1915 April 21 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia

1915 April 21 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia

Author: Atlanta Constitution

Year: 1915

PDF PAGE 3, COLUMN 2 FRANK’S ATTORNEYS CONFER ON APPEAL Thought That No Time Will Be Lost in Taking Last Step in Fight for the Condemned Man’s Life. The first active steps toward the Appeal to the Prison Commission and Governor to spare the life of Leo Frank were taken last night in a Conference held between the condemned man’s lawyers in the Office of Leonard Haas in the Fourth National building. Luther Rosser and Reuben Arnold, Chief Counselors for Frank, in his trial before Judge L. S. Roan, were present at the Consultation. Others in the Conference were Harry A. Alexander, Leonard Haas and Herbert Haas. The Appeal of the Commission will be drawn up at once and will be tendered to the Prison Organization as early as possible. Peoples May Quit Case. It has not definitely been decided whether or not the law firm of Tye, Peeples & Jordan, which introduced the Constitutional Allegation into the Frank Case, carrying it to the Supreme Court, will take an active Part in the Appeal. They were concerned only with the Federal Phase of the Case. The Connection of the Tye, Peeples & Jordan Firm virtually ended when Henry Peeples concluded his Argument for Frank’s freedom on a Habeas Corpus