340 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:308 XY. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS."We did exercise that right in the examination of one witness, but knowing that we couldn't put specific instances in unless they drew it out, I didn't want even to…
338 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:306 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.The defendant is presumed to have a good character. Had he not put his character in issue, it would have been presumed, and the State would have been absolutely helpless…
335 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:LEO M. FRANK. 308Did we hear cries of prejudice when we arrested Gantt, when we arrested Lee, when we arrested others? No, the prejudice came when we arrested this man, and never until he…
337 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:LEO M. FRANE. 305Circumstantial evidence can be as reliable as direct evidence. Eminent authorities have shown that in many cases, circumstantial evidence is more certain than direct evidence. A conviction can be established more…
336 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:804 XY, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.The Honorable Judge will charge you that you should not convict this man unless you think he is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.A great many jurors, gentlemen, and the people…
333 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:LEO M. FRANK. 301You must do what you must do—you must make Minola's husband a perjurer, and that would be terrible.You know about that Minola McKnight affair. It is the blackest of all. A…
331 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:LEO M. FRANK. 299They learned that Conley could write. Frank told them that, you know. Well, I don’t mean to be severe, but they took that negro and gave him the third degree. Black…
334 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:302 XY. - AMERICAN STATE TRIALS"The benches always stuck it out, but they were screwed to the floor." You gentlemen have been practically in that fix, but I feel, nevertheless, that you have been…
332 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:300 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Dorsey did, only he gave him several lessons, and they must have been just sort of finishing touches before he got his degree. Well, in the university course, they didn't…
330 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:298 AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Conley's Proof.None of these individuals ever came forward and said Conley was there and that they were with him. Starnes—and Starnes could find a needle in a haystack, but the Lord…
327 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:LEO M. FRANK, 295What about the Conley story and the Minola McKnight story that are hidden in the still darker recesses of police headquarters?Frank makes his statement and is released. He goes back to…
329 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:LEO M. FRANK. 297Here is another suspicious thing. Newt Lee came to the factory at four o'clock, and Frank sent the old man away. It was suggested that he was afraid the nigger would…
328 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:296 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.But I don't want to. This seems to me the most unkindest cut of all. They say that that time slip was planted. They say the shirt was planted. Gentlemen,…
326 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:294 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Upon arrest, as they say, the accused were held without the privilege of seeing friends, relatives, or counsel. It was a deplorable state of affairs. What happened?Haas went to the…
324 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:292 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Though he's a mighty bright man, it is true that some of the pay envelopes were left over on Friday, but he didn't know whose they were. Helen Ferguson says…
322 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:290 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Mary Wallace, there three days, and Estelle Wallace, there a week, and Carrie Smith, who like Miss Cato, worked there three years. These are the only ones in the hundreds…
323 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:LEO M. FRANK. 201Can such a scene indicate any sign of lascivious lust? I can't see for the life of me where it does. Does what Willie Turner saw, taking for granted he saw…
325 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:LEO M. FRANK. 298Some of us are early birds, while others slumber even through the tempting call of the breakfast bell. Would you hang us for that?Then, they say he hired a lawyer, and…
321 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:LEO M. FRANK, 289Now, another thing. We didn't have to put Frank's character up. If we hadn't, the judge would have told you that Frank must be presumed to have a good character, and…
317 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:LEO M. FRANK. 285Among the speakers, and but for the masterly effort of my brother, Arnold, I almost wish it had ended with no speaking. My condition is such that I can say but…
319 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:LEO M. FRANE. 287Dalton was a member of his race, and he was a thief and worse, if there can be, and yet he joined the church. He joined the church and he's now…
316 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:284 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.The prosecution introduced witnesses who swore that the woman and Frank had gone into the woman's dressing room when no one was around. I brand it a culmination of all…
318 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:986 X, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS,You can find good men and women in all strata of life, and yet the detectives, working with microscopes and with the aid of my friend, Dorsey, excited almost beyond…
320 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:288 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Of course, Dalton left an oozy trail behind him; wherever he went, he did that. You can still feel it in this courtroom. Of course, too, Dalton may have gone…
312 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:280 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Every word on that chart is taken from the evidence, and it will show you that Frank did not have time to commit the crime charged to him. The state…
314 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:282 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS,Frank couldn't have known that there was enough hatred left in this country against his race to bring such a hideous charge against him. The little girl entered the factory,…
313 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:LEO M. FRANKHarlee Branch stated that he was present when the detectives made Conley reenact what he claimed had taken place. According to Branch, Conley started at 12:17 and took 50 minutes to complete…
315 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:LEO M. FRANK. 283Mrs. Selig and Mr. Selig swore on the stand that they knew Leo Frank came home at 1:20. Of course, Dorsey claims they are Frank's parents and wretched liars when they…
311 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:LEO M. FRANK. 219The detectives told Conley to swear to this and to swear to that, but they made the suggestions, and Conley knew whom he had to please. He knew that when he…
310 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:278 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.That fitted. And Conley changed things every time he had a visit from Dorsey and the detectives. Are you going to hang a man on that? Gentlemen, it's foolish for…