Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-03
CHARGES Of BIAS
BOSH, ASSERTS
FRANK JURY
Fellow Members Unite in Defense
Of Men Accused Of Prejudice
by the Defense.
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but declined to give them any iufor-
nation.
I then received a summons from
Judge Bells court instruct!ng me 10
go before s. y. Teltlebaum. commits
sioner, and was compelled TO 10. l
have known Mr.. Henslee for a long
time and like him very well. but his
words TO me indicated prejudice. His
words did not have the iutimation
that he would like to be on the jury.
but I took them to understand that
crowd who would take charge Of
Frank. He simply said, would like
to be in a position 20 break his neck,
and that was all"
Dorsey to Ask Publicity.
When the hearing Of the motion for
a new trial is called before Judge
Roam, Solicitor Dorsey IT is under
stood, will request the court to re-
quire the defense to submit in open
court the affidavits Of the alleged bias
Of Jurors.
Following this request. Mr.. Dorsey
will request a two weeks postpone
ment Of the hearing In order to give
him time to check up the brief Of evil
denCe and examine the amendment 10
the motion offered by the defense
Mr.. Dorsey declared Friday that
he was looking into the legality Of
having jurors file affidaVits with him
regarding their alleged unbias In rem
dering the Frank verdict This point
probably will be settled in court Sat
urday morning.
The court has it I'm it's power to
refuse this request and order both
prosecutor and defense to proceed
with the hearing, but there is little
likelihood that this will be done in
view of the fact that the Solicitor
has had but two days in which to ex-
anime the evidence following the fill
ing of the amended motion Wednes-
day
Hooper Aids Solicitor.
Mr. Dorsey was busily engaged
Friday in examining the brief of evi-
dence This volumnous record. as
pointed out by Mr. Dorsey, is about
II inches in height and Is contained
IN seven volumes The entire record,
including the amended motion. Is
something ike % inches in height.
Attorney Hooper, who assisted Mr.
Dorsey in the prosecution Of Frank.
is also relayinR with the Solicitor in
examining the brief Of evidence.
The jury was a unit In declaring
that Frank received as fair "A tria!
as any man ever received I'm Georgia,
TN defending the rulings OF Judge l..
S Roan--whiCh they declared We
hcmently were more than fair TO
Franks Cause-and all Of them de-
MED emphatically that they were in
fuenced or prejudiced by the cheer
ing and other incidents Of the trial
on which the defense based its motion
for a new trial
Brands Charges az Untrue.
+. r. Winburn, claim agent for the
Atlanta and West Point Railroad one
OF the Frank jury, brands as IN
true the charges made by the de-
Tense
Il do not believe there was a man
on the Jury that found Frank guilty
but who voted for the verdict be-
cause tho evidence made the guilt OF
the factory superintendent plain MIR
Winburn said. The charges that the
Jury was preiudiCed are untrue. There
was no doubt In my mind when all
the evidence had been heard
Il heard no cheering; neither was
I preiudiCed When ] served on the
fury ! sacrificed my own interests
but ! did my duty as a citizen. The
trial was fair ! thought Judge Roam
more than fair in his rulings. So
far as | am concerned, ! want to say
that the verdict was fair, and could
not have been otherwise than what
IL was.
Defends Fellow Jurors.
Il have tried TO keep out Of the
argument because | was not attacked
personally by the attorneys for the
defense but ! agree heartily with the
statement Of Mr. Johenning as pub
lished in Yesterdays Georgian. While
] did not know any Of the other
Jurors prior 10 the trial, my assoCia-
ton with them for that % day pc
riod satisfied me they are all men ~
honor and integrity"
A. I. Wisbey. cashier at the Buck