Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-17
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Marietta, Ga, Aug, 1.-THE body of
Leo M. Frank was found hanging to a
tree about two miles east Of Marietta
today, The famous prisoner was lynch,
ed by the automobile party of kidnapers
who appeared at the state prison at
Miliedgeville last night, overpOwered
Warden Smith, Superintendent Burke
and the guards, and then dragged Frank
from the dormitory by the heels
Frank s body, which was ghasty
sight, was found dangling from tree
about % feet from the Frey Gin and
Roosevelt road. The scene of the hang
ing is but a short distance from tho
birthplace of Mary Phagan, the little
factory girl Frank was charged vita
having murdered
Frank wrists were handcuffed in
front Of his body,
The rope which was noosed about his
neck opened the wound inflicted by
William Green, fellow prisoner, at
Milledgoville, who attempted to cut
Frank s throat recently, Blood stream,
ed from this open wound down upon his
prison suit Frank IS hair was dishevcl
ed, his prison clothing torn and he was
barefOGed
Effort to Locate Lynchers.
At $3.50 today the chief Of police of
said every effort was being
made to learn the IdeLtity of the men
who lynched Frank, tut he admitted
no headway had been made.
No clues have been obtained as to
the identity Of the lynchers,n - he said, |
1t occurred very early this morning -
Out Of Hospital Yesterday.
Frank was discharged from the pris.
IN hospital only yesterday after having
'ccoyercd from the attempt upon his
ife by the prisoner Green, The wound .
n his neck had healed, but was still
endcr.
or all the armed guards on the pris
N farm not one raised q hand to pro
ect Frank when the kdnapers and
ynchGrs appeared In their automobiles
nd started their systematic work of
officials and dragging ont
he prisoner, who was saved from the
allows when former Governor Slaton
his sentence Of death Of life.
Imprisonment.
OF Frank y last hours no one except
ne men who lynchcd him know any.
hing. That he was dead was not even
nOwn until his body was ftand dang
ng from the tree over 100 miles from
he prison farm
No shots were fired into Frank Is
ody. The corpse was not marked by I,
ftIlnN tFyttwIu unI tIu ptt4tll. Il. ~!
ere fired by the lynchng party were
merely intended to frightcn
IF the posses in pursuit /,
Crowds View Body. IA
At ! O'Clock today the body Of Il
rank was still dangling from the tree
here he was hanged by the mob. i
heriff Hicks, Of Cobb county, could
Vt be found, aud the coroner had no
minority TO remove the body. As
)nRequence, the horror Of the lynchng ,
as intensified as the limp body, 4
,aked with blood which poured from
le open wound in Frank Is neck, swung
the breeze from the end Of the rope
,r hours. i
The news that Franks body was
i'll hanging spread like widfire about /
Ie country Automobile parties from {
tlanta, Roswell, Marietta aud numer. d
is other points were soon en- route. q
Il roads leading 10 toe death tree fin. {
ly became clogged with machines and D
lpUssible. At II O'Clock il was est ,
0ted 5000 persons were around htc \
ee, gazing upon the CHASTITY corpse. {
II is regarded as probable that the q
embers Of the mob who lynched Frank Y
ore from Marietta. Several autos are 4
I'D to have left Marietta last night ,
Irly enough to reach the Mlledgeyillc Y
'isOn by midnight
Tells Of kidnapping Ii
Milledgeyille, Ca, Aug l7.--H@ i
m dozen men rushpd tnto Lon AZ .