The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-19
FRANKS THROAT CUT
WITH BUTCHER KNIFE
Man Whose Life Sentence Was Com
muted Assaulted by Another Pris-
oner-RecoveTy Doubtful.

MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga, July 10
Leo NJ. Frank, whose death sentence
for the murder of Mary Phagan, re
Gently was committed to life imprison-
ment, was assaulted Saturday night by
William Green, serving a life sentence
for murder, and so terribly injured
that his recovery is doubtful.
Frank was quartered at night in a
dormitory with about 100 other pTis-
oners and occupied a bunk about 4O|
feet from one of the two doors to the
large room. No prisoner is allowed
to leave his place without permission
from one of the two guards stationed
at the dormitory at night Shortly af
ter II O'Clock Saturday night Green
called out for permission to get up and
it was granted. He started down the
line of hunks toward the one occupied
by Frank AS lie reached it he quick
~ grabbed Frank by the hair and de-
livered one blow with the knife he
had concealed. A guard rushed to the
bunk and prevented Green from strik-
ing again.
Among prisoners who rushed to
| Franks aid were two physicians, one
of whom was serving a life term for
murder. They gave first aid and
| treated the wound until DIR. Guy Comp
ton, the prison physician, was summon
ed from his home half a mile away.
The three men took p stitches in
Frank s neck. DR.. j. H. Rosenberg,
the Frank family physician, arrived
from Atlanta yesterday with nurses
| He said that while the patient s con
dition was precarious he had a chance
for life.
Mrs. Frank, who was in AIiliedge-
vile, was not told Of the attack until
utter the physicians had finished their
work. She became hysterieal, but later
was calmed and taken to the prison
| hospital.
The cut extends from the front oil
the neck around the left side almost t.
the spine. Neither the windpipe MOI
the spinal cord is hurt, but the iugulai
vein is partly severed. The physicians
greatest fear last night was that some
of the stitches might slip, causing more
loss of the blood.
Frank knew of the demonstrations
against the action of Gov Saton
whose term recently expired, in com
muting his sentence and also of threats
to take him from prison farm by force
Those who reached his side first afte1
he was wounded believe he had al
this in mind when he said: 81 CUES
they have got me now" lie did mo-
lose consciousness and after being
taken to the hospital asked that hi
assailant be forgiven.
Green was sentenced from Columbus
Ga, for killing man named Kitchen
Shortly after the crime a jury inquire,
into his sanity, but declared him sane
Saturday he was helping kill hogs Will
other prisoners. lie concealed in hi
clothing the knife he used in tn,
butchering and later secreted it in hi
( bunk.
: Green said yesterday when takel
from solitary confinement long enough
; to be questioned that he planned tn
attack alone and that no one knew
, what he intended tie do. He gave as hi
I only excuse that he q thought it shoul
2 be DONE He said, however, he re
. GREETED his act
Physicians who examined Frank i
,, ! the prison hospital today said his cor
dition was much worse. The jagge
cut in his throat was swollen and hi
temperature was 102 25ths.