New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-18
Apenge Frank for Dixie'S
Sake, Southern Cry Here
Lynchng Denounced Outrage of Lower Classes
Georgans Mourn Stain Sate-Buslness Men
and Clergy Say Race Prejudice Led Mob

"As n whole, they are law abiding
and law respecting people. But they
have permitted few goodfor-n moth
ings to run things with free hand.
''The lynching has brought disgrace
to Georgia and to the whole country
There is but one way for Georgia 10
redeem itself. The state must leave no
stone unturned till the culprits are
caught and placed on trial.
This man Frank was innocent.
know the whole case
Adolph Lewisohn said: 81 deeply de-
pore the lynching Of Leo Frank. IL is
a great calamity to the entire com
munity and backward step IN our
civilization ~.
Samuel Untermyer. who claims Nir-
ginia az the state Of his birth, said !:
at is great calamity for the State OF
Georgia. and unless the perpetrators
of this foul murder are promptly pun
ished the state is disgraced in the eyes
of the civilized world. This latest
crime once more demonstrates that the
poor fellow never had a chance OF fair
plav and that his trial was travesty
upon justice"
Sheriff Stephen P. Petit of Nassau
County, upon whom much comment was
centred as a result of the suicide OF
Frank Holt, the would-be assassin OF
J. p. Morgan, while confined in the
Mineola Jail. said: "The duty OF a
Warden and Sheriff is to defend
prisoners. | cannot think of situa-
ton in any large Jail which would al
low a mob to break in and take prls-
orer away from his keepers. The ahair
in Georgia is awful and needs no COM
ment"
Burns Shocked by Outrage.
William J. Burns, the detective who
investigated the crime for which Frank
was tried, said:' ut is thoroughly dis
gustinc. You will find that the people
wko are responsible for this are not
OF the decent element The lynching,
in nv mind, is just as bad as the con-
viction. Frank is absolutely innocent.
Knowing as well as | do how patient
that boy has been, the killing of him
is outrageous"
DR.. Alexander Lyons, rabbi of the
Eighth Avenue Temple, Brooklyn, SAID:
81 am painfully shocked, as every de-
cent American citizen must be, at the
treatment of Leo Frank by the Georgia
mob. Thai state has a more serious
task on hand than ever before TO bring
itself back to the realm of civilization.
am willing to give liberal donation
for subscription TO offer a large re-
ward for information that will lead to
the apprehension and punishment OF
the guilty party or parties
Supreme Court Justice Scudder. OF
Brooklyn. said: What has been done
will be a reflection on the State OF
Georgia for many year. Destroying
Frank will convey the idea that he was
killed not so much because he was
guilty as because he was Jew. No
such prejudice should exist and none
does exist in our state"
County Judge Robert H. Roy char
acterized the action of the mob as a
"dastardly crime" "Such things are
not possible in this community" he
said. at is up to the authorities OF
Georgia to vindicate themselves in this
affair"
Samuel Stein. secretary of the Mas
sau County Hebrew Association. said:
There is no protection for any one
down South. Franks death was the
result Of religious prejudice, and could
not have happened in this state.
don't know whether he was guilty or
innocent, but he was entitled to protec-
ton"
Representative Meyer London. So
cialist, said: This is a shock 10 every
body, but il would be a serious mis-
take to assume that the people of Geor-
ga are less lawabiding than those Of
other states. While lynching must be
against the delay Of the law"