Monday, 15th June 1914: Minola M’knight Mysteriously Cut, The Atlanta Constitution

Witness in the Frank Case Refuses to Tell How She Was Injured.

Minola Mc Knight, wife of Albert Mc Knight, both of whom were witnesses in the Frank trial, was severely cut across the face last night by a party whose name the woman refused to disclose. Minola resides in the back of 383 Washington Street, which is the home of Louis Pickard. Call officers from the Police Station were summoned to her residence last night and found a physician attending her. A 5-inch cut was across her face.

The Mc Knight woman was the cook in the Frank home. According to the story told by her husband, she said that Frank was very nervous on the night of the murder and said he had some trouble with a girl at the Factory. Later, the Defense claimed that she had been coerced into making an Affidavit for the State by Detectives, and that the story of Mc Knight was absolutely without foundation. Minola also stated that she never told her husband any such story and that it was a fabrication on his part.