 12:05. I don't remember seeing the English Avenue car that day. I have known that car to come in a minute ahead of us, sometimes two minutes ahead. That was after April 26th. I don't recall whether it occurred before April 26th.W B OWENS, Sworn In For The State, 175th To Testify

GEORGE KENDLEY, Sworn In For The State, 172nd To Testify

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GEORGE KENDLEY, sworn for the State in rebuttal.I am with the Georgia Railway & Power Co. I saw Mary Phagan about noon on April 26th 1913. She was going to the pencil factory from Marietta Street. When I saw her she stepped off of the viaduct.CROSS EXAMINATION.I was on the front end of the Hapeville car when I saw her. It is due in town at 12 o'clock. I don't know if it was on time that day. I told several people about seeing her the next day. If Mary Phagan left home at 10 minutes to 12, she ought

HENRY HOFFMAN, Sworn In For The State, 173rd To Testify

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HENRY HOFFMAN, sworn for the State in rebuttal.I am inspector of the street car company. Matthews is under me a certain part of the day. On April 26th he was under me from 11:30 to 12:07. His car was due at Broad and Marietta at 12:07. There is no such schedule as 12:07. I have been on his car when he cut off the Fair Street car. Fair Street car is due at 12:05. I have compared watches with him. They vary from 20 to 40 seconds. We are supposed to carry the right time. I have called Matthews attention

M E MCCOY, Sworn In For The State, 171st To Testify

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M. E. Mc COY, sworn for the State, in rebuttal.I knew Mary Phagan. I saw her on April 26th, 1913 in front of Cooledge's place at 12 Forsyth Street. She was going towards pencil company, south on Forsyth Street on right hand side. It was near twelve o'clock. I left the corner of Walton and Forsyth Street exactly twelve o'clock and came straight on down there. It took me three or four minutes to go there.CROSS EXAMINATION.I know what time it was because I looked at my watch. First time I told it was a week ago last Saturday, when

J H HENDRICKS, Sworn In For The State, 169th To Testify

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J. H. HENDRICKS, sworn for the State in rebuttal.I am a motorman for the Georgia Railway & Electric Company. On April 26th I was running a street car on the Marietta line to the Stock Yards on Decatur Street. I couldn't say what time we got to town on April 26th, about noon. I have no cause to remember that day. The English Avenue car, with Matthews and Hollis has gotten to town prior to April 26th, ahead of time. I couldn't say how much ahead of time. I have seen them come in two or three minutes ahead of

J C MCEWING, Sworn In For The State, 170th To Testify

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J. C. Mc EWING, sworn for the State in rebuttal.I am a street car motorman. I ran on Marietta and Decatur Street April 26th. My car was due in town at ten minutes after the hour on April 26th. Hollis' and Matthews' car was due there 7 minutes after the hour. Hendricks car was due there 5 minutes after the hour. The English Avenue frequently cut off the White City car due in town at 12:05. The White City car is due there before the English Avenue. It is due 5 minutes after the hour and the Cooper Street is

DR S C BENEDICT, Sworn In For The State, 168th To Testify

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DR. S. C. BENEDICT, sworn for the State in rebuttal.I am president of the State Board of Health. I was a member of the Board when Dr. Westmoreland preferred charges against Dr. Harris. Those minutes (State's Exhibit N) are correct. I desire to say that we do not wish to open up that question again. Dr. Westmoreland's charges are not recorded here. I don't think they were put on the minutes. The reply to the charges were put in the minutes and the action of the Board. The minutes would show what action the Board took.CROSS EXAMINATIONDr. Harris' reply is

D H PICKETT, Sworn In For The State, 167th To Testify

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D. H. Pickett, sworn for the State in rebuttal.I work at Beck & Gregg Hardware Co. I was present when that paper was signed (State's Exhibit J) by Minola Mc Knight. Albert Mc Knight, Starnes, Campbell, Mr. Craven, Mr. Gordon was present when she made that statement. We questioned her about the statement Albert had made and she denied it all at first. She said she had been cautioned not to talk about this affair by Mrs. Frank or Mrs. Selig. She stated that Albert had lied in what he told us. She finally began to weaken on one or

ALBERT MCKNIGHT, Sworn In For The State, 165th To Testify

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ALBERT Mc Knight, sworn for the State in rebuttal.This sideboard (Defendant's Exhibit 52) sets more this way than it was at the time I was there.CROSS EXAMINATIONI don't know if the sideboard was changed, but it wasn't setting like that is in the corner. I didn't see the sideboard at all, but I don't like the angle of this plat.ALBERT MCKNIGHT, Sworn In For The State, 165th To Testify

R L CRAVEN, Sworn In For The State, 166th To Testify

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R. L. CRAVEN, sworn for the State in rebuttal.I am connected with the Beck and Gregg Hardware Co. Albert Mc Knight also works for the same company. He asked me to go down and see if I could get Minola Mc Knight out when she was arrested. I went there for that purpose. I was present when she signed that affidavit (State's Exhibit J). I went out with Mr. Pickett to Minola Mc Knight's home the latter part of May. Albert Mc Knight was there. On the 3rd day of June, we were down at the station house and they

GEORGE GORDON, Sworn In For The State, 164th To Testify

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GEORGE GORDON, sworn for the State in rebuttal.I am a practicing lawyer. I was at the police station part of the time when Minola Mc Knight was making her statement. I was outside of the door most of the time. I went down there with habeas corpus proceedings to have her sign the affidavit and when I got there the detectives informed me that she was in the room, and I sat down and waited outside for her two hours, and people went in and out of the door, and after I had waited there I saw the stenographer of

W P MERK, Sworn In For The State, 163rd To Testify

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W. P. MERK, sworn for the State in rebuttal.I have been a motorman for about three years, in the employ of the Georgia Railway & Electric Company. I know Daisy Hopkins. I have met her at the corner of Whitehall and Alabama Street between 2:30 and 3:30 on a Saturday. She said she was going to pencil factory. I made an engagement with her to go to her room to see her that Saturday. I was in a room with her at the corner of Walker and Peters Street about 8:30 o'clock. She told me she had been to the

MISS DEWEY HEWELL, Sworn In For The State, 159th To Testify

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MISS DEWEY HEWELL, sworn for the State in rebuttal.I stay in the Home of the Good Shepherd in Cincinnati. I worked at the pencil factory four months. I quit in March, 1913. I have seen Mr. Frank talk to Mary Phagan two or three times a day in the metal department. I have seen him hold his hand on her shoulder. He called her Mary. He would stand pretty close to her. He would lean over in her face.CROSS EXAMINATION.All the rest of the girls were there when he talked to her. I don't know what he was talking to

J E DUFFY, Sworn In For The State, 161st To Testify

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J. E. DUFFY, sworn for the State in rebuttal.I worked at the National Pencil Company. I was hurt there in the metal department. I was cut on my forefingers on the left hand. That is the cut right around there (indicating). It never cut off any of my fingers. I went to the office to have it dressed. It was bleeding pretty freely. A few drops of blood dropped on the floor at the machine where I was hurt. The blood did not drop anywhere else except at that machine. None of it dropped near the ladies' dressing room, or

W E TURNER, Sworn In For The State, 162nd To Testify

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W. E. TURNER, sworn for the State in rebuttal.I worked at the National Pencil Company during March of this year. I saw Leo Frank talking to Mary Phagan on the second floor, about the middle of March. It was just before dinner. There was nobody else in the room then. She was going to work and he stopped to talk to her. She told him she had to go to work. He told her that he was the superintendent of the factory, and that he wanted to talk to her, and she said she had to go to work. She

MISS RUTH ROBINSON, Sworn In For The State, 158th To Testify

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MISS RUTH ROBINSON, sworn for the State in rebuttal.I have seen Leo M. Frank talking to Mary Phagan. He was talking to her about her work, not very often. He would just tell her, while she was at work, about her work. He would stand just close enough to her to tell her about her work. He would show her how to put rubbers in the pencils. He would just take up the pencil and show her how to do it. That's all I saw him do. I heard him speak to her; he called her Mary. That was last

MISS MAMIE KITCHENS, Sworn In For The State, 157th To Testify

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MISS MAMIE KITCHENS, sworn for the State in rebuttal.I have worked at the National Pencil Company two years. I am on the fourth floor. I have not been called by the defense. Miss Jones and Miss Howard have also not been called by the defense to testify. I was in the dressing room with Miss Irene Jackson when she was undressed. Mr. Frank opened the door, stuck his head inside. He did not knock. He just stood there and laughed. Miss Jackson said, "Well, we are dressing, blame it," and then he shut the door.CROSS EXAMINATION.Yes, he asked us if

R V JOHNSON, Sworn In For The State, 155th To Testify

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R. V. JOHNSON, sworn for the State.I have known C. B. Dalton for about 20 years. His character for truth and veracity is good, and I would believe him on oath.CROSS EXAMINATION.I didn't hear he was indicted for liquor selling before he left my county. He was in good standing when he left the church. I knew he was in the chaingang for stealing about 18 or 20 years ago.W. M. COOK, W. J. ELDER, A. B. HOUSTON, J. T. BORN, W. M. WRIGHT, C. B. Mc Ginnis, F. P. HEFNER, W. C. HALE, LEON BOYCE, M. G. CALDWELL, A.

10 PEOPLE, Sworn In For The Defendant From Miss Myrtie Cato To Carrie Smith, 156th To Testify

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MISS MYRTIE CATO, MAGGIE GRIFFIN, MRS. C. D. DONEGAN, MRS. H. R. JOHNSON, MISS MARIE CARST, MISS NELLIE PETTIS, MARY DAVIS, MRS. MARY E. WALLACE, ESTELLE WINKLE, CARRIE SMITH, all sworn for the Defendant, testified that they were formerly employed at the National Pencil Company and worked at the factory for a period varying from three days to three and a half years; that Leo M. Frank's character for lasciviousness was bad.10 PEOPLE, Sworn In For The Defendant From Miss Myrtie Cato To Carrie Smith, 156th To Testify

J T HEARN, Sworn In For The State, 154th To Testify

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J. T. Hearn, sworn for the State.I have known C. B. Dalton from 1890 to 1904. At first his general character was bad, but the last I knowed of him, it was good. I would believe him on oath.CROSS EXAMINATION.I heard of his being indicted for stealing and selling liquor, but the last year he was in Walton County he joined the church and I never heard a word against him after that.J T HEARN, Sworn In For The State, 154th To Testify

7 PEOPLE, Sworn In For The State From J R Floyd To Lem Smith, 153rd To Testify

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J. R. FLOYD, R. M. GODDARD, A. L. GODDARD, N. J. BALLARD, HENRY CARR, J. S. RICE, LEM SMITH, all sworn for the State, testified that they knew Daisy Hopkins; that her general character for truth and veracity was bad and that they would not believe her on oath. J. R. Floyd testified that he heard Daisy Hopkins talk about Frank and said there was a cot in the basement.7 PEOPLE, Sworn In For The State From J R Floyd To Lem Smith, 153rd To Testify

20 PEOPLE,, Sworn In For The Defendant From Misses Corintha Hall To A. C. Holloway, 150th To Testify

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MISSES CORINTHA HALL, ANNIE HOWEL, LILLLIE M. GOODMAN, Velma Hayes, JENNIE MAYFIELD, IDA HOLMES, WILLIE HATCHETT, MARY HATCHETT, MINNIE SMITH, MAJORIE Mc CORD, LENA Mc MURTY, MRS. W. R. JOHNSON, MRS. S. A. WILSON, MRS. GEORGIA DENHAM, MRS. L. O. JONES, MISS ZILLA SPIVEY, CHARLES LEE, N. V. DARLEY, F. ZIGANKI, AND A. C. HOLLOWAY, all sworn for the defendant, testified that they were employees of the National Pencil Company and knew Leo M. Frank, and that his general character was good.20 PEOPLE,, Sworn In For The Defendant From Misses Corintha Hall To A. C. Holloway, 150th To Testify

39 PEOPLE,, Sworn In For The Defendant From D I Macintyre To Nathan Coplan, 151st To Testify

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D. I. MACINTYRE, B. WILDAJER, MRS. DAN KLEIN, ALEX DITTLER, DR. J. E. SOMERFIELD, F. G. SCHIFF, ALL. GUTRAN, JOSEPH GERSHON, PL. D. MCCARLEY, MRS. H. W. MEYER; MRS. DAVID MARX, MRS. A. I. HARRIS, M. S. RICH, L. H. ROSS, MRS. L. H. ROSS, MRS. JOSEPH BROWN, M. M. FITZPATRICK, EMIL DITTMER, WM. BAUER, MISS. HELEN LOBB, AL. FOX, MRS. MARTIN MAY, JULIAN V. BOMHM, MRS. MOLLIE HOSBERG, M. H. SILVERMAN, MRS. M. L. STERN, CHAS. ADLER, MRS. R. A. SOMH, MISS RAY KLEIN, A. J. JONES, L. MISTAIN, J. BERHARD, J. FOX, MARCUS LOEB, FRED, HILLBRON, A. C.

MRS M W CARSON, MARY PIRK, MRS DORA SMALL, MISS JULIA FUSS, R P BUTLER, JOE STELKER,, Sworn In For The Defendant, 152nd To Testify

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MRS. M. W. CARSON, MARY PIRK, MRS. DORA SMALL, MISS JULIA FUSS, R.P. BUTLER, JOE STELKER, all sworn for the defendant, testified that they were employees of the National Pencil Company; that they know Leo M. Frank and that his general character is good.MRS M W CARSON, MARY PIRK, MRS DORA SMALL, MISS JULIA FUSS, R P BUTLER, JOE STELKER,, Sworn In For The Defendant, 152nd To Testify

MISSES ANNIE OSBORNE, REBECCA CARSON, MAUDE WRIGHT, AND MRS ELLA THOMAS,, Sworn In For The Defendant, Denotated As A Cluster Of People Who Testified Separately And Individually, 148th To Testify

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MISSES ANNIE OSBORNE, REBECCA CARSON, MAUDE WRIGHT, AND MRS. ELLA THOMAS, all sworn for the defendant, testified that they were employees of the National Pencil Company; that Mr. Frank's general character was good; that Conley's character for truth and veracity was bad and that they would not believe him on oath.MISSES ANNIE OSBORNE, REBECCA CARSON, MAUDE WRIGHT, AND MRS ELLA THOMAS,, Sworn In For The Defendant, Denotated As A Cluster Of People Who Testified Separately And Individually, 148th To Testify

8 PEOPLE, Sworn In For The Defendant From Misses Mollie Blair To Mrs Barnes, 149th To Testify

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MISSES MOLLIE BLAIR, ETHEL STEWARD, CORA COWAN, B. D. SMITH, LIZZIE WORD, BESSIE WHITE, GRACE ATHERTON, AND MRS. BARNES all sworn for the defendant testified that they were employees of the National Pencil Company, and work on the fourth floor of the factory; that the general character of Leo M. Frank was good; that they have never gone with him at any time or place for any immoral purpose, and that they never heard of his doing anything wrong.8 PEOPLE, Sworn In For The Defendant From Misses Mollie Blair To Mrs Barnes, 149th To Testify

MISS EMILY MAYFIELD, Sworn In For The Defendant, 147th To Testify

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MISS EMILY MAYFIELD, Sworn for the defendant.I worked at the pencil factory last year during the summer of 1912. I have never been in the dressing room when Mr. Frank would come in and look at anybody that was undressing.CROSS EXAMINATION.I work at Jacob's Pharmacy. My sister used to work also at the pencil factory. I don't remember any occasion when Mr. Frank came in the dressing room door while Miss Irene Jackson and her sister were there.MISS EMILY MAYFIELD, Sworn In For The Defendant, 147th To Testify

MRS MATTIE THOMPSON, Sworn In For The Defendant, 144th To Testify

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MRS. MATTIE THOMPSON, sworn for the Defendant.I work on the fourth floor of the pencil factory. I have been there three years. Mr. Frank's general character is good. I have never heard anything against him. I have never met Mr. Frank anywhere or at any time for any immoral purpose. I have made complaint about girls flirting out of the windows with men on the outside. After seven o'clock, the girls are not supposed to be in the dressing room. There is no toilet or bathtub in the dressing room. There is no lock on the door.CROSS EXAMINATION.They were all

MISS IRENE CARSON, Sworn In For The Defendant, 145th To Testify

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MISS IRENE CARSON, sworn for the Defendant.I worked for fifteen months on the fourth floor of the pencil factory. I have known Mr. Frank during that time. His character is good. I am a sister of Miss Rebecca Carson, and a daughter of Mrs. E. H. Carson. I was with my sister on Whitehall Street on April 26th and recollect seeing Mr. Frank there. I have never met Mr. Frank at any time or place for any immoral purpose.MISS IRENE CARSON, Sworn In For The Defendant, 145th To Testify

MRS J J WARDLAW, Sworn In For The Defendant, 146th To Testify

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MRS. J. J. WARDLAW, sworn for the Defendant.I worked at the pencil factory four years. I worked on the fourth floor. Mr. Frank's character is good. I have never met Mr. Frank at any time or place for any immoral purpose.CROSS EXAMINATION.I have never heard of any improper relation of Mr. Frank with any of the girls at the factory. I have never heard of his putting his arm around any girl on the street car, or going to the woods with them.MRS J J WARDLAW, Sworn In For The Defendant, 146th To Testify

MISS BESSIE FLEMING, Sworn In For The Defendant, 143rd To Testify

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MISS BESSIE FLEMING, sworn for the Defendant.I worked as stenographer at Mr. Frank's office from April, 1911, to December, 1911. Mr. Frank's character was unusually good.CROSS EXAMINATIONI am just talking about my personal relations with him. I have never seen him do anything wrong there in the factory. He never made any advances to me or anyone else. I worked right in the same office with him. The foreladies came to the office, the other girls did not very much. I never did see any flirting. I never heard about any. Mr. Frank worked on his financial sheet in the

MISS IRENE JACKSON, Sworn In For The Defendant, 142nd To Testify

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MISS IRENE JACKSON, sworn for the Defendant.I worked at the pencil factory for three years. So far as I know Mr. Frank's character was very well. I don't know anything about him. He never said anything to me. I have never met Mr. Frank at any time for any immoral purpose.CROSS EXAMINATION.I am the daughter of County Policeman Jackson. I never heard the girls say anything about him, except that they seemed to be afraid of him. They never would notice him at all. They would go to work when they saw him coming. Miss Emily Mayfield and I were

MRS EMMA CLARK FREEMAN, Sworn In For The Defendant, 140th To Testify

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MRS. EMMA CLARK FREEMAN, sworn for the Defendant.I have worked at the pencil factory over four years. Mr. Frank's general character is good. I am a married woman. I have known Conley ever since he has been at the factory. His general character for truth and veracity is bad. I would not believe him on oath.CROSS EXAMINATION.I have never heard any suggestion of any wrongdoing on the part of Mr. Frank, either in or out of the factory. I was forelady at the factory for about three years.MRS EMMA CLARK FREEMAN, Sworn In For The Defendant, 140th To Testify

MISS SARAH BARNES, Sworn In For The Defendant, 141st To Testify

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MISS SARAH BARNES, sworn for the Defendant.I worked at the pencil factory over four years. His character is good. I have never heard anything bad. He has been the best of men.CROSS EXAMINATION.No one has talked to me about what I was going to swear. I have told Mr. Arnold what I have told here. I never went with Mr. Frank for any immoral purpose anywhere.MISS SARAH BARNES, Sworn In For The Defendant, 141st To Testify

MISS IDA HAYS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 137th To Testify

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MISS IDA HAYS, sworn for the Defendant.I work at the pencil factory on the fourth floor. I have known Mr. Frank for two years. His general character is good. I have known Conley for two years. His general character for truth and veracity is bad. I would not believe him on oath.CROSS EXAMINATION.Conley borrowed money and promised to pay it back, but he didn't do it. We would get it after awhile. He tried to borrow money from me, but I refused to let him have it.MISS IDA HAYS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 137th To Testify

MISS EULA MAY FLOWERS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 138th To Testify

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MISS EULA MAY FLOWERS, sworn for the Defendant.I work on the second floor of the pencil factory. I have known Mr. Frank for three years. His general character is good. I have known Conley for 2 years. His general character for truth and veracity is bad.CROSS EXAMINATION.His borrowing money and not paying it back is one thing. He has promised and he has never paid back anything he has ever borrowed from me. I had Mr. Gantt take it out of his envelope. I have never met Mr. Frank anywhere for any immoral purpose.MISS EULA MAY FLOWERS, Sworn In For

MISS OPIE DICKERSON, Sworn In For The Defendant, 139th To Testify

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MISS OPIE DICKERSON, sworn for the Defendant.I have worked at the pencil factory for 17 months. Mr. Frank's general character is good. I have never met Mr. Frank for any immoral purpose. I have known Jim Conley ever since I have been at the factory. His general character for truth and veracity is bad. I would not believe him on oath.CROSS EXAMINATION.I know Mr. Darley and Mr. Wade Campbell. I don't remember if I was with them on the night of April 26th. I don't remember where I was.MISS OPIE DICKERSON, Sworn In For The Defendant, 139th To Testify

MRS ADOLPH MONTAG, Sworn In For The Defendant, 135th To Testify

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MRS. ADOLPH MONTAG, sworn for the Defendant.I am a sister of Mr. Sig Montag. I have known Mr. Frank five years. His character is very good.CROSS EXAMINATION.I have heard of his character through the ladies he has lived with. Mrs. Meyers has told me how nice he always was to her. My husband has always spoken well of him. I have heard a great many people speak well of him. I heard his uncle speak well of him. My husband has told me what a fine, intelligent gentleman he was.MRS ADOLPH MONTAG, Sworn In For The Defendant, 135th To Testify

MRS J 0 PARMELEE, Sworn In For The Defendant, 136th To Testify

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MRS. J. O. PARMELEE, sworn for the Defendant.My husband is a stockholder in the National Pencil Company. Mr. Frank's general character is very good.CROSS EXAMINATION.I have seen Mr. Frank at the jail twice. I have only come in contact with him once at the factory. I am a member of the Board of Sheltering Arms, and I have heard a great deal of Mr. Frank in matters of charity and in a social way. I have heard different people speak of him, a great many people. I have heard the Liebermans, the Montags, the Haases, Mrs. Bauer, Mr. Parmalee and

ARTHUR HEYMAN, Sworn In For The Defendant, 133rd To Testify

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ARTHUR HEYMAN, sworn for the Defendant.I practiced law about nineteen years in Atlanta. I have known Leo Frank for three or four years. His general character is good.CROSS EXAMINATION.I have been with him seven or eight times in three years. I have been with him alone, I suppose, five or six times, probably for fifteen or twenty minutes at a time. I have never heard any reference made to his relation with the girls in the factory.ARTHUR HEYMAN, Sworn In For The Defendant, 133rd To Testify

V H KRIEGSHABER, Sworn In For The Defendant, 130th To Testify

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V. H. KRIEGSHABER, sworn for the Defendant.I live in Atlanta. I have known Leo Frank for about three years. His general character is good.CROSS EXAMINATION.I did not come in contact with him frequently. I am a trustee of the Hebrew Orphans' Home and Mr. Frank is also. I met him once a month there. I don't know how long he has been on the board. I have met him there probably twice. He also came quite frequently to the Orphans' Home with his uncle, before he was elected to the board. I did not come in contact with him socially.V

M F GOLDSTEIN, Sworn In For The Defendant, 131st To Testify

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M. F. GOLDSTEIN, sworn for the Defendant.I practice law in Atlanta. I have known Leo Frank about three and a half years. His character is very good.CROSS EXAMINATION.We used to live on the same street together. I would see him nearly every day. I would see him at the Progress Club a few times every month. During the last two years, he was the next ranking officer to me in the Lodge.M F GOLDSTEIN, Sworn In For The Defendant, 131st To Testify

PROF C D ALBERT, Sworn In For The Defendant, 128th To Testify

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PROF. C. D. ALBERT, sworn for the Defendant.I am professor of machine designs in Cornell University. I have held that chair for five years. I knew Leo M. Frank for two years while he attended the University. At that time I was instructor in mechanical laboratory, and as such I came in contact with him. His character was very good.PROF C D ALBERT, Sworn In For The Defendant, 128th To Testify

PROF J E VANDERHOEF, Sworn In For The Defendant, 129th To Testify

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PROF. J. E. VANDERHOEF, sworn for the Defendant.I am foreman of the foundry at Cornell University. I knew Leo Frank for two years when he attended the University. His character was good.CROSS EXAMINATION.I have been at Cornell 25 years. As to what caused me to take any special notice of Leo Frank, I come in contact with him every alternate day while he was there. I know the characteristics of the boys very well. No, I cannot tell what Frank did when he was in the class-room.PROF J E VANDERHOEF, Sworn In For The Defendant, 129th To Testify

HERBERT LASER, Sworn In For The Defendant, 126th To Testify

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HERBERT LASER, sworn for the Defendant.I live in New York State. I manage my father's estates. I knew Leo Frank at Cornell University, during the years 1903-4-5-6. I was in his class, and we roomed together for two years. His general character was very good.CROSS EXAMINATION.He associated with the finest class of students at the University. I kept up a correspondence with him a couple of years after he left Cornell.HERBERT LASER, Sworn In For The Defendant, 126th To Testify

JOHN W TODD, Sworn In For The Defendant, 127th To Testify

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JOHN W. TODD, sworn for the Defendant.I reside in Pittsburgh. I am assistant purchasing agent for the Crucible Steel Co. I attended Cornell University with Leo Frank. I knew him for years during the time I was in College. I am the life treasurer of our class. His general character was good.JOHN W TODD, Sworn In For The Defendant, 127th To Testify

DR LEROY CHILDS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 121st To Testify

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DR. LEROY CHILDS, sworn for the Defendant.I am a surgeon. If a person dies and the body found three o'clock in the morning, rigor mortis not quite complete, embalmed the next day about ten o'clock, the body disinterred nine days later and a post-mortem made, and a wound is found on the back of the head behind the ear, almost two and a quarter inches long going through the skull, there was perhaps a drop of blood under the wound, no pressure on the brain, no fracture of the skull, it would be impossible to determine absolutely at that time

ALFRED LORING LANE, Sworn In For The Defendant, 122nd To Testify

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ALFRED LORING LANE, sworn for the Defendant.I am a resident of Brooklyn, N. Y. I have known Leo Frank about 15 years. I knew him four years at Pratt Institute which we both attended. I also knew him after he returned from Cornell University. His general character is good.ALFRED LORING LANE, Sworn In For The Defendant, 122nd To Testify

JOHN ASHLEY JONES, Sworn In For The Defendant, 120th To Testify

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JOHN ASHLEY JONES, sworn for the defendant.I have known Mr. Frank about a year or eighteen months. His general character is good.CROSS EXAMINATION.I am resident agent for the New York Life Insurance Company. I don't know any of the girls at the pencil factory. I have never heard any talk of Mr. Frank's practices and relations with the girls down there. Mr. Frank has a policy of insurance with us. It is our custom to seek a very thorough report on the moral hazard on all risks. The report on him showed up first class, physically as well as morally.

DR W S KENDRICK, Sworn In For The Defendant, 119th To Testify

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DR. W. S. KENDRICK, sworn for the Defendant.I have been a practicing physician for thirty-five years. I was Dean of the Atlanta Medical College. I gave Dr. Harris his first position there. If a young lady between thirteen and fourteen years of age died and a post-mortem examination was made within eight or ten days after death, by a physician who makes a digital and visual examination to determine whether there is any violence to the vagina or not, and inserts his fingers for the purpose of deciding, and the body is embalmed, and after nine days it is disinterred

DR J C OLMSTEAD, Sworn In For The Defendant, 118th To Testify

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DR. J. C. OLMSTEAD, sworn for the Defendant.Practicing physician for 36 years.Given the facts that a young lady 13 or 14 years old died and 8 or 10 hours after death the body was embalmed with a preparation containing 8% formaldehyde, and the body is exhumed at the end of 9 or 10 days, and a post-mortem examination shows a wound on the left side of the back of the head about an inch and a half long, with cuts through to the skull, but no actual fracture of the skull, but a hemorrhage under the skull corresponding to the

DR WILLIS F WESTMORELAND, Sworn In For The Defendant, 117th To Testify

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DR. WILLIS F. WESTMORELAND, sworn for the Defendant.DIRECT EXAMINATION.A practicing physician for twenty-eight years, general practice and surgery. A professor of surgery for twenty years, and formerly president of the State Board of Health. If the body of a girl between thirteen and fourteen years old was embalmed about ten hours after death, after taking out a gallon of fluid and putting in a gallon of embalming fluid, of which 8% is formaldehyde and the body was buried and nine or ten days after upon a post mortem examination a cut an inch and a half long cutting through to

DR THOMAS HANCOCK, Sworn In For The Defendant, 116th To Testify

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DR. THOMAS HANCOCK, sworn for the Defendant.A doctor for 22 years. Engaged in hospital work 6 or 7 years. Have treated about 14,000 cases of surgery. Have examined the private parts of Leo M. Frank and found nothing abnormal. As far as my examination disclosed he is a normal man sexually.If a body is embalmed about 8 or 10 or 12 hours after death, a gallon of the liquids of the body removed, a gallon of embalming fluid, containing 8% formaldehyde is injected, the body buried and a post mortem examination made at the end of 9 or 10 days,

L M CASTRO, Sworn In For The Defendant, 114th To Testify

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L. M. CASTRO, sworn for the Defendant.I walked from the corner of Marietta and Forsyth Streets to the upstairs of the National Pencil factory on S. Forsyth Street at a moderate gait. It took me 41/2 minutes. I walked from the same place in the pencil factory to the corner of Whitehall and Alabama Streets, and it took me three minutes and twenty seconds. I walked from the corner of Hunter and Broad Streets to the same place in the pencil factory and it took me one minute and a half.L M CASTRO, Sworn In For The Defendant, 114th To

PROF GEO BACHMAN, Sworn In For The Defendant, 115th To Testify

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PROF. GEO. BACHMAN, sworn for the Defendant.Prof. of Physiology and Physiological Chemistry Atl. Col. Phys. & Surgeons.Bomar says it takes 4 hours and a half to digest cabbage. That's for the cabbage to pass from the stomach into the intestines. The gastric digestion takes 4 hours and a half. That is the time it is supposed to be in the stomach. More digestion occurs in the small intestine. The pancreatic juice helps digestion mostly in the small intestine. It consists of water in organic salts of which sodium carbonate is the most important, and a number of ferments. The ordinary

J R LEACH, Sworn In For The Defendant, 112th To Testify

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J. R. LEACH, sworn for the Defendant.I am division superintendent of the Ga. Rwy. & Power Co. I know the schedule of the Georgia Avenue line and the Washington Street line. The Georgia Avenue line leaves Broad and Marietta on the hour and every ten minutes. It takes two minutes to go from Broad and Marietta to the corner of Whitehall and Alabama. It takes 12 or 13 minutes to run from Broad and Marietta to the corner of Georgia Avenue and Washington Street, about ten minutes from Whitehall and Alabama to Georgia Avenue and Washington Street. The Washington Street

K T THOMAS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 113th To Testify

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K. T. THOMAS, sworn for the Defendant.I am a civil engineer. I measured the distance from the intersection of Marietta and Forsyth Streets to the pencil factory on Forsyth Street. It is 1,016 feet. I walked the distance, it took me four and a half minutes. I measured the distance from the pencil factory to the intersection of Whitehall and Alabama; it is 831 feet. I walked the distance and it took me 31/2 minutes. I measured the distance from the pencil factory to the corner of Broad and Hunter; it is 333 feet. I walked it in a minute

C W BERNHARDT, Sworn In For The Defendant, 109th To Testify

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C. W. Bernhardt, sworn for the Defendant.I am a contractor and builder. This (Defendant's Exhibit 52) fairly represents the back porch of the Selig home, as well as the first floor of the house. Standing in the kitchen door you can't look through the passage way and see into the mirror. If you move up a little distance you can see about 18 inches of the mirror. You could see nobody sitting on the south side of the table in the dining room, or on the north side of the table, in fact you cannot see the table at all,

H M WOOD, Sworn In For The Defendant, 110th To Testify

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H. M. Wood, sworn for the Defendant.I am the Clerk of the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Fulton County. Standing in the back kitchen door of the Selig residence, that enters on the back porch and undertaking to look into the dining room, I could not see the mirror in the corner of the dining room at all. Moving up into the kitchen, near the passageway, I could see nothing but top of one chair by looking in the mirror.CROSS EXAMINATION.The view that I could get of the mirror would depend upon where I stood in the kitchen. I

JULIUS A FISCHER, Sworn In For The Defendant, 111th To Testify

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JULIUS A. FISCHER, sworn for the Defendant.I am a contractor and builder. I looked at the house of the Selig's at 68 E. Georgia Avenue. Standing in the kitchen door, I had very little view of the sideboard. You could see possibly an inch in the mirror. You can get no view from the mirror. The test was made sitting down and standing up. The mirror is four feet high from the floor. You could get no view of the dining room table, nor see a man sitting at the table. The mirror is fixed straight up and down. The

J Q ADAMS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 107th To Testify

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J. Q. ADAMS, sworn for the Defendant.I am a photographer. I took photographs of the Selig home at 68 E. Georgia Avenue from the inside and the outside of the back door, looking toward the passageway that leads in the dining room. The door into the dining room was open, for me. This view (Exhibit 62) is view made from the outside of the rear door. I was about three feet outside of the door. The picture does not extend to the mirror, or the sideboard. You could not see them from the outside. This (Exhibit 63 for Defendant) is

T H WILLET, Sworn In For The Defendant, 108th To Testify

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T. H. WILLET, sworn for the Defendant.I am a pattern maker. I made the pattern of pencil factory from a blue print. This is the model (Exhibit 13 for Defendant).CROSS EXAMINATION.The height of the floors is not made according to scale. The floor plan is a correct representation, according to the blue print. The windows in Mr. Frank's office were not put in by me.RE-DIRECT EXAMINATION.I was given no instructions except to follow the ground floor plan as shown on the blue print. This is the blue print (Defendant's Exhibit 85), from which I made the model.T H WILLET, Sworn

R P BUTLER, Sworn In For The Defendant, 105th To Testify

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R. P. BUTLER, sworn for the Defendant.I am the shipping clerk of the Pencil Company. I am familiar with the doors leading into the metal room. They are wooden doors, with glass windows. There is no trouble looking through these windows into the metal room, even when the doors are closed. The glass in the door is about fifteen inches by eighteen inches. Any one of ordinary height can see through them easily.CROSS EXAMINATION.The doors are six feet wide together. The passageway from the elevator back to the metal room is ten feet wide with the exception of that part

I U KAUFFMAN, Sworn In For The Defendant, 106th To Testify

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I. U. KAUFFMAN, sworn for the Defendant.I made a drawing of the Selig residence on Georgia Avenue, in this city, showing the kitchen, dining room, the reception room, parlor and passageway between the kitchen and dining room. The mirror in the dining room is in the sideboard as shown on the plat (Defendant's Exhibit 52). It is fourteen feet from the kitchen door to the passageway in the dining room and the passageway is a little over two feet. Standing in the back door of the kitchen room against the north side of the door, I could not see that

ISAAC HAAS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 103rd To Testify

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ISAAC HAAS, sworn for the Defendant.I know Leo M. Frank for over five years. His character is very good. I did not hear my telephone ring on Sunday morning, April 27th. My wife heard it. The telephone is twenty-two feet from my bed.CROSS EXAMINATION.My wife waked me up when she answered the telephone.ISAAC HAAS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 103rd To Testify

A N ANDERSON, Sworn In For The Defendant, 104th To Testify

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A. N. ANDERSON, sworn for the Defendant.I work at the Atlanta National Bank. That is the original passbook of Leo M. Frank (Defendant's Exhibit 50).CROSS EXAMINATION.I don't know that that's the only bank account that he had. He may have had others. Yes, the pencil company does business with the Atlanta National Bank. I don't know anything about how much money they had on April 26. Mr. Frank's bank book was balanced August 11. These are all the checks that he drew (Defendant's Exhibit 51) during April.RE-DIRECT EXAMINATION.These cancelled checks are the ones that have been paid since April 1,

A D GREENFIELD, Sworn In For The Defendant, 101st To Testify

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A. D. GREENFIELD, sworn for the Defendant.I am one of the owners of the building occupied by the Pencil Company on Forsyth Street. I have owned it since 1900. When we bought the building it was occupied by Montag Bros. They used it as a manufacturing plant. The Clarke Woodenware Company sub-leased part of the first floor from Montag Bros. They used the front door on Montag Bros. in going in there. We have not put in any new floor on the second story of the building. I have known Mr. Frank four or five years. His character is good.CROSS

DR WM OWENS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 102nd To Testify

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DR. WM. OWENS, sworn for the Defendant.I am a physician. I am also engaged in the real estate business. At the request of the defense I went through certain experiments in the pencil factory to ascertain how long it would take to go through Jim Conley's movements relative to moving the body of Mary Phagan. I kept the time while the other men were going through with the performance. I followed them and kept the time. Mr. Wilson of the Atlanta Baggage Co. also kept time with me. Mr. Brent and Mr. Fleming enacted the performance. The performance enacted was

JOHN FINLEY, Sworn In For The Defendant, 100th To Testify

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JOHN FINLEY, sworn for the Defendant.I was formerly master machinist and assistant superintendent of the pencil factory. I have known Mr. Frank about five years. His character was good.CROSS EXAMINATION.I am now superintendent for Dittler Bros. They are not related to the Franks. I left the pencil company about three years ago. I have never heard anything about women going up in the factory after work hours. Mr. Frank and I usually left together about six o'clock. Mr. Frank went to lunch usually about one o'clock. I would sometimes work at the factory all Saturday afternoon. I did that most

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

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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

W D MCWORTH, Sworn In For The Defendant, 99th To Testify

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W. D. Mc WORTH, sworn for the Defendant.I am a Pinkerton detective. I worked for fifteen days on the Frank case. For three days I took statements from the factory employees and on May 15th, I made a thorough search of the ground floor. I found near the front door on the ground floor, stains that might or might not have been blood. All the radiators in the factory had trash, dirt and rubbish behind them. Behind one of the radiators near the Clark Woodenware place, where the partition is, I found much trash, behind the trap door, up against

JOE STELKER, Sworn In For The Defendant, 96th To Testify

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JOE STELKER, sworn for the Defendant.I have got charge of the varnishing department at the pencil factory, about sixty people work under me. I saw the spot that Mr. Barrett claimed he had found in front of the young ladies' dressing room. It looked like someone had some coloring in a bottle and splashed it on the floor. Chief Beavers asked me to find out whether it was varnish or not. I saw the white stuff on it. It looked like a composition they use on the eyelet machine or face powder. They carry that stuff around in buckets in

HARLEE BRANCH, Sworn In For The Defendant, 97th To Testify

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HARLEE BRANCH, sworn for the Defendant.I work for the Atlanta Journal. I had an interview with Jim Conley on two occasions. On May 31st, he told me he didn't see the purse of this little girl. He said that it took about thirty-five minutes after going upstairs until he got out of the factory. He said he finished about 1:30 and then went out. He said that Lemmie Quinn got into the factory about 12 o'clock and remained about 8 or 9 minutes.CROSS EXAMINATION.I am sure about his saying he saw Lemmie Quinn at the factory at that interview. He

NATHAN COPLAN, Sworn In For The Defendant, 95th To Testify

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NATHAN COPLAN, sworn for the Defendant.I remember last Thanksgiving Day was a very disagreeable day. I don't remember whether it snowed. The B'nai B'rith is a charitable organization here composed of young men. They gave a dance out at the Jewish Orphans' Home Thanksgiving evening. Mr. Frank had charge of it. Mr. Frank and his wife were there. I got there about 8 o'clock. They were there at that time. They stayed there until about 10 o'clock.NATHAN COPLAN, Sworn In For The Defendant, 95th To Testify

HENRY SMITH, Sworn In For The Defendant, 93rd To Testify

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HENRY SMITH, sworn for the Defendant.I work at the pencil factory in the metal department. I work with Barrett. He has talked to me about the reward offered in this case. He said it was $4,300, and he thought if anybody was to get it, he was to get it, because he found the blood and hair, and he said he ought to get the first hook at it. He said it six or seven different times.CROSS EXAMINATION.He would come out of the room counting it off on his hands. He did that 2 or 3 times and sort of

MILTON KLEIN, Sworn In For The Defendant, 94th To Testify

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MILTON KLEIN, sworn for the Defendant.I saw Mr. Frank last Thanksgiving evening at a dance given by the B'nai B'rith at the Hebrew Orphans' Home. I also saw him that same afternoon between half past four and six o'clock. The dance lasted from eight to half past eleven. Mr. Frank helped Mr. Copeland and myself give the dance. We were the committee in charge.CROSS EXAMINATION.I was down at the jail to see Mr. Frank when the detectives brought Conley down there. I sent word down that Mr. Frank didn't care to see Conley, that he didn't care to see anyone

R L BAUER, Sworn In For The Defendant, 91st To Testify

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R. L. BAUER, sworn for the Defendant.During the summer of 1909 and 1910, I worked at the National Pencil Company on Saturdays. Since that time I have worked off and on at the factory on Saturdays doing extra work. I have also been up to the office Saturday afternoons, frequently during the past twelve months. I was there while Mr. Schiff was off on his trip. I was up at the office on the Saturday afternoon before Mr. Schiff went away. Mr. Holloway, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Frank and the office boy were there. I have never seen any women in

GORDON BAILEY, C, Sworn In For The Defendant, 92nd To Testify

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GORDON BAILEY, (colored) sworn for the Defendant.I work at the factory. I am sometimes called "Snowball." I never saw Jim Conley talk to Mr. Frank the Friday before the murder. I have never, at any time, heard Mr. Frank ask Conley to come back on any Saturday. I have never seen Mr. Frank bring in any women into the factory. I have never seen Jim Conley guarding or watching the door. I have seen Jim take newspapers and look at it, but I don't know if he read them or not. I have seen him have papers at the station

I M HAMILTON, Sworn In For The Defendant, 90th To Testify

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V. S. Cooper to I. M. Hamilton. All sworn for the defendant.V. S. Cooper, W. T. Mitchell, O. A. Nix, Samuel Craig, B. L. Patterson, Robert Craig, Ed Craig, T. L. Ambrose, J. P. Bird, J. H. Patrick and I. M. Hamilton testified that they lived in Gwinnett or Walton County; that they used to know C. B. Dalton before he left Monroe in Walton County, that his general character for truth and veracity is bad, and that they would not believe him on oath.I M HAMILTON, Sworn In For The Defendant, 90th To Testify

MISS LAURA ATKINSON, Sworn In For The Defendant, 88th To Testify

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MISS LAURA ATKINSON, sworn for the Defendant.I have been in Mr. Dalton's company three times. I never met him at the Busy Bee Cafe. I have never walked with him to or from the pencil company. I have never walked home with him.CROSS EXAMINATION.I worked at the National Pencil factory two days last month. I have known Mr. Dalton six months. I have been in his company three times. I did not know Daisy Hopkins.MISS LAURA ATKINSON, Sworn In For The Defendant, 88th To Testify

MRS MINNIE SMITH, Sworn In For The Defendant, 89th To Testify

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MRS. MINNIE SMITH, sworn for the Defendant.I work at the pencil factory. I do not know C. B. Dalton. I live at 148 S. Forsyth Street. I have never met Dalton or walked home with him. I don't know the man. I know Mr. Frank. I have spoken to him six times in the four years and a half that I worked there.CROSS EXAMINATION WAIVED.MRS MINNIE SMITH, Sworn In For The Defendant, 89th To Testify

ARTHUR PRIDE COLORED, Sworn In For The Defendant, 86th To Testify

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ARTHUR PRIDE (colored), sworn for the Defendant.I worked on the second floor of the factory. On Saturdays I work all over the factory, doing anything that is necessary. Beginning with July of last year I have not missed a single Saturday afternoon at the factory. I would work until about half past four. I have never seen any women come up there and see Mr. Frank, or any drinking going on there, or seen Jim Conley sitting and watching the door. The employees used the back stairs leading from the metal room to the third floor. You can hear the

DAISY HOPKINS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 87th To Testify

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DAISY HOPKINS, sworn for the Defendant.I am a married woman. I worked in the factory from October, 1911, to June 1, 1912. I worked in the packing department on the second floor. Mr. Frank never spoke to me when he would pass. I never did speak to him. I've never been in his office drinking beer, coca-cola, or anything else. I know Dalton when I see him. I never visited the factory with him. I never have been with him until I went to his house to see Mrs. Taylor, who lived with him then. That was the only place

GODFREY WEINKAUF, Sworn In For The Defendant, 84th To Testify

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GODFREY WEINKAUF, sworn for the Defendant.I am superintendent of the Pencil Company's lead plant. Beginning with July, 1912, up until the first week in January, 1913, I visited the office of the pencil factory every other Saturday, between three and five o'clock. I would stay there about two hours. I would find Mr. Holloway, Mr. Frank and Mr. Schiff there. I never saw any women in the office there.CROSS EXAMINATION.I never saw Jim Conley there at the factory on Saturday afternoon. I am sure I saw Holloway there on Saturday afternoon.GODFREY WEINKAUF, Sworn In For The Defendant, 84th To Testify

CHARLIE LEE, Sworn In For The Defendant, 85th To Testify

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CHARLIE LEE, sworn for the Defendant.I am a machinist at the pencil factory. I remember an accident to Duffy in the metal room. His finger was hurt on the eyelet machine, about Oct. 4, 1912. It bled freely and the blood spouted out. There was a lot of the blood on the floor. He went down the hall to the office, by the ladies' dressing room. There was blood at that point. Gilbert also got hurt in the metal room last year. He was bandaged in the office also. In going from the metal room to the office, you go

FRANK PAYNE, Sworn In For The Defendant, 82nd To Testify

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FRANK PAYNE, sworn for the Defendant.I was office boy last Thanksgiving day at the pencil factory. It was snowing that day. I am 16 years old. Mr. Schiff and Mr. Frank were working there in the office that day. Mr. Schiff sent me up on the fourth floor to straighten the boxes up. Jim Conley was there sweeping. He left the factory about 10:20. I left about 11. He had finished his work. I went by the office to get my coat. Mr. Schiff and Mr. Frank were still working. When I left I did not see Conley anywhere about

PHILLIP CHAMBERS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 83rd To Testify

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PHILLIP CHAMBERS, sworn for the Defendant.I am 15 years old. I started working for them December 12, 1912, as office boy, at the pencil factory. I left there March 29, 1913. I stayed in the outer office. On Saturdays I stayed until 4:30 and sometimes until 5 o'clock. I never left before 4:30 on Saturdays. I would go to dinner about 1:30 and get back at 2. Sometimes on Saturdays I would be sent to Montag's for 15 minutes, to get the mail. I would sometimes go out to the Bell Street plant to get the pay roll there. I

D J NIX, Sworn In For The Defendant, 81st To Testify

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D. J. NIX, sworn for the Defendant.I was office boy at the pencil factory from April, 1912, to October, 1912. I worked there every other Saturday until the first of September, and then every Saturday thereafter. I am 19 years old. Before Sept. 1, I worked on Saturdays until between four and six o'clock. On Saturdays after Sept. 1, I worked until between 5:30 and 6. I have never missed any days while I have been at the factory. On Saturday afternoons, Mr. Frank and Mr. Schiff would be there working. I would stay in the outer office. I never

TRUMAN MCCRARY, C, Sworn In For The Defendant, 80th To Testify

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TRUMAN Mc CRARY, (colored), sworn for the Defendant.I am a drayman on the streets of Atlanta. I work for the National Pencil Company. I have hauled for them. I have drayed for them most every Saturday for the past three years. I would work on Saturday afternoons until half past three and sometimes as late as five. I would be sometimes there so late the shipping clerk would be gone. I have never found the front door locked on a Saturday afternoon. I have never seen Jim Conley watching there Saturday afternoon. I have never seen him guarding the door.

SIGMUND MONTAG, Sworn In For The Defendant, 79th To Testify

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SIGMUND MONTAG, sworn for the Defendant.I am engaged in manufacturing stationery. I am treasurer of the National Pencil Company. The company receives its mail at my office, which is two blocks from the pencil factory. Frank comes to my office every day of the year to get the mail and instructions with regard to orders and the business of the factory. He came to my office on April 26th, about ten o'clock and stayed about an hour. He talked to me, my stenographer, Miss Hattie Hall, and Mr. Gottheimer, one of the salesman. Up to about a year ago I

M J GOLDSTEIN, Sworn In For The Defendant, 77th To Testify

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M. J. GOLDSTEIN, sworn for the Defendant.I played cards Saturday night, April 26th, at Mrs. Selig's house. I got there about 8:15. We played in the dining room. Mr. Frank was sitting in the hall. There was nothing unusual about him, no nervousness or anxiety. There was nothing that attracted our attention. I have never known Mr. or Mrs. Frank to play poker. I should say he went to bed about 10:30. His wife followed about fifteen minutes afterwards. I never noticed any marks or bruises about his person.CROSS EXAMINATION.He came in while we were playing to tell us of

I STRAUSS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 78th To Testify

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I. STRAUSS, sworn for the Defendant.I was at the home of Mrs. Selig, Saturday night, playing cards. I got there about 10:30. Mr. Frank let me in. While we played he was sitting in the hall reading. I could see him through the door. There was nothing unusual about him. He went to bed immediately after I got there. His wife went to bed soon afterwards.I STRAUSS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 78th To Testify

MRS M MARCUS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 76th To Testify

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MRS. M. MARCUS, sworn for the Defendant.I am no relation of Mr. or Mrs. Frank. I saw Mr. Frank at half past eight or a quarter to nine in the evening on April 26th, at Mrs. Selig's residence. We played cards there. Mr. Frank opened the door for us. He stayed in the hall reading. We played cards in the dining room. He went to bed between ten and half after ten. He appeared as natural as usual. I left the house about twelve o'clock.CROSS EXAMINATION.We had a game of cards every Saturday afternoon at somebody else's house.MRS M MARCUS,

MRS ALEXANDER E MARCUS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 75th To Testify

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MRS. ALEXANDER E. MARCUS, sworn for the Defendant.I am a sister of Mrs. Leo Frank. I played cards Saturday night at Mrs. Selig's. Mr. Frank was there sitting out in the hall reading, and Mrs. Frank was going in and out of the room. Mr. Frank went to bed after ten o'clock. I noticed nothing unusual about him, no bruises, marks or signs.CROSS EXAMINATION.He came in one time and told me something funny about a baseball joke. We were still playing when he went to bed.MRS ALEXANDER E MARCUS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 75th To Testify

MRS C F URSENBACH, Sworn In For The Defendant, 74th To Testify

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MRS. C. F. URSENBACH, sworn for the Defendant.I am Mrs. Leo Frank's sister. I received a telephone message for Mr. Ursenbach from Mr. Frank through my cook on Saturday at half past one. I saw no scratches, bruises, or marks on Mr. Frank on Sunday. He was nervous as one would have been under the circumstances. He borrowed a rain coat from my husband that afternoon. The rain coat was at our house on Saturday. It was there when my husband asked him if he would wear it on Sunday. Mr. Frank did not have it on Saturday.CROSS EXAMINATION.On Sunday

C F URSENBACH, Sworn In For The Defendant, 73rd To Testify

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C. F. Ursenbach, sworn for the Defendant.I married a sister of Mrs. Leo Frank. I phoned him on Friday and asked him if he would go to the baseball game Saturday. He said he didn't know, he might go and would phone me later and let me know. On Saturday when I got home about twenty minutes to two my cook told me that Mr. Frank had phoned and told me that he wasn't going to the game. I saw him on Sunday, after the murder, at my house. I saw no scratches, marks or bruises on him. He seemed

OSCAR PAPPENHEIMER, Sworn In For The Defendant, 72nd To Testify

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OSCAR PAPPENHEIMER, sworn for the Defendant.I am in the furniture business. I am also a stockholder of the National Pencil Company. I have been getting comparative sheets as to the weekly business of the Company from Frank since March, 1910. Up to the time the Post Office distributed mail on Sunday, I used to always go to the Post Office to get my mail and always found this report on Sunday morning. When I quit going to the Post Office on Sundays I received the reports in the first mail on Monday mornings. I have here the report for the

MRS RACHEL JACOBS FRANK, Sworn In For The Defendant, 71st To Testify

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MRS. RACHEL JACOBS FRANK, sworn for the Defendant.I am the mother of Leo Frank. I live in Brooklyn. I lived in Texas three years, where Leo was born. Mr. Moses Frank of Atlanta is my husband's brother. I saw him at Hotel Mc Alpin in New York City on April 27th and April 28th 1913. The letter that you hand me (Defendant's Exhibit 42) I saw on Monday, April 28th 1913. It is my son's handwriting. This sheet (Defendant's Exhibit 43) is a sort of financial sheet. I had lunch with Mr. Moses Frank at Hotel Mc Alpin on Monday,

HARRY GOTTHEIMER, Sworn In For The Defendant, 70th To Testify

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HARRY GOTTHEIMER, sworn for the Defendant.I am a traveling salesman. I make two trips a year for the National Pencil Company, from the first of February to the first of April, and from the first of September to the fifteenth of October. I was at Montag Bros. around ten o'clock on April 26th. I had come in from my trip on the road and was writing up my orders. I had been away ten days. Mr. Frank came in after I got there. I asked him about two important orders as to their shipments and he replied that he couldn't

ALONZO MANN, Sworn In For The Defendant, 68th To Testify

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ALONZO MANN, sworn for the Defendant.I am office boy at the National Pencil Company. I began working there April 1, 1913. I sit sometimes in the outer office and stand around in the outer hall. I left the factory at half past eleven on April 26th 1913. When I left there Miss Hall, the stenographer from Montag's, was in the office with Mr. Frank. Mr. Frank told me to phone to Mr. Schiff and tell him to come down. I telephoned him, but the girl answered the phone and said he hadn't got up yet. I telephoned once. I worked

M 0 NIX, Sworn In For The Defendant, 69th To Testify

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M. O. NIX, sworn for the Defendant.I am credit man for Montag Bros. and bookkeeper. I have charge of the bookkeeping and documents and papers of the National Pencil Company. I am familiar with Mr. Frank's handwriting. These financial sheets beginning with May 22, 1912, and ending May 24, 1913 (Defendant's Exhibit 9), are in Mr. Frank's handwriting. The eleven items beginning with order Number 7187 running through Number 7197, appearing on pages 56 and 57 of the house order book (Defendant's Exhibit 12) are in Mr. Frank's handwriting. These entries below that are in Miss Hattie Hall's handwriting. I

ANNIE HIXON C, Sworn In For The Defendant, 66th To Testify

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ANNIE HIXON (colored), sworn for the Defendant.I am Mrs. Ursenbach's servant. Mr. Frank called up on the telephone about half past one on April 26th. I told him Mr. Ursenbach was not in and he said "Tell Mr. Charlie I can't go to the ball game this afternoon." I told Mrs. Ursenbach about it.CROSS EXAMINATION.I have been working for Mrs. Ursenbach two years. Mr. Frank and his wife came over to Mrs. Ursenbach's on Sunday after we had breakfast about nine o'clock. They come over there every Sunday. I didn't pay any attention to what they talked about that morning.

MISS JULIA FUSS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 64th To Testify

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MISS JULIA FUSS, sworn for the Defendant.I work on the fourth floor of the pencil factory. I have never known anything wrong or immoral to be going on in Mr. Frank's office. I talked with Jim Conley Wednesday morning after the murder. He was sweeping around there and asked me to see the newspaper. As he read it he kinder grinned. He told me he believed Mr. Frank was just as innocent as the angels from Heaven. I know his general character. He was never known to tell the truth. I would not believe him on oath.CROSS EXAMINATION.I saw the

MISS IORA SMALL, Sworn In For The Defendant, 63rd To Testify

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MISS IORA SMALL, sworn for the Defendant.I worked on the fourth floor of the pencil factory for five years. I saw Jim Conley on Tuesday. He was worrying me to get money from me to buy a newspaper and then he would come and ask me for copies of the paper before I would get through reading them. They were extras. He would even get two of the same edition. He would take it and run over there and sit on a box by the elevator and read it. He can read all right. He had on an old Norfolk

EMMA BEARD C, Sworn In For The Defendant, 65th To Testify

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EMMA BEARD (colored), sworn for the Defendant.I am Mr. Schiff's servant. On April 26th somebody called Mr. Schiff on the telephone. I answered the telephone. It was about half past ten. It sounded like a boy's voice. It said, "I Tell Mr. Schiff Mr. Frank wanted him at the office." Mr. Schiff was asleep at the time. I waked him up and he said, "Tell Mr. Frank I will be there as soon as I can get dressed." And I repeated the message to the boy and told him what Mr. Schiff said. Then Mr. Schiff went back to sleep

MISS MARY PIRK, Sworn In For The Defendant, 62nd To Testify

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MISS MARY PIRK, sworn for the Defendant.I am one of the foreladies working at the National Pencil Co. I am at the head of the polishing department. I have been there about five years. I talked with Jim Conley Monday morning after the murder. I accused him of the murder. He took his broom and walked right out of the office and I have never seen him since. His character for truth and for veracity is bad. I would not believe him on oath.CROSS EXAMINATION.I suspected Jim as early as Monday April 28th. I did not report it to Mr.

MRS E M CARSON, Sworn In For The Defendant, 61st To Testify

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MRS. E. M. CARSON, sworn for the Defendant.I worked at the pencil factory three years. Rebecca Carson is my daughter. I am a widow. I have seen blood spots around the ladies' dressing room three or four times. I was at the factory Friday morning. I left about 12:45. I saw Jim Conley on Tuesday, after the murder. He was sweeping around my table, I said, "Well, Jim, they haven't got you yet," and he says, "NO." On Wednesday I said the same thing and he answered the same thing. On Thursday when I said that to him again he

MISS REBECCA CARSON, Sworn In For The Defendant, 60th To Testify

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MISS REBECCA CARSON, sworn for the Defendant.I work at the National Pencil Co. I have been there over three years. I work on the fourth floor. I am forelady of the sorting department. I have from thirteen to fifteen girls under me. At times I have heard the elevator running when the machinery in the factory was not running. It makes a noticeable noise. You can notice the vibration of the building and you can notice the ropes of the elevator running, and you can hear the cables of the elevator knocking. On Friday, April 25th, I got my pay

H J HINCHEY, Sworn In For The Defendant, 59th To Testify

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H. J. HINCHEY, sworn for the Defendant.I have known Mr. Frank between four and five years. I am mechanical engineer for the South Atlantic Blow Pipe Co. I saw Mr. Frank on April 26th opposite the main entrance to the Capitol on Washington Street. I was driving an automobile. He was on the street car coming down Washington Street going to town. I saw him but did not speak to him. It was between 2 and 2:15. As to how I knew that was the time after this matter came up I experimented to see just what time it was

JULIAN LOEB, Sworn In For The Defendant, 57th To Testify

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JULIAN LOEB, sworn for the Defendant.I live at 380 Washington Street, across the street from the Wolfsheimer residence. I am a cousin of Mrs. Frank. I saw Mr. Frank on April 26th in front of the Wolfsheimer residence. I was there when he came by. It was between 1:50 and 2 o'clock. He was talking to Mrs. Michael and Mr. Jerome Michael and was inviting them to attend a meeting of the B'nai B'rith lodge on the next day which was Sunday. He was president of that lodge. He left and walked towards town up Washington Street towards Glenn. I

COHEN LOEB, Sworn In For The Defendant, 58th To Testify

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COHEN LOEB, sworn for the Defendant.I was on the car with Mr. Frank going back to town on April 26th after lunch. I caught the car at Georgia Avenue and Washington Street. He caught the car at Glenn and Washington Street which is one block nearer town. That was about 2 o'clock. It was a Washington Street car which goes straight up Washington Street to the Capitol and turns down Hunter. We sat together on the same seat in the car. Mr. Frank got off the car about two or three minutes before I did. He got off in front

MRS HENNIE WOLFSHEIMER, Sworn In For The Defendant, 56th To Testify

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MRS. HENNIE WOLFSHEIMER, sworn for the Defendant.I am the aunt of Mrs. Frank. I live at 387 Washington Street, the third house from the corner of Georgia Avenue. On April 26th, I saw Mr. Frank in front of my house. It was about 2 o'clock. We had finished dinner which we ate at half past one. I was not on the porch when he came up but I walked out on the porch after he came. I did not see him catch the car as I was called in the house before he left. I saw nothing unusual about him.

MRS M G MICHAEL, Sworn In For The Defendant, 54th To Testify

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MRS. M. G. MICHAEL, sworn for the Defendant.I live in Athens. On April 26th, I was at 387 Washington Street at 2 o'clock, at the residence of my sister Mrs. Wolfsheimer. Mrs. Frank is my niece by marriage. I am no kin to Mr. Frank. I saw Mr. Frank about 2 o'clock on April 26th. He was going up Washington Street towards town when I first saw him. I remembered it was about 2 o'clock, because my son David was going to the matinee and he had to leave home before 2, and he had just left a few minutes

JEROME MICHAEL, Sworn In For The Defendant, 55th To Testify

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JEROME MICHAEL, sworn for the Defendant.I live in Athens. I was in Atlanta on April 26th. I took dinner at Mrs. Wolfsheimer's residence at 387 Washington Street. I saw Mr. Frank upon that day between five minutes to 2 and 2 o'clock. I know it was that time because I had an engagement with a young lady and I had a watch in my hand most of the time. My brother Dave had just left for the opera when Mr. Frank came up. When I first saw him he was going toward the right hand corner of Washington Street and

MRS A P LEVY, Sworn In For The Defendant, 53rd To Testify

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MRS. A. P. LEVY, sworn for the Defendant.I live right across the street from where Mr. Frank lives. I am not a relation of his either by blood or marriage. I saw him get off a car on Memorial Day between one and two o'clock. I was dressing to go to the matinee and was watching the cars as they passed to look out for my son who was late to dinner and saw Mr. Frank get off the car and cross the street to his home. I had a clock on my dresser and also one in the dining

MISS HELEN KERNS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 52nd To Testify

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MISS HELEN KERNS, sworn for the Defendant.I work for the Dodson Medicine Company as stenographer. My father works for Montag. I took shorthand under Professor Briscoe last winter. I have seen Mr. Frank in his factory. I went there with Professor Briscoe to get a job. I didn't get the position. I was working on the 26th day of April for Bennett Printing Company. That day I got off about 12 o'clock. I then went around in town to the different stores and did some trading. I had an appointment to meet a girl at 1:15 at the corner of

EMIL SELIG, Sworn In For The Defendant, 50th To Testify

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EMIL SELIG, sworn for the Defendant.I am Mr. Frank's father-in-law. My wife and I live with Mr. Frank and his wife. The kitchen in our house is next to the dining room. There is a small passage way between them. The sideboard in the dining room is in the same position now, as it has always been. Mr. Frank took breakfast before I did on April 26th and left the house before I breakfasted. I got back home to dinner about 1:15. My wife and Mrs. Frank were eating then. They told me in the morning to come home a

MRS EMIL SELIG, Sworn In For The Defendant, 51st To Testify

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MRS. EMIL SELIG, sworn for the Defendant.I am Mrs. Frank's mother-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Frank have been living with us two years. The sideboard is in the same position it always has been except when we sweep under it. We had lunch on April 26th after 1 o'clock, about ten minutes past one. Mr. Frank came about twenty minutes past one while we were eating. He sat down with us and ate. Mrs. Frank and I left before he did. We left about half past one. He was still eating at the table. After the opera, while we were on

MINOLA MCKNIGHT C, Sworn In For The Defendant, 49th To Testify

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MINOLA Mc Knight (coloured), sworn for the Defendant.I work for Mrs. Selig. I cook for her. Mr. and Mrs. Frank live with Mr. and Mrs. Selig. His wife is Mrs. Selig's daughter. I cooked breakfast for the family on April 26th. Mr. Frank finished breakfast a little after seven o'clock. Mr. Frank came to dinner about 20 minutes after one that day. That was not the dinner hour, but Mrs. Frank and Mrs. Selig were going off on the two o'clock car. They were already eating when Mr. Frank came in. My husband, Albert Mc Knight, wasn't in the kitchen

HARRY DENHAM, Sworn In For The Defendant, 48th To Testify

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HARRY DENHAM, sworn for the Defendant.I work on the fourth floor of the pencil factory. I was paid off Friday, April 25th. I came back Saturday to do some work. Mr. Darley asked me to come back. I had to work on the machinery when it was not running. That was the only time I could do it. I got there about 7:30. Mr. Holloway was there when I got there. Between 12 and 1 o'clock I was working on the varnish machine. We were hammering. We worked until ten minutes after 3. We began to take an old partition

LEMMIE QUINN, Sworn In For The Defendant, 47th To Testify

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LEMMIE QUINN, sworn for the Defendant.I am foreman of the metal department. Barrett pointed out to me where he claimed to have found blood spots on the metal room floor. He asked me whether I thought that he (Barrett) would get the reward if Frank were convicted. He told me that several people told him that he had a good chance to get the reward. He said a fellow told him that he would get $2700 one time and $4500 the other time. He mentioned that reward to me on several occasions. The floor of the metal room is very

WADE CAMPBELL, Sworn In For The Defendant, 46th To Testify

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WADE CAMPBELL, sworn for the Defendant.I have been working for the pencil factory for about a year and a half. I had a conversation with my sister, Mrs. Arthur White, on Monday, April 28th. She told me that she had seen a negro sitting at the elevator shaft when she went in the factory at twelve o'clock on Saturday and that she came out at 12:30, she heard low voices, but couldn't see anybody. On April 26th, I got to the factory about 9:30. Mr. Frank was in his outer office. He was laughing and joking with people there, and

MISS MAGNOLIA KENNEDY, Sworn In For The Defendant, 45th To Testify

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MISS MAGNOLIA KENNEDY, sworn for the Defendant.I have been working for the pencil factory for about four years, in the metal department. I drew my pay on Friday, April 25th, from Mr. Schiff at the pay window. Helen Ferguson was there when I went up there. I was behind her and had my hand on her shoulder. Mr. Frank was not there, Mr. Schiff gave Helen Ferguson her pay envelope. Helen Ferguson did not ask Mr. Schiff for Mary Phagan's money. I came out right behind Helen Ferguson. We waited for Grace Hicks and then went down stairs. Helen didn't

MISS EULA MAY FLOWERS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 44th To Testify

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MISS EULA MAY FLOWERS, sworn for the Defendant.I did not work at the factory on Saturday, April 26th. I worked there Friday, the 25th, in the packing department. Mr. Schiff got from me the data for the financial sheet on Friday night at ten minutes to six. It was the production for the entire week from my department. It covers all the different classes of work where the goods were finished.CROSS EXAMINATION.I always turn those reports in Friday night or early Saturday morning. They don't touch Friday's work.MISS EULA MAY FLOWERS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 44th To Testify

MRS EMMA CLARKE FREEMAN, Sworn In For The Defendant, 43rd To Testify

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MRS. EMMA CLARKE FREEMAN, sworn for the Defendant.I married on April 25th. I worked at the pencil factory before that, at the time I was married. I was paid off on April 25th by Mr. Schiff. On the 26th I reached the factory with Miss Hall about 25 minutes to 12. I saw Mr. Frank at his office. He was talking to two men when we went in. Mrs. White and Mr. Frank's stenographer were also in the office. Mr. Frank gave us permission to go up on the fourth floor to get my coat. While we were going up

MISS HATTIE HALL, Sworn In For The Defendant, 41st To Testify

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MISS HATTIE HALL, sworn for the defendant.I am a stenographer for the National Pencil Company. I do most of the work in the office of Montag Bros. Whenever it is necessary I go down to the National Pencil factory and do work there. I saw Mr. Frank about ten o'clock of the morning of April 26th, at Montag Bros., when he came over there that morning. He came in Mr. Sig Montag's office, where I was taking dictation and I told him that I didn't know whether I would be able to go over there that morning or not, as

MISS CORINTHIA HALL, Sworn In For The Defendant, 42nd To Testify

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MISS CORINTHIA HALL, sworn for the Defendant.I work in the finishing up department of the pencil factory. I am a forelady. I was at the factory on April 26th, I got there about 25 minutes to twelve. I had to come to town on the East Lake car and got to town about 11:30 and it took me about five minutes to reach the factory. Mrs. Emma Clarke Freeman was with me. She had spent the night with me. We went there after her coat and to telephone, to call up Mrs. Freeman's husband. We went up to the fourth

JOEL C HUNTER, Sworn In For The Defendant, 39th To Testify

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JOEL C. HUNTER, sworn for the defendant.I am a public accountant, engaged in the profession ten or fifteen years. I have examined the financial sheet said to be made by Leo M. Frank. I examined a copy and then checked it against the original. In order to find out how long it would take a person to make out these reports, I went through the calculations. I did not make out the sheets. I verified the extensions and calculations on the financial sheet (Defendant's Exhibit 2). I found them correct within a decimal. There is one item a decimal is

C E POLLARD, Sworn In For The Defendant, 40th To Testify

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C. E. POLLARD, sworn for the Defendant.I am an expert accountant. I was called into this matter for the purpose of seeing the length of time it would take to gather these figures and get the result on the financial sheet and other papers that were furnished me. I studied each sheet and when I was sure of what the result would be I would lay that sheet down and make a copy of it. I would take time myself for each operation. There was a discrepancy of one and one-half gross on the factory records in the figures, out

HERBERT G SCHIFF, Sworn In For The Defendant, 38th To Testify

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HERBERT G. SCHIFF, sworn for the Defendant.I am assistant superintendent of the National Pencil Co.; I have been with the company about five years. Part of my duties was to get up data for the financial sheet. I occupied the same office as Mr. Frank. I took a trip on the road on the first Saturday in January. All of the company's money except the petty cash was kept over at Montag Bros. office at the general manager's office, Mr. Sig Montag. All mail of the company is received at Montag Bros. The men in Mr. Montag's office made the

W T HOLLIS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 37th To Testify

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W. T. HOLLIS, sworn for the Defendant.I am a street car conductor. On the 26th of April I was on the English Avenue line. We ran on schedule that day. Mary Phagan got on at Lindsey Street at about 11:50. She is the same girl I identified at the undertakers. She had been on my car frequently and I knew her well. No one else got on with her at Lindsey Street. Epps did not get on with her. I took up her fare on English Avenue, several blocks from where she got on. And no one was sitting with

W W MATTHEWS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 36th To Testify

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W. W. MATTHEWS, sworn for the Defendant.I work for the Georgia Railway & Electric Co. as a motorman. On the 26th day of April I was running on English Avenue. Mary Phagan got on my car at Lindsey Street at 11:50. Our route was from Bellwood to English Avenue, down English Avenue to Kennedy, down Kennedy to Gray, Gray to Jones Avenue, Jones Avenue to Marietta, Marietta to Broad, and out Broad Street. From Lindsey Street to Broad Street is about a mile and a half or two miles. We make frequent stops. We were scheduled to arrive at Marietta

JAMES CONLEY, Sworn In For The State, 34th To Testify

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JAMES CONLEY, sworn for the State.I had a little conversation with Mr. Frank on Friday, the 25th of April. He wanted me to come to the pencil factory that Friday morning that he had some work on the third floor he wanted me to do. All right, I will talk louder. Friday evening about three o'clock Mr. Frank came to the fourth floor where I was working and said he wanted me to come to the pencil factory on Saturday morning at 8:30; that he had some work for me to do on the second floor. I have been working

C W MANGUM, Sworn In For The State, 35th To Testify

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C. W. MANGUM, sworn for the State.I had a conversation with Mr. Frank at the jail about seeing Conley and confronting him. Conley was on the fourth floor. Chief Beavers, Chief Lanford and Scott came down to see Mr. Frank with Conley and asked me if they could see him. I went to Frank and told him the men were there with Conley and wanted to talk with him if he wanted to see them. He said, "No, my attorney is not here and I have nobody to defend me." He said his lawyer was not there; that no one

S L ROSSER, Sworn In For The State, 33rd To Testify

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S. L. ROSSER, sworn for the State.I am a city policeman. On Monday, April 28th, I went out to see Mrs. White. On May 6th or 7th was the first time I knew Mrs. White claimed to have seen a negro at the factory on April 26th. These are the same chips we had at factory. The club was not on floor by elevator the day I searched the place. I had a flash light and searched for everything. I would have seen it had it been there.CROSS EXAMINATION.I made no inquiry of her about this before. She volunteered the

C B DALTON, Sworn In For The State, 32nd To Testify

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C. B. DALTON, sworn for the State.I know Leo M. Frank, Daisy Hopkins, and Jim Conley. I have visited the National Pencil Company three, four or five times. I have been in the office of Leo M. Frank two or three times. I have been down in the basement. I don't know whether Mr. Frank knew I was in the basement or not, but he knew I was there. I saw Conley there and the night watchman, and he was not Conley. There would be some ladies in Mr. Frank's office. Sometimes there would be two, and sometimes one. May

DR H F HARRIS, Sworn In For The State, 31st To Testify

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DR. H. F. HARRIS, sworn for the State.I am a practicing physician. I made an examination of the body of Mary Phagan on May 5th. On removing the skull I found there was no actual break of the skull, but a little hemorrhage under the skull, corresponding to point where blow had been delivered, which shows that the blow was hard enough to have made the person unconscious. This wound on the head was not sufficient to have caused death. I think beyond any question she came to her death from strangulation from this cord being wound around her neck.

DR CLAUDE SMITH, Sworn In For The State, 29th To Testify

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DR. CLAUDE SMITH, sworn for the State.I am physician and City Bacteriologist and Chemist. These chips (Exhibit E, State) appear to be the specimen which the detectives brought to my office and which I examined. They had considerable dirt on them and some coloring stain. On one of them I found some blood corpuscles. I do not know whether it was human blood. This shirt (Exhibit E for State) appears to be the same shirt brought to my office by detectives which I examined. I examined spots and it showed blood stain. I got no odor from the arm pits

DR J W HURT, Sworn In For The State, 30th To Testify

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DR. J. W. HURT, sworn for the state.I am County Physician. I saw the body of Mary Phagan on Sunday morning, the 27th of April. She had a scalp wound on the left side of her head about 2 and 1/2 inches long, about 4 inches from the top to the left ear through the scalp to the skull. She had a black contused eye. A number of small minor scratches on the face. The tongue was protruding about a half an inch through the teeth. There was a wound on the left knee, about 2 inches below the knee.

MELL STANFORD, Sworn In For The State, 27th To Testify

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MELL STANFORD, sworn for the State (re-called).The door in the rear part of the factory on the second floor on Friday evening was barred. There is no way in the rear of the building to come down to the second floor when the door is barred except the fire escape, and you have to be on office floor to undo the door. The area around the elevator shaft on the first floor near the hole and radiator was cleaned up after the murder. It was the early part of the week after the murder.CROSS EXAMINATION.I didn't clean it myself. I

W H GREESLING, Sworn In For The State, 28th To Testify

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W. H. GREESLING, sworn for the State.I am a funeral director and embalmer. I moved the body of Mary Phagan at 10 minutes to four o'clock, April 27th, in the morning. The cord (Exhibit C, State) was around the neck. The knot was on the right side of the neck and was lying kind of looped around the head. It wasn't very tight at the time I moved it. There was an impress of an eighth of an inch on the neck. The rag (Exhibit D, State) was around her hair and over her face. The tongue an inch and

R M LASSITER, Sworn In For The State, 25th To Testify

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R. M. LASSITER, sworn for the State.I am a city policeman. On Sunday morning, April 27th, I found a parasol in the bottom of the elevator shaft. It was lying about the center of the shaft. I also found a ball of rope twine, small wrapping twine, and also something that looked like a person's stool.CROSS EXAMINATION.I noticed evidence of dragging from the elevator in the basement. As I passed the rear door at 12 o'clock, the door was closed. The umbrella was not crushed. I found it between 6 and 7 o'clock in the morning. The elevator comes down

L 0 GRICE, Sworn In For The State, 26th To Testify

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L. 0. GRICE, sworn for the State.My name is L. 0. Grice. I was at the National Pencil Company's place on Sunday morning, April 27th 1913. A small sized man, defendant here, attracted my attention, on account of his nervousness.CROSS EXAMINATION.I was called as a witness in this case one week after it started. I told some of my friends about Mr. Frank's nervousness and they advised me to go to Dorsey. I never knew or saw Mr. Frank before. When we were told of how the little child was murdered, it excited me some.RE-DIRECT EXAMINATION.I don't recall trembling any.

MISS HELEN FERGUSON, Sworn In For The State, 22nd To Testify

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MISS HELEN FERGUSON, sworn for the State.My name is Helen Ferguson, I worked at the National Pencil Company on Friday the 25th. I saw Mr. Frank Friday, April 25th, about 7 o'clock in the evening and asked for Mary Phagan's money. Mr. Frank said "I can't let you have it," and before he said anything else I turned around and walked out. I had gotten Mary's money before, but I didn't get it from Mr. Frank.CROSS EXAMINATION.When I got Mary's money before I went up there and called my number and called her number, and I got mine and hers.

R L WAGGONER, Sworn In For The State, 23rd To Testify

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R. L. WAGGONER, sworn for the State.I am a city detective. On Tuesday, April 29th, from ten thirty until a little after 11 in the morning I was in front of the pencil factory on the other side of the street. I would continually see Mr. Frank walk to the window and look down and twist his hands when he would come to the window looking down on the sidewalk. He did this about 12 times when I was there in about 30 minutes. I was in the automobile with Mr. Frank and Mr. Black and his leg was shaking.

J L BEAVERS, Sworn In For The State, 24th To Testify

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J. L. BEAVERS, sworn for the State.I am Chief of Police of the City of Atlanta. I was at the pencil factory on Tuesday, April 29th, and saw what I took to be a splotch of blood on the floor right near this little dressing room on office floor, seemed to be as big as a quarter in the center and scattered out in the direction of this room near the door. There was one spot and some others scattered around that.CROSS EXAMINATION.It may have been Monday that I was at the pencil factory. I don't know whether it was

G C FEBRUARY, Sworn In For The State, 20th To Testify

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G. C. FEBRUARY, sworn for the State.I was present at Chief Lanford's office when Leo M. Frank and L. Z. Rosser were there. I took down Mr. Frank's statement stenographically. I don't remember Frank's answers in detail, Mr. Rosser was looking out of the window most of the time. He didn't say anything while I was in there. This (Exhibit B, State), report is correct report of what Mr. Frank said. It was made on Monday, April 28th.CROSS EXAMINATION.I believe Mr. Rosser and Mr. Frank were in the room when I came in. It was sometime in the forenoon. I

ALBERT MCKNIGHT, Sworn In For The State, 21st To Testify

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ALBERT Mc Knight, sworn for the State.My wife is Minola Mc Knight. She cooks for Mrs. Selig. Between 1 and 2 o'clock on Memorial Day I was at the home of Mr. Frank to see my wife. He came in close to 1:30. He did not eat any dinner. He came in, went to the sideboard of the dining room, stayed there a few minutes and then he goes out and catches a car. Stayed there about 5 or 10 minutes.CROSS EXAMINATION.Mrs. Selig and Mrs. Frank were present when Mr. Frank came in. I was in the cook room. There

W F ANDERSON, Sworn In For The State, 19th To Testify

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W. F. ANDERSON, sworn for the State.I was at police headquarters Saturday, April 26th. I got a call from the night watchman at the pencil factory. He said a woman was dead at the factory. I asked him if it was a white woman or a negro woman. He said it was a white woman. We went there in an automobile, shook the door and Newt Lee came down from the second floor and carried us back to the ladder that goes down through the scuttle hole. About 3:30 I called up Mr. Frank on the telephone and got no

N V DARLEY, Sworn In For The State, 18th To Testify

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N. V. DARLEY, sworn for the State.My name is N. V. Darley. I am manager of the Georgia Cedar Company, a branch of the National Pencil Company. I have charge of the manufacturing and labor in the Forsyth Street plant. Mr. Sig Montag is my superior. Mr. Frank and I are of equal dignity in the factory. I was at the National Company's factory on Saturday, April 26th. I saw Mr. Frank and left about 9:40 in the morning. I was there Sunday morning at about 8:20. I saw Mr. Frank that morning. Observed nothing unusual when I first saw

GEORGE W JEFFERSON, Sworn In For The State, 15th To Testify

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GEORGE W. JEFFERSON, sworn for the State.I worked at the National Pencil Company. We saw blood on the second floor in front of the girls' dressing room on Monday. It was about as big as a fan, and something white was over it. I didn't see that blood there Friday. Yes, there are cords in the polishing room, used to tie pencils with. They are hung up on a post in the polishing room. The spots were dark red in color. These cords are taken off the pencils and we throw them on a nail. We don't untie the knots.

B B HASLETT, Sworn In For The State, 16th To Testify

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B. B. HASLETT, sworn for the State.I went to Mr. Frank's house Monday morning after the murder, about 7 o'clock. I went out there and got him and took him to the station house. He was at the station house two or three hours. I told him Chief Lanford wanted to see him.CROSS EXAMINATION.I saw Mr. Rosser and Mr. Haas at the station house about 8:30 or 9 o'clock. Mr. Black and I both went out for Mr. Frank Monday morning. We took him to the station house and turned him over to Chief Lanford. They had Mr. Frank in

E F HOLLOWAY, Sworn In For The State, 17th To Testify

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E. F. HOLLOWAY, sworn for the State.I am day watchman at the National Pencil factory-worked there two years. I was there on April 26th, from 6:30 a. m. till 11:45. I look after the elevator and freight that come in and out and people that come in and out. As to what I did to the elevator on that Saturday, I didn't do anything except that when Mr. White and Mr. Denham were working on the top floor, I started the elevator up and ripped up a plank for them. The elevator was locked when I sawed that plank for

ROBERT P BARRETT, Sworn In For The State, 13th To Testify

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ROBERT P. BARRETT, sworn for the State.I am a machinist for the National Pencil Company. I have been there about eight weeks. On Monday morning, April 28th, I found an unusual spot that I had never seen before at the west end of the dressing room on the second floor of the pencil factory. That spot was not there Friday. The spot was about 4 or 5 inches in diameter and little spots behind these from the rear, 6 or 8 in number. I discovered these between 6:30 and 7 o'clock Monday. It was blood. It looked like some white

MELL STANFORD, Sworn In For The State, 14th To Testify

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MELL STANFORD, sworn for the State.I have been working at the National Pencil Company a little over two years. I swept the whole floor in the metal room on Friday, April the 25th. On Monday thereafter I found a spot that had some white haskoline over it on second floor near dressing room. That wasn't there on Friday when I swept between 9 and 12 o'clock. I use a small broom in sweeping. I saw a big cane broom standing by the waste metal room on Monday about six feet from where the blood was found. The spot looked to

MISS MONTEEN STOVER, Sworn In For The State, 12th To Testify

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MISS MONTEEN STOVER, sworn for the State.I worked at the National Pencil Company prior to April 25th, 1913. I was at the factory at five minutes after twelve on that day. I stayed there five minutes and left at ten minutes after twelve. I went there to get my money. I went in Mr. Frank's office. He was not there. I didn't see or hear anybody in the building. The door to the metal room was closed. I had on tennis shoes, a yellow hat and a brown rain coat. I looked at the clock on my way up, it

HARRY SCOTT, Sworn In For The State, 11th To Testify

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HARRY SCOTT, sworn for the State.I am Superintendent of the local branch of the Pinkerton Detective Agency. I have worked on this case with John Black, city detective. I was employed by Mr. Frank representing the National Pencil Company. I saw Mr. Frank Monday afternoon, April 28th, at the pencil factory. We went into Mr. Frank's private office. Mr. Darley and a third party were with us. Mr. Frank said, "I guess you read in the newspapers about the horrible crime that was committed in this factory, and the directors of this company and myself have had a conference and

MRS J A WHITE, Sworn In For The State, 10th To Testify

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MRS. J. A. WHITE, sworn for the State.I saw my husband at the pencil factory at 11:30. I stayed there until about 10 minutes to 12. I left him there and came back about 12:30 and left again about 1 o'clock. When I got there at 11:30 I saw Miss Hall, the stenographer, Mr. Frank and two men. I asked Mr. Frank if I could see my husband Mr. White. Mr. Frank was in the outside office then. He said I could see him and sent word by Mrs. Emma Freeman for him to come downstairs. My husband came to

JAMES MILTON GANTT, Sworn In For The State, 9th To Testify

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JAMES MILTON GANTT, sworn for the State.From June last until the first of January I was shipping clerk at the National Pencil Company. I was discharged April 7th by Mr. Frank for alleged shortage in the pay roll. I have known Mary Phagan when she was a little girl. Mr. Frank knew her, too. One Saturday afternoon she came in the office to have her time corrected, and after I had gotten through Mr. Frank came in and said, "You seem to know Mary pretty well," No, I had not told him her name. I used to know Mary when

JOHN R BLACK, Sworn In For The State, 8th To Testify

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JOHN R. BLACK, sworn for the State.I am a city policeman. I don't know the details of the conversation between Mr. Starnes and Mr. Frank over the 'phone. I didn't pay very much attention to it. I went over to Mr. Frank's house with Boots Rogers. Mrs. Frank came to the door. Mrs. Frank had on a bath robe. I stated that I would like to see Mr. Frank and about that time Mr. Frank stepped out from behind a curtain. His voice was hoarse and trembling and nervous and excited. He looked to me like he was pale. I

MISS GRACE HICKS, Sworn In For The State, 7th To Testify

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MISS GRACE HICKS, sworn for the State.I knew Mary Phagan nearly a year at the pencil factory. She worked on the second floor. I identified her body at the undertaker's Sunday morning, April 27th. I knew her by her hair. She was fair skinned, had light hair, blue eyes and was heavy built, well developed for her age. I worked in the metal room, the same room she worked in. Mary's machine was right next to the dressing room, the first machine there. They had a separate closet for men and a separate one for ladies on that floor. There

W W ROGERS, Sworn In For The State, 6th To Testify

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W. W. ROGERS, sworn for the State.I am now connected with Judge Girardeau's court. I was at the station house Saturday night, April 26th, 1913 and went to the National Pencil Company's place of business. It was between five and five thirty that I heard Mr. Starnes have a conversation over the phone. I heard him say, "If you come I will send an automobile after you." It took us five or six minutes to get out to Mr. Frank's residence at 86 E. Georgia Avenue. Mr. Black was with me. Mrs. Frank opened the door. She wore a heavy

L S DOBBS, Sworn In For The State, 4th To Testify

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L. S. DOBBS, Sworn for the State.I am Sergeant of police. On the morning of April 27th, about 3:25 a call came from the pencil factory that there was a murder up there. We went down in Boots Rogers' automobile. When we got there the door was locked. We knocked on the door and in about two minutes the negro came down the steps and opened the door and said there was a woman murdered in the basement. We went through a scuttle hole, a small trapdoor. The negro lead the way back in the basement, to a partition on

J N STARNES, Sworn In For The State, 5th To Testify

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J. N. STARNES, Sworn for the State.I am a city officer. Went to the pencil Company's place of business between five and six o'clock, April 27th 1913. The pencil company is located in Fulton County, Georgia, and that's where the body was found. The staple to the back door looked as if it had been prized out with a pipe pressed against the wood. There was a pipe there that fitted the indentation on the wood. I called Mr. Frank on the telephone, and told him I wanted him to come to the pencil factory right away. He said he

MRS J W COLEMAN, Sworn In For The State, 1st To Testify

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MRS. J.W. COLEMAN, Sworn for the State.I am Mary Phagan's mother. I last saw her alive on the 26th day of April 1913, about a quarter to twelve, at home, at 146 Lindsey Street. She was getting ready to go to the pencil factory to get her pay envelope. About 11:30, she ate some cabbage and bread. She left home at a quarter to twelve. She would have been fourteen years old the first day of June, was fair complected, heavy set, very pretty, and was extra large for her age. She had on a lavender dress, trimmed in lace

GEORGE EPPS, Sworn In For The State, 2nd To Testify

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GEORGE EPPS, Sworn for the State.I am fourteen years old. I live right around the corner from Mary Phagan's home. I have known her about a year. The last time I saw her was Saturday morning coming to town on the English Avenue car. It was about ten minutes to twelve when I first saw her. I left her about seven minutes after twelve at the corner of Forsyth and Marietta Street. She had on that hat, parasol and things when I left her. She was going to the pencil factory to draw her money. She said she was going

NEWT LEE COLORED, Sworn In For The State, 3rd To Testify

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NEWT LEE. (colored), sworn for the State.On the 26th day of April 1913, I was night watchman at the national Pencil Factory. I had been night watchman there for about three weeks. When I began working there, Mr. Frank carried me around and showed me everything that I would have to do. I would have to get there at six o'clock on week days, and on Saturday evenings I have to come at five o'clock. On Friday the 25th of April, 1913 he told me "Tomorrow is a holiday and I want you to come back at four o'clock." "I

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Tuesday, 29th April 1913 Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax

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  Miss Pearl Robinson, sweetheart of Arthur Mullinax, the man questioned by the police in connection with the slaying of Mary Phagan. Her story cleared Mullinax of any suspicion of complicity in the crime which has shocked Atlanta.   Atlanta Georgian Tuesday, April 29th, 1913 Page 4, Column 2 and 3 Brave little Pearl Robinson! Her loyalty and devotion to Arthur Mullinax, one of the four men held in connection with the brutal strangling of Mary Phagan, form the only bright feature in a sordid and revolting crime. What did she care for the stares of the groups of people

Tuesday, 30th June 1914: Thurman Divorce Case Is Heard By Court, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 30th June 1914,PAGE 6, COLUMN 2.Wife of Atlanta Lawyer Is Seeking to Obtain Separation and AlimonyThat Arthur Thurman, the lawyer indicted recently on a subornation of perjury charge growing out of the Frank Case, lived at the Ansley Hotel for some three months with a woman he introduced as his wife, was testified by Manager J. F. Letton, of the Ansley, in Judge Bell's Court Tuesday morning. The petition of Mrs. Mary J. Thurman for alimony, in connection with her divorce suit against Thurman, was being heard. Because the Ansley Hotel incident occurred after the date of

Sunday, 28th June 1914: Pretty Frank Case Witness Elopes And Gets Married, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 28th June 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 2.MRS. S. J. MANERMiss Monteen Stover, one of State's principal witnesses, elopes with S. J. Maner, a Savannah printer. Miss Monteen Stover, nineteen years old, a witness in the Frank trial around whose testimony the state's case largely pivoted, eloped with Samuel J. Maner, a Savannah printer, Saturday afternoon, and was married by Judge E. D. Thomas, of the municipal court, at 4:30 o'clock.Miss Stover's mother, Mrs. W. Edmondson, 171 South Forsyth Street, when informed of the marriage after the young couple had left for Savannah on a 5:30 o'clock train, became

Saturday, 20th June 1914: Motion For New Trial Of Conley To Be Heard, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 20th June 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.Case of Negro May Be Considered With Others in Court Next SaturdayOrders given Court Attachs Saturday by Judge Hill, of the criminal division of the Superior Court, who has just returned from a short vacation, indicate that the next few weeks will see the Conley motion, the perjury Case, and other matters incident to the Frank Case, disposed of by the Courts.Judge Hill instructed Deputy Plennie Minor to notify attorneys that the various motions pending before him must be ready for a hearing next Saturday, and the motion for a new trial

Friday, 19th June 1914: Indictment Is Returned Against Jimmy Wrenn, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 19th June 1914,PAGE 2, COLUMN 4.Attempt to Subornate Perjury in Leo Frank Case Is the Charge. Jimmy Wrenn, an employee of C. W. Burke, special investigator for the defense in the Frank Case, was indicted by the Fulton County Grand Jury Friday for attempt to subornate perjury, the same charge on which Burke was indicted Thursday afternoon. While Wrenn has not been arrested, Deputy Sheriff Plennie Minor stated he has been located and will be here Monday to make bond.Wrenn is charged in the indictment with approaching Helen Ferguson between the Frank trial last fall and the

Thursday, 18th June 1914: C. W. Burke Indicted For Suborning Perjury, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 18th June 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.Frank Case Employee Tried to Change Girls' Testimony, It Is ChargedAn indictment charging attempt to subornate perjury was returned by the Fulton County grand jury Thursday afternoon against C. W. Burke, employed by Counsel for Leo M. Frank to get evidence in the Frank Case. The indictment charges Burke with attempting to force Nellie Ferguson to change her testimony in the Frank Case. At the trial of Frank, she testified that the Friday before the murder she went to Frank and asked him to let her have Mary Phagan's pay, but that

Monday, 15th June 1914: Holdups And Attempted Suicides Feature Sunday, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 15th June 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Police and Hospital Attendants Are Kept Busy by Numerous CallsSunday was a busy day for the police and the Grady Hospital. Attempted suicides, holdups and other disturbances kept the officers and doctors working hard all day.Mrs. J. H. Crast, twenty-six years old, 47 Astoria Street, drank poison Sunday afternoon. Her husband says she asked him to go calling with her; he said he did not want to go. She remonstrated and then went into her bedroom. Later she came back with a glass in her hand and asked him to have a

Wednesday, 10th June 1914: Probe Of County Board Ordered By Grand Jury, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 10th June 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Charges of Graft Made in Recent Campaign Will Be InvestigatedA thorough probe of the charges and counter charges involving acts of the Fulton County board was ordered Wednesday by the Grand Jury. The Jury will begin its probe in about a week, it was said. The details were not announced, nor was it stated whether the investigation will be public or secret. In the recent race for vacancies on the county board severe charges were exchanged by candidates, alleging various misuses of office. These are the charges the grand jury will sift.

Saturday, 6th June 1914: Dorsey’s Demurrer In Leo Frank’s Case Sustained By Court, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 6th June 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Refuses to Hear Motion to Set Aside Verdict Because Defendant Did Not Hear It ReadThe demurrer filed by Solicitor H. M. Dorsey against the latest motion in behalf of Leo M. Frank, the motion to set aside the verdict because the defendant was not present when it was received, was sustained by Judge B. H. Hill, in Superior Court shortly after 11 o'clock Saturday; and the Supreme Court of Georgia will be called on to say whether the decision was right or wrong. Judge Hill admitted he was in doubt. It was

Friday, 5th June 1914: Dorsey’s Demurrer In Leo Frank Case Is Heard By Court, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 5th June 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Solicitor Attacks Motion to Set Aside Verdict Because Defendant Was Absent From Court RoomDECLARES NO DEFECT APPEARS ON RECORDSays Right to Be Present Was Waived and Counsel Told Judge There Would Be No ComplaintThe Court battle for the life of Leo M. Frank, convicted of the murder of Mary Phagan in the National Pencil Factory in April 1913, was resumed Friday by new lawyers with a motion to set aside the verdict of guilt against him. The hearing was commenced at 10 o'clock before Judge B. H. Hill, of Fulton Superior Court.

Thursday, 4th June 1914: Second Frank Motion Comes Up On Friday, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 4th June 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.Motion to Set Aside Verdict of Guilty Will Be Heard by Judge HillThe hearing of the motion to set aside the verdict of guilty against Leo M. Frank on the ground that he was not present in the Court room when it was rendered, will begin before Judge Ben H. Hill at 10 o'clock Friday morning. This is expected to be the last fight for Frank in the superior Court of Fulton County. It is understood the Solicitor will demur to the motion. The demurrer, if it is filed, must be argued

Tuesday, 30th June 1914: Knocks And Boosts From The State Press, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 30th June 1914,PAGE 6, COLUMN 4.Died A-Bornin'.(From The Albany Herald.)We note with great satisfaction that the fight to repeal the present tax act seems to have almost died a-bornin'. True, the measure is still supposed to be on the way to a vote, but there is every indication that should it ever pass from the committee to which it was referred, it will meet the overwhelming defeat which it so richly deserves.Added to His Popularity.(From the Rockmart News.)That Mr. Dorsey is a splendid gentleman, a gifted lawyer, a wise politician and a loyal friend is certain. He

Monday, 29th June 1914: Mediation Urged At Mass Meeting To Settle Strike, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 29th June 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Differences Between Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills and Former Employees Discussed at the Grand. BOTH PARTIES ASKED TO SELECT ARBITERS Addresses on Problems of Capital and Labor Made By Dr. Wilmer, Dr. White and Marion Jackson.Following addresses stressing the necessity of an immediate and amicable settlement for the public good of the differences between the strikers of the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills and the Mill Owners and an improvement of conditions at that Mill, some 2,000 citizens at a mass meeting at the Grand Opera House, Sunday afternoon, adopted resolutions urging

Sunday, 28th June 1914: Mrs. Elliot Cheatham Replies To Mrs. Lamar’s Article, Stating Reasons For Anti-suffrage League, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 28th June 1914,PAGE 49, COLUMN 1.In last Sunday's Constitution, there appeared an article by Mrs. Walter Douglas Lamar, of Macon, Ga., a member of the Anti-Suffrage association, of Macon, in which she sets for the purposes and objects of that organization and expresses her opinion thereon. Today, Mrs. Elliot Cheatham, of Atlanta, a member of the Equal Suffrage Party of Georgia, replies to Mrs. Lamar's article of last Sunday, taking very opposite views.AN ANSWER TO MRS. LAMAR'S REASONSBy Mrs. Elliott Cheatham.Mrs. Walter B. Lamar, of Macon, a distinguished member of the Anti-Suffrage league, of Macon, has set

Saturday, 20th June 1914: Burns Is Dropped By Police Chiefs, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 20th June 1914,PAGE 2, COLUMN 2.Action Taken After Chief Beavers, in Speech, Had Denounced the Detective's Work in Frank Case. Grand Rapids, Mich., June 19. (Special.) Following a speech by J. L. Beavers, chief of police of Atlanta, Ga., scoring Detective William J. Burns for his work in the Leo Frank Case, the detective was dropped from the rolls of the International Association of Police Chiefs, in session here. Chief Beavers called Burns' activities in the Frank Case "antics" and said that he had disgraced the detective profession. No official reason was given for dropping Burns, but

Thursday, 11th June 1914: Grand Jury To Probe County Board Charges, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 11th June 1914,PAGE 10, COLUMN 3.The Grand Jury, upon going into session yesterday, decided to begin the requested probe of charges of graft and irregularities that were made during the recent election campaign against the county commissioners. The jury, it was stated, will start the investigation within a week. At present, its activities are confined to ordinary routine and jail cases. It is expected that the investigation will be promoted into the untouched phases of the Frank Case, which involved C. W. Burke and Jimmy Wrenn, the investigators who have been charged with crooked operations in gathering

Wednesday, 10th June 1914: Grand Jury To Resume Probe Of Frank Case, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 10th June 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Operations of Detective Burke and Wrenn Will Be Investigated. The Fulton grand jury will this week resume its investigation into the Frank Case and is expected to probe into the alleged irregular Operations of Detective C. W. Burke and Jimmy Wrenn, the two investigators whose names were involved in numerous charges made at the hearing for a new trial.It was announced yesterday that within the next two or three days, Attorney William M. Smith will file his application for a new trial for Jim Conley, the convicted Negro accomplice. Work is progressing

Sunday, 7th June 1914: Another Step In Frank Case Won By State, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 7th June 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Demurrer of Solicitor Dorsey Upheld by Judge Hill. Motion to Set Aside Verdict Dismissed. Within twenty days there will be still another phase of the Frank Case before the Supreme Court, for Judge Ben Hill yesterday morning sustained Hugh Dorsey's demurrer to the motion of John L. Tye to upset the verdict and dismissed the motion without calling upon the solicitor for argument in rebuttal.Judge Hill left the city last night for Florida, where he goes to spend a short pleasure trip. He will return before twenty days have elapsed and will

Saturday, 6th June 1914: Verdict Is Void, Declare Lawyers For Leo M. Frank, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 6th June 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.John L. Tye Stresses Advantages to the Defendant in Being Present When a Verdict Is Read. ASSERTS THAT JURORS MIGHT HAVE CHANGED Peeples Scores Mobs as Cowardly Says That Would Have Been Easy for Frank to Be Present."We are attacking this verdict as being void," said Attorney John L. Tye yesterday afternoon before Judge Ben Hill in the arguments which followed Solicitor Dorsey's move to demur the motion to set aside the verdict of guilty in the Frank case. "It is not an irregularity, not a discrepancy," he continued. "It is a

Friday, 5th June 1914: Frank Case Motion Will Be Heard Today, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 5th June 1914,PAGE 4, COLUMN 3.Solicitor Dorsey Will Enter Demurrer to Motion to Reverse Verdict, It Is Stated.The stage has been set for the Frank Case motion to upset the verdict of guilty, which will commence this morning at 10 o'clock before Judge Ben Hill in the Capitol. Solicitor Dorsey has announced that the State's Case is in readiness, and that there are no prospects for further continuance of the long-delayed battle.It is stated that Solicitor Dorsey will demur to the Motion to reverse the verdict. In this event, arguments will be necessary before any further action

Tuesday, 2nd June 1914: Burns Case Causes New City Ordinance Guarding Witnesses, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 2nd June 1914,PAGE 7, COLUMN 3.As a result of charges and intimations that detectives working under William J. Burns in the Frank case caused witnesses to leave the city before testifying, the Council yesterday decided to safeguard the dignity of the Recorder's Court by making it a misdemeanor for persons to interfere with witnesses summoned before that tribunal. The ordinance was introduced before the ordinance committee, and after thoroughly investigating the feasibility of the measure, the committee approved it, and the Council on Monday passed it and made it an ordinance to become effective immediately. Under the

Monday, 1st June 1914: Perjury Charges Basis Of Sermon, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 1st June 1914,PAGE 10, COLUMN 3.Referring to Conflicting Affidavits in Frank Case, Dr. Ogden Preaches on "Sanctity of Truth." Taking as a motive for his sermon the multiplicity of conflicting affidavits and the various perjury charges in the Frank case, Dr. Dunbar Ogden preached upon "The Sanctity of Truth" last night at the Central Presbyterian church. His sermon was entirely aside from the merits of the case which suggested it, and was based altogether upon his deduction that "when oaths multiply it is a sign that truth is falling." "Lawful and earnest people," said Dr. Ogden, "cannot

Tuesday, 29th April 1913 Factory Employee May Be Taken Any Moment

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  Gantt reading murder warrant   Atlanta Georgian Tuesday, April 29th, 1913 A sensational arrest will be made in the Mary Phagan murder mystery within a few hours. It will be based on the firm theory of the police and detectives that the strangled girl was never outside the factory of the National Pencil Company from the time she went in there for her pay Saturday noon until her dead and mutilated body was taken to the morgue early Sunday morning. The detectives do not believe that Arthur Mullinax is guilty of the murder. They do not believe that J.

Saturday, 30th May 1914: Negro Cuts Detective In Effort To Escape, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 30th May 1914,PAGE 10, COLUMN 2.John Black was stabbed in an encounter with a desperate shoplifter. Chief Detective John Black, a prominent figure in the Leo Frank murder case and one of the city's sleuths detailed on the Phagan murder investigation, received several severe cuts on Friday morning in a terrific struggle with a Negro shoplifter whom he had just arrested in a Decatur Street store at the corner of Bell Street. Detective Black received one cut across his face, which will probably mark him for life. He was stabbed by the Negro prisoner in several places

Thursday, 28th May 1914: Three Burns Aides Fined And Bound Over By Recorder, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 28th May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Detectives Charged with Operating in Atlanta Without PermissionDetectives from the Burns Detective Agency, including W. W. ("Boots") Rogers, have been charged with operating in Atlanta without the permission of the Police Board and the Chief of Police. Rogers, who has been assisting Dan S. Lehon, the southern manager of the Burns International Detective Agency, in investigating alleged illegal and "frame-up" methods used by the Atlanta Police to secure evidence against Leo M. Frank, convicted of the murder of Mary Phagan, was fined $100.75 by Recorder Nash Broyles in Police Court and bound

Wednesday, 27th May 1914: Lehon Is Fined $100 And Costs And Bound Over, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 27th May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Burns Detective Will Take Case to Higher Courts to Test the Constitutionality of the City Ordinance. Contempt Cases Are Dismissed by Hill. Motion to Upset the Frank Verdict Will, in All Probability, Be Again Postponed When Case Comes Up.Dan S. Lehon, southern manager of the Burns International Detective Agency, was fined $100 or thirty days in the city stockade by Judge Nash Broyles on Tuesday afternoon for violating sections 2025, 2026, and 2027 of the city code, which prohibit the operation of private detectives in the city without first securing the consent

Tuesday, 26th May 1914: Council Revokes License Of Burns, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 26th May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Recommendation of Police Board Adopted: Broyles Tries Cases Against Detective's Agents Today.Because of alleged failure to cooperate with the local police and for violating his pact with the Police Commission, C. E. Sears, the right-hand man of Detective William J. Burns, will not, in the future, operate with the sanction of Atlanta's General Council. Acting on the recommendation of the Police Board, the Council Monday afternoon approved the revocation of the license under which Detective Sears now operates as the Personal Representative in Atlanta of the William J. Burns Detective Agency. The

Sunday, 24th May 1914: Our Record Clean, Asserts Dan Lehon, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 24th May 1914,PAGE 28, COLUMN 1.Says They Could Have Escaped Trouble by Asserting Frank's Guilt, But It Would Have Violated Their Convictions.Asserting that if he and Detective Burns were as questionable as they are accused by the police, it would have been an easy matter for them to have announced that Leo Frank was guilty and thereby escaped the prosecutions that are being waged against them, Dan S. Lehon has issued through The Constitution a statement to the public. Lehon accuses Chief Beavers and Chief Lanford of inconsistency, in that they announced publicly that they would gladly

Saturday, 23rd May 1914: State Cases Are Planned Against Burns Operators By The Police Commission, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 23rd May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Dan Lehon, Charles Sears, and four assistants were placed under bond for appearance before Recorder Broyles on Tuesday. Burns is expected today to defend his course, declares Dan Lehon. Detectives were given no opportunity to speak at the meeting of the police board last night. Burns workers were indicated by the grand jury.In double-quick time last night, the police board railroaded through the report of the special committee appointed to investigate the alleged illegal operation of the Burns agency and several aides in the city, recommending that police cases be docketed against

Friday, 22nd May 1914: Grand Jury Probe Will Begin Today, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 22nd May 1914,PAGE 5, COLUMN 1.E. A. Stephens, Assistant Solicitor General, will present all bills to probers this morning. It is expected that when the Grand Jury convenes today, the charges growing out of the Frank Case against various persons connected with it will be presented for a thorough probe. The Solicitor has made no statement to the effect that the probe will be taken up today, but it is known that bills are being prepared, and there is a feeling prevalent at the courthouse that these bills will see the light of day in the Grand

Thursday, 21st May 1914: Witnesses Said To Be Departing, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 21st May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.It has been reported that several individuals involved in alleged perjury and bribery efforts related to the Frank case have left for parts unknown. Rumors have reached the office of Solicitor Dorsey that some of the accused investigators and witnesses have departed, facing indictments being drawn by Assistant Solicitor E. A. Stephens. An investigation into these reports is underway, and a vigorous effort will be made to produce all persons against whom grand jury action will be taken. Dorsey declined to comment on the rumor to a reporter for The Constitution yesterday

Wednesday, 20th May 1914: W.j. Burns Loses Permit Of Board To Operate Here, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 20th May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.With but one dissenting vote, the Board of Police Commissioners last night revoked the permit of the William J. Burns Detective Agency to operate in Atlanta. A recommendation will be sent to the Council at its regular meeting next Monday that the Burns Agency be deprived of authority to operate, and that the license issued to the concern be rescinded.A resolution was presented and adopted alleging that the Burns Agency had violated numerous clauses of the compact made between the management of the agency and the police commissioners at the time application

Tuesday, 19th May 1914: Lehon Contempt Trial Up Today, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 19th May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.Judge Hill Plays Detective: Burns in His Charge Before Grand Jury Calls for Indictments Against PerjurersFollowing an indirect but unmistakable denunciation of Detective William J. Burns by Judge Ben Hill, it was announced yesterday that the contempt proceedings against Dan S. Lehon, of the Burns Organization, would be held before Judge Hill this morning at 10 o'clock. The occasion of the judge's attack upon the nationally famous sleuth was his charge to the grand jury Monday morning when that body organized in their offices in the Thrower building. Judge Hill commanded that

Sunday, 31st May 1914: Frank Motion Before Judge Hill Next Friday, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 31st May 1914,PAGE 7, COLUMN 5.Affidavits from Trial Judge L. S. Roan are expected to play a significant role in the upcoming hearing. It is generally believed that the last postponement of the motion to set aside the verdict of guilty against Leo M. Frank has been allowed, and that the case will actually come up for a hearing before Judge Ben H. Hill on next Friday. When the motion, which asks that the verdict be set aside on the ground that the defendant was not in court when it was rendered, was first filed, it was

Saturday, 30th May 1914: Sunday Music First Universalist Church, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 30th May 1914,PAGE 5, COLUMN 1.Prelude Cantilene Nuptiale, Dubois."The Lord is My Shepherd," Pullin.Offertory Serenade, Braga."Hark, Angelic Voice," Shelley, performed by Miss Martha E. Smith and Mrs. Lawrence Elder.Postlude Lemaigre.Miss Annie Mae Taurman, organist.Miss Lucy Hamilton, pianist.Miss Martha E. Smith, soloist and director.FIRST METHODIST CHURCHMORNINGOrgan "Andante Cantabile," Wely.Anthem "O, Come, Let Us Sing," D. Buck.Offertory "The King of Love My Shepherd Is," Shelley.Organ Postlude, Sudds.EVENINGOrgan "Vespers," Foote.Anthem "The Lord Preserveth the Souls of His Saints," Gaul.Offertory "Like as the Hart," Spence.Organist and director, Miss Mamie Lee Bearden.TRINITY CHURCHMORNINGOrgan Prelude Tschaikowsky.Voluntary "God Is a Spirit," Bennett.Offertory "Beloved, If

Thursday, 28th May 1914: More Burns Agents Are Fined And Bound Over, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 28th May 1914,PAGE 2, COLUMN 1.Rogers, Whitfield, and Tedder Each Fined $100 and Held for StateThree more Burns agents were heavily fined in the Recorder's Court Wednesday afternoon and bound over to the state courts charged with operating as private detectives without the proper legal authority. The men arraigned Wednesday were W. W. (Boots) Rogers, L. C. Whitfield, and Carlton C. Tedder, and they were fined $100 and costs each and bound over to the state courts under $200 bonds each. Tuesday afternoon Dan S. Lehon, chief aide of William J. Burns, was fined $100 and costs

Wednesday, 27th May 1914: Burns Agent Here Is Fined And Bound Over, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 27th May 1914,PAGE 2, COLUMN 1.Judge Broyles ordered Dan S. Lehon, Burns' chief aide, to pay $100 and costs for violating a city ordinance. Lehon was also held for the state under a $500 bond, charged with violating section 37 of the State Code. This action took place in the Recorder's Court on Tuesday afternoon, marking another step in the prosecution of the Burns Agents.The cases against five other Burns Agents, originally set for trial on Tuesday, were postponed until Wednesday afternoon due to the time required to hear Lehon's case. Judge Arthur Powell, representing the Burns

Tuesday, 26th May 1914: Burns’ Men Fight Effort To Shut Up Offices In Atlanta, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 26th May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Ordinance Requiring Supervision of City Police Assailed as Unconstitutional in Answer to RecorderCharge Compliance Was Impossible PropositionDetectives say one of their duties in the Frank case was to probe alleged acts of local police.Following the dismissal of the contempt proceedings against William J. Burns and his chief lieutenant, Dan S. Lehon, in the Superior Court, Lehon and other members of the Burns Agency went before the Recorder's Court at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon to vigorously fight the case made against them for working as detectives without reporting first to the police authorities.A

Monday, 25th May 1914: Frank Appeal May Be Signed Tuesday, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 25th May 1914,PAGE 16, COLUMN 3.Bill of Exceptions Likely to be Presented Late TomorrowIndications were, on Monday, that it will be late Tuesday afternoon before the bill of exceptions, on which the extraordinary motion for a new trial for Leo Frank on the ground of new evidence will be based, is presented to Judge Ben H. Hill for his signature. Tuesday is the last day on which the appeal can be made by the defense. The bill of exceptions must be accompanied by a brief of the evidence, and the Solicitor objected last Saturday to the signing

Saturday, 23rd May 1914: Judge Hill Postpones Burns And Lehon Trial, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 23rd May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.Contempt Case Delayed Because Counsel for Detectives Will Be Out of CityJudge Ben H. Hill postponed the trial of the contempt cases against Detective W. J. Burns and his assistant Dan S. Lehon on Saturday morning. The postponement was necessitated because Judge Arthur Powell, counsel for the two detectives, was out of the city and engaged in the trial of another case before a different court. No date has been fixed for the hearing, but it is likely to occur sometime next week. Burns and Lehon have been cited by Judge Hill

Friday, 22nd May 1914: Five Men Indicted On Perjury Charge In Leo Frank Case, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 22nd May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Ragsdale, Barber, Lehon, Thurman, and Tedder Named in True Bills Found by the Grand JuryDaniel S. Lehon, lieutenant of Detective W. J. Burns in the Frank case; Carlton C. Tedder, formerly a member of the city police force, latterly engaged as a private detective; and Arthur Thurman, a lawyer of Atlanta, were indicted Friday by the Fulton grand jury for subornation of perjury. Rev. C. B. Ragsdale, a minister, who gave an affidavit to the defense that he heard one of two Negroes in an alley confess to the murder of Mary

Saturday, 16th May 1914: Lehon Contempt Trial Is Postponed By Hill, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 16th May 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Detective Dan S. Lehon, an aide to William J. Burns, filed an explanation with his attorneys on Friday regarding his action in removing Annie Maud Carter, the Negro woman witness in the Frank case, from the jurisdiction of Fulton County superior court. Lehon appeared before Judge Ben Hill that morning to respond to a demand to show cause why he should not be adjudged in contempt of court for the removal of Carter. However, the hearing was postponed indefinitely due to the sudden illness of Judge Hill.In his reply, Lehon asserts that

Thursday, 14th May 1914: Leo Frank Hearing Set For Wednesday, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 14th May 1914,PAGE 7, COLUMN 3.The motion to set aside the Leo Frank verdict, filed by Tye, was postponed from next Saturday until Wednesday. On that day, it will be given a hearing before Judge Ben Hill. Solicitor Dorsey has been working vigorously in preparing his counter-showing that Frank's constitutional rights were not denied. He argues that Frank was well aware that his presence had been waived from the courtroom and that he was desirous that the waiver be made.Thursday, 14th May 1914: Leo Frank Hearing Set For Wednesday, The Atlanta Constitution

Tuesday, 12th May 1914: Hugh M. Dorsey, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 12th May 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Hugh M. Dorsey, the present Solicitor General of the Atlanta judicial circuit, is a man whose rise and recognition by the public within the past few years has been spectacular. His appointment in 1910 to fill the unexpired term of the late Charlie D. Hill as Solicitor of the Atlanta circuit marked the beginning of his public career. In 1912, the stamp of approval was put upon his work as Solicitor General by his overwhelming election to serve the full term of four years, carrying every ward in Atlanta and every precinct

Sunday, 10th May 1914: Burns To Answer Contempt Charge, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 10th May 1914,PAGE 2, COLUMN 1.Following the testimony of Annie Maud Carter, Detective William J. Burns has been ordered to appear before Judge Ben Hill on Tuesday at 10 o'clock. He must show cause as to why he should not be adjudged in contempt of court for sending Carter, a Negro witness, out of the court's jurisdiction. Burns' chief aide, Dan S. Lehon, has also been cited to appear at the same time. This action followed the examination of Carter by Solicitor Dorsey before Judge Hill on Saturday morning. A Rule Nisi was issued against both Burns

Saturday, 9th May 1914: Conley Confession Witness Is Called By Hugh M. Dorsey, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 9th May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Annie Maud Carter is due for a long and severe grilling before Judge Ben Hill today. Solicitor General Dorsey will ask for an explanation of the Conley letters. Dorsey has also requested a delay in the hearing of the petition to set aside the Frank verdict.Solicitor Dorsey will spring another sensation in the Frank case this morning when he orders Annie Maud Carter before Judge Ben Hill at 11 o'clock for a rigid examination in reference to her testimonies to the effect that Jim Conley confessed to her the murder of Mary

Friday, 8th May 1914: Burns Is Wanted For Jury Probe, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 8th May 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 3.Judge Ben Hill will order the grand jury to make an investigation of charges in the Frank case. It was evident yesterday in the news that Judge Ben Hill will charge the jury Monday week to make a thorough and rigid investigation into the bribery, coercion, and perjury charges that have come thick and fast in the Frank case. A demand will be made upon Detective William J. Burns to return to Atlanta and explain to the grand jury the connection of his firm with the Rev. C. B. Ragsdale episode in

Thursday, 7th May 1914: New Trial Denied Leo Frank; No Argument By Hugh Dorsey, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 7th May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Judge Ben Hill denied an extraordinary motion for a new trial for Leo Frank without hearing from the state. The motion was drawn before he left the bench. A second motion is set for the following Saturday, but the date of resentencing has not been set. Leo Frank still has three more opportunities to escape death on the gallows.Attorney Reuben Arnold stated last night that within twenty days, the extraordinary motion for a new trial for Leo Frank would be carried before the Supreme Court as a subsequence to the denial of

Tuesday, 5th May 1914: Return Of Negress Ordered By Judge Monday Morning, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 5th May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.If Anna Maud Carter is not in Atlanta within five days, her evidence will not be considered. Charges of bribery, perjury, and coercion of witnesses will be thoroughly investigated by Solicitor Dorsey, and a number of prosecutions will follow, according to a statement by the solicitor on Monday night. "Prosecutions will certainly follow later on," he said. "It will be my duty as a prosecuting officer to see that justice is done. Outside of that, I can say nothing else, except that the scope of my prosecutions will include all who have

Monday, 4th May 1914: Dorsey To Probe Defense Methods, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 4th May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.C. W. Burke and Jimmie Wrenn will undergo a severe grilling by the solicitor today. C. W. Burke and Jimmie Wrenn, the two private detectives attached to the counsel for Leo M. Frank, will appear before Judge Ben Hill this morning at the capitol when the hearing for a retrial will be resumed, to answer to charges of bribery and criminal operations that have been made against them by various witnesses.It is reported that the many charges of bribery and crooked operations made recently will be investigated by the grand jury when

Sunday, 3rd May 1914: Dorsey Calls C. W. Burke And Other Investigators For Leo Frank To Court, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 3rd May 1914,PAGE 16, COLUMN 1.W. J. Burns, on the stand, stated that the "Conley Confession" letters were obtained by Burke, not by himself. He also declared that he had nothing to do with Ragsdale and advised taking the witness away for fear of a "frame-up," asserting that many obstacles were in his path.Another sensational move was made by Solicitor Dorsey yesterday when he issued subpoenas for C. W. Burke, the private detective for Leo Frank's counsel, and a number of other investigators who have been active in gathering new evidence. Burke will be forced to face

Saturday, 2nd May 1914: William J. Burns Driven Out Of Marietta, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 2nd May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.W. J. Burns and Dan Lehon were summoned by Solicitor Dorsey to the Leo Frank retrial hearing. Subpoenas were served upon the noted detective and his assistant after their return from Marietta. J. E. Duffey was arrested and held as a witness for the resumption of the hearing on Monday morning. Developments in the Leo Frank case last night included the serving of subpoenas upon Detective William J. Burns and his lieutenant, Dan S. Lehon, demanding their presence before Solicitor Dorsey at the Frank new trial hearing before Judge Hill, and the

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