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LEO M. FRANE. 227

wanted to know when they would have lunch, Minola answered
the phone that they would have lunch immediately and for me to
come right on home. I gathered my papers together and went up-
stairs to see the boys on the top ‘floor, I saw Arthur White and
Harry Denham who had been working up there and Mr. White's
wife. I asked them if they were ready to go and they said they
had enongh work to keep them several hours. I noticed that they
had laid out some work and I had to see what work they had done
and were going to do. I asked Mr. White's wife if she was going
or would stay there as I would be obliged to lock up the faetory,
and Mrs. White said, no, she would go then. I went down and
gathered up my papers and locked my desk and went around and
washed my hands end put on my hat and coat and locked the inner
door to my office and locked the doors to the street and started to
go home,

Now, gentlemen, to the best of my recollection from the time
the whistle blew for 12 o’cloek until after a quarter to 2 when I
went up stairs and spoke to Arthur White and Harry Denham, to
the best of my resollection, I did not stir out of the inner office;
‘but it is possible that in order to answer a call of nature or to
urinate I may have gone to the toilet, Those are things that a man
does unconscionsly and cannot tell how many times nor when he
does it. Now, sitting in my office at my desk, it is impossible for
te to sea out into the outer hall when the safe door is open, as it
waa that morning, and not only is it impossible for me to sea out,
‘but it is impossible for people to eee in and see me there.

Arrived home about 1:20. I found that my wife and my mother-
in-law ‘were eating their dinner, and my father-in-law had just sat
down and started his dinner, Called up my brother-in-law to tell
him that on account of some work I had to do at the factory, I
would be unable to go with him, be having invited me to go with
him ont to the bail game. After a few minutes my wife and moth-
er-in-law finished their dinner and left and told me good-bye. My
father-indaw and myself continued eating our dinner, Minole
‘McKnight serving us. After finishing dinner, I lighted a cigarette
and laid down. After a few minutes I got up and walked up
Georgia Avenue to get a car, I saw the Washington Street car
coming and I ran up and got on the ear and talked to Mr. Loeb
on tha way to town, About the intersection of Washington Street
and Hunter Street and the fire engine honse there was a couple
of ears stalled up shead of us, the ears were waiting there to see
the memorial parade. After it stood there a few minutes, I told
Mr. Loeh that I was going to get out and go on as I had work to
do. I went on down Hunter Street, when I got down to the eor-

‘ner of Whitchal! and Hunter, the parade hed started to come
around and I had to stay there 15 or 20 minutes and sea the parade,
I stood there between half-paat 2 and a few minutes to 2 o'clock
‘until the parade passed; then I went on down to Jacobs and pur-
ehased twenty-five cents worth of cigars; then down Forsyth Street
to the factory; unlocked the street door and the inner door and
left it open and went on upstairs to tell the boya that I had come

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