307 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:LEO M. FRANK, 216I don't think that Newt killed the girl, but I believe he discovered the body some time before he notified the police. Newt's a good man.Scott said that it took Conley…
302 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:270 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.All chips but one were not blood. Dorsey's own doctors have put him where he can't wriggle—his own evidence hampers him! They found blood spots on a certain spot and…
300 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:268 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Never said a word about Mary's envelope. There's your conspiracy, with Jim Conley's story as its foundation. It's too thin. It's preposterous.Then my friend Hooper says Frank discharged Gantt because…
299 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:LEO M. FRANK, 287It's the crime of a cannibal, a man-eater. Hooper is hard-pressed and wants to concoct a plot—he sees he has to come up with something. He forms his plot from Jim…
301 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:LEO M. FRANKEverything brought against Frank was some act he did openly and in broad daylight, and an act against which no objection was made.The trouble with Hooper is that he sees a bear…
297 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:LEO M. FRANK. 265Employees who have worked at the plant for three or four years have been induced to come up here and swear that Frank does not have a good character, but the…
296 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:264 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.There are fellows like that streetcar man, Kendley, the one who vilified this defendant here and cried for him to be lynched, and shouted that he was guilty until he…
298 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:266 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.In words that burned, I condemned the third-degree methods of the police and detectives. They used those methods with Jim Conley. My friend, Hooper, claimed that nothing held Conley to…
295 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:LEO M. FRANKHe is the man about whom it appeared that the whole fight would center. If he could convince you that Jim confessed the murder to him, that would let Frank out! Yet…
294 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:262 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.With a lot of things piled on top of it, he found a bloody shirt! How did it get there? Newt Lee accounts for his time on Sunday. No suspicion…
291 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:LEO M. FRANK, 269Leo M. Frank was expecting Jim Conley, and he also knew that Newt Lee was coming. Aye, there was the rub! He expected them both, and it depended upon which one…
292 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:260 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS,The defendant was going to pay a dollar or so. He didn't think that Gantt stole that paltry dollar. He expected him to ask where Mary Phagan was. That, gentlemen…
290 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:258 X, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Now, which is more probable—that Jim heard this expression, or that he imagined the story? Did Jim know Frank had relatives in Brooklyn? Did Jim know there was such a…
293 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:LEO M. FRANKWe need not delve into many details in this respect. You remember the evidence about honest old Newt Lee's finding the body. That's all we need to know about him. No suspicion…
289 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:LEO Hl. FRANE. 257The negro reported hearing a sound that seemed like a laugh broken off into a shriek. It pierced the stillness of the hushed building. Though it was uncanny, he remained seated…
285 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:LEO M. FRANK. 253But the defense, on the other hand, were allowed to let down the bars and walk in.That pencil factory was a great place for a man without a conscience. It was…
287 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:LEO M. FRANK. 255Truth is stronger than all the brains and ingenuity that can be collected in this whole town—this state, the world. How they did hate to give up the fight. They lost,…
286 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:254 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.The attitude of the accused toward his victim is evident in the tall, good-natured Jim Gantt, a friend of Mary. He asks Gantt, "You're pretty thick with Mary, aren't you?"…
288 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:256 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.On that fateful day, Leo Frank knew the hour. On the previous afternoon, little Helen Ferguson, Mary's chum, had called for Mary's pay, and Frank had told her that Mary…
282 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:250 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Frank looked at it and said it was all right. Mr. Frank looked up at the top of the house and said, "Why should I hang? I have wealthy people…
283 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:LEO M. FRANK, 251THE SPEECHES TO THE JURY**MR. HOOPER FOR THE STATE**August 21Mr. Hooper: Gentlemen of the Jury, the object of this trial, as well as all other trials, is the ascertainment of truth…
281 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:LEO M. FRANK, 249When he whistled for me, I went upstairs, and he asked me if I wanted to make some money right quick. I told him, "Yes, sir," and he told me that…
284 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:252 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.We, the prosecution, require evidence, but we are not looking for blood indiscriminately. Our sole aim is to find the slayer of Mary Phagan, and in seeking him, I try…
276 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:244 X, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.A scratch pad that Conley wrote on; an ordinary white scratch pad.The following affidavit was executed by Minola McKnight:Saturday morning, April 26th, Mr. Frank left home about eight. Albert, my…
280 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:248 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.I laughed and said, "Good luck has done struck me," and I bought a ten-cent double-header. Then I went back to Peters Street, but none of the boys I ran…
278 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:246 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.I have made up my mind to tell the whole truth, without the promise of any reward or from force or fear of punishment in any way.I got up Saturday…
277 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:LEO M. FRANE, 245I remained at home all Saturday night. At 12 o'clock noon on Sunday, I walked up Mitchell Street and got a cigarette, remaining there until 12:45 p.m. I then returned home…
279 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:LEO M. FRANK. 247"Can you write?" I said, "Yes, sir, I can write a little bit," and then he gave me a pencil that he got off the top of his desk and told…
274 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:242 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Based on the evidence I have listened to, I would say that it indicated digestion had been progressing for less than an hour.**Cross-examined:** I couldn’t presume to say how long…
272 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALSI waited outside for her two hours, then went in and found Mr. February reading over to her some stenographic statement he had taken. As to whether Minola McKnight did not…