The Washington times., 1915-06-30
Station DECLARES -.
7 DID ONLY RIGHT"
Former Governor Asserts He
Never Saw or Heard From
Frank.

NEW YORK. Juno so.-John M. slaton.
until four days ago governor oi
Georgia, is in New York today. but not.
as he took pains to say. to escape from
hostile mobs in Atlanta who threaten
ed him after he commuted the sentence
OF Leo M. Frank from hanging to hre
Imprisonment for the murder Of Mary
Phagan, but simply for a holiday. IT
Ia the first vacation he has had In
fifteen years.
When the holiday Is over he VIII re-
turn to Atlanta to practice law, as he
did for twenty-six years up to the time
he was elected to office.
within three months" he assert
ed, II will be stronger In Georgia than
/ ever have BEEN"
"will you run for Senator three
years hence?' some one asked quickly.
THAT will be as events dictate. II
the people want me, and X nothing un-
candidate. But you are asking me to
prophesy. Besides. / do not know II
Mrs. slaton will want me to-"
Now, don't you dare say THAR ex-
desire to laugh at her husbands teas
ing and the wish to protest at being
dragged into the calcium. please say
as little about Mrs. Slaton as you can
Mistake by Judge.
Tho law in Georgia provides, when
a man Is convicted Of murder upon cir
cumstantial evidence. the trial Judge
has the right to determine whether to
impose tho death penalty, or life i'm
prisonment. Judge Roam forgot this
statute. or he never would have i'm
posed the death sentence. He said 80
himself in his letter to me. asking that
Would you have given FREQ pardon
to Frank II you had been asked to DO
sTs s'eny ens Ts ss. to sseD9ssK ss
would have been given most careful
consideration. You realize that there
was considerable strong svidsnee
than we are asked to do"
Has Frank thanked your
lie has not. 1 never have seen the
me ssage from him. It was an aS-
stract case OF justice to me-"
,,o What wa, was T. the o.. cause Of tho pre'u-
Frank was condemned in the eyes
Of the mob; first, by the hue and cry
You know II some one shouts. There
goes the murderer the crowd win
the man first pointed out. Second
whispered stories Of Franks perver.
sion nad an lnnuence. moro ID no 0vl-
dence to show this perversion. Third
the dramatic element entered-ths
story that the factory superintendent
mtsused the poor little factory girl
Had he been the 1anitor you know tn,
prejudice would not have arisen"
was there racial prejudice7"
Until this case arose I never heart
Of prejudice AGAINST the people o
Franks race or religious belief in 0eor
eia. believe that played a very small
part. CT course, tho Hebrews took
UP. He was ono OF their people. I
was natural that they should try to hell
him.
No Prejudice Against Hebrews.
But. as you know, there arc com
paratively few Hebrews In Georgia, an,
those who are there sufter from n,
prejudice. The head Of the board o
education in Atlanta and the vice presi
dent are Hebrews. The probable mex
president of the chamber Of commerce
is q Hebrew. and very popular. On
Of the original trustees Of the State o
Geoegia in colonial days was q Hebrey
named Minis, and his pendants ar
among the aristooracy Of the State to thi
day. One of my law partners 10 q He
brew, and very popular"
DO you think political capital will b
II do not know. I hope not Justic
to man should not be made specta Gu
lar; 1t should not be used for any man
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. nor should II play
part In politics. II some people try I
make this a political issue. you mus
M fo. 1~Ir