1914 December 08 Atlanta Constitution 16 Pages Georgia

1914 December 08 Atlanta Constitution 16 Pages Georgia

Author: Atlanta Constitution

Year: 1914

PDF PAGE 7, COLUMN 5 FRANK LOSES LAST CHANCE IN COURT His Only Hope for Life Is at the Hands of Gov. John M. Slaton—Early Appeal Will Be Made. Now that Leo Frank has lost his last fight in the Courts, his Attorneys have begun preparing a strong Appeal that is to be submitted to the Prison Commission of Georgia and to Governor John M. Slaton. The exact date on which the Appeal will be made has not been decided upon owing to the inability of counsel to determine when it will be completed. Attorneys Leonard and Herman J. Haas, associated with Harry Alexander, will be aided by Attorneys Henry C. Peeples and John L. Tye in this final move. Judge Ben Hill will sign the Writ of Habeas Corpus Wednesday morning, after which Frank will be brought before him and be re-sentenced to the gallows. The date of his resentencing, however, will not be made public. Supreme Court Refuses. When the Supreme Court in Washington announced the decision Monday morning refusing to grant a Writ to review the Frank evidence, Attorney Harry Alexander, who was then in Washington, conferred over long-distance telephone with Louis Marshall, the criminal lawyer engaged only recently in the Frank Case. Following the