Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, July 31, 1913, Image 5
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TIIE ATLANTA GEORGTAN AND NEWS.
MACHINISTS UNEXPECTED TESTIMONY AT TRIAL OF LEO M. FRANK
“I found the strands of hair on the handle of the lathing machine in the National Tencii factory Monday morning. I also round me blood spots on the second n
know they were blood. The same day that 1 found the spots of blood, I found the pay envelope under the machine at which Mary Phagan worked. The lathe on which
1 found the pay envelope. The hair was not there Friday, for I worked on the lathe up to 5:30 o’clock, quitting time. The factory was closed Saturday. The spots
machinist, at the nencil fantorv
1 Pencil Factory Monday morning. I also found the blood spots on the second floor by the water cooler at the ladies’ dressing room. I
»r m - 1 mi 'athe on which I found the hair was about 20 feet away from where
were not there Friday.”—Testimony of R. P. Barrett,
GIRL DIDN'T Sit!
Monteen Stover, Who Was at the
Factory on Day of Slaying,
Testifies at Trial,
Continued From Page 4.
room?-^A. A peculiar spot I have
never seen there before,
f Q. Were you in the factory Satur-
1 May?—A. Yes.
Q. Was it there then?—A. No.
Q. How large was it?—A. About 5
or 6 inches in diameter with lots of
little dots around it.
Q. Was there anything else?—A.
Yes; some white substance smeared
over it by the side of the big spot
that was not covered up.
Q. What was it?-—A. Blood.
Q. What did it look like that had
been used in putting the white stuff
on it?—A. A broom.
Q. Did you see the broom?—A. Yes;
one was nearby.
Q. Was anything on the broom?—
Yes, lots of dirt.
Found Hair on Lathe.
Q. Did you find any hair there?—
A. Yes, on the bench lathe.
Q. Describe to the jury how the
lathe was shaped.—A. It was “Li”
shaped and made of iron.
Q. Did anyone else see this hair?—
A. Yes, Li. Stanford and Magnolia
Kennedy.
Q. Did Magnolia Kennedy identify
the hair?
Rosser objected: “Jt would be only
hearsay. Only the God of the,Uni
verse could identify the hair.”
The objection was sustained.
Rosser began cross-examination.
Q. How far was it from the ma
chine where the hair was found to
where the girls combed their hair?—
A. About 10 feet.
Q. How do you know that hair was
npt on that machine Friday?—A. I
•• (worked at the machine until 5 o'clock
Friday afternoon.
Q. Did any girls work there Satur
day?—A. No.
Q. How far was it from where you
* found the blood spots to where you
found th- hair?—A. About 8 feet.
Pay Envelope Also.
Q. Did you find anything around
Mary E’hagan’s machine?—A. Yes, 1
found a part of a pay envelope.
' 4 Q. Describe how you found it.—A.
\ ‘ The latter part of the week 1 was
standing about 15 feet from her ma
chine when I saw a paper under her
machine and I went over and picked
it up. It was a part of a pay en
velope with the letter "P” or “F" on
it.
Q. What day and date was that?—
A. The same day I found the spot of
blood between the 28 and 30.
Q. What did you find under the
machine?-r-A. Nothing but filings.
Q. What did you do with the pay
envelope?—A. Turned it over to that
man (pointing out a deputy).
Solicitor Dorsey here had the wit
ness to identify the paper and it was
then shown to the attorneys for the
defense.
Examined Factory Closely.
Q. Did you examine the factory?—
A. Yes. very closely.
Q. Did you find anything like a
baseball bat around the first floor?—
A. No.
Q. Did you find any part of a pay
envelope?—A. No.
Q. Did you search closely?—A.
Very closely.
Q. You say you found blood?—A.
SWEARS SHE DID NOT SEE FRANK
IN OFFICE ATNOON ON TRAGIC DAY
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Yes.
Q. You don’t know r that It was
blood—it just looked like blood?—A.
No. sir, 1 know it was blood.
Q. What time was It when you no
ticed the strand of hair?—A. A fejv
minutes later.
Q. Were they long strands or knot
ted?—A. They were around my fin
gers when I noticed them.
Strands of Hair Foot Long.
^ Q. How long were they?—A. About
a foot long.
Q. You didn’t see them when you
took hold of the handle and the first
you saw of them was when they were
wound around your fingers?—A. Yes
Q. You say this envelope was found
under her machine?—A. Yes.
Q Then the lathe the hair was on
was 20 feet away?—A. Yes, 20 or 36
feet away.
i Q. The pay envelope you found had
no name or number on it—only this
little loop?—A. Yes.
Attorney Rosser here walked over
to the jury and showed them the loop
marked on the envelope.
Told of Find Sam© Day.
Then Mr. Rosser called the witness
closer to the jury.
Q. It is the same sort of envelope
they always have used at the factory?
—A. Yes.
Q. There Is nothing to Identify It
unless this little loop be a part of
a name?—A. Yea, sir, the top of the
envelope was torn off. All the writing
on it was a loop that looked like the
lower part of a “G.”
Dorsey here took up the re-direct
examination.
Q. When did you tell Schlff about
Monteen
Stover,
Thursday
witness
for State.
this?—A. The same day.
Barrett was excused.
Mell Stanford, who had not figured
in the case up to this time, was called.
Stanford also is an employee of the
pencil factory.
The witness stated that he had
worked at the pencil factory for two
yearu and was at work there Friday,
April 25.
Spot Not There Friday.
Q. What did you do this Friday?—
A. I swept the whole floor of the
metal room.
Q. Did you see anything there
Monday?—A. I saw some white com
pound smeared over something.
Q. Was it there Friday?—A. No.
Q. What kind of a broom did you
use?—A. A little broom.
Q. Do you know anything about
a big cane broom?—A. Yes.
Q. Where was this broom Monday?
—A. About 8 feet from the spot.
Q. What was under the white sub
stance?—A. Some spots.
Q. Was it blood?—A. I don’t know.
Q. Could you tell whether the
broom used was big cane or a little
broom?—A. A big one.
The Witness was then turned over
to the defense for cross-examination.
Court then adjourned until 2 o’clock.
Praises Hooper.
Attorney Reuben Arnold took up
the cross-examination of Mel Stan-
ford when court resumed after the re-
11 ss.
Just before court opened Leonard
Haas, friend of Deo Frank, leaned
across the table to Attorney F. A.
Hooper, Dorsey’s assistant, and said:
“Mr. Cooper, I want td congratulate
you on the very gentlemanly manner
with which you have conducted your
self.”
He said nothing to Solicitor Dor
sey, who was sitting beside him. Dor
sey was unmindful If any slight was
intended.
Swept Floor Friday.
Q. I believe you said you were a
plater?—A. Yes.
Q. And you were busy sweeping
Friday?—A. Yes.
Q. They had regular negro sweep
ers for the factory proper, didn’t
they?—A. Yes.
Q. Why did you sweep where you
did Friday?—A. There was no ne
gro there.
Q, What time did you sweep?—A.
Between 9 and 12.
Q. Did you sweep everything under
the machine where Mary Phagan
worked? Did you move all the
boxes?—A. Yes, I swept everything
clearly.
Q. What is east of the ladies’ toilet?
A. A kind of a storeroom.
Q. You swept around the entire
floor, the north and all sides?—A.
Yes.
Q. What part of the metal room
was it your duty not to sweep?—A.
Where the machines are.
Not Examining Floor.
Q. What did you sweep there for?—
A. It was dirty, and my instructions
were to keep the place clean.
Q. What did you consider it your
duty to sweep?—A. The concrete
floor.
Q. Didn't you know someone else
would swep the floor?—A. They
didn’t do it.
Q. Were you sweeping or examin
ing the floor?—A. Sweeping.
Q. Did you see anything on the
floor?—A. Yes; there was some paint
where they kept the lacquer.
Q. Will you swear then* were not
other stains or spots on the floor?
A. There were several; I don’t recall
just where.
Q, Did you notice whether there
were any stains in the dressing room
Friday?—A. I would have seen them.
Arnold—Come down; that’s all.
Woman Tells of Blood Stains.
Mrs. George W. Jefferson, one of
the employees of the National Pencil
Company, followed Stanford on the
stand. Dorsey began the direct ex
amination:
Q. Were you at the pencil factory
the day before the murder?—A. I
was.
Q. Were you there the next Sat
urday?A. No.
Q. Were you there the following
Monday?—Yes, sir.
Q. Did you see any blood on the
floor near the women’s dressing room
on the second floor?—A. Yes, sir.
Q. How did it look?—A. There was
something whit© over it.
Q. Where do you work?—A. In the
polishing room.
Cords on That Floor.
Q. Were there any cords on that
floor?—A. Yes, sir.
Q. Where were they?—A. On a
post near the women's dressing room.
Q. What colors were the paints in
the polishing room?—A- Red. lion,
rule red and bright red.
Q. Was this spot any one of the
three paints used in the polishing
room?—A. No. sir.
Mr. Rosser then took up the cross-
examination.
<4. That floor is very dirty, Isn’t It?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Don’t they frequently spill paint
on that floor?—A. Not on the metal
room floor.
Spots as Big as Fan.
Q. This white stuff you saw then
didn’t hide the red spots, did it?—A.
Not completely.
Q. You didn’t find any other spots
i did you?—A. No, sir.
Q. You say the spots were about
! as big as your fan?—A. The white
! spot* were about as big as my fan.
1 (Here the witness held up a palm leaf
j fan).
1 Dorsey took the witness.
I Q. After the paint is taken into
j the polishing room, there is no oc
casion to take it out, is there?—A.
| No, sir.
Mr. Rosser took up the examination
again.
Q. These cords the Solicitor
showed you are scattered all over the
building, aren’t they?—A. They are
not supposed to be.
Q. Did you ever see them around
the building?—A. No. sir.
Policeman Hazelett.
Mrs. Jefferson was then excused
and Policeman B. B. Hazelett was
called to the stand. Solicitor Dorsey
questioned him.
Q. When you went after Frank the
| Monday following the murder, did you
i tell him what you wanted?—A. No.
j sir. I told him Chief Lanford wanted
to see him.
Q. How long after you got to
j the police station with Frank was it
; that you saw Mr. Haas and Mr. Ros-
j ser°—A. About an hour.
Here Rosser took the witness.
Q. What time was it you saw us?—
j A. About 8:30 or 9 o’clock.
Y. Wasn’t It after 9 o’clock?—A.
I don’t think so.
Q. Who else was there?—A. Well,
a crowd of detectives were standing
around.
Q. Myself and Haas were the vir-
■ Imi p irrounded by i heap detect Ives,
e
I don’t know'
Frank Not Arrested.
Q. Did you place Frank under ar
rest?—A. No.
Q Why did two of you officers go
after him?—A. No special reason.
Q. Wasn't it because if be did not
come voluntarily, you intended to
bring him forcibly?—A. I guess so.
Mrs. Hazelett left the stard and
was followed bv William Gheealina.
funeral director and embalmcr at the
Bloomberg undertaking establishment.
Solicitor Dorsey uestloned the wit-
ne*.
Q. Did you handle the body of
Mary Phagan?—A. Yes.
Q. Was this cord found around her
neck? (Dorsey displayed a cord to
Gheesling).—A It looks like it,
Q, How did you And it?—A.
Around her neck swinging to one
side.
Dead Fifteen Hours, He Says.
Q. How long would you judge she
had been dead?—A. Ten or fifteen
hours. She was very ft iff.
Q. How was the blood?—A. It
was coagulated, showing she had
been dead some time.
Q What was the condition of her
face?—A. It was In a had condition.
Showing that the body had lain wit I',
the face down for some time. There
was a scar over the right eye, which
was made before death.
Q. Why before death?—A. Because
it was swollen. It wouldn’t have
swelled after death.
Q. Did you find any scars as though
she had been dragged?—A. There
were two spots, one over each eye
about the size of a dime. That was
all to show.
Q. How about her tongue?—A. It
was protruding an inch and a quar
ter.
Skull Not Broken.
Q. Did you find any other sears
on her head?—A. Yes, back of the
left temple.
Q. Was the scalp broken?—A. Y^s.
Q Was the ^kull broken?—A. Dr.
Hurt can tell you better about that
than. I can.
Q. I want you to tell.—A. I ex-
mined the wound and the skull was
cause I broke it in her neck.
Q. What experience have you had
in handling cases of death from
strangulation?—A. One or two. 1
had Clay. They say he was stran
gled. I don’t know whether his neck
was broken.
Q. When does circulation stop?—
A. The last beat of the heart forces
the blood Into the veins and it is
extremely hard to make it flow from
tile veins after death.
Q. What fluid do you use in em
balming?—A. I would not like to
say. I have been about fifteen years
in perfecting it and have kept it
secret so far.
Q. Is it yqur own private formula?
—A. Yes.
Q. Tell about Frank coming to the
undertaking establishment. Tell of
never notced hm untl I was gongx
his position while he was there.—A. I
ever noticed him until I was going
out. Frank was standing on the right
of the door or hallway en the in
side of the room. I passed out be
tween him and Detective Black.
Q. Did Dr. Hurt clean under the
Gails?—A. Yes, he probed under
them.
Body Not Mutilated.
Q Do you know what was found?—r
A. No.
Q Was the body mutilated when
you saw it?—A. No, it would have
beep impossible to have mutilated it
with all the clothes it had on it when
we found it.
Dorsey took the witness on the re-
dlrect examination.
Q. Did the corpse have much blood ?
—A. Only a very small quantity
judging from the amount I took from
her.
Dr. Claude A. Smith, city bac
teriologist followed Gheesling on thr*
stand. Dorsey questioned him.
Solicitor Dorsey handed Dr. Smith
the bloodstained chips and asked if
they had been brought to him for ex
amination.
A. They were brought to my of
fice by detectives.
Q. State what condition they were
In?—A. Considerably dirty and had
some stains on them. I examined
them and found the stains to be blood
corpuscles.
Q. Were they human blood?—A. I
couldn't tell.
Q. Look at this shirt. A. This shirt
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Q. Were you present when Frank j
came to your establishment Sunday j
morning?—A. Yes. j
Q. Do you know' whether he looked ]
at the corpse?—A. No, sir, I never
noticed.
Here Attorney Rosser took up the
cross-examination.
Q. When you found the corpse, was
there wet blood on the hair?—A. No
sir. the blood was dry.
Q. If the blood had been w’et when
the body was found, how long would
you say she had been dead?—A. I
don’t judge by blood, but by rigor
mortis.
Rigor Mortis Not Broken.
Q. When does that set in?—A. It
depends on the cause of death.
Q. How soon would you say rigor
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Q. How soon does it break?—A. In]
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Q. Had it commenced to break
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