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outside for her two hours, then
went in and foand Mr. February
reading over to her some steno-
graphic statement he had taken.
‘As to whether Minola MeKnight
did not sign this paper freely
and voluntarily, it was signed in

amy absence while I was at po-
lice station. That paper is sub-
stantially the notes that Mr. Feb-
ruary read over to her.

Albert McKnight. This side-
board sets more this way than it
was at the time I was there.

Cross-ezamined. Don’t know
jf the sideboard was changed,
but it wasn’t setting like that is
in the corner,

R. L, Craven, Am connected
with the Beck and Gregg Hard-
ware Co. Albert McKnight also
works there. He asked me to_go
down and eee if I could get Mi-
nola McKnight out when she
was arrested. I was present
when she signed that affidavit.
They bronght Minola MeKnieht
fn and we questioned her as to
the statements Albert had given
me; at first she would not talk,
she said she didn't know any-
thing about it. I told her that
Albert made the statement that
he waa there Saturday when Mr.
Frank came home, and he said
Mr, Frank came in the dining
room and stayed about ten min-
utes and went to the sideboard
and caught a car in about ten
minutes after he first arrived
there, and that Albert had said
that Minola had overheard Mrs,
Frank tell Mrs. Selig that Mr.
Frank didn’t rest well and he
came home drinking and made
Mrs. Frank get out of bed and
sleep on a rug by the side of the
bed and wanted her to give him
his pistol to shoot his head off
and that he had murdered some-

body, or something like that. Mi-
nola at first hesitated, but finally
she told everything that was in
that affidavit. When she did that
Mr. Starnes, Mr. Campbell, Mr.
February, Albert McKnight, Mr.
Pickett, and Mr. Gordon were
there,

E. H. Pickett, Work at Beek
& Gregg Haw. Co.; was present
when the affidavit was signed by
Minola MeKnight. We ques-
tioned her about the statement
Albert had made, and she denied
it all at first. She said she had
been cautioned not to talk about
this affair by Mrs. Frank or Mra.
Selig. She stated that Albert had
Hed in what be told us. She
finally began to weaken on one
or two points and admitted that
she had been paid a little more
money fhan was ordinarily due
her. Nobody threatened her when
she was there.

M. E. McCoy. Knew Mary
Phagan, T saw ver April 26:
in front of 12 Forsyth street. She
was going towards the pencil
company. It was near 12 o'clock.
Know the time as I looked at my
wateh,

George Kendley. Am ‘with the
Georgia R, & P. Co.; saw Mary
Phagan about noon on April 26,
She was going to the pencil fac-
tory from Marietta Street.

Cross-examined. Was on the
front end of the Hapeville car
when I saw her, It is due in town
at 12 o’clock. I told several peo-
ple about sceing her the next
day; didw’t testify at the Coro-
uer’s inquest because nobody
came to ask me; have not abused
and villifed Frank since this
tragedy; know Mr, Brent; didn’t
tell him that Mr. Frank’s ehil-
dren said he was guilty, As to
whether I abused and villifled

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