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LEO M. FRANK.

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pangs was discharged April 7th
by Mr. Frank for alleged short-
age in pay roll; bave known
Mary Phagan when she was a
Tittle girl, One Saturday after-
noon she came in the office to
have her time corrected, and
after I had gotten through Mr.
Frank eame in and said, “You
seem to know Mary pretty well,”
I had not told him her name. On
‘April 26th, about 6, saw Newt
Lee sitting ont in front of the
factory, remembered I left a pair
of shoes up there and asked
Newt Lee sboat my getting
them, and he said he couldn't let
me up. Mr. Frank was coming
down the stairway, when he saw
me he kind of stepped back. T
said Howdy, Mr. Frank, and he
kind of jumped; told him I had
a. pair of shoes up there I would
like to get and he said, “Do you
want to go with me or will Newt
Lee be all rght? What kind of
shoes were they?” I said, They
were tan shoes, he said, “I think
I saw a negro sweeping them up
the other day.” I said, Well,
I bavea pair of black ones there,
too; he said “Newt, go abead
with him and stay with him un-
til he gets his shoes.” I went up
there and found both pair where
I had left them, Mr. Frank
Jooked pale and nervous,

Mrs. J, A. White. Saw my
husband at the pencil factory at
11:30; stayed there until shout
10 minutes to 12. I left him
there and came back about 12:30
and left again about 1 o'clock;
at 11:30 saw Miss Hall, the
stenographer, Mr, Frank and
two men; asked Mr, Frank if I
could see my husband, He said
I could and sent word by Mrs,
Emma Freeman; talked to him
sbont 15 minutes and went on
out; returned about 12:30; Mr.

Frank was in the outside office
standing in front of the safe;
asked him if Mr. White had gone
back to work. He jumped like
I surprised him and turned and
eaid, “Yes;” went upstairs then
to see Mr. White. When I came
down Mr, Frank was sitting in
the outside office writing at a
table. As I was going on down
the steps saw a negro sitting on
a box close to the stairway on
the first floor,

Harry Scott, Am Superin-
tendent of the local Pinkerton
Detective Agency; have worked
on this ease with John Black,
city detective; was employed
Mr. Frank; saw Mr. Fran
Monday afternoon, April 28th,
at the factory. We went into
‘Mr. Frank’s private office. Mr,
Frank said he bad just come
from police barracks and that
Detective Black seemed to sus-
pect him of the erime, and he
then related to me his movements
on Saturday, April 26th; that he
arrived at the factory at 8 a. m.,
left between 9:30 and 10 with
Mr. Darley for Montag Bros, for
the mail; be returned at about
11 o'clock, and just before 12
o'clock Mrs, White came in and
asked permission to go upstairs
and see her husband; that Mary
Phagan came into the factory at
12:10 p. m. to draw her pay; he
paid her off in his inside office,
and then she asked if the metal
had come yet; replied be didn’t
know and that Mary Phagan
then he thought reached the
stairway, he heard yoiees; he
could not distinguish whether
they were men or girls talking,
that about 12:50 he went up to
the fourth floor and asked White
and Denham wheu they ‘would
finish up their work and they re-
plied they wouldn’t finish up for

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