The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-24

ed" down the steps, and it is also
denied that one of the members of
the party helped carry him by the
hair.
Death Party Rides Silently.
For seven long hours Frank sat in
the automobile which was carrying
him to a death place of which he had
no knowledge. 1t required this length
OF time to make the journey from
Milledgeville to Marietta. There was
but n delay-a puncture, which
was quickly mended. Franks hat
less, white clad figure. erect in the
tonneau of the leading car. was in
striking contrast to the somber hued
men who had him. The roads were
black and lonely. The glaring head
lights of the ears following kept the
first car brilliantly Illuminated. The
highways were deserted, however,
and there were no p~asserby to wit
ness the tragic procession which
passed steadily along in a rae with
the coming dawn.
During all this long journey only
two s~yllables left Franks lips. Soon
after he had been placed in the auto
mobile Frank was told he was being
taken to his place of execution. The
courts of Georgia have sentenced you
to be hanged and they never reversed
that sentence. 1t has devolved upon
us to carry out their decree" Frank
did not finch. The wonderful stole
ism which had marked his long con-
finement in prison and with which he
had met all the reverses which fol-
lowed his many legal attempts for
liberty, did not desert him in the last
hours of his life.
Question Goes Unanswered.
1t was we'll after the destination OF
his captors had been disclosed that
Frank was asked the question: us
there anything you would like {. say
before your execution"
At first there was no reply. Then
slowly and perhaps painfully the re
Gently wounded mar shook his head
The m~onosyllabic negative was
scarcely audible above the throb OF
the engines.
For a long time following this the
only sound was that of the plungins
automobiles. Then Frank was asked
If he had killed the Phagan girl, and
the captors say he made no reply
This question was not repeated until
near the journeys end and again it is
said there was no reply. The final
Interrogation was:
rs there nothing yoa wish tC
say"
No"
These four questions were the sole
conversation in the death car as il
sped along the miles which were
steadily bringing Frank nearer tt
Cobb county and to his death. A:
daylight approached the speed of the
after dawn that the four cars drew
up just below the farmhouse of tn,
William Frey place. stopping at th'
edge of an oak thicket.
Swing 10 Highest Oak.
When the door of the leading cal
was opened Frank was told to steI
out. He arose with the knowledg,
that death was near at hand, but die
not falter. The big tree which wa
so soon to be his scaffold, doomed
large above the other oaks in tn
thicket. but Frank either did not SCI
or attach any Importance to it a
first. He walked with firm step be
tween two of his captors, his eye
upon the ground. 1t was while tn
silent procession was progressing
thus that suddenly Frank spoke:
Il love my wife and mother NOR
than l do my life."
The words were uttered more t
himself than for any dramatic effec
upon his hearers but evidently Franz
had been bordering that last ques
ton as TO whether or not he ha'
ought TO say ii and this was his an
swer.
A few moments later the moose ha'