1172 Page – Leo Frank Georgia Supreme Court Appeals Records, 1913, 1914

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the case at all. At the time of the interview with the little girl and the
little boy they were both in the room with their father. Their father took
me out there.

W. D. McWORTH, sworn for the Defendant.

I am a Pinkerton detective. I worked for three days on the Frank
case. For three days I took statements from the factory employes and on
May 15th, I made a thorough search of the ground floor. I found near the
front door on the ground floor, stains that might or might not have been
blood. All the radiators in the factory had trash, dirt and rubbish behind
them. Behind one of the radiators near the Clark Woodenware place, where
the partition is, I found much trash, behind the trap door, up against the
partition, and on top of the radiator were pipes and about eight or nine
lengths of that rope that they tie pencils with. One length—the only one that
came loose—was pulled straight away from the radiator and I saw signs of
it having been cut recently, with a sharp knife. Among the trash I found
papers there dated February, 1911. That rubbish had been there some time,
because the rest of the floor around there was clean. About six or eight
inches from the left side of the radiator, there was a small pile of dirt and
sweepings. When I took Mr. Whitfield, another Pinkerton detective, back
there to show him the spots I had found, we looked behind the radiator and
as I was sticking my hand around the dust and dirt, I discovered a pay
envelope. (Defendant's exhibit 47). It was covered with granulated dust.
I opened it and looked at it and saw the number 186 there. And the first
initials of the name an "M" and a "J". I handed it to Whitfield and said:
"Take it to the door and see what it is." It was pretty dark in there. Right
in the same corner, I also found a club (defendant's exhibit 48). It was
standing up on the doorway with some iron pipes. The club is used by the
drayman as a roller to roll boxes and barrels on. The iron pipes there were
used for the same purpose. The stains on the club were either paint or blood,
I don't know which. I found this little stick back of the front door. (State's
exhibit L.)

CROSS EXAMINATION.

I saw the spots in front of the ladies dressing room. It just looked as
if the floor had been stained. There are half a dozen places. There was no
difference in appearance between the dark spots by the water cooler and the
other spot in the metal room. I did not make any special search on the
office floor for a pay envelope. I was looking for the mesh bag under the
instructions of Mr. Scott. Mr. Whitfield joined me in the search. In my
report to the Pinkertons I reported that I found what I took to be blood
stains around the trap door. They were dark discolorations. There were
seven of them, averaging about seven inches in diameter. The gas was turned
on and I used matches in examining them. I had found the stains first and