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X, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.

May 6th or 7th was the first
time I knew Mrs, White claimed
to have seen a negro at the fac-
tory on April 26th,

James Conley. Have been
working for the pencil company
for over two years, Friday eve-
ning about 3 Mr. Frank eame to
the 4th floor and said I was to
come to the factory Saturday
morning at 8:30; got to the
factory about 8:30; Mr. Frank
and I got to the door at the
same time. I always stayed on
the first floor and watehed for
Mr. Frank while he and a young
lady would be upon the seeond
floor chatting. He always told
me thst when the lady came he
wonld stamp on the floor and I
was to Tock the door and when
he whistled was to open it. He
says, “What I want you to do
ia to watch for me today as you
did other Saturdays,” and I
says, All right. Went ont and
came back about noon. Then
Mr. Frank says, “Now, there
will be a young lady up here
after awhile, and me and her are
going to chat a little; now, when
the lady comea, I will stomp like
I did before, that will be the
lady, and you go and shut the
door; when I whistle I will be
through, 0 you ean go and un-

lock the door and you come up~

stairs to my office then like you
were going to borrow some
money for me and that will give
the young lady time to get out.”
I says, All right, I will do just
ms you say, and I did as he said.
He saya, “Now, whatever you do,
don’t let Mr. Darley see you.”
Then Mr, Frank went upstai
and he said, “Remember to keep
your eyes open,” and I says, All
tight, I , Mr. Frank, The
person I saw come along

was a lady that worked on the
fourth floor, don’t know her
name; the next person that came
along was the negro drayman, he
went upstairs. He was a peg-
legged fellow, real dark; next I
saw this vegro and Mr. Hollo-
way coming back down the steps.
Mr, Darley came down and left,
Mr. Holloway came down and
left. This lady that worked on
the fourth floor came down and
left, The next person I sew
coming there was Mr. Quinn; he
‘went upstairs, stayed a little
while and then came down; the
next person that I saw was Miss
Mary Perkins, that’s what I call
her, this lady that is dead; after
she went upstairs I heard her
footsteps going towards the of-
fice and after she went in the
office, heard two people walking
out of the office and going like
they were coming down the
steps, but they didn’t come down
the steps, they went back to-
wards the metal department;
after they went back there, heard
the lady seream, then didn’t hear
no more, and the next person I
saw coming in there was Miss
Monteen Stover; she camo back
down the steps and left; heard
somebody tiptoeing back towards
the metal department; after that
T kind of dozed off and went to
sleep; next thing Mr, Frank was
up over my head stamping and
then I went and locked the door;
next thing heard Mr, Frank
whistling; went and unlocked the
door just like he said, and went
on up the steps, Mr. Frank was
standing up at the top of the
steps and shivering and tremb-
ling and rubbing his hands, He
had a little rope in his hands;
he asked me, “Did you see that
Kittle girl who passed here just

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