1397 Sheet – Supreme Court Georgia Appeals of Leo Frank, 1913, 1914

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trial was heard and passed on, and which is as follows: that the said Mamie Kitchens worked at the National Pencil Company, that at no time during her employment at the factory did she ever hear or see defendant act in a familiar manner towards any of the female employees at the factory or at any other place, that never at any time had any girl or woman, or men told her that defendant had attempted to act in a familiar manner with them or ever in any way offered them an insult in any form; that, never at any time had she witnessed any acts in defendant's office on the part of defendant that would lead her to think that defendant was acting in any way unbecoming to a gentleman, that it is a fact that she has never seen any woman in defendant's office, except a lady stenographer and that she never saw said lady stenographer acting in any way familiar with defendant, or defendant familiar with her; that said Mamie Kitchens says that defendant when passing through the factory was at all times very business like in his actions, conversation and dealings with the employees, and that at no time did she ever see him laughing at joking with any of the employees of the factory; that she was a witness for the State at the trial of defendant and testified that on a certain occasion she was in the ladies' dressing room on the fourth floor of the factory, in company with one Ethel Stewart and a Miss Irene Jackson, that she further stated on the stand that Miss Stewart was in the room only a part of the time while she and Miss Jackson were there, and also states that the Solicitor asked her is she was over in the dressing room in company with a Miss Mayfield and Miss Jackson, when they were partially dressed, when defendant came to the dressing room and looked in, and said Mamie Kitchens replied that she was not when she was with Miss Mayfield but was there with Miss Jackson when she was in a partially dressed condition, and that defendant did look in the dressing room at that time; said Mamie Kitchens also stated that the Solicitor asked her what defendant said to them when he looked into their dressing room, and she testified that defendant said "What's the matter girls? Haven't you got no work to go?" and that she believed Miss Jackson replied "No", and then added "we are dressing, blame it"; and at this point,