716 Sheet – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document

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684 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS

He was guilty and didn't want to talk to her, so he brought Forrest Adair into the case. If I had done such a thing in my own office, I would have given her money. Mr. Candler admits enough in his own testimony to warrant him paying her, and he ought to pay for it.

I hope you have enough manhood, gentlemen of the jury, to stand up for a poor woman against this paid prosecuting attorney. Arnold has been having his own way for so long in this section that he's become bigheaded, and I hope you will stop him by acquitting her.

Who brought the whole thing into court? Candler admits it. Mrs. Hirsch is the sufferer, no matter what the result may be. Her character is tarnished, and she has lost all her friends—the best people in Atlanta. I can picture her saying that last goodbye to her dear husband at the depot on that Sunday. Both of them are filled with pity at the sight of a soldier husband bidding farewell to his weeping wife and refer to their own perfect contentment and happiness. Yet Arnold says she is a mean woman—he has a heart of stone.

Candler, the prosecutor, is done as soon as the trap is laid and she falls in—then they close the books. They would have no case whatsoever if you remove Brother George and Forrest Adair. They made the case by offering her money. Why? Because Candler was caught in the act. But why should they ruin this poor woman? To save the reputation and good name of Asa Candler, Sr., she had to be gotten out of town. Something had happened in Mr. Candler's private office, and something had to be done to save the great Mr. Candler. This is one case where the great detective, Adair, failed. He told the woman he was her friend and says she cried like a child. Don't make the mistake again, Mr. Adair, of trying to put a poor woman in the chain gang. Millions don't count; life is short, and we will follow the Good Book. Change your ways, or you are lost, brother.

We will try this case not only by the law of Georgia but by the divine law in the Bible. I know the Book from cover to cover.