1913 September 28 Atlanta Constitution 71 Pages Georgia

1913 September 28 Atlanta Constitution 71 Pages Georgia

Author: Atlanta Constitution

Year: 1913

PDF PAGE 69, COLUMN 3 GRIEF OF MRS. COLEMAN IS A PITIFUL SIGHT Fears Are Entertained by Her Family and Friends—New Evidence Discovered. Grieving over the death of her daughter, Mary Phagan, who was found murdered in the National Pencil factory, and for whose death Leo M. Frank has been sentenced to hang, the condition of Mrs. J. W. Coleman is causing grave fear among her friends. Physicians say that unless the load of sorrow is lifted early from her mind, she is likely to become subject to hysteria that would be fatal. Friends and relatives visit her constantly seeking, without avail, to console her and enliven her spirits. Except the few days which she attended the trial of Frank, Mrs. Coleman has rarely left her home on Lindsay street. For the most part she has been confined to bed from nervous and physical breakdowns. Her husband is always by her side, and a number of kinfolk have become residents of the home so that they might attend the grieving mother. To add to her sorrow, Mrs. Coleman lost her mother during the progress of the trial. The parent, who had reached a ripe age, died during the famous speech of Solicitor Dorsey. It was the following day when Mrs. Coleman broke in