MELL STANFORD, Sworn In For The State, 27th To Testify

Mell Stanford, witness for the State (re-called), 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)
Mell Stanford testified that on Friday evening, April 25, the second-floor rear door was barred—no access from above except fire escape (requiring office-floor key).

Post-murder: Early week, area near elevator shaft & radiator (first floor) was cleaned—Stanford passed by during cleanup.

Cross-examination

Did not clean himself—only observed.

Stanford’s barred door and cleaned shaft gutted Conley’s “body-drag” route—no rear access, evidence scrubbed.
His “early-week cleanup” turned State’s “blood trail” into post-crime sanitization.