0007 Sheet – Supreme Court Georgia Appeals of Leo Frank, 1913, 1914

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R. L. Cremer makes the following affidavit, deposing and saying as follows: That he is a resident of Albany, Georgia; that he is acquainted with Mack Parkas, who works for Mr. Sam Parkas, who operates a livery stable and sales barn in Albany; that between the time of the murder of Mary Phagan and the trial of Leo M. Frank, exact date this deponent cannot state, deponent was standing in front of Mr. Sam Parkas' place of business on Broad Street, in the presence of Mack Parkas and others, including a party by the name of A. Henslee; said Henslee is the same party whose picture appears on page 2 of the "Atlanta Georgian" issue of August 26th, and on page 2 of the "Georgian" of the same paper of August 22nd as a juror in the Frank case; at said time and place, deponent heard said Henslee express his conviction that Frank was guilty of the murder of Mary Phagan; his exact language was "there can be no doubt that Frank is guilty, I know he is guilty", referring to the murder of Mary Phagan; deponent stated to said Henslee, "It is queer that a man of Frank's standing could be guilty of such a crime". Henslee said "without a doubt he is guilty"; deponent said, "What do you mean by 'without a doubt'?" Henslee answered "positively, without a doubt, to my mind or to anyone else's.

Mack Parkas makes the following affidavit, deposing and saying as follows: that he is a resident of Albany, Georgia, and is connected with Sam Parkas, who runs a livery stable and sales barn in Albany; that between the time of the murder of Mary Phagan and trial of Leo Frank, he heard a party discussing the case in front of the place of business of said Sam Parkas, in Albany, Georgia, in the presence of this deponent and others, including one R. L. Cremer, a resident of Albany, Ga., said party whose deponent recollects as being named Henslee, and whose picture appears on page 2 of the Atlanta Georgian of August 23, and on page 2 of the Atlanta Georgian of August 26th, as being one of the Frank jury, expressed himself as being convinced of Leo M. Frank's guilt of the murder of Mary Phagan; the exact language used by said party deponent does not recall but his recollection is that he used the words "I believe Frank is guilty", referring to the murder of Mary Phagan.