The Leo Frank Case: Crime Discovered - Inside Story Of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery

This is the first Chapter in the 22-part series on the Leo Frank Case: Inside Story Of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery.

Newt Lee was a night watchman on the second floor of the National Pencil Factory on a Sabbath morning in 1913. He has to make his rounds every half hour. Darkness envelops him from behind as he makes his way down the stairs to his first floor; the stairs are only faintly illuminated by a thin streak of light. The factory manager, Mr. Frank, has allowed him to relax for the most of the afternoon, but he intends to enjoy himself and return only at six. Newt murmurs to himself as he reaches the bottom of the stairs and starts swaying his lantern's light back and forth across the deserted ground floor. Newt Lee discovered the value of peaceful conversation and restful sleep after spending a lot of lonely nights like this one. As a night watchman, Newt's job is to look into the factory basement. Mr. Frank, who had been asked to go upstairs with Mr. Gantt to get his shoes, was rushing out the door, rubbing his hand nervously, and raising his voice when he found him. Examining the factory's first floor, which is quiet and dark, is Newt. A dim light came through the trapdoor he had opened above the opening in the channel. Burning, but becoming weaker, is the gas jet. Keep the lights on, says Newt; that's Mr. Frank's order. His lantern flickers, lighting the dim light of the basement as he carefully climbs his feet and anchors himself on each step. The ground is touched by his feet. One of the chapter's most important details is that Newt Lee finds himself in a basement in a situation that he has never been in before and a yellow lantern that flickers. He strained to hear another sound as his heart raced, but silence engulfed and held him, and the black man felt a sickening fear for the first time in his life. He attempted to laugh it off, but in the quiet, his voice sounded harsh and rigid. As the lantern flickered once more, Newt Lee took a step forward and then stumbled back. When he noticed something that looked like a dam of ice stopping the blood, he sobbed and leaped up the ladder. The object beside the boiler was not a joke or a holiday practical joke. And there on the ladder, Newt Lee cried.

Listen to the shocking and traumatizing affect the sight had on Newt.

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