1914 December 22 Atlanta Constitution 16 Pages Georgia

1914 December 22 Atlanta Constitution 16 Pages Georgia

Author: Atlanta Constitution

Year: 1914

PDF PAGE 1, COLUMN 2 ALEXANDER SCORES CHARGE OF DORSEY Frank Attorney Leaves for Washington to Make Ef- fort There to Secure Su- preme Court Hearing. On the Eve of his departure for Washington, where he will put his Appeal for the life of Leo Frank before the United States Supreme Court, Henry A. Alexander accused Solicitor Dorsey of having committed “an outrage” before Judge Newman, of the Federal Court, yesterday when he challenged the accuracy of the information submitted to the United States Court by Frank’s lawyers on their last Appeal. “I challenge Mr. Dorsey’s statement that it is to be doubted if the information we presented to the Supreme Court was accurate, and I challenge it emphatically,” he told a Reporter for The Constitution. “It is unfair to charge that Frank, a man fighting in the last ditches of his life, is seeking to create favorable action in his behalf by warping or misrepresenting facts. The Solicitor’s accusation is nothing short of an outrage.” First Trial Date. Mr. Alexander stated that he had submitted to Justice Holmes—the Justice who gave his opinion that he did not believe Frank had received due process of law because of the disorderly crowds—the infor