The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-25

Mr.. Frey?'
Yes, sir"
We'll, where did you get the idea Frank
had been hanged there at the gin?''
From the cars there and what heard
when | passed the Frey place..
1T was guess, them"
We'll, sir, when I came nv tho Era,,
place Bill called to me that he though.
there was something doing l had seen
In the morning paper about what had
happened at the prison farm So II
| aroused my suspicion
! Did you see again or recognize anv
OF the machines you passed at the gin?''
mo sir"
rs there any further light YOU can
| throw on this case?"
| mo, sir
IL. II. Looney, city marshal of Marietta
| SAID ne knew nothing of the lvncbinp
until after the body was discovered.
You are bending your best efforts t.,
discover who took part in this transac.
ton. suggested Mr.. Dorsey.
| Yes, SIR
We'll, is there any light you can throw
on the situation at this timer"
| NO. sir. this transaction was really
OUTSIDE the city limits but we are CO.
operating with the county officials"
Did you see anything unusual last
Monday night to indicate that the peo.
No
rietta?''
NO, sir. On Monday night we ALWAYS
have two niger dances in town. / STAY
| up late that night for these dances gen.
| orally always end up in a row. saw
rothing unusual, or suspicion, last Mon
| day night, although l was up until
| a. M
Mayor E. P. Dobbs of Marietta, who is
also state senator, said that when he
first heard of the lynching he though,
the story was hoax.
| Il met Deputy Sheriff Hicks" said the
mayor and asked him about it. He
said he knew nothing. / suggested that
1 we get car and go out to the Ere,
GIN although thought at the time tina,
when we got back the town folk would
nave good laugh on us. I did not be.
lieve we would find Frank, but when We
got to the oak thicket there he WIS hang
ing by the neck.
deputy Sheriff Hicks took charge OF
the. situation. We have done all In GU,
| power to find out who composed the part,
| that hanged Frank. l told Marshal Loon.
get all the testimony possible and presen
to me the slightest clews'
Have you received a report?"
| mo, sir, not YETI
rs there anything else you would like
to say?''
nave seen In the papers that lot Of
automobiles were missing from Marriott,
the morning of the lynching. The trutl
is, we didn't miss single car. | have
no idea whether Marietta people or coun
try people were engaged in this trans
action. do not believe the Marietta PEG
| pie are any more responsible for this thar
people Of the county, or any other coun
| ty. We don't know who did this I,
may have been people from another coun
| ty who brought Frank to this county.
I'VE are doing all we can. gentlemen
but of course you know those things arr
| hard to find OUT
Charles Nell and W. L. Gray wer.
| on the scene of the lynching soon after 1,
Happened, but saw no one connected with
| 1t. Gray said he saw automobiles "gone
| both ways along the road early in thu
morning but paid no attention to them.
| Deputy Sheriff Hicks stated to the jur,
| that he and Sheriff Swanson were doin6
all in their power to discover the per.
sons engaged in the transaction" HI
| said he had searched Marietta the da,
of the lynching but could find no car.
/ that bore evidence Of having been on q
long journey.
| It was after this that the jury re-
| tired and brought in its verdict that Franz
came to his death at the hands of partie.
unknown.