1913 August 26 Atlanta Constitution 16 Pages Georgia

1913 August 26 Atlanta Constitution 16 Pages Georgia

Author: Atlanta Constitution

Year: 1913

Page 7. To those who sat with pent-up excitement in the court room Monday on the last day of the Leo Frank trial, the various events called the Jury and began his charge. The various events flashed by with kaleidoscopic regularity. At the time it seemed a long wall between each picture as it flashed on the screen, but looking back on it, the spectator feels that one came after the other in much short order that the real significance of each had not been taken in before the next event was past. Solicitor General Hugh Dorsey entered the court room promptly at 9 o'clock amid a storm of cheers on the outside and tumultuous hand-clapping in the courtroom. He began his speech and then things went on with regularity until the verdict came. Chronological Order. The following table shows the chronological order of the events of the Monday, up to the moment when the word reached the anxious crowd outside whose wild cheering almost drowned the voice of the solicitor as he went through the formality of polling the jury. 9 a.m. Dorsey renewed his speech. 12 noon Dorsey concluded. 12:05 p.m. Attorney Arnold requested that the jury leave the room, and then made a motion for a mistrial on account