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LEO FRANK'S OWN STORY
TO ADD FINAL TOUGH TO
STATE’S GREATEST TRIAL
By JAMES B. NEVIN.
It is rather an • extraordinary thing
that on this Monday, the beginning of
the fourth week of the most remark
able murder trial ever held in Geor
gia, the interest should be in nowise
abated or lessened, and that the open
ing of court to-day saw the biggest,
hungriest and most insistent crowd
of curious spectators yet on hand at
the opening of court.
Par from letting go the Phagan
mystery, the public to-day seems to
be gripping it even more eagerly than
ever before
Opinion still is widely divided as to
the guilt or innocence of Leo Frank,
and there have been many switches
of conclusion and reversals of the
ory, pro and con, within the past
week, and no doubt there is much
more of the same sort of thing to
come.
People to-day believe Frank guilty
who started out believing him inno
cent, and the rule is working right*
around the other way, moreover!
Despite the many things that have
been said and the countless things
that have been written of the Frank
trial and all that led up to It, it re
mains, on the threshold of its fourth
week, the most absorbing melodrama
ever enacted in Atlanta—the most
bitterly fought and the most uncom
promisingly contested trial known to
the criminal history of the State of
Georgia.
The principal parties to the case
are, of course, Mary Phagan, the dead
girl; Leo FMnk '■? defendant at
bar. and Jim Conley, the grimly ac
cusing net >.
Four months ago no one of these
people was known to many Geor
gians.
Mary Phagan, a sw’eet little work
ing girl, had a circle of perhaps a
hundred friends—not 1 per cent of
the population of Atlanta ever had
heard of her.
Frank Little Known.
Leo Frank, the sunerintendent of
the National Pencil Factory, was
hardly known by very many more
people—he had a business and col
lege acquaintance, and a limited cir
cle of social intimates. Not more
than 2 or 3 per cent of Atlanta’s pop-
jlation ever had heard of him.
Jim Conley, the negro, more than
well known in police circles, along
the way of the "Butt In” bar in Pe
ters street, and a familiar flvura
enough along Darkest Decatur, num
bered among his respectable ac
quaintances not more than 50 people
—if nearly so many—perhaps.
Now—less than four months after
the terrible deed enacted in the pen
cil factory on Saturday, April 26—
there is not a hamle* a crossroads
store or a country or city ^lome in all
Georgia that has not heard of every
party to the sordid story, and that has
not discussed everyone of them, to
gether and singular, from every point
of view' imaginable!
It is more than morbid curiosity
upon the part of people that prompts
this great and never-flagging intefest
in the Phagan case—it is more than
the mere fascination of crime that
links the heart and mind of the people
to it.
In the case of Leo Frank there is
that indescribable element we call
“human interest,” that vague and
elusive thing that tugs at the heart
strings and nags at the conscience—
there is the knowledge upon the part
of the public that a monstrous crime
has been committed, and that re
sponsibility for it must be fixed, no
matter the cost and no matter the
effort!
The public does not clamor for Leo
Frank’s life so much, nor for Jim
Conley’s—it demands that responsi
bility for Mary Phagan’s brutal mur
der be fixed, and It will not be satis
fied until that responsibility IS fixed.
At the same time, I believe—and
I have believed all along—that the
public wants to see justice done and
fair play indulged in.
If Frank is not guilty he has been
punished already beyond reason or
reparation. He should be turned
loose, with every amend decency and
mistaken zeal ma’, summon to their
embarrassed effort at righting a
frightful wrong.
If. however, he is guilty, and that
is shown, then the inconvenience and
discomfort accorded him thus far will
matter little-, if anything.
It is a tremendously big game the
lawyers are playing in the stuffy lit
tle courtroom in the old City Hall
Building. *
On one side is the majesty of Uie
law of the land, that must be main
tained at any and all cost—that ma
jesty of the* law' that may be invoked
in behalf of the humblest no less than
the highest. On the other hand ta
the defendant—an abstract thing ill
the sight of the law\
On one side is the great State of
Georgia, calling for a “tooth for a
tooth and an eye for an eye”—on
the other side are those guaranteed
rights of citizens embodied in Frank,
that must not be challenged lightly
or without complete and compelling
reason. %
It Is a Big Game.
It is a big game—it involves that
most precious of all gifts of God,
a human life, and a human reputa
tion, a home and the happiness there
of. It is a game, nevertheless, that
involves on the contrary a sinister
charge of utter unworthiness upon
the part of the man who still pro
tests his rights to these precious
gifts, jealously given of a Divine
Power, and as jealously guarded by
His laws, no less than by the law’s
of human beings.
One can not get away from the con
clusion, cited many times, that, after
all is said and done. Frank’s charac
ter will determine the verdict in the
c^se now' on trial.
His character will be found to be
his greatest asset and his most sure
dependence, in this his hour of press
ing peril—as his lack of It, if shown,
must prove to be his final and ever
lasting damnation.
Frank, by injecting his character
in issue, has challenged the worst
upon the part of the State.
He has cited scores of witnesses
to uphold it—he has made a brave,
and maybe an abundant, showing.
The St$.te, however, says It will
break down that character—that It
will show* Frank’s unspeakable de
pravity, even as charged glibly and
smugly by the negro, Conley, as yet
uncorroborated by any person the
most abandoned would care to be
lieve.
If the State can do this thing
Can it be possible that Frank,
through all these years, has been
leading a double life?
Can it be true that he has. while
professing to be an honorable and
upright man, a faithful husband, a
dutiful and worthy son, a deserving
and decent friend among his neigh
bors and his kind, nevertheless been,
really, a moral degenerate, an ignoble
and deceitful creature—and can it be
that these things, so long and so clev
erly concealed, at last led him to mur
der?
The State’s Contention.
The State holds that his family cir
cle, his intimate social acpuaintances,
and his business associates, would,
as a matter of fact, be the last peo
ple in the world to know the truth of
Frank’s double life—for, say they,
Frank would employ every artifice
Women of BxB.rl.ne. Advise th. Un of j and summon to his 111(1 ever >' P° Bslble
Mother's Friend. # j device to keep those very people from
! discovering the truth concerning him.
To The Young
Expectant Mother
There is a certain degree of trepide- <
Mon in the minds of moat women in re-
This, so the State contends, is pre-
g&rd io the aubjeot of motherhood. Tbs cisely what Frank did do—and In
that way they justify his alleged in
timacy with Conley and his quick
calling upon Conley for help, when
eventually he found himself with the
blood of a human being on his guil
ty hands.
The State is asking a good deal
w'hen it asks the public to believe
this of Frank, in the light of the ev
idence of his good character tender
ed last week, and it hardly is possi
ble that the public WILL believe it,
unless the State makes its charges
crystal clear.
Men will ask themselves—and will
ask themselves wisely—whose repu
tation is safe, if it may be brushed
away and broken down by the un
corroborated word of such a creature
toagfog to p«w«M is often contradicted
by the tnherent fear of a period of die-
_ut there need be no such dread In
view of the fact that we have a most
S >We remedy in what is known as
other** Friend. This is an external
application that has a wonderful Influ
ence and control over the muscular tis
sues of the abdomen By its daily use
the mu soles, cords, tendons and liga
ments all gently expand without the
slightest strain; there Is no pain, no
nausea, no nervousness; what was
dreaded ae a severe physical ordeal be
comes a calm, serene, joyful anticipa
tion that has Jte impress such as our as Conley?
foremost teachers of Eugenics are strlv- i
tog to drill into the minds of the present ;
generation.
Th almost every community there are ] _ .. .. .. ,
women who have used Mother's Friend- I quite and altogether another.
and they are the ones that recovered
E * fcly. conserved their health and
ngtn to thus preside over families
ined by every rule of physiology and
the history of successful men and wo
men to repeat the story of greater
achievement.
Mother’s Friend Is prepared after the
formula of a noted family doctor by ihe
Braufleld Regulator Co.. 188 Lamar
Bldg.. Atlanta, Ga.
Write them for their Instructive book
to expectant mothers. You will find
But, Conley uncorroborated in one
thing—while Conley corroborated is
The State is yet to be heard in re
buttal of Frank's character witnesses
—and so Judgement must be suspend
ed pending their revelations.
The only point is—and it has been
an evident point so long that to re
emphasize it seems trite—the State
must make good on its sinister charge
of perversion and degeneracy upon
Mother's Friend arraU by gtt drug t h e par t 0 f Frank, or its case will be
THE ATLANTA UEOKU1AH AND JNEWS.
GIRL WORKER WHO TESTIFIES TO
GOOD CHARACTER OF LEO FRANK
Miss Opie
Dickerson,
who praised
Frank and
denounced
Conley.
greatly weakened, perhaps beyond re
pair.
I have an idea that Frank’s state
ment on the stand may w'eigh heavily
in the minds of the jury.
Frank the Star.
Indeed, it is not improbable that
the very best jury speech and jury
argument put forth in defense of
Frank, with all due appreciation and
respect of and for Rosser and Mr.
Arnold, will be made by Leo Frank
himself!
His statement, although not sworn
to, will carry’ an appeal that hardly
cun be framed of other lips—either
that, or it will fall flat and stale and
of no consequence whatever.
The trial long ago resolved itself
into a matter of P’rank vs. Conley.
It is the defendant’s word against
the negro’s.
Both have self interest in the ver
dict—the life of one or the other must
pay the forfeit of Mary Phagan’s
murder.
The forthcoming statement of
Frank, and the rebuttal of the char
acter witnesses, constitute the two
events ahead th^t may. within them
selves, make or mar this case, as one
may come to view it eventually.
And it is this situation, no doubt,
that holds up the interest to-day, as
the fourth week begins—for, despite
all that ha~ gone before, the case is
not yet nearly ended, and there still
remains many things undetermined.
Wilson’s Own Dentist
InNavy,Mann Charge
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. — The
charge that “the navy is making a
farce” of the retirement age law, and
the further disclosure that President
Wilson has appointed his personal
dentist to the reserve corps are made
by Minority Leader Mann.
“While the retirement age in the
navy 16 62,” said Mr. Mann, one of
thees new dental surgeons is now over
seventy-six. But he happens to come
from the same town as the Secretary
of the Navy. One of the surgeons is
62 years and another who is 42, was
the personal dentist of the President.”
Down Went His Gum,
On Went His Train
\
ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. 18.—Chew
ing gum or tobacco while on duty has
been forbidden the motormen by the
management of the Short Line road.
Glen Grice bought a penny stick of
gum at Ocean City just before he
boarded his train for a run to this
city. After the train had attained a
30-mile gait. Grice swallowed the
gum. It lodged in his throat and shut
off his wind.
The motorman fell over unconscious
and the train, heavily loaded with
passengers, ran for three miles be
fore the cohductor could stop it.
Widow of Wealth
‘Turkey Trots’ at 78
PORT JERVIS, N, Y„ Aug. 18.—In
proceedings to test the competency of
Mrs. Mary N. Gray to manage her
$50,000 estate, it was testified that the
78-year-old widow had these fads:
Joy rides from Honesdale to New
York.
Turkey trotting in the Wayne Hotel
corridor.
Giving huge tips.
Wearing four skirts and a sweater
to keep out evil spirits.
Robert H. Gray, of Denver. a
nephew, says her physician has drawn
exorbitant fees.
PASTOR TRIES TO
SAVE IWNAUGHTI
Savannah Minister Declares That
Flanders, Alleged Victim, Died
From Natural Causes.
Patient Dies After
300 Neck Operations
BALTIMORE, Aug. 18.—After un
dergoing more than 300 operations
during three years for the removal of
a growth in his throat, George Mc
Dowell, 31 years old, formerly of
Spartanburg, S. C., died in a hospital
here while surgeons were making a
last attempt to save his life.
For the last eighteen months. Mc
Dowell breathed through a silver tube
inserted in his throat. He had been
under so many operations that he be
came immune to the effects of co
caine.
Barnesville Stages
Hurry-Up Election
BARNESVILLE, Aug. 18.—Barnes-
ville is in the midst of one of the live
liest and most unique municipal con
tests in many years. The white pri
mary will be held August 25, and
those nominated will be elected the
next day.
A Mayor and three Aldermen are
to be elected. For Mayor there are
two candidates, James M. Cochran
end Alderman A. H. S. Franklin. For
the three aldermanic places there are
already seven candidates, J. E. Bush,
T. J. Berry, B. H. Butts, M. Burns,
M. B. Fitts, W. T. Summers and W.
C. Stocks.
Cool Days Promised
As Breezes Return
The breezes, which had been on a
strike for the past few days, were
back at work Monday, keeping At
lanta’s business section cool. The
thermometer registered 70 degrees at
dawn, after a night cool enough to
make a blanket appreciated.
Although September is usually one
of th% hottest months In Atlanta,
Forecaster VonHerrmann says it will
be an unusually cool month this year.
Fair weather Monday night and
Tuesday is predicted by the local bu
reau.
H ESCAPE
FROM ASYLUM
Noted Prisoner Flees U. S.
Yacht—Can Not Be Extra
dited, Says Whitman.
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Continued from Page 1.
SAVANNAH, GA., Aug. 18.—The
Rev. John S. Wilder, pastor of the
South Side Baptist Church, has re
turned from Atlanta, where he ap
peared before the State Prison Com
mission in behalf of Dr. W. J. Mc-
Naughton, the Emanuel County phy
sician who Is in jail under sentence
of death in September for the al
leged murder of Fred Flanders.
All of the evidence has now been
presented to the Prison Commission
with the exception of one or two af
fidavits, which will be sent to At
lanta early next week. The commis
sion Is expected to act on the case
on the first Monday in September.
Immediately after the decision of the
commission is rendered the matter
will be taken up with the Governor.
Everything will have to be done dur
ing the first week in September, be
cause September 5 is the date set for
the execution.
“I feel that nothing short of a par
don would vindicate an innocent man
and correct one of the greatest mis
takes ever made in Georgia,” said
Mr. Wilder, who expresses the ut
most confidence that Dr. McNaugh-
ton will not be allowed to hang. “I
have always contended that Flanders
was not nuirdered, hut died from nat
ural causes. I think this has now
been indisputably established. We
have the sworn statements of seven
teen of the most prominent physi
cians in Georgia, including an expert
who gives more arsenic possibly than
any other physician in the Southern
States, all of them agreeing that Flan-
ders did not have the symptoms of
arsenic poisoning, but the symptoms
of nephritis, or Bright’s dise*lse. If
these medical authorities are correct,
then no murder has been committed,
and Dr. McNaughton should go free.”
it was formerly known. They spent
money freely and devoted considera
ble time to scouting about the coun
try.
In answer to queries they said they
were preparing to locate for the sum
mer and wanted to find a quiet, rest
ful spot. FTiday evening they re
turned in an eighty-horsepower auto
mobile. The size and strength of the
car also caused much curiosity. They
had with them men who registered
as Roger Thompson and Eugene Duf
fy. A little later the party was joined
by a fifth man, who registered as
Thomas Flood. It was he who took
the launch to Beacon. Flood was af
terward identified as the reckless
driver of the touring car who took
Thaw across the Connecticutt State
line at 70 miles an hour. He waa the
most reckless of the party.
Saturday morning the men left the
Holland early and were not seen
about the hotel again. From the talk
of the men an impression arose that
they were professional gun-fighters
recruited from gangs in this city and
were paid Hberallv to risk getting
Thaw to safety. One of them, after
drinking considerably in the barroom
at the Holland Hotel said: “It was
Iris business to help good fellow*.”
Reward of $500 Offered.
Following the escape. Superintend
ent Raymond F. C. Kleb, of Mattea-
wan Asylum, offered a reward of $500
for Thaw's arrest as a "dangerous
fugivtive.”
Dr. Kieb’s belief is that Thaw made
his way around Long Island and Is
now bound for Europe. Dr. Kieb
feels that his personal reputation and
integrity as a public official are at
stake, and has personally hired a
private detective agency to trail
Thaw.
So closely has Roger O’Mara, the
Pittsburg private detective, been con
nected with Thaw since the shoot
ing of White that some persons
Jumped to th conclusion that O’Mara
was concrnd In some way with
Thaw’s escape. This was heightened
by the fact that one of the men at
the Holland Hotel slightly resem
bled him. Another posed as "Roger”
Thompson. A Pittsburg telegram
states, however, that O’Mara was In
Pittsburg yesterday.
Mrs. Mary Thaw, mother of Harry
K. Thaw, who has spent nearly a
milli nodollars In trying to restore
his liberty, was surprised to lerrn of
her 9on’s escape. She said she had
come here In response to a requst
from Harry that she pay him a visit.
The New York police department is
keenly interested In the search for
Thaw and have sento ut a general
alarm with a description of the fugi
tive. The detective bureau will flood
the country with circulars bearing
Thaw’s picture.
“There is no doubt in my mind
that Thaw will return at one© to the
vices to which he was addicted, in
cluding not only drink and drugs, but
moral perversion. The moment he
takes a drink of w’hlsky or a bottle
of wine he at once becomes not only
irresponsible, but he Is almost cer
tain to revert to the delusions of per
secution which he has cherished, and
is likely to single out any of the
persons he believes has wronged
him.”
Jerome Fears Thaw.
In this connection, friends of for
mer District Attorney William Tra
vers Jerome have warned him to be
on his guard. Jerome prosecuted
Thaw and did more than any other
man to keep Thaw in Matteaw'an.
Jerome has admitted time after time
that he would never be safe with
Thaw at liberty.
“I feel morally certain he will try
to kill me as soon as he is liberated.
If he ever is freed, and for that
reason 1 am doing all in my power
to keep him in Matteawan,” said
Jerome once.
Thaw shot Stanford White on the
Madison Square roof garden on the
night of June 25, 1906. The Jury
in the first trial disagreed but at
the second trial Thaw was acquitted.
He was then placed in Matteawan
Asylum, an institution for the crim
inally insane. His case was the most
sensational in the criminal history
of North America and aroused wide
interest tlyroughout the civilized
world.
His aged mother had stood by him
loyally to the end and to-day ex
pressed heartfelt satisfaction that
Chronology of the
Famous Thaw Case
June 25, 1906—Thaw shot Stan
ford White. ,
June 26, 1906—Thaw in Tombs
prison.
June 28, 1906—Indicted for mur
der in first degree.
January 23, 1907—First trial be
gins.
April 4, 1907—Commission de
clares him sane.
April 12, 1907—Jury disagrees.
January 11, 1908—Second trial
begins.
February 1, 1908—Verdict: Not
guilty, on the ground of insanity.
February 2, 1907—First day in
Matteawan.
May 25, 1908—First habeas cor
pus hearing decided against him.
August 19, 1909—Second habeas
corpus hearing decided against
him.
June 8, 1912—Transferred to
Westchester jail.
June 17, 1912—Third habeas cor
pus decided against him.
May 17, 1913—John M. Anhut, a
New York attorney, convicted of
offering $20,000 bribe for Thaw’s
release from asylum.
August 17, 1913—Thaw escapes
from Matteawan.
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EASTERN PAINLESS DENTISTS JKJftSUftMS
her boy had at last been able to se
cure his freedom, even though he
could not effect it in a legal way.
Thaw’ was committed to Matteawan
by Justice Dowling early In 1906.
The escape of Harry K. Thaw from
Matteaw’an Asylum Sunday morning
about 7:45 o'clock was the climax
of the dramatic career of the young
Pittsburg millionaire.
A careless sauntering into the
courtyard of the Institution, a grad
ual drawing nearer to the gate as
the time came for the early rounds
of the milkman, a lightning dart
through the gate as It was opened to
reoelve the vender of milk, a leap
into a six-cylinder racing auto that
stood across the road, a cloud of dust
as the big machine lurched forward
and gathered speed—and the slayer of
Stanford White was gone like a rock
et for the Connecticut State line,
30 miles away.
Ten minutes after Thaw dashed
through the asylum gates under the
very eyes and arms of Howard H.
Barnum, a keeper, the big black car
w’as plunging through the hamlet of
Stormville, ten miles away.
Swaying from side to side, siren
shrieking and the opened exhaust
keeping up a continuous roar, the big
machine passed through the village
at 70 miles an hour.
Early risers saw Thaw and the men
w’ho had aided him to escape
crouched in the machine to escape
the clouds of dust and the rush of
the wind.
Escape Carefully Planned.
Thaw’s escape evidently was care
fully planned and consummated with
out a hitch. He was aided by five
men, four of whom came to Mattea
wan and registered at the village ho
tel four days ago. The fifth, sup
posed to be the driver of the big
car, came Saturday and registered
under the name of Thomas Flood, of
New York.
The others gave their name* as
Roger Thompson, Richard D. Bustle,
Michael O’Keefe and Eugene Duffy,
all of New York. They brought with
them a black limousine and a black
touring car, the most powerful ma
chines ever housed at a Matteawan
garage. The limousine was aban
doned after Thaw made his spectacu
lar dash for liberty.
The four men who came first spent
most of their time in the barroom of
the hotel, and earned the name of
“easy spenders.” They talked vol
ubly on a number of subjects, but
refused to divulge the nature of their
business in Matteawan. Thompson
replied to all questions with a grin
and the statement that his business
was “helping good fellows who have
gotten into trouble.”
Signal Is Given.
At 7:30 o’clock Sunday morning
Harry Thaw. long since risen and
fully dressed, paced slowly back and
forth 1n his room, with now and then
a glance through the barred windows.
Ten minutes before the execution of
the escape plans, Thaw took hi* last
look through the bars.
He saw the big black touring can
trailed by the limousine, loafing slow
ly along the road, apparently with no
particular destination or purpose. He
saw the touring car give one crazy
lurch across the highway, the signal
agreed upon. In front of the cars
the milkman’s wagon, that was to
open the doors of the asylum to free,
dom, Jangled and clanged With Kg
load.
Thaw gave a last glance around tbs
bare room In which he had spent his
time since he was adjudged insane,
thrusting Into his pocket* the few
knieknacks he prized. Carelessly be
sauntered through the corridors and
out into the courtyard, whistling.
Howard Barnum, the keeper on
du*y at the gate, saw nothing unusual
in the apeparance of Thaw. The
slayer of Stanford White, by hi* con
duct at the asylum, had become a
"trusty," and no thought of his es
cape w’as entertained. He paid n«*
attention when Thaw moved toward
the gate.
He Dashes Through Gate.
l As the Jangling milk wagon drew
up In front of the asylum gates, the
touring car and limousine came
alongside and stopped, but their en
gines kept throbbing. Thaw moved
closer to the gate. He stopped whis
tling .and stood poised, ready for the
dash. The milkman drove up with a
clatter. Barnum opened the gate
without a glance at Thaw. A figure
dashed past him, brushing his coat
sleeve—and Harry Thaw was running
across the road toward the automo
biles.
The man in the driver's seat swung
open the door of the tonneau. Four
pairs of hands dragged Thaw into
the machine. There was a grinding
crash as the gears were thrown into
position, a blinding cloud of dust and
smoke—and tjie big car plunged up
the road.
In your hand you hold a
five-cent piece.
Right at the grocer’s hand
is a moisture-proof pack
age of Uneeda Biscuit. He
hands you the package—
you hand him the coin.
A trifling transaction?
No! A remarkable one—for you
have spent the smallest sum that
will buy a package of good food;
and the grocer has sold you the
most nutritious food made from
flour—as clean and crisp and
delicious as it was when it came
from the oven.
NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT
For the six months ending June 30, 1913, of the condition of the
Franklin Life Insurance Company
OF SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,
Organized under the laws of the State of Illinois, made to the Governor of
the State of Georgia In pursuance to the laws of said State. Principal of
fice, Sixth and Lawrence, Springfield, Ill.
I. CAPITAL STOCK.
Amount of capital stock » 100,000.00
Amount of capital stock paid up In cash 100,000.00
II. ASSETS.
Total assets •- ..$6,039,945.90
Less unadmitted assets .. ., .. .. .. .. 80,447.81
UNTIL AUGUST 15th
■R. R. FARE ALLOWED
2S MILES'
I
Admitted assets .. $5,969,498.03
j III. LIABILITIES. '
Total liabilities .. $5,959,498.03
| IV. INCOME DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR 1913.
Total Income $ 843,189.91
! V. DISBURSEMENTS DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE
YEAR 1913.
I Total disbursements ..$ 741,745.63
| Greatest amount insured in any one risk $ 15,000.00
Total amount of Insurance outstanding 45,411,123.00
A copy of the act of Incorporation, duly certified, Is of file in the office
of the Insurance Commissioner,
STATE OF ILLINOIS—County of Sangamon.
Personally appeared before the undersigned Henry Abels, who, being
duly sworn, deposes and says that he is the secretary of the Franklin
Life Insurance Company, and that the foregoing statement is correct and
true. HENRY ABELS.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 15th day of August, 1913.
WILL TAYLOR, Notary Public.