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Show K THE MAYOR OF " E j ATLANTA. l ( Atlanta's mayor, who is in San Francisco, attempts to justify the I i ' lynching of Leo. M. Frank. He pleads A that Frank was guilty. No man could jftjl be positive of the accused's guilt but lrj ; even were Frank a fiend incarnate, m h'e should have been protected by the i I authorities of Georgia and the people M from mob violence, and the mayor I i should be one of the last to exculpate I j j the lynchers. I j 1 1 The worst feature of lynching Is I'Sf not that one man is dealt with In, a u 1 brutal manner. The act in Itself is P i morally debasing and tends to cre- !i ate a , criminal atmosphere. Every i man who participated in the outrage i was fired by the impulses of a mu'rd- I ; erer, and those who allow the K'll paBsions of, an assassin to once dom- flj j I ' " inate their lives are liable to further jj ; sudden outbursts of fury. " OD ! Men who permit brain storms to fl; J sweep them along with the mob weak- H n their moral suasions and open flj ' i ! wie the gateway to intense anger, P1. hatred and violence. |