0361 Page – Leo Frank Georgia Supreme Court Appeals Records, 1913, 1914

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to get her pay." He said, "I will tell you about the exact time
she left here. My stenographer left about twelve o'clock, and
a few minutes after she left, the officeboy left and Mary came
in and got her money and left." He said she got $1.20 and he
asked whether anybody had found the envelope that the money
was in. Frank still seemed to be nervous like the first time
I seen him. It was just his quick manner of stepping around
and his manner of speech like he had done at the house that
indicated to me that he was nervous. He then wanted to see
where the girl was found. Mr. Frank went around by the eleva-
tor, where there was a switch box on the wall and Mr. Frank
put the switch in. The box was not locked. Somebody asked
him if he was used to keeping the switch box locked. He said
they had kept it locked up to a certain time until the insurance
company told him that he would have to leave it unlocked, that
it was a violation of the law to keep an electric switch box
locked. We then stepped on the elevator. He still stepped
about lively and spoke up lively answering questions, just like
he had always done. After we got on the elevator, he jerked
at the ropes and it hung and he called Mr. Darley to start it
and we all stepped out of the elevator. Mr. Darley came and
pulled at the rope two or three times and the elevator started.
As to whether anybody made any statement down in the basement
as to who was responsible for the murder, I think Mr. Frank made
the remark that Mr. Darley had worked Newt Lee for sometime out
at the Oakland plant and that if Lee knew anything about the
murder that Darley would stand a better chance of getting it out
of him than anybody else. After we came back from the basement
it was suggested that we go to the station house and as we started
out Mr. Frank says, "I had better put in a new slip, hadn't I
Darley?" Darley told him yes to put in a slip. Frank came with