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218 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS,

spouted out; there was a lot of
the blood on the floor.

Crose-examined, Duffy was
hort in the mets) room on the
machine opposite Mary Phagan’s
machine; the pencil company
took 4 written statement from
me, signed by me, to keep the
fellow from suing the company;
saw my signature this morning;
have never told you I signed that
statement.

Arthur Pride. Worked on the
second floor of the factory; on
Saturdays I work all over the
factory, doing anything that ia
necessary, until about half past
four; have never seen any wom-
en come up there and see Mr.
Frank, or any drinking going on
there, or seen Jim Conley. sit-
ting and watching the door; Jim
Conley’s general character for
truth and veracity, it is bad;
‘would not believe him on oath.

Cross-eramined. No, I ain't
a high-class, nigger, but I am a
different grade from him.

Daisy Hopkins. Atm a mar-
ried woman}; worked in the fac-
tory; Mr. Frank never spoke to
me when he would pass; never
did speak to him; never been in
his office drinking beer, eoss-
cola, or anything else; know
Dalton; never visited the fac-
tory with him; never have been
to the factory on Saturday;
never introduced him to Me
Frank; there isn’t a word of
truth in that; have never gone
down in the basement with Dal-
ton.

Cross-ezamined. Mr. Smith
got me out of jail. Somebod
told a tale on me, that’s why
‘was put in jail; they accused
me of fornication; never was
tried.

Laura ‘Atkinson. Have been

in Mr. Dalton’s company three
times; never met him at the Busy
Bee Cafe; have never walked
with him to or from the pencil
company.

Mrs. Minnie Smith, Work at
the peneil factory; never met
Dalton or walked home with
him; don’t know him; know Mr.
Frank; have spoken to him six
timea in the four years I worked
there.

V. 8. Cooper, W. T. Mitchell,
0. A, Nix, Samual Craig, B. L.
Patterson, Robert Craig, Ed
Craig, T. E. Ambrose, J. P. Bird,
J. H. Patrick and I. M. Hamil-
ton teatifled that they lived in
Gwinnett or Walton county; that

used to know C. B, Daiton
before he left Monroe in Walton
eounty; that his general charac-
ter for truth and veracity is bad,
and that they would not believe
him on oath.

R. L. Bawer. Summers of
1909-1910, I worked at the Na-
tional Pencil Co. Saturdays;
since have worked off and on at
the factory on Saturdays; was
up at the office on the Saturday
afternoon before Mr, Schiff went
away; Mr. Holloway, Mr, Schiff,
Mr. Frank and the office boy
were theres never seen any wom-
en in Mr, Frank’s office on Sat-
urdays,

Cross-examined. Have always
found Mr. Schiff there on Satur-
day afternoons, exeept when he
was off on his trip; saw Mr.
Frank in his office on the fourth
Saturday in January.

Gordon Batiey. Work at the
factory; am called “Snowball”;
never ‘saw Jim Conley talk to
Mr. Frank Friday before the
murder; have never heard Mr.
Frank ask Conley to come ‘ack
on any Saturday; never seen

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