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LEO M. FRANE. 343

ner has lied? Dewey Hewell has lied? That Gantt has liedt
That Mise Ruth Robinson has lied? And even Frank, in his
statement, admits that he knew Mary well enough to know
that Gantt was familiar with her, because Chief Detective
Harry Scott was told on Monday, April 28th, that this man
Gantt was familiar with little Mary. And yet you expect an
honest jury of twelve men—although out of your own mouth
you told these detectives, whom you wired your uncle would
eventually solve the problem, you told them that this man
Gantt waa so familiar with her that you directed suspicion
towards him. How did you know it if you didn’t know little
Mary! And in addition, as I have stated, you tell me that
this brilliant man had helped to make out the pay-roll for
fifty-two times and seen little Mary’s name there, and he
didn’t even know her name and had to go and get hia book
to tell whether she worked there or not? And I wouldn’t be
at all surprised, gentlemen of the jury—it’s your men
Frank’s own statement,—that shortages cecurred in the cash
even after this man Gantt left,—I wouldn’t be at all sur-
prised if the truth of the business is that this man coveted
that little girl away back yonder in March, I wouldn't be at
all surprised, gentlemen, and, indeed, I submit that it’s the
trath, that every one of these girls has told the truth when
they swore to you on the stand that back yonder in March,
after this little girl had come down to work on the office
floor in the metal department, that they observed this man,
Leo M. Frank, making advances towards her and using his
position as superintendent to force her to talk with him. I
wouldnt be at all surprised if he didn’t hang around, I
wouldn't be at all sprprised if he didn’t try to get little Mary
to yield. I wouldn’t be surprised if he didn’t look upon this
man Gantt, who was raised on an adjoining farm in Cobb
County, as an obstacle to the accomplishment of the evil pur-
pose which he had in hand, and I wouldn’t be at all surprised
if, instead of discharging Gantt for a one dollar shortage,
which Gantt says ‘I'll give up my job rather than pay,” that
you put him out of that factory because you thought he stood

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