The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-18
'GEORGIANS IN N. Y.
DENOUNCE LYNCHING
Unite in Urging That Franks
Slayers Be Sought Out and
Punished.
SEE STATE DISGRACED

Men of New York who were born and
raised in Georgia were unanimous yes
terday in saying the lynchine OF Leo H.
Frank was a disgrace and a blot on the
name Of Georgia. They were HORNED
at the fact that a small group OF armed
men could with 80 little difficulty In
wade a Jail and walk OF unmolested
with their victim.
All representative Georgians rave
felt that the whole Frank case reflected
on the State. said p. C. Magnus. presi-
dent Of the Georgia Society. Most OF
those he had talked with. he said, be-
lieved Frank was innocent and that ne
did not receive a fair trial.
81 deeply deplore the whole anair.
he said, and feel that IL has brought
a great disgrace upon the state My
feeling Is accentuated by my belief In
Franks innocence. a belief mat II
shared by all the members OF our So
ciety. At one time we sent for the en-
tire record of the case and after care
fully reading Il and weighing the evil
dence, we came to the conclusion that
Frank was innocent. As a result OF
our conclusion We recommended mat
Franks sentence be committed
state Dissrared, says straus.
THE lynching has brought disgrace
to Georgia and to the whole country
said Nathan Straus. There is but one
way for Georgia to redeem itself, the
State must leave no stone unturned TIL
the culprits are caught and placed or
trial. This whole trouble is the work
OF a few Observation-Disclosures Georgia must
see that the small mob element that a
had things It's own way for so long II
once and for all put down Thus out or
this frightful affair some real and last
ing good may come. Hut Mt what n ter
rible price This man Frank was IN
nocent. absolutely innocent. The men
who are responsible for his death shoult
be captured and tried for murder with
out delay"
Roger y. Wood. Assistant United
States Attorney and a native OF Mary
land. said
THE Iynching Of Frank is al outrage
upon law and order. He was found
guilty and the finding OF he jury was
affirmed by the highest court OF the
state. We must therefore accept the
finding as just and right. Frank having
escaped the death penalty by the ac-
ton OF the Governor, the mob has In
nlCteu tnat DeTultN. lHt Nloid'oiS Va
the law ought to be vigorously prose-
cuted."
~ am gla I am not a Georgian"
said Joseph Talbert. a vice-president of
the National city Bank and n native OF
Mississippi. The lynching Of Frank Is
"a foul and ugly blot on the escutchcon
OF the state. The whole handling OF
the case from first TO last was enough
to make decent people feel ashamed
calls for Punishment.
Rabbi Alexander Lyons of the Eighth
Avenue Temple in Brooklyn. who knew
Frank for years. intimated that II the
Georgian authorities failed To act he
would advocate a general subscription to
promote the apprehension and punish
ment of the persons responsible for the
l%ynching.
''The prejudice Of Georgia has ex-
pressed Itself logically" he said. THE
passion knows no sounds other than Its
qualification. Georgia has now a greater
task than ever to prove her right to a
place In civilization. This tragedy fills
me with horror. The crime with which
Leo Frank was charged was as foreign
TO his nature as sin is to saintliness.
"1n the name OF the highest Ameri-
canism | call upon all self~-respecting
Ann ricans to hold Georgia to account.
to rec to II that nothing is left undone
to discover and punish the perpetrators
of this dastardly crime. Every true
American ought to feel himself called
upon in this emergency to rescue not
only Georgia but America from n stain
that will long be a hideous memoir
unless "A serious attempt is made to
remove t.
Judge Leon Sanders, president Of the
Independent order Of Firth Abraham.