Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
Brilliant Legal Battle Is Sure as Hooper
And Arnold Clash in Trial of Leo Frank

ants statement as the truth in its en-
tlrety, and to the exclusion Of ALI.
the sworn testimony, II Il sees 1T: or
il may accept IT in part and reject II
IN part, or il may reject the state
ment as a whole
The jury, and the jury ALONE, will
be the judge Of the facts.
The law-the impersonal law-that
the jury viii be required to apply to
those facts II VIII get from the court.
II looks, then. as IL the Phagdn
case, getting down to brass tacks. will
reVolve finally about these persons:
Leo Frank, the defendant. Solicitor
Dorsey and Attorney Frank Hooper.
representing the State, Luther u.
Rosser and Reuben Arnold, represent
Ing the defendant; the judge, the Jury
and dozen or so competent and ma
terial witnesses.
Order at Last Comes.
So at last. has order been brought
out Of chaos, after weeks and weeks
Of hysteria, stun and nonsense. pms
sion and prejudice, facts and near
facts, truth and lies, Impotence and
intoleranCe--all iumbled into about
the worst mess | ever undertook, In
my way to analyze and unravel, IN
seeking the truth!
Leo Frank viii receive fair trial,
ana the written and recorded
verdict whatever IL may be, will be
accepted generally as the truth
II the jury agrees that Frank is
guilty, that verdict will be taken to be
just one. Nothing short of the most
sensational and revolutionary new ev-
idence likely would serve to re-estab-
lish his good name, once he is con-
victed in the Superior Court
on the other hand, If the jury shall
agree that Frank is not guilty, | think
he will be taken back into the friend.
ly and fair minded good VIII Of the
.ople, OF Atlanta, free and unfair
niBhed man, and there likely will
come revulsion OF popular feeling In
his behalf, that viii go far toward off
setting and recon Hing him to the
horrible ordeal he passed through.
The approaching trial likely will he
one Of the greatest legal battles ever
fought In Georgia.
On the one hand-that OF the State
Hugh Dorsey, the Solicitor General,
has done the drudgery, and Frank
Hooper IL TO handle the picturesque.
Hooper likely viii figure much more
in the public eye hereafter than Dor
sey win, for 1t will be Hoopers bust
ness to paint the rainbow. snatch the
stars from the heavens and open the
floodgates Of tears-if he can!
On the other hand--that Of the de-
fense-Luther u. Rosser har done tho
drudgery. and Reuben Arnold will
have the delicate task of leading the
jury along the primrose path that
leads to Franks acquittal.
All Have Big Regulations.
All OF these men are great lawyers,
with regulations to sustain, and each
one may he depended upon to act a
part entirely In keeping with the hon
orable profession OF the law. I do nO'
believe there is sufficient money In
Atlanta to secure the services Of any
one OF these men in an unworthy uu-
deTtakiug
Eacn one OF these men may he de-
pended upon to do his best by his
client, and az each one is OF the quail
ty | note, a fair trial seems assured.
II is n happy and a consoling cir
cumstance that the trial of Leo Frank
Is 10 he presided over by an upright
and Just judge, argued by upright
and honorable attorneys and a YER
diet written by twelve good men and
true as the law-the LAW in all its
majcsty--direCts!
While by no means as spectacular
thing to say as something else might
significance that Leo Frank. with his
life, his good name, and all that he
holds most dear at stake. is assured
OF "A fair trial and a just verdict, not
withstandirg all the fren2ied and sin
lister detail OF irrelevant and inCoher-
ent testimony" and evidence" set
forth here and there, as time has run
on since Mary Phagan was slain.
Victory for Society.
In the trial Of Leo Frank THE ST.
PREMACY OF THE LAW will be
vindicated beyond carping or cavil-
and therein the most tremendous vie
tory 10 society will be achieved.
Frank Hooper is one Of the most
experienced prosecuting attorneys in
the State. He has served as Solicitor
General on one OF the most important
circuits in Georgia. and his career
thereon was entirely to his credit