Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-16
FRANK TIGHT
IN NET,SAYS
AIDE Of
DORSEY
Attorney Hooper Declares State Is
Prepared for Any Move the
Defense May Make,

Frank A. Hooper, the well-known
criminal lawyer who has been en-
gagged 10 assist Solicitor General
Hugh NJ. Dorsey in the trial of Leo
NJ. Frank for the alleged murder Of
Mary Phagan, said Monday that the
case was complete and was ready for
presentation in court at any time.
Mr.. Hooper asserted that the at
! torneys interested in the prosecution
had investigated every angle Of the
mystery so thoroughly and fortified
themselves against any defense that
Frank will present, that practically
nothing remained to be done until the
] case was called for trial. The de-
parture OF Solicitor Dorsey for a
weeks vacation, ne said. was an in
dication OF the preparedness of the
prosecution.
NO new developments are expected
by the prosecution, according TO Mr..
Hooper. All Of the stories and rumors
have been run down to their original
source. The defense. in his opinion.
viii be able TO spring no surprise that
has not been anticipated by the prose-
cution.
Mrs. Frank Gives Interview.
The American printed Sunday an
exclusive interview with Mrs. Frank.
whose husband. Leo NJ. Frank. is IN
der indictment charged with the muir
der Of l4-year-old Mary Phagan. n
was the first time that Mrs. Frank
had permitted herself to be inter
viewed since the Coroners Jury a
month ago recommended that the
! Grand Jury hold her husband for
trial
She broke her silence TO tell thu
thousands who have been gripped by
the remarkable murder mystery lust
why she is absolutely confident and
positive that Frank could not have
been the author of the terrible deed
She made no plea for sympathy. but
expressed herself as fully reconciled
to the processes Of the law, even
though they temporarily caused her
the greatest sorrow and kept her bus-
band behind the cars as a man sus-
pected Of one of the most brutal
crimes thinkable. The loyal wife said
that she was able to bear the present
belief because of the assurance Of
Franks ultimate and complete vfndl-
cation
Why She Believes Husband.
On the fact that she believes from
her life with the suspected SLAYER
that any gross or immoral act is ut
terly apart from his nature. she bases
much Of her belief in his entire in
nocence
She said. in part:
In all the year and half Of our
engagement in the happy knowledge
and consent Of both our parents.
was Leo's best girl and he was my
one and only beau. If I went to
party, il was conceded that l should
go with Leo, and if Leo went. he in
variably went with me. You know.
the people of my faith do those things
in thar way-with US. betrothal Is all
but as sacred as marriage itself
Leo Frank and myself have been
man and wife for two years and
half. I state it as a circumstance
showing Row sweet and mutually
happy our home life has been. and not
as a thing l should mention ordinarl-
ly. that during all the two and half
years Of our welded life not once has
Leo been away from me at night, save
when once a month he attended the
meetings of the Jewish Order OF B'nal
Birth, of which he was the president
in Atlanta until he was arrested.
He Preferred Staying Home.
He might have gone out in the
evenings, perhaps without my knowl-
edge to places he should not have
gone, so far as my free consent may
have figured as a factor in his going.
merely cite it as a truthful circum-
stance that he has not elected to go.
He seemed rather to prefer STAYING
home with me Naturally, that made
me very happy-for I am. after all. a
woman, like other women. and
woman never gets to the point where
she does not dearly love for her hus-
band to show her that he is stin her
sweetheart
We have lived here in this house,
with my father and mother To them
Leo has been devoted and always
most considerate. They love him as
son; they took him close to their
hearts before the wedding bells had
ceased to ring-for that is the way
our people do in those matters.
4 will tell you another reason why
u think Leo Frank could not have
committed the diabohcal crime
charged to him, He Is dsyoled to