davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-18

thinker who had occasion to study the facts was unqualif1ed1y convinced. Frank had been bounded by prejudice aroused by unreasoning agitators. His. conviction followed not because of any evidence worthy of the name, but of a. mob maddened by the falsehoods upon which it had been fed.
 Governor S1aton, in the exercise of his constitutional powers, after a care- ful review of the facts, commuted his sentence from that of death to life inn reasons, which is the only gleam of light in this dark history, demonstrat- ed the guiltlessness of this unfortunate man. He was not pardoned, as he should have been, but consigned to in- carceration for the remainder of his days. Scarcely had he entered upon this sentence when @ murderous at tempt was made upon him. While still in te hospital, mob has been enabled to seize him, to remove him from one of the prisons of the state, to deprive him of the protection of the laws and to murder him in cold blood
 His sufferings and. martyrdom are at an end, but he has not lived in vain His sad fate may direct the eyes Of the world to conditions which cry to Heaven for relief It demonstrates that he was convicted by a mob, and not by due process of law. It verihes the prophecy which T uttered before the Supreme Court of the United States. Frank is no longer on trial Tn fact, he never. had a trial But Georgia i~ now on trial in the forum of civilization Will she vi11dicate her laws? Will she permit the niscreants who committed the murder and that most shameful of miscreants who in stigated it to go unwhipped Of jus- tice2 Upon her action depends her rehabilitation in the good opinion of those who in the past admired and loved her.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-18
LAW OR ANARCHY.
Augusta ssChronicle'' Editor Wires His
 Indignation from New York.

Augusta, Aug. 1s.-Thomas w. Loy less. editor Of the Chronicle, wired the following editorial from New York last night on the Frank 1ynching:s Law or Anarchy, Which ?'
 There can be but one answer to this latest assault on the authority and Integrity of Georgia.
 "The decency and civilization of our State must at last assert itself or else pull up stakes and quit. It is a straight put issue between law and anarchy; let Georgians choose for themselves.
 ssThis climax was inevitable as long as we permitted incendiary publica- tions to set Georgia af1ane. Tom Wat son has cost Georgia more than 10000, good and true men can rebuild in twenty years,
 Those who are disposed to tempo rize with this situation further will be as guilty of Georeia's disgrace and retrogression as the mob itself
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-18

ern delegations invading Georgia, many editorials in prominent publica- tions outside the State by editors who were not informed initiated the feel ing of resentment in Georgia
 Thomas B. Watson, through the medium of his monthly and weekly publications, widely read in Georgia, vigorously contended that the jury was right and that Frank was guilty that he should hang. He made out an infinitely more impressive case for the State than Dorsey ever did. At tacks were made on him by the out side press, notably by Puck, and be- cause the New York Times and the New York World, Jewish owned, also made such tremendous fight for Frank, aided by Golfers Weekly, at tacking the State and declaring Frank was convicted because of anti-Semitic feeling rather than the evidence, Wat son accepted the Semitic challenge thus thrown down and in very few weeks the State was seething.
 That Franks communication was se- cured by the use of money, and mon ey alone, the majority of the people of Georgia believe.
 ''These things in their minds. the thirty-ive Cobb county men who lynched Leo Frank went ahead with their work with clear consciences. They. really believed they were aveng- ing angels
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-18
DANIELS DECLARES LYNCHlNG A BLOT
 ON STATES NAME

Washington, 4Apg. 71S.-Secretary of the Navy Daniels last night issued a formal statement denouncfng the lynching of Leo M. Frank as the worst blot on the name of Georgia and declaring that, it would be more sincerely condemned in the South than in any other part of the Repub- lie.
 The statement follows:
 q ann shocked beyond expression alt the lawlessness of the Georgia mob. It is .the worst blot upon the name or the state Every good citizen must deplou-e it. It will be denounced more sincerely in the South than in any other part of the Republic. The great bulk of southern people know that such instances, perpetrated by the few and indorsed by small min ority, work injury to their section
 There is never any excuse any where for lynch law. In this case there were thousands of the best men in Georgia and elsewhere who douht- ed the guilt of Frank. There were many in Georgia who believed he was guilty. If guilty, he ought to have paid the penalty of the heionus crime, the worst that man can commit. The Governor, after long deliberation. de- cided to, commute the sentence to life imprisonment. Those who thought
 
 the Governor should have let the sen tence stand cannot even advance the poor plea that Frank had escaped punishment The Governors action changed the sentence from death to imprisonment for life. The punish ment of life Imprisonment is the most serious sentence that can be imposed, short of execution. If guilty, Frank would be duly punished for his crime, for life Imprisonment is living death.
 No man is safe when a mob takes the law in it's own hands. I have no doubt the Governor of Georgia will employ every possible agency to dis cover the mob murderers and bring them to trial and punishment. The honor and fair name of Georgia de- mand this. The case has become one of nationwide interest and the eyes of a,lT< the civilized world, standing aghast at the crime of the mob, will look to Georgia to punish the crinain- als who, under the cover of night, have committed a crime that cries aloud for severest punishment
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-18
AUTOS TAKE. 200aa. BUSIhESS MEN ON
 OUTING TO SHORE

Nearly 200 members of the Bridge port Business Mems association en- joyed their annual outing at Savin Rock today. A shore dinner was served at the Colorado restaurant, fol- lowed by musical entertainment and a cabaret show. Thirty automobiles were used to carry the party to the Rock, the committee car being used as pilot Some of the cars were decorated with flags and banners.
 An orchestra furnished music during the dinner and afterward the member enjoyed bathing and the attractions at the big shore resort. The baseball game and other sports which formerly were a feature of the outing were dis pensed with this year.
 The committee of arrangements was Robert T. Rock, chairman; Carl Beck. William Rockwell, John H. Whitcomb, R. T. Whiting. Joseph Hartigan= and Attorney Frederick E. Morgan. The autos made a parade through Bridge port before parting for savin Rock.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-18
WATSON SLAYER OF LEO FRANK,
 ATTORNEY SAYS

Albany, Aug. 18.-Louis Marshall. who argued the Frank case before the United States Supreme Court said last night that Tom Watson. editor of The Jefers0nian and at one time can didate for President on the Popu1ist ticket, was responsible for the lynch ing Of Leo M. Frank.
 E Tom Watson is the murderer of. Leo F,rank,'s said MT. Marshall. The State of Georgia. ought to regard Tom zgWatson as a principal in the murder of this innocent man who was taken. from the very sanctuary of the law and rushed to his death at the hands of a mob of assassins If the Georgia authorities fail to apprehend those di-7 rectly responsible for the killing of ; Frank, they ought to take Tom Wat son, indict him, and try him for mur- der in the first degree That is the only way they can begin to wipe out th1z fouIest blot on our modern civili-s zation."
 MT. Marshall had in his possession. some issues of The Jeffersonian, the weekly edited by Watson at Thomson, To the extent of many columns the publication indulges in accusa- ttons against Frank and .ex-Governor slaton who conmuted Franks sem tence, of such a character as to pre- c111ds their reproduction in any re- spectabIe newspaper In one para ETaDh III the issue Ol <1u5 0SI fos 1AC Jeffersonian calls upon the people of Georgia to give .ttIae same reception to ex-Hovernor Slaton, should he ever returns that the Colonial patriots would have given to Benedict Ar nold.s'
 ought to go after Tom Watson MT. Marshall went on. "EIe is the scoun- dreI who stirred up the agitation of which Frank was the victim for near Iysthree years before his death. The Jeffersonian bristles with vulgar lies and the basest kind of misrepresenta- ton, designed to excite an ignorant popuIace into committing murder. It E3shou1d be remembered that Frank was Iynched, not in the heat of ex- citement attending his trial, but two and one half years after his conyic- ton.
 ssOne instance of how far Tom Wat son has carried his campaign of lying and slander is presented in his report of the execution of Becker, which ap- pears in The Jeffersonian under the headline:
 Gentle put to death on the evi- dence of negro for killing a Jew; a Jew virtually pardoned, after convic- ton on evidence of white witnesses, of killing a beautiful girl
 s.In the same issue he published a cartoon representing Jew stabbing a woman's figure, symbolic Of the State of Georgia"
 stWhat do you think the federal gov- ernnent should do about it2s' MT. Mar shall was asked.
 .aTIe federal government has the power to bar his paper from the United States mails as obscene literatlre-1it- erature that has melted to crime; the crime of murder"
 ssIt seems incredible z MT. Marshall wetn on, that in any civilized com r774I47ifxxs <.aTis TOsSif11eas for SI1cf1 recrudescence Of savagery and brutal Iaw1essness to manifest itself It is A stain upon our country and an inef- xaceab1e blot upon the fame of Geor- gia. Here was man Of whose fnno-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-18
HUNDRED KILLED IN GULF STORM;
 HELP IS SOUGHT
tcontinued from. Page 1.l

eThose killed were enlisted men and' no commissioned officers lost their lives Military rule has been estab- lished at Texas City and the soldiers are fishing corpses out of the water as fast as they can be located.
 ''The first rumor to reach Houston was that between 200 and 250 sol diers were drowned, but this report was denied by A. H. Doty and I. J. Moran, who reached Houston late yesterday afternoon, making a trip to Texas City in an automobile on the railroad track. They said only twelve soldiers lost their lives and perhaps thrice as many were injured.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-18
ABOLITION OF
 FINES IS BOON
 TO OPERATIVES
Girls Have Been Penalized for Many Causes Thread
 Price Comes Down.

The abolition of the system Of charges, by D. H. Warner of the Warner Bros. Go. is conceded today to be the greatest boon received by girl factory workers here in many years.
 It has been the custom in Warner Bros. Co. to charge the time consum- ed in making repairs on any piece of the corset work to the operator. The repairers jot down the time spent with the number of the girl who worked on the piece, and she is fined an average of 16 cents an hour. Many times. it is said, injustice has been done, either wi1fuliy or careless ly, in estimating the amount of time. Some grIs have lost amounts ranging about $1, which makes a large hole in the average salary at the factory.
 Then oftentimes, the damage is not caused by the operator who works on the piece. If an oil spot gets on the piece on one of the many machines through which it passes, with other operators, the original worker is the one that suffers when the time of fixing it, is computed.
 The abolition also of the custom of having the girls pay for needles they break, is welcomed. Miss Lillian Cox, one of the committee that waited. up- on MT. Warner pointed out to him that no girl breaks a needle purpose Iy because it is too dangerous to do so Some times the piece broken will fly through the air and stick in her face or an arm. None of them would steal the needles, she said, because they cannot be used for domestic use.
 The offer of MT. Warner to sell the thread the girls use to them at whole sale price is upheld assthe right plan. s'When Dr. Warner. was head of the factory" said one girl this morning who is familiar with the business of the factory and who is also a strike leader, Warmers thread was strewn all over Bridgeport. He gave free thread. The girls abused it and lost the privilege. If they were given free thread now it would be the worst thing that could happen
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-18
NATION HOUSED BY FRANK LYNCHINlG'
"l THANK GOD THAT MY BOY IS DEAD," SAYS MOTHER AT
 NEWS OF FRANK LYNCHING

bedside for days nursing him back to life.
 We know that Mrs Frank is in Georgia but whether in Atlanta or Mi1ledgevtlle we are mt sure,' Mrs. Stern replied. "The last we heard from her she was /stilI with Leo at the prison.
 '"The poor boy. to die just after he was beginning to recover from that dastardIy attempt on his life! They had to have a life for that crime and Leo was their victim. But, it's Gods wilI.''
 A short time after, Rudolph Frank, by his son-in-law, Otto Stern, ,ap- peared in the doorway. The agen man made no attempt to hide his grief as he stumbled down the stoop to the street.
 Father Is Crushed.
 ''I can't talk, can't talk" he sob bed. My poor murdered Leo,'' With an effort the aged man strengthened his shoulder and gained control of himself. eff there is any force left in the laws of this land these men will be brought to justice" he said.
 MT. Frank begged the reporters not to follow him to the telegraph office, where he was going to send instruc- tions to have the body of his son ship ped to Brooklyn.
 Although they had never seen their Uncle Leo. Elinor and Robert, the children of MT. and Mrs. Stern, were crushed by the grief that had drawn close to their parents. Occasionally the children would go to the window and, holding the curtains aside, press their faces to the pane. The resen- blance of Robert to his Uncle Leo is marked, and he and his sister had been told stories of their '.unc1e,' who was far away, but wrote them letters and would some day come to see them.
 The, ceremony of sitting chivah, the orthodox mourning for their dead, which lasts eight days, was begun at once. Although convicted of a hein- ous crime, no thonors usually paid to the memory of member of his church will be denied Frank. It has been arranged to give him a funeral that will conform with all the rites of his religion.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-18
MORE THAN THOUSAND
 BUILDINGS ARE RAZED

i Houston, Texas, Aug. 1S,{ via tele- phone to DaIIas.+The Houston Chron- icle, prints the following interview with J.A R.. Montgomery, a, Houston correspondent of the Galveston News, who got as far as Virginia Point, the north end of the causeway Wednesday and, viewed the wrecked city of Gal veston.y
 q am confident the number of dead in Galveston is large. I could not see an elevator on the port side of the city and my opinion is that the number of buildings destroyed will run into the thousands. I believe the property loss will De greater than that of 19O0."
 Montgomery made his way to the drawbridge of the Galveston cause structure was swept away he was fore ed to return to Houston. The man made the trip in an automobile.
 we encountered indescribab1e con ditions, "he said, tHThe road bridges at Clear Creek and Dickinson were wash ed out and we ran our automobile over the railroad and, across the ties.
 we saw thousands of bales of cot ton on the prafries all the way from Virginia Point (the mainland end of the Galveston causeway to the town of La Marque, far inland. These were washed from Galveston docks.
 ''The water must have been several feet over the causeway and serious damage must have been done to it by the washing out of large quantities of filings in the center"
 The railroad drawbridge has been washed away at Seabrook, about 20 miles from Houston. Three persons are reported to have lost their lives at this point.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-18
VIEING WITH MEXICO.
Brunswick 1sNews' Asks If Man Is
 Taking Law Unto Himself.

Brunswick, Ga, Aug. IT. The Brunswick News editorially will say tomorrow:
 '.Is the proud commonwealth of Georgia vieing with bloody Mexico in the out1awry business? Have we reached that stage of brutality where every man becomes a law unto him self and banding with it's infuriated neighbor stalks through the land to assassinate law and order and bring ignomy upon the head of our once proud old State? Does not the spec tacIe of lynching Leo Frank offer to the sober minded people of Georgia the most serious food for reflection that had been brought to them in a half century?
 .-It was wrong for the spirit of the mob to have appeared when Frank was tried. It was wrong when this same spirit pursued the trial Judge to the very brink of his grave, threaten ed the 1ifA of the Governor and drove him from the State.i'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-18
U. s. FORCES AT HAITI INCREASED:
 NATIVES HOUSED

Cape Hait1en, Haiti, Aug. 1s-An- other detachment of American marines has been landed from the warships off this port.
 The rebels have refused to disarm and in some sections have expressed a desire to fight the Americans.
 The people of Cape Haitien are greatly excited though no outbreak. Of any kind has taken place up to the present. Foreigners at Port-au@Rai1z. a Haitien town 35 miles northwest Of Cape Raitien report that they are be- ing nenaced by Haitien rebels and they have requested that American forces be sent to protect them.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-18

New York, Aug. 18.-'I thank God that my boy is dead. I am glad that the long, terrible torture that the peo- pie of Georgia have proved themselves capable of inf1icting is at an end. My boy is at rest and will sleep untroubIed tonight"
 With the same remarkable courage that Leo M Frank displayed during the time he was beIng threatened by the Georgia mobs, his mother, Mrs Rudolph Frank, received the news of his death yesterday. There was scarcely 9. tremor in her voice as she expressed her joy that at last her son was beyond the vengeance Of the mob, but her unusual calm spoke e1oquent1y of a blow that had struck deep. < The little three-sIory white lime stone house at. No. 152 Underhil1 ave nue, where Franks parents reside with his married sister, Mrs. Otto Stern and her family, was funeral like when a.zreporter called yesterday morning. The curtains were drawn and there was the stiffness that be- speaks death hanging over the neigh borhood. The neignbors lowered their voices as they passed by and several raised their hats.
 Declares Him Innocent
 ''we are all bearing up as we'll as we can,'' said Mrs. Stern. Surely when Leo was so brave and courag- eous we cannot do less. There. is noth- ing we can say now. We appreciate deeply the sympathy of all who be- lieve in poor Leo's Innocence. He was as innocent of that crime as you are It is too terrible That awful South Never again will we breathe the air of the South. Oh, how I hate it!
 Every one down there was blinded by race hatred. To be a Northener was enough to make yourself hated, but to be a Jew as well meant to have that hatred intensified. I hope they are satisfied now that they have killed an innocent man. He was so brave and tl1is faith that some day he would be cleared was absolute"
 Mrs Stern was asked if any word had been received from Franks wife, who had been at the Mi1ledgeville prison farm since the night of the on the prisoners life by a fellow convict and remained at his
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-18
EDITORS BLAMED.
Macon Telegraphs Doubts if Lynch
 CTS VIII Be Apprehended.

Macon, Ga, Aug 17.-The Frank case has come to an end, climactics ca 4astrophicaI, stunning" says the Ma con Daily Telegraph in it's final edito- rial on that case, which will appear tomorrow morning. It says in part:
 ss.rhe shocking ease with which a score of men raped the State peniten- ttary. the warden of which has boast ed that sonly Won K1uck and his forty two centimeters could ever take that bastiIe,' demands instant and vigor- ous attention.
 Ut is said every effort will be made to apprehend these men, Doubtless they can be apprehended = doubtful they will
 Tour publications in particular, several Governors. not a few North
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-18
PRAISES LYNCHERS
 AS DOING A DUTY

Marietta, Ga-s Aug. 18--Mayor E.. F. .Dobps denounces~ a report that some local officials had advanced Knowledge of the plot to Lynch Frank. The Mayor sent this statement to The At lanta Journal:
 ''Tn your article today purporting to come from Marietta concerning the mate that the Marietta and Cobb County officials knew that several automobiles had left Marietta last night on this mission.
 ''I desire in the interest of justice and truth to say that the Marietta. and county officials had no Knowledge of any automobiles leaving Marietta well loaded last night, nor were they ap- prised of the return of any machines today.
 .sNone of the officials had any inti- nation of such an undertaking until the body was found about two miles from the city this morning.
 sE. P. DOBBS, Mayor
 Many citizens commented publicly on the lynching today The Rev. Randolph R. Claiborne. rector of St. James Church. said:
 Nothing could have been more horrible. A century will hardly wipe the stain op Georgia's honor rests up- on the man whose conscience led them to defy her courts.''
 pr. Charles Wik1e, ex-City Council man of Atlanta, said:
 'sThe people off Marietta and Cobb County are. a law-abiding people, a people who x hold the purity and chastity of women above everything else, and that man, be he white or black, who violates the chastity of our women may be sure of swift and zeer- tain punishment. The manner in which our officials handle offenders makes lynch law possible. The Frank case is not dissimi1ar to others
 B. T.. Flaw, a, leading grocer and a prominent member of the Presbyter- ian Church:
 The citizens simply executed. in a quiet business1ike way, the sentence of the courts which the officers of the law were unable to do on account of the ruling of Governor Slaton.'' M. D. Hodges, a leading druggist:
 ttInasmuch as Governor S1aton dis regarded the sentence of all our State courts, the people have carried out the original sentence as passed on Leo M. Frank by the original trial jury.'
 F. B. AschiIdng, Jr., member of the largest hardware firm in Marietta: ''The law was carried out to the letter. Leo M. rank had a fair trial and was convicted of most horrible crime. The people carried out the law as de-
 
 R. A. Hill, president of the Mer- chants and Farmers Bank said:
 Leo Frank was% convicted of the murder of Mary Phagan by fair and impartial trial and Governor Slaton refused to let justice prevail, and the people have carried out the law"
 John H. Griffith, a druggist said:
 Since Governor iSlaton ignored the Judgment passed by the courts, it was the only way left for the people of Georgia. to have justice and the law enforced
 Ex-Mayor J. J.. Black, president of the J. J. Black Lumber Company, said:
 s.I am satisfied. Justice has at last prevailed 9
 T. L. Wallace, a leading c1othier.
 .'In much as Governor S1aton dis regarded the verdict of twelve honest Georgia jurymen and all the higher courts, I feel that the hanging of Leo M. Frank was no more than upho1ding the laws of Georgia and the United States"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-18
EIGHTEEN REPORTED DEAD.

Austin, Texas, Aug. 1S.-The mid night edition of the Houston Post says:
 Texas City has sustained a severe blow as the result of the hurricane which swept the gulf coast, an ap- propriate damage of $400,00O being done there, but only, 1S lives were lost''