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neck. The tongue was pro-
truding, The serateh pad waa
also lying on the ground close
to the body; found the notes
under the sawdust, lying near
the head. The body was that of
Mary Phagan.

Cross-examined. Lee told’ os
it waa a white woman, We
didn’t know until the dust was
removed from her face and we
pulled up the clothes and looked
at the skin, There was a pile of
trash near the boiler. The hat
was on the trash pile, co was the
shoe. Everything was gone off
of it, ribbons and all, It locked
like she had been dragged by her
feet on her face; thonght she
(had been dragged in the base-
ment, but couldn't be positive.

‘The blood was dry. The little
trail where I thought showed the
‘body wos dragged went straight
on down where the girl was
found. The body was eold and
stiff, Hands folded across the
breast.

J.N. Starnes, Am a city off-
cer; went to the peneil com-
pany'’s place between 5 and 6,
April 27th, I called Mr. Frank
on the telephone, and told him
I wanted him to come to the
pencil factory right away. He
said he hadn’t had break-
fast; he asked where the night
watchman was; told him it was
very necessary for him to come
and if he would come I would
end an automobile for him, and
T asked Boots Rogers to go for
him. Mr. Frank appeared to be
nervous; he was in a trembling
condition. I saw splotehes that
looked like blood about a foot
and a half or two feet from the
end of the dressing room; some-
thing had been thrown there and
spread out and = splattered;

looked as if something had bean
swept over it, some white sub-
stance; it looked like blood, but
can’t day that it was,

W. W. Rogers, Saturday
night, April 26th, went to Mr,
Frank’s residence; Mr. Black
was with me. Mrs, Frank
opened the door. Mr. Frank
stepped into the ball through the
curtain, He was dreased for the
atreat with the exeeption of his
collar, tie, eost and hat. Mr.
Frank asked Mr. Black if any-
thing had happened at the fae

‘ue ee ad if anythin,
P) at the factory.
didn’t answer. Mr. Frank ‘said,
“Did the night watchman call up
and anything to you?”
Mr. Black seid, “Mr. Frank, you
had better get your clothes on
and let us go to the factory and
see what has happened.” Mr,
Frank said that he thought he
dreamt in the morning about 3
a, m. about hearing the telephone
ring. Mr. Frank seamed to bs
extremely nervous. His ques-
tions were jumpy. He was rub-
bing his hands when be came
‘through the curtains, He moved
about briekly. He seemed to be
excited, He asked questions in
rapid _snecession, + Frank
and Mr, Black got on the rear
seat and I took the front seat;
one of us asked Mr. Frank if he
knew a little girl by the name
of Phagan. . Frank
says: "Does she work at the
factoryt” I said, I think she
does. “Mr. Frank said, “I cannot
tell whether or not she works
there until I look on my pay
rolt hook, I know very few of
the girls that work there. I pay
them off, but I very seldom go
back in the factory.” One of us
suggested that we take Mr.

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