The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-08-26

IL was well aILer Jne Oestln8t1Ou OF
his captOrs had been diclosed that
Frank was asked the question:
els there anything you would like to
say before execution!'
At first there was no reply. Then
slowly and perhaps painfully, the re-
GENTLY wounded man shook his head.
| The monosyllable negative was
scarcely audible above the throb Of the
engine.
For a long time following this the
only sound was that of the plunging
automobiles. Then Frank was asked
if he had killed the Phagan girl and
the captors say he made NO reply. This
question was not repeated until near
the journeys end, and again it is said
there was no reply. The final inter-
rogation was:
els there nothing you wish to says"
emo"
Walks With Firm STEP.
These four questions were the sole
conversations in the death car ~ it
sped along the miles which were stead
lily bringing Frank nearer to Cobb
county and to his death. As daylight
approached the speed Of the cars was
Increased. It was . full hour before
dawn that the carriages drew up to
lust below the gin house Of William
Frey and stopped at the edge Of an
oak thicket.
The door Of the leading car was
Opened and Frank was told to ster
out. He arose with the knowledge
that death was near at hand, but did
not falter. The big tree which &C
coon was to be his scaffold doomed
large above the other oaks in the
thicket, but Frank either did not see
or attach any importance to it at first
He walked with firm step between two
Of his captors, his eyes upon the
ground.
} It was while the silent procession
was progressing thus that suddenly
Frank spoke:
~ love my wife and my mother NOR,
than I do my life"
The words were uttered more t.
himself than for any dramatic effect
upon his hearers, but evidently Frank
had been bordering that last question
as to whether or not he had aught t.
say and this was his answer.
A few minutes later the moose ha6
been placed, a handkerchief was tieG
loosely about the eyes, there was &
pull, tautening of hemp and Frank I
life was fast ebbing away.
It was half an hour after the com
mittee had completed its work that the
dangling body was found, still warm.
Quick Verdict
Marietta, Ga, Aug. ga coroner s
jury, inquiring into the Leo. M. Frank
lynching, without having heard any
testimony concerning the identity Of
persons connected with the affair re
turned in three minutes a verdict thai
Frank came to his death by hanging
at the hands of parties unknown.
Attorney Dorsey of Marietta rep
resented the state at the hearing. DR.
G. D. Elder, the first witness, testified
viewing the body while it was still
warm and hanging in the grove neal
the Frey Cotton gin. He knew of nj
circumstances surrounding the hang
; ling. The only mark on the body wal
the cut in the neck, which the rop.
opened. DR.. VIM. Kemp testified HI
was on the scene early in the morning
He saw several autos with negros OF
whites in them. Frey in his testi
mony when asked when he break TASTED
said he drove his machine to Marietta
which seemed quiet, then drove to ths
cemetery where Mary Phagan is buried
It was quiet there. Also later on was
in town. He told Of machines driven OF
his property. When he saw the ma
chimes pass his home before he break
tasted he connected them with the pris
on farm affair, and returned to the
house because he did not want to b.
mixed up with any disturbance. Frey
was a former sheriff of the county il
which Marietta is situated.
w. j. Frey testified that his brother
telephoned him at O'Clock from thu
, state prison farm that Frank had beer
; removed. Soon after he saw four auto
: mobiles drive by Frank was in the real
seat with man by his side. He testified
that he turned to his friend saying Lee
us go into the house, there's something
DOING
WE EAT TOO MUCH.
|, Henry Ford has come to the cOnclus