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ALWAYS FIRST <jj> <3J> The SUNDA Y AMERICAN Ord.r it NOW= The Atlanta Georgian. Read for Profit-—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—-Use for Results South Georgia Both Phones Main 100 VOL. XII. NO. 20. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 26,1913. Copyright. 1906, By The Georgian Co. 2 CENTS. *iM , | 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 Continued on Page 3, Column 1. REACHED