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VOL. XII. NO. 20.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 26,1913.
Copyright. 1906,
By The Georgian Co.
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JU.RY THAT CONVICT
ED FRANK GOING
TO LA
.ST DAY
IN court!
DEPUTY. MINOR. A. H. HENSLEE. F. E. WINBURN. , T. T. OSBURN. C. J. B08SHARDT. A. L. WISBEY.
T. F. HIGDON. F. V. I,. SMITH.
M. S. WOODWARD.
JUDGE SMS SENTENCE;
Luther Rosser, chief of counsel for Leo M. Frank, convicted
of the murder of Mary Phagan, announced Tuesday that he would
make a motion before Judge L. S. Roan during the day asking a
new trial for his client.
Rosser declared that if the motion was denied he would at
once make preparations to carry the case to the Supreme Court of
the State of Georgia.
Judge Roan announced Tuesday that he had held up the sen
tence of Frank temporarily and that he had not definitely decided
at what time he would pronounce the penalty for the crime of
murder of which Frank was found guilty Monday afternoon,
It is known that Luther Rosser and Reuben Arnold, attorneys
for the convicted man, are preparing for a fight for his life through
the highest courts, although they would issue no formal statement
Tuesday.
The two lawyers are resting for a few days from the exhaust
ing struggle in which they engaged for four full weeks, but within
a short time they will resume their efforts to prove the young fac
tory superintendent an innocent man.
The report that Attorney Ros- ]
Tower when the intelligence came.
ser had collapsed proved untrue. | Rabbl Marx Dr Roaenberf , the
He told the newspapermen j Frank family physician, and a num-
Tuesday that aside from a se
vere hoarseness he felt as lively
and beligerent as ever.
Emil Selig, the father-in-law of
Frank, brought him his breakfast
Tuesday morning. The convicted
man, if he suffered any shock from
the verdict Monday, was said to have
recovered entirely from It by the
morning. He was as stoical as ever
and even while in the shadow of the
gallows he expressed himself as just
as certain that he ultimately would
b e exonerated of the terrible crime as
he was on the first day he was sus
pected.
Mob Influences * $
Jury, He Says.
"My God! Even the jury is influ- i Rabbi Marx and Dr. Rosenberg. The
enced by mob law," wer the words !
. . traces <>f the tears were still on her
with which he greeted the news of the |
verdict Monday afternoon. J face when she came through, the cor-
Frank was with his wi(e at the ridor. With the aid of her gscort aft*
ber of other friends were in the office
of Sheriff Mangum, Dr. Rosenberg ar
riving some minutes after the verdict
was known at the courthouse.
Rabbi Marx and Dr. Rosenberg
went with the news to the accused
man and his wife.
"The jury has found you guilty,
Leo," said the physician.
Mrs. Frank screamed and broke
into hysterical weeping. It was her
husband who calmed her and assure.!
her that everything would he all rignt
in the end.
Persuades Her
To Leave Jail.
Within a few minutes he persuaded
her to leave the jail ir company with
it
D. TOWNSEND. VV. M. JEFFRIES.
W. F. MEDCALF.
M. JOHENNING.
E WITH m-
E,
Rides 500 Miles to
Buy Col. Cody’s Pet
Horse as Gift to Him
‘Boll Weevil Wiggle’
Newest Dixie Dance
MEMPHIS, Aug. 26.—Officers of
Tunica County. Miss*., have issued an
order prohibiting young society folk
from dancing a strange waltz. The
dance was originated by negro cot
ton pickers, and is dubbed the "Boll
Weevil Wiggle."
It is a combination of the "grizzly
bear," "chicken slide" and a waltz.
The man takes the girl in his arms,
holds her tight and glides along like
skating. At the end of a long stride
he bends her in front of him, lifts her
to him lips and when the orchestra
draws out a long chord, there is a
kiss that can be heard all over the
dance room.
The Kaiser Becomes
A Total Abstainer
BERLIN. Aug. 26.—The Kaiser has
laid his embargo on beer. His favor
ite drink now is lemonade, with a
dash of orange juice, but does* not
force this beverage upon his guests.
The usual wines are served.
The Kaiser, it is said, did not use
any alcoholic beverage while on his
Northern cruise and became con
vinced that being a teetotaller gives
to him more energy. He believes im
moderate drinking Is one of the great
est factors in retarding the develop
ment of nations.
South China Revolt
Completely Collapses
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
SHANGHAI, Aug. 26.—The South
ern Chinese revolution, directed by
Dr. Sun Yat Sen and Dr. Wu Ting-
fang. has collapsed completely. Dis
patches received here to-day stated
that the last rebel stronghold at
Nanking has fallen into the hands of
President Yuan Shi Kal’s Federal
troopa.
It is believed now that If there is
any more fighting it will be of a
desultory guerilla character between
small roving bands of rebels and out
laws and Federal soldiers.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia— Generally fair Tues-
! | clay and Wednesday.
Fugitive Says Former Prosecutor
Shielded ‘Vicious Rich’ Men
to Convict Him.
SHERBROOKE, QUEBEC, Aug. 26
Following the arrival here of former
District Attorney William T. Jerome,
of New York, and the announced de
termination of the attorney to reor
ganize his line of defense to give the
case an international aspect, Harry
K. Thaw', fugitive from the Mattea-
wan (New York) Asylum for the
Criminal Insane, issued an attack
against his former prosecutor *o-
day, charging that Mr. Jerome shield
ed the Identity of “vicious rich” men
during Thaw’s Mai in New York for
the murder of Stanford White
Mr. Jerome did not fake Thaw's at
tack seriously, but plunged Into his
preparations for the part he will take
in the fight which will be launched
when arguments are heard to-morrow-
morning before Judge Globensky tn
Superior Court on Thaw's petition for
liberty on a writ of habeas corpus.
“I am not worrying over Thaw's
threat to test the constitutionality of
the immigration laws and attack the
United States treaty governing aliens
and deportation.” said Mr. Jerome.
"Speed and economy are the watch
words of the Canadian courts. They
deal out justice that is not impeded
and tangled with technicalities and
complications.
"Former Governor William Stone is
a mighty poor weather prophet if no
predicted that Thaw would be on Ca
nadian soil when the new snow files.
I never heard of it snowing *n August
before. Thaw will be dumped over
the border and seized in Vermont or
New Hampshire without delay. Ex
tradition into New York will b?
speedy.”
Thaw's interview- attacking Mr. Je-
i rome was given under the same cir-
i cumstances as that yesterday on his
, sanity. He insisted on writing aJI .he
questions and answers and would
| brrtok no interference from tb$ re
porter.
Inventor, on His First Vacation in
Two Years, Sleeps Seven
Hours First Night.
LOWELL, MASS.. Aug. 26.—-Thom
as A. Edison, while passing through
this city en route to the White Moun
tains on his first vacation in two
years, gave out an interview in which
he branded women’s dress of the pres
ent day as insane.
He also condemned the modern
"trot-tango" dances, scored the graft
ers in politics, and said the talking
machine is in the final state of per
fection.
He praised John Hays Hammond’*
plans for peace by making war im
possible through wireless control of
battleships and torpedoes.
Mr. Edison showed he was on a real
vacation by sleeping seven hours las*,
nirht.
Me said:
The modern dances such as the
‘turkey trot,’ ‘tango,’ ‘bunny hug,’ etc.,
are only a temporary state of mind,
from which the sensible American
public soon will recover.
"The peculiarities of dress and the
weird dancing that have of late came
upon the world may probably be call
ed only a ‘craze.’ There seems to be
periodic waves w-hich go all over the
world. They follow' one another from
time to time and no one can account
for them.
"The people of America and other
advanced countries are far too in
telligent to be swept altogether off
their feet by this passing phase of
Insanity in dresses and dancing.”
Senator’s Kin Killed
In Row Over Saddle
RENO, NEV., Aug. 26.—William
Billiftgs, son-in-law' of former Sena
tor Plum, of Kansas, was killed on
a ranch 100 miles north of Elko, Nev.,
by Frank Huber. Huber was ar
rested.
Billings took a saddle from Huber's
stable, saying it was as security for
a debt.
DENVER. Aug. 26.—Friends of
Buffalo Bill outbid each other at the
auction sale of the Wild West show
property, when "Ishani," the famous
I white horse ridden by Colonel Cody
at every performance for 25 years
was offered by the auctioneer.
The bidding was spirited and every
man was actuated by one sentiment
—presenting the faithful animal to
l he veteran plainsman.
Col. J. C. Bills, of Lincoln. Neb.,
rode 500 miles in an auto to be pres
ent. He started the bidding.
There was general rejoicing when
the animal was knocked down to
Colonel Bills, who declare he would
present the animal to "its rightful
owner. Colonel Cody."
Sheriff Refuses to
Whip Wife Beater
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., Aug 26.
Sheriff Charles Low has been given
the alternative of applying fifteen
lashes to the back of William Pew, a
convicted wife beater, or being pun
ished by Justice E. W. Go wan for
contempt of court.
The Sheriff said he would go to jail
rather than carry out the sentence,
of the court, and If that was not
enough, he would resign his office.
Score of Governors
Meet in Colorado
COLORADO SPRINGS, Aug. 26.—
Governors of more than a score of
States were on hand at the opening
session of the annual conference of
Governors to-day.
The chief executives of nearly every
State, Including Governor Slaton of
Georgia, are expected to-morrow
when the conference will settle down
to business.
Wife Shot to Death
Kissing Her Husband
EDMONDTON, ALBERTA. Aug. 26.
E. VV'. Cox, well known here, accl -
dentally killed his wife as he leaned
forward to kiss her.
Cox was cleaning an automatic re
volver when his wife came In. The
husband, still clutching the revolver,
put his arm -around his wife’s neck
*nd the revolver was discharged.
The Georgian to-day reveals some of the innermost secrets of
the jury which convicted Leo M. Frank of the murder of little
Mary Phagan. This inside story of the greatest criminal case in
the South’s history is an intensely interesting revelation of the
workings of men’s minds. It covers three long weeks and more
throughout which the evidence for and against the pencil factory
superintendent was tediously unfolded, link by link.
It casts upon the various points made by the defense and the
prosecution the light in which they were viewed by the twelve men
who were chosen to act as the judges. It ends with the last memor
able meeting of these men on the top floor of the courthouse Mon-
d' j afternoon which culminated in the fateful verdict: “We the
’.jury find the defendant guilty.”
J The information is given here
with as it was obtained by a re
porter for this newspaper from
one of the jurors late Monday
J night while the full weight of
his grim burden still rested upon
him' It is told in his own, im
pressive words.
“It was the only thing we could do.
The evidence was against Frank from
start to finish. And so we did our
duty, as we had sworn to do.
Dorsey’s Youth and
Sincerity Won.
“It would be hard to say what, of
all the trial, made the greatest Im
pression on the jury. It was prob
ably the Solicitor General himself.
He was a marvel. His youthful ap
pearance, coupled with his sincerity,
made a wonderful hit. There wasn't
a minute of the hours that he spoke
that he didn't seem to mean every
word that he uttered.
“Dorsev is a forceful speaker. He
put. emphasis behind his words. And
he drives his points dear tn and
clinches them on the other side. They
stuck with us. They had the evl-
Uenc* ehind them make them
r "••His theory of the murder was the
one we accepted. It was the one the
evidence upheld. That wa.s the way
Frank killed that girl.
"While the negro watched down
stairs, he took the little girl back into
the metal room and struck her, and
then with a cord strangled her to
death. Then those notes were writ
ten as the negro told us and placed
beside the body.
"In Dorsey’s argument there was
one little sentence which seemed to
imbed itself in the minds of every
man on the jury, when he was speak
ing of the agreement between Frank
and Conley that the negro should
come back to the factory and burn
the body. The sentence was this:
‘And if the smoke from that little
girl’s burning body had gone curling
up into the air, old Jim Conley would
have hanged for another man’s crime ’
Hooper’s Action
Had Its Effect.
"Those words went a long way to
ward keeping Jim Conley from hang
ing. probably. They drew a contrast
between right and wrong which made
us look again into the evidence before
us. And the narrow escape which the
negro had made us shudder.
"There was another thing which
impressed that jury. It was Frank
Hooper's sacrifice ot Dorsey. We call
ed it that. Hooper had the chance of
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