Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1915 — Frank to Ask Clemency. [ARTICLE]

Frank to Ask Clemency.

Attorneys for Leo Frank Friday filed a petition asking that the death sentence imposed upon Frank be commuted to life imprisonment. Frank was sentenced to death for the murder of Mary Phagan, a factory girl, in Atlanta, Ga. Among the grounds set forth by Frank in his appeal are that he is innocent and was only convicted on questionable and unreliable character. Frank maintains absolute innocence of ■ the crime and states that he has no knowledge of it.