The Jeffersonian. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, August 12, 1915, Image 1
offers order Vol. 12, No. 32 Why Do They Keep Up the Big Money Campaign Against the People THERE is a Moving Picture circuit «*ndl iho Conrmfl*? And he is now opposed to capital controlled by Marcus Loew. VOUrIS OS UeOXgid . , pun i s hment!) 'T' HERE is a Moving Picture circuit controlled by Marcus Loew. Marcus is doubtless a worthy de scendant of Moses. Like most gentlemen * from Jerusalem, Marcus loves money, and never Knows what it is to get enough. Marcus is advertising Jack Slaton as an asset in his business, and is evidently expect ing to coin many ducats thereby. ' Perhaps the rich Jews believe that they are entitled to get some of their money back »■ —the money which gave Burns a front page display for more than a year, and then gave Slaton an army and a war-zone of his own. Marcus Loew advertises in The Billboard his new attraction, which he aptly terms, “The Million-Dollar Publicity Feature? Underneath the million dollars, comes Jack Slaton's picture—which shows that Marcus knows how to hang pictures. On a parellel line with Jack’s face, ap pears another, which is labelled “Leo Frank,’’ but it is not a picture of Frank. Marcus is too shrewd a person to present to the public the real Leo Frank, with his sadistic mouth and degenerate features. “Governor Slaton: Leo Frank! “The only genuine and authentic Motion Pictures of the Principal Characters in our Nation’s Greatest Legal Conflict. Posed •with their permission? In advertising his Million Dollar Attrac tion, the agent of Marcus Loew says: J “I secured moving pictures of Governor Slaton, his wife, and of Leo M. Frank, and his mother, upon condition that I would use them in conjunc tion with a film to be called ‘Thou Shalt Not Kill,’ which argues for the abolition of capital punish ment in America. “Never before in the history of the moving pic ture industry has it been possible to make a pic ture of a man confined in a penitentiary for the term of las natural life, and never was a picture made as was the case with Governor Slaton, while lie was surrounded by the militia, who were hold ing at bay the howling mob of over 10,000 peo-- pie.” The Commutation oi Frank’s Sentence Is Null and Void! / r AI7R Supreme Court lias repeatedly de cided that a Judge cannot preside in a case in which he had been of counsel. No lawyer Would ever contend that a Judge could legally preside, -or sign any de cree in a case where he was then of coun sel. Such action would be null, and time could not make it valid. If John M. Slaton had been of counsel for Leo Frank, but had ceased to be so when he became Governor, it would have been illegal had he re-tried the case, and reversed the courts. But since lie actually was of counsel for Frank, his commutation was not only a base betrayal of his trust, but his decision is a nullity. By retaining his membership in Rosser's firm, he continued to be one of Frank's law yers. He didn’t have to go to the offices of the firm, every day: he didn’t have to assist his partners in the preparation of their cases: Thomson, Ga,, Thursday, August 12, 1915 (So, you see, Marcus says that he took Slaton's picture while the mob was howling —and Jack never howled at all. Maybe he was again “snoring sweetly.” And he allowed the rich Jews to pose his wife for commercial purposes, also. Sig Montag is the uncle of Leo Frank, and he threatens to prosecute me for defending the honor of our courts and our people. Isaac Haas is the brother of the man who is Chairman of the Haas Finance Committee, which has vilified Georgia from sea to sea. These two rich Jews have put a written demand on Hugh Dorsey, THAT HE BE COME MY PROSECUTOR. It is not the duty of a Solicitor to become anybody’s PROSECUTOR. Let Montag and Haas COME INTO THE OPEN, and swear out a warrant against me, or have their names; signed as Prosecutors to a bill to go before the Grand Jury. THESE' RICH JEWS HAVE USED GEN TILE AGAINST GENTILE LONG ENOUGH. LET THE RICH JEWS WHO HAVE THRATENED TO CRUSH ME, TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ATTACK. Perhaps it will clear up the atmosphere if the Frank case is re-opened, its putrid spots laid bate, and its horrible secrets told from the house-tops. LET MONTAG & HAAS EMPLOY ROS SER, ARNOLD & SLATON TO PROSECUTE ME. 1 will act as my own lawyer; and when I get through with the Frank case, the peo ple will understand it. The rich Jews of Boston, New York and Atlanta have long made their threats, and I have been expecting the attack. LET IT COME, but let the Jews be brave enough to make it, OVER THEIR OWN NAME. We have had enough of Cat’s-paw work. ATTACK ME YOURSELF, MR. SIG MON TAG. ATTACK ME YOURSELF, MR. ISAAC HAAS! he didn’t have to appear in the court room. By remaining the partner of Rosser & Phillips, he remained of counsel for the client of the firm. Will the papers ever see the point? Just as the Law fixes a man's legal resi dence, and just as the Law fixes the recip rocal duties of husband and wife, parent and child, guardian and ward, master and ser vant, so the Law fixes the status of part ners, both as to themselves and to the world. In the eye of the Law, the Georgia Rail road is one person, although it may have a thousand stockholders. In the eye of the Law, an Insurance Com pany is one person, although thousands may have an interest in it. Rich Bros. Company is one person, in law, although half a dozen capitalists are joint owners. A partnership is one person, and the act of each partner, is the act of the firm. And he is now opposed to capital , punishment!) Thus Slaton becomes an active ac complice in the continued defamation of our courts, and our people. That, a man who so recently occupied the highest Stale office, and who came so near to becoming a United States Senator, sho”* stoop to commercialize himself. D IIIS WIFE. and become a party to the systematic vilification of the State which had so hon ored him, is one of the marvelous develop ments of this never-ending Frank case. The Marcus Loew advertisement con tinues: “The feature that lias had millions of dol lars of Front-page publicity." Yes: it had the millions, all right. Boxed in a separate place appears the no ble sentiment of Slaton —• “I did what I believed to be my duty, and refused to become a second Pontius Pilate, and deliver innocent blood to the mob. Most noble Roman'. The mob that sen tenced Leo Frank to death consisted of twelve sworn jurors, two Superior Court Judges, four Justices of the Supreme Court of Georgia, and seven Justices of the Su preme Court of the United States. s To round out the mob, we will include two members of the Prison Commission. The twelve jurors, the Superior Court Judge, and the Supreme Court constituted, in the Wilburn case, a mob that was per fectly satisfactory to the noble Slaton. In* the Cantrell cases, the same mob sent two Georgians to the scatfold, and Slaton made no mention of Pontius Pilate. In the case of the old North Georgia tenant, Umphrey, there was no criticism of the mob which had condemned him on cir cumstantial evidence; and Slaton did not compare old man Umphrey to Jesus Christ. The aged tenant was accused of killing a landlord whom he accused of wronging him (continued on page two.) One partner may act for all. and legally bind all, in any business of the firm. Law partnerships contemplate joint action in the interest of clients. Law partnershpis contemplate unity of purpose, and a division of fees. Governor-elect Slaton became the partner of Rosser & Phillips after they had publicly appeared as Frank's leading lawyers. Governor Slaton continued to be the partner of Frank’s lawyers all through the gubernatorial term —Mr entire two years during which he could, not legally and openly act with the firm. Why did he retain a useless partnership? How can you explain his conduct, except upon the idea that lie formed it intending to use it? When you see that he held on to it, and finally used it for the benefit of the client of his firm, how can you escape the conclusion that he and Rosser had that very thing in mind ? (CONTINUE!) on page six.) Price, Five Cents