Another in our series of new transcriptions of contemporary articles on the Leo Frank case.
Atlanta Constitution
August 15th, 1913
Mrs. M. Marcus, a relative by marriage of Mrs. Leo M. Frank, was the first witness called at the afternoon session. She was one of the friends of the Franks and Seligs who played cards at their home, 68 East Georgia avenue, on the night of April 26.
She swore Frank acted naturally during all the time that she saw him and that he even got to laughing at a baseball story he was reading in a magazine and tried to break up their poker game by reading it to them.
“Did you see Mr. Frank on April 26, and when?” asked Mr. Arnold.
“I saw him when I went to Mr. Emil Selig’s home to play cards that night. Mr. Frank opened the door.”
“What time did he go to bed?”
“About 10:30 o’clock.”
“Anything unnatural about him?”
“No.”
“Were you in the habit of playing cards there?” asked Attorney Frank A. Hooper, on cross-examination.
“Well, I often went there for a social game.”
“Did you see Frank often?”
“Yes; saw him most every time I went there at night.”