0843 Sheet – Supreme Court Georgia Appeals of Leo Frank, 1913, 1914

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Q. And then the next time, now, was Thanksgiving Day?
A. Yes sir, the next time was Thanksgiving Day.
Q. What hour was it Thanksgiving Day?
A. I don't know, sir, what hour; I met Mr. Frank there that morning about eight o'clock.
Q. Anybody else there?
A. I didn't see anybody else there.
Q. Where did you meet him, then?
A. I met Mr. Frank right at the door; I was sitting on the box when he come in.
Q. That's when he mentioned it to you again?
A. That's when he took me on the inside and told me--
Q. Tell me the words.
A. After he went on the inside, he says: "How are you feeling?" I says: "I'm feeling all right, Mr. Frank." He says: "Come here," he says, "a lady will be here a little while, me and her going to chat. I don't want you to do no work; I just want you to watch."
Q. About what time was that?
A. Somewhere between eight and half past eight.
Q. Nobody there then?
A. I didn't see nobody.
Q. Where did you go then?
A. He went upstairs.
Q. He went upstairs?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Where did you go?
A. I stayed down on the first floor.
Q. How long was it before the lady came?
A. I don't know, sir, somewhere about half an hour.
Q. Something about nine o'clock, that morning?
A. I don't know, sir, what time it was; it was about half a hour.
Q. Well, you said you got there about half past eight?
A. I said somewhere about eight and half past eight.
Q. Well a half hour, then, would be somewhere between half past eight and nine, the lady came?
A. Yes, sir, it was a half hour.
Q. Did you know that lady?
A. No, sir, I didn't know that lady. I had seen some of her around the factory.
Q. She had never worked there?
A. No, sir.
Q. And you never saw her before nor since?
A. I think I saw her in the factory two or three nights before the Thanksgiving Day, in there in Mr. Frank's office.
Q. You didn't have any talk with her that night?
A. No, sir.
Q. Nor with Mr. Frank either?
A. No, sir; I had some talk with Mr. Frank about explaining about that clock.
Q. But about the lady?
A. No, sir, didn't say nothing at all about the lady.
Q. Now, you had, you say, seen her there a few nights before?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Sitting in Mr. Frank's office, was she?
A. Yes, sir.
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