Alonzo Mann’s Testimony in the August 1913 Leo Frank Trial, Atlanta, Georgia

Alonzo Mann’s Defense Testimony Leo Frank Trial, August 1913 Alonzo Mann, office boy at the National Pencil Company since April 1, 1913, described his routine duties in the outer office and hallway. On April 26, 1913—the day of Mary Phagan’s murder—he left the factory around 11:30 a.m. Miss Hall, stenographer from Montag’s, was then in the office with Mr. Frank, who asked Mann to phone Mr. Schiff and request he come in. Mann called once; a woman answered that Schiff hadn’t risen yet. On the two prior Saturdays, Mann worked until 3:30 or 4:00 p.m. and observed Frank steadily at work. He never saw Frank bring women into the factory, drink there, or associate with a man named Dalton. That morning, Mann spotted Holloway, Irby, McCrary, and Darley but not Quinn, and couldn’t recall Corinthia Hall, Mrs. Freeman, Mrs. White, Graham, Tillander, or Wade Campbell. He reiterated leaving at 11:30 a.m. Cross-Examination Frank arrived, went directly to his office, and worked steadily, stepping out only once—Mann didn’t know how long for. Further Reading: Mary Phagan-Kean’s 2025 revised edition of The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Leo Frank Case (updated from 1987), available on Amazon Books. WEBSITE: www.LittleMaryPhagan.com