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LEO H.

FRANE. 203

a while ago? she eame into my
offiee a while ago and I wanted
to be with the Little girl, and she
refused me, and I struek her and
T gness too hard and she fell and
bit her head against something,
and I don’t know how bad she
got hurt, Of eourse you know
I ain't bnilt like other men.”
Have seen him with women lying
on the table in the factory room
and in his office with women
with their elothes up, He asked
me to go back there and bring
her up so that he could put her
somewhere, and he said to hurry,
that there would be money in it
for me; came back there and
found the lady lying flat on her
back with a rope around her
neck. The cloth was also tied
around her neck and part of it
was under her head like to catch
blood; noticed the clock, it was
four minutes to one; came back
and told Mr. Frank the girl was
dead and he said “Sh-Sh!” He
told me to go back there by the
cotton box, get 4 piece of cloth,
put it aronnd her and bring her
up; saw ber bat and a piece of
ribbon laying down and her slip-
pers and took them and put
them all in the cloth; then T
tried to carry her but she was
heavy and I called to Mr. Frank
to help me; he caught her by the
feet and I laid bold of her by
the shoulders. Then he got the
key to the elevator and we took
her to the basement where I left
her; I opened the cloth and
rolled her out on the floor. We
both went up to his offce; he
Tooked out of the door and said,
“My God, here is Emma Clarke
and Corinthia Hell; come over
here Jim;” he put me in the
wardrobe and thay came in there
and ¥ heard them go ont, and

Mr. Frank came and said, “You
are in a tight plaee, you done
very well; he takes 8 cigarette
and a mateh and hands me the
box of cigarettes and I lit one;
then he said, “Can you write?”
and I said, Yes, air, a little bit,
and he takes his pencil to fix
up some notes; was willing to do
anything to help Mr. Frank be-
canse he waa a white man and
my superintendent, and he sat
down and I sat down at the ta-
ble and Mr. Frank dictated the
notes to me; then he pulled out
a Little roll’ of greenbacks, and
said, “Here is $200,” I took the
money. And after awhile Mr.
Frank looked at me and said,
“You go down there in the base-
ment and you take a lot of trash
and burn that package that’s in
front of the furnace,” I told him
all right, But I waa afraid to
go down there myself, and Mr.
Frank wouldn't go down with
me. He said, “There’s no need
of my going down there,” and
I asid, Mr. Frank, you are &
white man and you done it, and
J am not going down there and
‘burn that myself, He looked at
me kind of frightened and said,
“Let me see that money” and he
took the money and put it back
in his pocket, and said, “You
keep your mouth shut, that is all
right. Why should I hang? TI
have wealthy people in Brook-
lyn, I said, Mr. Frank what
about mef and he said, “That’s
all right, don’t worry, just come
back to work Monday like you
don’t know anything, and keep
your mouth shut, if you get
eaught I will get you out on
bond and send you away. Can
you come back this evening and
do it?” I said, Yes, I was com-
ing to get my money. He said,

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