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-
tirety, and to the exclusion of ALL
the sworn testimony, If II sees fit: or
it may accept II In part and reject It
in part. or il may reject the state
ment s 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 It Will get from the court
II looks. then, as IL the Phagan
case, getting down to brass tacks, win
revolve finally about these persons:
Leo Frank, the defendant, Solicitor
Dorsey and Attorney Frank Hooper,
representing the State: Luther H.
Rosser and Reuben Arnold represent
ing the defendant; the judge, the jury
and a dozen OF 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. stuff and nonsense, pas
sion and prejudice, facts and near
facts, truth and lies, Impotence and
intolerance--all jumbled into about
the worst mess l ever undertook, In
my way to analyze and unravel, IN
seeking the truth!
Leo Frank will receive fair trial
and the written and recorded
verdict, whatever II may be, will be
accepted generally as the truth.
10 the jury agrees that Frank is
guilty, that verdict will be taken to he
a 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
In he oil h thn H,vs ~k,g
agree that Frank is not guilty, l think
he will be taken back into the friend
ly and fair-minded good Will of the
ople OF Atlanta, free and unfair
nished man, and there likely Will
come revulslon Of popular feeling in
his behalf that viii go far toward or
setting and reconsiling him to the
horrible ordeal he passed through.
The approaching trial likely viii 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 win figure much more
In the public eye hereafter than Dor
sey win, for it will be Hooper's bust
ness TO paint the rainbow. snatch the
stars from the heavens and open the
fioOdgates OF tears-if he can!
on the other hand--that of the da-
fense--Luther u. Rosser hac done the
drudgery, and Reuben Arnold will
have the delicate task of leading the
jury along the primrose path that
leads TO Franks acqulttal
All Have Big Regulations.
All Of these men are great lawyers,
with regulations to sustain, and each
D. 4 IL 20 a9f a
part entirely in keeping with the hon
orable profession Of the law. l do nor
believe there is sufficient money In
Atlanta TO secure the services of any
one Of these men In an unworthy IN
dertaking
Eacn one of these men may be de-
pended upon to do his best by his
client, and as each one is OF the quail
| ty | note, fair trial seems assured.
II Is a happy and a consoling cir
cumstance that the trial Of Leo Frank
/ is 20 be presided over by an upright
and Just Judge, argued by upright
and honorable attorneys and a YER
| dict written by twelve good men and
! true" as the law-the LAW in all its
majesty-direCts!
While by no means as spectacular a
thing to say as something else might
be- 1t is 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 a fair trial and just verdict, not
withstandiEg all the frenzied and sin
ister 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 b.
vindicaued beyond carping or cavil-
and therein the most tremendous vic
tory TO society will he 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 10 his credit