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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