COHEN LOEB, Sworn In For The Defendant, 58th To Testify

Cohen Loeb, witness for the Defendant in rebuttal, at the Trial of Leo Frank in the Fulton County Superior Court of Atlanta, Georgia, in 1913 (Testimony Portion From July 28 - August 21, 1913; Closing Arguments August 21-25, 1913)
Cohen Loeb boarded a Washington Street car at Georgia Avenue & Washington shortly after 2:00 p.m. on April 26. Leo Frank joined at Glenn & Washington (one block closer to town). They sat together; Frank by the window.

2:10 p.m.—Car halted opposite the Capitol by the parade crowd.
Frank alighted first; Loeb 2–3 minutes later.
Frank walked down Hunter Street—calm, unmarked, in a brown suit and derby.

Loeb noticed H. J. Hinchey’s dark-maroon automobile nearly collide with the streetcar—scraping past so close it almost overturned. The top was up, sides open; Loeb recognized the vehicle (later confirmed as Hinchey’s) but not the driver in the moment.
On cross-examination, Loeb clarified:

No jolt—streetcar crawling through parade traffic.
Only the maroon car stood out due to the near-crash.
No number noted; sides open—driver unseen.

Loeb’s seatmate timeline—2:00 boarding, 2:10 Capitol drop-off—locked Frank miles from the factory during the State’s alleged murder window.
The Hinchey car scrape independently corroborated both men’s exact location and minute.