1296 Sheet – Supreme Court Georgia Appeals of Leo Frank, 1913, 1914

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STATE'S EXHIBIT V.

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Portion of the testimony of Emil Selig before coroner's inquest as follows:
"As to who else was present, my wife and his wife. They went to the opera before, probably, dinner was over, before he and I left. I stayed in the house. There was no one else there when he got there except me and my wife and him and his wife. The servant was there also. I am speaking about dinner time. I laid down a little while after dinner. I am sure about that. It was directly after dinner was over. Mr. Frank was in the hall. I think he laid down himself. My room is upstairs over the dining room. The telephone is in the dining room. Mr. Frank stayed quite a little while at dinner. I don't know exactly how long he stayed. No, he didn't leave before I got up. Yes, I took a nap. He came a little after we ate dinner and I laid down and took a considerable nap."

STATE'S EXHIBIT W.

Portion of testimony of Mrs. Josephine Selig before the coroner's inquest, as follows:
"As to what he (Mr. Frank) said about this affair, I don't know if he made any reference to it. She (Mrs. Frank) had told me. I don't remember that he said anything at all about this crime. He probably spoke of it in a general way. He is superintendent of the pencil factory. I think I would have remembered such a remark if he had made it. He said that there was a little girl found dead in the pencil factory that day. I didn't ask what her name was. I don't know that I asked any question at all, because I never really thought that it had any bearing on anything that I was interested in. It was not of interest to me. Naturally he would be concerned about it. I think he did seem unconcerned about it. I didn't think he seemed to attach any great importance to it. I don't think he had anything to say about getting anybody to see what was the matter, or see who did it. I don't know what was the occasion of the first remark that Mr. Frank made about the thing. I suppose he had been there only a few minutes. Yes, he spoke about it before dinner. He mentioned the fact that a woman had been found down there. He mentioned that just casually. He didn't remark about the youth of the child or about the brutality of the crime, or describe any of the wounds, or wonder who was suspected, or give any theory as to how it happened. I don't think he expressed any anxiety or curiosity, or advance any theory as to how the thing had happened. He read the paper. There was no article about that in the paper. I can not say that he dwelt on any article. Yes, he read the paper just as steadily and studiously as the night before. I don't think he made any difference at all. He did not seem to be a bit impressed on account of the thing having happened in the pencil factory."