1914 March 07 Atlanta Constitution 12 Pages Georgia
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1914 March 07 Atlanta Constitution 12 Pages Georgia
Author: Atlanta Constitution
Year: 1914
PDF PAGE 1, COLUMN 3 NO CLEMENCY PLEA PLANNED FOR FRANK Counsel for Prisoner Will Concentrate Efforts on Se- curing New Trial Through Extraordinary Motion. Counsel for Leo Frank stated positively to a reporter for The Constitution Friday afternoon that no plea for clemency would be made to Judge Ben Hill when the convicted man is resentenced. Whether any other action would be taken it was not said. Attorney Reuben Arnold declared, however, that counsel would not request a life sentence in place of execution. The defense will not protest the refixing of the date of doom, it was said. Rumors in court realms had it Friday that Frank would be brought before Judge Hill some time today. This could not be verified, however. Rosser Expected Today. Attorney Luther Z. Rosser, senior counsel for the defense, was expected to return to Atlanta Friday, but did not arrive. He has been on a trip of several days to Washington and New York. His associate, Herbert Haas, who has been an active figure in Frank’s defense, is also in New York. He will not return at present, however, but will remain in the metropolis for considerable while to come. Immediately upon arriving in Atlanta today Mr. Rosser wil