Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-30
.ROSSER, DENYING SlUSH
FUND, DECLARES FRANKS
CASE COST HIM MONEY

| AS COO is IN tt+e heavens ABOVE!
he exclaimed dramatically, u believe
that in yonder cell rests an innocent
man-as decent man as my friend
| Dorsey ever was; as decent a man as
! ! am; as decent man as Arnold is.
! If had hint Of a doubt about 1t I'd
take that brief book OF mine and I'd
| depart forever out Of this case"
Smiles Are ForcefuI.
| Rosser talked in the blunt. ~sagez
| timns rough. language that hfs made
| his peculiar type Of eloquente 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 a every
indication that the State was APP
preaching its goal-the hanging of
that young man in the prisoners box
They cheered when the filthy testi-
mony oozed from that lousy niger
and your honor felt that you must
let it pour over Leo Frank, although
he was accused of a crime with which
this testimony had nothing to do.
But they were not the people. your
honor They we're 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
people of Atlanta would meet togeth-
er in wild huz2as that the life OF a
fellow being was to be taken by the
State | also dispute These were not
the people
,Comnissrates With Dorsey.
Il am not mad at my friend Dor
sey. ! commiserate with him. l am
sorry for him. | state boldly that
I'm sorry for him MIR. Arnold
seemAi to have an idea that the in
stincts of a politician had a prema-
ture and an abnormal growth in the
person OF Dorsey. I'm not sure, but
I'm inclinel 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
mountains of suspicion and malevo-
lence. There never was a dead shoat
so fun of maggots as is Dorsey full
of words. He defended that man
Henslee with words-With five and
half hours Of words that proved moth
ing when they all were said, except
that Henslee most certainly needed
a defense"
Rosser paid great deal OF atten-
ton to the charges OF prejudice
against Henslee and Johenning, and
represented to the court that the
charges had been sustained incontro-
vertlbly
peace conference" between Reu-
ben Arnold and Solicitor Dorsey was
the only sign of amity during the
hearing. The Solicitor took occasion
to deny that he had charged Arnold
with deliberate falsehood, as he had
been quoted, and Arnold replied that
he had taken no umbrage at the pub
lished report as he took il for grant
ed that the Solicitor had been misin
terpreted
My friend Dorsey's words were
charged with dirty insinuations that q