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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
JUHY 1 HAi uuNViCi uD rriANK ag SLAYER Oh MARY PHAGAN
\Y. M. JEFFRIES. M. JOHENNING.
DEPUTY HUBER.
M. S. WOODWARD.
F. V. L. SMITH. D. TOWNSEND. C. J. BOSSHARDT.
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cent. Further than that, I will state that my case is in the hands
of my counsel.”
The prisoner’s voice was so low that for a moment his hear
ers were not aware that he had finished and a deathly silence
reigned. Then Judge Roan spoke:
‘‘Your counsel inform me that they will move for a new
trial” he said, addressing Frank, “but in the meantime, it is my
iworn duty to pass sentence on you.
‘‘I have tried to give you a fair trial. I may have erred, but
l have done my duty as my conscience dictated. ’ ’
Judge Roan then picked up
from his desk the sheet of paper
upon which his sentence was
written. As he did so, through
some slight misunderstanding,
the crowd arose to its feet.
"Take your seats', take your seats.”
•aid Judge Roan, then read the sen
tence. In legal form. It was this:
"The State afratnit Leo M. Frank;
indictment for murder; Fulton Coun
ty Superior Court, May Term. 1913
Verdict of guilty. July term, August
95, 1913,
"Whereupon It Is considered order
ed and adjudged by the court that
the defendant, Leo M. Frank, he tak
en from the bar of thia court to the
common Jail In the County of Ful-
;on, and that he he safely there kept
until his final execution In the man
ner fixed by law;
"It Is further adjudged by the
Court that on the tenth day of Oc
tober. 1913, that the defendant, Leo
M. Frank, be executed by the Sheriff
of Fulton County In private, witness
ed only by the executing officer, a
sufficient guard, the relatives of the
said defendant and such clergymen
and friends as he may desire:
"Such execution to take place In the
common jail of Fulton County, and
that said defendant on that day be
tween the hours of 10 o'clock n. m.
and 2 o’clock p. m. be by the Sheriff
of Fulton County hanged hv the neck
until he shall be dead, and may God
have mercy on your soul.
"In open court, this 26th day of
August, 1913, U S. Roar, Judge of
he Stone Mountain Circuit, presld-
nff
When Judge Roan had finished
reading the sentence, Frank sank
back into a chair between his two
friends, Leo Strauss and Julian
Boehm. His face had grown a bit
paler, but the calm stolidity which
characterized his attitude throughout
the grim proceeding remained.
Attorney Reuben Arnold, who had
defended Frank at the trial, arose and
addressed Judge Roan.
"Tour honor," he said, "we make a
motion for a new trial."
"I will hear the arguments or. the
motion on October 4,” replied Judge
Roan.
Luther Rosser, Frank’s chief of
counsel, was heard, to remark, aside,
when this date was fixed: "Well, that
will extend the time of execution,
then.”
At 10:40 o'clock Frank took his
place between two deputy sheriffs and
was escorted down to an automobile
waiting below and whisked off to the
Jail. At the doorway to the Thrower
budding another automobile contain
ing Mrs. Leo Frank was waiting.
When Frank emerged from the build,
ing he exchanged glancese with his
wife, but no words were spoken.
When the machine with the pris
oner moved out into the street toward
the Jail Mrs. Frank's automobile fell
in behind and followed.
No Women Hear
Sentence Passed.
But a few persons—not more than
3ft In all—heard the passing of the
sentence Among them there were
but two of Frank's friends, Strauss
and Boehm. The other witnesses
were made up of Sheriff Man gum
half a dozen deputy sheriffs, numer
ous court attaches and newspaper
men. There were no women in the
courtroom.
Frank came in before his counsel.
Smilingly he nodded to those in the
room. Shortly after he had taken a
seat Rosser and Arnold came In and
took seats close by Frank.
To Arnold, Frank leaned over and
whispered:
“What shall I say?”
“That your case is in the hands of
your counsel,” replied the attorney.
Sheriff Mangum escorted the judge
to his bench and stood during the
reading of the sentence with his bqck
to the window near the bench, fac
ing the crowd. He did not look at
Frank throughout the proceedings.
At the close of the sentence ther^
was no demonstration of any kind.
Quietly the crowd filed out behind
Frank and waited until the eleva
tor, descending from the fourth floor
with the prisoner and his captors
only, returned for them.
The automobile bearing Frank, with
the fateful words “sentenced to hang
by the neck till dead” still echoing fn
his ears, arrived hack at the grim old
Tower at 10:40 o’clock. Frank stepped
out between Deputies Burdette and
Owens. His face was a bit sallower,
his eyes a little wider open. Other
wise he was the same astoundingly
cool prisoner.
The trio walked to the Jail door
and Frank asked his escorts to whit
a moment. A minute later another
/ car drew up and the devoted wife of
j the convicted slayer alighted, Deputy
Suttles at her side.
Frank’s face lighted up. Mrs. Frank
smiled—the tragic smile of courage
and loyalty—and they were clasped
in each other’s arms, the young wife
show r ering kisses on the man who had
just heard his doom pronounced.
They disappeared into the gloom of
the jail corridor, Mrs. Frank’s arm
around her husband’s shoulder—a
shielding, motherly embrace that
touched tho men who walked ■with
averted faces at Frank's side.
A moment more and Frank was In
his mother’s arms at the cell acre one 1
from foreign eyes and words of hope
showered upon him to drown the echo
of the terrible pronouncement of a
brief while back.
The young woman was dressed ( n
black, relieved only by a white lace
collar. She looked composed, but the
traces of a night of weeping were in
her eyes. The mother was pale and
worn. Neither would talk to news
paper men.
Mob Influences
Jury, He Says.
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
h© exonerated of the terrible crime as
he was on the first day he was sus
pected.
“My God! Even tho jury is influ
enced by mob law,” wer the words
with which he greeted the news of the
verdict Monday afternoon.
Frank was with his wife at the
Tower when the intelligence came.
Rabbi Marx, Dr. Rosenberg, the
Frank family physician, and a num
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. RoBenberg
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 assured
her that everything would be all rignt
in the end.
Within a few minutes he persuaded
her to leave the jail in company with
Rabbi Marx and I)r. Rosenberg. The
traces of the tears were still on her
face when she came through the cor
ridor. With the aid of her escort she
avoided the newspaper men and en
tered the waiting automobile.
Dr. B. Wildauer came down shortly
after. “I am as Innocent to-day as I
was a year ago,” was Frank’s com
ment on the verdict, according to Dr.
Wildauer.
The blinds of the Selig home at
No. 68 East Georgia avenue, where
Frank and his wife lived with her
parents, were closed Tuesday morn
ing. Neighbors said that Mr. and
Mrs. Selig and their daughter had
stayed with relatives overnight.
Attorney Arnold left for Bedford
Springs, Pa., Tuesday afternoon for a
month's rest. Mr. Arnold will return
to Atlanta in time to participate »n
the argument for a new trial for the
pencil factory superintendent, which
has been set for October 4.
directions from their offices, crying
the extras on the verdict.
Frank was in the Tower with his
young wife when the verdict was re
turned.
“My God! Even the jury was In
fluenced by mob law,” was the excla
mation with which the accused man
met the news of the verdict of guilty.
“I am as innocent as I was one year
ago.” he continued.
Frank would not talk at length to
the newspaper men. His wife, who
had shown the strain of the last hours
of the trial throughout the day, col
lapsed in tears. Rabbi Marx aad oth
er friends of the family were at the
Jail when the fateful news came. They
declared that nothing had developed
since the beginning of the trial to
shake their belief in Frank’s entire
Innocence.
After the concluding words of the
Judge’s charge Monday afternoon, the
Jury filed from the courtroom and
several score of persons took ad
vantage of the leniency of the court
deputies to crowd inside the doors.
In a haze of smoke from innumer
able cigars and cigarettes and from
the explosion of flash-light powder,
the motley roomful of spectators
waited impatiently for some sign that
the jurors were ready to return to
the room. Any unexplained move on
the part of Sheriff Mangum or one
Continued on Page 4, Column 1.
I ’m as Innocent as I Was
A Year Ago,’ Asserts Frank
Just four months after the mur
der of Mary Phagan, Leo M. Frank
stands convicted of the slaying of the
13-year-old girl in the National Pen
cil factory.
No recommendation for life Im
prisonment was made by the Jurors,
this circumstance making It impera
tive, according to the charge by
Judge L. S. Roan, that a sentence ^>f
death by hanging be passed upon
him.
Neither the prisoner, his relatives,
friends nor any of his counsel ap
peared in the courtroom when the
dread verdict was rendered. The sole
representative of the defendant was
Stiles Hopkins, a member of the Arm
of Rosier, Brandon, Slaton & Phil
lips. who was designated to be pres
ent and waive for Attorneys Rosser
and Arnold the presence of the pris
oner A motion for a new trial will
be made by Rosser and Arnold.
Populace Cheers Verdict.
The jurors were quick in arriving
at their ballot. The case was given
into their hands at 12:49. They went
immediately to lunch and returned to
the courthouse at 1:35. They pro
ceeded to the election of Fred .Win-
bum as foreman and entered upon
an informal discussion of the merits
of the case. It was apparent that tho
Jurymen were praoticallx of one mind.
They cast their ballot. At 3:21 it w as
known that the verdict was “guilty.”
At 4:56 the result was announced in
the courtroom.
To avoid any sort of a demonstra
tion, the courtroom was cleared of all
spectators when It became known
that the Jury was ready to render its
verdict. Everyone was excluded ex
cept Solicitor Dorsey. Attorney Hoop
er and attaches of Dorsey's office,
several other members of the bar and
the newspaper men.
Hardly had Foreman Winbufn read
the word® which branded the young
factory superintendent a murderer
before a mighty shout went up out
side the building. The great crowds
surging on all sides of the courthouse
seemed to have had occult knowledge
of the verdict it the very instant it
was given utterance.
The news spread like magic. While
the cheers still were rending the air.
newsboys swooped down upon the
courthouse and radiated in different
“What made you
reject that man?”
I asked an army sergeant
on recruiting service, as a
broad shouldered would-be
soldier was turned away.
“Bad teeth!” replied the ser
geant. You would be surprised
to know that from six to eight
percent, of the recruits apply
ing for enlistment in the U. S.
Army within one year were re
jected because of defective teeth
alone. And that thirty-five per
cent.of thfe catarrhal cases in the
U. S. Army were directly trace
able to diseased oral conditions.’*
Perfect cleanliness of the
teeth is absolutely essential to
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way to perfect cleanliness is tho
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twice a year visit to your
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