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Troup County Citizens
Express Themselves
on the Frank Case.
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T a mass meeting of the repre
sentative men of LaGrange
and Troup County, the fol
lowing resolutions ware
adopted:
Whereas, one Leo M. Frank was
arrested, tried and convicted of a
heinous crime; and,
Whereas, a combined effort' was
made to intimidate and perjure wit
nesses; and,
Whereas, William J. Burns’ was
forced to leave the State because of
corrupt methods used to find “new
evidence,” intimidate the State’s wit
nesses, and used large sums of
money to induce witnesses to perjure
themselves; and,
Whereas, the Court of Appeals, the
State Supreme Court, and the United
States Supreme Court could find no
flaw in the evidence or in the fair
ness of the trial; and,
Whereas, a systematic campaign
was inaugurated by the leading Jew r s
of Atlanta, Chicago and New York
to bring outside pressure to bear on
the authorities to set aside the ver
dict of the Court; and,
Whereas, a campaign of falsehoods
and misrepresentations was waged
against our State, and her courts, by
intermeddlers, who had no interest
in our State affairs: and,
Whereas. John M. Slaton, Gover
nor of Georgia, and a partner of the
law firm of Rosser, Slaton & Phil
lips, counsel for Leo M. Frank, did
override the trial court, the Court of
Appeals, the Supreme Court of the
State, the United States Supreme
Court, the Prison Commission, and
the will of the people of the State,
and did illegally commute Leo M.
Frank’s sentence: and,
Whereas, the people of the State
J In the August Number of Watson’s
Magazine, Now on the Press,
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Is a full and thorough presentation of the law, and of the evidence in the celebrated case of Leo
Frank—a case which will always occupy a prominent place in the history of famous trials. i
This is the only article which correctly presents to the world, a fair and complete statement *
J of Georgia law and of the evidence upon which the jury' convicted Leo Frank, and at the same »
time defends our Supreme Court from the impudent and repeated accusation that it did not review
the evidence in the case. |
■I This article is the only one which shows to the public what it was that our Supreme Court de-
cided, and upon how small a point of immaterial evidence, two of the Justices differed from the
four.
It is the only article which shows how Frank’s lawyers attempted to trick the Supreme Court of
t; the United States, by carrying before it a plea of mob violence, without presenting to that highest
of American tribunals, the evidence upon which Judge Benjamin H. Hill and the Supreme Court
of Georgia had decided that no mob intimidation of the jury had been proven.
“ It is the only article which shows that two of the United States Supreme Court Justices, dis-
j feeing from the seven, held that the decision of Judge Hill, and the unanimous decision of our
Supreme Court, sustaining Judge Hill, should be treated as null and void, without giving the State
of Georgia an opportunit y to present to the United States Supreme Court the evidence upon which
1 the Georgia courts had acted.
This article also shows the methods by whict Jew money instituted a national campaign of f
i! slander against the laws, the courts and the people of Georgia, and how that malignant campaign !
J was defeated all along the line until one of the lawyers, defending Leo Frank, prostituted the
Chief Magistrate of a great State, to save his guilty client from just punishment.
This article is illustrated by numerous cuts picturing the honest? fearless and able Solicitor,
s Hugh M. Dorsey, and some of those incorruptible work-people of Atlanta whose testimony com-
i pleted the chain of evidenc against the Jew' who assaulted and murdered the little Gentile w hite
girl.
It also presents the pictures of Leo Frank as he really is, and the idealized pictures of him
■' w hich the Hearst-Selig movies have used in the campaign against us.
It also presents the pictures of the detectives on both sides of the case, together with the two ne
groes who w ere w orking w ith Frank at the time of his crime.
It contains also a picture of the jury-
\ This article occupies nearly all of the August magazine, and therefore is really a work on the
! case, which -w ill possess permanent value, as long as people are interested in know ing w hat W’as the
i truth about this celebrated case, and how it was Jew money established in Georgia the infamous. !
ij doctrine that no rich Jew shall be punished for a crime committea against a Gentile.
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s ORDER FROM YOUR NEWSDEALER
; Jeffersonian Company,
J THOMSON, GEORGIA
THE JEFFERSONIAN
arose in their indignation and ex
pressed their condemnation for Sla
ton’s treacherous act; and,
Whereas, the Northern press be
gan a campaign of abuse and vilifica
tion against our courts and our peo
ple; and,
Whereas, not a big daily in Atlanta
attempted to defend our people and
our courts, and to uphold the majesty
of the law; and,
Whereas, the Hon. Thomas E. Wat
son, through The Jeffersonian, came
to the defense of our- courts, and of
our people, and refuted the vile
slanders which were being heaped
upon us by a polluted press; and for
which he has been threateningly car
tooned by that vile sheet, “Puck,”
which is owned and controlled by
Nathan Straus, a Jew; and,
Whereas, we feel that the time has
come when we should voice our re
sentment for the insults and threats
which are being heaped upon us;
Therefore, Be it Resolved, That we
denounce William J. Burns as a con
temptible reprobate.
Resolved, That we denounce the
intermeddling of those who have no
connection with our State and her
courts.
Resolved, That we denounce the
act of John M. Slaton as an act of
treachery, and false to every interest
of good government;
Resolved, That we denounce the
manner in which the Northern press
is vilifying, abusing and cartooning
our courts and our people, and de
mand that this slanderous campaign,
carried on by a foreign press against
our courts and people, to save the
life of the vilest of criminals, whose
guilt was proven to a mathematical
certainty, should cease;
Resolved, That we condemn the
nori-action of the Atlanta dailies in
silently submitting to this abuse and
not\aising their voices to defend our
courts and our people;
Resolved, That we heartily indorse
Mr. Watson for the patriotic manner
in which he has defended our courts,
and our people, and flung back to a
polluted press the vile charges which
have been heaped upon us;
Resolved, That John M. Slaton and
William J. Burns never be permitted
to return to Georgia and pollute the
atmosphere of the State with their
foul breath;
Resolved, That the Jews of Geor
gia be called upon to affirm or deny
the charge that they have been the
subjects of Prejudice or Race Hatred.
By their silence they have indorsed
all of these vile charges, and if these
charges be true, it is high time they
were se eking more congenial climes.
Resolved, that we endorse the Ma
con Telegraph, and give it our sup
port and influence.
Resolved, That a copy of these
resolutions be furnished the Macon
Telegraph, The Jeffersonian, Puck,
and the LaGrange Graphic.
col. m. f. McClendon, "
Chairman.
S. G. WOODELL, Secretary.
LaGrange, Ga., July 24, 1915.
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A SOUTH CAROLINA LADY
WRITES OF FRANK’S VIR
TUAL PARDON.
Dear Mr. Watson: Your recent
publication against Gov. Slaton’s
Slaton’s (now ex-Governor) commu
tation of the death penalty against
Leo M. Frank, for the murder of
poor little Mary Phagan, emboldens
me to write to you in behalf of the
convict Creen, who felt it his duty
to rid the country of the scoundrel
who Slaton and others with greed
for Jewish gold, and not “from a
sense of duty or humanity’s sake”
saved Tom the gallows cheated,
“he got it in the neck,” but net
quite deep enough. Great the pity
the job was not complete.
I am an old woman ,an un-recon
structed daughter of the Confed
eral, and with true Southern blood
in my old veins my heart goes out
to the poor fellow’ convict- though
he is, and I can’t get him off of my
mind these hot days and nights,
when I think of him tortured “in
irons, in a dungeon,” while the ~il
lian, “Frank, is being made com
fortable in a private room,” with the
best surgical skill and nurses in at
tendance. My nature cries out for
mercy. What is the niaaatre with
Georgia? Have the people gone
crazy, that they fall down and wor
ship a murderer of the deepest dye?
Or is Jewish gold still buying tender
mercies for him, from those in au
thority, regardless of public opin
ion? Let a petition be carried
around among the people at large,
even into South Carolina, asking for
clemency, or at least humane treat
ment for Creen and see how many
will sign it.
Should Frank survive this attempt
upon his life, God has put a mark
upon him, a barnd as murderer of
innocent childhood, that will always
tell the tale of his guile and escape
from' the gallows. Trusting that/
your mighty pen will be used as
forcibly in Creens defense as it was
in condemnation of Frank and Gov.
Slaton’s act of commuting his death
sntence. I am in sympathy with
your high sense of honor and justice.
Yours sincerly,
(Mrs.) OLIVA C. STEWART.
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