Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-08-27
Atlanta Constitution, Aug. go

greeE was the verdict rendered by
the jury in the famous Phagan muir
der case, and Leo NJ. Frank, convict
ed of Staying little Mary Phagan,
stands in the shadow Of the gallows:
"Gullty," read the foreman.
There were signals from the re-
porters that fianked the room in
every corner. "Guilty," they called
over Fthe telephones to the waiting
presses. The eager mob outside took
up the word, and it travelled through
the air for every block in the vicin-
ity. An ovation arose that never
was accorded man, woman or spirit.
The mob went rampant hats flew
into the air; men shrieked them
selves hoarse. There were many
women who screamed Historically.
The jury filed out. They were lit
orally embraced in the arms Of the
crowd. Solicitor Hugh Dorsey, tears
flowing and hands trembling from
the greatest victory in Southern GRIM
inal@annals, emerged from the court
room.
A Blanket OF men, spreading all
the way from the court house door
to the. entrance to Dorsey's office,
took him on their shoulders.
SuuSS lIankS tile jury.
Just after the ballot was polled
Judge Roam said:
"Gentlemen, l am now taking leave
Of YOU; You have been here 60. d
month"; and it has been a hard and
trying time for all Of us. / want to
thank YOU for your faithful service
and consideration of all details in
thist In9st arduous case.
) Tho Judges voice broke at Tthis
point, butt collecting his composure,
he continued: Gentlemen, / hope
you will >find your families we'll"
Frank was not in the court room.
Sentence will be pronounced in
day or two, said Judge Roam
The verdict was reached at 3.39
O'Clock and was read in court at 4.56
o'clock.
- Solicitor Exhausted.
With hat raised, tears coursing his
cheeks, the solicitor was handed
from man to man over the shrieking
throng. Reaching his office, he fell
into an armchair, exhausted and be-
sieged by horde of admirers.
81 feel for his mother and wife,"
were his only words. He broke
anew into tears.
ohSiih mdHSuui ana ftaDDl Marx
hurried to the jail. Franks pres
ence had been waived. He and his
wife sat arm in arm in his cell
and rabbi entered the prison gate.
They wavered. Frank had not vet
heard the verdict.
An hour before the verdict was
rendered Judge Roam, surveying the
a.
the room. The mob flowed from the
place into the street. Mounted DO
licemen drove them from the pave
ment to the walls. They clung to DO
sltions OF vantage, eager, expectant.
Only reporters, court officials and
few lawyers were allowed within
the place. The silence that prevailed
could be felt. Long before the Jury
filed solemnly into the room the au-
dience sat as calmly, as quietly as
though attending a funeral
Sentence Imposed To-Day.
The sentence will be imposed to-
day some time. The jury recon-
mended no mercy. Frank will be
brought into the court room and
punishment Of death will be an
nounced. That will be all. He will
be returned to jail to await the ac-
tion of higher tribunals.
VIII Appeal the Case.
The defense has long ago laid. it's
foundations for ain appeal. Their
most substantial basis will be the
demonstrations of the audience and
crowds on the outside during the lat
ter part of the trial. Attorney Ar
mold strongly intimated this Monday
morning, when, during his motion
for new trial. stated that he insist
ed on his plea entering the records.
Sentenced to Hang October 10th.
Atlanta, Ca, Aug. 26.-Judge l..
S. Roam to-day at noon sentenced Leo
NJ. Frank, found guilty yesterday OF
The murder Of Mary Phagan, the lit
tie pencil factory girl, to die on the
gallows on Friday, October 10th.
When the prisoner was brought
into the court room he showed the
same unconcern that he has dis
played throughout the long trial, but
when the sentence Of death was pro-
nounced there was a perceptible
shudder.
Only a small crowd heard the
death sentence pronounced, and
there was no evidence Of demon
stration as there was yesterday af-
ternoon when the jury returned it's
verdict OF guilty.
Attorneys for Frank have given
notice of an appeal for a new trial
and argument will be heard on his
on Saturday, October 4th