0548 Page – Leo Frank Georgia Supreme Court Appeals Records, 1913, 1914

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PHILIP CHAMBERS, Sworn for the defendant.

I am 15 years old. I started working for them Dec.13,1912, 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 3. Sometimes on Saturdays I would be sent to Montag for 15 minutes, to get the mail. I would sometimes go out to the Bell St plant to send the payroll there. I would get back at 12 o'clock. I have never missed a single Saturday at the factory while I was working there. Mr.Frank never did have any women there. I never saw any drinking there. I have never seen Dalton come in there. I have seen Jim Conley sweeping there Saturday afternoon. Snowball would be in there once in a while. I have never known the front door to be locked on Saturday afternoon. After a certain time all the sweepers, including Conley and Snowball, had to leave the factory at noon. Mr.Darley gave them orders they could not sweep in the afternoon. After that I never saw any of them around there Saturday afternoon. I have never seen anybody watching the door on any Saturday that I was there, or anybody day. I have seen Mr.Frank's wife come to his office once. Mr Schiff would be helping him on some of the Saturdays that I would be there. I have never seen Mr. Frank familiar with any of the women in the factory. I have never seen him talk to Mary Phagan at all.

CROSS EXAMINATION. Mr. Frank and I were good friends, just like a boss ought to be to me. I don't know anything about Mr.Frank's telling Conley to come around and not let Mr.Darley see him.

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