The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-18
FOR FRANKS BODY
Georgia Judge Plead With
Crowd to Spare Remains.
Horrible Scenes Enacted at
Place of Lynching.
WOMEN THERE WITH BABIES
Frenzied Man Stamped Victims
Face With Heels.
"GOd Bless Whoever Did IT."
One Man Shouted.

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scenes were enacted which are almost
past belief.
| The crowd gathered with rapidity.
They swarmed the road from both di-
rections. They seemed to rise up out
of the ground, so fast they came. The
automobiles came careening, reckless
ly disregarding life and limb of occu-
pants. Horse drawn vehicles came at
a gallop- Pedestrians came running.
Women came, children came. Even
! babes in arms The sight of the body,
swaying in the wind, with the gaping
wound in the throat, made some of the
women sick. Many uttered little
shrieks and groans and turned their
heads away. Other women walked up
to the packed mass of men, pushed
their way into the jam and looked on
the dead body without the CULVER of
an eyelash.
Man Erenzied.
One of the first arrivals was man
in d frenzy of passion. He was bare
headed, coatless, his eyes blazing like
those of a maniac. He pushed through
the crowd, ran up to the body, threw
up his hands and clenched his fists
and shook them at the body. Then his
hands would open and his fingers
would writhe and his fists would close
again, and he would shake them at the
body.
Now we've got you!" he screamed.
You won't murder any more little in
nocent girls, We've got you now.
We've got you now!
''They won't put any monument
over you." he cried. They are not
going to get you! They are not going
to get a piece of you as big as a CT
gar,''
The crowd yelled and pressed
At this juncture short, thick set
man ran up, jostled his way through
the crowd and pushed to a place be
body. He climbed upon something, so
that he could see over the heads of the
crowd.
Men, hear mel" he said.
Judge Outlets Crowd.
1t was Newt A. Morris, former
had just arrived in an automobile
from Marietta with Attorney John
Wood of Canton. They were attend
ing Alpharetta court. heard the news
early in the morning and came at top
speed to the scene.
Hear me, mem" said Judge Morris.
The crowd grew quiet, except for a
mumbling in an undertone by the man
Citizens of Cobb county, listen to
me, will you?'' said Judge Morris
They gave a murmur of assent
Whoever did this thing
The man beside the body broke in
with shout.
God bless him, whoever he was.'
shouted the man.
Judge Morris laid his hand on the
mans shoulder and asked him please
to be quiet for a few minutes.
Whoever did this thing said
Judge Morris, did a thorough job
The crowd whooped.
They shore did" chorused the
whoever did this thing" said
Judge Morris. left nothing more for
us to do. Little Mary Phagan is vim
iC
Now, l ask you, l appeal to you as
citizens of Cobb county, in the good
name of our county, not to do more. L
appeal to you to let the undertaken
take it
Would Burn Body
The man by the body broke in
again.
We are not going to let the under
taker have it, he shrieked. we are
are not going to let them place mon
ument over that thingi We are not
going to let them have a piece of it
as big as a cigar, We are going to
burn it! That's what We are going
to do, We are going to burn it! Come
on, boysi Let's burn the dirty thing!r
Judge Morris raised his voice.
Men, l appeal to you" he shouted.
Don't do anything to the body. Let
the undertaken have it. This man
has a father and mother, and what
ever we think of him they're entitled
to have the body of their son. Men,
men, L appear TO you ICf the good
name of our county Let all who are
in favor of giving this body over to
the undertaken say aye"
Their. was a chorus Of ayes:
said Judge Morris.
The man beside the body. at the top
of his voice, yelled MOI
Let all who favor giving the body
to the und artaker raise their hands,
said Judge Morris.
The hands of the crowd went up.
Let all who oppose it give the same
sign" said Judge Morris.
The hand of the ma r beside the
body was raised aloft, trembling with
excitement.
Body Cut Down.
Judge Morris got down and ran
back through the crowd and began to
call for an undertaken. While he was
calling somebody laid a knife on the
rope and Franks body dropped to the
ground with a thud and the crowd
packed around it in a solid mass, with
the excited man standing at the head.
A negro ran up to Judge Morris
Here L am, judge" he said; heres
the wagon"
Judge Morris gave orders and the
negro and another negro opened the
back end of the wagon and pulled out
a long undertaker's casket and started
with it toward the body
Bring the body on, men, shouted
Judge Morris; bring it on, quick, for
Gods sake"
But none of them would pick it up
and Judge Morris, reckoning to the
negroes, wedged in and worked his
way toward the body until the negroes
finally got hold of it and started to-
ward the undertaker's wagon
The man who had voted no
reached out and struck at the body
and the negroes dropped it and when
it nit the ground the man stamped
upon the face and ground his heels
into the dead flesh and stamped again
and again until the crowd interviewed
to stop the CHASTITY work.