255 Page – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document

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LEO M.

PRANE. 223

If a body is disinterred at the end of 9 days and the stomach is taken out, and among the contents you find cabbage like that and bits of wheat bread slightly digested, you could not by looking at the cabbage hazard an opinion as to how long before death that had been taken into the stomach.

**Alfred Loring Lane.** I am a resident of Brooklyn, N.Y. I knew Leo Frank for 4 years at Pratt Institute, which we both attended. His general character is good.

**Philip Nash.** I knew Leo Frank for 4 years at Pratt Institute. His general character is good.

**Richard A. Wright.** I live in Brooklyn, N.Y. I knew Leo Frank for 4 years at Pratt Institute, and also for 3 years at Cornell. His general character is good.

**Harry Lewis.** I live in Brooklyn, N.Y.; I am a lawyer. I have known Leo Frank for about 12 years; I have been a neighbor of his until he came South. His general character is good.

**Herbert Lasher.** I knew Leo Frank at Cornell University; I was in his class, and we roomed together for 2 years. His general character was very good.

**John W. Todd, Prof. C. D. Albert, Prof. J. E. Vanderhoff, V. H. Kriegshaber, M. F. Goldstein, Dr. David Marz, Jewish Rabbi, and R. A. Sona, Superintendent of the Hebrew Orphans’ Home,** testified that his character was good.

**Arthur Heyman, Mrs. H. Glogowski, Mrs. Adolph Montag, Mr. Z. O. Parmele, Ida Hays, and others, Opie Dickerson,** testified to the same effect.

**Mrs. Emma Clark Freeman.** I have worked at the pencil factory for over 4 years. Frank's general character is good; I am a married woman; I have known Conley ever since he has been at the factory. His general character for truth and veracity is bad; I would not believe him on oath.

**Cross-examined.** I have never heard any suggestion of any wrongdoing on the part of Mr. Frank, either in or out of the factory; I was forelady at the factory for about 3 years.

**Sarah Barnes.** I worked at the pencil factory for over 4 years; his character is good. He has been the best of men.

**Irene Roquemore.** I worked at the pencil factory for 3 years. Mr. Frank’s character was very good. He never said anything to me; I never met Mr. Frank at any time for any immoral purpose.

**Cross-examined.** The girls seemed to be afraid of him; I heard some remarks two or three times about Mr. Frank’s going to the dressing room on different occasions; I never heard any talk about Mr. Frank going around putting his hands on girls; I never heard of his going out with any of the girls.

**Miss Beulah Fleming.** I worked as a stenographer for Mr. Frank; his character was unusually good.

**Cross-examined.** I am just talking about my personal relations with him; I have never seen him do anything wrong there in the factory. He never made any advances to me or anyone else.

**Mrs. Mattie Thompson.** I work at the pencil factory. Mr. Frank’s character is good. I have never heard anything against him; I have never met Mr. Frank anywhere or at any time for any immoral purpose.

**Miss Irene Carson.** I worked at the pencil factory.

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