The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-04-17
EXPECTS FREEDOM
In NEW TRIAL
LEO NJ. FRANK WILL NOT DIE TO-
DAY FOR CRIME ON WHICH
CONVICTED.
Rich Relative Has Hired Detectives to
Gather Evidence to Free the AL
legged Murderer.

i ATLANTA, Ga, Apr. l1.-LeO M
: Frank, formerly of Brooklyn, sentenc
ed to die today for the revolving muir
der of 14-year-old Mary Phagan, toda
passed into his thirty-first year. H
was thirty years old yesterday. H
today declared he is confident he cal
prove his innocence on the evidenc.
which private detectives employed b,
his millionaire uncle claim to hav,
unearthed.
The grounds on which the defens,
demanded new trial are: Repudia
ton by half a dozen witnesses of in
ferential statements made by the pros
eution in closing. Coersion of wit
nesses by city detectives, anxious tt
make case" Refusal of prosecut
ing officers to investigate every yer.
sion of the Phagan murder and to take
proper precautions to prevent mis-
carriage of justice. New evidence that
Frank was on the street in Atlanta
at the time at which witnesses heard
sreams, presumably of the murdered
girl, in passing by the National Pen
Gil company factory.
Four New Witnesses.
Four new witnesses will swear to
the last named point-the strongest
link in the chain of evidence OF
Franks alleged innocence which the
private detectives have been able to
forge. Moreover, it is announced that
several unnamed persons will testify,
if necessary, that the insinuation was
made to them by certain detectives al
legged to have been acting for the pro-
secution, that there was something in
it, for them if they testified to hearing
the screams and seeing Frank emerge
from the pencil factory at a stated
time.
Will Attack Attorney.
The attorneys for Frank also will
allege that Solicitor H. NJ Dorsey,
who prosecuted the Frank case, fatty
refused to permit medical examina-
ton of hair found on lathe in the
pencil factory. The defense claims
this hair was not that of the Phagan
girl and that the states charge to this
effect could have been misproved If
examination were made. In this con-
nection Franks counsel alIege that
Dr.. H. F. Harris told the solicitor that
his (Dorsey's) brother, physician,
might examine this hair and he would
ind it not to be Mary Phagan's-but
hat Dorsey fatty refused to go furth-
sr into this tangle.
Use Girl Witnesses.
A number of girls will repudiate i'm
'utations as to Franks character, ad- |
uced by the prosecution. The testi-
nony of the negro watchman, Jim
,onley, who swore that he assisted |
rank in disposing of the fourteen
ear-old girls body, and who, it was
Omitted, was mainly responsible for
he jury's death verdict, is to be bit
erly attacked by the defense. They
entered their fight on his version,
Thich he changed several times while
n the stand.
Great Courtroom Battle.
Atlanta was distinctly excited today
18th the expectation that the greatest
ourtroom battle in decade would
2 staged to save Frank. A Cornell
'aduate married to young wife, and !
highly respected as stu
GUS and quiet, the verdict that he
I'd accomplished the horrible crime
sainst little Mary Phagan shocked the
There was evidence also that Frank
ID little girls visit him in his office
ter work. The condemned man =
ught ineffectively through the trial
urt and two higher tribunals to :.
owe his annOcence.