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NEWNAN HERALD
NEWNAN. FRIDAY. AUG. 20
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'H fUt'HTII O-OITORIUHMINAL DMTRHT.
Official Organ of Coweta County.
Ju, E. Brown. Ell* M. Carpontar.
BROWN A CARPENTER.
EhlTORII AND PUDIjIAKKIM*
L. T*. WINTER. Contributing Editor.
THE PASSING OF LEO FRANK.
Tho summary execution of Leo
Frank at the hands of a party of
lynchers Monday night, however de
plorable the manner of his taking-off
may be regarded by some, did not cause
much surprise. Profoundly convinced
of bis guilt as the ravmher and mur
derer of the little factory girl, Mary
Phsgan, nine-tenths of the people of
tieorgia were of one mind in the belief
that he should have suffered the ex
treme penalty of tho Jaw for his crime,
as the courts had decreed. They had
waited patiently upon the slow pro
cesses of the various proceedings insti
tuted by Frank’s lawyers in an effort
to confuse the issue raised by the pros
ecution - i. e., that Frank, and he alone,
was responsible for the death of Mary
Phagan. Therefore, when every re
source in law had been exhausted and
Frank stood condemned before the
■world, (iov. Slaton deliberately defied
public, opinion by setting aside the find
ing of the jury and the judgments of
the courts, thus cheating the gallows
and defeating the ends of justice. This
arbitrary action on the part of Gov.
Slaton waH bitterly resented by the
masses of the people, and Monday
night's tragedy was the gruesome cul
mination of their resentment. This is
the whole Btory.
Mob law cannot be justified upon or
dinary grounds; but this was an unusual
case. The lynching of Frank was, first
of all, a protest against the dillydally
ing of our courts in dealing with cases
of this character, and, second, a rebuke
to the executive authority that would
misuse its power bj perverting the
ends of justice, as was done by Gov.
Slaton in the Frank case.
There is little else that ran be said.
The newspapers and Jewish sympathi
zers at the North will rant, and rave
about this latent "outrage,” of course.
The same mouthing meddlers deified
Gov. Slaton a few weeks ago when he
commuted Frank’s sentence, and yet
every person of intelligence in Georgia
knows that his executive order granting
commutation is directly responsible for
the mob’s work Monday night. Toargue
otherwise would be simple hypocrisy.
The lynching of Frank was deplora
ble in some of its aspects, to be sure,
but not so horrible us the manner in
which Mary Phagan came to her death
at the hands of her lustful assailant
two and a half years ago. Those in
clined to grow hysterical over the
uprising Monday night would do^vell to
keep the two pictures in mind.
In a public address Tuesday night in
San Francisco, where he is visiting the
exposition, Mayor Woodwurd. of At
lanta, said—
"Common decency prevents me from
telling you the revolting truths about
the murder of Mary Phagan. 1 wish
you all knew the truths as I know
them. 1 know them, for I have been
with the case ever since it started, and
1 have read every line of evidence that
was introduced. 1 know there is not a
member of the jury that tried Frank
who would change his decision if put to
the test.
"Georgia is the leading State of the
South. Its people cannot be classed
with tramps, hoodlums, bandits and
law-breakers, but things had come to
the point where every agency of the
law had been exhausted and the judg
ment of the courts set aside by one
man. and the people felt that it was up
to them to take the law into their hands.
"While we people of Georgia de
plore this deed of Monday night, we
knftw what is behind the feeling that
prompted it, and 1 want it understood
that it simply pmphasir.es the fact that
when it comes to a woman's honor,
there is no limit to which we will not
go to avenge and to protect.
"There were only two people im
plicated in the death of Mary Phagan.
I know the negro did not commit the
deed. I atn positive that 7o per cent,
of the people of Georgia are convinced
that the man lynched Monday night
committed the deed, and they are on
the ground and ought to know.
"As mayor of Atlanta l have re
ceived tons and tons of letters and pe
titions and requests asking that some
thing be done for Frank, ami they
have all gone into the waste basket,
for, like all Georgia people who are ii\
a position to get at the truth, I know
the facts.
"I know Jack Slaton—have known
him for thirty years, ever since tie was
a young man. I have been friends
with him, and. while I hate to say it,
1 would not advise him to return to
Georgia for a year if ever."
In the first statement that she has
made in regard to the lynching of
F'rank, Mrs Coleman, mother of Slaty
Phagan. declared Tuesday that she was
satisfied with the manner of ending the
case.
Gov. Nat E. Harris stated Wednes
day that he would make every effort
within his power to ascertain the iden
tity of the men composing the mob that
took Leo M. Frank from the Stale
Prison Farm and lynched him in Cobb
county and to bring them to justice for
their act. "I am inexpressibly shocked,"
said the Governor. "This affair places
a blot upon the fair name of our Stale
that can never be wiped out. The
lynching will be probed to the bottom,
an i every effort within my power will
be made to bring the members of the
mob to justice. ’’ Yesterday Gov. Har
ris i fferi d a reward of ?.V)ll each for the
first five members of the mob appre
hended.
LEO frank: LYNCHED BY MOB.|
Mary Phagan’s Murderer (iocs to IPs Last Account—
Hanged Near Ilis Victim's Grave.
Milledgeville, Ga., Aug. 17.— With
vigilance probably lomewhat relaxed
because of the illness of Leo. M. F'rank,
occasioned by the wound inflicted by
William Creen just exactly one month
ago, the officials of ihe State Prison
Farm, together with the entire State
Prison Commission, were compelled to
watch about 25 men take the State's
most noted prisoner from under the
protection of the State Penitentiary
and lead him off to become the victim
of lynch law.
Monday night shortly after 10 o’clock
a well organized mob of 25 men invaded
the precincts of the State Prison, and,
despite the official reports of prepared
ness, pandemonium reigned supreme
when Capt. J. M. Burke, superinten
dent of the State Farm, and Warden
.las. E. Smith, of the State Peniten
tiary, were corralled by the mob and
handcuffed. Capt. Burke was marched
in front, while they proceeded to the
prison, demanding admission.
Hesitance on the part of Night Guard
Hester resulted in a preliminary attack
on the barbed wire fence, accompanied
by an order to Capt. .1. M. Burke to
have the gates opened. When Warden
Smith was called from his room he
faced five guns and was immediately
handcuffed. His wife rushed on the
Beene and fell fainting into his arms,
pleading with the men to leave her hus
band unharmed. They assured her
they were his friends and he would not
be hurt. She entreated them not to
take him away, and three men were
left guarding him, while the others
joined the throng at the penitentiary
building, 2(N) yards away.
When Capt. Burke, who was the
first to experience the violence of the
mob, was handcuffed, an old trusty ne
gro, who worked about the house,
rushed up to advise Chairman R. FT
Davidson and Commissioners T. E.
Patterson and FI. L. Rainey that a
crowd had come and handcuffed Super
intendent Burke, and that they said
they were going to get Leo M. Frank.
Hurrying to the scene the Commis
sioners were juBt in time to see them
disappear, going in the direction of
Flatonton, apparently headed for At
lanta. Almost all wires leading into
Milledgeville were cut, and it was some
time before a messenger was dispatched
to Milledgeville, where Capt. Ennis,
iff the local military company, and
Sheriff Terry were notified.
W ith all possible speed the officials
got in touch with the situation, and in
a short time guards from the Slate
Prison and other officers were on track
of the mo i.
When Superintendent Burke was
brought hack out of the main prison
building, a section of which was oc
cupied by Leo F'rank, lie asked that the
handcuffs he removed from his wrists.
One of the mob stated that if he would
accompany them they would remove
them. The only approach to profanity
used was when Capt. Burke responded:
"Damned if I go anywhere with you."
The crowd was wholly under com
mand of a leader, who did what little
talking was done. Consternation
among the prisoners in the trust ward
followed the entrance of the crowd,
but the leader admonished them to re
main quiet; that all they wanted was
Leo F'rank, arid they were going to
have him.
Entering the room he had occupied
for the last month, five men seized him
by arms and legs, while another caught
him by the hair.
A prisoner watching the proceedings
stated that in this manner they dragged
him from the building and down the
stone steps, thrusting him into the
front automobile. ThiB accomplished,
a cquple of men brought up a rope and
flourished it in the convict’s face. Frank
was shoved down into the bottom of
the automobile, and the procession then
started on its journey to the unknown
end.
Throughout the ordeal, according to
prisoners who gazed on the scene,
Frank did not utter a word, and only a
groan escaped his lips. F'rank’s wife,
who had been witn him constantly
since the attack on his life, was in
Milledgeville, and shortly after the
occurrence she was informed of what
had happened. She had evidently
steeled herself for the worst, hut de
spite her strongest efforts she was
overwhelmed.
The Prison Commission arrived here
late Monday afternoon in connection
with the permanent improvements pro
vided for by the Legislature recently,
and it was in this way they happened
to be witnesses to the first attack ever
made on the State Penitentiary here,
FRANK HANGED NEAR MARIETTA.
Atlanta, Ca., Aug. 17. —Leo M. Frank
was found at f> o’clock Tuesday morn
ing, his body still warm, hanging by
the neck to a tree near Frye’s gin, 2
miles trom Marietta, on the Roswell
road.
A mob of lynchers thus completed
their plan of vengeance, which included
overpowering officials of the State Pris
on at Milledgeville shortly before mid
night Monday, an automobile rush with
their captive to Marietta, andthehang-
ing within a short distance of the spot
Where Mary Phagan, the little factory
girl, for whose murder F'rank was con
victed, rests in the cemetery.
The final dramatic scene of the most
famous tragedy that Georgia has known
’was enacted about 5 o'clock in the half
morning light. So quietly was the
work of the lynchers performed that
people in Marietta did not know that
Frank had been brought to their very
doorstep for more than two hours.
When the news reached Marietta a
throng at once hurried to the spot. The
body was still hanging to the tree.
At least twenty reputable men recog
nized the features that have been print
ed in papers of five continents. Identi
fication was made doubly positive by
the scar of the scarce-healed wound in
dicted on F’rank by his fellow-prisoner,
Win. Green, a few weeks ago at the
Prison F’arm.
The bringing of the body to Cobb
county, where Mary Phagan was born
and reared, was an example of the re
lentless purpose of the mob.
As the mob leaders left the prison
officials bound and handcuffed they in
formed Superintendent Burke that
F'rank's body would be found ne-r the
grave of Mary Pliagan To insure this,
and prevent any possibility of interrup
tion of their plans by officers of the
law, every telegraph and telephone
wire out of Milledgeville had been cut—
save one. This one wire, communicat- <
ing with Augusta, flashed the news to
the world in the early morning that
F'rank was at last in the hands of the
men of whose vengeance he has been
living in dread since the day he was ar
rested as the slayer of the child.
That wire, and’ the news it told, pre
vented the purpose of the lynchers of
bringing their captiv ’s life to an end
in Marietta. Every sheriff in South
Georgia had been ordered to keep a vig
ilant watch on all automobiles passing
through their section.
It was known that the lynchers and
their victim were in eight cars, and
long before daylight the sheriffs had
drawn their cordon.
The lynchers were evidently apprised
of the fact, for when they reached
the swampy banks of Little river it was
decided to run no risk of being balked
by a rescue party.
It was then decided that to take their
prisoner to the Marietta cemetery
would be inviting a battle with law of
ficers Frye’s gin was then the place
selected. The gin-house is 50 yards off
the Roswell road, but not visible from
the highway. The nearest farm-house
is 200 yards away.
F’rank, on his death ride, was not
even clothed. And when the throng
from Marietta arrived the hanging
corpse was clad only in a silken night
shirt, with the initials L. M. F. em
broidered over the heart. His feet and
legs were bare. He was blindfolded
and handcuffed, and was swinging from
a giant oak tree.
So far bb reports go, Frank neither
made a confession or a denial before he
was strung up.
FRANK’S WIFE RECEIVES NEWS CALMLY.
Milledgeville, Aug. 17 —Mrs. Leo M.
Frank, when informed of the finding of
her husband's body near Marietta, ex
pressed no surprise and made no com
ment. The information had to be con
veyed to her through a third party, to
whom she expressed -appreciation for
the consideration shown her by friends
who knew of the trying ordeals through
which she had passed, but she said she
could make no statement for publication.
At the time she was without any defi
nite information and had planned an
early trip to Athens. When she learned
that the last chapter had been closed
she set about resolutely to close up per
sonal matters in Milledgeville that had
been incurred during her month’s stay
here.
Within a few minutes after 12o’clock
her uncle’s car, from Athens, which
had been in waiting for a considerable
time, left the city, carrying Mrs. Frank
to her mother’s home in Atlanta, though
she had previously planned to go direct
to Athens and be with relatives there.
FRANK’S BODY IN ATLANTA.
Atlanta, Aug. 17.--Leo M. Frank's
body was brought to Atlanta this after
noon and secreted in a barn until a
crowd searching for it threatened seri
ous trouble. It then was taken from
the barn to an undertaking establish
ment, where to-night a steady stream of
persons passed to view it. The temper
of the people seemed to not wreak ven
geance upon the lifeless form, but they
were determined to assure themselves
that it was really the body of Frank.
F'orty policemen were on guard at the
undertaker’s and a crowd that blocked
traffic for more than a block stood for
hours in front of the place. The body
was shown just as it had been cut down
from the tree at Marietta this morning.
FRANK’S REMAINS SHIFTED TO NEW
YORK.
Atlanta, Aug. 18.—The body of Leo
M. Frank, under a heavy police guard,
was placed aboard a Southern railway
train which departed at 12:01 o’clock
this morning. The funeral party in
cluded Mrs. F'rank and several Atlanta
friends of the family, who will accom
pany the body to Brooklyn.
Mrs. F'rank appeared at the train un
assisted and showed no serious effects
of her ordeal of last night and to-day.
She chatted with membars of the party
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TRUSTEE’S SALE.
As trustee for the creditors, we will sell on the
25th day of August, 1915, at the store-house in
Grontville, Ga.. formerly occupied by Lee Rohan*
non. nt 4 o’clock p. m.. the stock of drups, toilet
articles, and druggists’ sundries, also the Btore
fixtures, formerly belonpinp to the said Lee Bo
hannon. Goods inventory $-159.85; lixtures, $791.
For further information see tho undersigned.
HALL A JONES.
Newnan, Ga.
Petition for Charter.
GEORGIA—Coweta County:
To the Superior Court of said county: The peti
tion of William N. Banks. Edwin S.- Banks and B.
Donald Ranks, all of sni.i State and county, re
spectfully shows—
1. That they desire for themselves, their asso
ciate*. successors and assigns to become incorpo
rated under the name and style of
RANKS BROTHERS COMPANY.
2. The term for which said petitioners ask to be
incorporated is twenty years, with the privilege
of renewal nt the end of that time.
If Th*» capital stock of the corporation is to be
TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, divided into
shares of One Hundred Dollars each. Petitioners,
however, ssk the privilege of increasing said cap
ital stock from time to time not exceeding in the
aggregate $50.1*00; but no increase shall in' made
except upon a vote of at least two-thirds of the
outstanding stock in favor of such increase.
4. The whole of said capital stock of Twelve
Thousand Dollars has already been actually paid
in.
5. The ohjeet of the proposed corporation is pe
cuniary gam and profit to its stockholders Peti
tioners propose to carry on a general wholesale
and retail mercantile business, and to deal in dry
goods, notions groceries, shoes, hats and cops,
clothing, hardware, wagons, vehicles, commercial
fertilizers, furniture and undertaking, cotton and
cotton seed, and farm products; buying and sell
ing for cash or credit all such articles and things
as are usually embraced in a general dry gi*xi*.
grocery and supply business, and all such articles
and things as may l>e profitably handled and sold
in connection therewith.
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6. The principal office and place of business of
tho proposed corporation will be in tho town of
Grantville, said State and county, but they ask
the privilege of establishing and operating branch
offices and places of business elsewhere in said
State, or otherwise. . _
Wherefore, Petitioners pray to be made a body
corporate under the name and style aforesaid, en
titled to all the rights, privileges and immunities
and subject to the liabilities fixed by law. This
Aug. 17. 1915. W. A. POST.
Petitioners’ Attorney.
Letters of Administration.
GEORGIA—Coweta County:
S. B. Hungerford having applied to the Court of
Ordinary of said county for letters of administra
tion on the estate of Mrs. S. L. Hungerford. de
ceased. ail persons concerned are required to show
cause in said Court by the first Monday in Sep
tember next, if any they can. why said application
should not be granted. This Aug 2, 1915. Prs.
fee. $3. L. A. PERDUE. Ordinary.
Filed in office this Aug. IS. 1915. L. TURNER.
Clerk Superior Court. Coweta county. Ga.
I. L Turner, Clerk of the Superior Court of
said county, do hereby certify that the foregoing
is n true and correct copy of the original petition
for charter of Banks Brothers Company, as ap
pears of record in this office.
Witness my hand and official seal this the ISth
day of August. 1915. L. TURNER.
Clerk Superior Court. Coweta county. Gu.
Letters of Dismission.
GEORGIA—Coweta County :
A. W. Reid, guardian of Whitelaw Reid, minor,
having applied to the Court of Ordinary of said
county for letters of dLsmission from his said
trust, all persons concerned are required to show
cause in said Court by the first Monday in Septem
ber next, if any they can. why said application
should not be granted. This Aug. 2. 1915. Prs.
fee, 53. L. A. PERDUE. Ordinary.
Legal Notices.
Letters of Administration.
GEORGIA—Coweta County:
C- E. Summers having applied to the Court of
Ordinary of said county for letters of administra
tion on the estate of E:ius E Summers, deceased,
all persons concerned are required to show cause
in said Court by the ftret Monday in September
next, if any they can. why said application should
not be granted. This Aug. It). 19L5 Prs. fee. Si.
L. A. PERDUE. Ordinary.
Application for Leave to Sell.
GEORGIA—Coweta County:
E. B. Jackson, administrator on the estate of
I. J. Jackson, deceased, having applied to the
Court of Ordinary of suid county for leave to sell
the lands of said deceased, all persons con
cerned are required to show cause in said Court
by the first Monday in September next, if any
they can. why said application should not be
granted. This Aug. 2. 1915. Prs. fee. $3.
L. A. PERDLTE, Ordinary.
Sheriff's Sale for September.
GEORGIA—Coweta County:
Will be sold before the Court-house door in New-
r.an. Coweta county. Ga.. on the first Tuesday in
September next, between the legal hours of uale,
to the highest and best bidder, the following de
scribed property, to-wit:
Five shares of the capital stock of the First Na
tional Bank of Senoia, of the par value of $100 per
share, being certificate No. 20. Also, five shares
of the capital stock of the Haralson Cotton Ware
house of Haralson, of the par value of $60 per
share. Levied on as the property of W. O. Hern
don to satisfy a fi. fa. issued from the City Court
of Newnan in favor of J. H. Rowland vs. the said
W. O. Herndon. Defendant in fi. fa. notified in
terms of the law. This Aug. 9. 1915. Prs. foe.
$4.59 J. D. BREWSTER. Sheriff.
Executors' Sale.
GEORGIA—C**weta County:
Under and by virtue of the authority contain-*!
in the last will and testament of Peter B. Mur-
phey. deceased, will be sold to the highest and
best bidder, before the court-house door in New
nan, between the legal hours of sale, on the firs:
Tuesday in September next, the following prop
erty belonging to the estate of said deceased:
Twelve shares of the capital stock of the New
nan Banking Company, and two shares of the cap
ital stock of the Moreland Banking Company, all
of the par value of $100 per share.
Also, a certain tract of land in the city of New
nan. lying on the west side of Greenville street, or
which is situated the residence of said deceased,
and bounded as follows: North by C. S Finean-
non and Mrs. G. C. Orr. east by Greenville street,
south by H. H. North, and west by Mrs. G. C. Orr
Terms of sale—cash. Prs. fee. $5.28.
PAULINE B. MURPHE\.
W. J. MURPHEY.
H. H. NORTH. L ,
Executors of the estate of Peter B. Murphey, de
ceased.
Laundry Lists for sale here.