Governor To The General Assembly Of Georgia June 23 1915 State Vs Leo Frank Page 31

water' just as they are used in the Mary Phagan notes.

In Conley's testimony, he says the word 'hisself' constantly.

It is urged by the lawyers for the defense that Conley's characteristic was to use double adjectives.

In the Mary Phagan notes, he said 'long tall Negro, black,' 'long, slim, tall Negro.'

In his testimony, Conley used expressions of this sort: 'He was a tall, slim build, heavy man.' 'A good long wide piece of cord in his hands.'

Conley says that he wrote four notes, although only two were found. These notes have in them 129 words, and Conley swears he wrote them in 2 1/2 minutes. Detective Scott swears he dictated eight words to Conley and it took him about six minutes to write them.

The statement is made by Frank, and that statement is consistent with the evidence in the record, that the information that Conley could write came from Frank when he was informed that Conley claimed he could not write. Frank says he did not disclose this before because he was not aware Conley had been at the factory on the 26th day of April, and therefore the materiality of whether Conley could write any more than any other Negro employee had not been suggested to him. Frank says that he gave the information that Conley had signed receipts with certain jewelers with whom Conley had dealings.

Where Were the Notes Written?

At the time of the trial, it was not observed that the death notes written on brown paper were on an order blank, with the date line 'Atlanta, Ga._______ 190 .' Subsequently, the paper was put under a magnifying glass, and in blue pencil, it was found that one Becker's name was written there. He had been employed at the factory on the fourth floor. Investigation was made, and Becker testified that he worked for the pencil factory from 1908 until 1912, and the order blank was No. 1018. During that entire time, he signed orders for goods and supplies. The brown paper on which the death note was written bears his signature, and at the time he left Atlanta in 1912, the entire supply of blanks containing the figures 190 , had been exhausted, and the blanks containing the figures '191 ' had already been put in use. Becker makes an affidavit that before leaving Atlanta, he personally packed up all of the duplicate orders which had been filled and performed their functions, and sent them down to the basement to be burned. Whether the order was carried out, he did not know.