0350 Sheet – Supreme Court Georgia Appeals of Leo Frank, 1913, 1914

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the way back in the basement, to a partition on the left, leading
from the elevator. The basement is about twenty feet wide.
The negro lead the way back about one hundred fifty feet and we
round the body. The girl was lying on her face, not directly
lying on her stomach, with the left side on the ground, the
right side up just a little. We couldn't tell by looking
at her whether she was white or black, only by her golden colored
hair. They turned her over and her face was full of dirt and
dust. They took a piece of paper and rubbed the dirt off of
her face, and we could tell then that it was a white girl. I
pulled up her clothes and we could tell by the skin of her knee
that she was a white girl. Her face was punctured, full of
holes and was swollen and black. She had a cut on her left
side of her head as if she had been struck and there was a little
blood there. The cord was around her neck, sunk into
the flesh. She also had a piece of her underclothing around
her neck. The cord was still tight around her neck. The tongue
was protruding just the least bit. I began to look around and
found a couple of notes. The cord was pulled tight and had cut
into the flesh and tied just as tight as it could be. The
under clothing around the neck was not tight. There wasn't
much blood on her head. It was dry on the outside. I struck
my finger under the hair and it was a little moist. This scratch
pad (State's Exhibit "W"), was also lying on the ground, close
to the body. The body was lying with the head towards Forsyth Street, the head being near the partition. I found the
notes under the sawdust, lying near the head. The scratch pad
was lying near the notes. They were all right close together.
(Witness indicates on diagram of the State where body was