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Opinions of the People at Large,
Regarding the Frank Case
CITIZENS OF SOCIAL CIRCLE,
WRITE TO THE JOURNAL.
Social Circle, Ga., April 25, 1914.
lEAR SIR: I hand you here
’with a copy of a letter which
I I the subscribers of the “Jour
nal” at this place have signed
and mailed to the “Journal”
with the request that they publish
same in their next regular daily and
semi-weekly editions.
We will thank you to publish the
enclosed letter with all the names.
Thanking you in advance and with
kindest regards, I am,
Very truly,
W. L. HUFF.
Copies with request to publish fur
nished the Constitution and Geor
gian, Atlanta, Ga.
Social Circle, Ga., April 25, 1914.
Hon. Jas. R. Gray, Editor,
Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Ga.
Dear Sir: We, the undersigned
citizens of Social Circle and sub
scribers of your paper, respectfully
ask you to publish the news and
court proceedings in reference to the
Frank case. We have noticed for
several days that you have published
the news in Frank’s favor, the opin
ions of the noted fake, Wm. J.
Burns, as well as cards from Leo
M. Frank. By all means when you
publish a sketch on the first page
of your paper and refer to a con
tinuation of same on another page,
please do not omit the continuation.
We regret that you have adopted the
plan of publicity on one side and
suppression of the other. We desire
to assure you that we care nothing
for your opinions and the opinions
of Wm. J. Burns in reference to the
case, but as we have paid you for
your paper, we believe that we are
entitled to the news.
Very truly,
H. L. Conner, C. E. Almand, J. F.
Wiley, C. W. Butler, J. P. Upshaw,
E. M. Herndon, L. A. Malcolm, J. L.
Newton, A. Ernest, C. M. Haralson,
W. P. Taylor, H. H. Herndon, L. L.
Tucker, Sr., C. N. Roberts, G. L.
Hurst, R. E. Stacy, R. L. Paine, P.
A. Stanton, W. D. Spearman, M. D.,
Matthew Williams, W. T. Crawley,
Hugh Abercrombie, W. C. Johnson,
L N. B. Spence, M. D., H. E. Dun
away, C. W. Miller, J. M. Hurst, H.
T Beavers, W. T. Patrick, A. E. Pa
tillo, W. H. Wiley, T. M. Wofford,
H. P. Spence, C. T. Wiley, W. L.
Lane, C. H. Hackett, W. C. Stanton,
T. H. Sawyer, C. A. Crowley, E. S.
Herndon, G. M. Duval, O. N. Stanton,
O. R. Lindsey, W. F. Young, H. L.
Rowe, B. A. Clegg, J. B. Avery, T.
D. Stanton, J. W. Hanson, W. B.
Spearman, J. J. Campbell, J. M.
Langford, C. A. Banks, J. P. Free
man, J. B. H. Day, M. D., P. B. Knox,
Thomas McClain, A. P. Malcom, E.
L. Shepherd, J. L. Williams, J. D.
McDowell, W. D. Bailey, W. L. Wal
lace, G. W. Yarborough, J. H. Reeves,
C. W. Williams, C. R. Phillips, B.
Davis, W. D. Dolvin, J. M. Riley,
Jno H. Adams, R. B. Garrison, G.
T. Doster, E. G. Mathis, Jas. A. Mob
ley, W. B. Fitzpatrick, R. D. Camp,
W. H. Lloyd, Perry Hilliard, M. M.
Chamblee, Albert C. Cheek, A. L.
Fry, O. S. Haralson, J. O. Hollis,
F. M. Langston, C. W. Beeland, J.
W. Lang, E. L. Almand, W. L. Par
ker. ; s
DOESN’T THINK MUCH OF
BOASTFUL BURNS.
My Dear Mr. Watson: I want to
thank and compliment you again on
your logical explanation of the
Frank case in your last issue of The
Jeffersonian. I will say I thought
you fully explained the case in your
editorial of March 19th, but my, my,
in your issue of April the 9th. lam
by you as I was by old Dr. Calhoun,
it looks as though God should let
such men live always for the good
they are doing the pool’ and the
THE JEFFERSONIAN
country in general. May He spare
your life for years and years to come
so we, the blind, may be able to see.
If Detective Burns will read your
version of himself he can get an
idea of what the majority of the
people think of him in connection
with the Frank case. The paper
boys in Atlanta this morning would
just hold up a paper and hollow
Jeff, the people on the streets would
almost run over each other for fear
it was the last copy the boy had.
Long live The Jeffersonian.
Sincerely yours,
Georgia. READER.
BUILDING UP IN ATLANTA.
Dear Sir: Being so favorably im
pressed with your heroic defense of
true Americanism and your fearless
fight against the Roman Catholic
church and your ringing criticism of
the methods being used in the in
terest of Leo Frank, we have fallen
in love with the matchless Watson,
and have set out to contribute our
mite in the cause he espouses in the
way of doing a little missionary
work by sending in a few subscrip
tions to your valuable papers.
You will therefore, please find en
closed the sum of $6.50 for which
I will ask you to cause to be enrolled
on your subscription list the names
of the citizens of our city on the
accompanying sheet.
Wishing you every success you so
richly deserve and with my hearty
best wishes,
I am yours truly,
Atlanta, Ga. FREE PRESS.
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THE FRANK CASE, AS THE AVER
AGE HONEST MAN SEES IT.
Dear Sir: Enclosed find check
for $18.50 to cover subscription list
which I also enclose. I endorse
ever line of your editorial of the 9th
inst, with reference to the Leo
Frank case. I know it is the ablest
document that I have ever read. It
will do an immense amount of good
and make you thousands of friends.
How strange it is that there are
preachers in Atlanta that are anx
ious to have the verdict of the jury
that tried this red handed murderer
set aside, also, to ignore the decision,
of the Supreme Court of Georgia.
These preacshers are sowing seed
which will bring a harvest of mob
law in this State. Ninety-five per
cent of the people in this section are
satisfied that Leo Frank murdered
little Mary Phagan. If Jim Conley
had not got full of bust-head liquor
he would have gone back to the
pencil factory and helped Frank
burn the body of little Mary Pha
gan. If Frank and Conley had car
ried out their devilish plot, no one
would have ever known what be
come of that poor girl. Her dear
mother would be wondering where
is my precious girl tonight. Every
day and every hour that dear moth
er would be hoping and expecting
some word from her dear child. But
Jim Conley getting too drunk to go
back and help Frank burn little
Mary’s body has obliterated all hope
that dear mother would have had of
seeing her dear child again in this
life. Liquor, liquor! Man’s worst
enemy and the Devil’s best friend,
has proved a blessing in this case.
It will be the cause of justice being
meted out to one of the most villain
ous murderers that ever walked the
streets of Atlanta. Thousands and
tens of thousands of dollars have
been and is still being spent, no
doubt, in buying newspapers, false
witnesses and the alwise W. J.
Burns, in order to shift the crime
of Leo Frank on Jim Conley. Keep
turning on the light Mr. Watson,
you are doing more good than any
hundred men in Georgia. Your
great work is not appreciated as it
ought to be, but it will be appre
ciated in coming years. Maybe af
ter you have gone to your reward.
You are advocating a righteous causa
and I am glad, of this scripture,
“Blessed are ye when men shall re
vile you, and persecute you, and
ahall say all manner of evil against
you falsely for my sake. Rejoice
and be exceeding glad, for great is
your reward in heaven, for so per
secuted they the prophets which
were before you.”
Your friend,
Georgia. C. L. BUTLER.
“THE FRANK ARTICLES WERE IN
DEFENSE OF LAW.”
Dear Sir: Enclosed find my check
for $1.85 in payment of one years
subscription to Watson’s Magazine
and the Weekly Jeffersonian. When
ever my subscription expires just
make sight draft on me for amount,
I do not wish to miss any publication.
Your article on the Frank case in
defense of our lower and highest
courts in the execution of justice re
gardless of the standing of social
and money influence of the criminal,
will be applauded by the true and
the brave of the Southland.
All this delay and bullragging is
only trying to change the rightful in
dignation of the public, as this is
their only hope for a further con
sideration for Frank, and they
would sell their birthright rather
than suffer the defeat that the youth
ful Dorsey has put over them.
Burns had his man on the case
before Frank was tried. The people
are on to Burns’ Aim flam game.
The beautiful little Phagan girl,
os as expressed by the Jews, “she
was only a factory girl,” was not
that by choice, and I deplore the con
ditions of our girls who have to ac
cept such places under the dictates
of a Jew boss, and for the paltry
sum of $4.00 or $5.00 a week.
The good people all over this land
were beginning to think that money
would overrule justice in the end—
as there was a lull, a hush, a silence
as they wondered could it be possi
ble.
But the champion for the cause of
justice and peoples’ rights, at the
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ance of the demand that justice ba
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cerely your friend.
Ga. DR. R. F. INGRAM.
,
THE FRANK CASE: A MUCH
NEEDED LAW.
Dear Sir: Everybody is incensed
that the State of Georgia allowed
Detective Burns for a money con
sideration, to come to Georgia and
tamper with witnesses. Allow me
to suggest that you advocate a law
being passed making it an offense to
do_ this in the future, and also an
offense for a witness to change his
testimony after he has been dis
charged. Everybody knows that
money will save Frank’s neck, and
no rich man will ever be convicted in
Georgia again.
Yours truly,
Ga. SAML. LENNYSTON.
MORE APPRECIATED COMMEN
DATION.
Dear Sir: My hat is off to you for
the exposition and criticism in the
Leo Frank murder case, as'l read it
in the Macon Daily News.
Yours truly,
Ga. W. W. ANDERSON.
SECURED LIST IN SHORT TIME.
Dear Sir: Below I hand you a
list of subscriptions for the Jefferso
nian, which I secured in a short
time, making my second club in the
last few days. After reading thia
week’s issue on the Frank case, I felt
that I owed it to you, and I would
like to have every loyal citizen of
our fair State read it.
I may have to send another club
next week if I find another article
so much in accord with my views on
this subject.
Sincerely yours,
Ga. D. P. CLEVELAND.
Watch the label on your paper,
don’t let your subscription expire.
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