Category: JOHN SLATON GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA
Message Of The Governor to the General Assembly of Georgia, John Slaton, June 23, 1915. Opinion in case of the State vs. Leo Frank
Image Gallery Page 1 SUPPLEMENT TO MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA June 23, 1915 OPINION IN CASE OF THE STATE VERSUS LEO FRANK Page 3 SUPPLEMENTARY MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. STATE OF GEORGIA,…
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SUPPLEMENT TO MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA June 23, 1915 OPINION IN CASE OF THE STATE VERSES LEO FRANK Governor To The General Assembly Of Georgia June 23 1915 State Vs Leo Frank Page 01
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SUPPLEMENTARY MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. STATE OF GEORGIA. June 21, 1915: In Re Leo M. Frank, Fulton Superior Court, sentenced to be executed June 22, 1915. Saturday, April 26, 1913, was Memorial Day in Georgia and a general…
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I desire to say in this connection that the people of the State of Georgia desire the esteem and good will of the people of every State in the Union. Every citizen wishes the approbation of his fellows, and a…
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the dignity of her laws, and if the choice must be made between the approbation of citizens of other States and the enforcement of our laws against offenders, whether powerful or weak, we must choose the latter alternative.Mobs.It is charged…
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During the progress of the case, after evidence had been introduced laying the crime, with many offensive details, upon Frank, the feeling against him became intense. He was the general superintendent of the factory, and Mary Phagan was a poor…
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I had the sheriff call at the Mansion and inquired whether he anticipated trouble. This was after many people had told me of possible danger and an editor of a leading newspaper indicated his anticipation of trouble. The sheriff stated…
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Our Supreme Court, after carefully considering the evidence as to demonstrations made by spectators, declared them without merit, and in this regard, the orderly processes of our tribunals are not subject to criticism.Racial Prejudice.The charge against the State of Georgia…
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The State's Case.The State proved that Leo M. Frank, the general superintendent of the factory, was in his office a little after 12 o'clock on the 26th day of April, 1913, and he admitted having paid Mary Phagan $1.20, being…
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which would enable her to arrive at the factory within the neighborhood of about thirty minutes. The element of exact time will be discussed later.Dr. Harris, the Secretary of the State Board of Health, and an expert in this line,…
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dropped his head and stated, "If you keep that up, we will both go to hell."On Sunday morning at about 3 o'clock, after Newt Lee, the night watchman, had telephoned the police station about the discovery of the dead body,…
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The cook's husband testified that on Saturday, the day of the murder, he visited his wife at the home of Mr. Selig, defendant's father-in-law, where Frank and his wife were living, and that Frank came in to dinner and ate…
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that some punches had been missed. The suggestion was that he had either manipulated the slip to place the burden on Lee or was so excited as to be unable to read the slip correctly.The State introduced a witness, Monteen…
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Where I have not mentioned the more prominent ones, an inspection of the record fails to maintain the contention.It is contended that a lawyer was engaged for Frank at the station house before he was arrested. This is replied to…
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The detectives learned about the middle of May that Conley could write, although at first he denied it. He made one statement and three affidavits, which are more fully referred to in stating the defendant's case. The affidavits were introduced…
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Conley described Frank as having been in a position which Conley thought indicated perversion, but the facts set out by Conley do not demand such a conclusion. Conley says that he found Mary Phagan lying in the metal room some…
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and told him, 'Here is $200,' but after a while requested the money back, and got it.One witness testified she saw some Negro, whom she did not recognize, sitting at the side of the elevator in the gloom. On the…
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citizens of Atlanta, college mates at Cornell, and professors of that college.The defendant was born in Texas, and his education was completed at the institution named.The admission of Conley that he wrote the notes found at the body of the…
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Conley testified that on the morning of April 26th, he went down into the basement to relieve his bowels and utilized the elevator shaft for the purpose.On the morning of April 27th at 3 o'clock, when the detectives came down…
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elevator shaft was in accordance with his testimony that he made water twice against the door of the elevator shaft on the morning of the 26th, instead of doing so in the gloom of his corner behind the boxes where…
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which everybody admits could not have been before 12:05, Frank suddenly said, "Here comes Emma Clark and Corinthia Hall," and he put Conley in a wardrobe.The uncontradicted evidence of these two witnesses, and they are unimpeached, was they reached the…
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the head and reached the skull. Wounds of that character bleed freely. At the place Conley says he found blood, there was no blood. Conley says there was a cloth tied around the head as though to catch the blood,…
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Detective Black says, "Mr. Starnes, who was there with me, did not call my attention to any blood splotches."Detective Scott says, "We went to the metal room where I was shown some spots supposed to be blood spots."A part of…
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Conley's Affidavits.The defense procured under notice one statement and three affidavits taken by the detectives from Conley and introduced them in evidence.The first statement, dated May 18, 1913, gives a minute detail of his actions on the 26th day of…
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"second and last statement." In that, he states that on Saturday morning after leaving home, he bought two beers for himself and then went to a saloon and won 90 cents with dice, where he bought two more beers and…
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On the 29th of May, 1913, Conley made another affidavit, in which he said that Frank had told him that he had picked up a girl and let her fall, and Conley hollered to him that the girl was dead,…
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All of the affidavit down to this point is in typewriting, the original was exhibited to me. At the end of the affidavit in handwriting is written the following: "While I was looking at the money in my hands, Mr.…
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for five or six hours again, endeavoring to make clear several points which were far-fetched in his statement. We pointed out to him that this statement would not do and would not fit, and he then made the statement of…
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In his evidence before the jury in the redirect examination, Conley thought it necessary to account for the mesh bag, and for the first time, said that "Mary Phagan's mesh bag was lying on Mr. Frank's desk, and Mr. Frank…
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Conley swears he did. The State says that the use of the word 'did' instead of 'done' indicates a white man's dictation. Conley admits the spelling was his. The words are repeated and are simple, which characterizes Conley's letters. In…