New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-19

body.
Morris Twenty Miles Away.
He was still haranguing and brand
ishing pistol when Judge Newton A.
Morris, one of the strong men OF
Georgia and man Of undoubted cour-
age, came at Vanderbilt Cup speed,
from Alpharetta, twenty miles away,
where he had been trying case. with
him were william Burke and Coroner
BOYD. Morris at once sought to quiet
the local bad man.
az lust talked TO him." said Judge
Morris this afternoon, "and urged him
to be quiet. All the time he was ours
ing horribly and hitting me on the
chest. Finally got bit of quiet and
then | asked the crowd to deslst-
boys | said TO the men, Frank is
dead. The law has taken its course;
His body now belongs TO his wife and
his mother. Let them have IT. We
have no right to interfere with them
That thing have a mother! came
from the mob"
There were 1900 TO 1000 people
there then. put it to a vote and the
crowd all voted aye, all except the
leader. Then ] called for showing
of hands. All were in favor of not
burning the body except two or three.
Boys said /, I'm glad you agree
with me that the State of Georgia
should not stand charged with NAL
treating this dead body
Judge Cut the Rope.
"Then I reached up and holding the
rope with my left hand cut 1T with
nv right. | was not quite strong
Ill ha
bumped quite hard. In a minute a
number Of the men had the end Of the
rope and started to haul away. Again
| cut it, this tine above the chin and
the crowd was satisfied TO cut the rope
into bits as souvenirs.
"A man Immediately jumped for the
PROSTATE body and began stamping
upon IL. He stamped on the face once,
think The coroner gave permission
10 move the body, and it was put into
an undertaker's wicker basket-you
know what mean and put on a walt
ing hcarse. | got up on the hearse
with the negro driver and his helper,
and we started for Atlanta. The crowd
meantime was yelling and making
threats and the ringleader was be
seeching them to go and burn the
body.
"a short distance down the road one
OF the negroes was hit II was getting
too hot for comfort, ard | ordered the
negroes to put the body into my car.
"'God save us said the negro, but
dassent do that II | do they'll get
me- With the aid Of white man
threw the basket across the doors OF
my car and started for Atlanta. On
the running board was a reporter for
THE Atlanta Journal II was a lid
ride. | don't believe. Ford was ever
driven so fast before, and every te2
feet we passed cars coming our way
| kept to the centre of the road, and
the reporter kept yelling to look out
that | was running so close to other
cars that / would take his legs off.
Threatened for Speeding.
"However, he stuck until we got to
SMYRNA. helping John Woods hold me
basket in place At Smyrna he jumped
TO phone his paper, and | asked him TO
notify an undertaken and ask Atlanta
TO send police to meet US. Just out
side Atlanta two bicycle cops came up.
/ was driving like mad. and they yelled
after me TO stop. | kept on. Then
one Of them reached my seat and said
if | didn't stop he would arrest me.
"I've got Leo Franks body here!
| yelled to him. III you want that
crowd that's chasing me to get it, just
arrest me and they will have it,
"For Gods sake, drive faster, he
answered, and with his mate leading
the way and he riding beside the car
we raced until Atlanta was almost
reached. There we met an undertaken
with an ambulance, transferred the
body, and it was taken to place to be
prepared for burial.
Every ten feet Of the way from the
cemetery in we passed q car. do NOT
know how many, certainly into the
, hundreds.
when we returned here the crowd
was about There were many IN the
cemetery and many more out at Frey's
place. The place was as quiet as you
see it now. There's the whole story"
One effect of the Frank lynching is
to accelerate a movement begun some
time ago 10 distribute the record in
the Frank case among all subscribers
to "Dun's" and "Bradstreet's."
1--WE are going TO do that" said Car
ter tonight. ito let the outside world,
the responsible people misled by at
tacks upon Marietta and COBB County,