1914 March 04 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia
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1914 March 04 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia
Author: Atlanta Constitution
Year: 1914
PDF PAGE 1, COLUMN 7 LUTHER Z. ROSSER HOLDS CONFERENCE IN NEW YORK OVER LEO FRANK’S CASE Lawyers for Prisoner Tell New York Newspaper Men Atlanta Was Stirred by Large Number of Un- avenged Murders, and That the Newspapers and People Were Determined on Meeting Out Punish- ment to Slayer of Girl FAIR TRIAL POSSIBLE IN ATLANTA NOW, SAYS ROSSER IN INTERVIEW Harry Latham Returns to Atlanta With New Affida- Vit, in Which Attack Is Made on Time Element as Presented by Prosecution. It Is Expected That Pris- oner Will Be Brought Be- fore Judge Ben Hill Today to Be Sentenced. New York, March 3.—(Special.)—Luther Z. Rosser, of Atlanta, chief counsel for Leo M. Frank, arrived in New York today and tonight emphasized the contention of his associate. Herbert J. Haas, that their client had not had a fair trial, that such had been impossible in Atlanta last summer because of local conditions and the sensational report that had been spread broadcast concerning the character of the accused. Mr. Rosser pointed that the verdict of the Georgia supreme court, in declining a new trial, was not based on the evidence submitted in the lower court but upon whether errors in laying down and following the law