1768 Sheet – Supreme Court Georgia Appeals of Leo Frank, 1913, 1914

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Black that I would do as he told me to. The next day I went direct-
ly to the court house. In the court house I met detective Black and
he told me to go ahead and when I got on the stand to "do just as
well as I had done up to his office". On the stand I was only al-
lowed to tell about riding on the car with Mary at the time that
I got on the car as instructed by Black and before I got off the
car. When I was cross examined by Mr.Rosser I was asked practically
the same questions and I gave practically the same answers.
B. BERNARD Sworn for the Movant. Until this affidavit is being
made, I have never met Mr.W.M.Burke and never saw over five times
before. I never saw George Epps until last Saturday night when I
was waiting for a street car to go home. He was sitting upon the
city hall steps. It has been eight years since I went through
Birmingham and I was never in Birmingham with George Epps.Mr.Burke
or Jimmie Wrenn and I would not Wrenn if he were to walk into the
room. I went to Solicitor Dorsey's office and assured him that Epps
was lying and urged him to investigate and see that I was not the
man Epps was talking about.
STILES HOPKINS
Sworn for the Movant. Sometime during the month of
February or March,1914, I went to Milledgeville, Georgia,for the
purpose of exhibiting and reading to George Epps an affidavit
and asking him to sign the affidavit if its contents were true.
I did not draw and affidavit and do not know who did draw it,but
same was handed to me by one of counsel for Mr.Frank with the re-
quest that I go to Milledgeville and secure the signature of George
Epps,if possible. I secured a letter of introduction to Mr.Lovorn
the superintendent of the institution where George Epps was confined.
I called at the court house and asked Mr.J.Cleveland Cooper, the
clerk to go with me to the reformatory. Mr. Cooper and I went to
the reformatory and went into Mr.Lovorn's room. Mr.Lovorn was
at the time sick in bed and the whole transaction took place in Mr.
Lovorn's room and in his presence. Before I said anything to
George Epps,Mr.Lovorn asked George Epps whether he,Epps, had
testified in the Frank case and asked if he told the truth or some-
thing which was not the truth, and Epps told Mr.Lovorn that he
had testified in the Frank case and that he had told an untruth at
the trial. Mr.Lovorn asked Epps if he now wanted to tell a differ-
ent story,and Epps said that he did. I handed Epps the affidavit
and from a copy of same I commenced reading same to Epps. Mr. Cooper