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we were out of material and she
was Isid off for the rest of the
‘week; have never seen Mr. Frank
speak to her; went to the factory
on April 26th, to see Mr. Sehiff,
He was not there. The street
doors were open when I got
there; did not see Mery Phagan
nor Jim Conley, nor Monteen
Stover. The doors to Mr,
Frank’a inner and outer offtce
were open, The time I reached
Mr. Frank’s office was about
12:20. ‘There waa no blood spots
under the machine where Barrett
claims to have found the hair.
There was no blood at the spot
‘where Conley claims the body of
the girl was found.

Harry Denham. Work on the
fourth floor of the peneil factory.
T was paid off Friday, April
25th; eame back Saturday to do
some work on the tmschinery
when it was not running. We
worked until 10 minutes after 3.
Tt took a good deal of hammer-
ing; we were making a racket up
there. May Barrett was the first
person to come upstairs that day,
about quarter past 11, Stayed
about three-quarters of an hour,
Tt was_after 12 when she left.
Mrs. Freeman and Miss Hall
were the next to come upstairs
and stayed about 15 minutes. Mrs,
‘White came upstairs about 12:30
to see her husband. She had a
good long talk with him. She
was still upstairs when Mr. Frank
came up. He told Mr. and Mrs.
White that he was going to din-
ner and would like to close the
doors. Mrs, White went right
down behind Mr. Frank; never
heard the elevator run that day;
ean see wheels turning on that
floor. There were no noises in
the factory that day, excepting
street noises. When we came out

we saw Mr. Frank at his desk
in his office writing. Mr. White
borrowed $2.00 from him. He
did not look nervous or unusual.
White and I on the fourth floor
could have gone anywhere in the
building that day. It was open
to us,

Cross-examined. The first
time Mr. Frank came upstairs it
was about 10 minutes to 1, The
second time was about 3 o’clock.

Minola McKwight, Work for
Mrs. Selig, I cook for her. Mr.
and Mrs, Frank live with Mr.
and Mrs, Selig. His wife is Mra.
Selig’s daughter; cooked break-
fast for the family on April 26th.
Mr. Frank finished breakfast
a little after 7 o’elock. Mr. Frank
eame to dinner about 20 minutes
after 1 that doy. Mrs. Frank
and Mrs. Selig were already eat-
ing when Mr, Frank came in.
My husband, Albert MeKnight,
wasn’t in the kitehen that da)
between 1 and 2 o'clock. Stand-
‘ing in the kitchen door you ean-
not see the mirror in the dining
room, If you move where you
ean sea the mirror, you can’t ee
the dining room table. My bns-
band wasn't there all that day.
‘Mr. Frank left that day some
time after 2 clock; next saw
him at half-past 6 at sapper. I
Teft about 8 o'clock. Mr. Frank
was still at home when I left,
He took supper with the rest of
the family. After this happened
the detectives came out and ar-
rested me and took me to Mr.
Dorsey’s office, where Mr. Dor-
sey, my husband and another
man were there. They tried to
get me to say that Mr. Frank
would not allow his wife to sleep
that night and that he told her
to get up and get his gun and let
him kill himself, and that he

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