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Alonzo Mann's May 1913 Statements to Pinkerton Detective Harry Scott

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Pinkerton [Detective Agency] Report: Leo Frank Case <br /><br />Source: Leo M. Frank Collection, Manuscript-237, Box 1, Folder 1, American Jewish Archives, 3101 Clifton Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45220 <br />Reporting Officer: Assistant Superintendent Harry Scott <br />Location: Atlanta, Georgia <br />Date: Tuesday, May 6, 1913 <br /><br />Detective Black and I left the [Lemmie] Quinn residence at 11:06 a.m. and walked very slowly along Mr. Quinn’s reported route, stopping five minutes at Wolfsheimer’s store, then proceeding to the factory, arriving at 11:25 a.m. <br /><br />Upon arrival at the [National Pencil Company] factory we interviewed Alonzo Mann, the office boy, residing at 109 South Gordon Street. Employed at the factory for only one month, he stated that he arrived at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 26, [1913] and found Mr. Holloway already inside. He left at 11:30 a.m., leaving Mr. Leo M. Frank and Miss Hall, the stenographer, in the office. After leaving the factory, he went to the Vaudette Motion Picture Theater and met his mother at 12:00 noon. During the afternoon he watched the Memorial Day parade, visited several moving picture shows, met his brother about 5:00 p.m., and then went home, arriving around dusk. <br /><br />American Jewish Archive, Cincinnati, Ohio <br /><br />Pinkerton Report: Leo Frank Case <br /><br />Statement of Alonzo Mann, [Wednesday] May 7th, 1913, Atlanta, Georgia <br /><br />Given to: F. C. P., Atlanta, Georgia <br />Location: National Pencil Company, Atlanta, Georgia <br />Date: Wednesday, May 7, 1913 <br /><br />I went directly to the National Pencil Company factory and arrived at about 7:00 a.m. The front door was open and I went upstairs to the office. I do not recall who was in the office when I entered. Soon after my arrival, I saw Mr. Hollaway, Mr. Irby, and “Mack,” the drayman, who took some rubbers [erasers] and an umbrella that belonged to Mr. Schiff and then left. Mr. Hollaway and Mr. Irby remained in the office for about thirty minutes, perhaps longer, and the three of us talked. <br /><br />Later, at about 8:10 a.m., Mr. Leo M. Frank came in. I do not think that Messrs. Hollaway and Irby were there when Mr. Frank arrived. I am sure they were not in the office proper, because when Mr. Frank entered he spoke to me and said, “There is not anyone here but you and me,” and I replied, “No.” I do not remember what took place in the office after that. I do not remember who came in or went out. <br /><br />Sometime during the morning Mr. Frank went out. I supposed he went to Montag Brothers, but I do not know. I cannot recall how long he was gone. It did not seem long. I cannot say whether it was thirty minutes or one hour. I do not remember. I know that he returned before I left. <br /><br />I left the office at 11:30 a.m. and went to the Vaudette Theatre on Whitehall Street, where I was to meet my mother at twelve o’clock. I met my mother just at twelve noon as she came out of the theater.

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