Bisbee daily review., 1915-08-18
Leo Frank, Rushed From Pri-
son Farm at MiiIedgeyiIIe, Ear
Iy Yesterday Morning, LynChed
BY An Unknown Mob.
UTMOST MYSTERY NOW
SURROUNDS AFFAIR
All Signs Point to a Very Com
pIete Preparation for LynChing
of Alleged Murderer; Excite
ment Prevails in Georgia.

MARIETTA, Aug. l7-Leo Frank.
convicted of the murder of Mary Pha-
gan and taken from the state prison
farm at NHUedgevilIe last night by a
small band of determined men. was
brought 20 within a few miles of the
Phagan home here at daybreak and
hanged to- tree on the MiUedgeyille
Highway
The body was found at eight this
morning dangling from a tree several
hours while a throng from the sur
rounding countryside gathered az the
scene BY a vote of the crowd the
body was cut down without mutilation
and taken in an automobile to Atlanta
where another throng caugregated to
view ii.
The officials of Cobb County in
which the lyuching occurred imme-
diately instituted an Investigation
Coroner Booth empaneled a jury HQ
announced the county commissioners
had empowered him To- employ addi
tional counsel Two Witnesses appear
ed before the jury which adjourned it,
session for a week while officials col
lect evidence.
While the identity of no member
of the band is known 10 the official.
tonight. 90 is suggested the fact that
Frank was taken nearly one hundred
miles I'm am automobile from the prig-
on almost to the outskirts of Marri-
eta. would indicate that most of the
lynchers came from this city The
body hanging from am oak tree. was
clothed only i'm the silk shir. that
Frank wore when torn from his bed
i'm he prison dormitory A white
handkerchief covered the face feet
and legs Firmly bound under his
right jaw was the knot of a hang
mans moose experuy tied TO produce
quick dctah
The body was discovered by search
ers from several cities of this section
who started out in automobiles after
the news had spread that Frank wa
kidnapped from the prison farm The
news of the discovery OF the BODY
spread quickly A great crowd had
gathered before the arrival of Cor
ouer Booth The lauer's announce
meni that it. be cut down. immediate
ly aroused some objection
There were cries of don't move tho
Jews bodyunt we shoot it fun Of
holes An appeal by former Supeno~
Judge Norris of Cobb County quieted
the crowd
Let there be no further violence
me said "The work of the mob f.
done Leo Frank has given his life
for "a crime ne is alleged TO have com
mitted DO not mufilate the body
Let it be sent 10 his mother. ! ap-
peal to your better iudgment asl,
all who agree TO The course ] sugres
20 raise his right hand
There was a moments hesitation
then unHned hands appeared above
the crowd. and The body was cut down
First is was placed i'm an undertaker's
wagon which headed toward Marietta
but officials, who feared the crowd
might become unruly. stopped the wag-
on ON the outskirts of the town. and
transferred the body TO an automo-
bile which hurried TO Atlanta
The excitement at Marietta rapidly
subsidized after the body was cut down
Several automobiles, however follow
ed the machine that bore the dead
victim Of the hanging TO Atlanta
The gang that took Frank from the
prison apparently worked quietly and
raDidly after IL began fhe hundred
mile auto ride from Milledgeville The
scene Of the lynching was within
few hundred yards of two farmhouses.
The occupants said they noticed moth
ing unusual during the early morning
hours One man who lived half
mile away said he saw four automo-
biles passing his house but they did
not attract unusual attention There
seemed TO be every indication the
hanging had heen carefully planned.
The ease with which Frank was re-
moved from prison. and the Difficult
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