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early morning tours thinned quickly,
and by noon only an occasional small
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was to be found.
The scene of the hanging was within
200 feet of the roadway and within a
lew hundred yards of two farm houses.
Occupants of both said they had noticed
nothing unusual during the early
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Frey, a former sheriff, in whose woods
Frank was hanged, living a half mile
further east, said four automobiles
passed his house shortly before 7
o'clock this morning, each containing
six or seven men.
Never Thought of Lynehjng;
"I paid no particular attention to
them," Mr. Frey added, "and the poesi- ?
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me."
After &e disposal of the body officials
turned their attention to an investigation
of the crime. Coroner
Booth empanelled a jury and announced
that Cobb county commissioners at
a called meeting a short time previous
bad empowered him to hire a special
attorney for the inquiry. Two witnesses
testified as to tjhe identity of
Frank as tfre man lynched. An adjournment
then was taken for a week
to allow time for Sheriff Hicks and
other officers to collect evidence.
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No sympathy for Frank was heard
from any of the hundreds that packed
the streets here and viewed tfte body
as it hung suspended.
*'I hate to hear of people being
lynched," said one woman, "but this>?
this is different. I think it is the justice
of God."
Similar sentiments were expressed
toy scores of others. The women as a
rule, however, were more free to make
^public their feelings than the men.
^ Only One Changed Course.
It became fairly well established tonight
that only one automobile that
left Milledgerrille with Frank continued
for any considerable distance toward
Eatonton. It) is machine was
fitted
with chains on the tires and was
I easily traced. The men in this automobile
did a great deal of shooting at
a bridge over Little river, near Eatonton,
which led to reports that Frank
bad been killed tbere. Then, it is believed,
they took a shorter course to
the road traversed by their companions
and joined them in the trip here.
Another evidence of the care with'
which the raid was planned was shown
wfcen it was ascertained that gasoline
in tanks of automobiles used by offi
cials at the prison farm were emptied
before the gang made the rush for
Frank.
Held Blameless.
Milledgeville, Ga., (Aug. 17.?iPrison
officials foere are held to be without
blame for the situation arising from
Ethe taking of Leo IM". Frank from the
principal State penal institution by a
mob numbering about 25 men, in a
statement given out tonight by R. E.
Davidson, chairman of the State prison
commission.
Mr. uaviuson, witn tne otner two
members of the ^ody, Commissioners
Sainey and Patterson, were lb ere to inspect'the
penitentiary when Frank was
taken away.
(The prison commission has full power,
not excepting that vested in the
governor, to conduot or order any investigation
it may deem fit.
Mr. Davidson is accredited with the
statement i&at as the mob worked so
quickly and was so well organized and
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prison so completely controlled the situation
that "no responsibility rested
upon either the commission or anybody
at the farm."
Some comment was heard here today
as to why the mob toad to-deal with
only five men?the wardejfc the super
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intendent, two guards and a "trusty,"
in charge at a gate.
3fc>b Worked Qnickly. 1
That Warden J. T. Smith and Su.
perintendent J. M. Burke were powerless
with facilities they had at -band,
"when the mob arrived, is not questioned
'here. Burke says the mob com:
pleted its work in five minutes; Smith
Bajs U'7 ui stA iuiuu(.vo.
First all wires were cut at the
prison. Then Warden Smitfr was made
prisoner by a part of the mob while
another squad handcuffed Burke and
led him to the gate they wished to
enter.- A command to the "trusty" to
open toe gate was demurred to, but a
threat to kill him if it was not opened
f'
immediately quickly gave the mob
easy access to the inside. As the gate
was opened a guard came up. He was
overpowered. Another guard was encountered,
but was soon at the mercy
of the mob. Frank was grabbed by
five men, according to most reports,
hurried outside and thrust into tine
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tonneau of an automobile along with
a long rope that was dangled in front
or nis eyes.
He did not utter a word. An occasional
groan escaped his lips. What
ie said, if anything, during the five or
j, . six-foour trip from Mftledgevilte to the
outskirts of Marietta probably never
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will be generally known.
Hundreds View Body.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 17.?Leo M.
Frank's body was brought to Atlanta |
thic afternoon anri secreted in a barn i
until a. crowd searching for it threatened
serious trouble. It then was
taken to an undertaking establishment,
where to-night a steady stream of persons
passed to view it. The temper of
the oeoeDle seemed to not wreak ven
geance upon tbe lifeless form, but they j
seemed determined to personally assure
themselves that it really was the
body of Frank.
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the undertaker's and a crowd that
blocked traffic for more than a block
stood for hours in front of the place.
The body was shown just as it bad
been cut down from the tree at Marietta
this morning.
The body will leave here at midnight
on a Southern railway train for the
home of Frank's parents in Brooklyn,
according to a statement of Herbert J.
Haas, one of Frank's attorneys. It
will be accompanied by Mrs. Frank,
Mrs. Frank's brother, A. E. Marcus;
David I. Marx, H. A. Alexander and
Mr. Haas.
Shortly after 7 o'clock tonight the
undertaking establishment was closed
and a cordon of police stationed. No
one was allowed to approach within
fifty feet of the building.
When the place was closed the crowd
was dispersed and witIMn a short time
only a few scattered gatherings were
to be seen. Many, however, walked
past the establishment, but were not
allowed to halt.
Men and boys did a thriving business
stlling post-card photographs of
Frank's bodtv as it swung from the
tree to which it was found tanging,
near Marietta.
Mr. Haas stated to-night that Mrs.
Frank is not in a serious condition
She left Milledgeville /or Atlanta this
afternoon, accompanied by her uncle,
in an automobile.
Mrs. Frank Hears News.
{Milledgeville, Ga., Aug. 17.?Mrs. Leo
M. Frank received the news that her
husband had been lynched in a manner
that led those present to believe that
she had been expecting it. She was
preparing to go to her uncle's home
at Athens, Ga., when ^ie was apprised
of what had occurred. iAs far as known
she did not collapse, and is reported
to be bearine ud well under the ordeal.
PREFERS LYNCHING
TO LEGAL HANGING
Slftton Thinks That Violation of Law
Is Better Than Lawful Execution
of Frank.
San Francisco, Aug. 17.?In an address
today to the San Francisco cen
ter of tfre California Civic league,
John M. Slaton, former governor of
Georgia, who commuted the death sentence
of Leo M. Frank to life imprisonment,
declared he would preter to
have Frank >?lvnnh^d bv a mob than to
have him hanged by judicial mistake,
because "one readied the soul of civilization;
the other merely reached the
body."
Mr. Slaton's address, devoted almost
entirely 40 discussion of the Frank
case and the lynching of Frank, was
delivered in the presence of a majority
of members of the California supreme
court and other prominent persons,
members of the league.
In his address Mr. Slaton said:
"This has been such a lesson to
Georgia that I ftope it never will occur
again in our civilization.
"There are conditions about the
Frank case wfiich consuiuie a iriDuie
to the State of Georgia. No wonder it
is difficult to open the ears of Georgians
to reason. They forget the identity
of the offender in Hbe magnitude;
of the offense.
"There were many good people?as:
good as I?who disagree with me be-1
cause, they said, I set aside the ver- J
diet of a jury and interfered with the |
functions duly exercised in the courts ]
of law. But wfaen these people find j
out the truth of the Frank case their
general condemnation of me will turn
to general approval and they will know
that I saved the State from a stain
which never could have been eradicated."
Mr. and Mrs. Slaton in about a
week will go to San Diego to 'visit tee
Panama-California exposition and afterwards
will return to their home :n
Georgia.
"Of course, I'm not afraid to return
to Georgia," he said. "This act
f\f flhp IvnrVhine' of L.eo Prank is. not
that of the good people of my State. It's !
the act of a few criminals. I'm going j
to spend the rest of my life in Geor- J
gia. I'll be back fcome by the middle
of September.
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ON GEORGIA SHIELD
Duuiels Bitterly Denounces Lynching
of Prisoner as Worst of
Shames.
Washington, Aug. 17.?Secretary
Daniels tonight issued a formal statement
denouncing the lynching of Leo
M. Frank as the worst blot on the
name of Georgia, declaring it would
be more sincerely condemned in the
South ttan in any other part of the
republic. The statement follows:
"I am shocked beyond expression
at the lawlessness of the Georgia mob.
'It is the worst blot upon the name of
the State. Every eood citizen must
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deplore it. It will be denounced more ,
sincerely in the South t/:an in any i
other part of the republic. The great
bulk of Southern people know that
such instances, perpetrated by the few
and indorsed by a small minority,
works injury to their section.
'"F:ere is never any excuse anywhere
for lynch law. In this case
there were thousands of the best men
in Georgia who believed he was guilty.
If guilty, he ought to tave paid the
penalty of the crime, the worst that
man can commit. The governor, after
long deliberation, decided to commute
the sentence to life imprisonment.
Those who thought the governor
should have let the sentence stand can
not even advance the poor plea that
Frank "had escaped punishment. TT:e
governor's action changed the sentnce
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The punishment of life imprisonment
is the most serious sentence that can
be imposed short of execution. If g-uilay,
Frank would be daily punished of
his crime, for life imprisonment is a
living death.
"Xo man is safe when a mob takes
the law in its own nanas. i nave no
doubt the governor of Georgia will
employ every possible agency to discover
the mob-murderers and bring
them to trial and punishment. TLe
honor and fair name of Georgia demand
this. The case became one of
nation-wide interest, and the eyes of
all the civilized world, standing
aghast at the crime of the mob, will
look to Georgia to punish the criminals,
who under the cover of night
have committed a crime that cries
aloud for severest punishment."
LOSS OF TRAtflSPIRT
SHOCKS ALL BRITAIN
Sinking, /Though Serious, Will Hardly
iStop Drive Against
Turks,
London,
Aug. 17.?The sinking in
the Aegean sea by a German submarine
of tJ:e British transport Royal
Edward with heavy loss of life has
shattered the British navy's proud
toast that it had transported hundreds
of thousasds of men across the sea
without the destruction of one troop
laden ship.
Two other transports f:ave been attacked.
The Wayfarer was torpedoed
in the Irish Sea, b-ut the vessel was not
sunk and only five lives were lost. T:e
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j torpedo boat in the Aegean Sea. The
ship was not damaged, although 54
iives were lost when a boat spilled its
loar? into the sea.
The loss of tfce Royal Edward is a
serious at this moment. The men
it carried were reinforcements for the
Galliopoli peninsula. The news shocked
the British public, w^o believed the
submarine menace in the Aegean had
been dealt with successfully.
First Since Majestic.
This is the first occasion since the
sinking of the 'Mlajestic on May 27 in
which submarines which made the
long trip to the Dardanelle have scored
a success. The Royal Edward's destruction
is not likely to delay opera
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tions recently undertaiten, ror, wiu
the Russian retirement in the East
and the continuance of Balkan negotiation,
the necessity for achieving something
definite in the assault on the
Dardanelles is growing greater.
The Russians, it is believed, probably
will have to fall back further
than the Brest-Litovsk line, as Berlin
report today that Gen. Litsmann's
I troops have taken forts on the southI
west front of Kovno, capturing 4,500
prisoners and 240 guns. T-is probl
ably means the early fall of the
fortress itself, between which and the
capture of the Warsaw-Petrograd railway
there can not be much delay.
Closer About Noyogreorgievsk.
The fort on t?e northeast of Novogeorgievsk
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south are advancing towards the BrestLitovsk
line.
Tfcere has been continued activity
in the Balkan capitals and among the
Balkan representatives in other capiI
tals. The Servian minister, who has
been a frequent visitor at the foreign
office, saw Sir Edward Grey again today,
and another caller was the Roumanian
minister. No developments in
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Whereas, one-third of the resident
electors and a like proportion of the
resident freeholders of the age of 21
years, in Big Creek school district, No.
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