Sunday, 22nd August 1915: City Hall Gossip By A Cloyd Gill, The Atlanta Constitution

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### ORDINANCE PASSED PROHIBITING THE SALE OF FRANK PICTURES

General Council at a Special Meeting Saturday morning passed an Ordinance by Alderman J. Lee Barnes making it unlawful to sell on the Streets of Atlanta Pictures bearing on the recent Frank Affair. A number of Enterprising Photographers took their Stand on the Street Corners and disposed of several hundred of the Pictures at a handsome figure. A copy of the Ordinance will be transmitted to Chief of Police Mayo, who will be asked to instruct his men to make cases against anyone attempting to sell the Pictures.

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### COURT WILL PROBE FRANK LYNCHING

Special Term of Cobb County Superior Court Called by Judge H. L. Patterson to Investigate Crime.

A Special Term of Cobb Superior Court has been called by Judge H. L. Patterson, presiding over the Blue Ridge Circuit, to investigate the lynching of Leo M. Frank. The first Session will be held the last Monday in August.

Herbert Clay, Solicitor General of the Blue Ridge Circuit, visited Governor Harris Saturday morning and assured him that he would exert every power in his Office to apprehend the Slayers of Georgia's noted Prisoner.

Governor Harris expressed gratification at the promptness of Clay's visit and of the assurance that a rigid Probe would be made into the tragedy. "I feel certain," he said, "that the Superior Court of Cobb County will exert every effort to discover the identity of the man who perpetrated this shocking Crime."

The Governor also expects similar action to be taken by the Officials of Baldwin County in which the State Prison Farm is located.

City Council Saturday stopped the sale of Pictures of the Frank Hanging by an Ordinance submitted by Councilman J. N. Renfroe and Alderman J. Lee Barnes. It passed the body without a dissenting vote.

### Hold Conference.

Governor Harris also held a Conference yesterday with Judge T. E. Patterson, of the State Prison Commission, who returned to Atlanta on Friday night.

Together, Governor Harris and Judge Patterson went over the details of the abduction of Frank from the State Prison, as observed by Judge Patterson.

They also discussed at length the question of whether the State should build a Prison designed to "keep people out of Jail as well as to keep people in Jail." It was estimated that such a Prison would cost in the neighborhood of $250,000. Governor Harris expressed the Opinion that such a Prison would be practically useless, since Georgia keeps the great majority of her convicts in County Camps.

### No New Light.

Judge Patterson, after his Conference with the Governor, told a Constitution Reporter that he was able to throw no new light upon the Case.

The Cobb County Grand Jury will meet on the Wednesday after the Special Term, called by Judge H. L. Patterson, of the Blue Ridge Circuit, convenes.

Judge Patterson has the Option of calling the old Grand Jury or calling for a new Grand Jury.

Herbert Clay, Solicitor of the Blue Ridge Circuit, said to a Constitution Reporter after his Conference with the Governor, that every effort to sift the Frank lynching to the bottom will be made by the Cobb County Authorities.

Several Cobb County Officials have received anonymous threatening letters from Chicago, San Francisco, and other Western Cities.