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After machinist Barrett testified about two men working on the factory's top floor at noon Saturday, Coroner Donehoo sent detectives to fetch them for the inquest. Identified as Harry Denham and J. Arthur White, they were questioned immediately.

Denham took the stand first.

"Did you see blood on the lathing machine?"
"I spotted it Monday. I was on the top floor Saturday, never went down."

"Did you see Frank that day?"
"Yes. Around 1 p.m., he asked if we'd finish by then. He seemed normal—not nervous or agitated. At 3 p.m., he called from the stairs that we could quit. I borrowed $2 from him in his office afterward; he was writing at his desk. No one else around. I knew Mary Phagan by sight but didn't see her."

White's account matched Denham's, with added details:

"My wife visited after noon. Frank told her to leave as he was locking up, then asked if we'd be done soon. We said no, so he locked us in and left—returned at 3:08 p.m. We punched out at 3:10. His office had a wardrobe closet behind the door, big enough for a body, about nine feet high and four feet wide."
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00:00Frank, not apparently nervous, say last men to leave factory, Atlanta Constitution.
00:05Thursday, May 1st, 1913.
00:08Following Mechanic Barrett's declaration that there were two men at work Saturday at noon on the top floor of the
00:14factory building,
00:15Coroner Donahue ordered detectives to accompany the machinists to the plant and bring the two employees to police headquarters.
00:22They were brought immediately into the inquest.
00:25Their names were given as Harry Denham and J. Arthur White.
00:28Denham was first placed on the stand.
00:31His examination began immediately upon arrival.
00:34Did you see the blood on the lathing machine?
00:36I saw it Monday.
00:38Were you on that floor Saturday?
00:40No, I was on the top floor.
00:42Did you see Frank at any time of the day?
00:44Yes, asked when they would finish.
00:47Did he offer you holiday as the others had been given?
00:50No, he came up to where we were working and asked us if we would be through by one o
00:54'clock.
00:55Did you ever know Mary Fagan?
00:56I knew her only by sight.
00:58Did you see her Saturday?
01:00No, I never left the top floor.
01:02Were you aware of everything which transpired in the building during the time you were within it?
01:07No.
01:07A person could have come into the plant and we never would have known anything about it.
01:11How long have you worked with the pencil company?
01:14Three years.
01:15Have you ever heard of couples going into the building at night?
01:18No.
01:19Have you ever been in the partitioned room in Frank's office?
01:22No.
01:23Apparently not nervous.
01:24When Frank came to where you were working at three o'clock Saturday afternoon to tell you that you could
01:28quit?
01:29Did he seem nervous or agitated?
01:31Not that I noticed.
01:32He didn't come all the way.
01:33He came to the head of the steps and called to us.
01:36Did you go down with him?
01:38No.
01:38He went down ahead of us.
01:40Was he in his office?
01:42Yes.
01:43When I went down, I borrowed $1.02 from him.
01:45Where did you leave him?
01:46Writing at his desk.
01:48Was anyone else in the factory?
01:49No one of whom I know except Frank.
01:52How many rooms are there in Frank's office?
01:54Only two his and the stenographer's.
01:57Can you see anyone in the private office from the stenographer's room?
02:01Yes, if you try to.
02:03As you left the building Saturday afternoon, did you notice in Frank's office any change from the customary state and
02:09the condition of furniture?
02:11No.
02:12Who uses the office beside Frank?
02:14Mr. Darley.
02:15The assistant superintendent.
02:17Left building for a while.
02:19Arthur White's story coincided with that told by Denham.
02:22He was examined mostly, though, along different lines.
02:25Who was in the building besides you, Denham and Frank?
02:29My wife came up shortly after noon.
02:32Mr. Frank came to her and told her he was going to lock up and advised her to leave the
02:35building.
02:36He also asked us if we didn't think we'd bet told him we weren't through.
02:40When we told him we weren't through, he said for us to stay in the place until he returned,
02:44as he was going out on the street.
02:46He came back at 3.08 and we punched out at 3.10 o'clock.
02:50When did Frank leave?
02:51He left right away.
02:52Do you know where he went?
02:53No.
02:54He locked us in the building, though.
02:56Is there a closet in Frank's office?
02:57Yes, there is, a kind of wardrobe.
03:00Did it look big enough to hold a human body?
03:03Yes, it was about nine feet high and four feet wide.
03:05Where was it located?
03:07Behind the door of his private office.
03:09Was the door closed?
03:10I didn't notice.
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