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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
MACHINIST’S UNEXPECTED TESTIMONY AT TRIAL OF LEO M. FRANK
“I found the strands of hair on the handle of the lathing machine in the National Pencil Factory Monday morning. I also found the blood spots on the second floor by the water cooler at the ladies’ dressing room. I
know they were blood. The same day that I found the spots of blood, I found the pay envelope under the machine at which Mary Phagan worked. The lathe on which I found the hair was about 20 feet away from where
I 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 were not there Friday.”—Testimony of R. P. Barrett,
machinist at the pencil factory.
GIRL MIT SEE
Monteen Stover, Who Was at the
factory on Day of Slaying,
Testifies at Trial.
Continued From Page 4.
SWEARS SHE DID NOT SEE FRANK
IN OFFICE ATNOONON TRAGIC DAY
room?—A. A peculiar spot I have
never seen there before.
* Q. Were you In the factory Satur
day ?—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 th e broom?—A. Yes;
one was nearby.
Q. Was anything on the broom?—
Yes, lots of dirt.
Found Hair on Lathe.
Q. Did you And any hair there?—
A. Yes. on the bench lathe.
Q. Describe to the jury how the
lathe was shaped.—A. It was “L”
shaped and made of iron.
Ci. Did anyone else see this hair?-
A. \ es. L. Stanford and Magnolia
Kennedy.
Q. Did Magnolia Kennedy identify
the hair?
Rosser objected: “It would be only
hearsay. Only the God of the Uni
verse could identify the hair.”
The oojeotion 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
not on that machine Friday?—A- I
'worked at the machine until 5 o’clock
TYiday 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 Phagan’s machine?—A. Yes, I
found a part of a pay envelope.
Q. Describe how you found it.—A.
.The latter part of the week I was
• standing about 15 feet from her ma
chine when l 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?—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 tho 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.
Yes.
Q. You don’t know that It was
blood—it just looked like blood?—A.
No sir, I know It was blood.
Q. What time was It when you no
ticed the strand of hair?—A. A few
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.
L 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 26
♦feet away. , , _
* 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 tne envelope.
Told of Find Same 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. Yes, 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-dlrect
examination.
q. When did you tell Schiff about
the bohemia, where
JOY REIGNS supreme,
100 WHITEHALL ST.
Monteen
Stover,
Thursday
witness
for State.
this?—A. The same day.
Barrett wan 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
year*- 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 satf some white com
pound smeared over nomething.
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. W r here was this broom Monday?
A. About 8 feet from the spot.
Q. What was under the white sub
stance?—A. Borne 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
ft ss.
Just before court opened Leonard
Haas, friend of Leo Frank, leaned
across the table to Attorney F. A.
Hooper, Dorsey’s assistant, and said:
“Mr. Cooper, I want to 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
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: ther.e was some paint
where (hey kept the lacquer.
Q. Will you swear there 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 ptains 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 white 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.
q. 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 And any other spots.
i did you?—A. No, sir.
Q. You say the spots were about
: as big as your fan?—A. The white
! spots were about as big as my fan.
(Here the witness held up a palm leaf
: fan).
Dorsey took the witness.
Q. After the paint is taken into
the polishing room, there is no oe-
j easion to take it out, is there ?—A.
No, sir.
Mr. Rosser took up the examination
again.
Q. These cords the Solicitor
showed you are prattered 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 Hazdett.
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
tell him what you wanted?—A. No.
sir. 1 told him Chief Lanford wanted
to see him.
Q. How long after you got to
the police station with Frank was it
that you mw Mr. Haas and Mr. Ros
ser?—A. About an hour.
Here Rosser took the witness.
Q. What time was it you saw us?—
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 Hans were the vic
tims surrounded by thepe detectives,
were we? Who ©ise was ther.e?—A.
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 he did not
come voluntarily, you Intended to
bring him forcibly?—A. 1 guess so.
Mrs. Hazelett left the stand and
was followed by William Ghcerting,
funeral director and embalmer at tho
Bloomberg undertaking establishment.
Solicitor A)orsey uestioned the wit-
nes.
Q. Did you handle the body of
Mary Phagan?—A. Yes.
Q. Was this dord found around her
neck? (Dorsey displayed a cord to
Gheesling).—A. It looks like it.
Q. How did you find 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 bad condition,
showing that the body had lain Wtttl
the face down for some time. There
was a scar over the right eye. which
was mtide before death.
Q. Why before death?—A. Because
it was swollen. It wouldn’t have
.“welled after death.
Q. Did you find anv scars as though
she had been dragged?—A. There
were two spot a, 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 And any other scars
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. T ex
amined the wound and the skull was
not broken. • ,
Q. Were you present when Frank
came to your establishment Sunday
morning?—A. Yes. •
Q. Do you know whether he looked
at the corpse?—A. No, sir, I never i
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 wet 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 sav rigor
mortis set in after death in this
case?—A. About an hour.
Q. How soon does it break?—A. In
about twenty-four hours.
Q. Had it commenced to break
when you got the body?—A. No, be
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
the veins after death.
Q. What fluid do you use in em
balming?—A. I would not like to
fiay. I have been about fifteen years
in perfecting it and have kes“>t it
secret so far.
Q. Is it your 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 righ;.
of the door or hallway en the In
side of the room. I parsed out be
tween him and Detective Black.
Q. Did Dr. Hurt clean under the
nails? A. Yes, he probed under
them.
Body Not Mutilated.
Q. Do you know what was found?—
A. No.
Q Was the body mutilated when
you saw it?—A. No. It would have
been impossible to have mutilated it
with all the clothes it had on It when
4:
we found It.
Dorsey took the witness.on the re
direct examination.
Did the corpse have much blood?
Only a very small quantity
judging from the amount i took from
her.
Dr. Claude A. Smith, city bac
teriologist. followed Oheesllng on th-*
stand. Dorsey questioned him.
Solicitor Dorsey handed Dr. Smith
tho 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. (’onsiderably 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
cou^^'t tell.
Q. Look at this shirt. A. This Xhlrt
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