0306 Sheet – Supreme Court Georgia Appeals of Leo Frank, 1913, 1914

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Georgia, Hancock County.

State of Georgia,
Vs.
Leo M. Frank,
In Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia.

Questions to be propounded to Shem Gray of Sparta, Hancock County
Georgia.

1. (Q). Have you examined clipping from the Atlanta Georgian
of Aug. 26, 1913, hereto attached, showing a picture of the
jury in the above stated case, and showing a likeness of Juror
A. H. Henslee?
(A). Yes.

2. (Q). Are you personally acquainted with A. H. Henslee?
(A). Yes.

3. (Q). Did you or not hear A. H. Henslee, discussing the
question of whether or not Leo M. Frank was guilty of the murder
of Mary Phagan, between the death of said Mary Phagan and the com-
mencement of the trial of Leo M. Frank, charged with the murder
of Mary Phagan?
(A). Yes.

4. (Q). To the best of your recollection, what did he say in
this conversation?

In a conversation in Walker and Holmes Insurance office, some
one asked Henslee whether he Henslee thought Frank was guilty of
the murder of Mary Phagan, Henslee answered in the affirmative.
The answer given by Henslee was stated positively and firmly.
The conversation lasted for about 20 minutes or 1/2 an hour.
All of us were talking, Henslee and Mr. Holmes and Mr. Johnson
and others.

The whole conversation at the time with Henslee was on the pro-
position as to whether or not Leo M. Frank was guilty of the
murder of Mary Phagan.

5. (Q). Where and when did this take place, and who else was
present?

(A). It was before the trial of Frank, and it was in the
Insurance office of Walker and Holmes.

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