0473 Page – Leo Frank Georgia Supreme Court Appeals Records, 1913, 1914

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him. He looked pretty good when he testified here. Frank was
arrested Tuesday morning at about 11:30pm May 29th we had anoth-
er- talk with him. Talked with him almost all day. Yes, we
pointed out things in his story that were improbable and told
him he must do better than that. Anything in his story that
looked to be out of place we told him wouldn't do. After he had
made his last statement we didn't wish to make any further sugges-
tion to him at that time. He then made his last statement on
May 29th(Defendant's Ex.38). He told us all that appears in
that statement. We tried to get him to tell about the little
mesh bag. We tried pretty strong. He always denied ever hav-
ing seen it. He never said that he saw it in Frank's office or
that Frank put it in his safe. We asked him about the parasol.
He didn't tell us anything about it. He didn't tell us anything
about Frank stumbling as he got on the street floor at the elevator
and hit him. Since making this statement on May 29th I have
not communicated with Conley and have not seen him. He never
told us that he came from his home straight to the factory. He
denied knowing anything about the feet being down in the basement
in the elevator shaft. He never said he went down there himself
between the time he first came to the factory and went to Montag's.
He never said he thought the name of the little girl was Mary Per-
kins. He never said anything at all about Mary Perkins. We
pressed him that day as to whether he saw Mary Phagan or not.
He finally told us that he saw her dead body. He never did tell
us that he heard a lady scream thro we asked him about it. He
said he did not hear anybody scream while he was sitting on the box.
He said he didn't hear anything at all that day. He never said
anything about Mr. Frank having hit her and having hit her too hard.
He never said anything about somebody running on tip toes from
the metal department to the back