“Isn’t it queer that the attorneys interested in
the defense of Frank rushed their case through
the highest court and rushed it back to Georgia
as fast as they could in time for a Governor who
was retiring from office to act upon? It is hard
to convict a man of any crime where fortunes are
spent for the defense of the accused, but in face
of the great fight made, in which one of the law
yers was a former law partner of the retiring!
Govrnor, a conviction was obtained.
Got Tons of Letters.
“As Mayor of Atlanta I have received tons and
tons of letters, petitions and requests asking that
something be done for Frank, and they have all
gone into the waste-basket, for like all Georgia
people who are in a positio nto get at the truth,
I knew the facts.
“As Mayor of Atlanta, a position which I have
held for eight years—and I have two years more
to serve—l cannot sit idly by and see the fair
name of my city and State dragged in the mire.
I want to put my city and State in the right light
and I have the nerve to do it. I will be home in
less than a week and I can go back feeling I
have done my duty.
Knows Slaton.
