0410 Sheet – Supreme Court Georgia Appeals of Leo Frank, 1913, 1914

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I DON'T know whether it was blood or not. It looked like blood.
R. M. LASSITER, Sworn for the State.
I am a city policeman. On Sunday morning, April 27th, I found a parasol in the bottom of the elevator shaft. It was lying about the center of the shaft. I also found a ball of rope twine, small wrapping twine, and also something that looked like a person's stool.
CROSS EXAMINATION.
I noticed evidence of dragging from the elevator in the basement. As I passed the rear door at 12 o'clock, the door was closed. The umbrella was not crushed. I found it between 6 and 7 o'clock in the morning. The elevator comes down there and hits the ground plump at the bottom of the basement.
RE DIRECT EXAMINATION.
I don't know whether the elevator shaft has a cement bottom or not. There is a whole lot of trash at the bottom.
L. O. GRICE, Sworn for the State.
My name is L. O. Grice. I was at the National Pencil Company's place on Sunday morning, April 27th. A small sized man, defendant here, attracted my attention, on account of his nervousness.
CROSS EXAMINATION.
I was called as a witness in this case one week after it started. I told some of my friends about Mr. Frank's nervousness and they advised me to go to Dorsey. I never knew Mr. Frank before. When we were told how the little child was murdered, it excited me some.
RE-DIRECT EXAMINATION
I don't recall trembling any. I am pretty sure I didn't because my friend that I went to Opelika with that morning suggested that I was trembling when I went through there, and I