0651 Sheet – Supreme Court Georgia Appeals of Leo Frank, 1913, 1914

Search for:

Reading Time: 3 minutes [319 words]

Visible Translated Text Is As Follows:

lighted the gas water heater preparatory to taking a bath,
and then continued reading in the hall; at 10:30, I turned
out the gas, went into the dining room, bade them all good-
night, and went upstairs to take my bath; a few minutes later,
my wife followed me upstairs. (At this point the jury retired
for a short intermission.) I believe I was taking a bath when
you went out,--on Saturday night; and after finishing my bath,
I laid out my linen to be used next day, my wife changed the
buttons from my old shirt to the shirt I was to wear the fol-
lowing morning, and I retired about eleven o'clock. The
next day, Sunday, April 27th, I was awakened at something
before seven o'clock, by the telephone ringing-- I got out
of bed,--was tight asleep, it awaked me,--but I got out of bed,
put on a bath robe and went down to answer the telephone, and
a man's-voice spoke to me over the phone and said--I afterwards
found out this man that spoke to me was the City Detective--Sergeant--
said "Is this Mr. Frank, superintendent of the National Pencil
Company?" I says, "Yes, sir," he says, "I want you to come
down to the factory right away," I says, "What's the trouble,
has there been a fire?" He says, "No, a tragedy, I want you
to come down right away," I says, "All right," he says, "I will
send an automobile for you," I says, "All right," and hung up
and went upstairs to dress. I was in the midst of dressing
to go with the people who should come for me in the automobile,
when the automobile drove up, the bell rang and my wife went
down stairs to answer the door. She had on,--just had a
night dress with a robe over it. I followed my wife,--I
wasn't completely dressed at that time,--I didn't have my
trousers or shirt on, and as soon as I could get together--get
my trousers and shirt on,--I went downstairs--followed my