The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-06-24

offenders we must choose III elatter
alternative.
1t Is charged that the court and
jury were torrorized by n mob and
that the jury were coerced into their
verdict. When Frank was indicted
and the air was filed with rumors as
TO the murder and mutilation of the
girl, there was intense feeling and to
such an extent that my predecessor
Governor Brown stated in argument
before ME that he ha dthe milit
ready to protect the defendant II any
| attack was made. Some weeks later
the defendant was put on trial d"
The governor then ref rred to Geor.
gia's laws relating to change of ven.
ne, declaring these provisions most
broad in behalf OF the defendant to
insure a fair trial. Frank. he said,
went to trial without asking Il change
of venue and submitted his case to
a jury that was acceptable to h m.
Declares Trial Fair
During the progress OF the trial"
the statement continued. after evi.
dence had been introduced laying the
crime with many offensive details up.
on Frank, the feeling against him be.
came intense. II the audience in the
! courtroom man tested their deep re.
sentiment toward Frank It was large.
ly by this evidence of feeling beyond
the courts power to correct. II would
be difficult for an appellate court or
trial court to grant a new trial in
such long case, because the audi
ence In the courtroom on a few &c.
casions indicated their sympathy.
The jury found the defendant gull.
ty and with exception OF the demon
stration OUTSIDE the courtroom there
was no disorder. Nothing was done
which the courts could correct thru
legal machinery"
The governor pointed out that he
United States supreme court had sus-
tanned this ruling He declared the
charge against the State of Georgia
Of racial prejudice was unfair. He
then reviewed the evidence. lie as
serted the state proved that Frank
was in h S office at the factory lit.
tie after ~ o'clock the day of the
murder and he admitted paying Mary
Phagan wages due her. SO far as
known, he says, Frank was the last
person who saw her alive. Other
facts enumerated by the governor as
to him, the more important of those
shown by the state were:
Points Out Contradictions
That Frank at o'clock the nft5r-
noon of the murder allowed the ne
gro watch, Newt Lee, to leave the
factory for two hours, that thc same
evening Frank called Lee ON the tele'
phone that Lee found the double in
ner doors locked, all Of which things
| he had never done before; that a
girl was strangled was found IN Guam
titles on the metal room floor and in
less quantities in the basement where
the body was discovered. He also IN
cluded the testimony of Miss Monteen
, Slower that when she was In Franks
office about the time the state con-
ha ri
we're in the metal room. Frank was
not in his office, although he had de-
cared he had not left the office.
1.-THE most startling and spectacu-
lar testimony in the case was that
given by a negro, Jim Conley who
finished in the chain gang, the state
murder notes found beside the body,
which Conley finally admitted he
had written at Franks dictation.
"Conley claimed Frank asked him
to come to the factory on Saturday
and watch for him as he had DONE
which he explained meant that Frank
expected to meet some woman" the
governor says. "Conley occupied
dark place beside the elevator behind
some boxes"
"Conley mentioned several male
and female employees who went up
the steps to the second floor, where
Franks office was. He said Mary
Phagan went up the stairs; that "
few minutes he heard footsteps &
in toward the metal room that he
heard scream and then dozed. In
a few minutes Frank stamped and
Conley locked the door and then
went upstairs. He said Frank was
shivering and trembling and told him
he made advances to the girl and
she repulsed him and he struck her
too hard and she fell and hit her
head against something and he did
not know how badly she was hurt.
Conley said he found the girl in the
metal room with n cloth tied about |