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ORDER BARRING
FRANK FILM HERE
FOUGHT IN COURT
Expected Profit of $50,000
Vanishes?Movies Cost
SI 8,000.
Exhibition of moving picture films of
the cage of Leo Frank, taken prior to
the lynching, has been forbidden by
George IL Bel!. Commissioner of Li?
censes This order was made public
yesterday, when a legal attack on it
was begun in the Supreme Court by
Samuel Q. Adelstein and George K.
Rolands, doing business as the Rolands
Feature Film Company, which owns the
film entitled "The Frank Case." They
obtained an order directing Commis?
sioner Bell to show cause next Tues?
day why he should not be restrained
from carrying out his threat to revoke
the licenses of moving picture theatres
that exhibit the reels.
The film men complain that they
spent $18,000 to produce and advertise
the films, in which 150 persons were
employed. They expected a profit of
$60,000 in gTeater New York. Success
here, said the petitioners, would mear,
a succes-s in other parts of the country
All of the original outlov and the
prospective profits have been lost to
them, say Adelstcin and Rolands, by
the action of Commissioner Bell, which,
it is alleged, was based on the disap?
proval of the Frank film by the Na?
tional Beard of Censors.
It is alleged that the Commissioner
of Licences, without even seeing the
reels, sent notices to the owners of
1.500 or 1,800 moving picture theatres
that they must not produce the Frank '?
pictures. I
The Rolands company had already i
entered into contracts which had to be [
cancelled because of this order, and :
was compelled to sell their films as
best they could elsewhere at unprofit?
able prices. The plaintiffs said that
the film produced by them "is. a good,
clean picture, teaching a strung moral
lesson, and has been favorably passed
on by chiefs of police and by boards
of censors in other cities than New
York."
Action of the Commissioner here is
?.-ailed "capricious, unreasonable and ar-,
bitrary."
Mr. Bell, it is alleged, acted because
the play was condemned on the ground
that it portrayed a story of a criminal
case which, at the time, vvns still in
the courts. But, it ;.- pointed out in
another case before Justice Whitaker,
who will hear the motion in this case,
he overruled Commissioner Bell in
?topping the exhibition of a film. The
court pointed out tbat the National
Board of Censors was a self-constituted
body without official standing, and that
no public official was bound to regard
its findings.
Committee Here to Run
Frank Murderers Down
Through a non-sectarian committee,
headed by Judge Edward Swann, of the
Court of General Sessions, certain citi?
zens of New York will endeavor to co?
operate with the State of Georgia in
bringing the slayers of Leo Frank to
Justice. Ex-Controller Herman A.
?Metz, as tentative treasurer, will re?
ceive subscriptions.
All the money contributed will be
used for two purposes?first, to aug?
ment the small reward of $500 which
Governor Nat E. Harris has at his "is
possl, and, second, to hire detectives
to gather evidence which will be pre?
sented to the Georgia authorities.
Among the men at the first meet?
ing of the committee in Judge Swann's
chambers in the Criminal Courts Build?
ing yesterday afternoon were Isadore
M.Lcvy, temporary first vice-chairman;
ex-CongresMi.au William S. Bennet,
Judge Roger Pryor. Allan Robinson, of
the I'nited Realty Interests, and Harry
Schlacht, president of the Eust Side
Protective Association.
An invitation to accept the perma?
nent chairmanship of a larger commit?
tee has been telegraphed to one of the
leading clergymen in the city, Mr. Levy
announced after the meeting adjourned.
Bishop David H. Greer, the Rev. S.
Edward Young, of Brooklyn; Judge
Scudder, of Brooklyn, and other well
:: men will be invited to become
members of the tentative organization.
Members of the American Jewish
Committee had not been invited to par?
ticipate in the movement, Mr. Levy
laid, because of the wish to keep the
committee non-sectarian. "We do not
want the issue confused by any col?
lateral -questions." he added.
Mr. Metz will take care of all sub?
scriptions mailed to his office, 122 Hud?
son Street.
Mr. I.ivy denied a report that the
committee had considered hiring De?
tective William J. Burns to gather evi?
dence at the scene of the lynching. He
svould not deny, however, that private
detectives in the employ of the com?
mittee had already left for Georgia.
Informal nuetmgs will he held every
day until the first of next week, when
the committee will be ready to make a
formal .statement of its organization
and the results of the call for sub- ?
scriptions.
GEORGIA FEARS
STATE'S CREDIT
HAS BEEN HURT
Leading Men Worried
Most About Financial
Effect of Lynching.
GOVERNOR ASKS
ABOUT WALL STREET
F.xecutive Deeply Regrets Anti?
Jewish Feeling That Has
Developed.
lu JOHN J. LIAIT, II
Atlanta. Aug. 19. These facts stand
out in the Frank case to-night:
First, there is ample law in Georgia
to permit of the punishment of his
' murderers in any of the four counties
through which the lynchers took him
. to his death.
Second, that in all human probabil
' ity none of bis murderers will ever he
1 rallcil to the bar of justice to answer
for his murder.
Third, that the solid, responsible ele?
ment of Georgia is fearful that the
financial credit of the state has been
. seriously damaged.
Fourth, that the Hoke Smith-Hard
wick element in the Democratic party
having introduced the Frank case into
! politics to beat John M. Slaton for the
, Senate are beginning to fear that it
is a boomerang.
Fifth, that irrespective of persona!
: likes or dislikes the best element in
1 Georgia bitterly resents the imputa
' tion that Slayton cannot in safety re?
turn to his native state/ and if neces
sary will organize to protect him.
Sixth, that growth of anti-Jewish
sentiment, aroused by the campaign in
Frank's beb?lf, is seriously alarming
the thinking men of the state.
The financial problem is the one
I thing that at the moment bothers most.
j To-night, when I called at the Capitol,
j Governor Harris, gray and worn and
?worried, touched upon it immediately.
Aeks About State's Credit.
"What is the news in New York?"
: he asked. "How's Georgia's credit?"
"Georgia," I replied, "is borrowing
money in Wall Street cheaper than !
New York City can borrow it."
"That was yesterday," he replied.
"How la it to-day? How has this thing
affected our credit? Has it hurt us""
"I am afraid that it has," I replied. .
"There is no doubt but that for a long
time to come there will be a senti?
mental effect that you cannot put your
finger on, but which you will feel."
"How can that be avoided?" he1
asked.
"By showing to the outside world '
that Georgia does not stand for that
sort of thimr; by punishing the mur- :
derer? of this man."
"We are doing all that we can. I
am offering all the money I have at my
disposal for the conviction of theae
men. The people of Georgia do not
approve of this crime."
"Governor, with no desire to reflect
upon any man's sincerity, do you really
expect that any one will ever be in?
dicted, much less punished for this
murder?"
"I do not know; I sincerely hope so. '
I If it were my last official act I would
do anything humanly possible to bring
, these men to justice."
Regrets Race Prejudice.
Frankly the Governor went on to
' explain the various phases of the
i Frank case. It was clear that he had
j little confidence that Frank's muril?r
' ers would be punished and as clear
i that he deeply regretted the rise of
unti-Jewish prejudice and feared for
the effect upon Georgia's credit.
; (ieorgia is a big borrower in the North
I and there is room in the state for un
| told millions of outside monev if its
resources are to be properly developed.
For that reason the Governor, who ai a
' lawyer was in close touch with the
. business affairs of the state, feels, as
does every man of affairs with whom I
I have talked, that the Frank case il
! likely to be more farreaching in its
effects than "the best citizens of Cobb
County" thought when they lynched
the prisoner.
This condition is not realized by the
i man in the street, and therefore the
i Georgia mob law, so-called, the strong
! est statute of its kind in any state, un?
der which those participating in the
murder of Frank could be convicted in
' any country if public opinion permitted
it, probably will not be indicted.
This law, to which I called attention
' last night, has been ignored bv most
i lawyers in discussing the Frank eaae.
One of the leaders of -the state bar,
i who was largely instrumental in its
? enactment, said to-night that the law
would hold.
Those who would enforce it if they
\ could reluctantly admit that they have
no chance of success.
Merchants Have Been Injured.
"As motten stand," said the banker
who yesterday told of a movement to
finance the prosecution of the murder
1 ers of Frank, "I think we will have to
rest content for a while in the hope
that this mob spirit, this anti-Jewi.-h
\ sentiment, will die down. If it does
, not, if it is still manifest in a week or
a fortnight, something will have to be
I done. I know that reputable mer?
chants have been injured by this thing.
, That is not going to continue.
"If necessary we will organize to
, combat it, just as we will organize to
1 protect Jack Slaton if any -agitation
! persists against him. I believe I see a
! change in sight. Already, I beieve. a
portion of the public which damned
! Slaton is now veering around to his
way of thinking. In time he will be a
' bigger man in Georgia than he ever
???j before.
"If necessary we will muzzle those
i who seek to piofit by this agitation.
"The pity of this whole thing." he
went on, almost in the words that Gov?
ernor Harris need later, "is that fool
friends of Flank's brought all this
j about. If they had kept their hands off
I he woulil have had a new trial. That
; is certain. It was in the air. Then
i that fellow Burns came m; then began
| a campaign of coercion in the nress
outside; even a Vice-President of the
1%
Per MONTH ON PLEDGE
OF PERSONS PROPERTY
THE PROVIDENT LO.AN .SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
S.IMIHUS
Fourth Avenue, cor. 25th Street.
Eldridge St., cor. Rivington St.
Seventh Ave., bet. 4Stft & 49th Stv
Lexington Av.. cor. 124th SL
Grand St.. cor. Clinton St.
E. 72d St., bet. Lexington & 3d Avt.
East Houston St., cor. Essex SL
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PER CENT. CHARGbD ON
LOANS REPAID WITHIN
TWO WEEKS FROM DATE.
Friends Caused Frank's
Death, Says Governor
Interference from Outside the State Gave Impression
It Was Wealth Against a Little Working
Girl's Life, Harris Asserts.
By NATHANIEL P.. HARKIS.
Governor of Georgia.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 19. Frank's mis?
guided friends, who caused interests
outside the state to interfere in the
orderly progress of his case and who
instigated a campaign Bgainst Georgia
und her courts in the outside press in
an effort to force his freedom, are di?
rectly responsible for his death.
Mad they not interfered, had not the
impression gone abroad that as against
wealth the life of a little working girl
! was of no value, things might have,
, probably would have, resulted differ
1 ently.
1 make no excuse? for the lynching
| of Frank. It is a most ubhorrent thing,
a thing that I would have done every?
thing in the world to avert had it been
! in my power. I do wish to state things
' as they are.
Until Frank's friend? on the outside
j Started their campaign of what wa?
! little s^ort of abase in many instances,
there was no anti-Jewish sentiment in
G?orgie. On the contrary, the fact that
I a ninn was a Jew was in his favor. The
lews who h uve been among us here
I since the days of Governor Oglcthorpe
? have been fine people, thrifty, enter?
' prising and an honor to the state. It
helped a man to be able to say that he
? was a Jew. Now, I am sorry to say,
that has change! This outside inter
f( rence did it. 1 sincerely hope that
the change is not permanent, but there
i.-. no denying the fact that in Georgia
to-day we have what we never had be?
fore??nt i-Sem it ism.
Says lioasls Were Made.
When this case arose it seemed to
the ignorant and thoughtlc.-s as though
all Jewish interests had banded to?
gether and put pride of race above re
' spect for law. It was boasted by Jews
that one of their kind hud never been
hanged, that Frank would not hung.
The effect of that solidity wag, first, to
create resentment, then a feeling of
prejudice, and lastly nice hatred.
Even this did not prevent Frank
from halving a fair trial. He had it.
1 Hut then, after he was convicted and
? court nfter court upheld his convic
tion, and Governor Slaton saw fit to
' commute his sentence, then arose a
j feeling of outrage. The impression pre
j vailed and gained ground that out?
side influence had saved the man from !
his just deserts; that Slaton's com?
mutation was illegal because it was
alleged to have been done on a Sun
ilay; and, second, because it was held
by some that by reason of his firm's
interest in the case he wa.? disquali?
fied from acting and that' it was the
duty of the public to take the execu?
tion of the law into its own hands. I
do not approve of that reasoning;
"thers may not understand it, but that
was it.
I am not of those who question i
John M. Slaton's honesty of purpose.
If I had been Governor 1 would have
done as he did go through the record
of the case thoroughly and conscien?
tiously and do what I thought was
right, though I probnbly wouid not
have reached the same conclusion Mr.
Slaton did.'
Gave Frank Benefit of Douht.
Slaton, after reading all the evi
donee and going into the case thor?
oughly, felt that the man should be al?
lowed to live on the chance that some
day it might be shown that a mistake
I'nited States saw fit to interfere, and I
well, instead of Krank being on trial '
it was the State of Georgia.
Horrible Stories Told.
"What was said outside was misrep?
resented in local publications; the most
horrible stories were told of Frank.
They even brought up the equivalent
of ritualistic minders and spread
stories to the effect that part of the
Jew's creed holds Christian women to
be the common property of any Jew.
"Now we have to undo all this. The
press und the people of other state?
will help us greatly if they will let
US work out our own problem in our
own way. It will simplify and muke
things easier.
"The Tribune will favor Georgia if
it will impress this fact upon Frank's
friends."
REWARD OUT HERE
FOR FRANK SLAYERS
Head of "Medical Review of
Reviews" Will Pay $500 for
Each Arrest.
Branding Georgia as a "weak-kneed
dimagogic government' and its citizens
us "uncivilized and brutal people,"
Frederic H. Robinson, president of the
"Medical Review of Reviews," an?
nounced last night a reward of $500
for the capture and prosecution of each
one of the ?ynchers of Leo Frank.
"In the whole disgusting and horrible
affair in Georgia, nothing has struck
me so forcibly as the Governor's de
- .-ire to avoid responsibility, and to re?
tain the votes of the lower ma.-ses by
; offering the piffling reward of $500 for
the capture of the 'ynchers," says Mr.
; Robinson, in a statement accompany?
ing the announcement. "The rich
..I" Georgia easily can make this
amount $5,000 or $50,000 if necessary.
"If Governor Harris is at all sincere
in his desire to apprehend one of the
most dangerous bands of criminals in
American history he will not offer a
price so low as this, which would not
exeite the cupidity of even the basest
man or woman to whom the names of
the conspirators are known. Cognizant
as he is that the same overpowering
public sentiment which murdered
1- rank now stands behind his murder?
ers, he affects to assume a self-right?
eous attitude by a few weak words of
condemnation, supported by practically
; nothing.
"It is my firm belief that the time
has come for the rest of the country to
express in a substantial way it? sb
? horrence of last Tuesday's vile crime."
Mr. Robinson calls upon the entire
! country to visit material punishment on
I Georgia .n the way of withdrawing
trade and lack of communication and
[ communion.
Slaton Not in Firm
That Defended Frank
in>- T.-l??.ai;h M T?? TnbuM.]
San Franci?co Aug. 18.?Ex-Governor
Sluton, in reply to the charge of Tom
Watson that he commuted Leo Frank s
?entence a? part of .he legal serv'cea
of his law firm, said:
"The firm of Sluton & Phillips has
been engaged In the low practice for
twenty yenre, and when I was elected
Govorncr my enrtner, I'hillips, desired
to have the buslne?? preserved, and
asked me If I would consent to the con. !
had been ma?le. He honestly gave the
f man the benefit of the doubt. When a
; man is dead he is dead a long time, and
he felt that it was better to have him
?live so long as there was the chance
of his innocence being ultimately
? proven than have him under six feet of
earth. _ ,
But, as I have said. Governor Slaton s
! act wns questioned; it was acepte?! ?j
I the culminating outrage; as the final
? proof that money means more in Geor?
gia than a woman's honor, and, added
1 to the horrible sense of outrage that
' all men felt at the thought that tnis
' child hnd died defending her honor, it
led to this horrible act.
It has been said that there was no
assault upon the girl. It is in the rec?
ord I went through It, for I did not
know when I would be called upon to
1 net that there was an attempt at as
?.iii.lt. That was enough to inflame men. j
Mm will stand by their women, by all ,
, women. I have been at the bar forty
four years, and 1 know that 1 may try
? case for the railroad and lose, and
, try a weaker case for a woman and get
i more from ? jury than she deserves.
That is because she is a woman, be?
cause she is helpless. That is not pe?
culiar to th.- people of (?eorgia. It is
' the common heritage of the white man.
1 The negro is not devoid of it.
Pardoned Negro Slayer.
Only a little while ago a negro con?
vict asked me for a, pardon that he
might go home to die among his own.
He was a murderer.
"Why," snid I. "I cannot pardon you
, to go and kill somebody e\?e."
'?Governor," said he, "I did kill a
' man. but he had wronged my wife.
i "Old man," said L "1 am going to
i send you home." And 1 did.
And the feeling that a strong man
' had killed this child defending ber
?elf against attack aroused our peonle
just as it always will arouse men to
aid the helpless. Woman is thought
helpless because she has not the ballot.
When she gets that it will change.
Te that extent women will lose by
suffrage. i
When this awful thing happened I
had been working night and dav be?
cause of the pressure of bills at the
' end of the legislative session. That
night I worked until 11 o'clock, and,
sick and tired, I went to mv room. At
' "J:30 o'clock I was aroused by this
awful news. I have slept little since.
The people of Georgia are not law- !
less. They regret and the best people
lisent this thing. I would do anything
in the world if it could be undone. We
hope we can punish the men respon?
sible.
Is Offering a Reward.
To-night I am offering $1,500 in re- j
wards for three of the gang. That is
as much money as there is at my dis?
posal. Whether or not it will be ef?
fective I do not know. I can only
hope.
I regret also the loose talk that is
being made about danger to Governor
Slaton should he return. I have not
the slightest doubt but that he will
return, anil I certainly hope "that it
never can be said that a Governor of
Georgia could not return to his state.
because he did what he thought was
right.
I ask that the people of the North,
of the East, of the outer world gener?
ally do not judge Georgia unjustly.
We may believe Frank was guilty, but
we believe in law and ortier, we be
li?ve in American institutions, and we
will fight as hard for our common
country as we ever fought against it,!
and for that justice to all men which
the Constitution guarantees and for
which our country stand.-. Be fair to
Georgia, and do not judge all her peo?
ple or herself by the acts of a few
misguided men.
solidation of the names of Rosscr _
Brandon and Slaton <*,? Phillips, the
agreement being that I should have
no connection with the firm at all.
This arrangement was made before
Mary Phagan was murdered, as is evi?
denced by documentary statements.
"I had no earthly interest in the firm
nor did Mr. Phillips have any interest
in any of the cases of Rosser A Bran?
don, who had been of counsel for
Frank."
FRANK WROTE CHEERILY
ON EVE OF LYNCHING
The laut letter writtvn by Leo
M. Frank was sent to C. P. Con?
nolly, the writer, who received it
yesterday morning at his home,
~r) North Munn Street, East
Orange, N. J. It was probably
written on the afternoon of Au?
gust lfi?it was dated the li't*/-?
on the night of which Frank
was taken from the. MUledgrrille
prison. The postmark, watlr em
a railroad train, bears "Augttst
17, 12:86 a. m.," as the timo. This
i$ the letter:
My Dear Mr. Connolly:
I have your welcome letter of
AuguM 9, and I desire to acknowl
edge also the receipt of your kind
letter of July 10, which I came
across this morning in looking over
some older letters.
am ever no much better; F am
writing this on a table in my room
as I sit in a chair. It's bo hot (90
degrees in my room) that I have on
o'tly my pajamas.
I have gained and am gaining
right along in strength. .My appe?
tite ia good and I sleep well. I can
move my head and neck (within
limitations), and this will improve
a whole lot in the course of a few
weeks. My wound is all healed up
except in one little place, where
drainage still obtains. This will be
healed in a few days. In time I
think I will be all right again!
I will, however, be; r an ugly scar
from it, which can, of courte, be
covered over by a collar.
The prison officials are so kind
and solicitous. I have a guard night
and day. A negro prisoner is at the
call of my dear wife to do the heavy
work. This last episode (referring
to the cutting) is undoubtedly due
to Watson.
Will you please mail Warden J.
K. Smith, address on this letter?
head, an autographed copy of your
"The Truth About the Frank Case"?
I know he will appreciate it. He
haa been kind to me and Is certainly
a friend. He hatea the attack that
?as made upon me?for several
reasons.
With best wishes to you and
yours, In which Mrs. Frank Joins.
I am, cordially,
LEO M. FRANK.
FUNERAL SECRET;
ATDAWN FRANK
GOES TO GRAVE
Body Held at Undertaker's
Until Late Hour?Last
Rites in Home.
FATHER SEES COFFIN
TAKEN FROM TRAIN
Sister Comforts Widow?Worn?
en in Crowd Near Station?
Silent Tribute Paid.
Shortly after 11 o'clock last night a
hearse swung from Grand into Under?
bill Avenue at a rapid gait, ?topped
before the house at 152 Underhill
Avenue, five men *umped from the
seats, the rear doors were opened, a
blaeh casket with purple covering was
lifteil out by the attendants and car
1 ried into the house, whose doors were
immediately shut, and the body of Leo
M. Frank rested in the house of his ?
i purents. , .
The body was brought to this city!
yesterday morning.
The reserves of the Grand Avenue
station formed a line around the block
at the Frank home to prevent any pos-,
i sible outbreak among the morbidly c* I
I rious who had clustered in the streets
all day waiting to catch a glimpse of
the coffin. j
Owing to the lateness of the hour ?
| there was only a small group of people j
! in the street opposite the Frank house. |
I When the hearse arrived they made a
rush forward, but were repulsed by
the policemen. Three detectives ac?
companied the hearse.
When the coffin was carried into the
house the explosion of a flashlight
made by a photographer caused a com?
motion in the neighborhood, as many
thought that the report had been
eaased by a shot.
Otto Stern, brother-in-law of the
dead man, said lust night:
"Please don't ask me questions to?
night. Come around to-morrow after- i
noon and everything w?ll be all right."
Frank's body had been kept all day
at a Brooklyn undertaker's establish
ment.
According to the Jewish ritual huria!
will take place at Cypress Hills Cem
etery at sunrise this morning.
The police estimate that fully ten ?
thousand people paraded the street in
front of the Frank home during the ?
day.
The train bearing the body, due at
the Pennsylvania Station at I oclock,
rolled in twenty minutes later. Negro
porters, grouped on the balcony at a
point just above Track ti, on which the
train arrived, had been squatted behind
the railing for several minutes, peering
down. A score of other railroad em?
ployes assembled near the sliding gute
opening to the track stairway.
Twelve detectives, under Lieutenant, i
Van Twistern, kept guard near this
gate to check possible demonstra?
tions, and other city and railroad de?
tectives moved watchfully around the
main station floor. Uniformed police
?en took shifting posts inside and
outside the station.
There were less than fifty persons
in the station whom business had pot
brought there.
Father Awaits Body.
Wheels grinding dismally against
the rails, and the steel of the cars
clanking to the minds of those who i
waited gloomily, the train announced
itself as it slid out of the tunnel, und
the gate was opened to the train floor.
Mia. '?tto Stern, Leo's sister; Rudolph
Frank, their father, and two friends
Stood together awny from the other
persons toward the west end of tne
platform.
Mrs. Leo Frank, eyes starey from
thought and sleeplessness, was one of
the first persons 1o leave-the train.
Mrs. Stern and Rudolph Frank stepped
forward. They circled her shoulders
with their arms and rested their faces
against hers affectionately. They tried
; ti. say something to each other, but
, the words came out in unintelligible
j mumbling. This weeping group was
'joined by Charles J. Jacobs, of Chi?
cago, Leo's uncle; Dr. David Marx, of
Atlanta, Leo's friend and spiritual
comforter; Alex; Pldef E. Marcus,
biother-in-law of Mrs. Leo Drank;
Herbert J. Huas, lawyer, and Henry
A. Alexander, Leo's principal attor?
ney, all of whom had come up with
Mrs. Leo Frank.
Other passengers hurried from the
train and went upstair?, pausing not
. even to wait for a glance at tne
varnished pine box that baggage clerks
were trying to take from the baggage
car. The clerks ut first attempted to
get the box out before the trunks and
other things, but that was impossible.
Frank's father came to Vhe bugga?;?.
i car door. A detective put his hand
i on the aged man's shoulder.
"I'm his futher." said the sufferer,
; und the detective withdrew his hand.
The father stood silently bc|ide the
baggage truck on which the box was
lifted and wheeled into the elevator.
' Then Mr. Frank und the others went
, slowly up the stairs and crossed
through the foot of the driveway,
m here a sort of automobile hearse and
a taxicab were waiting.
Lines of spectators had been forming
for an hour at the south end of the
, Seventh Avenue side of the station.
The police held them back from the
mouth of the driveway.
The hearse whizzed up the driveway
and at Seventh Avenue turned north to
? Thirty-second Street, through which it
sped to Fifth Avenue. Conversation
of spectators in front of the station
was not loud, and there was no special
indication by the men and the women
stunding respectfully there that there
was anything unusual in the spectacle.
But for the close proximity of Motor?
cycle Patrolman John H. Howe to the
hearse, the swift carrier of a lifeless
body would not have drawn a second
glance.
Few Recognize Frank Hears*.
From the automobile, directly be?
hind the hearse, it was to be observed
that not more than live or six persons,
in auto, streetcar or on foot, who pased
or were passed by the hearse, knew that
the body of Frank was being carried
back to Brooklyn. Six years ago, last
January, after the wedding of his sis
; terto Otto Stern, Frsnk went back to
Atlanta. His departure at that time.
, living, probably attracted no less at?
tention than his return yesterday. tji?t.
At her wedding Mrs. Stern last saw the
living face of her brother.
On the few times, as the automobile
moved rapidly down Fifth Avenue, that
nassersby guessed tne identity of the
hearse's burden, these persons turned
about and eyed its progress for three
or four blocks and then went on their
way. The machine, turning through
Ninth Street, exeited the interest of
, two men passing Wanamaker'? store.
\ Thev ?topped and one lifted hi? hat.
The trip across the Manhattan Bridge
and on through ths Flatbush Avenue
extension leemed not to attract bh
intelligent glance from the hundred!
of persona tr.at the hearse paced. And
when, after it had turnea into Third
Avenue ?nd completed it? journey nt
603 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, the
only person waiting expectantly in the
' vicinity wa? an employe of the undci
! taker. It was then clo?e to 7 o'clock.
I .No relatives followed the bod-* to that
ALIBI FOR EVERYBODY
IN FRANK LYNCHING
IBf Talaera-ah tn TTi? Ttihun?!
Atlanta, Aug. 19.?"The Atlanta
Journal's" Marietta correspondent
sends this telegram:
"Inofficial Investigation* have
established an alibi for practically
everybody who could possibly have
been a member of the parly lynch?
ing Leo M. Frank. The only men
known to have been absent from
their hornee Monday night have
proven that they were out of town
on butin?es tripa."
The nature of the buslneaa I? not
mentioned.
point, having proceeded on to the house j
on l'nderhill Avenue.
About h dozen persons were gathered ?
in front of the undertaker's shop when ?
four men opened the doors ot the
?Mane at th? rear and, gripping the j
copper handles fastened at the ends :
and sides, lifted the box out and took
it to a freight elevator which raised
it to the third floor, where it remained,
pending instructions from the family.
No marks were on the box. When it
was taken into the undertaker's build
Ing, with it went the two long and two
short boxes of flowers that rested on
It when the train brought it in.
The three ?tory brownstone bouse at
152 L'nderhill Avenue is on ?he west j
side of the street, between Park Place j
and Sterling Place. The dark green
lhadei had boon drawn down almost to!
a level with the windflw sills. Mrs. I
Rudolph Frank Was on the stoop when I
the machine .containing her daughter- |
in-lt-w approached the house. She ran :
down and opened the door of the car
before the chauffeur could reach i
around to do it, and sprang in beside (
Mr?. Leo Frank. They embraced so!
fullheartedly and without restraint that
I minute later both women were near
a breakdown. Relatives assisted them
from the automobile and up the steps I
into the house.
About a half hour after this the !
sidewalks within a block and a half of
the house were congested with curious
persons. Children gave up their play
to sit on nearby stoops and curbs and
gaze in fascination at the house. More
than a score of nunegirls found the
section a desirable one for their
wheeled charges. An afternoon papei,
with brief record of the body's arrival,
Was hawked in the neighborhood, and
the principal purchasers were the small
boys whose interest in the case had by
this time become feverish.
One of Mrs Stern's two young chil?
dren sat at a front window on the third '
floor, surveying the crowd in wonder?
ment and apparently trying to puzzle
out an explanation for the un?
usual conditions. A hurdy-gurdy man
strolled onto the block but the police
chased him before he had turned out
more than half his first tune. A man
cured up on a stoop across the way
from the Frank house and went to
sleep. Passenger automobiles and
trucks stopped near the corners and
the chauffeurs, inquiring the cause for
the crowds, decided to wait around for
an hour or so in hope of seeing the
body brought to the house.
By noon- the intervening hours had
dragged without a stir- the number of
spectators had so mounted that addi?
tional policemen were needed. Police
lines were formed at Sterling and
Prospect Places and every person who
pased through had to assign a reason
more cogent than curiosity. Gradu?
ally it became possible for some of the
curious, nurse-girls principally, to
work into positions quite close to the
house, and there they placed them
selvc's and their attractive faces on ex?
hibition.
The Frank home showed a quiet ex?
terior. Hours passed and saw no one
leave or enter. Late in the morning
a few telegrams of sympathy were
brought. An undertaker's wagon ap?
proached the block and the crowds
tried to close in, thinking it carried
the body. But it passed on ?na tne In?
terest temporarily relaxed. At the
corner of l'nderhill Avenue and Ster?
ling Place the crowd swelled out to the
e?!ge of the curbstone and waited as pa?
tiently as if for a great parade.
1 Groups of men engineered their way
past the police lines and walked by the
i house, which they scanned as eagerly
? as if it were the box of the dead itself.
i Mrs. Rudolph Frank saw reporters
! in the morning. She said she had not
! the slightest hope that the men who
! murdered her son would ever be
i brought to justice, and she regards
I the movement to nrosecute them as
! farcical.
"Beyond that," she said, "I do not
care to discuss this tragedy. It was
I nothing but a political frame-up.
Nothing earnest will ever be done to
; make them pay for whut they hav>
j done.
"What was Leo will be buried to
! morrow in Cypress Hills. I shall not
say anything about our funeral plans ?
anyway, thus far we have none. I
? want privacy in the last moments that
i the botly of my boy is above the
, ground.
"Finally, I want to thank the many
? friends who have given us their sym
; pathy through all of our troubles.
And those thanks do not go alone to
, Jews; many of our friend were Gen
! tiles."
Bar Association Terms
Frank Lynching Savagery
(B> Tfl?^r?ph to Tli* Trttiunc.l
Salt Lake, Utah, Aug. 19.- For the
first time in its history the American
Bar Association has put itself on rec
l ord in the matter of an individual
crime. At a meeting here this morn?
ing the asociation unanimously passed
the following resolution concerning the
lynching of Leo M. Frank:
"The members of the American Bar
Association, in annual meeting, have
been profoundly shocked by the report
in the newspapers of the wilful and
deliberate murder, by mob violence, of
a convict under life sentence in a State
penitentiary.
"This crime appears to have been
concerted and accomplished in a spirit
of savage and remorseless cruelty, un?
worthy of our age and time. Thus to
seize and slay a helpless prisoner, ex
' piating, according to law, the crime of
which he was convicted and wh,ile he
| was in the custody of public officials
, charged with his detention, is not only
, to commit an act, of wanton savagery,
but to make a flagrant and shameful
attack upon the law and its ministers,
tending to weaken all just respect for
its administration and well calculated
to promote lawlessness and anarchy.
"It is resolved that we desire here to
record our unreserved condemnation of
the outrage and we trust that those in
authority will speedily bring the guilty
parties to the bar of public justice,
there to receive such punishment as
their grove crime demands."
The resolution was passed despite
the objection of T. A. Hammond, rep?
resentative for the general council for
Georgia.
men
OlaWiLM?
KmiM
IvAmrwmi tir TM an. ja* s^xTTxf^
20,000 HEBREWS
MOURN FRANK
IN COOPER UNION
Police Helpless to Control
Those Trying to
Enter Hall.
"BEILISS, DREYFUS
FREED; LEO HANGED!"
Barondess and Phillips Warn
Jews to FIfM for Rights?
Crowd Says "Kadisch."
On the eve of the burial of Leo M.
Frank 20,000 men, women and children
of his faith stormed at the gates of
Cooper Union last night to show the
world their sorrow, and to protest
against the lynching of the Brooklyn
boy.
For three minutes those who jammed
the hall rose with bowed heads to
honor the victim of the Georgia mob.
"Lower your head and shed your quiet
tear," cried Joseph Barondess, Commis?
sioner of Education. "Leo Frank is
dead. The Jewish race has been
shamed."
Hyst?ries! women cried. Throughout
the hall the sobs of the men mingled
with those of the women and children.
The auditorium had auddenly become
transformed into a house of mourning.
Ten women, according to the police,
fainted in attempting to get inside the
hall. The glass windows of the doors
leading into the auditorium were
broken by the frenzied mob. The crowd
extended two blocks either way from
Cooper Union.
Mourners Master Police.
Eighty reserves under Inspector
O'Brien, of the lit Inspection Dis?
trict, were helpless. Not even clubs
availed them. The mob, shouting and
half crying, was bound to get in.
When the vast majority failed, the
thousands of disappointed men an?!
women gathered ; bout speakers hur?
riedly sent from the hall.
Nathan Straus, who was to have
been chairman of ?he meeting, could
not attend. Intimute friends said Mr
Straus had been ill since he heard of
the lynching of Leo Frank They
added that he was under the care of
physicians.
His message was read. He made
no direct allusions to Leo Frank, us
other speakers did. Throughout his
message ran the woof of bit'erne??
over the race prejudice that had killed
Leo ?ML Frank.
It was N. Taylor Phillips who de?
livered the first shot against the State
of Georgia. For twenty minutes he
harangued a civilization which would
permit robbing a man of his life in
cold blood. His speech was interrupt?
ed with cheers end hand-clapping.
Many times it was difficult for him to
proceed.
"Jews, You Must Fight.**
"I don't believe we ought to let
other people plead our cause before
the world," he said "I am an Ameii
can of the fifth ge,-.eration. The first
white child born in Georgia was of
Jewish parents. And yet -think of it!
that is the place where our people
are to-day being outraged. Tell me,
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men and women, could anythin?* b?
more horrible, more Bastardly 1
"The first settler:, in Georgia ?.?,,
Jews. Yet they ul. us we are -traB.
gers there. The very m. r m G-.,,
gia who to-day are criticising the !?*
as s foreigner are themselves fori:**r,.
ers. Yet they boast of their An ?r
canism.
"Our people do not live in this coun?
try because of the favor of any man.
We have shed our blood for this n?.
tion. Fellow Jews, you will never get
justice, you will never receive yon
lawful due, unless you fight for it,
seul and body, day by day "
Almost continuously, while Mr. B?.
rondess, the next speaker, ?pok?, th?
crowd cried. His appeal wa? to th?
heart, rather than the reason, of ?n
audience.
"Rossis Freed Be.liss*.**
"They took a lawisb young m?*.
and threw him lnt> prison. Bell.si, is
a country of de?r,ets, wa? liberate.".
Dreyfus, in a country where the c.vili.
?.ation was not as far advarced 11
ours is, wus restored to his post. But
here, in America, an* innocent Jew trat
seized from prison and torn to pi?*?-.
"His mangled b<??iy lies quietly ?t
the home of his fathtr and mother
to-night. We are powrlcss to do sny.
thing, for the Jew.; of Amenes in
not organiied. They an weak?n?-".
"Come, rise!" Mr. barondess shout?
ed. The great crowd surged to it?
feet instantly. Their head? w?r?
bowed and their lips mumbled a prayer
in Hebrew.
The meeting was called originally t?
i discuss the great Jewish conference
! that will be held in Wa-hington b?
1 ginning November 1 for the permsn
ent alleviation of the conditions of th?
, Jews all over the world. The oifleial
' business of the evening, however, ?#?
' forgotten in the sorrow of the ?udi
ence over the murder of Leo M.Frsnk.
Booker T. Washington
Foretold Such Lynching
Booker T. Washington ?er.t the fol?
lowing telegram to The Tribune froa
Boston last night in reply to a requeit
for hi? opinion of the lynching of Let
M. Frank:
"Some years ago. following s series
of lvnchings of my people in the ?Sooti
I wrote a letter to the daily papen if
the South, and among other thingi I
said that promiscuous outburst? ?f
mob violence woul?! react upon th?
South in a manner which would eau*
her best people to be humiliate! I
said that unlesj the lynching of black
men and women was stopped it wo?!d
not be long before white men wonM
be lynched. The terrib'e Frank tr?*.
edy bears out this prophecy."
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