Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 105, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1915 — WRITES IN BEHALF OF LEO M. FRANK [ARTICLE]

WRITES IN BEHALF OF LEO M. FRANK

Simon Leopold Thinks ’Sentence Should Be Commuted —Simon is Improving in Health.

Woodmen, Colo., April 29, 1915. Healey & Clark, Rensselaer, Ind. My Dear Friends: Enclosed find a clipping from a New York paper, an appeal to -the governor of Georgia in behalf of Leo M. Frank. I wish you would print this in The Republican and also put in a small notice calling attention to the fact. It may be the means of saving an innocent man, for I see by nearly all papers and good publications that they are in sympathy with Mr. Frank and believe nlm innocent of the terrible crime he is accused of. If there will be any charges to same I will gladly pay them. I read The Republican with great pleasure and it is wjth much interest that I read the forward movement of the Business Men's Association. I am gaining in weight and health each day and the doctor thinks I will have an arrested case by the first of August. \I would advise any person who has tuberculosis to come to Colorado providing they are not a too far advanced case, for they get some wonderful results. Thanking you in advance for inserting the clipping enclosed and wishing you and your families the best success and health, Very respectfully, SIMON LEOPOLD. . To His Excellency, the Governor of the State of Georgia, Atlanta, Go.: The undersigned, a citizen of the United States of America, most respectfully appeals to your Excellency to commute the sentence of death passed upon Leo M. Frank There being a wide-srpead belief that the guilt of Leo M. Frank has not been fully established, the undersigned prays that you will exercise the right of clemency, vested in you. (Signed) (Address) .. Editor’s Note—Leo M. Frank, was convicted of the murder of a factory girl in Georgia. A negro, who was also accused of the crime, was freed. Published reports of the trial in northern newspapers did' not justify the conviction of Frank, who is a Jew, and against whom there seemed to be a great amount of prejudice. The effort to at least save his life is nation-wide and some of the appeals are based upon an objection to capital punishment Those who care to sign the slip, which is made a part of this article, can send it direct to the governor, Atlanta, Georgia, or to M. B. Kovnat, Secretary of the AntiCapital Punishment Society, 624 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago.