1100 Page – Leo Frank Georgia Supreme Court Appeals Records, 1913, 1914

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back from Montag's. It may have been about 11 o'clock. Miss Mattie Smith
left the factory somewhere about 9:30. It was after we got back from Montag's
that I saw Mr. Darley leave. Mr. Holloway and the peg-legged negro went
upstairs and came down before Mr. Darley left the factory. They could have
seen me sitting on the box, as they came out the factory. Mr. Holloway left
about 10 or 15 minutes after Mr. Darley left. It may have been four or five
minutes. After Mr. Holloway left, I told them-Mr. Quinn came in-I may have
told them that a lady dressed in green was the next one. That wasn't true.
A lady in green did go up before Mr. Darley came down. She came down
before Holloway and Darley left. If I told the officers that she went up after
they-left, I made a mistake. Mr. Quinn was the next man that went up after
Mr. Holloway came down. Yes, I did that yesterday. Yes, I said yesterday
Mr. Quinn was the last man I saw come down. No, I didn't say yesterday
Miss Montine Stover came down after Mr. Quinn came down. I might have
told the officers that I saw Mr. Holloway return upstairs, turn to the right
toward Hunter Street and go in the factory. If I did, I made a mistake. I
don't remember all the mistakes I made. No, I have never told about a lady
going up there after them six or seven minutes. I was mistaken. I don't know
whether I have ever corrected that mistake or not. She went upstairs and
Mr. Quinn went up and came down before she did. If I told the officers she
stayed there 7 or 8 minutes and came right down, I made a mistake. I don't
think I corrected that mistake at all. I don't know how long it was after she
came down before anybody else went up and down. If I told the officers it
was 10 or 15 minutes that was a mistake. I don't think I corrected that mis-
take at all. I haven't got any idea at all how long before the lady in green
came down that anybody else went up. Yes, I told Mr. Scott and Mr-Black
that the only people who went up at all were Miss Mattie Smith, Darley, Hollo-
way and the woman in green, and nobody went up and down until Mr. Frank
whistled. No, that wasn't true. The reason why I told that story was be-
cause I didn't want them to know that other people passed by me, for
they might accuse me. The reason I didn't tell them was because I
didn't want people to think that I was the one that done the murder. I told
them that I saw those four men go up because I didn't think they saw me
sitting there, and I didn't tell of seeing the other people for fear they would
report on me. The reason why I told the police about those four going up
there, because that is all I could remember that went up and down. I don't
know when my memory got fresher about other people going up and down.
I think it was after I got out of jail. I think I corrected that with Mr.
Starnes, Mr. Campbell and Mr. Dorsey, at police headquarters. After I cor-
rected with the detectives down at headquarters, they took me to Mr. Dorsey's
office. I have been in Mr. Dorsey's office three times. Mr. Dorsey was down
at headquarters with me I think about four times. As to whether it took Mr.
Dorsey about seven times to get my testimony straight, it didn't take him that
long to get it straight, it took that long for me. As to why I didn't tell it all,
I didn't want to tell it all. I was intending to hold back some. I didn't want