1915 July 27 Atlanta Constitution 12 Pages Georgia

1915 July 27 Atlanta Constitution 12 Pages Georgia

Author: Atlanta Constitution

Year: 1915

PDF PAGE 9, COLUMN 4 DOCTORS TO EXAMINE ASSAILANT OF FRANK At Governor’s Request They Will See Whether Creen’s Rib Is in Place. When William Creen, the Lifetime convict who recently attacked Leo M. Frank, was closeted last Saturday with Governor Nat Harris, telling him the story of his attack upon Frank and his motives for the act, he made just one Request of the Governor, and this Request was not for Clemency in any form. It was that the Governor saw to it that an X-Ray Examination is made of Creen’s side to find whether a rib which he had broken once, is not, still out of place. Governor Harris promised Creen that he would do this, and the Governor stated Monday that he would take the matter up with the Prison Commission. Governor Was Warned. A rather startling revelation made by Governor Harris was that he was warned while at the State Farm not to talk with Creen alone while Creen had his chain on. When Governor Harris first saw Creen at the State Prison, it was at the side of Creen’s cot in the Sleeping Quarters of the Prison, where Creen was chained to a Concrete Post. Governor Harris promised Creen then that he would come back later and talk with him privately there. It was a