MISS IRENE JACKSON, Sworn In For The State, 142nd To Testify

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MISS IRENE JACKSON, sworn for the Defendant.

I worked at the pencil factory for three years. So far as I know Mr.

Frank's character was very well. I don't know anything about him. He

never said anything to me. I have never met Mr. Frank at any time for

any immoral purpose.

CROSS EXAMINATION.

I am the daughter of County Policeman Jackson. I never heard the

girls say anything about him, except that they seemed to be afraid of

him. They never would notice him at all. They would go to work when

they saw him coming. Miss Emily Mayfield and I were undressing in the

dressing room once when Mr. Frank came to the door. He looked, turned

around and walked out. He just came to the door and pushed it open. He

smiled or made some kind of face. Miss Mayfield had her top dress off

and had her old dress in her hand to put it on. I told Mr. Darley I would

not quit unless my father made me, and he said if the girls would stick to

Frank they won't lose anything. I heard some remarks two or three

times about Mr. Frank going to the dressing room on different occasions,

but I don't remember anything about it. The second time I heard of his

going to the dressing room was when my sister was laying down there.

She had her feet on a stool. She was dressed. I was in there at the time.

He just walked in, and turned and walked out. Mr. Frank walked in the

dressing room on Miss Mamie Kitchens, when I was in there. He never

said anything the three times he walked in when I was there. The dressing

room has a mirror and a few lockers for the foreladies. That's the

only thing that I have ever seen Mr. Frank do, go in the dressing room

and stare at the girls. I have heard them speak of other times when I

was not there.

RE-DIRECT EXAMINATION.

My father made me quit, after the murder. There are two windows

in the dressing room opening on Forsyth Street. I think there had been

some complaints of the girls flirting through the windows. I have heard

of some of the girls flirting through the windows. The orders were

against the girls flirting through the windows. Mr. Frank never came

into the room at all, he pushed the door open and just looked. My sister

and I were both dressed when Mr. Frank looked in the door. The other

time he came in I was fixing to put on my street dress. I was not undressed.

RE-CROSS EXAMINATION.

I don't know if Mr. Frank knew the girls were in there before he

opened the door or not. It was the usual hour for them to be in there. He

could have seen the girls register from the outer office, but not from the

inner office. I have never heard any talk about Mr. Frank going around

putting his hands on girls. I have never heard of his going out with any

of the girls. My sister quit at the factory before Christmas. I have never

flirted with anybody out of the window. I have heard them say that they

didn't want the girls to flirt around the factory. I have heard Mr. Frank

say that to Miss Mc Clellan, after she told him that she knew of some of

the girls flirting.