1915 July 14 Atlanta Constitution 12 Pages Georgia
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1915 July 14 Atlanta Constitution 12 Pages Georgia
Author: Atlanta Constitution
Year: 1915
PDF PAGE 1, COLUMN 4 MILITIA UNDER ARMS FOLLOWING MOB RUMOR Macon Troops to Go to Mil- ledgeville if Trouble Developed. Macon, Ga., July 13.—Three Companies of Macon Militia, the Macon Battalion of the Second Georgia Regiment, under the Command of Major W. Polhill Wheeler, were assembled here late this afternoon on orders from the Adjutant General Nash to be in readiness to proceed to Milledgeville for the protection of Leo M. Frank. Colonel J. A. Thomas, of the Second Georgia Regiment, also received a Copy of the Message. While Militiamen were being called together from all parts of the City, gathered up in Automobiles and every other means, arrangements for the transportation of the Troops were completed. A Special Train on the Central of Georgia Railroad was obtained and is in readiness to take the Troops to the very door of the State Prison. No Order to proceed, however, had been received up to 8 o’Clock tonight. General Walter A. Harris is expected to reach this City, his home, over the Southern Railway at 8:30 o’Clock tonight to take charge of the Militia. Long Distance Telephone Reports from the State Farm and from other points in Baldwin County and Milledgeville where the S