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The Atlanta Constitution,
Wednesday, 13th August 1913,
PAGE 3, COLUMN 5.
Miss Corinthia Hall, who visited the pencil factory just a few minutes before Mary Phagan entered on Memorial day to draw her pay, took the stand late in the afternoon.
"Where do you work?" she was asked.
"In the pencil factory in the finishing department."
"Do you recall April 26?"
"Yes."
"Did you go to the factory that day?"
"Yes."
"What time did you enter the building?"
"About 11:25."
"Who was with you?"
"Mrs. Emma Freeman."
"Did you go to Frank's office?"
"Yes; as we came down from the fourth floor."
"What for?"
"To use the telephone."
"What time did you leave the place?"
"11:45 o'clock."
"Did you see Frank?"
"Yes."
"What was he doing?"
"Writing."
"Did he say anything?"
"Yes; he asked Mrs. Freeman how was the bride."
"Was anyone with him?"
"His stenographer, Mr. Arthur White and two men."
"Who was in the fourth floor?"
"Arthur White, Harry Denham and May Barrett."
Mr. Dorsey began the cross-examination.
"You say you left at 15 minutes until 12; did you meet Holloway going away?"
"Yes."
"Didn't you swear before the coroner that you arrived at the factory at 11:45?"
"I said it was 11:45 when I left."
"Where did you meet Quinn?"
"At the Busy Bee cafe near the factory."
"What time was it "about 5 until 12?"
"I don't know exactly; we had been in the place and had ordered sandwiches and coffee when Quinn came in."
"How long would you estimate the time?"
"I don't know."
"You may come down."
Mrs. Emma Freeman, who married at the pencil factory a short time before the tragedy, and who accompanied Miss Hall there on the 26th, went to the stand to corroborate the Hall girl.