1289 Sheet – Supreme Court Georgia Appeals of Leo Frank, 1913, 1914

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"On Saturday morning, April 26, 1913, Mr. Frank left home about eight o'clock, and Albert, my husband, was there Saturday, too. Albert got there I guess about a quarter after one and he was there when Mr. Frank come for dinner, which was about half-past one, I think. When Mr. Frank come back to the house at seven o'clock that night, and Albert was there when he got there. Albert had gone home that evening but he come back. I don't know what time he got there, but he come sometime before Mr. Frank did, and Mr. Frank eat supper about seven o'clock, and when I left there that night about eight o'clock, I left Mr. Frank there.

Sunday morning I got there about eight o'clock, and there was an automobile standing in front of the house and I didn't pay any attention to it. I saw a man in the automobile get a bucket of water and pour into it. Mr. Frank's wife was downstairs and Mr. and Mrs. Selig were upstairs. Albert was there Sunday morning, but I don't remember what time he got there. I called them down to breakfast about half past eight and I found out that Mr. Frank was gone. Mr. and Mrs. Selig eat breakfast, but Mrs. Frank didn't eat until Mr. Frank come back and then they eat breakfast together. I didn't hear them say anything at the breakfast table. After dinner I understood them to say that a girl and Mr. Frank were caught at the office Saturday. I don't know who said it, Miss Lucile (Mrs. Frank) and Mr. Frank were standing there talking, after dinner when they said it; I understood them to 'say it was a Jew girl.

"On Tuesday, Mr. Frank says to me, 'It is mighty bad Minola, I might have to go to jail about this girl, and I don't know anything about it.'

"Sunday, Miss Lucile said to Mrs. Selig that Mr. Frank didn't rest so good Saturday night; she said he was drunk and wouldn't let her sleep with him, and she said she slept on the floor on the rug by the bed because Mr. Frank was drinking. Miss Lucile said Sunday that Mr. Frank told her Saturday night that he was in trouble, and he did not know the reason why he would murder, and he told his wife to get his pistol and let him kill himself. I heard Miss Lucile say that to Mrs. Selig, and it got away with Mrs. Selig mighty bad; she didn't know what to think. I haven't heard Miss Lucile say whether she believed it or not. I don't know why Mrs. Frank didn't come to see her husband, but it was a pretty good while before she would come to see him, maybe two weeks. She would tell me, 'Wasn't it mighty bad that he was locked up,' she would say, 'Minola, I don't know what I am going to do.'

"When I left home to go to the solicitor general's office, they told me to mind how I talked. They pay me $3.50 a week, but last week they paid me $4.00, and one week she paid me $6.50. Up to the time of the murder I was getting $3.50 a week and the week right after the murder I don't remember how much she paid me, and the next week they paid me $3.50, and the next week they paid me $6.50, and the next week they paid me $4.00, and the next week they paid me $4.00. One week, I don't remember which one, Mrs.