Show Atlanta Newspaper Tells of Mobs Mob's Fiendish Acts Ac is The Atlanta Journals Journal's story of the lynching of Leo M. M r. r Frank makes it plain how fanatical th the mobs mob's hatred was for its victim The rime follo following ng description of the scene at the tree gallows was account of f the tile l clipped from that newspapers newspaper's lynching Women came came Even ven babes In arms The sight light of oC the hod body swaying In the wind with the re red Raping gaping wound In the throat made mado home Mme of ot tho the women sick and they would utter little shrieks and groans roans and turn their heads awn away Other women walked up to the packed mass massof of oC men and PUsh pushed d their way Into the pack and looked oJ oi the dead body without the quiver of ot an nn eyelash FRENZIED MAN SHAKES FISTS AT BODY Excitement began to manifest Itself as soon oon as the crowd began gan to gather and as the tho crowd increased the excitement increased One of ot the first arrivals arrival was a man In a n wild frenzy of oC J passion He was bareheaded coatless his eyes blazing like the tho eyes of ot a maniac Ho Horan Horan ran through the cr crowd w 1 ran ran up to the he body threw up his hands and clenched his fl fists ts and shook them at the bod body Then his would open and hl his fingers would wout writhe and his fists fiats dose close again and he would shako hako them at the bod body he screamed You wont won't murder Now No weve we've got you vou any more little Innocent girls 1 Wove Weve got you now now Weve We've e got sot you now His voice would rise to a shrill high note and then thon It would drop of off and become hoarse and ho lie would chant hl his words in a kind of or song sing repeating one Imprecation over and over And e c every once In a while when where he paused some man In the lie crowd would give a yell and antI the crowd would Join in the tho yell jell cl and it would grow and get higher and higher and the sound of ot It would fill the little grove glove and echo back and forth The These e demonstrations seemed to fan tan the tUr fury of ot tho the man by the bod body His gesticulations became more more violent his raving words came faster and his mouth pouring out of at him lII like e a. a torrent They won wont won't t put any monument over you ou he cried They are are not going to get yo you ou Thc They are not going to get a piece of ot you ou as big s as asa a The fhe crowd yelled and packed closer 9 MORRIS PLEADS At this juncture re h a short hort thick set et ct man with blue eyes ejes es gleaming ran pp P to tile crowd Jostled his way through the tho crowd antI and pushed up to a place Ii b beside side the man who was cursing the bod body He climbed up on something something some some- thing so that he could see sec over the heads of ot the crowd Men hear me he said v It Il was Vv as l Newt A A. A Morris former Judge of ot the Blue Ridge circuit h who had Just arrived in an automobile from Marietta with Attorney John Wood of of Carlton Canton They Thet were a attending Alpharetta court heard the news early Tue Tuesday ay morning and came at top sp speed ecI to tho the s scene ene Hear near me men said Judge Morris The crowd sot got ot quiet except for tor a mumbling In an undertone by tho the man beside the bod body Citizens of ot Cobb county listen to me will wilt you ou 1 said J Judge d e Morris They gave gaye a n. murmur of assent Who ever did this thing thing- The man beside the tte body broke In with a shout God Goll bless him whoever he was was was' shouted the man Judge Morris l laid laki his hand on the mans man's shoulder and asked ed him please to be quiet tor fora a few tew minutes Whoever did Id this this' thing said Judge Morris 1 did a Ii thorough job The crowd whooped They shore dill did chorused the crowd LEFT LEIo l NOTHING MORE TO rO DO DO Whoever did this thing said Judge Morris left lell nothing more moie for URto us UR to do cIo Little Mary Phagan Is vindicated Her foul murder is avenged Now No NoI I ask asle you I 1 appeal to you as as citizens of ot Cobb county In the good name of ot our count county not to do moro more 1 I appeal to you ou to let tet the he undertaker take It The man b by the body broke In again W Wo are arc not going to let the undertaker have ha it it he shrieked We Ve Weare Weare are not going to let them erect a n. monument over that thing We Ve are not going to let leL them have a piece picco of ot It as all big as ns a cigar J We are going to burn it iti Th That's what we are going to do We Ve are going to burn it Come Como I Ion on bo boys s sLet's Lets Let's burn the dirty thing I CROWD VOTES ON N QUESTION Judge Morris raised his voice Men I appeal to you YOu he hc shouted Dont Dout do anything to this bod body Lot Let the undertaker have It This Thle man man has a father tather an and a mother and whatever we wo think of ot him they're there entitled to have ha the bod body of or their son Men men I appeal to you for the good name count county Let all who favor giving this body over to the undertaker sa say say- aye There won Will a chorus of or a ayes s. s Now ow l let t all who It oppose say sav no no said Jud Judge Jud e Morris The Tho fhe man be beside the bod body nt atthe the top op Of or r his voice voice yelled no no Let oil all who favor or giving this bO body y to the undertaker raise their hands said Jud Judge e Morris The hands of ot the crowd wont went up Let all who ho oppose I it give Ivo the same Carrie sign sai said 1 Judge JUdge Morris The hand of ot the he man he beside the body was raised aloft trembling with I excitement BODY DODY IS CUT DOWN Judge Morris got down and back ran ran- through gh tho the crowd and l iegan to call for foi an undertaker er While hale he was caning somebody laid loid a knife egan on the rope and links link's II body dropped to the ground with witha a thud thU and the crowd packed around It In R R. solid oUd mass with the tl excited man standing at the heid A negro ran up to Judge Morris Hero Here am Judge Judg i ho said Heres the wagon Judge Morris gave orders a and d the aH negro grO and anti another the back bade end of or tho the wagon and ond pulled out a long undertakers undertaker's negro neEro basket on opt opened anu and ned started with it toward the body Bling the bod body on men Judge Morris 1 Bring DrIn it Quick to on for tor Gods God's sake sakel I But none nono of or them would pick It up and Judge Morris Morris- the to negroes W wedged in anti and worked his wa way toward the bod body until the ni I negroes finally got hold of or It and started the undertakers undertaker's wagon HEEL CRUNCHES INTO FLESH The man who had voted No reached out and struck at the bod I body and d the negroes dropped It Il and ami when it hit the groUnd the man mate stamped u I the face and gro groUnd nd hl his hla h heel el Into the dead flesh and stamped Xin d aln unon upon 1 I n and again until tho the crowd stricken kei silent and motionless b by the horr horror or of h r th the 0 sight could hear the mans man's heel as It made mado a crunching sound Again and again as a 8 a man grinds grind the head had of ot a snake under under hi hu his v I 9 heel did cUd the man In the awful frenzy drive his hiM heel Into the tho taco face a of or Leo iTon I Frank grinding th the black hair of t the dead body bOlly into th tho th black dirt anti and M I dead black leaves u eau Stop html him For Gods God's sake stop him himl cried Judge Morris tho the and la ran ian an n uti up to man and b boggEd begged him to stop atop And while white the Judge begged and ond pleaded with hm him tho the order from th the undertaker body again and and ran with negroes It at t an n t to basket and seized the tho baket basket and ran with the bOd body in the basket t the Ue e wagon and shoved ll the bOil body with haste into tho the wagon t to U to the the door and antI leaped d to the seat and towards Marietta snapped with down SS bin horse running on a n dead run the tho big l ls g |