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VOL. XLV-NO.
OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 19, 11)15 TEN PAGES.
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SEA BREAKS III
OVER GALVESTON
SWAMPS TOWN
City is NoW Ready to Begin Repair
is; Heavy Damage Done by
the Terrifio Hurricane
and Bain.
COAST IS FLOODED FOB MILES
Transport Break from Its Moor
ings at Wharf and Drifts Half
Mile Out to Sea.
FIRES NOT UNDER CONTROL
WACO, Tex., Aug. 17. W. D. Ai
belle of Waco, returning borne this
morning from Galveston, reported
that water waa running over the
causeway when he left at 2 p. m. yes
terday. They waited this morning
at Bremond four hours for a train
leaving Galveston at 5:30 yesterday
afternoon, but this train bad not been
heard from.
BROWNSVILLE. Tex., Aug. 17.
The army wireless station here late
this afternoon received a report from
Galveston that the storm there was
subsiding.
No other Information was con
tained In the radio dispatch.
Bnlldlaae Raised.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex,. Aug. 17.
The following wireless telegram
was received at the Fort Sam Hous
ton wireless station from the army
transport Buford In Galveston har
bor this afternoon:
"Water In buildings about three
feet. All buildings and structures of
every nature along water front are
ruined. Many boats have been greatly
damaged and others destroyed.
"The army transport McClellan la high
and dry half a mile Inland. The number
of Uvea loat la unknown. Thera has been
great pecuniary damage."
This message indicates that the water
baa receded two feet la about three hour,
aa a measure received about 2 o'clock
stated that the water a tool five feet in
many streets and building. -Foastea's
Report.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. Under date of
1:30 p. m. today Major eOneral Funston,
from Fort Sam Houston, Tex., reported
conditions at Galveston to the War de
partment as follows:
"Buford ra41aXSJtfU&Uthl morning tha
the transport MoClellan broke looae front
its moorings and drifted a half mile. It
is tow anchored at the dock badly dam
aged. The oommerclal radio station are
out ef commission, the aerials all blown
down. All houses on the sea wall have
been destroyed. Boats are on the main
streets taking people from the buildings.
Five feet of water at the depot. No loss
of Ufa reported." -
GALVESTON. Tex.-Vla Wireless to
Fort Sam Houston and Telephone to San
Antonio, 10:14 a. m,, Aug. 17. Galveston
today had pas pad through one of the
worst storms within the last fifteen
years and now is ready to repair the
damage done by last' night's hurricane.
Five feet of water stands In the city
and is alowly draining off. Two fires
started today are yet to be placed under
control.
The transport McClellan lata last night
broke from Its moorings and drifted helf
a mils out to sea. The commercial wire
less station at Port Arthur is out of oom
clssion and the big aerial masts at Fort
Crockett are down.
Oaaseway 1 Damaged.
, TEMPLE. Tex.. Aug. 17. It was stated
at the office of the Santa Fe railroad
here early today that a message had
been received from Galveston saying that
a large vessel had been blown through
the caseway connecting Galveston with
the mainland. Two work tralrts were
ordered to Galveston to assist repair the
damage.
. Mo Loss of Life.
GALVESTON. Tpx. (Via Wireless to
San Antonio). Aug. 17. No loss of life
(Continued on Page Two. Column One.)
The Weather
For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity
Rain; not much change In temperature.
Traptratin at Omaha Yesterday.
Hours. Deg
a, m
fie
a. m
. sx
. 68
. 7
. 67
7 a. m.
s a. m
a. m. ......
10 a. m
11 a. m
U m.
1 p. m
S P. m
S p. m
4 p. m
I p. m
p. m
7 p. m
5 p. m
. 70
. 71
. 70
. 70
.
. 70
, 88
. 7
. H
, 4
Comparative Local Reeor.l.
Official record of temperature and pre
cipitation compared with the correspond
ing period of the last three years:
191S. 1914. 1913. 1912.
Highest yesterday 71 ino M S3
do went yesterday 8 7 74 74
Mean temperature 6ft 83 M 84
Precipitation .16 .00 . .11
Temperature and precipitation depart
ures from the normal:
Normal temperature 75
Deficiency for the day 7
Total deficiency since March 1 866
Normal precipitation 11 Inch
Excess for the day tto inch
Total rainfall since March l....n OS inches
Excess stuce March 1...., Hindi
Iefiilency for cor. period, 1914. 4.M Inches
IJeflelencjr for cor, period, 1KL3. t 64 inches
Reports froas Statloaa at T f. M.
BtaMoo and State Temp.Hlgh-K.ln-
or we trier. i p.m.
at. fall,
li .26
M .
SO , T
.' '0. .16
t2 .00
.til
71 .76
M ' .
7 .ju
' .)
M .i
.to
l ..S6
.
v nBjrnno, ciouoy
7avenprt, cloudy
nvr. part cloudy
I8 Moines, raio.
lender, cleudy
North Platte, rain
fmiAha, rain
Fuehlo. clear
Ha piil City, cloudy
rlt Lake City, clear....
l-t.nl he. tart cloudy...
Phendan, tart cloudy...
h'oux (ity. roudy
, 64
. 64
, 64
64
, 72
7S
i W
m
74
M
74
7H
ft a-ntliie, clear 74
1 tudUaies trace of Drerlraimimi
L. A. WiiLtSH. Local Forecaster.
FREMONT STREETS
FILLED WITH WATER
Heavy Bains of Monday Night Drive
the Rivers from Their Banks
Over the State.
PABT OF THE GALVESTON STORM
Morning reports to the railroads
Indicate rain over practically all Ne
braska Monday night, In most locali
ties continuing Tuesday. A summary
of the reports show that the heaviest
downpour was at Fremont and up the
Elk horn and Platte river valleys a
distance of twenty miles or so. As
a result of the unusually heavy rains
the lowlands for miles around Fre
mont are under water to a depth of
from one to two feet.
At Fremont, according to the report of
the agent of the Northwestern there, the
rainfall Monday night was (.10 Inches,
with more than 1.50 Inches Monday after
noon, makng the totall for the day and
night close to S.75 Inches.
In the railroad yards In east Fremont
It was asserted that the water was more
than two feet and that In the main street
from the Union station north it had at-'
talned a depth of some eighteen Inches.
flooding basements and first floors.
Elkhora Overflows Banks.
North of Fremont for a distance oi
twenty miles or so, it was reported that
the Elkhorn was out of Its banks and
that In some places had overflowed the
bottoms, being mora than a mile in width.
Similar conditions are said to have
maintained up the Platte nearly as far as
Scrlbner. All of the lowlands are flooded,
barn buildings rising out of the water
like Islands in the sea.
The only washouts reported to the
railroads are along the Union Pacific's
branch south of 'Beatrice. There, while
the rain was not so heavy as over the
country to the north, the land being more
rolling, the water came in rapidly from
the hills doing more damage. This wash
out was not of groat extent and was re
paired during the early morning.
Down the Missouri valley from Omaha
there was an all-night rain and it was
stUl raining at noon, according to a report
to the Missouri Pacific.
In Missouri Pacifio territory tho rain
during the night was around two to three
inches. Auburn had a precipitation of S.76;
Fairbury, 1.63; Fairmont. 1.66, and Ne
braska City and Weeping Water, 3 laches.
Galveston Storm.
Forecaster Welsh has been trying to
get details of the storm that Is raging- at
Galveston, but has been unable on ae
count of the havoc wrought to the tele
graph wires, there being none left to con
nect Galveston with the rest of the coun
try. The storm now In progress thera,
according to Mr. Welsh, is almost a du
plicate of the hurricane that demolished
the place September 8, 1900, but the huge
s&a aaU'tmUt Jm la rlty.atUc that storm
Is preventing any serious damage. This
Is the second time since the 1900 disaster
that Galveston has been visited by a
furious storm. Mr. Welsh blames the
Galveston storm, at least In part, for the
weather conditions prevailing here, and
has predicted more rain during the next
twenty-four hours. -
Five Stacks of Wheat
Burned Near Blair
BLAIR, Neb.. Aug. 17. (Special.) A
terrifio electrical storm, coming from the
northeast, swept down on the bottom
and bench lands north of Blair last even
ing about 7 o'clock, during which the
lightning struck a wheat stack, standing
In a yard of ten stacks belonging to
Oscar Matthews. Five stacks were com
pletely burned snd several others badly
scorched. Neighbors quickly responded
to calls for help and assisted in saving
the remaining stacks. The Matthews
wheat was considered some of the best
on the bottom land. He carried insur
ance on the entire whe.t crop. Three
and one-half Inches of rain feU In about
an hour.
There are many acres of wheat still
standing In this vicinity, which cannot
be cut, as the ground Is too soft to take
In binders. Grimm Brothers alone have
about 160 acres that la standing up In
good condition, but cannot get in to cut
It. A great deal of the wheat In shock
Is growing and Is so damp as to prevent
threshing.
The average yield as threshed so far
will go about twenty-five bushels.
Fulton Writes of
Bout with Willard
BEATRICE. Neb., Aug. lT.-(Speclal.
George Fulton received a letter Monday
from his brother, Fred Fulton, the
heavyweight pugilist, who. In a way,
confirmed the report that he had
knocked Jess Willard down at Rochester,
Minn., on May 14. lie says that he laid
Willard flat for the count of five and
that the world's champion arose and fln
bhed the bout, which was for three
rounds.
Fulton will fight Arthur Pelkey at
Kuclalre, Wis., on August 27 and James
Coffey at Milwaukee on Labor day. lie
expects to give a boxing exhibition in
this city in October with his sparring
partner. Jack Lester of Kansas City.
Fulton expects to Challenge Willard
before spring, ss Willard told him at
the close of the exhibition at Rochester
that he was the best heavyweight he
had ever tackled.
VICTIMS OF WAH00
AUTO UPSET BETTER
PAWNER CITT. Neb.. Aug. 17 (Spe
cial.) Fred Chase, whose home Is near
Pawnee City and who was thought to
be fatally injured in aa automobile ac
cident near Lincoln la it week la im
proving and it la thought he wfll re
cover. If pneumonia doean't aet In be
cause of broken ribs penetrating his
lungs. The daughter-in-law, who was ao
seriously Injured at the aame time, will
be In the hospital ton weeks. Both her
legs mere broken, one so badly that a
section of the bone had to be removed,
nitd a silver piece wired Into the bone la
its stead.
SLATON- DISCUSSES
HAHGIHGJF FRANK
Man Who Commuted Sentence Says
He Prefers Lynching- by Mob to
Illegal Execution.
SHOULD BE LESSON TO GEORGIA
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17. For
mer Governor John M. Slaton of
Georgia declared today that It was
better that Leo M. Frank was lynched
by a mob If his legal execution had
taken place In an address before the
San Francisco Center of the Cal
fornta Civic league.
Mr. Slaton's address, devoted alrt.v
entirely to discussion of the Frank case
and the lynching of Frank, was delivered
In the presence of most of the members
of the California supreme court and other
persons of prominence.
'I would prefer Frank to be lynched by
a mob," Mr. Slaton aald. "rather than
that he be hanged by Judicial mistake.
"One attacks the civil solution, the
other merely reaches the body.
Lftios to Georgia.
' "This should be a lesson to Georgia that
I hope It will never occur again In our
civilisation.
"At bottom the horrible outcome of the
Frank case was the result of the exalted
position of woman In Georgia,"
Mr. Slaton reviewed the history of the
murder of Mary Phagan and Frank's
trial to ahow that the people of Georgia
rallied to the cause of what they thought
was Justice.
"There are conditions about the Frank
case," Mr. Slaton said, "which constitute
a tribute to the state of Georgia.
"No wonder It Is hard to open the ears
of the people of Georgia to reason. They
forgot the Identity of the offender In the
magnitude of the offense.
Those Disagreeing; with Him,
' "There were many good people, as good
aa I, who disagreed with me, because
they said, I set aside the verdict of a
Jury and Interfered with the functions
of ad uly constituted court of law. There
are the thousands of these good people
who disagreed with me, criticised and
condemned me.
"But when these good people find out
the truth of the Frank case their general
condemnation will turn Into general ap
proval and they will say to me 'as gov
ernor of Georgia you saved the state from
a stain which never could have been
eradicated.' "
Peopl
e of Atlanta ,
See Frank's Body
' ATLANTA, Ga Aug. - 17. Leo
F. Frank's body was brought to At
lanta this afternoon and secreted In
a barn until a crowd searching for
it threatened serious trouble, - It
then was taken from the barn to an
undertaking establishment, where to
night a steady stream of persons
passed to plew It. The temper of the
people seemed not so much to wreak
vengeance upon, the lifeless form, but
to personally assure themselves that
It really was the body of Frank.
Forty policemen We're oh guard at the
undertaker's establishment, and a crowd
that blocked traffic stood for hours la
front of the plate. ' The body was shown.
Just aa it had been cut down from an
oak tree at Marietta, this morning.
Because of the Insistence of the people
to see the body, it had not been defi
nitely determined tonight whether funeral
plans first arranged could be carried out
A member of the undertaking firm stated
positively late today that the body had
been secretly placed In a private home.
He said he had been charged by friends
of the family here to take the body
from its first resting place to the for
mer home of Frank here at an opportune
time.
From there, he said. It was to be sent
to Brooklyn for interment. No one with
out suthorlty to speak could say tonight
Just what would be done.
CARRANZA FORCES WIN
EAST OF NOGALES
DOUGLAS. Arts., Aug. 17.-eeml-of-flclal
advices received here late last night
aald that the Carranza force were vic
torious In tfte fighting yesterday at
Portesuelos, five miles east of Nogales,
Sonora.
The Villa forces were driven back Into
Nogales, according to the report, after
sustaining severe casualties. A hundred
of the Villa troops and two machine
guns were captured by General Canes'
men.
CaJles cavalry Is reported to be In
possession of the railroad south from No
gales to Magdalena, a distance of 660
miles. Th troops are reported to be
spread out In strategic position to meet
S00 Villa reinforcements on their way
from Quaymaa to Nogales. '
The Day ' War News
BRITISH TRANSPORT Royal Kd-
ward, roaveylaa- troops to the
tlardaaelles, was saak by a aab.
xarla. la the Anna era Ust
Bataraar. Probable J.OOO saea
were lost.
."."a- .k:::..w:;.:::!
. Berlla reports today, captarlagr
tho forts that He betweea tho Nl.
mi river aad Cesia, two aad oae
balf miles to the aoath of Kovao
proper. Marh war material, la.
rladlaar 240 raaaoa aad 4,B40
prlaoarrs were takea la tho Korao
operatloaa, tho Ceraaaa stateateat
ADDITIONAL. INROADS wore aaade
oo the defeases of NoToaoorrtersk,
where three forte have beea oap
tared. At Ibis fortress 3,4O0
prlsoarrs, alaeteea raaaoa aad
othrr material were taken.
FI HTIIKR IMtOURKSS by tho ar
tulea of Frlaee Leopold of Ba
erla aad Field Marshal raa
Markrssra. prrssla toward Brest.
LlttiMk, Is reported.
BRITISH TROOP
VESSEL IS SUNK
BY A SUBMARINE
Tnninnrt Tjival VAvrmrA la Tie. 1
stroyed in the Agean Sea by
Torpedo from German
Subsea Craft.
THOUSAND -T
BE DROWNED
. 1 A r4 r Tin.. UW1-
Vv-c Board Are Known to
ot-... xiave joeen saves.
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT BRIEF
LONDON. Aug. 17. The British
transport Royal Kdward has been
torpedoed and sunk by a German
submarine. Announcement to this
effect was made officially today. Six
hundred men were saved out of
1,850 troops and 220 other persons
on board.
The text of the anouncement follows:
"The British transport Royal Edward
was sunk by an enemy submarine In the
Aegean sea last Saturday morning. Ac
cording to information at present avail-
! able, the transport had on board thirty-
seven military officers snd 1.S50 troops,
in addition to the ship's crew of 230 of
ficers and men.
"The troops consisted mainly of rein
forcements for the twenty-ninth division
end details of the royal army medical
corps.
"Full Information has not yet been re
ceived, but it Is known that about too
have been saved."
First Troop Transport Lost.
So far as has been reported officially,
this Is the first Instance In which a
British transport has been attacked suc
cessfully by a submarine. It had been
a matter of pride with the British gov
ernment that It had transported hundreds
of thousands of troops across many seas
without tne loss ot lire, it la probable
that the number of troops sent to France
and Belgium since the beginning of the
war Is considerably In excess of ttO.OCiO.
In addition, large numbers of men have
been transported to the Dardanelles.
Egypt, South Africa and Serbia.
The British announcement shows that
the Royal Edward was engaged in con
veying troops to the Dardanelles front,
having been sunk In the Aegean sea.
The Royal Edward waa of 11.117 tons
gross and Kti feet long. It waa owned
by the Canadian Northwest Steamship
company of Toronto. It was built In
Glasgow In 108.
Rate Commission
Reports Upon Rock
Island Rail Muddle
WASHINGTON. Aug. 1T.-Ths Inter
state Commerce commission's report on
Rock Island railroad financial affairs,
made public here late today. Bays the
commission's Investigation has demon
strated the need of legal limitation ot
railroad security Issues and has empha
sized the need of a law to fix responsible
tty for dissipation of corporate funds.
The report declares that -"the property
of the railroad- company will be called
upon for many years to make up the
drain upon Its resources, resulting from
transactions outside the proper sphere In
which stockholders had a tight to sup
pose their moneys were invested.
"This record." it adds, "emphaslzea the
need of railway directors who actually
direct. There are too many passive di
rectors who acquiesce In what Is being
done without knowledge and without in
vestigation.' The report says It appeared to be the
Idea of those In control of the Rock
Island that it .was no concern of the
publlo what was done because of the cor
porate function so long as rates were
reasonable.
Th aggregate losses found to have been
sustained by the railway company In
connection with the transactions respect
ing exchanges of stock In connection with
the St. Louis tc Pan Francisco, Chicago
Northern Consolidated Indiana Coal
company and Rock Island Improvement
company and others were tx.ooo.ooo, be
sides payments by" the railroad prior to
June SO, 1911, to financial Institutions In
connection with the Issuance of bonds,
commissions aggregating more than
S1,00,000 and Buffering discounts of mors
thsn H7.T0O.0O0.
Bush Appointed
Receiver for Two
Gould Railroads
BT. U)WS, Mo., Aug. 17.-Benjamln F.
Rush, president and chairman of the
board of direr tors of the Missouri Pacific
and of the St. Louis Iron-Mountain A
Southern railway, was appointed sole re
ceiver of the two lines by Circuit Judge
Adams at Woodstock, Vt., today.
The railway company asked thst B. F.
Bush, president of the Missouri PaHfl.
n Mountain, be appointed receiver,
Th Commonwealth Steel company, which
' fllMl the receivership suit, Joined In this
j request
I
Cyclone Devastates
Southern Haiti
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Aug. Im
(Delayed In Transmission. )-A violent cy-
clone has devastated the entire southern
side of the Halt ten republic. There have '
been numerous victims In the towns along
the coast.
The town of Aug Cayea. ninety-two
miles southwest of Port Au Prince snd
with a population of 25.000, suffered par
ticularly. The towns of Orande Vllle
and Petite Vtlle were destroyed.
In the Interior heavy floods are re
ported. The coffee crop has been in part
destroyed. (
All communication by telegraph or
cable with the devastated country has
stopped
nCflDQIA OTAIMEIl DV HCEDHD
ULUIlUlil OlfUI.LU Ul ULLI Lll Ul
LEO M. FRANK, the Georgia prisoner who was forcibly
taken from the warden of the state prison farm at Mill
edgeville last night and was lynched today. Frank's sen
tence was recently communted from death to a life term.
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INSTRIKEHEARItIGS
Former Attorney of Coal Company
Will Not Sit in Trials of the ,
Other Miners.
LAWS0N IS GRANTED APPEAL
DENVER. Colo., Aug. 17.- The
supreme court of Colorado today Is
sued a writ of prohibition, barring
Judge Granby Hlllyer from presiding
at future trials resulting from disor
ders In the recent strike of coal
miners.
The writ was granted on applica
tion of Horace N. Hawkins, and asso
ciate counsel for the United Mine
Workers of America, who alleged
that Hlllyer was a former attorney
for the coal mining companies and,
therefore, prejudiced agajnst former
strikers.
Lawaoa Graated Appeal.
The state supreme court today granted
a supersedeas In the case fo John R.
Lawson. labor leader, convicted on a
charge fo murder growing out of Colo
rado coal miners' strike snd under sen
tence of life imprisonment The action
allows the Lawson appeal to come before
the court on Us merit
The court reserved Its decision, on the
request of Lawson's counsel, that he be
released from Jail on bond until after
briefs are filed In September. .
General J, 0, Black
Dies Suddenly
f'HICA'iO, Aug. 17. General John C.
Blark, civil war veteran, former con
gressman and former United States com
missioner of pensions, died today In his
room at a local hotel. General Black was
a member of the t'nlted Btatea civil ser
vice commission and was commander-in-chief
of the Grand Army of ths Republic
In
Omaha is about to invest
$500,000 in new school
buildintfs. That, among
many other public under
takings under way and in
prospect, reflects the enter
prtngs spirit of the ciity.
PS
jTMi-GATE-CITY-OKHt-WCSt
RIVER CONGRESS
FRAHEAPROTEST
Commercial Clubs of Missouri Val
ley Will Disouis Report Against
Further Improrement.
THINK ENGINEER IS WRONG
Bt LLKTI.f.
KAN8A8 CITY, Aug. 17.Dele
gates from twelve states representing
two-thirds of the productive area ot
the United States, were present today
when Chairman W. T. Bland of Kan
sas City called the Missouri River
Protest congress to order. The meet
ing was railed by the Kansas City
Commercial club to declare against
the abandonment of Improvement of
the stream, as recommended by
Lieutenant Colonel Deakyne, a War
department engineer.
The states represented by the 200
delegates were North and South Da
kota, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, Ne
braska, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas,
Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 17. In
response to a call issued August 9 by
the Kansas City Commercial club for
a conference concerning a report of
Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Deakyne,
War department engineer, on the ad
visability of improving the Missouri j
river at guveruiuem expense, con-(
gresemen, delegates from the river
sisoclstlon and representatives from
commerclsl and civic" organizations
from Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Minne-i
sota and Nebraska met here today.
Coloael Draka roe's Report.
In his report lieutenant Colonel
Deakyne assorted that "the present and
reasonable prospective commerce of the
Missouri river between Kansas City and
the mouth war not sufficient to warrant
the continuance ef the present project."
He reoommended tliat the present project
be modified so as to provide for snagging
alone st an estimated cost of fto.ooo per
year and that all other work be stopped.
The plan for Improving the Missouri
river aa outlined by a commission of
army engineers and approved by congress
was to appropriate tlO.Oe.OOO at the rate of
jt2.o00.0U a year for ten years to clear
the liver so as to Insure a six-foot chan
nel, adequate for navigation purposes
from Kansas City to St. Louis. tfix
million dollars have been appropriated
for tho work since J&1S.
Marks Crisis.
Plscussing the report of Lieutenant
Colonel leakyne. Congressman V. p.
Borland of Kansas City said;
"A crista has come for the industries
of the Missouri valley. If this section of
the country, located the farthest of any
(Cuiuiuued on I age Two Column Four)
POME
LEO FRANK DIES
VICTIM OF MOB;
PRISON FORGED
Convict Carried Hundred Miles U
Automobile and Lynched Near
the Home of Miss Mary
Fhag&n.
GUARD QUICKLY OVERPOWERED
Mob Does Its Work Methodically
and There is No Chance to
Resist II
LYNCHERS ARE FROM MARIETTA
MARIETTA, Ca., Aug. 17. Leo
M. Frank, serving a life term for the
murder of Mary Phagan. the Atlanta
factory girl, and who waa taken from
the prison farm at Mllledgevllle last
night, was lynched two miles east of
here today by the armed party which
took him. He was banged to a tree.
Frank was brought 100 miles from
the prison farm to a point almost
within sight of the former home ot
Mary Phagan. No shots were fired.
Frank's body, barefooted and clad
only In prison trousers and shirt, waa
found at 8:30 o'clock this morning.
It is believed he was lynched about
daylight.
Lyaehera from Marietta.
Several automobiles, well loaded, left
here In the direction of Mllledgevllle Isst
night. After the return of soma ot the
machines today, officers started out on
the road which they believed the automo
biles had travelled. They bad gone only
two miles when they saw the body of
Frank, not more than 130 yards from tho
roadside. ,
News that ths body had been found ,
spread rapidly and within a short time
hundreds of persona were crowding to
the scene. No immediate effort was made
to cut the body down, as Sheriff Hicks .
was not In town and the ooronor took
no sctlon.
It Is believed that ths stop at tho"
bridge over Little river, near Eatonton,
when the armed party talked loudly and
fired ahota, was a ruse te delay pursuers. -The
vicinity of ths bridge was thoroughly
searched snd at ths time ths search was 1
tcing made. It Is probable Frank already
had met death. ' '
Body Is Cat Dow. .
The crowd Increased raiffTy " Kg The day
Were on. fey 10 o'clock mafty women and
rhl.dren Were mingling' with ths crowd
In the woods, at the edge of which the
body stilt hung. At that hour no effort
had been made to 'dispose of the body,
although Coroner Booth had been sum
moned. v
Frank's body was cut dowlt at 10 U
o'clock, but not until one of the crowd
had spoVen to ths crowd advocating mu
tilation of the body.
Judge Newton Morris Immediate!
pleaded 'with ths throng to allow an In
quest to take Its proper course.' A vote
wss suggested and taken. It was over
whelmingly In favor of allowing the
coroner to take charge ef the body. It
then was cut down and the two-mils trip
to Marietta started. The Inquest was set
for II o'clock. i
At ths suggestion of Newton A. Morris. !
former superior court Judge here, the!
body wss taken from ths undertaker's !
wagon. In which It waa placed at the '
lynching scene, and put Into an auto
mobile on the outskirts of the town. The
automobile started toward Atlanta.
FRANK TAKRKf FROM PRISON
Wel Orsraalaad Mob Ctalrkly Over,
powers Offleera aad Oaards.
MIl.LELKJJCVIU.E. Oe.. Aug. J7.-A
well organised party of armed men. whn
came In five automobiles, attacked the
Georgia state penitentiary here laat night,
look Leo M. Frank, serving a life term
for the murder of Mary Fhagan at At-
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