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ITEARST’R SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATI ANTA, 0A„ SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 1013.
FRANK JURORS AN ENTHRALLING STUDY IN HUMAN EMOTION
Every Variety of Man Represented—Some
Appear Overcome With Responsibili
ty—Others Positive and Confident.
By TARLETON COLLIER.
FRANK JURORS SKETCHED IN COURTROOM BY HEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN STAFF ARTIST
Views of twelve men who hold fate of Leo M. Frank in their hands as they appeared while listening to the evidence upon which they will base their
verdict in the trial of the man charged with slaying Mary Phagan, their expressions, according to character readers, furnishing a clew to the conclusions they
draw as the evidence is presented. They are: 1-M. Johenning, 2-A. L. Wisbev, 3-F. V. L. Smith. 4-Deder Townsend, 5-M. S. Woodward, 6-A. H. Henslee, 7-W.
M. Jeffries, 8-J. T. Ozburn, ^-Charles J. Basshardt, 10-W. S. Medcalf, 11-Fred E. Winburn, 12-J. F. Higdon.
no] Rwlmnu-r, and wlpf* thfdr brows,
and say things to themselves.
But all the twelve show remarks
ble ‘fortitude for men cooped up for
w<*» k after week, forced to listen to
eternal talk of Mary Phagan and
bloodstains and I>eo Frank.
This is because, most likely, they
are Interested in the case themselves.
Even the Juror who scoffs at the evi
dence likes to hear the details. It Is
a great story, this mystery of Mary
Phngan, and the Jurors, us well us
Much has been said about thc
Frank Jury. Much has been said
about Juries ever since, a Coroner in
vestigated the death of Abel. But al
ways the talk is of the Jury and never
of the men that make it up. You must
confess that your Idea of a Jury Is
of something altogether generic and
unindividual, much as you would
think of an adding machine or a
blonde Eskimo. Possessing neither
person, number nor gender.
But the men who have been picked
an artist. That Is, the proper kind
of temperament. F. V. L. Smith has
it. He is sure of himself, confident
Of hin opinions, ready to announce
them and to defend them In the face
of the world, and ready to argue. A
typical debater he Is, and It is s*afe
*to well and truly try the issue Joined”
between the State of Georgia and
Leo M. Frank present an enthralling
study, taken singly and as men.
Every variety of man is there—
men of convictions and men without
convictions, men who will sit in the
Jury room until Luther Rosser grows
a six-foot beard before they will ac
quiesce In a verdict that they don’t |
favor, and men who will listen re
spectfully to the others argue it out
and be persuaded by their fellows.
One Mind Made Up.
In the Jury box are two men. at
least, who are frightened and nerv
ous at their responsibility. There is
one man, a positive, confident fellow
he is, to judge from his face, who
seems already to have made up his
mind. You can almost see his lips
move as the witnesses make their an
swers.
There are many men like that in
the world, you know, and one has
been corralled for the Frank Jury as
certainly as there is a Jury, if coun-
tenawrrtSAun true to form.
If countenances run true to form,
you can prophesy the agony and the
travail that will occur in the Jury
room before the verdict is brought
Because, besides the positive men and
the weak men, some of the twelve ar?
conscientious students, who will sure
ly want to weigh every bit of the evi
dence before he announcos ready. And
of evidence there is a stupendous
amount.
There 1» one young man—a clean
shaven. clean-looking person he Is,
too—who was evidently brought up in
the narrow path which leads toward
the fear of God and the understand
ing of good and evil. He is all con
science, and it is as plain as the nose
on his face that he is going to the
bottom of this sordid matter before he
kpenks his mind.
The Frank Jury is an unusual body
Sf men In some respects. Thr^e
weeks—-three weary, perspiring, ex
acting weeks—they have sat in their
tramped seats, listening to talk if
Mary Phagan and T «o Frank, with
*©w and then, for something new,
talk of Leo Frank and Mary Phagan.
They have become satiated with all
the unpleasant, pitiful details. Thev
have been guarded and trailed like
prisoners, and kept away from their
fcomes and families. They must have
thought of business unattended and
affairs unsettled. Their torments
lave been mental and physical, too.
Jurors Still Unperturbed.
But through it h" they sit unper-
lurbed—that is, most t»f them. Two
ben there ar« whose restlessness is
ipparent. Whether it is a restless-
less of the body or of the mind, of
lourse, they know best But they
Ihlft in their seats, and cross and r*
tross their legs like an English Chan-
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each juror the importance of the
“reasonable doubt,” the term which
no judge has yet been able to define,
I and which plays an Important part in
every criminal hearing.
Therefore, Judge Roan is working
carefully and surely. He will be ready
to present this charge Just as soon
as Solicitor General Dorsey concludes
his argument Monday* It is expected
that it will take at least an hour for
him to give his instructions and then
pronounce the solemn sentence “you
may retire, gentlemen, and consider
your verdict,” which puts the life of
Leo Frank directly in the jurors’
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the Atlanta public, ur«> learning that
it Is gr«atrr and reaches out with
many more arms than they had
thought at first. The jury members
are like the rest of Atlanta’s popu
lation, who. by spending good money,
force newspapers to turn out extra
after extra, ‘all about de big moider
trial.”
On the faces of the Frank Jury
there is the notable lack of that mar
tyr look that Jurors like to wear.
Even the Juror who Is worried about
his business worries only by spells
when the witnesses are dull or when
there Is delay In bringing them from
the room upstairs. Other whiles he
is listening intently.
The first Juror, near the comer
where Sheriff Mangum sits as Im
movable and majestic as Henry Gra
dy’s statue. Is glad he is a Juror. A.
H. Henslee, a salesman, of No. 74
Oak street, he is, and he enjoys being
a member of the Frank Jury* He is
the quickest to laugh when there Is
something to laugh at. Times there
are when he laughs at nothing that
others can see. His must be a hu
morous soul.
Seems Like Vacation.
Juror Henslee Isn’t Impatient, to
judge from appearance*. This might
be a vacation for him. or a pretty
good show.
But the man at his left feels Just
the other way about It. The most
restless of the twelve is M. L. Wood
ward, of No. 182 Park avenues who
is cashier of a hardware concern. If
his neighbor enjoys It, Woodward in
the same degree doe* not. Being a
Juror is by no mean* a bed of roses,
to hia way fo thinking. He grows im
patient with the heat and the painful
slowness with which some wltnese
answers, and the ’foolish questions
that certain lawyers ask just to be
asking, a* he must think. Such is
the story on his face.
Next to him. and brushed occasion
ally by his imputient elbow, is D.
Townsend. No. 84 Whitehall terrace,
a bank cashier. Townsend Is essen
tially serious. The matter of try
ing u man for his life is the gravest
issue in the world to him.
It has impressed him deeply, and
be sits there with the indication on
his face that his conscience is stirred.
Consequently he studies the cane and
the evidence *6 a devout young law
yer studlf s his Blackstone. his ®oul
n his- eyes, his eagerness* to know
everything plainly written on all his
features. He is not so eager as he is
serioue, though, and studious.
Number Four. He is F. V. L.
Smith, and a good Juror. Tempera
ment is as essential to a juror as to
to prophesy that in the jury room F.
V. L. Smith will be heard in the
thickest of the verbal fight.
It is announced that F. V. L. Smith,
of No. 481 Cherokee avenue, is a
manufacturer’s agent. He must be
a good agent, a booster whose belief
in his own wares is impregnable. He
is so confident.
Face Tells Hi's Worries.
A. L. Wlsbey is next to him, juror
number five. Wlsbey has a counte
nance that speaks plainly to you of
business worries, of perturbation con.
cernlng the state of bis work and his
family, and his friends and the whole
world. In the moments when he has
opportunity to think, when no wit
ness is on the stand and when the
lawyers are not wrangllg. he assumes
unconsciously a thin line between his
eyes, that bespeaks nothing else but
anxiety and worry.
It must be said that worry is Wls-
bey’s bete noir, his obsessing evil.
Almost of the same temperament is
hU» neighbor, Marcellus Johemming,
who is recorded as a machine shop
foreman. But where Wlsbey apT>ears
to be worried about his troubles out
of the courtroom, Johemming Is
worried over the problem before him.
He is plainly indecisive and nervous.
He hears the witnesses of the State
and believes in Frank’s guilt. Then
the defense brings forth its evidence
and Johemming believes it round.
Then he pauses to weigh both ■idea,
and he worries, undecided. At least,
that is the story his countenance
oears
The first man on the second row of
the Jury is J. F. Higdon, No. 10S
Ormewood avenue. Higdon is a fight
er, aggressive, virile, stubborn. He
has opinions of his own, and the force
to back them. It will be a sad day if
he stands alone In his conviction
about this case, because they will
never swerve him. So It appears from
a study of his face.
Higdon is opinionated. A witness
Is called and is led to the stand. Hig
don looks and listens Then his opin
ion is formed, and you can tell from
the compression of his lips and the
decisiveness of the word that he
speaks to F. E. Winburn, who sits
next to him, that the opinion is last
ing.
Sorry of Selection.
Winburn. now is not one to Jump
at conclusions. He is undecided.
Mainly, he appears to be sorry that
they selected him. Hr seems to be ir
on his face the evidence that he Is
sorry for Frank, sorry for Mary Pha*
gnn, sympathetic toward every per
son whom this wide-stretching case
affects. It is his nature to he sympa
thetic and to feel that he must weigh
carefully every word that comes. He
listens to his positive friend Higdon
with a profound air of respect and of
consideration. *
Next to him is W. S. Medcalf, of
No. 136 Kirkwood avenue, who, the
records say, is a newspaper circuli-
tion man. Medcalf, it appears, is a
man to form opinions and to back
them. His opinions may be easily
formed, but stoutly. The compression
of his face, the concentration of eyes,
nose and mouth all bear witness to
the fact that he is positive, pugna
cious person, who is certain his ideas
are worth fighting for.
Next is C, J. Bosshardt, a press
man, so the records show. Bosshardt
is a young man, who is finding a great
experience in this Frank trial. Those
who have watched the case daily can
tell you that Bosshardt has grown in
comprehension. He is learning mu.'Si
of wisdom and calmne**- and calcula
tion with this trial, and will come out
much the better man. His counte
nance shows that, and shows, too, •»
growing wisdom, a willingness to hear
and to learn, and an increasing judg
ment.
Looking at Bosshardt you consider
that if must be the opportunity of a
lifetime for a young man to &*it with
a Jury in a case like this. It must
be the opportunity to listen and learn
much of wisdom and serious thought
and plain common sense.
If Bosshardt is ready to learn, no
less is his neighbor, Juror number
eleven. He is J. T. OMburn. an op
tician, who is plainly the student of |
the jury. He leans forward in his I
seat always, studying the words and |
the witness, very evidently Impressed 1
with the grave responsibility that >
confronts him. very desirous of learn
ing everything about the case.
And he is patient, too. Pa'tience
seems to be his chiefest virtue.
If the case lasts all summer, you
likely will see Osburn there, straining
forward to hear, forgetfulness in his
eyes of everything but the business
of being a Juror and of trying to reach
a true verdict according to the
evidence.
Studies Case Deeply.
Last in the row- is W. M. Jeffries
a real estate man. a calm, sardonic
sort of person. His calculating eyes,
wrinkled at the corners* with slvrewd
concern, show plainly that he is
studying the case with a mind as in
tricate as the evidence—and the evi
dence, you will admit, is as intricate
and as much twisted as the Cretan
labyrinth. Jeffries would have made
a good detective If he hadn’t been a
real estate operator. H»* looks with
the judicial eye of a referee, he list
ens with the calmness of his own
stenographer, and he forms his own
opinion quickly. And he has the pos
itiveness to back his opinion.
This Is the Jury that is trying Leo
Frank, and whose word will send him
to the gallows or back to his free
home. It is an unusually interesting
body of men, and with it all is a set
of as sane looking, clean looking,
open minded American citizens as
can be found.
Jurors Glad End Nears;
Their “Widows” Happier.
Though there rests upon their
shoulders • the responsibility of find
ing a verdict that will bring to a
close one of the South's greatest mur
der cases, the twelve men who hold
Leo Frank’s life in their hands are
looking forward to their Sunday, aft
ernoon stroll in better spirits than
they have displayed at any time since
they were “imprisoned” more than
three weeks ago.
For to-day is the last Sabbath the
jurors, wearied with the strain of lis
tening to continual legal battles and
worn with the task of hearing hour
after hour of evidence, will have to
spend away from their home and
families—and every man of them is
happy. In charge of Deputy Plennie
Miner, the jurors will take their regu
lar afternoon walk-through the city
this afternoon and then will return to
their rooms at the Kimball for a last
Sunday meal and a final Sunday
night’s sleep.
Though separated from their fami
lies and guarded^ as if they, instead
of Frank, were on trial, the Jurors
have uttered no complaint. They have
accepted their task as a matter of
course, and are undertaking to com
plete it in a conscientious manner.
But far happier over the prospect
of the early closing of the trial than
all the lawyers and the Jurors and
the dozens who have been directly
interested in the case are the eleven
“temporary” widows, robbed of their
husbands for three long weeks by the
law and the Constitution, that says
every American must fulfill his duty
if called to serve on the Jury. The
only means of communication be
tween husband and wife during the
long trial has been waving handker
chiefs or loving smiles or shouts, and,
rejoicing that their “widowhood" is
soon to end. the eleven deserted wives
are expected to be even more enthusi
astic than ever In their salute when
the eleven husbands issue forth from
the Kimball House, under the pro
tecting wing of Deputy Miner, for
their Sunday afternoon “constitu
tional.”
Judge Roan Carefully
Prepares Jury Charge.
While all Atlanta is listening to
and reading with tense interest the
oratory of the counsel for Leo Frank I
and for the prosecution there is one
man whose mind must occasionally
dwell on other things than the foren
sic flights of the attorneys. That man
is Judge.L. S. Roan, who for four
weeks has presided over this remark,
able trial.
Judge Roan is busy preparing his
charge to the jury. It will be his duty |
to define the law, to instruct the jury |
as to what evidence to consider and j
what not to consider. He must tell
them how far witnesses are to be be- !
lieved and what weight can be placed
on circumstantial evidence.
He must impress on the minds .it
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