0412 Page – Leo Frank Georgia Supreme Court Appeals Records, 1913, 1914

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some urine on her underclothes and there were some dry blood
splotches there. The right leg of the drawers were split with a
knife or torn right up the seam. Her right eye was very darklook-
ed like it was hit before death because it was very much swollen;
if it had been hit after death there wouldn't have been any swell-
ing. I found a wound 2-1/4 inches on the back of the head. It was
made before death, because it bled a great deal. The hair was matted
with blood and was very dry. If it had been made after death, there
would have been no blood there. There is no circulation after
death. The skull wasn't crushed; the scalp was broken. The indi-
cation was that it was made before death. There was a soar over
each eye about the size of a dime. I didn't notice any scratches
on her nose. I can't state whether the defendant ever looked at
the body or not. There was some discharge on her underclothes
which was very dry and if she had been dead a short time, it would
have been wet yet.

CROSS EXAMINATION

I judge the length of time the corpse had been dead by
the rigor mortis, this is very indefinite at times. It begins be-
fore death. If she died of strangulation, I would expect rigor
mortis to begin within an hour. I have never had any experience
about a case of strangulation so as to determine when rigor mortis
began and when it broke. There is no definiteness about how long a
time rigor mortis lasts. I was over there on a call from Mr. Black
to where the girl was. I took them back there, pulled a light in,
pulled the sheet back, and moved the revolving table and walked out
between them. Mr. Frank was near the right-hand going in. Mr. Black
was at the left. I took a gallon of blood from the little girl's
body, enough to clear up the face and body. I injected one
gallon of the formula into the corpse. Formaldehyde is a con-
stituent part of the embalming fluid used. I prepared all the
superficial parts of the body and cavity of the abdomen and of the
body. I judge she died of strangulation because the rope was tight
enough to choke her to death and her tongue being an inch and a
quarter out of her mouth, showed she died from strangulation.

RE-DIRECT EXAMINATION

I don't think the little girl lost much blood.