Category: LEO FRANK TRIAL SWORN STATEMENTS
I M HAMILTON, Sworn In For The Defendant, 90th To Testify
Stream Video Download Video V. S. Cooper to I. M. Hamilton. All sworn for the defendant.V. S. Cooper, W. T. Mitchell, O. A. Nix, Samuel Craig, B. L. Patterson, Robert Craig, Ed Craig, T. L. Ambrose, J. P. Bird, J.…
R L BAUER, Sworn In For The Defendant, 91st To Testify
Stream Video Download Video R. L. BAUER, sworn for the Defendant.During the summer of 1909 and 1910, I worked at the National Pencil Company on Saturdays. Since that time I have worked off and on at the factory on Saturdays…
GORDON BAILEY, C, Sworn In For The Defendant, 92nd To Testify
Stream Video Download Video GORDON BAILEY, (colored) sworn for the Defendant.I work at the factory. I am sometimes called "Snowball." I never saw Jim Conley talk to Mr. Frank the Friday before the murder. I have never, at any time,…
HENRY SMITH, Sworn In For The Defendant, 93rd To Testify
Stream Video Download Video HENRY SMITH, sworn for the Defendant.I work at the pencil factory in the metal department. I work with Barrett. He has talked to me about the reward offered in this case. He said it was $4,300,…
MILTON KLEIN, Sworn In For The Defendant, 94th To Testify
Stream Video Download Video MILTON KLEIN, sworn for the Defendant.I saw Mr. Frank last Thanksgiving evening at a dance given by the B'nai B'rith at the Hebrew Orphans' Home. I also saw him that same afternoon between half past four…
NATHAN COPLAN, Sworn In For The Defendant, 95th To Testify
Stream Video Download Video NATHAN COPLAN, sworn for the Defendant.I remember last Thanksgiving Day was a very disagreeable day. I don't remember whether it snowed. The B'nai B'rith is a charitable organization here composed of young men. They gave a…
JOE STELKER, Sworn In For The Defendant, 96th To Testify
Stream Video Download Video JOE STELKER, sworn for the Defendant.I have got charge of the varnishing department at the pencil factory, about sixty people work under me. I saw the spot that Mr. Barrett claimed he had found in front…
HARLEE BRANCH, Sworn In For The Defendant, 97th To Testify
Stream Video Download Video HARLEE BRANCH, sworn for the Defendant.I work for the Atlanta Journal. I had an interview with Jim Conley on two occasions. On May 31st, he told me he didn't see the purse of this little girl.…
JOHN M MINAR, Sworn In For The Defendant, 98th To Testify
Stream Video Download Video JOHN M. MINAR, sworn for the Defendant.I am a newspaper reporter for the "Atlanta Georgian." I visited George Epps Sunday night, April 27th. I went there to ask him and his sister when was the last…
W D MCWORTH, Sworn In For The Defendant, 99th To Testify
Stream Video Download Video W. D. Mc WORTH, sworn for the Defendant.I am a Pinkerton detective. I worked for fifteen days on the Frank case. For three days I took statements from the factory employees and on May 15th, I…
JOHN FINLEY, Sworn In For The Defendant, 100th To Testify
Stream Video Download Video JOHN FINLEY, sworn for the Defendant.I was formerly master machinist and assistant superintendent of the pencil factory. I have known Mr. Frank about five years. His character was good.CROSS EXAMINATION.I am now superintendent for Dittler Bros.…
A D GREENFIELD, Sworn In For The Defendant, 101st To Testify
Stream Video Download Video A. D. GREENFIELD, sworn for the Defendant.I am one of the owners of the building occupied by the Pencil Company on Forsyth Street. I have owned it since 1900. When we bought the building it was…
DR WM OWENS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 102nd To Testify
Stream Video Download Video DR. WM. OWENS, sworn for the Defendant.I am a physician. I am also engaged in the real estate business. At the request of the defense I went through certain experiments in the pencil factory to ascertain…
ISAAC HAAS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 103rd To Testify
Stream Video Download Video ISAAC HAAS, sworn for the Defendant.I know Leo M. Frank for over five years. His character is very good. I did not hear my telephone ring on Sunday morning, April 27th. My wife heard it. The…
A N ANDERSON, Sworn In For The Defendant, 104th To Testify
Stream Video Download Video A. N. ANDERSON, sworn for the Defendant.I work at the Atlanta National Bank. That is the original passbook of Leo M. Frank (Defendant's Exhibit 50).CROSS EXAMINATION.I don't know that that's the only bank account that he…
R P BUTLER, Sworn In For The Defendant, 105th To Testify
Stream Video Download Video R. P. BUTLER, sworn for the Defendant.I am the shipping clerk of the Pencil Company. I am familiar with the doors leading into the metal room. They are wooden doors, with glass windows. There is no…
I U KAUFFMAN, Sworn In For The Defendant, 106th To Testify
Stream Video Download Video I. U. KAUFFMAN, sworn for the Defendant.I made a drawing of the Selig residence on Georgia Avenue, in this city, showing the kitchen, dining room, the reception room, parlor and passageway between the kitchen and dining…
J Q ADAMS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 107th To Testify
Stream Video Download Video J. Q. ADAMS, sworn for the Defendant.I am a photographer. I took photographs of the Selig home at 68 E. Georgia Avenue from the inside and the outside of the back door, looking toward the passageway…
T H WILLET, Sworn In For The Defendant, 108th To Testify
Stream Video Download Video T. H. WILLET, sworn for the Defendant.I am a pattern maker. I made the pattern of pencil factory from a blue print. This is the model (Exhibit 13 for Defendant).CROSS EXAMINATION.The height of the floors is…
C W BERNHARDT, Sworn In For The Defendant, 109th To Testify
Stream Video Download Video C. W. Bernhardt, sworn for the Defendant.I am a contractor and builder. This (Defendant's Exhibit 52) fairly represents the back porch of the Selig home, as well as the first floor of the house. Standing in…
H M WOOD, Sworn In For The Defendant, 110th To Testify
Stream Video Download Video H. M. Wood, sworn for the Defendant.I am the Clerk of the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Fulton County. Standing in the back kitchen door of the Selig residence, that enters on the back porch…
JULIUS A FISCHER, Sworn In For The Defendant, 111th To Testify
Stream Video Download Video JULIUS A. FISCHER, sworn for the Defendant.I am a contractor and builder. I looked at the house of the Selig's at 68 E. Georgia Avenue. Standing in the kitchen door, I had very little view of…
J R LEACH, Sworn In For The Defendant, 112th To Testify
Stream Video Download Video J. R. LEACH, sworn for the Defendant.I am division superintendent of the Ga. Rwy. & Power Co. I know the schedule of the Georgia Avenue line and the Washington Street line. The Georgia Avenue line leaves…
K T THOMAS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 113th To Testify
Stream Video Download Video K. T. THOMAS, sworn for the Defendant.I am a civil engineer. I measured the distance from the intersection of Marietta and Forsyth Streets to the pencil factory on Forsyth Street. It is 1,016 feet. I walked…
L M CASTRO, Sworn In For The Defendant, 114th To Testify
Stream Video Download Video L. M. CASTRO, sworn for the Defendant.I walked from the corner of Marietta and Forsyth Streets to the upstairs of the National Pencil factory on S. Forsyth Street at a moderate gait. It took me 41/2…
PROF GEO BACHMAN, Sworn In For The Defendant, 115th To Testify
Stream Video Download Video PROF. GEO. BACHMAN, sworn for the Defendant.Prof. of Physiology and Physiological Chemistry Atl. Col. Phys. & Surgeons.Bomar says it takes 4 hours and a half to digest cabbage. That's for the cabbage to pass from the…
DR THOMAS HANCOCK, Sworn In For The Defendant, 116th To Testify
Stream Video Download Video DR. THOMAS HANCOCK, sworn for the Defendant.A doctor for 22 years. Engaged in hospital work 6 or 7 years. Have treated about 14,000 cases of surgery. Have examined the private parts of Leo M. Frank and…
DR WILLIS F WESTMORELAND, Sworn In For The Defendant, 117th To Testify
Stream Video Download Video DR. WILLIS F. WESTMORELAND, sworn for the Defendant.DIRECT EXAMINATION.A practicing physician for twenty-eight years, general practice and surgery. A professor of surgery for twenty years, and formerly president of the State Board of Health. If the…
DR J C OLMSTEAD, Sworn In For The Defendant, 118th To Testify
Stream Video Download Video DR. J. C. OLMSTEAD, sworn for the Defendant.Practicing physician for 36 years.Given the facts that a young lady 13 or 14 years old died and 8 or 10 hours after death the body was embalmed with…
DR W S KENDRICK, Sworn In For The Defendant, 119th To Testify
Stream Video Download Video DR. W. S. KENDRICK, sworn for the Defendant.I have been a practicing physician for thirty-five years. I was Dean of the Atlanta Medical College. I gave Dr. Harris his first position there. If a young lady…