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LEO M. FRANE, 197

Gantt from Mr, Darley or Mz.
Frank. Mr. Frank was present
at the time. Mr, Frank told me
when the little girl asked if the
metal had eome back that he
said “I don’t know.” It may be
‘true that I swore before the cor
oner that in answer to that ques-
tion from Mary Phagan as to
whether the metal had come yet
that Frank said, “No,” and it is
possible that I so reported to
you. If I said “No,” I meant “T
don’t know.”

Miss Monteen Stover. Worked
at the National Pencil Company
April 25th; was at the factory
at 5 minutes after 12 on that
day; left at 10 minutes after 12;
went there to get my money;
went in Mr, Frank’s offtce; he
‘was not there, I didn’t see or
hear anybody in the building.
The door to the metal room was
closed; had on tennis shoes, a
yellow hat and a brown rain
coat.

Cross-examined. Didn't no-
tice the safe in Mr. Frank's
office; walked right in and
walked right out; am fourteen
years old and I worked on the
fourth floor; knew the paying-
off time was 12 o'clock on Sat-
urday amd that is why I went
there.

R, P. Barrett. Am a ma-
cbinist for the National Peneil
Company. On Monday morning
Aetween 6:30 and 7:00, April
28th, found some spots at the
west end of the dressing room
on the seeond floor of the fac~
tory. ‘They were not there Fri-
day, Tt was blood; looked like
some white substance had been
wiped over it. We kept potash
and haskoline, ‘both white sub-
stances, on this floor. I found
some hair on the handle of a
bench lathe; Mell Stanford saw

this hair; the hair was not there
on Friday, There wes a pan of
haskoline about 8 feet from
where the blood was found.

Cross-examined, Never search-
ed for any blood spots before,
until Mies Jefferson came in and
said she understood Mary had
‘been murdered in the metal de-
partment, then I started to search
right away; could tell it was
blood by looking at it; can tell
the difference between blood and
other substances; found the hair
some few minutes afterward—
about 6 or 8 strands of hair and
pretty long.

Mell Stanford, Work at the
National Pencil Company;
swept the whole floor in the mat-
al room on April 26th, On Mon-
day after found a spot that had
some white haskoline over it on
second floor near dressing room.
That wasn’t there on Friday
when I swept. I use a small
broom in sweeping. The spot
looked like it was bleod, with
dark spots eeattered around;
looked like the large broom had
been nsed in putting the hasko-
line on the floor.

Mrs, George W. Jefferson.
Worked at the National Pencil
Company; saw blood on the sec-
ond floor in front of the girls’
dressing room on Monday; abont
ag big as a fan, and something
white over it; didn’t see that
blood there Friday; there are
cords in the polishing room, used
to tie pencils with,

B. B, Hasiett. Went to Mr.
Frank’a bovse Monday morning
after the murder about 7 and
took him to the station house,

B_ F. Holloway. Am day
watchman at the National Pen-
cil factory—worked there two
years; was there April 26th
from 6: 30 a, m. till 11:45; look

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