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3 mrj AiiiAJUA \Trj\^i\VTi/\i>i AlUi n>vn. LEO FRANK’S 01 STORY TO ADD TIL TOUGH TO STATE’S GREATEST TRIAL GIRL WORKER WHO TESTIFIES TO GOOD CHARACTER OF LEO FRANK T IS GOING By JAMES B. NEVIN. It Is lather 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. Far from letting go the Phagan mystery, the public to-day seems to be gripping it even more eagerly thar 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 Frank -e defendant at bar, and Jim Conley, the grimly ac cusing negro. Four months ago no one of these people was known to many Geor gians. Mary Phagan, a sweet 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 superintendent of the National Pencil Factory, was hat'dly 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 ulation ever had heard of him. Jim Conley, the negro, more th#n well known in police circles, along the way of the "Butt In" bar in Pe- ters< street, and a familiar nsnire enough along Darkest Decatur, num bered among his respectable ac quaintances not more than 50 people —if nearly so many—perhaps. >j ow —less than four months after the terrible deed enacted in the pen cil factory on Saturday, April 26 there is not a hamlet a crossroads store or a country or city home 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 neople that prompts this great and never-flagging interest in the Phagan case—it is more than the mere fascination of cTime that links the heart and mind of the people to it. “Human Interest” Abounds. In the case of Leo Frank there is that indescribable element we call ‘‘human interest,” that vague and elustive thing that tugs a,t the heart strings and nags at the commence — there is the knowledge upon the part of the public that a monstrous crime ha* been committed, and that re sponsibility for it must be fixed, no matter the cos-t 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. T f 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 may 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 the 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 is the defendant—an abstract thing in 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 rea son. It Is a It is a big game—it involves that most precious of all gifts of God. a human life, and a human reputa tion, a l)ome 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 laws of human beings. One can not get away from the con clusion, cited many times, that, after ail is said and done. Frank’s charac ter will determine the verdict in the case now on trial. His character will be found to be bis greatest aseet 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 State, however, gays it will break, down that character—that it will show Frank’s unspeakable de pravity, even as charged glibly and smugly by the negTo, Conley, as yei uncorroborated by any person the most abandoned would care to ba- 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 ard 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- 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 Miss Opie Dickerson, who praised Frank and denounced Conley. Experts Say Country Will Have Worst Shortage of Beef in Its History. pie in the world to know the truth of Frank’s double life—for, say they, Frank would employ every artifice and summon to his aid every possible device to keep those very people from discovering the truth concerning him. This, so the State contends, is pre cisely what Frank did da—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 hands. The State is asking a good deal when it askes 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 as Conley? But, Conley uncorroborated in one thing—while Conley corroborated is puite and altogether another! The state is yet to be heard in re buttal of Frank’s character witnesses —and so judgement must be supend- ed pending their revelations. The only point is—and it has benn 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 the part of Frank, or its case will be greatly weakened, perhaps beyond re pair. I have an idea that Frank's state ment on the stand may weigh 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 Mr. Rosser and Mr. Arnold, will be made by Leo Frank, himself. His statement, although not sworn to, will carry an appeal that hardly can be framed of other lips—-either that, or it will fal fiat and stale and of no consequence whatever. The trial long ago resolved itself into a matter of Frank 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 that 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*j gone before, the case is pot yet nearly ended, and there still remains many things undetermined. 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 t'.ie 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. Patten, Again in Pit, Cleans Up $500,000 CHICAGO. Aug. 18.—James A. Pat. ten, whose deals In grain and cotton in the last decade have attracted world-wide attention, is once more the central figure in a speculation that is causing the corn pit on the Board of Trade to boil with excitement. Mr. Patten started to buy corn three weeks ago, when the first re ports that hot weather and drought were damaging the crop began to come in. His paper profits at the present time ait said to be at least $500,000. Down Went His Gum, On Went His Train ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. 18.—Chew ing gum or tobacco while on duty ha* 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-mlle 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 conductor could stop it. Wilson's Own Dentist InNavy,Mann Charge WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. — Tht* 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 reuerve corps are made by Minority Leader Mann. ‘ While the retirement age in the navy is 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 yearg, and another who is 42, was the personal dentist of the President.” Columbus to Have Eight-Story Hotel COLUMBUS, Aug. 18.—Vice Pres ident J. Ralston Cargill, of the Co lumbus Hotel Company, which is to erect a $25,000 hotel In Columbus, Is asking for bids for the erection of the structure. It is to stand on the comer of Twelfth street and Second avenue, and is to be eight stories high. U. S. Will Cremate Dead in Canal Zone WASHINGTON. Aug. 18.—The bodies of persons who die in the Panama Canal Zone will be cremated there by the United States as a pre vention against the spread of pesti lence. A contract for the crematory plant has been awarded to a Boston firm and erection will begin immediately. NEW YORK, Aug. 18—This coun try will experience next winter the greatest shortage of beef in its his tory. Prices, which already have ad vanced 25 to 50 per cent in a year, are to be 10 to 13^ per cent higher by January 1. Meat will sell at un heard of figures. The representative of a big packer In Chicago said yesterday: “Forty cents a pound for the choice cut* seem a certainty, 45 cents in a prob ability, and even 50 cents a possibility before spring." George L. McCarthy, proprietor of The National Provisioner, said to day that the stock population in the United States Is more depleted at present than it has been at any pre vious time in ten years. That in Itself, Mr. McCarthy said. Is sufficient cause for very high retail prices. But the drought in Kansas, Oklahoma and the Southwest has aggravated the situa tion bad before, till it may now be called alarming. Sky-High Price* by Midwinter. The expert buyer for Richard Web ber, a butcher with an extensive busi ness in New York, didn’t hesitate to say that prices are going sky-high by midwinter. The average price paid by the laborer for beef to-day. he aaid. Is 16 cents a pound. The same cuts will cost 18 cents or more In a few months. The same authority predicted that the average price of sirloin Mteaks will creep up 3 cents in as many months, while the average price of porterhouse steaks will advance 4 to 5 cents in the same period. The corn-killing drought in Kansas and neighboring States has deprived the cattle-raising sections of feed for their stock. Fodder remains, but the corn itself, necessary to fatten the steers for market, will have to be shipped into sections of country naturally grain exporters, at an ex pense that will preclude the Idea of satisfactory profit by cattle raisers at anything near the present prices. For ten dayg a steady rush of cat tle to the big stock markets of the Middle West has been in progress. The misers can’t afford to hold and feed the cattle. In many instances, cows are being sent to market in such numbers that the generation of calves due next spring will be much lens than the average. Rushed to the Slaughter Houses. Cattle receipts in the Western mar kets first rose above the normal when the hot weather killed the pasturage. Carload after carload of steers went to Chicago and Kansas City. The general movement to the slaughter houses Is still In progress. In the first three days of the present week 129,000 cattle were received at the Western markets, nearly as many as In thefentire week a year ago. The same condition to a certain ex tent holds true In the hog market, and receipts have been nearly doubled since the drought. The general situation 1r about as bad In the East. Mr. McCarthy g&id that farmers over a great part of the East are selling rattle Just now that they would be holding had the hay crop been up to the standard. Live stock prices are naturally slumping while the markets are load ed with stock. But in spite of the fact that steers and hogs are costing the packers less than at any time for several months no reduction in the wholesale price of meats Is an nounced. and the housewife has ob tained no benefits because of the pres ent abnormal conditions in the mar kets. The drought, according to stock men, will result in immense profits for the packers because of their ability to buy now and when the cattle raisers are at a disadvantage and to set prices this winter when there is a scarcity In the cattle receipts. To Tha Young Expectant Mother Women of Experience Advise the Use ef Mother's Friend. Pimples—Boils There is a certain degree of trepida tion in the minds of moat women In re gard to the subject of motherhood. The nre danger signals—heed the warning in time. When the blood is impoverished the gateway is open for the germs of disease to enter and cauae sickness. Dr. Pierce’* Golden Medical Discovery eradicates the poisons from the blood by rousing the 11 ver Into vigorous action—puri fying and enriching the blood, and thereby Invigorating the whole system. Fkln and ‘ scrofulous" diseases readily disappear after using this old-Ume remedy. 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