The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-12-10
AS
1T Is APPLIED
To the Frank Case Is Mystified by
Atlanta's Attitude Toward the
Unfortunate Jew.

American Medicine. one OF New
York's leading publications in the
field indicated by its name. gives
careful editorial examination to the
case of Leo NJ. Frank. the Atlanta
pencil manufacturer now under con.
vietion Of having murdered little Mary
,, Phagan. considering 1t especially in
its psychological aspects. The articls
follows:
The conviction OF Leo NJ. Frank FOR
murder and the refusal of the higest
state courts TO reverse the decision or
grant a new trial. have produced a feel
or the country. The lawyers and judges
are among the ablest and no doubt The
klndlest in the world. and might oe
doubt to the accused Nevertheless The
Impression grows that n chastity mis-
take has been made and whether The
Impression IL right or wrong. IL exists.
and must be explained away or cause
denomination OF the evidence. The
case has now became somewhat a psy-
geological study on account OF it's para
doNtcal features and should be OF In
terest TO all physicians. but particu-
larry those Interested In medical iuris-
prudence. only a few years ago an
Atlanta mob startled the world By the
indiscriminate slaughter OF Innocent
ones had been committing assaults upon
white women. The sexual prociivittes
OF even the normal negro are thus we'll
known. and yet the jury and courts
have placed implicit confidence In a
negro who - said 10 be pervcrt. who
asserts that he II merely an accom-
plice 10 the murder Of the little girl
and who D. now accused by his own at
t9rney OF being the real murderer and
paper found near the dead body
contained superstitious expressions thar
only = negro would make. ane yet the
lurl beheved the negro. who said that
paper IL evidently four years old YET
they believed the negro when he said
= fresh pad OF blank forms. The crime
ia one which negroes are prone TO COM
MT: md u a white man " guilty he
mental disturbance The accused h
said 20 be perfectly normal mentally.
physically. and morally. but grossiy
given the widest Circulation Witbc1t
The slightest basis % proved facts. even
nc ci..rgy cried out Tor his biood-iust
execution of those accused 81 witch
craft The greatest scandal n coutrs
. i Do,h norih end south. has been. their
uicallitna. yet in this case trivial tech
nicaIiies have been used against the
caiities have been swept asido even when
slleEed errors have Violated the basic
rules OF evidence. such o. accepting the
unsupported testimony of ar accom-
phce Iurire are always obedfenf o.
public opinion indeed. they help ~
form n-su We must expect arquiftal
when HfmuathN Eues out Co the ar-
cuFed. Nirctnt1 court has decidrd
that man is warranted in kiliinF those
VINO are fumorcd o. have lusultcd his
dauEhter. though the rurnor may have
been started ~ Villain o. eurnnluaas
TIE death 90 an innocent noble rival
hut this does not explain the hatred to-
ward lfahk The whole Thing h. ln.
comp rehenaible % tho accused L. guilty
northern opinion has been formed from
nutfue atetsmsuts % lnuorsuf genr.
Eia o. fuiltg 20 ~ actiou worse than
ihei - ne Russians ~ the BeIiise Csc
Which = cofrectf can the courts b.
trusted o. find the truthf 10 not viii
the Fuvsrupr dare 20 DEFY public 0rln-
iqn and release the accused or rfnrrufs
me eeutsnCe 90 confinement until i
TINE When the public viii not b. a.
cited BY q pardon
peopis which becomes hystsricsl
ertrv tine che band plays DIXIE
cannot - expected o. ~ calm when ff
COMES o. matter ~ The freafurnf IN
p man even suspected ~ rrfr,s
arairsf ore ~ ffalr women Ths emo.
iionelsu Which makes fhsrr the rerat
lNfatIe rfnnfr ~ earfh leads fhrr. az
strssses ~ hafe aisc We snrasr vrhsf
Toulf hav- happened if Frsrk had hs.r