0517 Page – Leo Frank Georgia Supreme Court Appeals Records, 1913, 1914

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and made me sign something before they would let me loose, but it
wasn't true. I signed it to get out of jail, because they said
they would not let me out. It was all written out for me before
they made me sign it.
CROSS-EXAMINATION.
I signed that statement (State's Exhibit "J"), but I didn't
tell you some of the things you got in there. I didn't say he
left home about three o'clock. I said somewhere about two.
I did not say he was not there at one o'clock. Mr. Graves and
Mr. Pickett, of Beck & Gregg Hardware Co., came down to see me.
A detective took me to your (Mr. Dorsey's) office. My husband
was there and told me that I had told him certain things. Yes,
I denied it. Yes, I wept and cried and stuck to it. When they
first brought me out of jail, they said they did not want anything
else but the truth, then they said I had to tell a lot of lies
and I told them I would not do it. That man sitting right there
(pointing to Mr. Campbell) and a whole lot of men wanted me to
tell lies. They wanted me to witness to what my husband was
saying. My husband tried to get me to tell lies. They made me
sign that statement, but it was a lie. If Mr. Frank didn't eat
any dinner that day I ain't sitting in this chair. Mrs. Selig
never gave me no money. The statement that I signed is not the
truth. They told me if I didn't sign it they were going to keep
me locked up. That man there (indicating) and that man made me
sign it. Mr. Graves and Mr. Pickett made me sign it. They
did not give me any more money after this thing happened. One
week I was paid two week's wages
RE-DIRECT EXAMINATION.
None of the things in that statement is true. It's all a
lie. My wages never have been raised since this thing happened.
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They always told me to keep quiet, they always told me to
tell the truth and it couldn't hurt.