Sunday, 6th June 1915: Mass Meeting Held At Capitol Last Night, The Atlanta Journal

Rev. A. C. Hendley addressed gathering on upholding of trial by jury.

A mass meeting widely advertised by circulars distributed Friday and Saturday brought a large crowd to the Washington Street steps of the State Capitol Saturday night about 8 o'clock to discuss the "upholding of trial by jury."

A crowd, variously estimated at from 1,500 to 2,500 persons, had gathered by 8:26 o'clock. While many had evidently come to participate in the meeting, quite a large number of others were apparently there for reasons of curiosity. Numerous passersby stopped for a few minutes to listen and look on, and a good many persons stopped their automobiles on Washington Street, for this same purpose.

The crowd was at all times good-natured and orderly, and there was much "kidding" among the spectators. During the first twenty or thirty minutes, there seemed to be difficulty in getting a speaker. Finally, Rev. A. C. Hendley, pastor of the Capitol View Baptist Church, came forward, and for nearly an hour he addressed the crowd. At the conclusion of his speech, the minister, who had been cheered repeatedly, declared that even in his own church, he had never addressed a more quiet congregation of law-abiding citizens.

There were no other speakers. During the course of his talk, Mr. Hendley read resolutions protesting against outside interference in the case of Leo M. Frank and endorsing trial by jury. These resolutions were adopted.

The meeting ended before 10 o'clock by the announcement that subscriptions for a magazine would be taken by one of the members of the crowd under the arc-light, which burns on Washington Street in front of the Capitol. The crowd then rapidly dispersed.