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SEA BREAKS HI
OVER GALVESTON
SWAMPS TOWN
City is NoW Beady to Befia Repair,
ing Heary Damage Done by
the Terrifio Hurricane
and Bain.
COAST IS FLOODED FOB MILES
Transport Breaks from Its Moor
ings at Wharf and Drifts Half
Kile Ont to Sea.
FIRES EOT UNDER CONTROL
BULLETIN.
WACO, Tex., Aug. 17. W. D. Ai
belle of Waco, returning home this
morning from Galveston, reported
that water was 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 had 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.
Balldlna-a 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 trmirport McClellan is high
and dry half a mil Inland. The number
of Uvea lost la unknown. There bu been
great pecuniary damage."
This message Indicates that the water
has reoeded two feet In about three hours,
as a message received about 2 o'clock
stated that the water stood five feet In
many streets and buildings.
Fmaatoa'a Report.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. Under date of
l:U p. n. today Major eOneral Punston,
from Fort Bam Houston, Tex., reported
conditions at -aalveeton to the War de
partment as follows:
"Bufprd radlojsnactathls morning that
" the transport MoClellan broke loose from
Its moorings and drifted a bait mile. It
la now anchored at the dock badly dam
aged. The commercial radio stations are
out of commission, the aerials all blown
down. All houses on the sea wall have
beea 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. (Via Wireless to
Fort Sam Houston and Telephone to San
Antonio, 10:10 a. m.. Aug. 17. Galveston
today had passed through one of the
worst storms wttbln 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 slowly draining off. Two fires
started today are yet to be placed under
control.
The transport McClellan late last night
broke from its moorings and drifted helf
a mils out to sea. The commercial wire
less station at Tort Arthur Is out of com
cisrton and the big aerial masts at Fort
Crockett are down.
riwir Is Daaiaged.
, 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 raseway connecting Galveston with
the mainland. Two work tralAa were
ordered to Galveston to assist repair the
damage.
. No Loas of Life.
GALVESTON. Tex. (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.
Trnprrilin at Omaha Yesterday.
Hours.
.D.es
... as
... 68
... 7
... 67
a a. m....
a. m....
7 a. m....
1 a. m....
0 a. m....
10 a. m....
11 a. m....
IS m.
1 p. m....
1 p. m....
I p. m....
s p m....
i p. m....
s p. m....
7 p. m....
p. m....
... 68 I
... 70
... 71
... 70
... 70
...
... 70
... 68
... 67
...64
... 66
Comparative Local Reevnl.
Official record of temperature and pre
cipitation compared with the correspond
ing period of the last three years:
116. 1914. 1913. 1912.
Highest yesterday 71 1 94 W
l-owt yeaterday 8 76 74 74
(Mean temperature 68 SI M M
Precipitation .'6 .00 .0) .11
Temperature and precipitation depart
ures from the normal:
Normal temperature 75
Deficiency for the day 7
Total deficiency wince March 1 366
Normal precipitation II inch
Kxrese for the day S6 inch
Total rainfall since March 1.. . .a 0 Inohes
Excess atuce March 1 76 Inch
Deficiency for cor. period, 1914. 4.81 inches
Deficiency for cor, period, 1913. 4 64 Inches
Reports fraaa Statieas at T t
M.
Station and State
Temp.Hlgh-Raln-
of Weather.
Cheyenne, cloudy
Davenport, cloudy ......
Jnvr. part cloudy ....
Dee Moines, rain
Ijidtr. cloudy
jNorth Platte, rain ....
f'mehe, rain
Fueblo. clear
HauH City, cloudy ,
t-H Lake City, clear...,
r-nnta re, fart cloudy.,
hheridun. tart cloudy..
hiuux City, r.oudy ,
Vairntlne, clear
" T" indicates trace ol
L. A. WULitSH. U
7 p.m.
i. est. fall.
Ti .26
68 .28
.W . T
.0. .16
M .00
. .Ml
, 71 .:
83 .to'
.7 .ju !
. ,
: M
6 .CO '
W .Ml
Intatlon. I
.. 64
.. 64
.. M
.. 64
.. 73
.. 78
.. as
.. t
.. 74
.. a
.. 74
.. U
. M
.. 74
FREMONT STREETS
FILLED WITH WATER
Heary Rains of Monday Night Drive
the Hirers from Their Banki
Over the State.
PART 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 heary 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 6.10 Inches,
with more than ISO Inches Monday after
noon, makng the totall for the day and
night close to 6.75 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
tained 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 wss reported that
the Elkhorn was out of Its banks and
that in some places had overflowed the
bottoms, being more than a mile in width.
Similar conditions are said to have
maintained up the Platte nearly as far as
Bcrlbner. All of the lowlands are flooded,
barn buildings rising out of the water
like Islands in the sea.
The pnly 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 belnr, more
rolling, the water came in rapidly from
the hills doing more damage. This wash
out was not of great extent and was re
paired during the early morning.
Down the Missouri valley from Omaha
there was an all-night rain and It was
still raining at noon, according to a report
to the Missouri Pacific.
In Missouri Pacific territory the rain
during the night was around two to three
Inohes. Auburn had a precipitation of 17b;
Fairbury, 1.63; Fairmont, 1.05, and Ne
braska City and Weeping Water, 3 laches.
Galvestoa Storm.
Forecaster Welsh has been trying to
get details of the storm that Is raging at
Galveston, but has been unable on ao
count of the havoo wrought to the tele
graph wires, there being none left to con
nect Galveston with the rest of the coun
try. The storm now la progress thera,
according to Mr. Welsh. Is almost a du
plicate of the hurricane that demolished
the place September 8, 1900, but the hugs
sea,yaUpni)fia Ike rliy sftor.ihat storm
Is preventing any serious damage. This
Is the second time since the 1900 disaster
that Galveston has been visited by
rurious 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 and severs! others badly
scorched. Neighbors quickly responded
to calls for help and assisted in saving
the remaining stacks. The Matthews
wheat was considered soms of the best
on the bottom land. He carried Insur
ance on the entire wheat crop. Three
and one-half inches of rain fell 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 Is 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. 17.-(8pectal.)-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. He says that he laid
Willard flat for the count of five and
that the world's champion arose and fin
'shed 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. He
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 WAHOO
AUTO UPSET BETTER
PAWNER CITT. Neb.. Aug. 17.-Spe-clal.V-Fred
Chase, whose home Is near
Pawnee City and it ho was thought to
be fatally injured In an automobile ac
cident near Lincoln lait week la Im
proving and It la thought he will re
cover. If pneumonia doesn't set in be
cause of broken ribs penetrating his
lungs. The daughter-in-law, who was so
seriously injured at the same time, will
te in the hospital ten weeks. Both her
legs were broken, one so badly that a
section of the bone had to be removed,
mid a iillver piece aired Into the bone In
its stead.
SLATON DISCUSSES
HANGINGJF FRANK
Man Who Commuted Sentence Says
He Prefen 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 Ca1'
fornta Civic league
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Mr. Alston's address, devoted alri.-V
aanress, nevoiea ain.v
entirely to discussion of the Frank ckse
and- the lynching of Frank, was delivered
In the presence of most of the members
of the California supreme court and other
persona of prominence.
'I would prefer Frank to be lynched by
a mob." Mr. Slaton said, "rather than
that he be hanged by Judicial mistake.
"One attacks the civil solution, the
other merely reaches the body.
I.eaaoa to CJeorsla.
"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 ease was the result of the exalted
position of woman in Georgia.'
Mr. Elaton reviewed the history of the
murder of Mary Phagan and Frank's
trial to show that the people of Georgia
rallied to the cause of what they thought
was Justice,
"There are conditions about ths 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 ths offense.
Those Dlaasrreetnar wlta Ulna.
"There were many good people, as good
as I, who disagreed with me, because
they said, I set aside the verdict of a
Jury and Interfered with ths 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 piew It. The temper of the
people seemed not so much to wreak
vengeance upon toe lifeless form, but
to personally assure themselves that
it really was the body of Frank.
Forty policemen were on guard at the
undertaker's establishment, and a crowd
that blocked traffic atood for hours In
front of the pla'e. ' The body was shown
Just as 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 suthority to speak could say tonight
Just what would be done.
CARRANZA FORCES WIN
EAST OF NOGALES
DOUGLAS, Arts., Aug. lT.-Seml-of-flcial
advices received hers late last night
said that the Carransa forces were vic
torious In the fighting yeaterday at
Portexuelos, five miles east of Nogales,
Honors.
The Villa forces were driven back Into
Nogales, according to ths report, after
sustaining severe casualties. A hundred
of the Villa troops and two machine
guns were captured by General Called
men.
Callrs' cavalry Is reported to be In
possession of the railroad south from No
gales to Magdalena, a distance of 660
miles. Ths troops are reported to be
spread out In strategic position to meet
00 Villa reinforcements on their way
from Ouaymas to Nogales. '
The Day 's War News
BRITISH TRANSPORT Royal Ka -
ward, rsarrrlif troops to the
Dardaaellee, was eaatk by sab
aaarta' la the Aegess sea last
Saturday. Probable 1,000 aaem
were lost.
THH GERMANS have waa a aew
and Important a access atvKovae,
Berlla reports today, raptarlaa
the farts that lie setwrca the Nle.
mea river aad Ciesla, two aad tat.
half sullra to the aoath at Kevaa
proper. Mark war material, la
eladlasr 340 aad 4,IM0
prlsoaera were takea la the Kevaa
operatloas, the Gerasaa statesaeat
aaaoaaeed.
ADDITIONAL INROADS were aaada
aa the defeases af Navogeara-levsk,
where three forts have Waa aaa
tared. At this fortress S.400
prlaaaers, alaeteea raaaoa aad
other Material wera takea.
FI RTIIKR I'ltObRUSS by the ar
ules af Frlaca Leopold at Ba.
verla aad Field Marshal voa
Markeasea, presslav toward Brest.
Lltotsk, Is reported.
BRITISH TROOP
VESSEL IS SIM
BY A SUBMARINE
Transport Loyal Edward it De
stroyed In the Agean Sea by
Torpedo from German.
Subsea Craft.
THOUSAND
0v
ted of Fifteen Hun-
Board Are Known to
Hare Been Sared.
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT BRIEF
LONDON. Aug. 17. The British
transport Royal Edward bus been
torpedoed and sunk by a German
submarine. Announcement to this
effect was made officially today. Six
hundred men were eared 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 ths
Aegean sea Inst Saturday morning. Ac
cording to Information at present avail-
i 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
and details of the royal army medical
corps.
"Full information has not yet been re
ceived, but it Is known that about 600
have been saved."
First Troop Traasport 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 the loss of life. It Is probable
that the number of troops sent to France
and Belgium since the beginning of the
war Is considerably in excess of 7(0,000.
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 aunk In the Aegean sea.
The Royal Edward was of 11.117 tons
gross snd 526 feet long. It was owned
by the Canadian Northwest Steamship
company of Toronto. It wss built In
Glasgow in MPS.
Rate Commission
Reports Upon Rock
Island Rail Muddle
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.-Ths Inter
state Commerce commission's report on
Rock Island railroad financial arfalra.
mads public here late today, says the
commission's Investigation has demon
strated the need of legal limitation of
railroad security Issues and haa empha
sised the need of a law to fix responsibil
ity 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 hsd a right to sup
pose their moneys were Invested.
"This record," It adds, "emphasizes 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 ss rates were
reasonable.
The 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 ec San Francisco- Chlrjim
Northern Consolidated Indiana Coal
company and Hock Island Improvement
company and others were $30,000,000, be
sides payments by the railroad prior to
June SO. 1914, to financial institutions In
connection with the issuance of bonds,
commissions aggregating more than
H.eoo.OOO and Buffering discounts of more
then H7.7O0.O00.
Bush Appointed
Receiver for Two
Gould Railroads
ST. LOUU8, Mo., Aug. 17.-BenJamln F.
Bush, president and chairman of the
board of directors of the Missouri Pacific
and of the St. Louis Iron-Mountain
Southern railway, was sppolnted sole re
ceiver of the two lines by Circuit Judge
Adams at Woodstock, Vt., today.
The railway company asked that B. F.
' Bwh' President of the Missouri Pacific-
iron Mountain, be appointed receiver.
The Commonwealth Steel company, which
filed the receivership suit, joined In this
request
Cyclone Devastates
Southern Haiti
PORT AU PRINCE. Haiti. Aug. li.
(Delayed la Transmission.) A violent cy
clone haa devastated the entire southern
side of the Haltleo republic. There havs
been numerous victims In the towns along
the coast.
The town of Aux Cayes. ninety-two
miles southwest of Port Au Prince snd
with a population of 25,000, suffered par
ticularly. The towns of Grande VHle
and petite Villa were destroyed.
In the Interior heavy floods are re
ported. The coffee crop has been In part
destroyed.
All communication by telrgrapu or
cable with the devastated country has
stopped
GEORGIA STAINED BY DEEPER
LEO M. FRANK, the Georgia prisoner who was forcibly
taken from the warden of the state prison farm at Mill
edge ville last night and was lynched today. Frank's sen
tence was recently communted from death to a life term.
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IN STRIKEHEARIHG8
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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, barrios
Judge Gran by HUlyer 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. Hawklos, 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 against former
strikers.
Laotsosi Graated Appeal.
The state supreme court today granted
a supersedeas In the case fo John R.
Lawaon, labor leader, convicted on a
chares fo murder trowing out of Colo
rado coal miners' strike and under sen
tence of life imprisonment. The action
allows the Lawson appeal to come before
the court on its merit.
The court reserved Its decision, on ths
request of Lawson's counsel, thst he be
released from Jail on bond until after
briefs are filed In September. .
i General J. C, Black
Dies Suddenly
fHlCAUO, Aug. 17. General John C.
Black, civil war veteran, former con
gressman snd former United States com
missioner of pensions, died today In his
room at a local hotel. General Black was
a member of ths I'nlted States civil ser
vice commission and was commander-in-chief
of the Grand Army of the Republio
In 10.
mimyi
Omaha it about to invest
$500,000 in new achool
building. That, among
many other public under
taking under way and in
prospect, reflect the enter
pring apirit of the ciity.
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RIVER CONGRESS
FRAME JPR0TEST
Commercial Clubi of Missouri Val
ley Will Diicuu Report Agfainit
Further Improvement.
THINK ENGINEER IS WRONG
HI LLKTI.f.
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 17. Dele
gates from twelve states representing
two-thirds of the productive area of
the United States, were present today
when Chairman V. T. Bland of Kan
sas City called, the Missouri River
Protest congress to order. The meet
ing was called by the Kansas City
Commercial club to declare against
the abandonment of Improvement of
ius sireaui, aa recuainienuua oj
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,
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 17. In
response to a call Issued August 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
river at government expense, con
gressmen, delegates from the river
a&soclatlon and representatives from
commercial and civic organizations
from Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Minne
sota and Nebraska met here today.
foloael Ueakayar's Report.
In his report lieutenant Colonel
Deakyne asserted thst "the present and
reasonable prospective commerce of the
Missouri river between Kansas City and
the mouth war not sufficient to warrant
the continuance of ths present project."
He recommended that the present project
be modified so as to provide for snasslng
alone at an estimated cost of Itt.ooo per
year and that all other work be stopped.
The plan for Improving the Missouri
river as outlined by a commission of
army engineers and approved by congress
was to appropriate IX.QOO.OOO at ths rate of
12.000,000 a year for ten years to clear
the river so aa to Insure a six-foot chan- '
nal, adequate for navigation purposes I
rrom Kansas city to St. Louis. tflx
million dollars have been appropriated
fur the work sines laio.
Marks a t rials.
Discussina the report of Lieutenant
Colonel Deakyne, Congressman W. P.
Borland of Kansas City aald;
"A crisis has come for ths Industries
of the Missouri valley. If this section of
the country, located the farthest of any
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(Contluued on I "age Two Column FourJ
GRB3E
LEO FRANK DIES
VICTIM OF MOB;
PRISON FORGED
Convict Carried Hundred Miles ix
Automobile and Lynched Near
the Home of Mist Mary
Fhagan.
GUARD QUICKLY OVERPOWERED
Mob Does Its Work Methodically
and There ii No Chance to
Resist It
LYNCHERS ARE FROM MARIETTA
MARIETTA, Oa., 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 Milledgevllle last
night, was lynched two miles east of
here today by the armed party which
took him. He was banged to a tree.
Frank waa brought 100 miles from
the prison farm to a point almost
within sight of the former home of
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.
Lyacbers treat Marietta.
Several automobiles, well loaded, left
here In the direction of MUledasvllle last
night. After the return of some ot the
machines today, officers started out on
the road which they believed the automo
biles had travelled. They had gone only
two miles when they saw the body of
Frank, not more than 150 yards from the
roadside.
News that the body had been found ,
spread rapidly and within a short time
hundreds of persons wore crowding to
the scene. No Immediate effort was made
to cut the body down, aa Sheriff Hicks
was not In town and the ooronor. took
no action.
It Is believed that ths stop at the'
bridge over Little river, near Eatonton,
when the armed party talked loudly and
fired shots, wss a ruse te delay pursuers.
The vicinity of the bridge was thoroughly
sesrehed and at ths time the search wss
telng made. It Is probable Frank already
had met death. , , '
Body la Cat Down. .
The crowd Increased raptdTyTtSIhe day
Were en. By 10 o'clock many women and
chl.di n were mingling with the crowd
In ths woods, at ths edge of which the
body si 111 hung. At that hour no effort
had been made to dispose of the body,
although Coroner Booth had been sum
moned. x
Frank's body was cut dowA at 10 13
o'clock, but not until one of the crowd
had spoken to the crowd advocating mu
tilation of the body.
Judge Newton Morris Immediate!
pleaded "with the 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 of the body. It
then waa cut down and the two-mile trip
to Marietta started. The Inquest wss set
for 11 o'clock.
At the 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 en the outskirts of the town. The
automobile started toward Atlanta.
FRANK TAKEN FROM PRISON
Wel Oraaalsed Mob Qalrklr Over
powers Officers aad Oaarda.
MII.LE1XJKV1IX.E, Os.. Aug. 17.-A
well oraamsel nartv of irmxi man
came In five automobiles, attacked the
oeorgla stale penitentiary here last night,
took Leo M. Frank, serving a life term
for the murder of Mary Thagan at At-
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