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The Atlanta Constitution,
Sunday, 17th August 1913,
PAGE 11, COLUMN 4.
A. Thomas, a civil engineer, who measured the distance from Marietta and Forsyth streets along Forsyth to the pencil plant and who also timed himself in walking the distance, was put on the stand following Mrs. Frank.
Direct examination by Arnold.
"Did you measure the distance from the intersection of Forsyth at Marietta along Forsyth street to the National Pencil factory?"
"Yes, it is 1,016 feet."
"Did you walk over it to test the time?"
"Yes, at a moderate pace it took me four and a half minutes."
"Did you measure the distance from the factory along Forsyth street to Alabama and along Alabama to Whitehall?"
"Yes, the distance is 830 feet. Walking at the same rate, I reached Whitehall street in three and a half minutes."
"Did you measure from the corner of Broad and Hunter streets to the pencil factory?"
"Yes, it is 330 feet and required me one and a fourth minutes to walk it."
Cross-examination by Dorsey.
"Did you have an accurate watch?"
"Yes."
"A man would have to walk very slowly to require six minutes to walk the distance from Marietta street to the factory?"
"Yes."
"You walked briskly, didn't you?"
"At my usual rate."
"You could easily have walked faster?"
"Not easily."