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Show FRANK MUST DIE; DATE IS SET, JUNE 22 Georgia Court Resentences Murderer of Mary Phagan to Pay Last Penalty by Hanging Atlanta, Ga., May 10. Leo M. Frank today was resentenced to be hanged on Tuesday, Juno 22, for tho murder of Mary Phagan. When Judgo Hill asked ' Frank If ho had nnythlng to Bay tho prisoner stood erect and without referring to his written statement dcrinlmod it with cmphnsls. Mrs. Frank who But nt a table with her husband's attorneys, attor-neys, bowed her head upon her arms on tho table and Bobbed. "Again I stand before you. Again I can but roltcrnto that I am Inno cept of tho murder of Mary Phngnn. I hnvo absolutely no guilty knowledge of that tragic occurrence. "I am Innocent of this chargo and I assort that the record of tho ovl-deuco ovl-deuco conclusively proves this. No appellate tribunal has ovor passed on this ovldcnco. Tho only judgo who has ever heard It stated that ho had tho most serious doubts as to my guilt. "My execution will not nvenco Mary Phagan's death. A life will havo been taken for a life, but tho real culprit will not havo paid tho penalty. penal-ty. I will surfer for another's crime. "My trust Is In God, who knows that my protestations of Innoccnco aro the truth. At somo futuro date, tho whole mortal world will rcaltzo It. It Is tho knowledgo that God knows It now and that tho world will know It somo day, that Inspires mo as I stand before your honor and as I faco tho futuro. "Anything else that I might Bay at this time would be but an elaboration of my words to tho court. Yet I am fully alive to tho fact that my post Hon Is most precarious. It 1b a situation situ-ation which is for removed from any thing that my llfo and mental ntti-tudo ntti-tudo could havo bospoken. It Is hideous, hide-ous, but at tho sanio tlmo bo unreal, so Incongruous. "It Is fundamental In human life to want to Hvo. This deslro to cxlBt 1b ingrained In all of us It Is tho basic ba-sic morality of all who llvo. To those who havo tho proper Ideals of living, llfo without honor la Insufferable. This Is tho messago of theology and ethics, "In tho light of tho wholo truth 1 know and tho Almighty knows that the morality of my position In this caso Is unassallablo. This being so, my completo exoneration of thlu terrlblo chargo lies In tho futuro. When that day arrives, I shall bo vindicated and if I am allvo I will bo enabled to enjoy freedom and honor. Thoreforo, I want to Hvo. "The full truth and all of tho facts In the caso, when they como to light, as somo day thoy will, will provo to tho world that my assertion of Inno cenco Is tho truth. "Tho legal arean Is closed to mo. Tho bar Is placed forover against further logal process. Yet tho Issue of guilt or Innoccnco has been before be-fore one court, that In which tho Jury sat. All subsequent appeals woro mado upon alleged legal and Judicial errors, not upon tho facts or tho evidence. evi-dence. "Slnco tho Jury hoard tho caso no court of Inquiry or rovlew has sifted tho ovldcnco. No decision of any appeals ap-peals court undertook to predlcato any opinion on tho record of tho testimony tes-timony nnd ovldcnco. Tho doubt of tho trial Judgo as to my guilt still remains." |