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LEO FRANKS PARENTS
TAKE NEWS BRAVELY
Wife to Bring Body for Burial
in Family Plot in Brook
Ign Cemetery.

Mr.. and Mrs, Rudolph Frank. parents
OF Leo NJ. Frank, were notified yester-
dly OF the lynching of their son through
Franks lawyers IN atlanta. The first
despatch told OF Franks having been
taken from the prison and carried of In
an automobile. 1t was not until some
tine later that word came of the lynch
Ing. Until the latter information was
received the parents hoped against hope
that their son might yet he alive,
Mrs. Leo NJ. Frank will take charge
OF her husbands body and bring It to
brcther-in-law. said, The elder Frank
ard his wife make their home with Mr..
Stern at 1852 undeIA!ll avenue. Mr..
Stern said the family had not yet i.-
ceIved word regarding the time when
Nil, Frank will receive the body or
wien she will reach New York. Burial
Will be in the Frank family plot in a
Jewish cemetery In Brooklyn.
Although suffering greatly from the
shock OF the news the mother of Frank
rallied soon from the first shock and
received further details OF the lynching
bIHvely.
"Thank God Leo In dead and through
with his troubles she said, Ell he had
lived his life would have been torture
anu they might finally have killed him
ir a worse way"
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DUE TO SYSTEM SAYS
FRANKS LAST LETTER
Lawyer Makes Public Core.
spOndpncc Between Prisoner
and Himself.

ATLANTA, Ga, Aug. Ill, Y. Rosser.
who was leading counsei for Leo NJ.
Frank In his court fight, had no state
ment to make to-day in reference to the
l~ynchlng, but said he desired to make
public the last letter received by him
from Frank and his reply to that letter.
Franks letter read as follows
state Farm, MiledgevIlle. Ga. July
/. 1915.
AT this writing my health is much
better, my sold having nearly left me.
am sleeping fine and my appetite Is
good.
IL hav been given some chores in
and about the prison building, commen-
surate with my pres mi physical condl-
ton. MY work sur about five tn
seven hours "A day. | nave several hours a
dag for reading, writing or any eason
BILE form Of exercise and diversion. The
sunshine and atmosphere here are great.
still. stripes and the environment OF
n penal institution. while interesting IN
their way. pail upon the vision 10 an in
nocent man. Physically, | am "A part OF II,
spiritually, | am totally foreign. But Il
cannot last always. even though for the
present | am designated as IA 'Lifer.'
II want to assure YOU how deep IL my
respect for you AS r man and attorney
am not IN tAls predlCanent because Of
anything YOU lid, or did not do. My mis-.
fortune is the result ~ a system,
coupled With Ignorance and chiranery.
LEO NJ FRANK"
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GEORGIA REDEEMED,
WATSON PAPER SAYS
"vigilance Committee Has
Carried Out Sentence Of
Law" Editor Asserts.
ATTACKED BY MARSHALL

ATLANTA, Ga. Aug. lion the irst
page OF the Jerersonian, a weekly paper
edited by Thomas z. Watson. which was
issued tonight. appears the following /:
"a vigilance committee redeems Geor-
gha and carries out the sentence OF the
law on the Jew who murdered the little
geutiie girl Mary Phagan.
'Slaton was Franks lawyer and the
Communication was void. In putting the
murderer to death the vigilance COM
mittee has one what the Sheriff would
have done II slaton had not been OF the
sarne mould as Benedict Arnold.
Let Jew libertines take notice-Geor-
gla Is not for sale to rich crimlnais."
Ever since the sentence OF Frank was
committed by Gov slaton, Watson has
been conducting n bitter anti-Frank and
anti-Slaton campaign. His paper has
q, large circulation and many believe
that watson's violent words have had
to do with keeping alive the re-
sentiment which eliminated In the lynch
ing.
1t Is but fair to say. however, that q
great many people OF Georgia felt out
ragged when Gov. slaton commuted
Franks sentence. and watson's incite-
mont to violence fell on faiiow soil. The
people were not . rensentful against
Frank as against what they termed the
"outside influences which operated in
Frank behalf. They believed that a
propaganda had been organized to save
Frank from the gallows and when the
death sentence was committed they took
the view that outside influences operat-
ing on Gov. Sliton had succeeded in
overthrowing the courts of Georgia.
Watson knew this feeling existed and
he has catered to 1t to the utmost in
his paper.
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OF BLAME FOR PERMITTING FRANKS DEATH

waving his arm behind him. He out
there. strung to a tree about two miles
back"
Every one knew whom he referred to.
and In less than a minute several auto
mobiles were headed down the road.
Two miles east Of here. hanged to a
tree about seventy-fve feet of the main
highway between here n Atlanta. the
searchers found Franks body.
II vas still warm. The hands were
manacled, the feet were bare. The only
clothing were a shirt and trousers. A
new hemp rope stretched from the neck
to q limb OF n tree abou fifteen feet
above and then I'VE to another tree
about twenty feet away.
Only the lynchers know what hap
pened W the kidnapping and
Franks death, but this much is certain:
they covered about one hundred miles
by automobile before they killed Frank.
To reach here from Milledgeville they
had to pass either through or around
Atlanta: II Ii not believed that they
would have been 10 reckless an to 70
through. and the road around Is 100
miles.
1t 10 thought throughout the State
that the lynchers probably came either
from this town or from Cobb county,
OF which Marietta IL the eat II 40.
the twenty-five kept their plans remark
ably secret. There was no unusual stir
OF activity yesterday; no Whispering In
the .public square nor anything else
which would draw suspicion to any per-
son or set OF persons here.
The Cobb county commissioners have
been stirred to action. They have ap-
pointed special officers and a special
prosecuting attorney I try TO search
out and convict those responsible for
the lynchlng.
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WATSON BLAMED.
Louis Marshall says a.. =. should
Go After Editor.

ALBANY, Aug. 1T.-Louis Marshall,
one OF Leo Franks attorneys. said to-
night that Thomas f. Watson. a popu-
list and editor. was responsible for the
agitation which eliminated in the hang
Ing OF Frank.
THE United States said Mr.. Mar.
shall, ought to go after Tom Watson.
He Is the real murderer. He In the fell
low who stirred up all the agitation.
He IL the s~coundrel. His paper. the
Je1ersonidn, has fairly bristled with the
most ~contemptuous and vulgar illusions
to the Frank case. II has circulated
vulgar. vicious lies and the basest kind
OF murder. Frank was taken out OF
the very sanctuary of the law. IL was
not during a period Of great excite
ment or stress. but two years after the
crime laid at his door had been COM
mitted. Watson published In his paper
such headings as this:
Gentle put to death for killing Jew.
This had reference o the Becker cas-.
He published a cartoon showing n Jew
stabbing a figure representing the State
OF Georgia"
Mr.. Marshall, what can be lone about
this?"
The United States has the power to
forbid the use OF the mails TO literature
which incites to crime and murder" he
replied. III the authorities can't find
the men directly responsible for this
atrocious AFFAIR. then Georgia should re-
gard Watson as the principal. and he
should be tried for murder. first degree.
That is the only way the State of Geor-
gia can wipe out the foulest blot on
modern civilization. Watson poisoned
the mind Of the State OF Georgia. |
would like To say "A great deal about
his whole matter. but l think have
said nough for now"
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CROWDS IN
FLOCK TO SEE BODY
Cohin sui Aboard Train for Brook
Ign st Mridnight.

CoHin Pat aboard Trails for BROOK
Ign at M~idnisht.
ATLANTA, Ca. Aug. 17.-Bent on view
Ing the body OF Leo Frank to satisfy
their morbid curiosity that Frank wa.
actually dead, several hundred men.
when they discovered the hiding place
where the body was being secreted by
the undertakers shortly before Q o'clock
this afternoon. gathered at the automo
bile garage Of G~reenberg q Bond, un-
dertakers. IN Piedmont avenue and Ellis
street. n threatened 70 break down
the doors OF the garage unless per-
mitted to see the body.
When a pane Of glass was era shed In
by the mob the police realized that the
desires OF the crowd must he grawed.
Accordingly an ambulance hearse was
summoned and. escorted by a squad Of
mounted police Franks body In a wicker
casket. was removed from the garage to
Greenberg Il Bonds chapel at Houston
and Ivy streets, where from 9 80 o'clock
unil Z tonight thousands OF people
Ned through the hallway of the chapel.
Al Z o'clock Chief OF Police W. VI.
Mayo. In order to permit the u~ndertakers
to prepare the body for shipment at mid
night to Brooklyn. doubled the Gordon
Of police on guard at the front door Of
the u~ndertaker's establishment.
Continuously during the five hours
that the crowds were allowed to view
Franks body thousands OF people, In
Guiding a thousands Of women, girls
in short dresses. boys yet In knee
trousers and barefoot lads. a in
single file past Frank casket.
In the crowd many women tainted.
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FRANKS WIFE GOES
INTO CONCLUSIONS
Fear for Her Life for Il Time
Taken to Her Unclc'S
Home i'm Georgia.

M~iLLEDoryiLLE. Ga, Aug li-Mrs.
Leo VI. Frank started this morning Tor
Athens. Ca. where she ma. an uncle,
after she had had such violent gon-
WILSON'S that for "A time il was feared
that she would die. Mrs. Frank lived
here since her husband was Nouu '.i
last month by Green, the rouv.yt, and
had been allowed to see f., tU6 every
day.
After the lynchers had kidnapped
Frank last night a prison Official called
upon Mrs. Frank to tell her. Before
he had finished she tainted, and ttt1
went into commissions. y physician y'd
a nurse were called to her ard. So
had Gained somewhat before now ar
rived of the finding of The body a.d
said that she wanted - 20 'o her
uncle. She was taken to a t'l, me
mediately after breakfast. the - W.. ~
and the nurse Accompanies l-r
As Mrs. Frank reached the tam
news of the finding OF her ly-la.d &
body arrived. She bore vi wei dHI.g
this shock In comparison to Dol. 49,
lions when she learned of t3c kid.
mapping, Later the physician sad So
was out OF danger.
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MAYOR OF ATLANTA
DEFENDS LYNCHERS
Woodward in imprisoned
Speech Warns Slaton to
Avoid Georgia.
TRIES ITO PUT CITY RIGHT.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. lin an Inn.
passioned speech at a public banana,
here tonight. j. @. Woodward, Mty,r q,
Atlanta. Ca, who came IVES, 20 attend
the Dixie day celebration at the ".
position. startled his hearers by rushlb,
to the defence of the lyuchlng Of 10,
Frank. Speaking with great feeling B..
sounded "A warning 10 ex-Goy. John II
Slayton against returning to Georgia n.
declared In impassioned terms tina, in.
mob who tool Leo Frank from IN, Zen.
gia penal farm got the man who nn,.
dered Mary Phagan.
IL am going to take occasion to.ules,
to make a few statements OF the cy,b,,
that have put Georgia on the man in
very undesirable light" he SAID II Am
going to deavo To put you right
People throughout the United Slate.
have obtained their ideas OF the Franz
case from a poisoned and su.s.az,I
press and press reports. Common de-.
cency prevents me from telling Won vf
the revolving truths OF the lnYrde. o.
Mary PhaRan.
while We people OF Georgia deplnr.
this deed of Monday night Ne Nnow
what Ia behind the feeling that promp,el
IL, u ] want 1t understood .hai u
simply emphasizing the fact that when ,
comes to woman's honor there j. no ,mi
we will rot 40 to avense and - pro.
tect It.
II know that there is not a member
OF the jury that tried Leo Frank who
fro mthe day they rendered the verde;
to this. have any idea that they would
change their decision If put 10 the ties,
again.
"Seventy-fve pei cent or the people
of Georgia are convinced that the man
lynched Monday night committed mo
deed. and they are on the g.ogud AID
ought to know.
Il want to put my city aud stale ~
the right light and ! have the Rowe TO
do IL. / will be home in less than a
week. and | car go back feeling | nave
q ~ my duty.
81 know Jack Slaton, have known hin
for thirty years. ever since Dee Mas a
young man. | have been friends VITA
him. and. while | hate t. sty b.. |
would not advise him to ro'Iru %
Georgia for a year. II ever. The bulk
OF the people may understand a.m and
may realize and believe he did what he
thought was right, but ! am afraid mere
are seine who will resent h.s ac,s
throughout all the years to come
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of and I could see the lights flashing as
they went over the hill toward Meri.
wetier. the road that leads Atlanta
ward"
Warden Smith In a statement de-
scribed the attack as a carefully planned
AFFAIR. He said:
81 was spending the night at my home
adjacent TO the main building as i usu
ally do under normal conditions. / had
just rome In when I vas called from the
front.
when I opened the door half q dozen
men confronted me with pistols and gun
thrust into my face. They commanded
me to throw up my hands n there was
nothing else to do. At this juncture nv
wife rushed up and fell %swooning In my
arms and the men ordered me to come on
and go to the camp.
MY wife i~nterposed, and they told
her they were my friends n her friends
and for her not to be afraid. but she kept
clinging to me. Then one Of the men
told them to 20 on. but he reconsidered
and said one or W more Of them would
better remain with me. They kept me
covered for about Ave or six minutes,
then took my pistol. Jumped n an au-
tomobile passing by and were gone.
1T was all done 30 quickly II Is hard
to say how It was carried out, and I am
completely at my wits end In the mat
ter"
Both Capt. Burke and Warden Smith
are held blameless by the Board Of Prison
Commissioner for the seizure OF Frank.
X. Z. Dawson, T. f. Patterson and l..
Rainey. constituting the Prison Board,
happened to be at the penitentlAry when
Frank was taken from the building. This
morning all three OF them spoke In re-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-18
LAWYERS SHOCKED.
southern Members of bar Associa.
ton Denounce Mob,

SALT LAKE CITY, Aug, 1.-THE
lyuching Of Leo NJ. Frank at Milledge-
vile shocked the Southern members of
the American Bar Association, now in
session here, They were vociferous in
their denunCiation of the mob and the
mob spirit which had brought about the
death OF Frank,
President Meldrim Of Savannah, whose
advice was sought by Ex-Governor Sla-
ton before he committed Franks sem
tence to life Imprisonment. said IN,
lynchLg was n disgrace to Georgia.
The Governor should at once tai
steps to have a special Grand Jury m
panelled outside of the Jurisdiction
where the mob resides and bring about
an investigation" said MIR, Meldrlm.
THE proper thing to do. II It IL pos
sible, IL to turn "A machine gun loose
on such "A mob and destroy Il. I an
shocked that suc u thing could tax.
place and | sincerely hope that the
hloodthirsty civilians who planned such
n diaholicsl OUTRAGE on Justice and com.
mon d~ecency viii soon DO brought TO
justice"
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their own hands" They trampled on
the law. They lynched the honor OF a
state. In the dark prospect tina, faces
me state there II one CLEAN OF light.
u is the declaration of the gallant ex.
Governor Satlon that every man CON
cerncd In IAN act contrary To the civi.
lization OF Georgia should be hanged,
Tor he Is an assassin" IL IL the pledge
of Gov. Harris to use all his power 20
see to 1t that the members OF this mob
teceive fitting punishment for their
crime
The Tribune.
Instead Of taking every %precaution TO
preserve his life and with IL the honor OF
the state OF Georgia II seems APPARENT.
from the reports at hand. tina the re-
sponsiblc officials through their palpa
bly, inadequate protection OF him.
amounting to passive collision i'm the
crime, invited the CHASTITY Insult which
his murder constitutes to the sovereignty
OF their State.
The American.
Gov. Saton of Georgia was not afraid
10 deal Justly with Leo VI. Frank. GOV.
Harris. his successor. will not he afraid
TO deal justly with the rufian mob that
tore Frank from his cell and brutally
murdered him.
The cutlery against Frank was raised
by hate crazed ~irresponsibles In whose
ranks were enough criminals to carry
out The hideous plot hat resulted in
Franks assassination.
For this outrage there can be no
liberation. North or South, East or West.
To allow the murdercrs to go unpublished
would be to abandon justice and set
anarchy up in It's stead.
Until every man who too part In this
crime Is found and punished ,he people
OF Georgia will ave a duty to perform,
There can be no c~ondoning any lynch
Ing. A lynching of this daring and
atrocious character is an insult not only
to the people Of Georgia but TO the
people Of the whole United States.
There must be no refuge for these
butchers, To give them aid or com
fort, to offer them opportunity for con-
cealment. is "A criminal act and should
be punished as such,
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wick Netos editorially viii say to-mor-
row:
is the proud Commonwealth OF
Georgia vying with bloody Mexico in
the ~outlawry business? Have we
reached that stage Of brutality where
every man becomes a law unto himself
and. banding with his Infatuated ne sh-
Dor. talks through the land to assassi-
nate law and order and bring ignominy
upon the read OF our once proud old
state? Does not the spectacle OF lynch
ing Leo Frank offer to the sober minded
people of Georgia the most serious food
for reflection that has been brought 10
them In half n century?
1T was wrong for the spirit OF the
mob to have appeared when Frank was
tried. II was wrong when this same
spirit pursued the trlnl Judge 10 the
very brink OF his grave. threatened the
life of the Governor n drove him from
the State"
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RABBI WISE
says Deed IL Result of Long Cam
paign Of La wIessness.

LAKE PLACID. Aug. l7.-Dr. Stephen
S. Wise. rabbi OF the Free Synagogue.
New York. said tonight regarding the
lynching of Leo NJ. Frank
THE murder of Leo Frank Is the tenn
porary triumph OF anarchy. The lynch
ing OF Leo Frank Is the very apotheosis
OF lawlessness The consequences of the
deed are on Georgia's head, but the
deeper causes are the concern OF the
1ation's conscience.
II speak rot as n lew. but as an
American. Men know that | have never
raised my voice In defence of a Jew
guilty of wrongdoing. Living. I pleaded
that Leo Frank be granted that which
he was denied. a fair trial. Being dead
] mourn not as much for him as for
my country and with my countrymen.
For every American worthy OF he name
will bow his hcad beneath the burden OF
the shame which has been wrought by
Georgia, shame from which IL remains
for Georgia to free herself and redeer.
the nation"
Chief Justice White of the United
states Supreme Court declined to COM
ment OH the lynching.
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O BLOT ON STATE"
Secretary Daniels says south Feels
Crime Most KeenIy.

WAsHiNGToN, Aug, l7.-Secretary OF
the Navy Daniels issued the following
statement tonight denouncing the
lynchiug Of Frank:
81 am shocked beyond expression a,
the lawlessuess OF the Georgia mob. II
is the worst blot upon the name of the
State. Every good citizen must deplore
II. II will be denounced more sincerely
In the South than in any other part OF
the republic,
81 have no doubt the Governor OF
Georgia will employ every possible
agency to discover the mob murderers
and bring them to trial and punishment
The honor and fair name OF Georgia
demand this"
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Y KY.


Until. or unless. the murderers OF
Frank are made to pay the death PEN
atty for a crime unexampled in the
annals OF America. hardly e,lipsed in
Russian or Turkish records. Georgia.
and not the rufnians who took the pris-
oner from Milledgeville to Marietta.
must bear the blame. The Frank case
from beginning to end was an example
4 jew batting.
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SOUTH AROUSED.
Press Of Other states Denounce
"Disgrnc~ of Gcornia."

Southern newspaper comment, outside
OF Georgia. Is emphatic In denunciation
OF the lynching of Leo Frank. Some
editorial opinions follow:
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Limits Private Telegram Service.

The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany that the Italian admin
istration advises that Italian semaphore
stations are closed TO service on private
kilograms.
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REGISTER.

II the Governor of Georgia had de-
signed to ave Frank put out OF the
way he could not ave adopted II surer
course. The wrong--a great wrong
has been done, not simply to AN in
d~ividual, but to the reputation of the
State whose laws are 40 easily violated.
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BY EDITORS,
New York Newspapers Comment
on Leo Franks Lynching.

vi" ~" hs hchink
The editorials In the New York news
papers this morning denounce the lynch
ing OF Leo Frank and call on the au-
thorities TO take measures to punish
those responsible for the crime. Fol-
lowing are the editorials:
The Times.
The boldness OF the crime and the
number engaged In its preparation
nuke II practically certain that every
one of the twenty-five Is known to some
body. Every one of them IL a murderer.
every one OF them should suffer the
penalty OF premeditated murder. II
there liz In Georgia a will to punish
these men they will he punished.
The punishment Of lynchers IL ex-
tremely rare In the South, but I'm this
case Hente must punish the lynchers
or put up for all time with the obloquy
attaching Ia their crime. Surely, the
decent people of Georgia must suppor
the Governor In his intention to mete
out due punishment.
The world.
Public neglect or collision favored the
deed at every step. There was no on
position. The Marietta Chief of Police
knew nothing afterward OF u crime his
nelghbors knew all about beforehand.
In more than 200 miles OF open road no
one questioned the lynchers' procession,
The mob did not take the law into
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60 M. FRANK and his wife in the court room during his trial at
IL Atlanta. Below, Mary Phagan, the 14-yesrod girl for whose
murder Frank was found guilty.
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tIa rlOn-LedKcr.

The lynching of Leo Frank com
plete the disgrace of Georgia. His death
Is Il victory for mob law and not IN
atonement for the murder OF Mary
I'hagan.
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GEORGIA PRESS
SAYS STATE Is
NOW DISGRACED

Continued from First Page.
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ndcuns Put On.

THE crowd informed me that they
did not intend to harm anybody except
Leo Frank and told me not to have any
rear The AFFAIR was completed within
nve minutes, II seemed to me, and almost
before we realized the enormity of the
occurrence II was a written chapter.
During the entire performance ] was
handouffed and under guard. When the
crowd brought Frank down and started
or ] asked the fellow who had snapped
the handouts 10 unlock them. but he
laughed and said that II ! would accom-
pany them they would take OF the irons.
! retorted by "a ying. Damned IL I'd go
anywhere with them
The whole procedure wps timed AS "A
we'll ordered and ~methodical proce ssion
and only "A few words were spoken. IL
evidently having been agreed that the
leader should do all the talking. Only
two ~ the men We're masked, but | aid
not recosnize any of them, Then in less
time Than II takes to lslI II they were