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LEO H. FRANK.

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there, said, “I can prove where
I wes.”

Mrs. E. M. Carson. Worked
at the panei factory. Rebecca
Carson is my daughter; have
seen blood spots around the la-
dies’ dressing room three or four
times; saw Jim Conley on Tues-
day after the murder. He was
aweeping around my table, said,
‘Well, Jim, they haven’t got you
yet, and be says, “No.” I said,
Jim, you know Mr, Frank never
did that, and he says, “No, Mr.
Frank is 98 innocent aa you is,
and I know you is.”

Cross-examined, Have seen
blood in the dressing room
around the lockers and some
around the mirror; have seen
girls up there mash their fingers
on the machines; have seen blood
in the sink in the toilet room and
on the machines; have seen spots
about as big as my finger, dif-
ferent spots up on the fourth
floor.

Miss Mary Pirk, Work at the
National Pencil Co.; talked with
Jim Conley Monday morning
after the murder; accused him of
the murder. He took his broom
and walked right out of the office
and ¥ have never seen him sines.
His character for trath and for
veracity ia bad; would not be-
lieve him on oath.

Cross-examined. Suspected
Jim beeanse he looked and acted
so different, Jim acted very pe-
eoliar. I mentioned it to several
of the girls standing around,
‘Mise Denham, Miss McCord, Mra.
Johna and several others; se-
cmed Jim before I saw the blood
st the ladies’ dressing room. It
was all ameared. Mr, Frank is
a perfeet gentleman; always
found him to be one in my deal-
ings with him; have never heard

any of the girls say anythi

about him; have never heard oi
a single thing immoral that he
did do in those five years; have
never heard of his going in the
girls’ dressing room, I have
never heard of his slapping them
aa he would go by; have never
heard Mr. Frank talk to Mary.

Mrs. Tora Small, Worked on
the fourth floor of the peneil fac-
tory; saw Jim Conley on Tues-
day.’ He was worrying me to
get money from me to buy a
newspaper and then he would
come and ask me for copies of
the paper before I would get
through reading them. He told
me Mr, Frank is just a9 innosent
as I am and he says, “God knows
T was noways around this fac-
tory on Saturday;” didn’t sea
Mr, Frank talking to Jim ony-
where in the factory on Tes
day; have never seen bim talk to
that nigger in my life; have
known Conley for two years;
general reputation for trath an
veracity is bad; don’t know of
any nigger on earth that I would
believe on oath,

Cross-eramined, Did not see
‘Mra. Carson talk to Jim on Tues-
day or Wednesday; saw Mr.
Frank and Miss Carson talking
on business Liy They end 9
o'clock on Tuesday. They stop
right in front of my stopped
Mr. Frank went down stairs and
Miss Carson went on back to her
work,

Julia Fuss. Work on the
fourth floor of the pencil fac-
tory; have never know anything
wrong or immoral to be going on
in Mr, Frank’s office; talked with
Jim Conley Wednesday morning
after the murder. He was
sweeping aromd there and
asked me to see the newspaper.

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