0343 Page – Leo Frank Georgia Supreme Court Appeals Records, 1913, 1914

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It took him twice as long this time than it did the other times
I saw him fix it. He fumbled putting it in, while I held the
lever for him and I think he made some remark about he was not
used to putting it in. When Mr. Frank put the tape in I punched
and I went on down-stairs. While I was down there Mr. Gantt
came from across the street from the beer saloon and says, "Newt,
I got a pair of old shoes that I want to get upstairs to have
fixed." I says, "I ain't allowed to let anybody in here after
six o'clock." About that time Mr. Frank come justing out of
the door and run into Gantt unexpected and he jumped back
frightened. Gantt says, "I got a pair of old shoes upstairs,
have you any objection to my getting them?" Frank says, "I
don't think they are up there, I think I saw the boy sweep some
up in the trash the other day." Mr. Gantt asked him what sort
they were and Mr. Frank said "tans". Gantt says, "Well, I
had a pair of black ones too." Frank says, "Well, I don't
know", and he dropped his head down just so. Then he raised
his head and says, "Newt, go with him and stay with him and help
him find them" and I went up there with Mr. Gantt and found them
in the shipping room, two pairs, the tans and the black ones.
Mr. Frank phoned me that night about an hour after he left, it
was sometime after seven o'clock. He says, "How is everything?"
and I says, "Everything is all right so far as I know", and he
says, "Good-bye." No, he did not ask anything about Gantt. Yes,
that is the first time he ever phoned to me on a Saturday night.
There is a light on the street floor just after you get in
the entrance to the building. The light is right up here where
that partition comes across. Mr. Frank told me when I first went
there, "keep that light burning bright, so the officers can see
in when they pass by." It wasn't burning that day at all. I