0315 Sheet – Supreme Court Georgia Appeals of Leo Frank, 1913, 1914

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Georgia,Fulton County.

State of Georgia,
Vs.
Leo M. Frank.

In Fulton Superior Court.

Written questions to be propounded to C. P. Stough, a witness
for the defendant in the motion for new trial pending in said
case, set for hearing October 4, 1913, before Judge L. S. Roan,
Judge of the Stone Mountain Circuit.

1. Q. Do you know A. H. Henslee, who served on the jury in
the above stated case at the trial commencing July 28, 1913?
A. Yes.

2. Q. How long have you known him?
A. About 6 or 7 years.

3. Q. During the time between the murder of Mary Phagan,
as reported in the newspapers, to-wit, on April 26, 1913,
and the commencement of the trial of the above case, what
statements, if any, did you hear Juror Henslee make in con-
nection with Leo M. Frank, or as to who murdered Mary Phagan, or
as to who was guilty of this murder, or as to how the trial of
Leo M. Frank for this murder would terminate?
A. About the time that Conley was reported to have made a
statement I was coming into the City on a street car from the
home of my daughter. Henslee was also on the car. I heard him say
this, in reference to Leo M. Frank's guilt of the murder of
Mary Phagan. "I think he is guilty and I would like to be in a
position where I could help break his damned neck."

4. Q. How were these statements made?
A. This statement was most positive. He was as positive as I
was and I was as positive as I could be in what I said in the
conversation.

5. Q. When and where was this?
A. On a College Park street car, coming into the City.

6. Q. What is your business?
A. Inspector for the Masonic Annuity.

C. P. Stough

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