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Show NO CLEW GiVEN . AT INQUEST TO MOB'SMEMBERS Frank Came to Hla Death by Hanging Hang-ing at the Hands of Parties Unknown Mnrlotta, Or., Aug. 24. Without being able to elicit from any one of eleven witnesses n single clew as to the Identity of nny person connected with the lynching of Leo M. Frank near this city Inst Tuesday morning, n coroner's Jury today returned n verdict ver-dict thnt Frank emtio to his death by hanging at tho hands of parties unknown un-known . City nnd county ofllclnls testllled thnt they hnd endeavored dllllgently to get nt tho fncts of the lynching, hut so far their efforts had been of no avail. Tlio nearest disclosure as to what happened In tho oak grove near the Froy gin came when J. A. llcnson, a Mnrlettn merchnnt, who drove hy tho placo soon nfter the lynching party hnd parked Its automobiles hy tho roadside and hnd led Frank to the tree, whom dentil nwnlted him Mr llcnson said he had n pretty good suspicion ns to what was going on but ho did not stop to sco It nnd HJ ho did not recognize anybody In the HJ HH |