The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-06-10
CHICAGO BUTTS IN.

over the upper regions of Atlanta Sassiety,
and Mary Delaney Fisher had electrified Up
per-Tendom, until Jim Woodward was roar
ing for military help, the following special
appeared in the Northern dailies:
The committee representing the big Frank
committee of Chicago arrived here Sunday night
We went directly to the Tower, where Frank is
confined. He seems nothing but a boy-a par
ticularly trave fearless, philosophical sort of
bOy--without a word of harshness or malice
towards any of those who might be called his
enemies. His manner is frank, and his speech
indicates the college graduate
His wife tells that when she is thor
oughly discouraged and in the greatest depths of
woe she manages to slip down to the jail, where
she spends most of her time anyway, in order to
get buOyed up again.
He pathetically observes he has spent two
birthdays in prison. His remarks concerning the
Judge and the various prosecuting factors in his
case are the most charitable ones that I heard
He spoke Of the trial Judge as poor old man,
i'll with cancer intimidated from without, worried
within, and trying to do the best he could and
gave him blame for his action, His loyal,
loving wife, Lucille Selig Frank, has spent every
day with him since his imprisonment
The loyal spirit and loving heart that looks out
from the milo, brown eyes that betoken the
typical RebeCca of Scott's IvanhOe She has all
the Southern womans high ideals and says that
they have all been realized in her husband (May
God pity the poor soul
Mrs Fisher urged the woman's appeal
that brought tears to the members of the Com
mission and audience. This plea prompted
the members of the Commission to step from the
bench and personally thank Mrs Fisher for
voicing the opinion of the Georgia women whose
homes now outside the State. The whole
sentiment of the city seems to have changed since
QUE arrival. POpulace and better classes all
seem in favor of mercy towards Frank.
The Governor said to when I presented the
plea, when the case will be presented to by
the Prison Commission I shall give it every
sideration and go thoroughly into every detail be-
in nv he f9PtC Tod in tho
am glad to receive the plea for mercy from the
women, but if | find, in my opinion, that Frank
is not guilty, | shall exercise my prerogative and
grant him full pardon"
Then Hginbotham, in his excitement, jumped
up and said, do you pardon?" and he
sand ''Undoubtedly," to which Higinbotham
answered, THANK God, I knew you were man."
interviewed Mrs Slaton today in her country
home, where | was escorted by of the promi-
nent Gentle women of the inner circle of the
Governor, in her private car. Of course she
could not tell me she would help the Frank cause,
and | would not ask her, but she did say her own
brother, John Grant, one Of the prominent
of the city, had signed the petition"
My lords, this is the manner In which the
Invisible Power of Unlimited Money can
mangle facts, deIude the public mock the
law.
None of these people had a thought, much
less a word for the little victim, lying up
there in Cobb County. few miles away
THE EXTREME LENIEECY OF GEORGIA LAW
TO A DEFENDANT.
People outside the State do not seem to
understand that our law gives the prisoner
the right to make Just such statement to the
jury as he may desire, and that he cannot be
questioned or put under oath.
The Judges duty is to instruct the jury
that they Hsay believe this unsworn statement
Of the defendant, in preference to all the
sworn witnesses in the case.
Judge Roam. Of course, so instructed the