MISS BESSIE FLEMING, Sworn In For The Defendant, 143rd To Testify
MISS BESSIE FLEMING, sworn for the Defendant.I worked as stenographer at Mr. Frank's office from April, 1911, to December, 1911. Mr. Frank's character was unusually good.CROSS EXAMINATIONI am just talking about my personal relations with him. I have never seen…
MRS MATTIE THOMPSON, Sworn In For The Defendant, 144th To Testify
MRS. MATTIE THOMPSON, sworn for the Defendant.I work on the fourth floor of the pencil factory. I have been there three years. Mr. Frank's general character is good. I have never heard anything against him. I have never met Mr.…
MRS EMMA CLARK FREEMAN, Sworn In For The Defendant, 140th To Testify
MRS. EMMA CLARK FREEMAN, sworn for the Defendant.I have worked at the pencil factory over four years. Mr. Frank's general character is good. I am a married woman. I have known Conley ever since he has been at the factory.…
MISS SARAH BARNES, Sworn In For The Defendant, 141st To Testify
MISS SARAH BARNES, sworn for the Defendant.I worked at the pencil factory over four years. His character is good. I have never heard anything bad. He has been the best of men.CROSS EXAMINATION.No one has talked to me about what…
MISS IRENE JACKSON, Sworn In For The Defendant, 142nd To Testify
MISS IRENE JACKSON, sworn for the Defendant.I worked at the pencil factory for three years. So far as I know Mr. Frank's character was very well. I don't know anything about him. He never said anything to me. I have…
MRS J 0 PARMELEE, Sworn In For The Defendant, 136th To Testify
MRS. J. O. PARMELEE, sworn for the Defendant.My husband is a stockholder in the National Pencil Company. Mr. Frank's general character is very good.CROSS EXAMINATION.I have seen Mr. Frank at the jail twice. I have only come in contact with…
MISS IDA HAYS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 137th To Testify
MISS IDA HAYS, sworn for the Defendant.I work at the pencil factory on the fourth floor. I have known Mr. Frank for two years. His general character is good. I have known Conley for two years. His general character for…
MISS EULA MAY FLOWERS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 138th To Testify
MISS EULA MAY FLOWERS, sworn for the Defendant.I work on the second floor of the pencil factory. I have known Mr. Frank for three years. His general character is good. I have known Conley for 2 years. His general character…
MISS OPIE DICKERSON, Sworn In For The Defendant, 139th To Testify
MISS OPIE DICKERSON, sworn for the Defendant.I have worked at the pencil factory for 17 months. Mr. Frank's general character is good. I have never met Mr. Frank for any immoral purpose. I have known Jim Conley ever since I…
JOHN ASHLEY JONES, Sworn In For The Defendant, 120th To Testify
JOHN ASHLEY JONES, sworn for the defendant.I have known Mr. Frank about a year or eighteen months. His general character is good.CROSS EXAMINATION.I am resident agent for the New York Life Insurance Company. I don't know any of the girls…
DR W S KENDRICK, Sworn In For The Defendant, 119th To Testify
DR. W. S. KENDRICK, sworn for the Defendant.I have been a practicing physician for thirty-five years. I was Dean of the Atlanta Medical College. I gave Dr. Harris his first position there. If a young lady between thirteen and fourteen…
DR J C OLMSTEAD, Sworn In For The Defendant, 118th To Testify
DR. J. C. OLMSTEAD, sworn for the Defendant.Practicing physician for 36 years.Given the facts that a young lady 13 or 14 years old died and 8 or 10 hours after death the body was embalmed with a preparation containing 8%…
DR WILLIS F WESTMORELAND, Sworn In For The Defendant, 117th To Testify
DR. WILLIS F. WESTMORELAND, sworn for the Defendant.DIRECT EXAMINATION.A practicing physician for twenty-eight years, general practice and surgery. A professor of surgery for twenty years, and formerly president of the State Board of Health. If the body of a girl…
T H WILLET, Sworn In For The Defendant, 108th To Testify
T. H. WILLET, sworn for the Defendant.I am a pattern maker. I made the pattern of pencil factory from a blue print. This is the model (Exhibit 13 for Defendant).CROSS EXAMINATION.The height of the floors is not made according to…
J Q ADAMS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 107th To Testify
J. Q. ADAMS, sworn for the Defendant.I am a photographer. I took photographs of the Selig home at 68 E. Georgia Avenue from the inside and the outside of the back door, looking toward the passageway that leads in the…
ISAAC HAAS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 103rd To Testify
ISAAC HAAS, sworn for the Defendant.I know Leo M. Frank for over five years. His character is very good. I did not hear my telephone ring on Sunday morning, April 27th. My wife heard it. The telephone is twenty-two feet…
A N ANDERSON, Sworn In For The Defendant, 104th To Testify
A. N. ANDERSON, sworn for the Defendant.I work at the Atlanta National Bank. That is the original passbook of Leo M. Frank (Defendant's Exhibit 50).CROSS EXAMINATION.I don't know that that's the only bank account that he had. He may have…
R P BUTLER, Sworn In For The Defendant, 105th To Testify
R. P. BUTLER, sworn for the Defendant.I am the shipping clerk of the Pencil Company. I am familiar with the doors leading into the metal room. They are wooden doors, with glass windows. There is no trouble looking through these…
I U KAUFFMAN, Sworn In For The Defendant, 106th To Testify
I. U. KAUFFMAN, sworn for the Defendant.I made a drawing of the Selig residence on Georgia Avenue, in this city, showing the kitchen, dining room, the reception room, parlor and passageway between the kitchen and dining room. The mirror in…
A D GREENFIELD, Sworn In For The Defendant, 101st To Testify
A. D. GREENFIELD, sworn for the Defendant.I am one of the owners of the building occupied by the Pencil Company on Forsyth Street. I have owned it since 1900. When we bought the building it was occupied by Montag Bros.…
DR WM OWENS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 102nd To Testify
DR. WM. OWENS, sworn for the Defendant.I am a physician. I am also engaged in the real estate business. At the request of the defense I went through certain experiments in the pencil factory to ascertain how long it would…
JOHN FINLEY, Sworn In For The Defendant, 100th To Testify
JOHN FINLEY, sworn for the Defendant.I was formerly master machinist and assistant superintendent of the pencil factory. I have known Mr. Frank about five years. His character was good.CROSS EXAMINATION.I am now superintendent for Dittler Bros. They are not related…
W D MCWORTH, Sworn In For The Defendant, 99th To Testify
W. D. Mc WORTH, sworn for the Defendant.I am a Pinkerton detective. I worked for fifteen days on the Frank case. For three days I took statements from the factory employees and on May 15th, I made a thorough search…
JOHN M MINAR, Sworn In For The Defendant, 98th To Testify
JOHN M. MINAR, sworn for the Defendant.I am a newspaper reporter for the "Atlanta Georgian." I visited George Epps Sunday night, April 27th. I went there to ask him and his sister when was the last time either of them…
HARLEE BRANCH, Sworn In For The Defendant, 97th To Testify
HARLEE BRANCH, sworn for the Defendant.I work for the Atlanta Journal. I had an interview with Jim Conley on two occasions. On May 31st, he told me he didn't see the purse of this little girl. He said that it…
NATHAN COPLAN, Sworn In For The Defendant, 95th To Testify
NATHAN COPLAN, sworn for the Defendant.I remember last Thanksgiving Day was a very disagreeable day. I don't remember whether it snowed. The B'nai B'rith is a charitable organization here composed of young men. They gave a dance out at the…
JOE STELKER, Sworn In For The Defendant, 96th To Testify
JOE STELKER, sworn for the Defendant.I have got charge of the varnishing department at the pencil factory, about sixty people work under me. I saw the spot that Mr. Barrett claimed he had found in front of the young ladies'…
MILTON KLEIN, Sworn In For The Defendant, 94th To Testify
MILTON KLEIN, sworn for the Defendant.I saw Mr. Frank last Thanksgiving evening at a dance given by the B'nai B'rith at the Hebrew Orphans' Home. I also saw him that same afternoon between half past four and six o'clock. The…
HENRY SMITH, Sworn In For The Defendant, 93rd To Testify
HENRY SMITH, sworn for the Defendant.I work at the pencil factory in the metal department. I work with Barrett. He has talked to me about the reward offered in this case. He said it was $4,300, and he thought if…
R L BAUER, Sworn In For The Defendant, 91st To Testify
R. L. BAUER, sworn for the Defendant.During the summer of 1909 and 1910, I worked at the National Pencil Company on Saturdays. Since that time I have worked off and on at the factory on Saturdays doing extra work. I…