The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-21

I last Tuesday morning but postponed the sitting for a week after hearing the evi- dence of two witnesses as to the identity l of the vigilance committees victim | Coroner Booth said today that thus far he had discovered only two witnesses who had seen the lynching party in au- tomobiles approaching the vicinity Of the giant oak near the Frey gin. ne of these witnesses Is William Frey himself but neither was able to fix the identity of any member of the party. Frank was | recognized, they say. because of his only partly clad figure. The members of the lynching committee" wore heavy auto- mobile goggles which effectively served the purpose of masks.
 A representative of the Associated Press visited Coroner Booth at his little country home two miles out of Marietta today. He is Y years old, but has the appearance and vigor of a man many years his junior. Under direction of the county commissioners the coroner has employed Gordon Gam as special counsel for the inquest which will be resumed next Tuesday morning in the Marietta courthouse.
 MT. Booth was in reminiscent mood to- day. The oath bound secrecy of the vigilance committees" which carried out so precisely the lynching of Frank, seemed to remind him of the old Ku-
 
 ton period.
 Was Member of Ku-Klux
 T was member of the Ku-Klux-Klan in Ebert county in those days said the coroner. "We were organized by Gen. Nathan B. Forrest, and we were divided into four twelves; that Is the county was divided into four districts and there were 12 members of the Klan in each district"
 The coroner recalled the terrible oath that was administered to the members of the F<lan and of the grim work some times undertaken.
 Did any member of the K1an ever violate his oath of secrecy?" he was asked.
 Tn an adjoining county one did, I be- lieve, but he was never heard of again. Some of his relatives sort of looked for him for while, but no trace was ever found" With regard to the Frank investigation. Coroner Booth said he was making every effort to learn the perpetrators of the lynching
 II am sworn to inquire, and to inquire diligently" he said, 'and I am going to do it."
 So far as could be forecast tonight. however. the verdict of the coroners jury will be that Frank came to his death lat tHe ndHuS or persons unknOWn.
 Franks Body Buried
 New York, August 2o-The body of Leo M. Frank, who was lynched near Mari etta, Ga. was buried in Mount Carmel cemetery, Brooklyn. The automobile hearse and the cars carrying the im- mediate relatives of the dead man. travelled at high rate of speed over the sx-mile route from the home of Franks parents to the cemetery in vain attempt to elude newspaper men and moving picture photographers. xr
 Franks parents, MT. and Mrs. Rudolph Frank, the widow and Franks sister Mrs Otto Stern. and her huseband oc- cupied the automobile that followed the hearse. A dozen other relatives and friends occupied three additional automo- piles. crowd of scarcely more than 100 people was in front of the Frank home when the casket was carried out at 9:l0 o'clock. Twenty minutes later the hearse had arrived at the cemetery, and 10 minutes after that the last Dur:ai serv- ices were concluded.. About 40 curious persons were in the cemetery when Franks body arrived and they crowded close to the grave. during the services. Perfect order was maintained both at the Frank home and at the cemetery. and the police at both places found noth- ing to do.
 Mrs. Lucille Frank, the widow. ap- peared calm and restrained until the burial service had been concluded Then she collapsed and was assisted to an au- tomobile. The services were conducted by Rabbi Alexander E. Lyons of Brook lyn and Rabbi David Marx of Atlanta.