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1 The Atlanta Georgian
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VOL. XH. NO. 19.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1913.
Copyright 1906,
By The Georgian Co.
2 CENTS.
EXTRA
AS INNOCENT
A YEAR AGO,
Atlanta Gets $800,000 of United
States Deposits—Asked for
Larger Amount.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.—Georgia
has been allotted $1,700,000 of the
$50,000,000 which Secretary McAdoe
will deposit in the banks of the South
and West to assist in moving the
crops.
Atlanta national banks will receive
$800,000 deposits. The remaining
$900,000 will be divided among Savan
nah banks and those of other cities,
probably including Macon.
Six Atlanta banks are eligible to
receive these deposits under the rule
laid down by the Secretary that any
bank so favored must have a circula
tion equal to 40 per bent of its capital
stock.
It is expected that the money will
be deposited within the next few days.
It will be withdrawn gradually, one-
quarter at a time, over a period ex
tending through February, 1914, so as
not to create any disturbance of
credits.
These funds are not loans in any
sense of the word. They are depos
its. The only difference between
them and tfie deposits of any pri
vate concern is that the banks are
required to give collateral of 10 per
cent in Government bonds and 90 per
cent in commercial paper at 65 per
cent valuation, or municipal or State
bonds at 75 per cent valuation. The
banks must pay 2 per cent interest.
Eanks Here Regret
Amount Is Pared.
Disappointment is expressed by At
lanta bankers that Secretary Mc-
Adoo has seen fit to reduce the Atlan
ta appropriation from $1,000,000 to
$800,000. The Clearing House Asso
ciation had been advised of that fact,
however, on Friday, three days before
Monday's public announcement.
The committee necessary to pass
on the local commercial paper offered
as collateral for the deposits has
been appointed and consists of C. E.
Currier, president of the Atlanta Na
tional Bank, chairman; T.: D. Mead
or, vice president of the Lowry Na
tional Bank; W. L. Peel, president
of the American National Bank;
Frank Hawkins, president of the
Third National Bank, and Charles I.
Ryan, cashier of the Fourth National
Bank.
All six of the Atlanta national
banks now are eligible to receive an
allottment of this $800,000, the one
large bank which had a circulation of
less than 40 per cent of Its capital
stock having recently increased Its
outstanding hank notes to the re
quired amount.
B. H. Jones Is Named
Atlanta Postmaster
Bolling H. Jones was appointed
Monday to the Atlanta Postmaster
ship, succeeding Hugh McKee. Pres
ident Wilson sent the nomination to
the Senate. It probably will be con
firmed immediately.
The appointment of Mr. Jones
caused no surprise in Atlanta, where
rumors that he would be named have
been going the rounds several weeks.
The many friends and admirers of
Mr Jones have predicted all along
that he would be the appointee of the
President. . ,
Mr. Jones is one of Atlanta 9 en
thusiastic boosters and has taken an
active part in civic a “fairs for many
years. He is a joint owner of the
Atlanta Stove Works.
Conzleman and Leibhardt Hurl
First Game of Series at Poncy.
No Scoring at Start.
Score by Innings: R. H. E.
MEMPHIS 000 003 000 00—3 9 0
ATLANTA 000 002 001 00—3 8 3
CRACKERS— R. H. O. A. E.
Agler, 1b I ..2 2 14 0 1
Long, If 1 3 2 0 1
Welchonce, cf 0 1 1 0 0
Smith, 2b 0 16 3 1
Bisland, ss 0 0 3 5 0
Holland, 3b 0 0 2 3 0
Nixon, rf 0 0 0 1 0
Chapman, c 0 1 5 2 0
Conzelman, p 0 0 0 2 3
Totals ... 3 8 33 16 3
TURTLES— R. H. O. A. E.
Love. 2b 1 4 0 4 0
Merritt, cf 1 0 2 0 0
Baerwald, rf 1 1 2 0 0
Ward, 3b 0 2 1 5 0
Schweitzer, If 0 0 3 0 0
Abstein, 1b 0 1 14 0 0
Shanley, ss 0 1 1 5 0
Seabough, c.. 0 0 10 0 0
Leibhardt, p 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 3 9 33 1 0
SUMMARY.
Three-base hit—Long. Struck out by
Conzelman 5; by Leibhardt 6. Bases on
balls—off Conzelman 3; off Leibhardt 2.
Sacrifice hits—Seabough, Long. Stolen
bases—Abstein, Love, Long 2, Smith. Ag
ler. Wild pitch—Conzelman. Umpires,
Stockdale and Pfennlnger.
PONCE DE LEON BALL PARK, Aug.
25.—The Crackers and Turtles battled
to an 11-lnning 3 to 3 tie in the rst
of their four-game series here this aft
ernoon. The visitors scored all their
runs In the sixth inning, while Bill
Smith’s men got two tallies in the sixth
and one in the eighth.
Conzelman and Liebhart were thp
rival twirlers and both hurled great
ball.
FIRST INNING.
Love singled to right and was out try
ing to stretch it into a double, Nixon to
Smith. Smith and Agler disposed of
Merritt. Baerwald hit a grass-cutter to
Bisland and was out to Agler. ONE
HIT, NO RUNS.
Ward gobbled up Agler’s grounder and
tossed Joe out to Abstein. Long hit a
one-timer to left. Weluhonce died, Ward
to Abstein and Long ambled to the key
stone sack. Smith sent a grounder to
Love and Long was out the plate try
ing to score from second. Love to Sea
bough. ONE HIT, NO RUNS.
SECOND INNING.
Ward went out over the Smith-Agler
route. Schweitzer popped to Smith. Ab
stein found one to Ins liking and poled
a single to left. Abstein pilfered second
and when Smith fumbled Chapman’s
throw, Abstein raced to the far corner
Shanley lined to Smtih. ONE HIT, NO
RUNS.
Bisland went the strlke-out route.
Holland also went the strike-out route.
Nixon was easy for Leibhardt and Ab
stein. NO HITS, NO RUNS.
THIRD INNING.
Agler scooped up Seabough's grounder
and beat it to first for a put-out Leib
hardt was a victim over the strike-out
route. Love singled over Bislar.d’s head.
Love got a good start and stole second.
Merrit ended the inning with a roller to
Holland and was out to Agler. ONE
HIT, NO RUNS.
Chapman’s best was a grounder to
Shanley and he was out to Abstein. Con
zelman whiffed. Agler ballooned to Mer
ritt NO HITS, NO RUNS.
FOURTH INNING.
Baerwald hoisted to Bisland. Ward
struck out. Schweitzer drew four wide
ones and trotted to the initial sack.
Schweitzer was out trying to steal the
middle cushion, Chapman to Smith. NO
HITS. NO RUNS
Long bounced one over Leibhardt’s
head for a single. Welchance fanned.
Long stole second. As Smith struck out,
Long stole third. Bisland lined to Ab
stein. ONE HIT, NO RUNS.
FIFTH INNING.
Abstein struck out. Shanley sent a
sky-scraper to Ix>ng. Seabough out, Bis
land to Agler. No HITS, NO RUNS.
Shanley and Abstein took care of Hol
land. Nixon went out. Love to Abstein.
Chapman solved Liebhardt for a single
to center.. Conzelman forced Chapman
at second. Shanley to Ward. ONE HIT,
NO RUNS.
SIXTH INNING.
Leibhardt fanned. Love secured his
third straight hit. a single to right. Long
dropi>ed Merritt’s high fly after a long
run and Love took second Baerwald
smashed a single to right and Love
raced over the counting station with the
first run of the game. On a wild pitch
Merritt tallied and Baerwald took third.
Ward grounded to Bisland and when Ag
ler was caught asleep at first the ball
went into the stand and Baerwald reg
istered. while Ward went to second.
Schweitzer walked. Ward out trying to
steal third. Chapman to Holland. Ab
stein out, Holland to Agler. TWO HITS,
THREE RUNS.
Agler beat out a hit down the third
base line. Long tripled to the scoreboard
scoring Long. Welchonce filed to
Schweitzer, but Long was held on third.
Smith singled to right and Long tallied
Smith stole second. Bisland jm>pp» <i to
Shanlev Holland died »«* Scfiweitzer.
THREE HITS, TWO RUNS.
SEVENTH INNING.
Shsniex singled to left Seabough sac
rificed out, Holland to ' gler Leibhardt
popped to Holland. Love popped to
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
AT CHATTANOOGA—
MONTGOMERY 000 003 000 - 3 7 2
CHATTANOOGA 200 410 00X.- 7 11 3
Aast and Gribbens; Coveleskie and Street. Umpire*. Fifield and Wright.
AT BIRMINGHAM—
MOBILE 100 100 032 - 7 9 2
BIRMINGHAM 200 000 000 - 2 6 4
Hogg and Schmidt; Prough and Ma yer. Umpires, Kerin and Hart.
AT NASHVILLE—
NEW ORLEANS 000 000 000 - 0 4 1
NASHVILLE 101 020 010 - 5 10 0
Walker and Adam,, Williams and Noyes. Umpires, Brenstein and Rudder-
Leo M. Frank, convincted of the slaying of Mary
Phagan, when informed of the jury’s verdict in his cell
nounced.
When the jury was ushered in, Frank was not present. Judge
Roan said to Dorsey:
ham.
NATIONAL LEAGUE "1
AT BOSTON—
PITTSBURG 000 011 004 - 6 8 0
BOSTON 000 200 212 - 7 15 5
O’Toole and Simon; Dickson and Whaling. Umpires, Rigler and Byron.
AT BROOKLYN—
CHICAGO 202 001 000 - 5 10 0
BROOKLYN 100 300 000 - 4 10 1
Humphrlee and Archer; Allen and Miller Umpires, Brennan and Eaeon.
in the county jail late Monday evening, cried:
“My God, to think that even the jury was in
fluenced by mob law.”
Frank shrank back for a brief- moment as though
struck when the one word “guilty” was uttered by a
friend, but regained his composure immediately. He
would not see newspapermen and his friends would tell
little of what he said except that one of them vouched
the information that he had asserted:
“I am just as innocent now as I was a year ago.”
AT NEW YORK—
CINCINNATI 001 000 000 - 1 6 0
NEW YORK 000 000 002 - 2 8 2
Ames and Kllng; Demaree and McLean. Umplret, O’Day and Emelle.
AT PHILADELPHIA—
ST. LOUIS 000 000 000 - 0 4 3
PHILADELPHIA 000 110 01X - 3 9 0
Doak and Hildebrand; Rlxey and Kll lifer. Umpires, Klem and Orth.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
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AT CHICAGO—
11
1
WASHINGTON
. . 000
010
001
-
2
CHICAGO
.. 120
000
02X
-
5
8
0
Groom and Henry; Russell and
Sc halk. Umpires, Connolly
and
McQreevey.
AT ST. LOUIS—
000
PHILADELPHIA .....
... 000
300
-
3
5
1
ST. LOUIS
. 000
000
000
-
0
5
4
Plank and Schang; Leverez and
Ag new. Umpires.
Dlneen
and
Egar
.
AT DETROIT—
11
BOSTON
. 400
100
000
-
5
1
DETROIT
000
330
OOX
-
6
11
1
Leonard and Nunnamaker; Lake,
W lllett and
Stanage. Umpires, Ferguson
and Evans.
AT CLEVELAND—
Oil
1
NEW YORK
. 000
000
-
2
7
CLEVELAND
. 050
000
01X
-
6
13
1
McConnell and Sweene*" Blandl
ng and O'Ne
III. u
mpires,
O’Loughlln and
Sheridan.
| —
As the news was broken to Frank his wife uttered a
cry of anguish.
“Oh, Leo,” she wailed, “can’t we get justice?’’ and
broke down in tears. She was attended to by her fam
ily physician.
Frank said he would issue a written statement later,
but only with the permission of his attorneys.
Leo M. Frank was found guilty of the murder of
Mary Phagan by a jury in Judge Roan’s court at 4:56
Monday afternoon and a minute later a howling crowd
was cheering its approval.
According to what appears to be reliable authority,
the jury was unanimous in its verdict on the first ballot
formally taken one hour and a half after the jury re
turned from its dinner.
All doors to the courtroom were locked as the ver
dict came in. No recommendation for mercy was made
by the twelve men who listened to four long weeks of
exhaustive evidence.
Thirty-five hundred people outside the courthouse
yelled themselves hoarse as the verdict was announced.
Juror Winburn, the foreman, escorted by a deputy, led
the jury into the room. All twelve men seemed pale and
nervous, oppressed by weight of their momentous task.
Frank’s presence in the courtroom has been waived,
according to an announcement made at 4:15, when it
was reported that the jury had reached a verdict. The
courtroom was to be cleared for the jury to make itj
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
EMPIRE LEAGUE.
AT SAVANNAH—
MACON—
000 000 000 - 0 7 1
SAVANNAH-
001 300 00< - 4 10 1
Robertson and Geibel; Gordon and
Reynolds Umpire. Leary.
ALBANY- -
000 100 000 00 - 1 7 0
CHARLESTON-
000 010 000 00 - 1 11 1
Wiley and Wells; Gudger and Menefee.
Umpire. Barr.
Columbus-Jacksonville; rain.
AT THOMASVILLE—
VALDOSTA—
000 000 000 - 0 6 0
THOMASVILLE—
000 000 01X - 1 8 1
Vaughn and VanLandlngham; Cheney
and Wilkes. Umpire, Derrick.
AT AMERICUS—
CORDELE—
GOO 100 100 - 5 6 5
AMERICUS—
000 200 062 - 10 12 4
Wilder and Bowden; Dacey and Man
chester. Umpire, Gentle.
Brunswick-Waycross; rain.
CAROLINA LEAGUE.
Holland. Hove popped to Bisland ONE
HU. NO RUNS. 4
Nixon out, Shanley to Abstein. Chap
man fouled to Seabough. Conzelman
out, Ix>ve to Abstein. NO HITS, NO
iJ NS EIGHTH INNING.
Merritt out, Bisland to Agler. Baer
wald went out over the same route.
Ward singled through Holland. Schweit
zer flied to Long. ONE HIT, NO R1 -^S.
.\glfr beat out a hit to Shanley. Long
sacrificed. Ward to Love Welchonce
singled to right and Agler scored with
the tying run. Welchonce took second
on the throw home. Smith flied to
Baerwald Bisland out, Ward to Ab
stein. TWO HITS. ONE RUN.
NINTH INNING.
Abstein out. Conzelman. Shanley out
the same wav'. Seabough $out, Bisland to
\gler NO HITS. NO RUNS.
Holland fouled out to Schweitzer.
Nixon out. Leibhardt to Abstein. Chap
man out, Love to Abstein. NO HITS,
NO RUNS.
TENTH INNING.
Leibhardt out. Smith to Agler Love
singled to left. Merritt popped to
Smith Love stole second. Baerwald
popped to Smith. NO HITS, NO RU NS.
Conzelman out, Ward to Abstein Ag
ler walked. Long flied to Baerwald.
Vgler .mole second. Welchonce was pur
pcselv walked. Smith lined to Merritt.
NO HITS. NO RUNS.
ELEVENTH INNING.
Ward singled to center. Schweitzer
fanner! Abstein walked. Shanley lined
to Welchonce Seabough lined to Bis
land ONE HIT. NO RUNS.
Bisland flied to Abstein. Holland fan
ned. Nixon fanned. NO HITS, NO
RUNS.
Score: R- H. E.
Raleigh 000 002 000—2 2 1
Charlotte ... 000 001 000—1 1 3
Jarman and Lydgate. Stackhouse and
Neldercorn. Umpire, Lelbrlch.
Score: R. H. E.
Asheville 100 000 010—2 10 1
Durham. . . 100 000 000—1 10 0
Stafford and Milllman; McManus and
Ulrich. Umpires, Degnan and Miller.
VIRGINIA LEAGUE
Score: R. H. E.
Newport News . 030 000 000—3 3 2
Norfolk 123 001 04x—11 12 0
Paxson and Matthews, Shenn, Weeder
and Stewart. Umpire. Williams.
Roanoke 100 010 010—3 9 1
Score: R. H. E.
Petersburg . . 100 000 000—1 9 4
Tolson and Lelbs. Richmond and Bren-
neyan. Umpires, Norcum and Kelly.
Score: R. H. E.
Richmond 200 010 000—3 6 1
Portsmouth . . 013 000 OOx—4 8 2
H. Griffin and Lusky, Hardin, O'Brien
and Garvin. Umpire, Clark.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Score: R. H. E.
Columbus 000 111 180—12 15 5
Indianapolis . . 302 031 000— 9 11 5
Davis, Turner and Smith. Burke,
Schardt, Works and Casey. Umpires,
Westervelt and Handlboe.
Score: R. H. E.
Milwaukee 000 300 014—8 11 2
St. Paul 300 002 010—6 11 0
Cutting. Dougherty and Hughes,
rirandt, Walker and Miller. Umpires, Ir
vin and Chill.
announcement.
Jury Nervous and Pale.
The jury was very nervous and pale as it entered the court
room headed by Deputy Plennie Miner. For a time it hesitated
before the twelve men entered the jury box. Only the order of
Judge Roan of: “Gentlemen, take your accustomed seats,’’ caused
the mto file in.
“Gentlemen, have you reached a verdict?” said Judge Roan,
when the jury had become seated.
Foreman Winburne arose and said: “We have, your honor.”
The foreman then opened the piece of paper upon which the
verdict was written and read:
“We have found the defendant guilty,” the verdict read.
As the verdict was read the silence within the courtroom was
broken only by the loud cheering outside.
When the foreman had resumed his seat, Solicitor Dorsey
arose and asked each juror:
Each Man Answers “Yes.”
“Is that your verdict?” and in each case the response was
“Yes.”
Judge Roan then announced to the Sheriff that he would pass
sentence upon Frank to-morrow.
Judge Roan then thanked the jury, saying:
“Gentlemen, I want to thank you for your services. This is
the longest criminal case I have ever known of in my life.”
The jury arose as if to leave the courtroom then, but resumed
their seats..
Dorsey was the first to leave the courtroom. He received an
ovation from the throngs which packed the streets. He was lifted
fro mhis feet upon the shoulders of the enthusiasts and carried sev
eral hundred feet. Dorsey took his hat from his head and bowed
to the acclamations of the crowd.
Cheers for Hooper, Too.
Hunter street was blocked clear to Whitehall street, and Pryor
was blocked for two blocks on either side.
As Frank G. Hooper left the courtroom at 5 o’clock, a lan a
was made for him across to the Kiser building, directly opposite
the courtroom and the cheers which went up rent the air.
J. W. Coleman, stepfather of Mayr Phagan, rushed up to the
jury and shook hands with each member, tears standing in his
eyes.
Rosser Suffers Physical Collapse.
Neither Luther Rosser nor Reuben Arnold were present in the
courtroom. They were represented by Stiles Hopkins, a member
I of Mr. Rosser 's law firm. Mr. Rossed had collapsed, it was an-
“Mr. Dorsey, I understand that you have waived the pres
ence of the accused.”
The Solicitor General nodded his head.
“I do,” he answered. The the verdict was read. The jury
had deliberated for four hours and seven minutes.
After posing for several flashlight photographs, the jury left
the box and was swarmed by newspaper men. Questions as to how
the verdict was reached remained unanswered.
To each inquiry, the jurymen stated that they had taken an
oath not to reveal the details under which the decision was arrived
at.
Cheers for the Jury.
The grim-visage of each man, however, told of the hard battle
through which they had gone. After a short time the jurymen
left the courtroom. As they were recognised by the crowds out
side, the courthouse, they were wildly cheered. Probably no de
monstration of this magnitude has ever been seen before in Geor
gia at a criminal trial.
Judge Roan left the courtroom at 6:15. He also was applaud
ed. The jurist made no response, but slipped quietly into an au
tomobile and was whisked away.
The jury proceeded to the Thrower building to draw its pay,
each man receiving $58.00.
Friend Tells Frank News.
First reports that Frank had been told of the verdict imme
diately after its receipt at the jail proved false. It was nearly 6
o’clock when his family physician, Dr. Rosenberg, and Dr. David
Marx went up to the prisoner’s cell to convey the tragic news.
Frank’s wife was with him at the time and the physician was
called in case she collapsed.
Attendants at the jail said Frank received the news of the
verdict wihtout a tremor. His wife fainted away, but was soon
brought to by her physician and left the jail for the Selig home
about 6 o’clock.
Frank’s mother at the Selig home on Georgia avenue showed
the most remarkable fortitude when the news was given to her.
She wept bitterly for a few moments, then dried her eyes and an
nounced that she would fight her boy’s cause to the highest court.
Outburst of Applause for Dorsey.
After leaving the courthouse, Attorney Dorsey retired to the
Kiser Building, where he remained in conference for 20 minutes.
He left the building in company with Attorney Stephens and was
again greeted with a tremendous outburst of applause. A double
row of policemen forced a passageway t othe Solicitor’s auto
mobile.
As Dorsey took his seat the crowd gathered around the ma
chine and hundreds of congratulatory hands were thrust toward
him. Mounted policemen had to go in front of the car to open
up the streets. From buildings on either side of the streets hand
kerchiefs waved, and veen women in the windows cheered. The
cheering continued until the automobile was out of sight.
At the Kimball House, to which the jurymen went to gather
up the clothing and personal effects which they had used during
their long stay, another large crowd had gathered and greeted the
men with another ovation until the corridors resounded. Each man
was swamped with persons, known and unknown to him, who
wrung his hand vigorously.
Solicitor Dorsey finished his speech at twelve
o’clock and Judge Roan prepared to charge the jury. A
brief recess was taken.
Courthouse officials, the attorneys in the case and newspaper
men were the only one3 present when the jury brought in its ver
dict. The dramatic scene that had been expected when the factory
superintendent faced the men who^held his life in their hands was,
of course, averted by the waiving of the prisoner’s presence.
There was a thrill of tense anticipation when word came from
the fourth floor that the jury was ready to report. The rumor had
been gaining ground that the jury had arrived at a decision about
3:20 and had been merely holding off for the arrival of the attor
neys.
Rosser and Arnold and Dorsey, all of whom had gone home
for a brief nap, were summoned. Attorney Hooper was at the
courthouse before the clearing of the scene of the great trial be
gan and said he had no doubt of the jury's decision.
When the jury sent down word that it had arrived a ta ver
dict, Sheriff Mangum mounted the Judge’s bench and rapped for
order in the crowded courtroom.
“Gentlemen, I will have to clear this room of all but those
directly interested in the case,” hte Sheriff said. “My orders are
that ail spectators must clear out.”
A murmur o fprotest greeted the Sheriff’s orders, but bailiffs
going down the aisles directed the crowds to the door and they
filed slowly out.
When the last spectator had left the room there remained about
50 persons in all. These consisted of the attorneys for the State and
defense, Chief Beavers, Chief Lanford, a half score of detectives
and as many newspaper men.
A stir was created when the explosion of flashlight powder
went up as a photograph was taken of the courtroom. Then Sher
iff Mangum mounted the judge's platform again and addressed
the small crowd. . - —— —