GEORGE EPPS, Sworn In For The State, 2nd To Testify

George Epps, 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)
14-year-old George Epps, friend of Mary Phagan, testified:
Saturday, April 26

~11:50 a.m.: Saw Mary at Oliver & Bellwood (clock at Bryant & Keheley).
English Avenue car: Sat together; Mary to Forsyth & Marietta (~12:07 p.m.).
Mary: Hat, parasol—“Draw pay, see parade 2:00.”
Separated: Mary walked right on Forsyth to factory (~2 blocks).

Cross-examination

No coroner mention of clock—“recalled now.”
Time by sun—“7 minutes after 12.”
Mary alighted Marietta—not Hunter.

Re-called

Sunday: Gentleman asked sister (not George) about last sighting—George inside.

Epps’s “12:07 arrival” became State’s “noon murder”.
Defense shredded: No coroner clock, sun time, sister interview, Hollis/Matthews 12:10—“boy’s tale” turned prosecution’s “star timeline” into defense dynamite.