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LEO W. FRANK.

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he onght to be sweeping, down
in the shipping room watching
the detectives, officers and te-
porters; caught him washing his
shirt. Looked like he tried to
hide it from me.

Henry Scott (recalled). Was
present when Conley made his
statement May 18, I wrote that
myself. He positively denied
that he was at the factory on
Saturday or that he knew any-
thing about the murder. We
tried for hours to get him to con-
fess. The next statement he

made on May 24, and we took
him over to Mr. Dorsey's office,
who went over it with him. He
still denied seeing the little girl
the day of the murder. On May
25 we talked to him five or six
hours, showing him that Frank
could not bave written these
notes on Friday. He still said
he had told the truth, On May
28 he made another statement,
the same as before. On May 29
he made his last statement. We
told him what would fit and
enssed him g good deal.

THE EVIDENCE FOR THE PRISONER

W. W. Matthews. Am a mo-
torman; 26th April was running
on English Avenue. Mary
Phagan got on my ear at Lind-
sey Street at 11:50. We got to
Broad and Hanter about 12:10.
Mary and some other little girl
who was sitting with her, got off.
The pencil factory is about a
block and a half from Hunter
and Broad. Nobody got on with
Mary at Lindsey Street. Know
the little Epps boy. He did not
get on the ear with her at Lind-
sey Street; saw Mary’s body at
the undertaker’s. It was the
same girl that got on my ear.

W. T. Hotis, Am a street car
eonductor. On 26th April was
on the English Avenne line. We
yan on sehedule that day. Mary
Phagan got on at Lindsey Street
at about 11:50. No one else got
on with her. Epps did not get
on with her; no one was sitting
with her; do not recollect Epps
getting on the car at all that
morning.

Herbert G. Schiff, Am assist-
ant superintendent of the Na-
tional Pencil Co.; occupied the
same office ss Mr, Frank; the

company’s money except the
petty cash was kept at the gun-
eral manager’s office, Mr. Sig
Montag, All mail of the com-
pany is received there. Mr.
Frank’s salary was $150 a
month. I usnally leave the fac-
tory at 12:30 and retarn at 2 to
2:15. Frank wonld leave a lit-
ile after 1 and return about 3;
do not ‘reeall a single Saturday
that Frank returned earlier than
I did. We both worked together.
The street doora were always
open. Office boy would be in the
outer office. Frequently we were
interrupted by salesmen calling
on ns Saturday afternoon. The
stenographers came back very
seldom on Saturday afternoon;
were liable to be interrupted at
any time on Saturday afternoon
by people on business, Newt
Lee was the first negro night
watchman we ever had, Frank
and I usually left the factory at
half-past 5 or a quarter to 6 on
Saturdays; left together, Very
often Mrs, Frank would come wp
to the offfee on Saturday; never
saw Conley around the office on
Saturday afternoon after 2

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