1915 May 23 Atlanta Constitution 54 Pages Georgia
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- 1915 May 23 Atlanta Constitution 54 Pages Georgia
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1915 May 23 Atlanta Constitution 54 Pages Georgia
Author: Atlanta Constitution
Year: 1915
PDF PAGE 1, COLUMN 2 LEO FRANK JURORS TO HOLD MEETING TO DISCUSS CASE Will Hold Conference Be- fore They Decide Whether to Ask Prison Commission to Commute the Sentence. HOWARD WILL CONDUCT HEARING FOR PRISONER “If Case Comes Before Me I Shall Consider It From Georgia basis,” Declares Governor-Elect Harris. There were three important developments yesterday in the Case of Leo M. Frank, whose Petition for a Commutation of Sentence from Death to Life Imprisonment will be heard by the Prison Commission, beginning May 31. First, it was learned that an effort will soon be made to hold a Conference of the Jurors in the Case to learn how they stand on the Proposition to Petition the Prison Board to commute the Sentence. Second, announcement came from Augusta that former Congressman William Howard has been selected by Frank’s friends to represent his Case before the Board and later before the Governor. Third, Governor-Elect Nat Harris gave out a statement in Macon Saturday in which he said that if the Case came before him, he would consider it from a Georgia basis, and act with the best interests of Georgia, and not the outside world, at heart. JURORS CONFER. An attempt has already been mad