0399 Page – Leo Frank Georgia Supreme Court Appeals Records, 1913, 1914

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me and sent for me one time. The first time I went there, Chief
Lanford, Mr. Dorsey, Mr. Stephens and the stenographer was
there. They all asked me questions, one would ask me a
question and before I got that answered, another would ask me
a question. The next time I went there, Mr. Dorsey, Mr. Starnes,
Mr. Campbell and the stenographer were there. Mr.
Dorsey did all the questioning this time. When Mr. Frank
was engaged on his work in the factory he was very intent on
his work, very earnest and industrious. I don't think a day
passed at the factory that Mr. Frank did not get nervous. When
anything went wrong he would wring his hands and I have seen
him push his hands up through his hair. When things went wrong
it would upset him. If anything out of the ordinary happened I
have seen him a thousand times, I suppose, rub his hands. At
a factory like this things don't usually go right all day, there
is something wrong all the time. When anything went wrong it
rattled him and he would frequently call on me to straighten
it out. He would show the mail, and he would raise sand about
over to Montag's with the mail, and he would raise sand about
something and he would come back very nervous. If Mr. Frank
saw anything going wrong inside the factory, he would refer
the matter to me. I never saw Mr. Frank speak to Mary Phagan.
I don't know whether he knew her or not. I didn't know we had
a girl by that name in the factory until I found it out after-
wards. The two men working up in the fourth floor all day
Saturday could have come to the second floor into the metal room
and down into the basement if they wanted to, they had the
whole run of the factory. Yes, I have seen all kinds of papers
down in the basement. The paper that note is written on is a
blank order pad. It is either the carbon or white sheet, one is
white and one is yellow. That kind of paper is liable to be

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