0649 Sheet – Supreme Court Georgia Appeals of Leo Frank, 1913, 1914

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which was put into the clock the night, --Saturday night, -- no one was coming down to the factory on Sunday, as far as I knew, or as far as custom was, to put the slips into the clocks and therefore, we had to put the slips into the clock dated with the date on which the help were coming into the factory to go about their regular duties and register on the Monday following, which, in this case, was April 28th. Now, on one of these slips, Newt Lee would register his punches Saturday night, and on Sunday night he would register his punches on the other. His punches on Monday night would be registered on two new slips that would be put into clock on Monday night. As I was putting these time slips into the clock, as mentioned, I saw Newt Lee coming up the stairs, and looking at the clocks, it was as near as may be six o'clock,--looking straight at the clock-- I finished putting the slip in and went back to wash up, and as I was washing, I heard Newt Lee ring the bell on the clock when he registered his first punch for the night, and he went downstairs to the front door to await my departure; after washing, I went downstairs,--I put on my hat and coat--got my hat and top coat and went downstairs to the front door. As I opened the front door, I saw outside on the street, Mr. J. M. Gantt, a man that I had let go from the office two weeks previous; a man seemed to be in discussion, and Newt Lee told me that Mr. Gantt wanted to go back up into the factory, and he had refused him admission, because his instructions were for no one to go back into the factory after he went out, unless he got contrary instructions from Mr. Darley or myself. I spoke to Mr. Gantt, and asked him what he wanted, he said he had a couple of pairs of shoes, black pair and tan pair, in the shipping room. I told Newt