The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-16
FRANK RETAINS HIS NERVE
FIRM IN THE BELIEF THAT HE
WILL ESCAPE THE MOOSE
Attorneys for Condemned Man Claim
Jurors Were Prejudiced, and Are
Investigating Their Records.

attorneys Tor OOmteInneU Man Claim
Jurors Were Prejudiced, and Are
Investigating Their Records.
ATLANTA.-It begins to look as
if the battle for new trial for L. NJ.
Frank, convicted of the murder of
hanged, will center around the effort
Mary Phagan and sentenced to be
to show that a number of the jurors
were biased against him before they
went into the trial of the case.
1t is known that the attorneys for
Frank are conducting a careful in
vestigation into the record of every
man on the jury, as a result of re-
ports to the effect that some of them
had a prejudice against the prisoner.
One of the reports is to the effect that
a member of the jury declared in the
presence of two or three witnesses
some time prior to the trial that if
he got on the jury he would vote
to hang Frank regardless of the evil
dence."
Solicitor General Hugh Dorsey pro-
fesses not to be worried over any of
these reports as to biased jurymen
He expresses confidence in the jury
that was selected, all of whom took
Oaths before the trial that they had
no prejudice against the prisoner.
Thinking men who have considered
| the case are of the opinion that if
Frank should succeed in getting a
new trial it will not be so much a re-
suit of alleged prejudice on the part
of jurors as upon the outbursts of
public sentiment against Frank,
which occurred while the trial was
in progress. Hundreds of people
were in the habit of gathering around
the court house at the time of the
trial, and did not hesitate to express
their approval of any incident that
seemed unfavorable to the prisoner.
They applauded the solicitor general
and his assistant and showed plainly
the trend of their feeling on all oc-
casiOns. 1t was necessary for the
jury to pass through this crowd every
time they went to and from their
quarters at the hotel, and it is said
they could not have helped knowing
just how the people in the street felt
about the matter 1t was these pub
lie demonstrations which the attor-
neys for Frank sought to make the
basis for a mistrial just before the
verdict was rendered. Some of them
expressed the opinion that the street
around the court house should have
been kept clear of the mob during
the progress of the trial That these
circumstances will play part in the
argument for the new trial which
will be made on October 4 cannot
be questioned.
Apparently Frank has an impreg-
nable confidence in his advocates. |
Occasional bulletins from the tower |
where he is held. declare that he fol- !
lows the usual routine Of his metho / |
ical life as closely sine mis- sentence
as before. His attention to ma.'n-s |
Of health is scrupulous, including |
daily exercise and cold baths and a !
careful selection of food. He directs |
the affairs OF his factory by daily
consultation with his assistants and |
associates. He receives his friends /.
with a calmness that would make /
him seem to be Indifferent to the /
fate that overshadows him.
Almost every day Sig Montag and |
Herbert Schiff. his associates in the
business of the National Pencil Fac
tory. are his visitors, besides other |
friends His wife and his father-in-
law come also, bearing his meals. |
Hardly minute of the day is he
.alone. But never a time during the
day is there any appearance of per-
turbation on the part of the pris-
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