Author: Mary Phagan
746 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:714X, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.The captain ordered us to count out $5,000 and leave it there for him. We left the $5,000 and took away $6,000, which was all that remained. This sum was divided…
747 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:PEDRO GIBERT AND OTHERSThe boatswain had a distinctive appearance with a long nose and black, curly hair. If he were alive, everyone would recognize him by the scar across his nose. He was of…
748 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:Mr. Child expressed himself very strongly in relation to the officer for the government and the court. He said he had never witnessed such an exercise of the power of the powerful against the…
749 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:PEDRO GIBERT AND OTHERSFour or five days after the schooner had been carried to Cape Lopez, it was buried before the schooner was taken and remained buried until after the English captured her. The…
750 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:718X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALSWhile in the canoe, the captain asked why the ship had not been blown up. The carpenter replied that he did not know why an explosion had not occurred. The captain…
751 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:PEDRO GIBERT AND OTHERSReiterating the assertion that he could not write, the witness stated that he was asked by the government at Fernando Po to sign his name to the deposition he made there.…
752 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:They were never permitted to speak to anyone except in the presence of a sentinel. On board the Panda was a sailor who could speak English; his name was Perico. He was a fat…
753 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:PEDRO GIBERT AND OTHERSCaptain Pedro Gibert hailed the English captain and ordered him to come on board. The English captain replied that his boat leaked so badly that he would not be able to…
754 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:We found the ship on fire and I was the first to board her. The first thing we did was to put out the fire, which we found in the magazine below the cabin…
755 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:PEDRO GIBERT AND OTHERSI remember going ashore and don't think Perez was in the boat; there were only two of the prisoners, and they were the men whom I have mentioned. I recall going…
756 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALSWhile in Cape Lopez, we had more prisoners than men of our own. There was then some appearance of a rising among the prisoners, but never at any other time.At Cape…
757 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:PEDRO GIBERT AND OTHERSMr. Child: We do not know gentle or simple here.Justice Story: If there is anything objectionable in my usage of the word "gentleman," I will use the word "man," although I…
758 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:American State TrialsMr. Dunlap: I scarcely know what Mr. Child means by restricting the prisoners. I believe the other counsel, Mr. Hilliard, would not say what Mr. Child had said.Mr. Hilliard was perfectly satisfied…
759 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:Pedro Gibert and OthersJean went ashore at Nazareth by Captain Trotter's orders to search for the hidden money. Two of the prisoners guided us, but we found no money. The prisoners were accompanied by…
760 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:728 XY. AMERICAN STATE TRIALSThe Panda did not pursue them themselves but sent the negroes who were standing armed on the beach. There was a great number of negroes, though I don't know how…
761 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:PEDRO GIBERT AND OTHERSThe English crew was not called up to take their share of any money. Captain Gibert went ashore when the Panda reached Nazareth and came back after two months. He was…
762 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:American State TrialsCaptain Jeremiah Briggs: I have commanded nine merchantmen over 32 years. My voyages have generally been to the East Indies, and I have also been to Rio and other South American ports.…
763 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:Pedro Gibert and OthersThe average rate of sailing for ships is about one hundred and twenty miles per day. In summer, they typically sail one hundred and twenty miles, while in winter, they cover…
764 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:American State TrialsWith a stock of the best provisions on the coast, owing to the best sources, such as beef, pork, etc., the weather was favorable. It is advisable to take but little bread,…
765 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:PEDRO GIBERT AND OTHERSPedro Gibert and others. 733°Six, or six and a half. A clipper will, on average, sail one-third faster than a merchant vessel. The Panda and Mexican would not be likely to…
766 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:134 XY. AMERICAN STATE TRIALSI think, from what I see of the Mexican's track, that she was a dull sailer, and there would be a difference of about one-third between her and a Baltimore…
767 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:Pedro Gibert and OthersThe engagement was not considered in Havana to disparage any man's character.Isaac A. Coolidge, the underkeeper of the jail, was asked to identify the colored men, Ridgly and Lewis, of the…
768 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:736 ¥. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.He deceived him by telling him that he would not be kept a prisoner, while, in reality, he was now as much a prisoner as the others. I think, when…
769 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:PEDRO GIBERT AND OTHERSIt's my turn now." He was in a state of excitement.Ebenezer Prescott: I am an officer of the court. Ridgly was intoxicated at the time. I saw Mr. Sumner and others…
770 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:In the most unclouded state of understanding, with the most unwavering attention to facts and the strictest self-examination, we must be cautious not to, through rashness, inadvertency, or prejudice, pass sentence upon the innocent…
771 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:PEDRO GIBERT AND OTHERSTo the countenance and eye of the prisoner, a new expression emerges. We see guilt written in every lineament of his visage, and we translate the look of conscious innocence into…
772 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:Consider the circumstances under which the prisoners have come to this country. They have been brought here with a sort of éclat, much to their disadvantage. A vast apparatus seems to have been put…
773 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:PEDRO GIBERT AND OTHERSIf it was sound, we would have failed in our duty had we not done this. Had we not acted thus, and had the prisoners been convicted, that conviction would have…
774 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:742 X, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.The extension was granted to Otis solely to provide the Executive with time to receive information from the court.Mr. Hilliard stated that some of the prisoners had been identified by…
775 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:PEDRO GIBERT AND OTHERSMr. Hilliard addressed the court, highlighting several key points. He noted the fact that Perez had since stated that the cook was not present at all, which cast doubt on the…