0665 Sheet – Supreme Court Georgia Appeals of Leo Frank, 1913, 1914

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interval of an hour had occurred three times during the time that Newt Lee had been punching on that Saturday night, April 26th. When I had first looked at it, I only noticed that every line had a punch mark on it, but I didn't notice what time the punch marks themselves were on; this time I studied the slip carefully. It was one of the same slips I had taken out of the clock. Chief Lanford, one of the officers handed it to me at police headquarters, which I absolutely identified with the writing which was on it, which you can very readily see if you look now, even though it has been erased. There seemed to be some altercation about Mr. Rosser coming in that room, and I heard Mr. Rosser say: "I am going into that room, that man is my client;" that was the first intimation I had that Mr. Rosser was going to look after my interests in this matter. Chief Beavers stated that he wanted me to give him a statement, and he said: "Mr. Frank, will you give us a statement?" And I said: "Certainly, I will give you a statement, I considered it only right that anybody that was at that factory that day should give the police a statement"; telling who he had seen, where he had gone and what he had done; and I (State's Ex. B) gave them a statement freely and unreservedly, while I had no idea that I had to make a statement at that time, I did give it to the very best of my ability, freely, and answered every question that was put to me. Mr. February was sitting on the opposite side of the table from where I was sitting, Chief Lanford was sitting at a desk, and Mr. Rosser was sitting quite a distance away, probably 25 feet, sitting in the front window with his back to us. After I had given the statement, several of the officers came into the room among them being Mr. Beavers, and Chief Beavers and Chief Lanford and Mr.