0354 Page – Leo Frank Georgia Supreme Court Appeals Records, 1913, 1914

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enough of it to have seen what it looked like, coming up to it.
I made an experiment in the day time to see whether he could
see the body or not, and I found he could see the feet, you
could see the bulk. Unless he was looking directly for someone
I don't think he could see it. The place where I thought I
saw someone dragged was right in front of the elevator, directly
back. It began immediately in front of the elevator, right at
the bottom of the shaft. The hat was possibly nearer the
elevator than the shoe. That was a dirt floor and cinders on
it scattered over the dirt. I thought the places on her face
had been made from dragging. I think I saw a little blood on
the underclothing. I did not testify before the Coroner that
the blood ran a little when we moved the body, I didn't say it
was liquid. The blood was dry. The little trail where
through showed the body was dragged went straight on down where
the girl was found. It was a continuous trail. The finger
joints on her hand worked a little. Back door was shut, staple
had been pulled. The lock was locked still, but the staple had
been drawn out. It was a sliding door with a bar across the
door, but the bar had been taken down. It looked like the staple
had been recently drawn. I was reading one of the notes to
Lee, with the following words "A tall black negro did this,
he will try to lay it on the night" and when I got to the word
"night", Lee says: "That means the night watchman." I had just
said the "night" and he said "that means the night watchman."
I think the underclothes were torn out, but I am not positive.

RE-DIRECT EXAMINATION.

It was about one hundred fifty feet from the ladder to
where we found the body. The ribbon I found was not on the
hat, it was on the hair. We made another experiment at night