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back and wanted to know if they were ready to go, and at that
time they were preparing to leave. I went immediately down to
my office and opened the safe and my desk and hung up my coat
and hat and started to work on the financial report, Mr. Sebiff
had not come down and there was additional work for me to do.

T heard ‘the bell ring on the time elock and Arthur White and
Harry Denham eame into the office and Arthur White borrowed
$2.00 from me in advance on his wages, I had gotten to work on
the finaneial sheet, figuring it out, when I happened to go out to the
lavatory and on returning to the office, I noticed Newt Lee, the
watehman, coming from towards the head of the stairs, coming to-
wards me, I looked at the clock and told him the night before to
eome back at 4 o’clock for IE expected to go to the base ball game.
Newt Lee came along and greeted me and offered me a banana;
I declined the banana and told him that I had no way of letting
him know sooner that I was to be there at work and that I changed
my mind about going to the ball game. 1 told him that he could
go if he wanted to or he could amuse himself in any way he saw fit

for and hour and a half, but to be sure and be back by half-past 6
o'clock. He went off down the stair ease leading out and I re-
turned to my office.

{Aner describing st length his work on the financial sheet and
orders.

I finished this work that I have just outlined at about 5 minutes
to 6, and I proceeded to take out the clock strips from the eloek
which were used that day and replace them, The slips 1 put in
that night were stamped with a blue ink, with a robber dating
stamp, “April 28th.” Saturday night we put the slips into the
elock dated with the date on which the help were coming into the
factory to go about their regular duties and register on the Mon-
day following, which was April 28th, As I was putting these clips
into the clock, I saw Newt Lee coming up the stairs, and looking at
the clocks, it was as near as may be 6 o'clock. I finished putting
‘the slip in and 25 I waa washing, heard Newt Lee ring the on
‘the clock when he registered his first punch for the night, and he
‘weat down stairs to the front door to await my departure. After
washing, T went down stairs to the front door. I saw outside on
the street Newt Lee in conversation with Mr. J. M. Gantt, a man
that I had let go from the office two weeka previous, Newt Lea
told me that Mr. Gantt wanted to go back up into the factory, and
he had refnsed him admission, because his instructiona were for no
one to go back into the factory after he went ont, unless he got
contrary instructions from Mr. Darley or myself. I asked him
what he wanted, he said he had a couple of pairs of shoes, black
pair and tan pair, in the shipping room; told Newt Lee it would be
all right to pass Gantt in, and Gantt went in, Newt Lee closed the
door locking it after him. I then walked up Forsyth Street, posted
two letters, got a drink at soda fount, and bought my wife a box
of candy. ‘Arrived home about 6:25; sat looking at the Paper nti
about 6:30 when T eslled up at the factory to find out if Mr. Gantt
had left. Couldn’t get Newt Lee then. At 7 I again called the face