1071 Page – Leo Frank Georgia Supreme Court Appeals Records, 1913, 1914

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I continued to call for about five minutes. I told Central that there had been
a girl killed in the factory and I wanted to get Mr. Frank. I called Mr. Haas
and Mr. Montag, too. I got a response from both. I think a lady answered
the telephone. I got them in a few minutes. I tried to get Mr. Frank again
about four o'clock. Central said she rang and she couldn't get him. There
was some blood on the girl's underclothes.

CROSS EXAMINATION.

There was a wound on the left-hand side of the girl's head. The blood was
dried up. It was wet right next to the skin. Lee said over the telephone
that it was a white girl. It took us about three minutes to get to the factory
from the police station. Just as I got to the automobile could get us there.
We got there inside of five minutes after I received his telephone message.
Lee had a smoky lantern. You couldn't see very far with it. It was smoked
up right smart. Lee said he had been to the closet and had his lantern sitting
down there and he looked over and saw the lady. He said he saw her while
he was standing up. I said he couldn't see her. You could see the bulk of
anything that far, but you couldn't tell that far whether it was a person. He
told me when I first got him that he had his lantern sitting down right in front
of him. The body was lying sort of face downward and on the left side of the body
I saw a number of tracks which lead from the body to the shaving room. There
is an opening from the place where the body lay into the shaving room. I found
a pencil down there. There are plenty of pencils and trash in the basement.
The trash was all up next to the boiler.

H. L. PARRY, sworn in behalf of the State.

I reported the statement of Lee M. Frank before the coroner's jury. I
have been a stenographer for thirty years and considered an expert.

CROSS EXAMINATION

Newt Lee was asked the following questions and gave the following an-
swers at the coroner's jury: "Q. Had you ever seen him change that before?
A. Well, he put the tape in once before. Q. When was that? A. I don't
know, sir, when it was, it was one night. Q. How long did it take him the
first time you ever saw him put the tape on? A. I never paid any attention
to him. Q. Well, about how long did it take him, five minutes? A. No, sir,
it didn't take him that long. Q. Did it take him a minute? A. I couldn't tell
exactly how long. Q. How long did it take the other night, on Saturday night?
A. Well, it took him a pretty good little bit, because he spoke about it. He
said it's pretty hard, you know, to get on." I don't know whether he swore
anything else on that particular subject without examining the record.