Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29

a given time before the viands are to
be served the orchestra strikes up
sion and prejudice, facts and near
facts, truth and lies, Impotence and
intolerance-all jumbled into about
the worst mess / ever undertook, in
my way, to analyze and unravel, IN
seeking the truth,
Leo Frank will receive a fair trial,
and the written and recorded
verdict, whatever II may be, will he
accepted generally as the truth.
II the jury agrees that Frank IL
guilty that verdict will be taken TO he
just one Nothing short OF the most
sensational and revolutionary new ev
idenCe likely would serve to re- eStab-
fish 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 win be taken back into the friend
ly and fair minded good Will OF the
eople of Atlanta, q free and unfair
nished man, and there likely Will
come a revulsion OF popular feeling In
his behalf, that will go far toward off
setting and reCOnciling 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 is to handle the picturesque
| Hooper likely will figure much more
/ in the public eye hereafter than Dor
| sey will, for II 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 a. Rosser hae done the
drudgery and Reuben Arnold will
have the delicate task Of leading the
jury along the primrose path tina:
leads TO Franks acquittaL
All Have Big Regulations.
All of these men are great lawyers,
with regulations TO sustain, and each
one may be depended upon to act a
! part entirely in keeping with the hon
! orable profession of the law. | do nor
| believe there Is sufficient money in
| Atlanta to secure the services Of any
i one of these men in an unworthy I'M
dertaking.
Farn one Of these men may be de
/ pended upon to do his best by hts
client, and as each one is OF the quail
| ~ | note, d fair trial seems assured.
1t is a happy and cOnsoling cir
| cumstance that the trial of Leo Franz
! is to be presided over by an upright
| and just Judge, argued by upright
| and honora BILE attorneys. and YER
| dict written by twelve good men and
true" as the law-the LAW I'm all its
ma iesty-direCts!
While by no means as spectacular a
| thing To say as something else might
be, II is a matter of deep and abiding
| significance that Leo Frank, with his
| life. his good name, and all that he
holds most dear at stake. is assured
Of fair trial and a just verdict, not
Withstandirg all the frenZied 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 siam.
Victory for Society.
In the trial of Leo Frank THE SU-
| PREMACY OF THE LAW Will be
vindicared beyond carping or Cavil-
and therein the most tremendous vic
tory TO 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.
He is suave. incisive, deliberate,
4 calm in action and eagle-eyed in see
ing a point that may be turned to his
clients advantage
In summing up the case of the
State against Leo Frank, Hooper will
be at his best. He is a master in
presenting his case to the jury for its
consideration. I understand he is to
be associated soon with Judge Arthur
Powell and John D. Little, in Atlanta,
in the practice of law. They will
make a great team. Hooper is an
attorney Of the same class and Caliber
az Powell and Little.
But there to combat the best eff
forts that Hooper may put forth will
ttand that remarkable lawyer. Reuben
Arnold.
Whatever Qualms Frank may feel
when he thinks Of Hooper. doubtless
they are relieved in large measure
when he turns his thoughts TO Arnold
Reuben Arnold is lawyer of con-
slant surprises Age can not wither
him nor custom stale his infinite va
rlety. Franks case will be presented
to the jury as few men could present
it. when Arnold undertakes the work.
Convinced Of Innocence.
Arnold says he never entered the
case until he had convinced himself
of Franks innocence. and I quite be-
think there is the shadow Of doubt
either in Arnold's or RosSer's mind
that Frank is entirely guiltless of the
killing of Mary Phagan,
That Hooper may have some doubts
as to the full strength of the States
case against Frank seems likely. for
soon after entering the case he said
this.
| have not been employed in the
case to prosecute Leo NJ. Frank,
but to help find and convict the
murderer Of Mary Phagsn. II the
trial proves we are wrong, We
will beqin work on another angle.
We have but one object and idea.
Il Is HAT instirr and the laNN be