0554 Slide – Georgia Supreme Court Leo Frank Appeals Documents, 1913, 1914

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Rosser. He considered Scott as working for the city. He included Scott with the rest of the detectives. Mr. Frank looked very much disappointed because the Grand Jury had just ignored him when he expected to be cleared. Mr. Frank has a great many friends who constantly visited him in jail.

NATHAN GOPIAN. Sworn for the defendant.
I remember last Thanksgiving Day was a very disagreeable day. I don't remember whether it snowed. The B'nai B'rith is a charitable organization here composed of young men. They gave a dance out at the Jewish Orphans Home Thanksgiving evening. Mr. Frank had charge of it. Mr. Frank and his wife were there. I got there about eight o'clock. They were there at that time. They stayed there until about ten o'clock.

JOE S. TEELER. Sworn for the defendant.
I have got charge of the varnishing department at the pencil factory, about sixty people work under me. I saw the spot that Mr. Barrett claimed he had found in front of the young ladies dressing room. It looked like someone had some coloring in a bottle and splashed it on the floor. Chief Beavers asked me to find out whether it was varnish or not. I saw the white stuff on it. It looked like a composition they use on the eyelet machines. The spots looked like some varnish. They use this kind of varnish in the metal room. It is never washed. The spots looked as if it had been made three days before. I would not have noticed it had my attention not been called to it. The floor is a greasy one. The white stuff looked like it came from the eyelet machine. The alleged blood spots could have been made with a transparent red varnish. If it is that kind of varnish it will soak in and looks something like blood. If it is pigment it will show up right red. They use this kind of varnish in bottles in the metal room. I tried a stain on the floor there and it looked just like that spot that Barrett found. Everybody was nervous and shaky on Monday. The varnish I experimented with soaked in the floor and spread out over the floor. It splashes out of the bucket and they