The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-23

Mabel Jackson, Wadsworth, Ala. -.
Remember, young ladies'. you on
votes in your own district to go t
quickly blew out an oil lamp burning just
| outside Franks door. He also extin-
guished the dim light burning in the hos
pital room.
Trusty Gets Match
A member OF the Invading party was
quick to see this. He hailed the 'trusty."
Come here with a match" he COM
manded.
Il haven't got one," replied the convict
| guard.
well, you had better get one damned
| quick
The guard saw the CLEAN of a revoly er
| and lost no time in complying. So far as
| known this was the only semlanoe of an
| oath used in Franks presence This vas
in keeping with the determination of the
members of the vigilance committee" to
give to their acts a consistent atmosphere
| of officially
| Four men entered Franks room. The
noise at the outer door already had awak-
ened the prisoner, but he was still lying
| in bed when his room was entered by the
self appointed executioners who wore
mobile goggles which served the pur-
| pose of masks.
I'VE want you to come with u.s. Frank
was told.
There was neither surprise nor terror
in the look he turned upon the four de-
| termined men. In silence Frank arose
| and made as if to dress himself. He was
still feeble from the loss of beod suffered
| in the Green attack and swayed perhaps
| a little dizZily.
Don't bother with the clothes; come
just as you are" he was commanded.
! INTERESTINGLY, and without appeal of
any sort for protection, Frank permitted
himself to be handcuffed Clad only in a
sleeping garment he walked into tho pris-
on corridor, a member of the vigilance
committee" either side of him ana
| two bringing up the rear. The night was
one of the warmest of the summer
When the party had reached the
| prison porch the leaders thought the
progress being made was entirely too
slow 1t was then Frank was picked up
: and carried down the concrete steps of
the prison house. 1t is strenuously de-
MED that Frank was dragged or
| bumped" down the steps and 1T is
also denied that one of the members
of the party helped carry him by the
hair. In substantiation of this it is
pointed out that when Franks body
was cut down the only mark on it was
a slight abrasion of the right arm just
above the elbow. This it is said, was
caused either by striking the arm
against the narrow door of the auto
mobile as he was lifted into the ma
chine at Milledgeville, or may have
been due to swaying against the trunk
of the oak tree as Frank, was being
lifted to his death.
The CHASTITY SCARED wound In
Franks throat was not opened until
the weight of his body had been
thrown against the expertly tied hang
mans knot placed beneath the right
point of the chin.
There apparently was no doubt in
Franks mind as to the meaning of his
abduction as he was lifted into one of
the machines waiting outside the
prison farm. He had been fully aware
Of the threats that had been made
against him and Of the holding in read
mess of the militia several weeks ago
when there was every reason to be-
lieve the so-called execution first
was planned.
Two men climbed into the back seat of
the car in which Frank had been placed,
one sitting on each side. Another men,
Der of the COMMITTEE was seated be-
side the chauffer. There were seven cars
in Mlledgeville at this time. Only four
got back to Marietta, the other three
being left behind at Little river as a rear
guard. These were the cars which sue
lcessfully baffled those who first started
in pursuit of the lynching party.
A Seven Hour Ride
For seven long, strenuous 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. The roads were often rough
Icp h,1V hnf maintained
speed of about 20 miles an hour. There
was but one delay, a puncture, which was
quickly mended. ~.
Franks hatless, white clad figure, erect
in the tonneau OF the leading car, was
in striking contrast to the sombre hued
men beside him. Although the roads
We're black and lonely the glazing cleo
trio headlights of the cars following kept
the first car brilliantly Illuminated. The
| highways were deserted. however. and
the farm houses which were passed were
mere shadows. darkened as they were for
the slumber hours. There were no pass
ersby to witness the strange and tragic
procession that sped steadily along In a
Trace with the coming of the dawn.
During this long journey only two syl.
tables left Franks lips. What his
thoughts were can never be known. The
men who had determined that he should
die left him alone with his meditations.
automobile, 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"
He Did Not Finch ~
Frank did not finch. The wonderful
stoicism which had marked his long con-
finement in prison and with which he had
met all the reverses which followed his
many legal attempts for liberty did not
desert him in the last hours of his life.
1t was well after the determination OF
his captors had been disclosed to him
before Frank was asked the question:
us there anything YOU would like to
say before your execution.
At first there was no reply. Then
slowly. aDd perhaps painfully, the re.
Gently wounded man shook his head.
NO"
The monosyllabic negative wal
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