The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-20
Cranks and Others Kept
Away From Brooklyn
House of Mourning.
MOTHER PRAISES son:
SILENT ON LYNCHERS
Victim i'm Letter Blamed
Editor Watson for En-
nifty of Georgia.

! The presence Of uniformed policeman
and two detectives on the seat with the
chauffeur. drew up In front of dimiy
lit gray stone house at i52 Underhill
avenue a few minutes before IL o'clock
last night, II contained the body OF
Leo NJ. Frank. ut last brought to his
fathers home
Although the body had arrived in the
city at o'clock in the morning the
| family had waited all day and far into
the night for favorable moment to
bring home their dead. a time when
| there would not be crowd to make
their trial harder. There were only
about $50 persons waiting. most Of
/ them women, when the hearse finally
appeared. and these were easily kept at
"A distance by dozen policemen.
4 iumor perslsycntly circulated
among the struggling crowd gathered in
! front OF the Frank home that an at
tempt would be made to bury the body
secretly-pro0ably about o'clock this
morning.
The hearse left the undertaker's shop
| at IL :0S o'clock last night with Sergt.
David Barry and Detectives Harry
States and David Medium aboard. II
| sped quickly through the streets. stopped
for n moment at the home OF Charles
Strauss. sexton OF the Eighth Avenue
Temple. to pick him up. and six min
uies after the start drew UP before the
Frank home.
| Sounds of WeepinG.
-., the policemen jumped down and
| stood OH guard while Strauss and his
| helpers opened the door OF the hearse
| the mont door OF the house swung open
| slowly, n shaft of yellow light shone
forth and sounds OF weeping came to the
ears Of persons In the street strauss
| carried the supports for the coffin inside
| first and "A low wall OF deepest grief was
heard, Then the black coffin, cove red
with a purple cloth. was lifted and car
| ried up the steps.
As 1t entered the door a woman burst
I into passionate weeping and the sobs OF
others with her swelkd and grew into
low meaning. For several minutes
| through that lighted door came sounds
| of SORROW that made some OF those who
waited outside move nervously and then
walk off into the dim places.
! Su>h WIS the way Leo Frank came
| back TO his fathers house. The last
time he had entered there was six years
ago to take part in the gayety of his
sisters wedding, the sister. now Mrs.
Stern, who met his widow yesterday
morning at the Pennsylvania station.
! IL was the last time she mad seen him
until he was brought in out of the dirk-
ness last night
None OF the family would talk about
the funeral plans yesterday. They mad
not even confided to the police what
their intentions were. for they wished
to avoid any crowd that might ma Ike
unseemly demonstrations when the last
rite Is performed. Otto Stern, Frank s
brotter-in-law, intimated that IL would
take place this morning. probably early.
letter written by Frank on the day
he was dragged from the Milledgevlle
jail by lynchers and posted an hour
after he had been taken away on the
long automobile journey which preceded
his death was made public in the after
noon 1t was written TO c. y. Connolly,
the author OF The Truth Abou; the
Frank Case"
In the letter Frank blames Tom Wat
son, editor of the IcGcrSonior, IA south
Georgia weekly publication. for the first
attack made upon him in prison. which
nearly proved fatal. and tells OF his slow
recovery from the wound in his neck
made by fellow convicts knife. He
said he could move his head slightly and
hoped to be all right In few days.
Frank spoke also OF the kindness OF the
prison officials and told OF having a
guard night and day.
Under Police Projections.
The early arrival OF the body and It's
swift trip in an automobile hearse to an
undertaker's shop on Atlantic avenue
Brooklyn, prevented any gathering IN
the morning, and the police saw to IL in
the afternoon that there was no lolter-
ing in front of the gray stone house with
the drawn, curtains. behind which sat
Franks widow and other members OF
his family waiting for the last act OF
the tragedy
There were only few persons in the
station when the train drew ina few
policemen. reporters and number of
early commuters, who halted their hast y
steps when they learned what the un-
usual presence of uniformed men meant
Mrs. Otto Stern. Franks sister, and
Rudolph Frank. his father. Il kindly
faced man with iron gray hair. were
the only members OF the family present
Finally the gate from the platform
below opened and after few moments
of waiting Mrs. Leo NJ. Frank emerged
heavily veiled and leaning on the arms
of men who had accompanied her on the
Journey from Atlanta. As she appeared
Mrs. Stern ran forward and took her In
her arms. The two women stood. the
centre of quiet gathering. for "A few
seconds, sobbing and clasping each other
tightly. and then Mrs. Stern led the
Way 10 "A taXicab.
Others in the party OH the train were
Harry Alexander and Herbert Haas. At
lanta lawyers who conducted Franks
long fight for life; DIR. David Marx
Franks pastor in Atlanta. and A. f.
Marcus. Mrs. Franks brother-in la W
They entered taxicabs and were driven
rapidly away to the Frank home
The plain black casket was taken from
the baggage car and placed I'm an ele-
yator under the care OF detectives, who
allowed no one else aboard Then |.
was laised to the upper level and put
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