The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-17

Crowd Sees Body.
Before 9 o'clock the crowd had
reached great proportions, considering
the isolated neighborhood of the
scene. More than 1000 persons gath
cred to look at the grim spectacle.
There were a number of women In the
crowd. 1t was noticed that several OF
them carried babies in their arms.
The body was still warm when the
crowd reached the scene. Not a shot
had been fired and there was abso-
lutely no sign of mutilation. The
wound inflicted by Green had been
opened up on the left side of the
throat by the contact with the rope
that caused death.
Even while the crowd gathered it
still poured small stream of blood.
Lynehers Hide Movement.
And the men who had just taken the
law into tn cir own hands had disap-
peared as suddenly as they had ar
rived at the prison.
1t was commonly supposed that the
lynchers came from Cobb county. II
they did they had concealed their
movements thoroughly. There was ab-
solutely no excitement in Marietta
Monday. AS far as could be learned,
every man in Cobb county was pres
ent or accounted for at his home Mon
day night.
Even after the discovery of the body
there was no one to take any disposi.
tiop Of the corpse. Finally a member
of the throng who had returned to Ma
rfetta called on an undertaken there
and he took charge of the body for the
time being.
Takes Away Body.
At 10:30 o'clock the undertaker's
wagon that was bringing Franks body
to Marietta was stopped by a party in
a car who took the basket containing
the body from the wagon put it in
their own car and started for Atlanta.
So quietly was the work of the lynch
ers performed that people in Marietta
did not know that Frank had been
brought to their doorsteps for more
than two hours. When the news reach
ed the Cobb county seat a throng at
once hurried to the mill. The body was
still hanging to the tree. At least
twenty reputable men recognized the
features. Identification was made
doubly positive by the wound inflicted
on Frank by his fellow prisoner Will
liam Cree, a few weeks ago at the
prison farm.
The bringing of the body to Cobb
county where Mary Phagan was born
and raised was such an example of the
relentlessness of purpose of the mob
members.
Cut Telegraph Wires.
AS the mob leaders left the prison
officials bound and handcuffed,. they
Informed Supt J. M. Burke that
Franks body would be found near the
grave of Mary Phagan. To insure this
and prevent any possibility of inter-
ruption every telegraph line and wire
out of Milledgeville had been cut
save one.
This one wire communicating with
Augusta flashed the news of the kid
mapping to the world. Every sheriff
in south Georgia was ordered to keep
a vigilant watch on all automobiles
passing through their section.
1t was known that the lynchers and
their victim were in a motor car.
Fryes Gin, the place of his death, is
so yards off the Roswell road, but not
visible from the highway. The nearest
farm house is 200 yards away. The
place is located Just mile and a half
from the National cemetery.
Frank in, his death ride was not
even clothed. He was sleeping in the
cell house when the 1ynchers arrived
and when the throng from Marietta
arrived the hanging corpse was clad
only In silken night shirt with the