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246 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.

and I have made up my mind to tell the whole trath, without the
promise of any reward or from foree or fear of punishment in
any Way.

I got up Saturday morning, April 26th, between 9 and half-past 9.
I went to Potera Street, and stopped at the beer saloon, and bought
two beers there for myself and give another fellow a beer, I don’t
know what his name was, but they call him Bob. Then J walks up
to the Butt-In saloon and shoots dice and won 90 cents. Then I went
to Earley’s beer saloon, and bought two glasses of beer, and come
ont and bought a half pint of whiskey; I drank some of the whiskey,
then 1 started to the Capitol City Laundry, and on my way there met
Mr. Frank, going to Montags; he told me to wait a few minutes.
He come back and told me to come to the factory, that he wanted
to see me, and I went to the factory with him; and after we got to
the factory, Mr. Frank took the box and put it there at the trash
barrel, which was just to the right of the steps a8 you go in, for me
to sit on. He told me to sit down there until I heard him whistle.
‘Then he told me not to let Mr, Darley see me, and after Mr. Frank
went up the steps, in a few minutes here comes a young lady down-
stairs, that was Miss Mattie. Then come Mr. Darley down, and he
stopped Miss Mattie at the front door. I heard Mr, Darley say to
her, “Don't worry, I will see that you get that next week.” Then
contes Mr. Holloway down, about five minutes after Mr, Darley had
gone, Then come another colored fellow, a pegged-legged one, and
he went up the steps, he had some bills in his hands, and Mr. Hollo-
way come back down with the pegged-Jegged one and went out, on
the sidewalk and looked at the fellow’s wagon, but what he aaid to
him I don’t know, Then Mr. Holloway went back upstairs and come
‘back down and was gone for good. Then there eomes another lady
into the factory, and she had on a green looking dress; she works
on the fourth floor. She stayed up there seven or eight minutes, and
then she come back down with her money in her hand, and counted
it, and went out the door; the next thing, Mr. Frank whistled for
me twica; I went on up the stairs and the double doors on the stair-
way were closed, and I opened them and they shut themselves, and
Mr, Frank was standing at the top of the steps, and he said, “You
heard me, did yout” and I said, Yes, sir,” and Mr. Frank grabbed
me by my arm go tight his hand was trembling. He carried me into
his private office, then he saw two ladies coming, and he said to me,
“Gee, here comes Miss Emma Clark and Miss Corinthia Hall,” and
he come back in there to me; he was walking fast and seemed to ba
excited, and he said to me, “Come right in here, Jim.” Mr, Frank
grabbed me and gave me a shove and put me in the wardrobe and he
shut the doors and told me to stay there until after they had gone.
Mr. Frank come and let me ont of the wardrobe. I don't remember
Miss Hall and Miss Clark using the telephone. I stayed in the
wardrobe a pretty good while, for the whiskey and beer I had
drank got me to sweating. I couldn’t hear them talking, only I heard
Miss Emma say, “Good morning.” J said, “I got too bot in there,”
and he said, “Yes, I see you are sweating.” He said, “Jim, can you

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