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with a torrent of biting sarcasm. de-
clared that their Inconsistencies and
evident falsities "stunk to high
Heaven"
He introduced his thoroughgoing
attack upon the Solicitor by the dee
laration that he still believed impli2-
lilly in the innocence of Leo Frank.
LAS God is in the heavens above"
ne exclaimed dramatically II believe
that in yonder cell rests an innocent
man--as decent a man as my friend
Dorsey ever was; as decent a man as
/ am; as decent man as Arnold is.
If had a hint of a doubt about ii I'd
take that brief book of mine and I'd
depart forever out Of this case"
Smiles Are Forcetul.
Rosser talked in the blunt, some
limos rough language that has made
his peculiar type OF elOquence by
word of the Atlanta bar. He fire.
quently used SMILES and metaphors
that would not look well in print.
They were however, always forceful
and apt.
The people whom Mr. Dorsey was
representing at the trial your honor,
he shouted at one point In his ad-
dress, were the ones who cheered
and cheered in the courtroom at every
indication that the State was APP
proa ching its goal-the hanging OF
that young man in the prisoners box
They cheered when the fiithy tSsti-
mony ooZed from that lousy Niger
and your honor felt that you must
let IL pour over Leo Frank, although
he was accused of crime with which
this testimony had nothing TO do.
But they were not the people, your
honor. They were the scattered rem
nants of the people; they were the
scum. and | thank God that they were
not the people just as | thank God
that the methods used in this case
are not the usual methods and are
not the methods ever used before,
and, let us hope, are not the methods
that ever will be used again.
Let us pray that never again will
witnesses be locked up until they are
ready to tell the lies that are wanted.
If these people of whom | have spo-
ken are Dorsey's public, before whom
he cringes and bows, then he can
take EN- That these are the real
people, however, | dispute. That the
err in wild huzzas that the life OF a
fellow being was to be taken by the
State | also dispute. These were not
the people
Commisserates With Dorsey.
II am not mad at my friend Dor
sey. | commiserate with him. | am
sorry for him, | state boldly that
I'm sorry for him. Mr.. Arnold
seemed to have an idea that the in
stincts of politician had a prema-
ture and TN abnormal growth in the
person of Dorsey. I'm not sure, but
I'm inclinei to agree that he might
have got the idea that the huzzas
were the huzzas of the people, and
that he should bow to the will of this
detached mob,
He has treated the case extrava-
gantly and illogically all the way
through. Innocent and trivial trans
actions have aroused in his mind
mountins OF suspicion and malevo-
lence. There never was a dead shoat
so fun of maggots as Is Dorsey fun
of words. He defended that man
Henslee with words--with Ave and a
half hours OF words that proved moth
ing when they alb were said, except
that Henslee most certainly needed
defense"
Rosser paid a great deal OF atten-
ton to the charges of prejudice
against Henslee and Johennine. and
represented TO the court that the
charges had been sustained uncontro-
vertibly
A peace conference" between Reu-
ben Arnold and Solicitor Dorsey was