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X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.

“Well, I am going home to get
dinner and you come back here
in about forty minutes and I will
fix the money.” Went over to
the beer saloon and took the cig-
arettes out of the box and there
was some money there, two paper
dollar bills and two silver quar-
ters and I took a drink and laid
across the bed and went to sleep;
didn’t get up until half-past 6
that night, that’s the last I saw
of Mr. Frank that Saturday; saw
him next time on Tuesday on
the fourth floor when I was
sweeping, He said, “Now, re-
member, keep your mouth shut,”
and I said, All right, and he
said, “If you’d come back on Sat-
urday and done what I told
you to do with it down there,
there wouldn't bave been no
trouble.” I was arrested on
Thursday, May ist, Mr. Frank
told me just what to write on
those notes there. That is the
same pad he told me to write on.
Met Mr. Frank Saturday morn~
ing, he had on his raincoat and
his uanal suit of clothes and an
umbrella, Refused to write for
‘the police the first time; told them
I couldn't write,
Cross-examined, Am 27 years
old; can’t read and write good;
ean’t read the newspapers good}
can’t get any sense out of them.
There is come little letters like
“dis” and “dat” that I can read;
other things I don’t understand;
ean apell “dog,” and most simple
little words like that; went to
sebool about a year; can spell
“day” but not “daylight;” ean
spell “beer” but not hiskey 7”
can’t figure exce| Pim with 2 my fn-
gers; know the
frclve. Didw't know Newt Leo}
heard them say there was @ ne-
gro night watchman, ‘but never

did know that be was a negro.
The lady that was with Mr, Frank
the time I watehed for him last
July wag Mise Daisy Hopkins.
Mr. Frank called me in his office.
He said, “You go down there and
Bee nobody don’t come up and
you will have a chance to make
some money.” The other lady had
gone out to get that young onan,
Mr. Dalton. She came back after
a while with Mr. Dalton. They
went dowastaira and stayed about
an hour. Mr. Dalton gave me a
quarter, and the ladies came
down and left, and then Mr.
Frank came down after they left.
The next Saturday TI watched
waa right near the same thing.
After Mr. Holloway left, Miss
Daisy Hopkins eame on into the
office, Mr, Frank came out of
the offies, popped his fingers and
went back into the office; went
down and stood by the door. Ho
stayed there that time about half
an hour and then the girl went
out. He gave me half a dollar
this time. The next time I
watched for him and Mr. Dalton,
too, somewhere the last part of
August. The lady that eame in
that day was one who worked on
the fourth floor; it was not Miss
Hopkins.’ She went right
to Mr. Frank's offlee, then I went
and watehed. She stayed about
‘half an hour and come out. Next
time I watched was Thankegiv-
ing Day; met Mr. Frank that
morning about 8. He said, “A
lady will be here in a little while,
me and her are going to shat, I
don’t want you to do no work,
I just want you to watch.” In
abont half sn hour the lady eame.
I didn’t know her, she didn’t
work at the factory. She was
very tall, heavy built Indy. After
she came down, she said to Mr.

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