Arizona republican., 1915-06-22

hours the demonstrations resulted in calling out two thirds of the police force and an order followed closing all near-beer saloons and clubs where liquor could be obtained. About noon a crowd estimated at twenty-five hundred gathered at the capitol grounds. and listened to several speakers. Several arrests were made during the day as the police tried to break up the crowds At Marietta. the former home of Mary Phagan. the governor was hanged in effigy John Slaton. Georgias traitor gov ernor," was inscribed on the dummy
 Early in the afternoon a large throng took charge of the hall of the house of representatives where sev- eral speakers said they doubted Frank had been removed from Atlanta. A committee of five was selected to visit the jail. They reported that Frank was not there Then Sheriff Mangum. who with his deputies took the prisoner to Milledgeville. assured the crowd he had delivered Frank at the prison. The throng which packed the floor and galleries then marched to Five Points," in the center of the business section and later went to the city hall As this had been the scene of a demonstration early in the day. the police took stern measures. Soon the list of arrests increased to ten. all charged with failure to move on." Mounted officers rode in circles in the crowd and the demonstrators gradually dispersed. Early tonight the throngs on the streets appeared quiet
 The governor went. fullX into de- tails as to why he commuted the sentence in his fifteen thousand word statement. He said the decision may mean I must live in obscurity the rest of my days but l had rather be blow ing in the field than feel for the rest of my life I had that mans blood on my hands
 Frank did not know until a few minutes before he started on his ride to MiIedgevile that he was to leave the cell last night. His heavy, dis tinctive eyeglasses were removed. he wore a slouch hat and the few per sons at the railway station did not recognize the prisoner. However his identity became known when the train reached Griffin and at Macon he was reported very nervous, and needing the support of the sheriff when he was transferred to the auto mobile
 At the prison nevertheless Frank had regained the outward calm that marked his two-year fight for life. He again protested innocence, and ex- pressed his gratitude to the governor and said that intuitively he believed he would at least get a communication of sentence
 Previous to the demonstration at Five Points, five arrests including one physician, had been made for failure to move on."
 Governor Slaton in his statement. maintained there was reasonable doubt of Franks guilt of the mur- der of Mary Phagan." He devoted much statement to the part the ne- gro, James Conley, might have play ed in the crime.
 In conclusion the governor said;
 "In any event the performance of my duty under the constitution is matter of my conscience. The re- sponsibility rests where the power IS reposed Judge Roan. with the awful sense of responsibility which proba- bly, came over him as he thought Of that Judge before whom he would shortly appear calls to me from an other world to request that I do that which he should have done.
 'I can endure misconstruction, abuse and condemnation, but l can not stand the constant companlon- ship of an accusing conscience which would remind me in every thought that I as governor of Georgia, failed to do what I though to be right.
 There is a territory beyond req sonable doubt and absolute certainty for which the law provides in allow ing life imprisonment instead of ex- ecution. This case has been marked by doubt The trial judge doubted. The judges of the state supreme court doubted. Two judges of the United States supreme court doubted One of the three prison commission CTS doubted.
 "In my judgment by granting com mutation in this case I am sustaining the jury, judge and appellate trl- bunals and at the same time dls- charging that duty which is. placed