S L ROSSER, Sworn In For The State, 33rd To Testify

S. L. Rosser, witness for the State, 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)
City policeman S. L. Rosser testified that on April 28 he visited Mrs. Arthur White—no mention of a negro at the factory. On May 6–7, she volunteered she saw a negro by the elevator on April 26.
Rosser searched the factory with a flashlight; no club by the elevator. The chips matched those from the metal-room floor.
On cross-examination, Rosser confirmed:

No prior inquiry—Mrs. White offered the negro story unprompted on the second visit.

Rosser’s late-breaking “negro” claim—10 days after the murder—and missing club gutted Mrs. White’s credibility and the State’s “blood-stained weapon”.
A policeman’s flashlight turned the prosecution’s star sighting into suspicious afterthought.