Show if h 3 it Slaton Bl Blames m s' s t w Woodwards Woodward's t Kl r for Franks Frank s DeitH SAN l FRANCISCO Aug AuK 18 iL fo Former For For- 1 mer Governor John M. M Blaton Slaton ol ci I Georgia wh who comm commuted M the death 8 sentence of or Leo t ti M. M i FranX P to ope one oie of life Ufe imprisonment issued to today ay a statement condemning an nh address de delivered tie tie- livered last hut night by Mayor J. J J G. G I Woodward of Atlanta Ga Gand n J j lf the tite mayor old oM and nd garrulous n He ito called tho the Frank case of ot politics I Comm Commenting nUng on WO Woodward's Woodwards rd's tatem statement tate state m ment nt that t three fourths e of or th the peo people fO- fO pIe of ot Georgia Including himself elt be believed be believed Prank Frank guilty guity and condoning ning the lynching Slaton mild ald Similar utterances made mado before b for th the lyn lynching naturally resulted In in v iu nt lawlessness s. In tn opo one b breath nth he hb proposed o ed to iler defend n th It fair n name name- mb of Atlanta and Georgia and nd In the next breath h he cat cast on them the most terrible i Mayor Woodward si 1 could not with return n to to Georgia within a year Such a state m ment nt 1 is not only a gross kraal reflection on the state mate nut hut Is absurd And ridiculous Ions lous and It l 1 I further 8 ot of f mob impulse coming from an An n official t r who should stand d In favor tavor ot of of lawand law law and or order er It is la In accordance rit with 1 utterances e of or others othu Who expect x to to utilise tho the Frank case cane for fi political pr preferment f anti and Anti s an nn m asset t fo for d. d fr t mating the politics of G Georgia oralf It 1 is hI horrible to think that ft fl human life could be made mad i a 1 football U ot politics J JI I was waa born In Georgia and andT I love 1 her herand and her reputation I shall baU re re t rn th these there pe In accordance nce with my my original Intentions I condemn tho a action Uon ot of the mob duA V A refusal to tb maintain tho the duly duyor- duyor or-j or Institution of ot tho the tAt state means n nl anarchy I think Mayor Mator Woodwards Woodward's tl to statement Is an affront to the people le i of Georgia Instead of a a. defense He H ti Is la old and garrulous I t |