Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-21
LEO FRANKS DEATH
SENTENCE COMMITTED
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horses reins. stirred one crowd to
excitement, and they followed the
officers to the city hall, block away.
Speakers started to harangue the
crowd from the city hall steps but
were stopped by an extra force of
police. 1t was stated that delegation
was coming here from Marietta, the
former home of Mary Phagan.
Two hearings were held here on
Franks application for executive
clemency, one before the state prison
commission May 81 and the other be-
fore the Governor. The latter ex-
tended through several days and
ended June 16.
Before the Prison Commission oral
argument on Franks behalf was made
by his counsel and by jurists, lawyers
and prominent citizens of Georgia,
Illinois, and Massachusetts. Petitions
bearing hundreds of thousands OF
names from various State societies and
committees, and thousands of in
dividual letters, urging clemency were
presented to the commission. In OPP
position to the application there was
filed a letter from Solicitor Daisey who
prosecuted Frank, and protest from
citizens of Cobb county, Georgia, where
Mary Phagan formerly lived. The
commission recommended clemency.
Jail Removal Carefully Planned.
Franks removal from the Jail here
was carefully planned and the officers
were able to elude newspapermen and
others who might recognize the
prisoner. Leaving by back door,
they went in an automobile to the
terminal station. where deputy pur-
chased tickets for the party to Macon.
Frank was not handcuffed. A black
souched hat was pulled down over his
face. The few persons who were In
the railway station at the time failed
to recognize him and it was more than
an hour after midnight before the re-
port was circulated that he had been
removed from the cell he had occupied
for many months. At Griffin, Ga, a
Pullman conductor said he had
recognized Frank in his car, but ef-
forts to confirm his assertion at first
we're futile. Telephone connection
with the county Jail here had been cut
off and Jail officials refused to verify
the report.
Governor Slayton was at his country
home several miles from the city, and
telephone connection with his home
had also been cut off.
Frank Identified.
When the train reached Macon sew
eral persons at the station saw the
sheriff and the prisoner leave their
Pullman, and Frank was positively
identified. Obtaining an automobile
the party started from Macon inn
mediately for Milledgeville, a distance
of 81 miles, arriving at the state
farm at 4:30 o'clock this morning. Sc
secretive were the officials here as to
their plans that even the superintend-
ent Of the prison farm had been
notified that Frank would be taken
there to-day.
Mrs. Frank declared that she knew
nothing of any move to take her hus-
band to Milledgeville and Franks at
torneys said that they had not been
notified of it. Solicitor Dorsey, Whe
prosecuted Frank, also said he had not
been informed of the plan.
Governors Action Criticised
The first of the announcements OF
the Governors decision was made al
S42 o'clock this morning. Extra
editions of the local newspapers con-
tanning the unofficial announcement
caused considerable excitement among
a number of crowds of men. who
gathered on various street corners and
around city hall. Mounted police ano
patrolmen were stationed on the out
skirts of the city and one arrest was
made. Comment disappearing the de-
eision was heard.
In his statement eXhaustively eX.
planning his reasons for committing
Franks sentence Governor Slayton re-
viewed the circumstances of the case
from the murder to the conviction ant
his appeal for clemency. Continuing
the statement reads:
"The murder was most heinou: