1683 Sheet – Supreme Court Georgia Appeals of Leo Frank, 1913, 1914

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C. A. Ison testified by affidavit as follows:

I am personally acquainted with Jimmie Wren, who is in the employ of C. W. Burke, and he is the brother of George Wren, who has recently finished a jail sentence of 12 months for simple larceny (stealing $50,000.00 worth of diamonds from an express wagon) and I am also personally acquainted with George Wren. I have seen Jimmie and George Wren with C. W. Burke on several occasions, in front of the Grant Bldg., in which Mr. L. Z. Rosser's office is located, who is an attorney for Leo M. Frank. I saw Mr. Burke come out of the building and talk with Jimmie and George Wren, and I have seen them together at other times, one time in front of the Fourth National Bank Building, in which Attorney Haas' office is located. I know that Jimmie Wren is working for C. W. Burke, but I don't know whether George Wren is working for him or not, but I see the two boys together a good deal.

Nellie Wood testified by affidavit as follows:

I live at No. 8 Bessie avenue. I have been a trained nurse. I have finished a course at a millinery school 94-1/2 Whitehall St. At this particular time I am not doing anything.

I have read over from Vol. 7, beginning at p. 3418, what transpired in the court room when I was tendered as a witness by the State. The whole transaction was as follows:

MISS NELLIE WOOD, Called in behalf of the State,
DIRECT EXAMINATION,

BY MR. DORSEY:

Mr. Dorsey: I want to show by this witness the general character; second, I want to prove a specific incident that occurred between her and Frank, in his office, that he made her an indecent proposal, and she went to take it in the pencil factory as she was made to understand to get up that no such proposal was ever made. This is in rebuttal of his statement.

Mr. Rosser: Your Honor let in certain statements over