0627 Sheet – Supreme Court Georgia Appeals of Leo Frank, 1913, 1914

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Then I walked on down Whitehall on the side of Mr. M. Rich &
Bros. Store towards Brown & Allen; when I got in front of
M. Rich & Bros. store, I stood there between half past 2 and
few minutes to 3 o'clock until the parade passed entirely;
then I crossed the street and went on down to Jacobs and went
in and purchased twenty five cents worth of cigars. I then
left the store and went on down Alabama street to Forsyth
street and down Forsyth street to the factory. I unlocked the
street door and then unlocked the inner door and left it open
and went on up stairs to tell the boys that I had come back
and wanted to know if they were ready to go, and at that time
they were preparing to leave. I went immediately down to my
office and opened the safe and my desk and hung up my coat and
hat and started to work on the financial report, which I will
explain. Mr. Schiff had not come down and there was additional
work for me to do.

In a few minutes after I started to work on the financial
sheet, which I am going to take up a few minutes, I heard
the bell ring on the time clock outside and Arthur White and
Harry Denham came into the office and Arthur White borrowed
$2.00 from me in advance on his wages. I had gotten to work
on the financial sheet, figuring it out, when I happened to
go out to the lavatory and on returning to the office, the
door pointed out directly in front, I noticed Newt Lee, the
watchman, coming from down the head of the stairs, coming
towards me. I looked at the clock and told him the night be-
fore to come back at 4 o'clock for I expected to go to the base
ball game. At that time Newt Lee came along and greeted me and
offered me a banana out of a yellow bag which he carried,
which I presume contained bananas; I declined the banana and