Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-14
NOT WORRIED
OVER son,
SHE SAYS
Burns Man Calls on Lanford, but
Chief Refuses to DivuIge
Character Evidence

Mrs. Rudolph Frank, mother Of
Leo M. Frank, arrived Monday in At
lanta from her home in Brooklyn. She
is expected to remain here until after
the final decision is made upon the
extraordinary motion for a new trial
which will be filed Thursday with
Judge Hill by Franks lawyers.
To a Georgian reporter Mrs. Frank
said that she was not at all discour-
aged by the refusal of the Supreme
Court OF Georgia to reverse Judge
Roam, and was confident that her
sons innocence would be convincing
ly established by the investigation of
Detective w J. Burns
Mrs. Frank was cheerful, and APP
peared in much better health than
during the trying days Of last sum-
mer, when she remained Loyalty by
her sons side during the month that
his case was being heard before Judge
Roam
Not Worrying About Son.
q am excitable and am given to
worrying about the little annoyances
Of every day life" she said. but the
final verdict on the accusation Of
murder against my son is one thing
that l am not worrying about.
1T would be an interesting COM
parison to hold up the moral life of
Leo Frank side by side with the char
acters Of the men who have been so
active in accusing him. I wish it
might be done, for I know the things
that have been said about him are
lies-all lies-and ] am confirmed in
this knowledge by the investigation
of Mr.. Burns"
Dan S. Lehon, one Of Mr. Burns
chief aides in the Phagan murder
probe, said Monday that his interview
Sunday with Chief Lanford had been
virtually fruitless. The Detective
Chic, answering Mr.. Burns offer of a
$1,000 reward to any person who
would give definite proof of Franks
moral degeneracy, had said that ne
was in possession of such evidence
ana that he would be glad to give 1t
to Burns gratis
Lanford Awaits Burns.
Lanford is said to have made the
objection that he promised the infor
nation to Burns and no one else. De-
tective Lehon said that he was Burns
r )rescntative. but Lanford declined
t. do more than give his visitors an
outline of the information he had He
would let Burns see the affidavlts, he
said when Burns returned to Atlanta
81 must say that the information
he had was of far less consequence
than Mr., Lanford had led us to be-
lieve was in his possession" said Mr.
Lehon
He did not tell us the names of
tle persons from whom he had aft
daylts, but his narration Of what they
told his men was sufficiently clear 10
designate them a the Rormby woman
and the street car motorman, W. p.
Murk.
Fails to Make Good, Says Lehon.
81 told Mr. Lanford frankly that
we had made the investigation into
Franks character and had as yet
found nothing TO substantiate the ste
ries Of immortality that were circu-
lated by the Formby woman who
since has recauted, and that told on
the stand by the negro Conley
- said that we were after the truth
and that he would be doing us a serv-
ice by giving us the evidence in mis-
If what he outlined at
our meeting Sunday is all he has, then
the charge Of deRenreacy remains stu
Possibly he has something
that he rs holding back until the re-
turn OF Mr.. Burns. but unless he has
he has failed To make good on his
promise"
Detective Burns was SON out ~
town Monday He left Saturday night
at $40 o'clock on the Louisville and
Nashville train, refusing 10 disclose
his destination.