0039 Page – Leo Frank Georgia Supreme Court Appeals Records, 1913, 1914

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of Henslee and likewise of each and every man on the jury:
THAT I did not at any time, while a Juror, hear any applause
except such as occurred in open court, and which was heard
by the Judge, jury and attorneys in the case; I did not know
that there had been any cheering or anybody connected with the
case at any time or that there had been any cheering in any way
growing out of or connected with the Frank case, until after
the verdict was rendered, and I was told about said incidents.
THAT on one occasion - I have forgotten the exact date - when the
jury was opposite the old Union Depot Station, which is about
two blocks from the courthouse, I heard faintly and indefinitely
what I thought might be cheering; it was not distinct; what I
heard I considered at the time was in the vicinity of the court-
house; I did not know, as above stated, what was the occasion of
the cheering, either at that time or at any other time, until
after I was discharged as a Juror; THAT the jury left the court-
room every time before the Judge, lawyers and audience were per-
mitted to leave, and there was never any applause or cheering
either inside of the court or outside of the court, within my
knowledge, while the case was being considered - the jury in
leaving, were always attended by the Deputy Sheriff or bailiffs
one always going in front and one always in the rear; we were
usually taken direct from the courthouse to the German Cafe, lo-
cated midway of the block on Pryor Street, opposite from the
courthouse, and it took only a very short time to go there -
I should estimate about three minutes at the outside; upon
reaching the German Cafe we were taken directly to a private
dining room in the rear of the building and the door immediately
closed; after being shut up in this room, we never heard any
sounds that in the slightest resembled applause or cheering;
the only cheering that was heard by any time while the case
was being considered was the cheering that arose shortly after
the verdict of guilty was read; when there was cheering both
on Hunter and Pryor Streets, and said cheering was loud and
long. With the exception of this cheering, I never heard