Show J. J LYNCHED I- I o M. M FRANK as he looked in the corri- corri dor r of hicell in the in Atlanta the day he began his life sentence t r r i. i c r 13 4 s 4 S SS S'S S 'S t S 9 j S S t 3 S 5 5 5 t 5 S S A L 5 S Sw S w S Vt S LEO 1 Serving Life Sentence for Murder of Mary agan igan agan at Atlanta Hung by Frenzied Crew Intimidates Warden and Wrecks Venance Ven- Ven en- en ance on P Prisoner er S 1 IS tS FOUND IOU MILES HUES FROM JAIL FARM II I I Ga Aug t 16 A 16 6 A well organized pf of armed men who came in five automobiles attacked the theia thea a Ja ia state penitentiary here last night took Leo M. M Frank g a life term for the murder of Mary Phagan at Atlanta la a dormit dormitory ry and escaped with him He was lynched near Itta tta tta early carly this n morning orning Franks Frank's s 's body with his clothes half I r ff if was ras found hanging to i a tree near the roadside For or hours after the attack no trace of the the automobiles beare bear- bear i Jie e pa party ty could be found but at about daylight newspaper picked up the he trail at a point on Little tittle river near Eatonton rJ tJ K Jackson a 1 white farmer living Hying near a bridge over oyer Liter Lit Lit- ter er sai said that shortly after midnight he heard se several seera era at auto auto- to- to A c stop p there e Soon afterward he said h he e heard loud talkad talk- talk u ad d then thea many shots He heard the automobiles le leave ve in in the the lion ion Ion of after the firing A search of the immediate gy y failed to reveal anything that would indicate that tnt Franket Franket frank jnet et summary vengeance th there rc i he e armed men arrived at the prison farm Jarm practically unIA un- un d. d IA All means of w wire re communication from the institution three miles away vay were destroyed and all aU wires t o one lind n fl U 11 1 t also aiso were u cm cul Five men went to the house of War Warden en J. J T Ti Smith a awakened him and made him prisoner At the same time a a. small amail squad of or men went to the tho home o of oC J. J M W. Burke superintendent ten cn of ot r the tho farm Burke was forced to go with them to the gate nearest the d dormitory Th ThOr The party rushed in got Frank and hurried him to one of ot the the automobiles He lie was was forced down into the car while a member r of tho the party is hs said Bald to have flourished nourished a rope rope in front of or him Those Thoo who had had- been guarding Warden Warden War War- den Smith left lert him and joined ined the party at the gates gatos The automobiles then started off ort in a a. northerly dl- dl With only a limited number of or guards at the prison and wire communication com corn with Milledgeville Interrupted inter inter- immediate pursuit was waa tin tin- possible Absence Absence of definite news that Continued on page pace 2 LE LEO FRANK LYNCHED Continued from page 1 1 Frank had bad been lynched caus caused d friends possibly many man manto to believe that took took took- him away and that the display of oC the rope and the shooting were Intentions In- In parts of a a. plan to cover the real of the party Fran Frank was sufficiently recovered reco from Crom the me wound In n his throat inflicted by another another another an- an other prisoner a n month ago to leave the prison hospital Sunday Sunday- I was call cali called d to the door Just asI as asI said I was preparing to retire or of f Capt J. J M. M Burke superintendent orthe the state prison farm today today- T Two o ostrong strong men grabbed me and snapped handcuffs on my wrists F Four ur others stood guard over over aver me me i remonstrated remonstrated remonstrated re re- re- re and they declared It was no use for me to squIrm as ashe they he had conic come for Le Leo F Frank and were nere going to get gel himI him I was marched up to the building b by a guard which was doubled as 86 ve ae e proceeded When we reached the building a demand w was s made for the gate gato atc to be opened Meanwhile one of the men began cutting cutting cutting cut cut- ting the wires and Inton Informed the prisoner if It he did not not- open it he would be killed as soon as as asan an entrance entrance entrance en en- trance was effected The gate was unlocked and a night g guard ard came came forward orward He was Immediately tely covered covered cov COY ered and ordered to throw up ma Ills hands lands When half Way ay up the the steps a dozen n men rushed by me and made mad a dash C for r Franks Frank's room s One lOne prisoner declared that four tour men took rank b by his hits arms anUs and legs while a 11 fifth grabbed him by the hair hair- hair and and andle ild lIe le was dragged out and bumped down clown the stone steps Frank did riot not utter titter a word but apparently was suffering intensely and groaned rom pain inflicted in In handling him himIn Ln In n his wounded o condition The af- af air was all o er within five tivo min min- lites ites it seemed to me During the entire time I was handcuffed and un under er guard The whole hole procedure was well ordered and md methodical and only a few words were spoken A leader did all the talking Only two of the themen men nen were masked but I did not recognize rec rec- any of them The leader header mid aid Now boys for the swamp rhen Then In less time than titan It takes to ell It they were off I. I MARIETTA Ga Aug 17 atik Frank was bro brought miles from the prison farm to a point almost within sight of the former home of Mary MarT Phagan No shots were fired tired Franks Frank's body barefooted and clad only in prison trousers and andl shirt was found at o'clock tItle this n mo Ing ng It is believed ed he was lynched about daylight Several automobiles well lond d left eft here In the direction of ot Lill- Lill dl edgeville last night After Atter the return re re- turn urn of some of the machines today officers started out on the road which they believed the automobiles had trave traveled d. d They had gone only two wo miles mUes when they saw the body ot of f Frank Prank not more than yards from rom the roadside News that the bod body had been found spread rapidly raph and ond within a short hort time Um hundreds of at persons persona were I crowding to the scene No mine mine- elate e- e diate late effort was made to cut the theody I body ody down as ns Sheriff Hicks was not lot In town and the Ule coroners coroner's Jury took ook no action It is believed that the stop at the ridge bridge over Little River RITer near near Eatonton Eaton- Eaton ton on when tho the armed party talked loudly and fired tired shots was a Q ruse ruBe to o delay pursuers The vicinity of the ho was thoroughly searched but mt at the time the search was being made it is 18 probable Frank already had met death The crowd increased rapidly as 88 the da day wore worn on By 10 o'clock many women and children were mingling nun min gling sUng with the crowd in tn the woods wood at it the edge of which the body still sun hUD hung At that hour no effort had been made mado to dispose of the body although Coroner Booth had been summons summoned d. d Franks Frank's body was cut down at 10 1016 1015 15 o'clock but not until Robert Howell had spoken to the crowd advocating advocating ad ad- mutilation of the body Nowton M Morris immediately with tho the crowd pleaded leaded to allow an Inquest to take proper se course A Arote vote Tote was suggested and taken It was overwhelmingly In favor tavo of at al lowing the coroner to take charge of the body It then wa was cut down and the two utile trip to Marietta Mariett started The rhe inquest wag wal sot not for 11 At the tho suggestion of Newton A. A Morris form court Judge here bore the body was taken from the undertakers undertaker's wa on lri which It lt It was wu placed at t th the lynching scene and put into an automobile on the tho outskirts out- out skirts of the town The automo mo bile started toward Atlanta Jud Judge e Morris telephoned med from Smyrna to an undertaker to meet meat tho the automobile and ta take e e. e charge of ot the bod body r Miss Ulea M Maria Maia fa U r tell fell on n- n nS S Saturday and nd broke her arm Minn Mirin Tribune |