The Seattle star., August 17, 1915, Image 1

About The Seattle star. (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947

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MOB TRAMPLES FRANK'S BODY
What Will They Look
Like When Soldiers?
Till' SI A R sent its New York
correspondent to the Plattsburg,
N. V . military training camp to vre
what our own business men are going
to be in for at American lake The
story is on 5.
UNCLE SAM'S SOLDIERS ENTRENCHED AND READY FOR ACTION ALONG BANKS OF RIO GRANDE
SHERIFFS MEN
DENOUNCED BY
PROS. LUNDIN
"Th* audd*n Inability of
(mm witnesses for tha atata.
ttisss deputy sheriffs, to '*■
nambar what they saw whan
this China** gambling Joint
sm* raided atrikaa ma a* *o
my*t*rlous and peculiar that I
an unwilling to drop th* cataa
k*r*.
*• "1 aalc th* court to continue
th«m for two wa«k*. I want
tlm* to Invtatlgat* thla mys
tery-
"ln *11 my **p*rl*ne* I hava
****r' aa*n a rottanar fare* *n
aetad In a court room or a
m*r* ihamaful trav**ty an Jus-
He*."
P»a»ruUn* Attorney Ijjndln. hi*
free wMt* with anger. thoa ad
it ward Justice Hrinker Monday
GALVESTON IS
SAVED FROM
DESTRUCTION
NEW ORLEANS, Auq. 17-—
SalVMton la safs. Ths water
in ths streets Is receding and
ths city has bsan savsd from
ths tsrrific oulf storm by tha
asw sea wall, a wireless mss
aa«a from ths Tsxas city atat
ad today.
It la sstlmatsd $1,000,000
damage was dons by ths storm,
Flvs persons psrishsd. ac
csrding to sarly sstlmataa.
Two huße flrea ars raging, ft
wss dsclarsd, monopolizing ths
attention of svsry available
flrsman.
The transport McClellan I* re
mrted to have been damaged by
Win* ripped from Ita mooring*
An automobile parrying refugee*
■from Galveston arrived here today.
They aald the water* which cov
•rort the afreet* of the city were
weeding when they left yesterday,i
Md that the wind was then blow
teg Im* than 30 mile* an hour.
Numerous craft In the harbor were
festroyed. I
EFF TalKs MUTT Into a State of Coma
(Copyright. 1»l*. I»v If V,. ri«h»r >
after th* deputy sheriffs who raid
ed a (ambling houae on Washing
ton at. on the night of June 19 and
on whom Lundln depended had
Ukrn the stand one after another
and declared their Inability to re
member what they ■»
The continuance wax granted.
The deputies who made th* raid
were: Hen Waddell. Marshall
Wiley. Jack Splght. l.uta and Tom
Madden.
Charged With Gambling
The defendanta are Jack l-ee.
Frank Chan. !>•«* Hlng. Ab How. Al
Marka and John Johnaon. Marks
and Johnaon are white men All
but Johnaon are charged with con
ducting gambling Johnson la
charged with gambling.
"Waddell and Wiley," aald Lun
dln, ' entered the i4ace first and
gambled. Then Hplght, l.uti and
Madden entered, and a crowd of
men waa arrested. i
"I went to the county Jail the
following morning, and talked with
the deputies, and questioned the
prisoners. I wrote down carefully
all they said. I felt sure I at last
hsd a good case. The deputies
told me there were I2S men In the
place, of all nationalities, sod that
four chuck-a-luck, one poker and
two black Jack games were In prog
res*.
Cant Rsmsmbsr Anything
"Waddell and Wiley told me
i/e* Hlng waa dealing blackjack.
Now they can't remember.
"Ah Due waa the outalde door
keeper. they told me, and I wrote
It down.
"Today they can't remember
"Frank Chan wa* dealing black
jack. Now they don't know
whether he wa* or not.
"A 1 Marks waa running the
place. Now they don't remember
having told me Marka waa running
the piace.
"Then they rememberod dis
tinctly what each of the defend
ant* wa* doing. Now they know
In a vague way that the defend
ant* were preaent. and possibly
gsmbling. but on the polnf of 'con
ducting' their memories h«*e play
ed them strangely false
I.undln declared certain person*
In the sheriffs office have been
"double crossing" him In various
cases he has attempted to prose
cute since taking office
The Seattle Star
: The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News :
VOLUME 18. NO 148.
GILL HAS NO
PASSION FOR
SPORT SHIRT
"Mr Mayor.'' said a Star man,
Monday, to Mlram C. OW. "ha* It
been railed to your attention that
Mr f"a»ix»r Fisher of the Hlppo
drome dancing pavilion haa put the
ban on I port shirts?"
"It ha«." replied the mayor "Whjr
did he do It*"
The sport iihlrt. In fhe opinion
of Mr Mil her. Is not n pro|>er car
ment to w«-ar while dancing with a
lady, tho a rool, comfortable and
sensible garment to near at a
picnic.
"In the Interest of puMir moral*
and good taste. The Star would like
■ n expression of opinion from the
city* chief executive « n the *|Hirt
shirt."
The Mayor Ramembers
"The difficulty," said the mayor,
"la that I am not sure I would
know a sport shirt If I saw one.
What does a *|>ort shlrl look Ilk"*"
The reporter described a sport
shirt.
"Now I know what made me mid
that time. Say. Jimmy," and the
mayor turned to hla mentor, guide
and secretary. Jimmy Crehati. do
you remember the munliipnl dance
at l-eschl park on—on—lemme aee'
—on—" ,
"June 5." said Jimmy
"So It wa*.'' aald the mayor "Do
you recall the young man 1 grabbed
and threw off the floor* I do not.
rem«*ml»er ever being angrier than
I was on thit occasion I saw red
loiter I wondered at my outburst It
wan unlike uA- to do such it thing
A Pretty Pink Garment
"The young man was not danc
ing properly. Hut why should that
SI AI 111. WASH., TUKSUAY, AIKiUST 17, 191 S. ONE CENT
• • •
U.S. SOLDIER
IS KILLED IN
BORDER FIGHT
BROWNSVILLE. Tea. Aug.
17.—A claah between the Me*-
lean raldera and tha U. S. cav
alrymen and rangera on the bor
der near here (a expected hour
ly.
It la reported that hundreds
of Mexicans have congregated
on tha Mexican aide near Santa
Maria and that they ara prepar
ing for another raid
In a akirrmeh near Mercedes,
about 30 miles from here. be
tween a amall detachment of
cavalry and Mexican raidere
laet night. Corporal Wllman of
tha Twelfth cavalry, wit
•hot and hilled, and Lieut. Roy
Henry, of the earn* troop, wai
wounded.
make me anjtry? I aaw him. took
an Instant and Intense dlallke to
him. and crabbed him.
' Now I remember what ha worr
It waa a ahlrt of a x»«»»tly pink hue
It waa open at the n»-rk, In the
shape of a V It ahowncl hla pretty
ne. k to good advantage
"So that'a what n »|w>rt shirt la'
"Well. I do not Ilk* the aimrt
alilrt I ahull no) tftk« any aland,
officially. jiKiiftict It. Hut aa a oltl
ipii In a frt'P rounlTTi 'ho mayor, I
fuel I have a rlnht to xpeak my pri
vate mind."
GENERAL BLACK DIES
CHICAGO, Auk. 1" Oen .1 C
Mack. 75. former com ml** loner of
prnnlonn and former romniandrr of
Ihe O. A. n, died at the Palmer
houae today.
PRISONER DRAGGED OUT OF
CELL BY HEELS AND HANGED;
CROWDS VIEW SWAYING BODY
MARIETTA, (ia., Vug. 17.—At noon today the body of I.eo Frank, after dangling all morning from the
tree where he was hanged last night by a mob, which bound the guards and dragged him from the prison
farm at Milledgeville, was on it way to Atlanta.
Sheriff Hicks, of Cobb county, could not be found during the morning and the coroner had no authority
to remove the body. The horror of the lynching was intensified as the limp body, soaked with blood, which
poured from the half-heated wound in Frank's neck, swung in the breeze.
The news that Frank's body was still hanging spread like wrldfire about the country.
Automobile parties from Atlanta, Rosswell, Marietta and other points were soon en route. All roads lead
ing to the death tree became clogged with machines and impassable. At noon 5,000 persons were around
the tree, gazing upon the corpse.
Frank's body was not cut down until after a number of speeches had been made under the tree from
which he was hanged.
One man urged that the body be mutilated. Judge Morris, who was on the scene, opposed such an act
and urged that order be observed at all costs. m
The crowd voted against mutilation of the body.
It was lowered from the tree and placed in a basket on a wagon, to be taken to Marietta, where the in
quest was to be held.
As the wagon started, threats of mutilation were again heard.
Judge Morris lifted the corpse into his automobile and sped toward Atlanta.
An undertaker met him in the city. Tho it was known this afternoon that Frank's body was in town, its
hiding place was kept secret. >
Despite the pleadings of Judge Morris, several men stamped Frank's face with their heels as the body
lay on the ground under the death tree.
The body of Hrank was found hanging to a tree about two miles east of Marietta this morning. The
famous prisoner was lynched by an automobile party of kidnapers, who appeared at the state prison at Mill
edgeville last night, overpowered Warden Smith, Superintendent Burke and the guards, and then dragged
Frank from the dormitory bv the heels.
Frank's wrists were handcuffed when his body was found. His hair was disheveled, his prison clothing torn,
and he was barefooted. A sheriff's posse in motor cars raced over every highway about the prison in search
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By BUD FISHER
Last
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