0969 Slide – Georgia Supreme Court Leo Frank Appeals Documents, 1913, 1914

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EXHIBIT MM—(Continued).

Georgia, Hancock County.
State of Georgia,
vs. { In Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia.
Leo M. Frank.
Questions to be propounded to Shi Gray, of Sparta, Hancock County, Georgia.
1. Q. Have you examined clipping from the Atlanta Georgian of August 26, 1913, hereto attached, showing a picture of the jury in the above-stated case, and showing a likeness of Juror A. H. Henslee?
A. Yes.
2. Q. Are you personally acquainted with A. H. Henslee?
A. Yes.
3. Q. Did you or not hear A. H. Henslee discussing the question of whether or not Leo M. Frank was guilty of the murder of Mary Phagan, between the death of said Mary Phagan and the commencement of the trial of Leo M. Frank charged with the murder of Mary Phagan?
A. Yes.
4. Q. To the best of your recollection what did he say in this conversation?
A. In a conversation in Walker & Holmes Insurance office, some one asked Henslee whether he, Henslee, thought Frank was guilty of the murder of Mary Phagan. Henslee answered in the affirmative. The answer given by Henslee was stated positively and firmly. The conversation lasted for about 20 minutes to half an hour. All of us were talking. Henslee and Mr. Holmes and Mr. Johnson, and others. The whole conversation at the time with Henslee was on the proposition as to whether or not Leo M. Frank was guilty of the murder of Mary Phagan.
5. Q. Where and when did this take place, and who else was present?
A. It was before the trial of Frank, and it was in the Insurance office of Walker & Holmes.
6. Q. Did you not hear A. H. Henslee state, in Sparta, Ga., between the time of the death of Mary Phagan and the commencement of the trial of Leo M. Frank for the murder of Mary Phagan, that Leo M. Frank was guilty of the murder of Mary Phagan?
A. Yes.
7. Q. Did you not hear A. H. Henslee say that he believed Leo M. Frank was guilty of the murder of Mary Phagan, and further that he would bet one dollar or other sum, or would like to bet one dollar or other sum, that he, the said A. H. Henslee, would be put on the jury to try Leo M. Frank for the murder of Mary Phagan?
A. I heard him say he was summoned as a juror in the same conversation already testified about.
8. Q. State in full what is your business occupation, or if more than one, what are your business occupations?
A. I am a dealer in live stock.
H. SHI GRAY.

Georgia, Hancock County.
Before me personally appeared H. Shi Gray, who being first duly sworn, true answers to make to the above and foregoing written questions, answered same as above set forth; said answers executed, sworn to, and subscribed before me this September 26, 1913.
J. W. LEWIS,
Notary Public, Hancock County, Georgia.
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