The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-19
IS NEAR TO DEATH FROM
 PRISON ATTACK
Murderer of Mary Phagan, His Throat Gut, Reported
 in Critical State.
AUTHORITIES PROBE REASON FOR ASSAULT
Outside Influences, It Is Be lived, May Have Caused
 Lifer to Wield Knife.

MiuedgevilIe, Ga, July 19-Physi- clans who examined Leo M. Frank in the state prison early today said his condition was much worse. The Jagged but in his throat received at thes hands of 8 fellow prisoner Satur- day night, was swollen and his tenn perature was 1O2 2-5.
 Dr. H. J. Rosenberg, the Frank family physician, who returned to At lanta last night. believing Franks condition warranted his leaving. He and another Atlanta doctor were sum noned back today. During the night Frank was restless, his temperature continued to rise and at about day light he was delirious at brief inter vaIs. The temperature reached the highest, shortly before 8 o'clock and then began to drop. At o'clock it was a fraction over 1O1.
 pr. Compton, the prison physician, was not so alarmed over the turn of the night as were the other attend ants. He stated today that some fever was to be expected and that the swell ing of the neck was not necessarily an exceedingly dangerous sign. Blood poisoning is most feared The stitches seem to be holding.
 Frank was desperately wounded by William Green, fellow-convict at the State Prison Farm at Mil1edgeyi11e on Saturday night.
 Shortly after the attack he announc- ed did not believe he was going to die. If he had to die, he was ready to go, he said and begged that his assailant be forgiven for the offense; but "I am going to live,'' he said.
 Gov. Harris will urge a thorough inquiry into the murderous/ assault to find whether or not Green, the con- fessed assadlant, was the tool of con- federates-
 The Governor is keendy concerned over the attempt upon Fra ak's life. So many rumors of violence to the life convict and threats upon his life have come to his attention that he said that the possibility of Green hav- ing been a tool of others was a phase of the case that would have imme- diate investigation. The Governor kept in close touch with Mil1edgeV111e-
 Mrs. Frank is at her husbands bed- side most of the time.
 Gov. Harris received yesterday an peal to pardon Green from dozen citizens of a. small city near Columbus The appeal was made by wire, the message reading:
 We, the undersigned, respectfully appeal to you to pardon William Green now serving life sentence in the state penftentiary-'
 It was inferred from the remarks of the governor that the proposed probe of the prison commissioners would be extended to the, disciplinary system of the state prison Guards and officials in this event will be called upon to ex- plain why Green was able to smuggle the knife into the dormitory and make his attack upon the sleeping man without interference.
 There Is a possibility that the state legislature will be urged to investi- gate the prison relative to the system of herding a large number of prisoners in a single room where they sleep.
 Seattle, July 1s.-surpr1se and re- gret at the attempt on the life of Leo M. Frank, by a fellow convict at the prisoi farm a Mi1ledgeville, Ga, were expressed by former Governor John M. Slaton, of Georgia, who was here to-day on his way to San Francisco.
 "I do not believe that the attack on Frank could be traced to any out side influence working for Franks de- strrction," he said. sI believe the criminal mind, aroused perhaps by newspaper reports, was responsible. Frank was put in the scafest place for him in the state.''