Another in our series of new transcriptions of contemporary articles on the Leo Frank case.
Atlanta Constitution
August 2nd, 1913
Mrs. Maggie White, wife of John Arthur White, who was at work on the fourth floor of the National Pencil factory part of the day upon which Mary Phagan was killed, was the first witness the state called to the stand Thursday morning in the Frank trial.
The witness told of going to the factory twice on that day to see her husband, and of seeing Frank on both occasions, and also of seeing a negro lurking behind some boxes on the first floor.
“How long has your husband been working for the National Pencil factory?” Solicitor Hugh Dorsey asked after the usual questions as to her identity.
“About two years,” she replied.
“Does he still work there?”
“Yes.”
“Was he at the factory on April 26, and at what time?”
“Yes, he was there; I left home to go there about 7:30 in the morning. I saw him there when I first went there about 11:50, and when I came back at 12:30 he was still there.”
“Who else did you see there?”
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