Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-09-02
MOB-LAW IN GEORGIA.


Georgia has indicated her Kutur, too scahingly OBJ
served the New York World after the nchng Of Leo NJ Frank
on August And characteristic this remark of the
ment of Northern papers, hardly less the Southern
press where editorial Judgment the Providence Journal
notes. prompt decisive and condemnatoy and streng
thened by the exprest views of many representative Southern
citizens The Governor of the State has declared himself
shocked and aggreved and affms that he will use his
every power it that the members OF the mob receive
fitting punishment for their crime Ex-Governor Saon who
committed Franks deahsenence to femprlsonment at the
expense of his popularity calls the ynchng
outrage, every engaged in which should be hanged
Except for paper Marietta the Of the hanging and
Thomas E. Watsons papers, which defend the deed and two
Macon papers which do not defend it. but which doubt If the
perpetrators will brought Justice the Georgia press
to be unit in demanding investigation and punishment
Words could hardly be than these used by the Atlanta
Constitution in the Of an editorial entitled Georgia
Shame
he sovereignty of the State Georgia has been assault
ted and desecraed No word the language too strong
apply the deliberate and carefully conspred deed of the mob
ct is Georgia, Georgia law and justice that hanged
upon that Cobb County tree
Georgia owes to herself and her future to go to the
bottom of this tragedy and not to rest until she that
STAIN far as it possible for official effort to wipe OUT
No less earnest papers like The Georgian and Journal
in Atlanta the Brunswick News the Augusta Chronicle and
the Savannah Press Representative of much Southern press
opinion outside of Georgia is the Richmond Times Dispatch
which says
Regardless of the guilt innocence of the cruelty
and fouly slain by pack of wolves of the night his lynch
ing constitutes the most vicious blow that has been struck
gained government in century, and the South in particular
must suffer it's Effect
Yet despite this editorial condemnation and the frequent
assertion that the best citizenship of Georgia not be held
responsible find the lynchng defended at least partially
justified by both newspapers and citizens of epute 1t will
be remembered that Leo NJ Frank Jew, convicted and
sentenced to death for the murder of Mary Pagan girl
poyed in his Atlanta factory Despite active campaign in
his behalf and very widespread belief in his innocence his
conviction upheld by every Court including the Supreme
Court of the United States After Governor Saton in the last
days of his of office had committed Franks
REIMBURSEMENT, Frank attacked by fellow convict.
lie just recovering from his injuries when he taken
from the Miedgevle prison with what suspicious
to the Savannah ress and hanged in the home
Mary Phagan Georgia people, Mayor Woodward of Atlanta
is reported saying depore the deed butWlen it
to woman honor there limit shall not avenge
and to protect it Thomas t. Watson who has been
Quoting press campaign against Frank and whom hold
morally responsible for the lynchng says that after the
mutation OF the death penalty the people and carried into
effect the legal sentence And in the Marietta Journal there
appeared the day after tie yncng in its town, similar
defense Of the deed
tThe people demanded that the verdict of the be
carried out, and to that it We insist they
and aWabdng citizens of Georgia Literary Digest