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Luther Rosser perhaps never made
a more impressive speech in all his
long and distinguished career at the
bar than he made on Friday when
closing the argument for the defense
in the Frank case.
It was not such a speech as might
be termed a finished oration. It was
not characterized by many of the
tricks of eloquence so frequently em
ployed. It was not polished, and it
was not rhetorically magnificent.
It rang “like a bell in the Alps”
with sincerity, however—and in that
it was a compelling great speech, and
it surely must have gone home, as
the speaker intended.
It carried a large measure of con
viction, I think, to every man that
heard it—Rosser believes Frank inno
cent, though all the world take issile
with him!
And does real oratory achieve any
higher end than convincing those to
ward whom it 13 directed of the ear
nestness and integrity of its pur
pose?
It was the last word for Frank—the
final plea before his fate, so far as
the defense was concerned, was given
into the keeping of the jury.
The speaker seemed to realize
heavily the tremendous weight of re
sponsibility upon him—Just as he
showed all too plainly the wear and
tear inflicted upon his physical make
up by the long trial.
Luther Rosser’s speech may not
clear Frank—maybe it ought not to
clear him.—but if so, nothing human,
I think, COULD clear him.
If Frank still was doomed when
Rosser finished, he surely must have
been doubly doomed when Rosser be
gan!
No Stronger Than Dorsey’s.
As appealing as Mr. Rosser's ad
dress to the jury was, however, it
was not one whit more moving or
forceful than was Dorsey’s—the clos
ing argument for the State, and the
last speech before the judge’s charge.
The young Solicitor General knew
he was to follow two of the most
adroit and aggressive speakers in
Georgia.
He knew that it was to be no child’s
play to batter down the wall of de
fense set up by the combined genius
of Reuben Arnold and Luther Ros-
serl
He realized, however, that he was
rated by many as rather a novice in
the art of criminal practice, despite
his tenure of office as the State's rep
resentative in prosecutions hereto
fore.
He had heard Rosser laugh at his
youihfulness and had heard himself
called “son” and “bud” too often not
to know that every effort to belittle
him was being made, and that every
means to discount in advance what
he might say was being put forth!
Nevertheless, his sworn duty was
plain. He was chosen some months
ago by the people of the Atlanta Cir
cuit to be their Solicitor General. He
was on his mettle—the critical eyes I
of all his friends were upon him, and
the eyes of the people whose repre
sentative he was—and he was spokes
man for the mighty majesty of the
law!
And Dorsey rose to the full de
mands of the occasion!
That much may be said of him, sin
cerely and in all truthfulness.
From start to finish of the Frank
trial Dorsey has been the aggressive,
faithful and tireless agent of the
State—and it is altogether and en
tirely to his credit that he has been
that and all of that!
Both Bhowed Heavy Strain.
Like Mr. Rosser, too, Mr. Dorsey
shows the heavy strain he has been
under for the past four months—for
he has been employed almost exclu
sively on the Frank case that long.
When he had finished he evidently
was exhausted utterly in his physi
cal being. He had waged a long and
gallant fight—from his point of view
—and it had taken tremendous toll
of his energy and nervous system.
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sneered at one another, hard things
have been bandied back and forth,
much bitterness has been manifest
and much feeling displayed.
Indeed, I should say far more bit
terness has crept Into this case than
was In anywise necessary—from both
sides—but if either side has suffered
from that particularly, it has been, I
think, the defense.
For one thing, the defense went
far beyond the bounds of reason and
common sense, so many people think,
in attacking Dorsey as viciously as ii
did.
One can not say how that attack
impressed the jury—for the member
ship of that body may or may not
be so well acquainted with Hugh
Dorsey as the general run of Atlanta
people are—but It may well be doubt-,
ed that it listened with any particu
lar degree of patience when the
charge of “conspiracy” was hurled
at the head of the Solicitor General so
vehemently!
Those people who have pleaded and
begged for fair play all the way
around—who have insisted that
Frank be given an absolutely Impar
tial and unprejudiced trial—have laid
much stress upon his heretofore un
blemished business career. That was
all right, for previous good character
is an asset any man possessing it
has a right to lean upon when as
sailed.
But if Hugh Dorsey, the Solicitor
General, a man of utterly unim
peached integrity throughout a life
time in Atlanta, were a willing party
to the maliciously wicked and inhu
man "frame up” charged by the de
fense, he would be as completely
unworthy of the respect and esteem
of this community as any person
could be!
“Frame Up” Charge a Mistake.
When, therefore, the defense asks
the public to believe, and the jury to
believe, that Dorsey and Hooper—
the latter for years a most honorable
and approved prosecuting attorney In
South Georgia—were deliberately and
designedly parties to a “frame up” of
evidence against Frank’s life and lib
erty, is to ask the one to believe
something it most certainly will NOT
believe, and to ask the other some
thing it should not, and likely will
not, believe!
It will be rated no more right to
clear Frank through unsustalned and
unfair charges than to convict him
that way, I take it!
Solicitors General in Georgia are
not to be criticised for aggressively
and vigorously prosecuting indicted
criminals—that’s what they are there
for—and they are entitled, in good
faith, to seek the truth unmolested
and in their own way and after their
own fashion, unless it can be shown
categorically that they are basely un
worthy—and nothing approximating
that has been shown, or likely can be
shown, of Dorsey and his associates
in this case.
If the defense finds eventually that
its attack on Dorsey has been resent
ed, it will have nobody to blame but
itself!
The Frank case has been a most
complex and strange proceeding. It
has involved so many emotions, so
many opinions, so many theories, and
so many peculiar attributes, that it
is all but impossible to make an in
telligent forecast of the Jury’s finding
Opinion in the street is varied, and
generally not aggressively expressed.
It is perhaps true that a plurality
of those people who have kept the
run of the trial, believe a mistrial is
the best that may be hoped for.
The case has been so long drawn
out, so badly mixed up, and so hotly
contested, that it seems likely the
jury may hardly know exactly where
the truth doeH dwell.
It has been an expensive trial to
Fulton County—it has cost well over
$10,000—but that doesn’t matter so
much in the public mind as that a
Just and righteous verdict be found.
There are those who look for a
quick verdict of acquittal, just as
there are those who look for a quick
verdict of conviction.
Few Expect a Quick Verdict.
And yet there are relatively few
who look for a quick verdict, one way
or the other.
People generally would be glad to
see a verdict one way or the other
returned—and the case disposed of.
To think of going over all the
Frank case again is appalling to most
parties connected with it—and yet a
mistrial would mean that, and noth
ing more or less.
The general opinion is that this has
been a fair trial—as fair as human
Intelligence and the most approved
forms of law can make it—and that
a verdict should result.
While this is generally admitted,
however, it is admitted simultaneous
ly that the jury may have rather a
difficult time getting at the exact
truth, whatever it is. obscured as It
has been by so many issues and argu
ments, both ways, not altogether
relevant or in point.
The story has been told in its
entirety, however—all but the last
and closing chapter.
The Jury has the telling of that—
and all the public is asking is that
the jury’s story speak the TRUTH
of the matter, and the public general
ly is prepared to accept the Jury’s
verdict as the truth, I think, what
ever it may be.
AMERICA’S
To Put Bust of Pitt
In the White House
Wilson Not Allowed
HE OF TRIAL
Man Accused of White Slavery
Declares He Can Not Deny
Girls’ Charges.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23.—E.
Drew Camlnetti, son of a wealthy and
prominent family, whose father is
politically powerful, to-day admitted
that he was near a nervous break
down over the approach of his trial,
which begins Tit .ay before Federal
Judge Van Fleet. Following the con
viction of Maury I. Diggs, former
State architect, on a charge of being a
white slaver, Camlnetti must face the
same charge and hear the same evi
dence against him that convicted
Diggs.
In an intervJ v to-day he said:
“I do not attem|L »o condone a breach
of Federal law, but I am not a white
slaver, and I will not plead guilty to
the charge against me.”
Caminettl will not deny the truth
of any statement that Lola Norris
makes on the witness stand.
“When Man’s Sin Comes Home.”
“God knows,” he said, “that it Is
going to be hard for me and for
Diggs, but infinitely worse for the
two women in the case. I know from
my experience before the trial.
“That is where a mien’s sin comes j
home to him. It is hard enough for
all of us, but doubly hard for Lola
Norris. As for Marsha Warrington,
I feel, perhaps, less sympathy, for
she used reprisal. Anything that
Lola may say on the witness stand
will have no denial from me."
Not Reconciled With Wife.
Speaking of the rumor that he was
to plead guilty, Camlnetti said:
“I am not guilty of any intent or
action under the white slave law.
I do not condone my offense, but
surely it is only natural to say that
this is an ofTei.se that is being com
mitted by thousands every day and
for which there is no Impeachment
or even blame.
"I am not afraid to face trial. I
have sinned, but I have not sinned
as this Mann act would make It ap
pear. I can only hope that prejudice
will be stricken from the courtroom
when I am put on trial.”
There has been no reconciliation
between Camlnetti and his wife.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 23.—Owing
to the objection of Representative
Mann, of Illinois, a resolution grant
ing President Wilson the right to
accept and place in the White Houwe
a bust of William Pitt, as a gift
from an American woman now in
England, the House failed to pass the
measure. President Wilson sent a
special message to Congress asking
that he be permitted to receive the
Pitt bust.
“It teems to me that we should re
member,” said Representative Ken
nedy, of Pennsylvania, “that in the
King’s closet at Windsor Castle, is a
portrait of Thomas Jefferson. If they
keep a picture of Jefferson in Wind
sor Castle, we could well have a bust
of William Pitt in the White House.”
But he was overruled by Represen
tative Mann.
ON STYLE TRAT
One Critic Declares Tailored Suit
Will Be Garb Our Grandchil
dren Will Remember.
Granted Divorce on
Ground of‘Nagging’
RENO, NETV.. Aug. 23.—James G.
Shepherd, a retired coal operator of
Scranton. Pa., has been given a di
vorce here after charging his wife
with many acts of cruelty.
Mr. Shepherd alleged that his wife,
Jennie, whom he married in 1899,
objected to his going to church,
spoiled his nine-months’ tour of Eu
rope by nagging him, and threatened
his life in 1900 with a revolver, which
he wrested from her. He declare^
his wife finally drove him to nervous
prostration.
Man ‘Dead’ Nearly
Forty Years Returns
HAMMOND, IND., Aug. 23.—De
clared legally dead two years ago In
the Lake County Superior Court here.
Mat Franzen, a former resident of
Hobart, has been found alive on a
ranch near Lewiston, Idaho, and has
entered claims for a part of the es-
state of his father, late wealthy
farmer of Hobart township.
Franzen left home In 1868. The
last heard from him was In 1876. His
relatives concluded he had been
killed In an Indian uprising.
White Plague Foes
Plan National Rally
Churches, schools, labor unions,
fraternal orders and other organiza
tions In the United States to the
number of 200,000 at least will be
asked to Join in the observance of
the fourth National Tuberculosis
Day December 7, according to am
announcement by the National Asso
ciation for the Study and Prevention
of Tuberculosis.
This movement will be participat
ed in by the Atlanta Antl-Tubercu-
losls Association, of which Hugh M.
Willett Is president.
The movement will be furthered
by more than 1,000 antl-tubereulosls
societies.
Missouri Financier
Killed Cranking Auto
SANTA BARBARA, CAL., Aug. 23.
James Burnes, aged 62, a retired
banker of St. Joseph, Mo., having
been president of the Empire Trust
Company of that city, to-day suc
cumbed to injuries received six weeks
ago when he was crushed by an au
tomobile.
Mr. Burnes was injured in trying
to start his automobile. He was
cranking it when it suddenly leaped
forward and knocked him to the
ground.
Says Her Husband Is
Marathon Drinker
MEMPHIS, Aug. 23.—According to
a petition for divorce filed by Netta
Eva Fowler, her spouse. William J.
Fowler, Is the champion marathon
drinker of Memphis.
According to Mrs. Fowler’s allega
tions. it’s a very poor day ofr ordinary
performance when Fowler doesn’t put
away from two to three quarts of
whisky,
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS, Aug. 23.—What style 100
years hence will he thought to char
acterize the epoch from 1880 to the
present as panniers now’ characterize
the eighteenth century and crinoline
the second empire?
This question, asked by the news
paper Excelsior, has awakened great
interest at the seaside resorts and
has elicited many replies, of which
perhaps the most significant is that
of Leon Bakst, the Russian painter,
Tvhose scenery for Russian ballets
has made him world famous.
“The tailored suit,” he writes,
“alone endures through the multiple
transformations of our styles. The
accomplishment of this link between
the dress of men and women, it
seems to me, is the most interesting
accomplishment of the modern dress
makers. I believe the convergence
will continue and that men’s cloth
ing will be almost the same as wo
men’s under the influence of modern
sports. Any way, it is this con
vergence which will astonish our
grandchildren."
Prince Lucien Murat, the painter,
answers that the Oriental art intro
duced in the Russian ballets ulti
mately will characterize our times.
Mme. Polignac Chabannes, the
composer, believes the flat skirt to
be the predominating tendency.
Mme. Daniel Lesueur, the novelist,
sees nothing especially choice except,
perhaps, slender, pretty silhouettes,
with coquettish stockings and shoes.
Mme. Rachilde, the novelist, writes:
“One takes the most exaggerated
style as choice, hence ours will be
the trousers skirt, with bolero jacket
and turban hat.”
“Our grandchildren,” declares
Baroness Aymery De Pierre Bourg.
the novelist* “certainly will paint ua
somew r hat as mad persons, in clos
ing the legs In a narrow circle and
wearing Immensely wide hats so as
to resemble mushrooms.”
Survives Railroad
Wreck Only To Be
Killed by Street Car
Out of bed only a few days, where
he was confined as the result of a
railroad accident, Ou A. Parker, of No.
789 Ashby street, was knocked down
by a Marietta street car at the comer
of Marietta and Ashby streets about
2 o’clock Thursday afternoon. He died
from his injuries two hours later.
Street car authorities say Parker
stepped in front of the car and was
hit before the motorman could bring
It to a stop. Parker was hurled ten
feet. His skull was fractured and his
right leg broken in three places.
No relatives of Mr. Parker are
known in Atlanta. The body was
taken to Greenberg & Bond’s chap si
and efforts are being made to locate
friends.
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HUSBAND,
NAT GOODWIN
has come to the rescue of downtrodden
men who dare not speak their minds, and
reveals all the joys and heartaches of mat
rimony in
“WHAT I THINK OF
MY FIVE WIVES”
This daring actor in his new role ex
plains how he found wife No. 1 “Like a
Mother,” No. 2 “An Obligation,” Maxine
Elliott a “Roman Senator,” Edna Good
rich “An Error,” and No. 5 his “Life Pre
server.” This will all appear in
SUNDAY’S AMERICAN
with the countless other features which
have made The American the leading
“newspaper of the South, as well as a posi-“
tive joy to the readers of Pixie. Lady
Puff Gordon, who, as Lucille of London,
is equally famous, will entertain her fol
lowers with a description of
MARRIAGE MARKET
GOWNS
with which far-seeing mothers enhance
the charms of their debutante daughters.
And coming down to the doings of fash
ionable Atlanta you will find that
POLLY PEACHTREE
was among those present at all the func
tions of the inner circle, and will tell
about them in her usual sprightly style.
Moreover, baseball fans, as well as those
who never see a game, will find a fascinat
ing story in
THE PLOT FOR
THE PENNANT
by Hugh S. Fullerton, which begins in
this issue. So, why worry about your
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