The Atlanta Constitution,
Tuesday, 14th October 1913,
PAGE 5, COLUMN 5.
Generally Believed That Solicitor Will Ask Continuance of Leo Frank Hearing.
That Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey, who has been in
Valdosta for a week with E. A. Stephens, his assistant, devoting
himself to preparing a reply to the motion for a new trial for Leo
M. Frank, will return on Thursday or Friday, of this week, was the
statement made in a letter he sent to Atlanta yesterday. The
solicitor does not state whether or not he will be prepared to reply
to the defense on Saturday, when the case will be called, but it is
believed that he will ask for further time. The defense cited 115
allegations upon which they base their claim for a new trial, and
the reply to it is expected to be a lengthy one.
In the meantime the defense, after attacking Jurors A. H.
Henslee and M. Johenning, have added further affidavits against
Henslee. The latter stated in reply to the first charges that he had
expressed belief in Frank's guilt of the Mary Phagan murder, that
the statement had only been made after the trial was over.
Various Monroe citizens now come forward and state that they
have not seen Henslee since the trial, and that it was some time
during June and before the trial started that he declared that
Frank should be hung.
Statements have also been taken supporting the character
and standing of the men who made the attack on Henslee. The
charge of bias against the two jurors and the alleged errors in
ruling made by Judge L. S. Roan during the trial form the basis on
which a new trial will be demanded.
While the case is being postponed and the solicitor devotes
his entire time to making his reply, court affairs in Fulton are
getting each day more congested. Judge Roan is waiting until
after the hearing to take his place on the bench of the court of
appeals, and Judge Benjamin H. Hill, of that court, is waiting to
become a member of the Fulton superior court. Should this
change be made at present, the criminal business of the county
could not proceed, as the county would have no solicitor to
prosecute its cases or to present indictments to the grand jury.
Dorsey Coming Home.
Valdosta, Ga., October 13."(Special.) Solicitor General Hugh
Dorsey, and Assistant A. E. Stephens, who have been in Valdosta
for ten days working on the state's answer to motion for new trial
for Leo M. Frank, expect to leave for Atlanta Tuesday night to take
up the continuation of the work there on Wednesday. Mr. Dorsey
is unable to say positively whether h will be ready for the hearing
next Saturday or not. The solicitor and his assistant had not made
as much progress tonight as they had planned for the day,
despite the fact that they got to work this morning at 6 o'clock.
They have completed the brief in the case, and are taking
up, section by section, the motion for new trial filed by Attorneys
Rosser and Arnold for the defense. So busy are the solicitor and
his assistant that they reluctantly were compelled to decline an
invitation from Colonel W. H. West to spend Tuesday at his
magnificent fishing preserve near this city. It is understood that
Solicitor Dorsey has greatly strengthened the state's case by
affidavits secured from Juror Henslee on Saturday and from other
parties. The contents of the affidavits are being jealously guarded.
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PROFESSIONAL
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P. H. Brewster, Albert Howell, Jr.
Hugh M. Dorsey, Arthur Heyman,
Attorneys-at-Law.
Offices: 202, 204, 205, 206, 207,
208, 210
Kiser Building, Atlanta, Ga.
Long-Distance telephone 3022,
3024,
and 3025, Atlanta, Ga.