Evening journal., 1915-08-18
LYNCH|NC WORST Blot
ON GEORCIA'S NAME
Secretary Daniels Says
Franks Crime Cries Aloud
For Punishment
WORK OF MOB
IS CONDEMNED

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1s.-Secretary
of the Navy Daniels issued formal
statement denouncing the lynching of
Leo NJ Frank as the worst blot on the
name of Georgia and declaring It
would be more sincerely condemned
in the South than in any other part OF
the Republic The statement follows:
Il am shocked beyond expression at
the lawlessness of the Georgia mob.
1t is the worst blot upon the name Of
the State. Every good citizen must
deplore it. II will be denounced more
sincerely n the South than in any
other part of the Republic. The great
bulk of Southern people know that
such instances, perpetrated by the
few and indorsed by small minority,
work injury to their section.
"There is never any excuse any
where for lynch law. In this case
there were thousands of the best men
in Georgia and elsewhere who doubt
ed the guilt Of Frank. There we're
many in Georgia who believed he
was guilty. If guilty he ought to
have paid the penalty of the heinous
crime, the worst that man can COM
init. The Governor, after long de-
Il liberation, decided to commute the
sentence to life Imprisonment.
| Cries Aloud for Punishment.
Those who thought the Governor
Il should have let the sentence stand
cannot even advance the poor plea
that Frank had escaped punishment.
The Governors action changed the
sentence from death TO Imprisonment
for life. The punishment Of life inn
prisonment is the most serious SEN
tence that can be imposed short Of
execution. If guilty Frank would he
daily punished for his crime, for life
Imprisonment is a living death.
mo man is safe when a mob takes
the law in its own hands. / have no
doubt the Governor of Georgia will
employ every possible agency to dis
cover the mob murderers and bring
them to trial and punishment The
honor and fair name of Georgia de.
/, mand this.
1.-The case has become one of nation
. wide interest, and the eyes OF ali the
, civilized world. standing aghast al
/, the crime Of the mob, will look tc
, Georgia to punish the criminals, who
, under cover of night, have committed
, crime that cries aloud for severesi
! punishment"
Senator Duncan L. Fletcher o
/, Florida. who returned to Washington
= today. said:
I No Excuse for Outrage.
r at was a very unfortunate affail
q and much TO be deplored. realll
: cannot understand how the people go
stirred up to such an extent as Z
= make the outrage possible. II eanno
y be defended on any ground 7 can i'm
G agine. ! think those responsible 70
: IL made a great mistake from thei
own personal standpoint
= Representative Edward +. Hollan
i of Virginia, said;
n "There is absolutely no excuse for
: thing so outrageous. Those responsib
= for il ought to be apprchendcd and pul
i ished to the full extent OF the law. III
q abduction of Frank should be sifted
i the bottom and if any collusion is fom
4, between the mob and the prison author
tics or employees their punishmei
should be equally severe. There can
n no question about this in the minds
n Sane men,"
r, Senator Moses E. Clapp. Of Minnesot
le said;
lt ut is such facts as this that sha
in the confidence Of the people in free 60
IN ernment. Our government is cover
n ment OF maiorities. The people of Geo
W gin have adopted system tor the a
ne ministration of justice. and no me
handful Of men can defy the law Eve
ip participant in this act should be broug
Of to the bar of Justice and receive the fl
ed penalty of the law"