New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-01

mutation Of sentence and then offereC
documentary evidence, including rec
ords Of court proceedings, the letter
and the affidavit Of Judge Roam and q
statement of Mrs. Leo NJ. Frank. Judg,
Roan's affidavit told of the hostile at
mosphere surrounding the trial, which
induced him 20 urge that Frank be alb
sent when the verdict was rendered.
Mrs. Frank in her. statement told o.
her husbands actions on the night oil
April 90. 1918, the night Mary Phagar
was murdered. denied rumors that hel
married life had not been happy anc
also denied an affidavit by Mineola Nc
Knight, negro cook at the Frenk
home, that Mrs. Frank had told hei
mother that Frank was drunk the night
of April % 1918.
The following are extracts from Mrs
Franks letter:
with the ideals which had been in
euleated IN me from girlhood. | expect
cd in my husband nothing less than
that to VIII n | had been accustomed
and TO which every woman looks Tor
ward and which l fully realized in my
husband.
when not occupied with his bust
ness, the only time he spent away
from me was when he was occupied
with his charitable work, which took
him away from home about once or
twice a month.
"Our married life had been exceed
ingly happy and never had been marreo
by the slightest cloud. He was re
gsrded and loved by my parents as a
son and was always courteous, genue
and most respectful in his relations
with them, and our families have al
ways been on intimate terms.
Events on Fateful Evening.
ION the evening of April 26, 1918.
after supper, a number Of friends of
my mother and father came over to the
house TO play cards. My husband and
! did net play. He sat in the hall read
ing. would watch the game for a
while in the dining room and then
would 20 into the hall and talk to my
husband. He read until some time
after 10 clock. when he went up
stairs. ! .ollowed him few minutes
later. and we retired about lO;3O. We
were awakened about 6:45 by the tele-
phone ringing. Ms husband answered It;
When he came back again | asked
him who il was. and he said some de-
tectlves had telephoned him TO come
right down to the factory; that there
had been tragedy down there. While
my husband was dressing the front
doorbell rang, and ! went down stairs
and opened the door. Both Rogers
and John Black were there. asked
them what was the matter, and they
said some one had been killed in the
factory and they then told me what
they knew about il.
After a minute or two my husband
came down and Joined us. They asked
him if he knew Mary Phagan. and he
told them he did not. They then asked
him if a little girl had not come to the
office TO get her money the preceding
day, and he said that he did remember
such a girl, but that he did not know
her name. They then said they
wanted him to come with them right
away to the factory.
an the affidavit reputed TO have been
made by Mineola Mcknight, the state
ment that | ever told my mother that
my husband did not rest well that
night, that. he was drunk and that he
made me sleep on.the floor. and all the
rest of it. is absolutely false in every
particular"
Washington, May 31.-President Will
son received to-day a telegram from
the Independent Order of Sons Of
Israel telling him that Ex-Governor
Foss of Massachusetts, and a delega-
ton have left for Atlanta, Ga, to ask