1746 Sheet – Supreme Court Georgia Appeals of Leo Frank, 1913, 1914

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told me that he had given false testimony at the trial of Leo M. Frank and expressed his sorrow for having done so.

DR. THOS. H. HANCOK, Sworn for the Movant. On Sunday, March 22nd 1914, in company with Detective W.J.Burns, Attorney H.J.Haas and C.W.Burke, I called on Albert McKnight, who was a patient at the colored hospital known as Fair Haven Infirmary on West Mitchell Street, in the city of Atlanta, Georgia. I heard Detective Burns questioning Albert McKnight regarding the affidavit that McKnight had made to C.W.Burke on January 1914, and heard the detective ask him if the affidavit was the truth, and Albert McKnight stated to us that it was the truth in every respect and he told Detective Burns that he had lied in the testimony which he gave on the witness stand at the trial of Leo M.Frank, and that he had made his affidavit to C.W.Burke of his own free will and accord, without any promise of reward. I heard Albert McKnight tell Detective Burns that one R.L.Craven, employed at the firm of Beok & Gregg, was the man who had induced him, McKnight, to swear falsely against Mr.Frank. I heard C.W.Burke tell McKnight to explain to all present what, if any offers said C.W.Burke had made to him in order to secure his affidavit, and McKnight replied that Mr.Burke had made no offers to him of any kind, and further that Mr.Burke had only talked religion to him and that he heard Mr.Burke only the truth. On March 21, 1914, while visiting the said Fair Haven Infirmary, and while in conversation with Albert McKnight, the said McKnight voluntarily told me that one R.L.Craven who was employed at the store of Beok & Gregg was the man who had come to him and induced him to swear falsely against Leo M.Frank, and in explaining to me how Mr.Craven had induced him to swear falsely, stated that Mr.Craven approached him and said "Albert, there is a large reward offered for the person guilty of Mary Phagan's murder, and you and I might as well earn the reward as anyone else." McKnight further told me that when he had made his affidavit to he said R.L.Craven, he, McKnight, told his wife Minnie of what he had done and McKnight said his wife was very much excited over the statement which he said he had given to Craven and told him it was a lie and further told him that he had better get the statement back, that it would get him in trouble if he did not and McKnight told me that