Author: Mary Phagan
446 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:414 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.The body was cut down and carried to Atlanta, and from there sent to Brooklyn where his parents lived."Whoever did this thing—" The man beside the body broke in with…
447 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:THE TRIAL OF WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHER BRITISH SOLDIERS FOR THE MURDER OF CRISPUS ATTUCKS, SAMUEL GRAY, SAMUEL MAVERICK, JAMES CALDWELL, AND PATRICK CARR, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 1770.THE NARRATIVEOn the evening of March 5th,…
448 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:416 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.A man in a red cloak and white wig rushed to King Street, now State Street, after hearing the alarm. Meanwhile, the sentry before the custom house in that street…
449 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERSIt was revealed that the soldiers had been involved in a confrontation with the people at the Rope Walk a few days before. It was also shown that Killroy's bayonet…
450 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:418 Z. AMERICAN STATE TRIALSThe soldiers received the same treatment, but there was no direct evidence that they were ordered to fire by their commanders, although they were frequently dared to do so by…
451 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERSWilliam Wemms and Hugh Montgomery, British soldiers of the 29th Regiment of Foot, were placed at the bar today charged with the murder of five citizens of Boston, namely: Crispus…
452 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:420 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.The following jurors were selected: Joseph Mayo, foreman, and Nathaniel Davis, of Roxbury; Abraham Wheeler and Edward Peirce, of Dorchester; Josiah Thayer, of Braintree; Benjamin Fisher, of Dedham; Samuel Davenport…
453 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERSThe jury consisted of the following individuals: Joseph Mayo, of Roxbury; Abraham Wheeler, of Concord; Isaac Pierce, of Woburn; William Veazie, of Braintree; Edward Savel, of Woburn; Jonathan Williams, of…
454 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:422 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Mr. Samuel Quincy. May it please your Honors and you gentlemen of the jury: The prisoners at the bar are that party of soldiers belonging to His Majesty’s 29th regiment,…
455 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:WILLIAM WEUMS AND SEVEN OTHERS. 493It is yours, gentlemen of the jury, to determine whether they are guilty or not.The cause is solemn and important; no less than whether eight of your fellow subjects…
456 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:424X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.THE WITNESSES FOR THE PROSECUTION**Jonathan W. Austin** was on King Street that evening. As the soldiers wheeled around, McCauley pushed at me with his bayonet and said, "Damn you, stand off."…
457 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERSJames BrewerI saw Killroy on the custom house steps. Killroy pushed me with his bayonet. I heard several guns fired.James BaileyI saw Montgomery, Carroll, and White there. I saw Montgomery…
458 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:426XE. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Different men pierced me in the arm and elbow quite to the bone.**Samuel Hemmingway.** Being in company with Killroy, I heard him say he never would miss an opportunity to fire…
459 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERSAfter the shots were fired, the crowd began to scatter. Once the firing ceased, a little boy came and told us that some people were killed; I saw them lying…
460 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:428X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS."It was nine o'clock, and I did not think anything else until somebody cried fire." "Did you strike before the firing?" "Yes." "Did you strike as hard as you could?" "Yes,…
461 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERSI was waiting at the door for a minute or two; people were coming down in twos and threes at a time. At length, the noise subsided, and it seemed…
462 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:430AMERICAN STATE TRIALSI was in my house when I heard the cry of fire, and people began to gather, as they do at the sound of fire. I thought it was a fire, so…
463 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERSThe bell rang, as we all thought, for a mission for peace; they fired, he ran out in order to go, with no regard to me or my orders. I…
464 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:432 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS,The motives of the accused persons may not be precisely ascertained, except in the case of Killroy, against whom I think you have certain evidence.It is a rule of law,…
465 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERSThe defendants are charged with the murder of several of the king's liege subjects, as set forth in the indictments that have been read to you. According to these indictments,…
466 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:484 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALSThirdly, is there anything appearing in evidence that will justify, excuse, or extenuate such homicide by reducing it to that species of offense called manslaughter?Before we enter upon these inquiries,…
467 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERSWhat is at first irksome soon becomes pleasing. But does experience teach that misery begets in general a hatred of life? By no means. We all recoil at death; we…
468 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:436 X, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.About five or six years ago, it is well known, certain measures were adopted by the British parliament, which gave a general alarm to this continent. Measures were alternately taken…
469 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERS, 437Today, gentlemen, I appeal to you for the truth of what I say: many on this continent viewed their chains as already forged. They saw fetters as prepared; they…
470 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:438 X, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.His heart glowed with an ardor, which he took for a love of liberty and his country, and he had formed no design fatal to its privileges. He recollected, no…
471 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERSWe must stop. If we pursue this inquiry at this time and in this place, we shall be in danger of doing great injustice. We shall get beyond our limits.…
472 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:440 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Was it his duty to espouse the cause of those assembled in King Street? I think not; but lest my opinion should not have any weight, let me remind you…
473 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERSHow can we regard with contempt a body of men stationed, most certainly, by the consent of her supreme legislature, the Parliament of Britain? What could be more disrespectful to…
474 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:442, & AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Justice. We ought to recollect that our present decisions will be scanned, perhaps throughout all Europe. We must not forget that we ourselves will have a reflective hour—an hour in…
475 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERS. 443In the fervor of our zeal, reason is in hazard of being lost; for, as was elegantly expressed by a learned gentleman at the late trial, "the passions of…