Sunday, 20th June 1915: Howard Confident Of Commutation For Leo Frank, The Atlanta Constitution

Expressing confidence that Governor John M. Slaton would commute the sentence of Leo Frank, Attorney William M. Howard, the former congressman who delivered such a masterful speech before the governor in behalf of the doomed man, departed for Augusta Saturday afternoon.

He had remained in the city originally, expecting to await the governor's verdict. Press of business affairs at home, however, caused his return to Augusta when it was learned that the governor would make no report until either Monday afternoon or Tuesday morning.

Governor Slaton devoted most of Saturday to his study of the Frank record. He retired to his country home during the afternoon, and until far after midnight this morning was engaged with his secretary, Jesse Perry, in probing into the massive trial data.