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LEO. M. FRANK’S BODY CUT DOWN BY CROWD
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thirty-seyenth year
MOB CUTS WIRES LEADING
OUT FROM_MILLEDGEVILLE
Warden and Superintendent of Prison Farm
Made Prisoners—Not a Shot Fired By
The Mob—Frank Partially Clothed
When Found—No Effort to Cut Body
Down,
ATLANTA, GA., Aug. 17.—The body of Leo M.
Frank has been brought to Atlanta secretly and removed
to a private home.
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA., Aug. 17.—Leo M. Frank
was lynched last night at a point about two miles from
Marietta, Ga., by hanging him to a tree. The mob was
well organized and made the trip from the state farm to
the point of lynching in five automobiles.
The officials at the farm were overpowered by the
mob at 11 o’clock last night, and the hasty exit was made
towards the north.
METHODICALLY
PLANNED ESCAPE
WITH PRISONER
(By Associated Press.)
MILLEDGEVLLE, Ga., Aug. 17. —
Five members of the mob who took
Leo M. Frank from the state prison
farm last night went to the home of
Warden Smith and made him a pris
oner, while others reached the home
of Superintendent Burkes and took
him in their custody. Both of the offi
cials were handcuffed.
The mob methodically cut all tele
graph and teiphone wires leading out
of Milledgeville, except one.
The gates of the prison were forced
open, and with Frank in their posses
sion the mob hastened away.
Some time before the news of the
flight became known the offictrs from
Milledgeville started out on the trail
which the mob had left.
The newspaper reporters caught the
trail and at Little River Bridge, near
Eatonton, it was learned from a farmer
that the mob stopped. The crowd
talked loudly and fired many shots.
(By Associated Press. -j
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga., Aug. 17.—A
mob of twenty-five unknown persons
overpowered the officials at the Geor
gia state prison farm at eleven o'clock
last night, and took Leo M. Frank.
The party left towards the north, and
nothing has been heard since. It is
not known definitely whether the par
ty intends lynctiing or rescuing.
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-♦ BODY CUT DOWN; 4-
♦ CROWD CASTS VOTE *
♦ (By Associated Press.) ♦
♦ MARIETTA, Ga., Aug. 17.—Leo ♦
♦ M. Frank, who was lynched here *
♦ early this morning, was cut down *
♦ from the tree on which he was 4-
♦ hung. A proposition to mutilate *
.♦ the body was voted down by the ♦
♦ crowd. 4-
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♦ SLATON’S STATEMENT ♦
♦ IS RECALLED 4-
4 4
♦ When Governor Slaton commut- *
♦ ed Leo M. Frank’s sentence to 4-
♦ life imprisonment late Sunday 4-
♦ night, June 21. 1915, his state- ♦
♦ ment to the people of Georgia was 4-
+ issued. Th a governor said, in ♦
♦ part: ♦
♦ “All that I ask is that the peo- 4-
♦ pie of Georgia duly consider the ♦
♦ case before making a decision as -4
♦ to my stand. I feel if I would 4-
♦ be guilty of murder if I allowed 4
♦ this man to go to the gallows in 4-
♦ the face of the doubt in my mind *
♦as to his guilt. It may mean *
♦ that I must live in obscurity the 4-
♦ rest of my life, but I’d rather 4
♦ spend the rest of my days plow- 4-
♦ ing than to feel that I had the '♦
4- blood of this man on my hands. ♦
♦ I cannot sentence a white man 4-
♦ on a negro’s evidence, especially 4-
4- when there are so many loop- ♦
♦ holes for mistakes as there are 4
>in this instance. 1 wish the mat- ♦
+ ter had never been brought to me -4
♦ to decide. *
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♦ WEATHER REPORT. ♦
♦ FOR AMERICUS: Probably Jo- *
♦ cal thunder showers. +
♦ ♦■UOAOOOO
AMERMCTMOTRDER
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
MADE MIDNIGHT
TRIP OVER 111
MILES TO SCENE
(By Associated Press)
MARIETTA, Ga., Aug. 17.—Brought
nearly a' hundred miles from the state
( prison farm at Milledgeville to a
■ point almost within sight of the home
of Mary Phagan, the dead girl whom
, Frank is alleged to have murdered,
Leo M. Frank was hanged to a tree
i early this morning, without a shot be
, ing fired.
The body was found clothed only in
the prison trousers, and with no shoes.
The shirt of Frank was found about
8:30 this morning about two miles
from the scene of the hanging.
It is thought that the lynching took
place about daybreak this morning,
while officers were searching the coun
tryside around Milledgeville.
The officers started out on the road
on which they believed the mob to
have travelled and found the body
about one hundred and fifty yards from
the road.
The news spread rapidly, and soon
throngs by the score and hundreds
were going to the scene of the hang
ing.
No efforts have been made to cut the
body of Frank down.
♦ BRITISH TRANSPORT ♦
♦ GETS A TORPEDO ♦
♦ (By Associated Press.) ♦
♦ LONDON. Aug. 17.—The British *
' ♦ transport, Royal Edward has ♦
♦ German submarine. Ix>ss not re- ♦
f ported. ♦
AMERICUS. GEORGIA. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 17, 1915
RUSSIANS BEING
PUSHED FARTHER
81 TEUTONS
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, Aug. 17.—The Teutonic
army is making violent and heavy
drives against the Russians near the
river Bug. The Bavarians, under
Prince Leopold, have fought their way
across the river near Drohiczn, which
is east of Sokolow ,and fifty miles
west of Brest-Litocsk, is thee laim of
a Berlin report.
According to reports Field Mahral
Mackensen is also pushing the Rus
sians back along the river Bug. Von
Hindenberg is credited with a success
ful attack on the advanced defenses of
Kovno farther west.
The movements of these troops are
attracting far less attention than the
situation in the Balkans, where every
move and he ultimate outcome is be
ing awaied with feverish anxiety.
Many Farmers of Sumter
In Meeting at Leslie
Talk Raising of Tobacco
Sumter’s farmers rallied strong to
day at Leslie, where a great meeting
in th e interest of tobacco culture in
Georgia was held. Enthusiasm was at
a tense degree throughout the session
and the importance of growing tobacco
as a valuable money crop was strongly
stressed by able speakers, including
Mr. T. V. Cunningham, demonstrator
from th e national department of agri
culture. H. A. Pitts of Nichols, Ga ,
and others interested.
The meeting was called at the in
stance of the Americus and Sumter
County Chamber of Commerce, an 1
Secretary E. H. Hyman was present
and demonstrated his usual energy in
making the meeting a success.
The meeting presided over by prom
inent citizens of Leslie, was largely
attended by farmers of that section of
Sumter and from other districts as
well. The business session was held
In the auditorium of Leslie High school
and numerous addresses pertinent to
successful tobacco culture were de
livered.
The excellent cornet band of Amer
icus and Sumter County Chamber of
cured. Mr. Pitts believes it the great
est money crop, and a fine opportunity
offered for “s profitable cultivation in
Sumter county. Many farmers pres
ent today agreed to plant tobacco next
year.
A superb dinner was served the
visitors and friends generally by the
ladies of Leslie, and the meeting today
in the interest, of tobacco culture was
a most successful one.
cultivates 400 or 500 acres in tobacco
and reaps a fine profit therefrom. Mr.
Pitts proposes the erection of a model
tobacco warehouse where tobacco
grown fa this section may be properly
Commerce rendered spirited selections
I
at intervals.
Methods of planting, cultivating
curing and marketing tobacco were
explained in detail by speakers. Sec-'
retary Hyman exhibited samples of
both green and cured tobacco, taken 1
from Sumter county farms where it is (
being grown profitably, and explained
the process of cultivation and sale el
the product.
I BIG LABOR LEADER
I ALLOWEDJPPEAL
I (By Associated Press.)
| DENVER, Col., Aug. 17.—John R.
I Lawson, the well known labor leader,
has been sentenced to life imprison
ment for the murder of a Colorado
, coal striker. He has been granted
, supersedes writ by the supreme court,
, which action allows an appeal on the
. merits of the case.
GERMANS TAKE
FORHT KOVNO
(By Associated Press.)
BERLIN, Aug. 17. —The German
Headquarters announce the capture of
one of the outlaying forts at Kovno
with booty of 240 cannons, 500 prison
ers. Three forts at Novogeorgievsk
babe been taken.
i
Prominent among the speakers was
. Mr. H. A. Pitts of Nichols, Ga., who
Leslie Bank Will Assist
An enthusiastis attendant upon the
Leslie meeting this morning was Mr.
W. T. Anderson, cashier of the Bank
of Leslie. Mr. Anderson, in an ad
dress to the farmers, assured them
that the Bank of Leslie would lend
financial assistance to tobacco produc
ers as readily as it would upon cot
ton. During the morning session
pledges of sixty acres in tobacco were
secured, and this acreage will easily
be increased to hundred.
A similar farmers’ rally will be hel i
tomorrow at DeSoto. There will be a
big barbecue dinner served, and the
new Americus and Sumter County
Chamber of Commerce Cornet Band
will be on hand to enliven the situa
tion.
AMERICAN HAS CHINA
COHMF YEARS AGD
(By Associated Frees.)
PEKIN, Aug. 17. —An American who
recently arrived from the far interior
of China, had with him when he
reached Pekin a string of copper
coins with holes through the center,
such as he had been using on his jour
ney. The whole string, two feet in
length, was deemed to be worth about
ten or fifteen cents, for the coins were
only the ordinary “cash” in current
use in the province of Shensi, from
i which the traveler came; but upon ex
amination by a member of the Ameri
can legation who knows the Chinese
language, it was found that some bore
the marks of emperors as far back as
the year 284 A. D. On the string were
“cash” representing every reign since
th e beginning of the Ching dynasty,
many of the Ming dynasty, and even
the dynasties that precede the latter.
BULGARIA MAY JOIN
ENTENTE ALLIES SOON
LONDON, Aug. 17.—Reports from the
Balkans late today indicate Bulgaria
is on the point of joining in the Euro
i pean war against Germany.
AMERICA AGREES
TO II PROPOSAL
FOR MM
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 17.—The
i American reply to the German note
on the sinking of the William P. Frye
accepts the proposal to have the dam
ages fixe by a commission of two
men. The disputed treaty provisions
are to be submitted to arbitration at
The Hague.
The note calls on Germany for a
statement in the meanwhile as to
■ whether she intends conducting iic-r
j naval commission in accordince with
( those of the inter-Prussian American
' treaty or those of the United States.
I The note contains about eight hun
i dred words, and it is regarded as put
ting the case well on the road to set
tlement.
AMERICAN PACKERS HAVE
UNCLAIMED PRODUCTS
(By Associated Press.)
CHRISTIANIA, Norway, Aug. 17.--
A large quantity of provisions were re
ceived in Norway last spring, con
signed to '‘Armour and Morris, Chris
tiania," although these Chicago pack
ers have no branch offices in this coun
try, still remain here unclaimed. The
original consignment included I,ooo'
boxes of pork, 3,000 barrels of lard,
and 300 barrels of oil. It is generally
believed here that the provisions were
sent from the United States in the ex
pectation that they would be aken
care of here by German agents and
re-exported to Germany, but the Nor
wegian laws forbid this. The govern!
ment has disposed of a portion of the
provisions to meet the expenses of
storage, but the remainder is still
waiting for the importer or owner.
Attempts to smuggle contraband ma
terial through Norway continue, but
they are completely frustrated, it is
declared, by the viligance of the cus-'
toms officials. Some days ago a Ger- !
tnan freight car with double walls was
discovered by a station agent near
Christiania. Space between the two
walls of the car was crowded full of
copper, while the body of the car was
loaded with wondow sashes and had it
not been for the inspection by the sta- 1
tion agent the copper would have es-'
caped to Germany.
FRANK HAD STRANGE
CAREEyTJTATE FARM
(Special to Times-Recorder.)
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga., Aug. 17.-
The first actual attempt on the life of
Leo M. Frank was made late Saturday
night, July 17th, 1915, by William ■
Creen, a life convict from Columbus,
serving at the state prison farm.
Frank’s throat was cut angrily by
file and which he had been n»«ag lu
Creen, who used a knife made from a
the slaughter of hogs during the day.
For awhile only slight hopes were held
out for Frank’s recovery.
Upon Frank’s entry at the farm he
was assigned No. 965, and thereafter
his identity was buried beneath that
number. He wore the full regulation
uniform of stripes, being required to
do manual labor and was classed by
the penitentiary authorities as «ihe
lowest grade prisoner.
riTv
V/ EDITION I
BDAST MAf BECOME
BEIL NECESSITY
(Special to Times-Recordre.)
ATLANTA, Ga., Aug. 17.—“1 would
give my life blood for you,” is a
phrase which many an ardent youth
has whispered or written to the lady
of his choice, but it has remained for a
23-year-old sailor boy, now in Atlanta,
to actually give a pint of his blood in
order to get money to go and see his
sweet heart.
An Atlanta business man needed a
blood transfusion operation, and the
young man, anxious to go to see the
girl, who lives out of town, and not
having enough money to make the trip,
offered his blood for the transfusion.
MEXICAN FORCE
WOMEN IND
CHILDREN GUARD
(By Associated Press.)
BROWNSVILLE, Tex.. Aug. 17—The
i border situation is regarded as serious
}
because of the gathering of Mexicans
,in force, who have made daring at
, tacks on the United States forces.
Reports received by the authorities
show that horses have been stolen dur
ing the recent raids and delivered at
, Matamoras, which Carranza forces
hold. The wounding of one soldier
has intensified the feeling and armed
■ men patrolled the roads last night,
with all the women and children gath
ered where they could be guarded.
RERUN PUBLISHES LETTER
FROM DEAD RUSSIA
(By Associated Press.)
BERLIN. Aug. 17.—The German
military authorities have made public
the following which purports to be
a secret order captured on a Russian
prisoner of war. It is published as
an example of how Germany is misre
presented in countries with which she
is at war.
“To th € Commander of the 12th In
fantry Division:
‘‘The general in command orders
that all sealed letters to the troops
are to be withheld from them, especial
ly those that come from abroad, be
cause, laely, such have contained the
information that prisoners of war are
well treated.
"Such information serves the pur
pose of misleading our soldiers. It
is, therefore, ordered to send all such
letters under strict secrecy to Staff
Corps Lieutenant Isamjlow.
(Signed) “MAJ. GEN DANILOW.
CHINA ABANDONS
ELECTRIC PROJECT
(By Associated Press.)
PEKIN, Aug. 71.—The plan of the
Chinese government to build system of
electric railways along the great thor
oughfares leading out from the princi
pal gates of the city has been aband
oned for the present because of the
difficulty of financing the scheme in.
Europe while the war continues. An
effort to place the contract with Amer
icans has also failed.
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