1705 Sheet – Supreme Court Georgia Appeals of Leo Frank, 1913, 1914

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DAN B. LEHON, Sworn for the State (By deposition) My position is
that of Manager of the Southern Division of the William J. Burns
National Detective Agency with headquarters in New Orleans. I have
been here on the Frank or Mary Phagan case for the past four or
five weeks. I came to Macon just when the case here. Occasionally we
call Mr. Burns "Governor". Mr. Burns arrived a few days before I ar-
rived. I take charge of the work in general, nothing in particular.
I did everything that came to me I thought was necessary to have to
do in this matter. As to what I am paid in connection with my work
in this Frank business, it doesn't make a particle of difference
to me as to my compensation, I am paid a salary by Mr. Burns and
this case has absolutely no bearing on my salary. I am not inter-
ested in the retained Mr. Burns receives. I am interested in the
money Mr. Burns pays this agency here in Atlanta the same as any
other employee would be in any concern or firm. I have no interest
at all personally in the money that is received from Frank or
his friends and paid to Mr. Burns or the Burns' Agency. I have been
paid on account of the agency, some monies from our client. Yes,
I have signed and received for the monies that have been paid
for the services of Burns and myself and his agents here. I have
not handled all of it. I don't know who has handled others. We got
the money from Mr. Herbert J. Haas, counsel for the defense. I can
not recollect how much money we got from Haas at the time Ragsdale
made his affidavit. I don't recollect whether or not I got any mon-
ey from Haas at that time. Immediately previous I got five hundred
dollars by check. I did not talk with Haas about the Ragsdale af-
fidavit when I got this money. I recollect previously mentioning
something about an affidavit that was to be made by a preacher and
I never knew Ragsdale's name until the day he made the affidavit.
As to my knowing subordinates or the subordinates of the Burns'
Agency, or Burns himself had been in touch with a preacher, I had
heard there was a preacher from one of our operatives named Whit-
field, the same man who used to work with Pinkertons under Pierce.
I heard it from Rogers, a witness for the State. I also heard it
from C.G. Feder, also in my employ. I employed and paid Feder. I
advanced Feder at the time that I employed him, which I think
was the 16th or 16th of April, a month's salary, two hundred and
fifty dollars. I also advanced him $250.00 for expenses of making
a trip.