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The Atlanta Georgian,
Tuesday, 26th August 1913,
PAGE 4.
L. Z. Rosser and Reuben Arnold, counsel for Leo Frank, issued the following statement this morning:
"We deem it not amiss to make a short statement, as the attorneys of Leo M. Frank, to the public."
"The trial which has just occurred, and which has resulted in Mr. Frank's conviction, was a farce and not in any way a trial. In saying this, we do not make the least criticism of Judge Roan who presided. Judge Roan is one of the best men in Georgia, and is an able and conscientious judge."
"The temper of the public mind was such that it invaded the courtroom and invaded the streets and made itself manifest at every turn the jury made; and it was just as impossible for this jury to escape the effects of this public feeling as if they had been turned loose and had been permitted to mingle with the people."
"In doing this we are making no criticism of the jury. They were only men, and unconsciously this prejudice rendered any other verdict impossible."
"It would have required a jury of stoics, a jury of Spartans, to have withstood this situation."
"The time ought to come when this man will get a fair trial, and we profoundly believe that it will."
"The final judgement of the American people is a fair one. It is sometimes delayed in coming, but it comes."
"We entered into this case with the profound conviction of Mr. Frank's innocence. The result has not changed our opinion. Every step of the trial has intensified and fortified our profound conviction of his innocence."
"L. Z. ROSSER,
"H. R. ARNOLD."