0427 Sheet – Supreme Court Georgia Appeals of Leo Frank, 1913, 1914

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was Miss Mary Perkins, that's what I call her, this lady that
is dead. I don't know her name. After she went upstairs I heard
her steps going towards the office and after she went in
the office, I heard two people walking out of the office and
going like they were coming down the steps, but they didn't
come down the steps, they went back towards the metal depart-
ment. After they went back there, I heard the lady scream, then
I didn't hear no more, and the next person I saw coming in
there was Miss Monteen Stover. She had on a pair of tennis shoes
and a rain coat. She stayed there a pretty good while, it wasn't
so very long either. She came back down the steps and left.
After she came back down the steps and left, I heard somebody
from the metal department come running back there upstairs, on
their tiptoes, then I heard somebody tiptoeing back towards the
metal department. After that I kind of dozed off and went to
sleep. Next thing I knew Mr. Frank was up over my head stamping
and then I went and locked the door, and sat on the box a little
while, and the next thing I heard was Mr. Frank calling. I
don't know how many minutes it was after that I heard him whistle.
When I heard him whistling I went and unlocked the door just like
he said, and went on up the steps. Mr. Frank was standing up
there at the top of the steps and shivering and trembling and
rubbing his hands like this. He had a little rope in his hands
and a long wide piece of cord. His eyes were large and they
looked right funny. He looked funny out of his eyes. His face
was red. Yes, he had a cord in his hands just like this here
cord. After I got up to the top of the steps, he asked me, "Did
you see that little girl who passed here just a while ago" and
I told him I saw one come along there and she come back again, and