New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-08-17

When we reached the building de-
lnand was made that the gate oe
opened and when the trusty prisoner
awaited official orders, one Of the men
began cutting the wires anG informeo
the prisoner if he did not open IL TIC
would be killed as soon as an en-
trance was effected The gate "ae
then unlocked, and S. Hester, nlen'
guard, came forward but he was I'LL
1nediately covered and ordered ~
throw up his hands. Half way up 'ii0
steps I was halted while half oozeh
men rushed by me and made oash
for Franks room. one VI '0
prisoners who witnessed this scene !
declared that four men TOOK + ram
~ his arms and legs, while nltn
grabbed him by the hair and he was
dragged out and bumped down 'lie
stone steps, While I looked on FRANK
did not utter word, but apparently
was suffering intensely and sroaheu
from pain inflicted in handling MIN III
his wounded condition. Ihe affair
was all over within five m1nutes' IL
seemed to me.
Refuse to Unlock Irons.
During the entire time was
handcuffed and under guard. When
the crowd brought Frank down ana
started off I asked the fellow VINO nau
snapped the handouts to unlock
them, but he laughed and said If
would accompany them they "oulo
take off the irons.
THE whole proceeding was we'll
ordered and methodica1 and only
few words were spoken. That evil
IDENTIFY was agreed upon A leader did
all the talking. Only two of the men
were masked, but I did not recognize
any of them. Just as they started off
the leader said: Now, boys, for the
swamp Then, in less time than it
takes to tell it, they were off and
could see the lights flashing as they
went over the hill toward Meri-
wether.''
Search Proves Fruitiess.
A. S. Phillips sheriff of Putnam
county, said over the telephone from
F.atonton, at $50 o'clock this morn
ing, that a search for Franks body
near the bridge over Little River had
so far been fruitless. Many empty
shotguns and rifles were found near
where jackson said he had heard the
shots
Officers traced the automobiles to
the road leading from Eatonton, to
Madison and thence into a main road
leading to Atlanta.
Dcnounces Franks Slayers
Albany, N. Y, Aug. 17.-Louis Mar
shall, who acted as attorney for Leo
M. Frank in the United States supreme
court, was vehement in his deruncia-
ton of Franks slayers when he heard
today of the lynching of his former
client
1T seems Incredible" he said, that
in any civilized community it can be
possible for recrudescence of saw
agery and brutal lawlessness to mani
fest itself. 1t is stain upon our cOun-
try and an ineffaceable blot upon the
name of Georgia. Here was man of
whose innocence every fair minded
unprecedented thinker who had oc-
casion to study the facts was unquali-
fedly convinced. Frank had been
bounded by prejudice aroused by evil
dence worthy of the name, but solely
in consequence of the outcries of a
mob maddened by the falsehOods upon
which it had been fed. 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 high
heaven for relief. 1t demonstrates
that that he was convicted by a mob
and not by due process of law. It
verifies the prophecy which I uttered
before the supreme court of
the United States. Frank is no
longer on trial. In fact, he never had
a trial. But Georgia is now on trial
in the forum of civilization. Will she
vindicate her laws? Will she permit
the miscreants who committed the
nd IA G o
ings who instigated it to go unwhipped
of justice? Upon her action depends
her rehabilitation in the good opinion
of those who in the past have admired
and loved her."