1915 May 21 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia
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1915 May 21 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia
Author: Atlanta Constitution
Year: 1915
PDF PAGE 4, COLUMN 5 CLEMENCY FOR FRANK URGED BY ATLANTANS Basil Stockbridge, Former As- sistant to Solicitor General Dorsey, Signs Petition. Thousands of Atlanta men, including practically every Banker in the City, and Basil Stockbridge, a former aide-de-camp to Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey, have signed their names to Petitions pleading for Commutation for Leo M. Frank. The circulation of these Petitions in the City came to light Thursday at noon when one was passed among the guests at the regular luncheon of the Ad Men in the Hotel Ansley. Twenty-seven of the Fifty present attached Signatures. Among them was Basil Stockbridge, a young Lawyer, who at times aided the Prosecutor of Frank in the various phases of the Prosecution’s famous fight. There are said to be several hundred Petitions in Circulation in Atlanta alone, while there are hundreds of others in the State. The number in all parts of the Country will probably never be known. Petitions and letters flood Governor Slaton’s Office with each incoming Mail. It is predicted that there will be over a million names submitted to Governor Slaton and the Prison Commission in the Appeal for Commutation of Frank’s Sentence to lif