1913 August 27 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia
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- 1913 August 27 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia
- Author
- Judge Leonard Strickland Roan
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- 1913
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1913 August 27 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia
Author: Atlanta Constitution
Year: 1913
Page 1. Motion for New Trial Made and Hearing Set for October 4, 1913, Thus Making It Certain Prisoner Will Get Delay. NEWT LEE IS RELEASED BY ORDER OF THE COURT Leo Frank Tells Judge That He Is Innocent, but That His Case Is in the Hands of Counsel. Leo M. Frank is sentenced to be hanged on Friday, October 10, 1913. This was the date set yesterday morning by Judge Leonard Strickland Roan, when the man convicted of the murder of little Mary Phagan was brought before him to be sentenced on Tuesday, August 26. The fact that the man's attorneys immediately made motion for a new trial and that Judge Roan set this hearing for October 4 makes it certain that Frank will not hang on the date set. Should Judge Roan, after a hearing, grant a new trial, the execution would be postponed; should he refuse it, the execution would be postponed while the matter went through the higher courts. Four Months Held With the sentencing of Frank came a court order, secured by Attorneys Graham and Chappell, giving freedom to Newt Lee, negro nightwatchman for the National Pencil factory, of which Leo Frank was superintendent. The negro had been in custody since 3 o'clock on the morning of Sunday, April 27 w