0468 Sheet – Supreme Court Georgia Appeals of Leo Frank, 1913, 1914

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This man Wilson worked on Saturday afternoon most all the time.
Oiled up the motor and cleaned it while the factory was closed.
Pride, Harry Denham, Charlie Lee, and Fast usually worked there
on Saturday oiling the machinery after they shut down and dif-
ferent things. They were not shut off by any doors from
going anywhere they wanted in the factory. They were liable to
come down and around there any time. I have never seen the
doors either to the outer or the inner office of Mr. Frank locked.
They have got glass fronts in them that you can see through, and
it would not have done any good to have shut them. The windows
in Mr. Frank's office looked right out on Forsyth Street. The
shades to them are torn up and they don't amount to much. In the
morning they will pull them down to keep the sun out. When they
are up you can see across the street. Salesmen frequently visit-
ed Frank on Saturday afternoons when they came in from their runs
without any announcement. I have never known Mr. Frank to refuse
to see any of them. It is very dark about the elevator shaft
on the ground floor. The shaft is about ten or twelve feet from
the steps. If a girl was coming down the steps and a man was
in that dark place it would be a very easy job for him to throw
her down the shaft. He could grab her before she ever
saw him because she would be looking toward the door. The mem-
bers of the firm of Montag Bros. frequently visited the factory
on Saturday afternoons. I remember seeing Dramen McCrary on
April 26th. He came around to see if there was any hauling. I
don't remember the time. I never saw Conley on April 26th. If
he was there he was skulking around and hiding. I never saw
McCrary talking to him that day. On Monday morning I saw Op-
ley, instead of being upstairs where he ought to be sweeping, he
was down in the shipping room watching the detectives
and reporters. I caught him washing his shirt. Looked