0678 Sheet – Supreme Court Georgia Appeals of Leo Frank, 1913, 1914

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establishment, to the factory, and I went to headquarters
I went to headquarters the second time, going there willingly
without anybody coming for me. On each occasion I answered
them frankly and unreservedly, giving them the benefit of the
best of my knowledge, answering all and any of their questions,
and discussing the matter generally with them. On Monday they
came for me again. I went down and answered any end all of
their questions and gave them a statement which they took down
in writing, because I thought it was right and I was only
too glad to do it. I answered them and told them all that I
knew, answering all questions. Tuesday I was down at police
station again, and answered every question and discussed the
matter freely and openly with them, not only with the police,
but with the reporters who were around there; talked to any-
body who wanted to talk with me about it, and I have even talked
with them at midnight when I was just about to go to bed.
Midnight was the time they chose to talk to me, but even at
such an outlandish hour I was still willing to help them, end
a - heir instigation I spoke to Newt Lee alone, but what was
the result? They commenced and they grilled that poor negro
and put words into his mouth that I never said, and twisted
not alone the English, but distorted my meaning. I just de-
cided then and there that if that was the line of conduct they
were going to pursue I would wash my hands of them. I didn't
want to have anything to do with them. On the afternoon of
May last, I was taken to the Fulton County tower. On May 3rd
detectives Black and Scott came up to my cell in the tower and
wanted to speak to me alone without any of my friends around.
I said all right, I wanted to hear what they had to say that
time. Then Black tore off something like this: "Mr. Frank,
we are suspicious of that man Darley. We are watching him
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