Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-01-03
BY LEO FRANK.
tConvright. 1914, by the Newspaper Enter
No''' prise Association,)


No''' 30 prise Association.)
Death Cell, Fulton County JAN,
Atlanta, Ga.
Sentenced to die felons ue@'''
To he hung by the neck untll ueau'
FOR the crime of another! Wha' I"
,rovostv on justice 1t Woulu seem
prenosterous for such thlng 10 NV ~
pen in the Goth century anu Utotas
e',iis Ind ret I am SENTENCED TO DIn DIE
zoe A CRIME OF WHICH aA
hGgOi 1rTTI,Y NO KNOWLEDGh'
Nv life tbs true, is but buople on
,bn restless ocean Of eternity. IL Can
he smashed like a thread or gossal,io,
And vet being innocent altnousn
a,,:nat state puts the seal OF lts ap
SSro1,al on nv execution, IL VIII 10
nothing more than murder lega,iheu'
Tbc Lord viii Reveal the Iruu 1r.ttno
Life, though sweet Is fa.o,-or
thing. Honor and name last iSa No
That | am innocent VIII ole ,,,j,ed un{j
,iniversaIly known and recoghlHeu,
ut'nn orm though my body lies rotting III
;ts crave In His divine WISDOM V"o
ia In time reveals all things!
Mood | say more, can l say lllo'e55
o.to the fairness of my so'calleu uial
~ demonstrations were hostlie an"
directed against me. The ar MaSid
L,.aHt With impending danger. coulu
Saol n the nudge felt it, FOR ne Con
tirned the trial at the request oi ~
local newspapers; the sheflll ~ .to,.aS
Tor he had armed deputies sca'sot 10
among the crowds In ana out % in In
courtroom; the jury coulu not il tont
Gnt feel H. If they were colhpeten'
pu' ldge Tho attitude of witness
tfo;, certainly could and did judge the
ottit,,de Of the mob which, by tne
u,oV left nothing to the imaSlhatlon. ...
Siftinr the evidence, there was @ @put
one witness against me, negro .ini rin
Cnn1ev His testimony at the trla'
was uncorroborated. ...,o,ts-
lie made three sworn staleillGnta
aach different-before the tIlaI' ai, at,o
n fourth statement under oa.n ~
trial. which differed from MS o'''''
statements. ..,oi tbot Com
-, ,,as a vicious criminal with pau
roIn,,totion and record, and that ne
bad not alone motive to commit the
nri,na charged to me. but had iar
srnoter opportunity to commit tne
docd than l, or any other hVlhg oe-
ing. ,l,
lin, Conley Is a sclf-confessed har,
Nth a police court record haVlne
nor'.od forms for disorderly cohuuct'
On tho other hand, the book OF NY
,,ro wac oneued to be scanned by INC
,uD showed that within humau
i,u,,iitations | had lived an honoraples
Jnccnt life. had had the beneI't "a
scbooi and university education, hau
travelled at homo and aproau
sively and was happily married, a.,
More than a hundred witnesses 'e9
tilted in my behalf, among en tba
,'nrnber OF girl employees from the
o,,oiI factory. as we'll as from the
bSaber social and cultural circles
r. GOOD name and an honorable ne
,,.au nothing against the unsupstah-
tiated word of a dissolute urumNe uos
ert,,,iroI what. l ask, is the reward
~ dncency? This negro crlmliaI
ebowed that he had no respect loa
his oath. My statements IN tIls caso
under oath and not under oatm Ns na.9
never successfully been challenseo
and remain today unshaNen' o'''0
they are the truth
Nbst the Trial Judge Said
tIis honor. Judge L. s. Roam, VINO
vas the only Judge who mas ever
nossed upon tho evidence, wheil oN1
,r,Iing my motion for new ttlai sa,u.
Il have given this question lons
consideration. 1t has given me ii.on ',n
concern than any other case ! was
o,ar in, and want to say right nero
mai although | heard the evidence
ond arguments during those 80 dayS
1of the triaD l do not know this
morning whether Leo Frank Is i"-
nocent or guilty" -,o =,
submit that this expression u
Judge Roan's Is testimonial hoI
alone as to the uncertainty OF the eVl,
dence. but also to the condluons ol
tbe trial. How could the jury know
iI the able Judge did not
Everybody who has ralriy eAa,n-
conditionally said that l am innocent.
Tvervbody who knows the conditions
nrevoiling at my trial admits that
thev we're not up to the standard
ca.ied for my "due process or Ia" ;
that a fair trial under such conditions
was absolutely precluded.
What u. S. Justice Said.
Tho presiding trial judge said that
ba doubted my guilt; Associate Jus,
lice o. w. Holmes of the United
states supreme court, in written
memo. stated his grave doubts as 10
whether fair trial had been given
me. 49,, i, T.,
my cell, and DAY BY DAY THE
sHADOW OF THE GALLOWs
DRAWS NEARER. The forms OF
law, say the courts. have been fol-
lowed, and a tainted death awaits me
I am innocent, my conscience is clear
and death Is but transition TO the
higher life. - A.
II I die the death OF criminal the
day will come when | will be deslg-
mated as a martyr to the forms OF law.
I can greet death like a man, for l
know the future holds in its bosom
my complete vindication. l can die
without bitterness or rancor towards
any man. My ignominious death ana
subseouent vindication will some day
mark q milestone In American legal
history-an example Of mans frailty
for generations to come.
DI~aaaut HarOypPv.