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LEO M.

FRANK. 219

Mr. Frank bring any women into
the factory; never seen Jim Con-
ley guarding or watehing the
door; have seen Jim take news-
papers and look at it, but don’t
know if he read them or not.

Henry Smith. Work at the
pencil factory in the metal de-
partment with Barrett; he talked
to me about the reward; said it
was $4,300, and he thought if
anybody got it, he ought, for he
found the blood and hair; said
he ought to get the first hook
at it.

Milton Klein. Saw Mr, Frank
last Thanksgiving evening at 4
dance given by the B’nai B'rith
at the Hebrew Orphans’ Home.
Mr. Frank helped Mr. Coplan
and myself give the danee; we
‘were the committee in charge.

Cross-eramined. Was at the
jail to see Mr. Frank when the
detectives brought Conley down
there; sent word down that Mr.
Frank didn’t care to ee Conley;
Mr. Frank said that he would sea
Conley only with the consent of
his attorney, Mr. Rosser; Mr.
Frank looked very much disap-
pointed beeanse the grand jury
had just indicted him when he
had expected to be cleared. Mr,
Frank hea a great many friends
who constantly visited him in
jail.

Nathan Coplan. Remember
last Thanksgiving Day waa a
very disagreeable one; The B'nai
Brith gave a dance; Mr. Frank
had charge of it; Mr. Frank and
his wife were there.

Joe Stelker. Have got charge
of the varnishing department at
the peneil factory; saw the spot
that Mr. Barrett claimed he had
fond in front of the young
ladies’ dressing room; it looked
Hike some one had some coloring

in a bottle and splashed it on the
floor; saw the white stuf on it;
it looked like a composition they
use on the eyelet machine or face
powder; the alleged blood spots
eould have been made with a
transparent red varnish. Jim
Conley’s character for truth and
veraeity is very bad; would not
believe him on oath.

Harlee Branch. Work for the
Atlanta Journal; on May 3ist
Jim Conley told me he didn’t
seo the purse of this little
girl; eaid it took him thirty-
five minntes after going upstairs
until he left the factory; waa at
the jail where the detectives were
making him go through his story.
Tt took him nearly Afty minutes
to go through the motions. He
said he finished ahout 1:30 and
then went out; that Lemmie
Quinn got into the factory about
12 and remained about 8 or 9

minutes.
John M. Minar. Am a news-
paper reporter; visited George

Epps Sunday night, April 27th;
he said he knew the girl, that he
had ridden to town with her in
the mornings oecasionally when
she went to work. He said noth-
ing as to having seen the git] on
Saturday and coming in on the
car with her.

W. D. MeWorth. Ama Pink-
erton detective; worked on the
‘Frank ease; found near the front
door on the ground floor, stains
that might or might not have
been blood. All the radiators in
the factory had trash, dirt and
rubbish behind them; sticking
my hand aromd the dust and
dirt, diseovered a pay envelope
also a club; the stains on the
elub were either paint or blood.

John Finley. Was formerly
master machinist and assistant

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