Blood Evidence From Chips and Shirt in Newt Lee Case
Dr Claude A Smith, examining blood-stained chips from Pencil factory floor and a bloody shirt from Newt Lee’s home, testified investigators found blood corpuscles on a chip but could not confirm human origin. He noted no odor on the shirt and debated blood transfer questions with defense counsel.
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DR. Smith
Lee
Claude A Smith
Newt Lee
Sallea
Solleter Dorsey
Tor Ebm City Bacteriologist
Chem
Rosser
Solletter
Witnean
Dorsey Bore
Haslett Describes Visit To Home Of Leo Frank
Detective B B Haslett and Detective Joan Black visited Leo Frank at his home Monday morning April 27 to summon him to police headquarters for a required statement. Haslett testified he told Frank Lanford wanted to see him and that Sanford's request was for a statement. He described accompanying Frank to the station and meeting Haas and Rosser, with about six detectives present in the office.
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B. B. Haslett
Joan Black
Leo Frank
Police
Sanford
Frank
Detective Bureau
Lanford
Haas and
Rosser
Musser
Haasala
po‘Mee Station
Hair and envelope findings described by factory machinist
National Pencil factory machinist R B Barrett testified about finding hair resembling Mary Phagan’s on his machine and a four cent pay envelope fragment in the same room. He located a stained spot on the floor, white substances, and a nearby gas jet used for curling, plus found items in the metal department and a torn envelope with a partial mark.
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R. B. Barrett
National Pencil Factory
Mary Fhagan
Manteen Stover
Mary Phawan
Eises
Mel Stanford
Barrett
Cmal
Mary Phagan
Mrs Appelbaum says Leo Frank innocent at trial
A bemused Atlanta crowd and journalists surround Mrs Callie Scott Appelbaum as she visits the Leo Frank trial. She denies confessing to murder, expresses sympathy for Frank, and asserts belief in his innocence while noting she cannot fully recall details. She later recalls cemetery visits and explains her presence as curiosity.
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Leo Frank Innocent
Mrs. Appelbaum
Mrs Arthur White Takes Stand Today In Fatal Saturday
Mrs Arthur White wife of the witness set to testify she saw a negro idling in the shadows on the first floor stairway when she went to the pencil factory to end her husband. Judge Roan adjourned yesterday before she could testify and she has said she cannot identify Hm Conley as the man she saw. Popularity notes contrast with what we love to do in life.
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Frank
Graously
Dachtree Street
Arthur White
Roan
Witness Day Before Murder Trial Details Sweeping At Factory
Day before the murder trial sweeper and plater Mel Stanford testified about Friday April 26 on the factory floor second floor. He described sweeping the metal room with a small broom and noted a suspicious spot near the water cooler and near the girls dressing room. He said he swept his side of the floor and also moved barrels and storage before sweeping the entire metal department.
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Mel Stanford
Jon
Fes
Branford
Parrett
Arnold Croan
Stanford
Reuben Arnold
Mary’ Phagan
Witness Describes Sweeping Duties in Dressing Room
Testimony details sweeping a room including concrete flooring and areas with paint or lacquer spills. Witness admits more than six spots of concern found, denies sweeping the entire area, and notes several girls use the adjacent dressing room. He is questioned about blood spots near a particular apot and his jurisdiction.
Negro porter arrested for serving beer to minor at Decatur street bar
Across from Palat headquarters on Decatur street officers arrested a young white boy after witnessing a negro porter serve him a glass of beer in a white owned near beer stand. The white proprietor Church was summoned to the recorder's court on charges of selling intoxicants to minors and serving whites in a negro bar.
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Palt
Decatur ‘Street
John Barker
Lambert Street
Church
Recorder’s Court
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Bangkoks
Panamas
Wintehall S
Fourth Estate
Callie Scott Appelvsams
Atlanta
Jerome Appelbaum
Pata
Bob Wagsoner
Seth Thompson
Cveport
Mr. Appelbaum
Jno
L. Moore & Sons
Atterbury System
Fifth Avenue Clothes
Cloud-Stanford Co
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