The Washington times., 1915-04-20
"Truth and Justice Will Prevail" "
Confidently Declares Accus-
ed Man in Atlanta Cell.
NEVER LOST FAITH, HE SAYS
Date OF Execution Cannot Fall
Within Two and a Half
Months, at Earliest.

ATLANTA. April 2o."I am confident
will never hang. Truth and Justice
will eventually prevail. So conscious Of
the right of MY cause and innocent as |
am, have never faltered in spirit.
still have mind and hopes on the future
and eventually l will be a free and OK
onerated man
This was the statement of Leo Nj.
frank to representative OF The
Times who visited him in his cell In the
tower. Frank is perfecting his physical
and mental self for the future. when he
expects to be a liberated man. cleared
Of the stigma Of murder
II have never once lost faith" he
continued.
True. 1t Is no picnic, enduring con-
fnement and denial of freedom. but
have borne up under it as philosophical
iy as I was able. I have always felt
assured of eventual exoneration.
1T Ia a lorR road mat has no turn
Ing The road has gone as long as IL
possibly can. There is obliged to be a
turning, and my innocence Will be rec
ognized.'
courts action with the same mafkllke
expression of calm that has hidden his
emotions at every stage of his two
years ordeal.
Much Disappointed.
Alone in the formidable triple barred
cell. he was smoking cigarette and he
continued to smoke with even. deliber-
ate puffs as the fatal message was told
Naturally, / am very much disap-
pointed" he said. quietly and coolly.
Frank read the dispatch from Wash
V..,tx
preme Courts adverse ruling on his case
yesterday without blinking. When he
had started to speak, however. Mrs.
Frank came in. also apparently calm.
She kissed him through the bars OF
the cell. and the newspapermen with
drew.
The action of the Supreme Court does
not mean that Frank will be hanged i'm
mediately. At the very earliest time.
under the legal procedure. and with the
utmost dispatch of every factor con.
earned, the date of execution cannot fall
within two and a half months.
Solicitor Dorsey explained this, read,
ing from the procedure of the United
States Court. The mandate of the court,
which formally dismsses Franks ap-
peal will not be sent back to Federal
Judge Newman. from whose court it
came, within thirty days. This period
isallowed by law in every case in the
Supreme Court so that time may be
'O'
a rehearing.
However there will be no such mo-
ton in the Frank case, according to his
lawyers. Frank is through with the
courts.
Will Fix Execution Date.
It is likely. then. that Judge Newman
will receive the mandate about May 20
Upon receiving the mandate he will GER
tify the result.
Solicitor General Dorsey then will sue
out a writ of habeas corpus as the
formal means of bringing Frank into
the State courts to be resentenced. and
Judge Ben Hill In the criminal division
Of the superior court. agsn will set the
day for Franks execution.
Under the law Frank cannot be hang
ed within twenty days after the day he
appears before Judge Hill
When the date of execution Is set
again the preparation of an appeal tc
the State Prison Commission will be be-
gun. This will occupy some time. and
It Is far from likely that Franks law
yers will lappear before the commission
at its June session, early in the mont h,