Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-23
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! FRANKS hatless. white clad figure
erect in the tonneau of the leading car
/ was In striking contrast to the sombre.
hucd men beside him. Although the
roads were black and lonely. the gIar.
ing electric headlights of the cars fol-
lowing kept the first car Brilliant,
Illuminated. The highways were de.
serted. however, and the farmhouses
passed were dark.
! ONLY TWO SYLLADLI.SJ
LEAVE HIS LIPS
During all this long journey only two
syllables 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 medita-
lions.
Soon after he had been placed in TN e
automobile Frank was told he was be.
ing taken to his place of execution
The courts of Georgia have SEN
fenced YOU to be hanged. and they never
reversed that sentence. II has devolved
upon us carry out their decree"
Frank did not finch. The wonderful
stOfciSm which had marked his long
conhnemcnt in prison and with which
he had met all the rcverses which fol
lowed his many legal attempts for lib
erty, did not desert him i'm the last
hours of his life. 1t was after tho
destination had been disclosed that
Frank was asked:
rs there anything YOU would like to
say before your execution
AT first there was no reply Then
slowly ana perhaps painfully, the re-
Gently wounded man shook his head
No"
The monosyllabic negative was
scarcely audible above the throb OF the
racing engine.
For long time after this the only
sound was that of the plunging auto
mobiles. Frank again was permitted
the seclusion OF his thoughts.
Then he was asked II he had killed
made no reply. This question was not
repeated until near the journeys end.
and again, il is said, there was no reply.
The final Interrogation was:
is there nothing you wish TO say"
NO"
These four questions were the sole
conversation in the death car. AS day
light approached the speed OF the cars
was increased. 1t was full hour after
dawn that the four cars drew up just
below the gin house on the William
Frey place. and stopped at the edge OF
an oak thicket.
KNOWS DEATH Is NEAR
nut DOES not FALTER
The door of the leading car was
openeu ana J. rank WaS told TO step out.
lie arose with the knowledge that
death was near at hand, but did not
falter. The big tree which so soon was
to be his scaffold doomed large above
the other oaks in the thicket. but
Frank either did not see or attach any
Importance to ii at first. lie walk ell
with firm steps between two OF his cap
tors. his eyes upon the ground
1t was while the silent procession
was progressing thus that suddenly
Frank spoke.
IL love my wife and mother more
than do my life"
The words were uttered to himself
rather than for any dramatic effect
upon his hearers. but evidently Frank
had been pondcring that last question
as TO whether he had aught 10 say. and
this was his answer
few moments later the moose had
been placed about the tender neck and
throat. a handkerchief had been tied
loosely about his eyes, there was a pull.
Il tautcnng OF hcmpcn rope. and
Franks life was at an end.
II was half an hour after the com
mittee" had completed It's execution"
that the dangling body was found, still
warm.