W W MATTHEWS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 36th To Testify

W. W. Matthews, 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)
Motorman W. W. Matthews, English Avenue line, testified that on April 26:

11:50 a.m.: Mary Phagan boarded alone at Lindsey Street—no Epps.
12:07½ p.m.: Arrived Broad & Marietta—on schedule.
12:10 p.m.: Mary and another girl alighted at Hunter & Broad; walked together toward Hunter Street.
Pencil factory: 1.5 blocks away.
No boy with Mary; Epps not on car.

Matthews identified Phagan at the undertaker’s Sunday—no doubt.
On cross-examination, Matthews confirmed:

Never early—schedule strict.
Another girl (light dress) joined after Broad & Marietta—not Epps.
Mary’s dress/hat: light-colored; not black.

On re-direct, Matthews knew Mary well—frequent rider.
Matthews’s clock-checked run—11:50 board, 12:10 Hunter & Broad—shredded Epps’s “noon car with Mary” lie.
A motorman’s daily route became ironclad proof Phagan reached the factory alone by 12:12.