1395 Sheet – Supreme Court Georgia Appeals of Leo Frank, 1913, 1914

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until about 12 o'clock when she went to the courthouse and took the witness stand, that before the Solicitor went over to the courthouse he came into the room where the girls above described and she herself were and gave them a lecture and told them all that when they went on the stand to go right ahead and tell everything that they knew and answer his questions right off sharp; that after the lecture she said Ruth Robertson didn't see the Solicitor General again until she went on the witness stand in the court room; that while remaining in the room with the 12 or 15 girls, before she was called to go to the courthouse, the said Ruth Robertson states that there was a great deal of talk and gossip among the girls there, some of whom said they knew nothing against the defendant and that they were timid and were afraid that they would be scared when they went into court; that Maggie Griffin, however, appeared to welcome and relish the idea of going on the witness stand and told several timeshow she was going to tell everything the Solicitor wanted to know when she went on the stand, that the said Dewey Hewell said she did not know anything about the defendant or Mary Phagan; or anything concerning the case and that the said Maggie Griffin volunteered with enthusiasm to tell the said Dewey Hewell what to say and did tell her and moved to her at one side of the room; that she said Ruth Robertson heard Maggie Griffin tell Dewey Hewell that she must say - that she knew defendant and knew that he was of bad character, and that she knew Mary Phagan and to tell everything bad she could think of about defendant, and to say that she had seen defendant with his hands on Mary Phagan, and that she had seen him whisper to her and talk to her with his face close to hers; that Maggie Griffin and Dewey Hewell left the large room described two or three times together, and returned together, and the said Ruth Robertson heard Dewey Hewell say repeatedly that she was afraid she would forget all Maggie had told her to say when she went into the courthouse, and Maggie said "We will go over it again, so you won't forget it"; that this was repeated several times, that the said Ruth Robertson recalls hearing Dewey Hewell say pointedly that she did not know where Mary Phagan worked