According to the Franks family cook, on the night of the murder at 10:30 PM, Leo Frank confessed to killing Mary Phagan to his wife (affidavit of Minola McKnight and her husband). He was also noted by police as being very nervous and shaky when the factory was being investigated, even though at that time he was not under scrutiny, and forensic evidence pointed that Mary had been killed in the metal room that lied on Frank's floor because there were fresh blood stains that suggested impact, and locks of hair that matched Mary's. The janitor James Conley also testified that Frank had confessed to him, and had paid him $200 to dispose of the body.
Frank said he didn't know Mary but records proved otherwise as Mary had been working at the factory for a year, coming for her pay by Frank some 50+ times, signing her name. He also said on the witness stand he'd been in his office with Mary at 12:05 PM, but an employee stated he was gone at that time, and was still gone 5 minutes later, so he left. She didn't see Mary come back down. Frank said on the witness stand Mary asked him if the metal had came, he replied that he ''didn't know''. So it'd seem as if he would have went with Mary to the metal room to check, and that is when he killed her. The autopsy ruled that Mary had died approx 30-45 minutes after 11:30, which is when she consumed her last meal.
Curiously, Frank also ordered that Mary meet with him herself, rather than getting a friend to collect her pay for her. Other girls at the factory testified of his bad perverted nature. Autopsy showed the girl was raped..additionally, Frank was left handed and the abrasions on her face indicated she had been struck with a left fist.
Topic: Leo Frank - innocent or guilty? (Read 919 times)