Wednesday, 21st April 1915: Frank’s Attorneys Confer On Appeal, The Atlanta Constitution

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Thought That No Time Will Be Lost in Taking Last Step in Fight for the Condemned Man's Life. The first active steps toward the Appeal to the Prison Commission and Governor to spare the life of Leo Frank were taken last night in a Conference held between the condemned man's lawyers in the Office of Leonard Haas in the Fourth National building. Luther Rosser and Reuben Arnold, Chief Counselors for Frank, in his trial before Judge L. S. Roan, were present at the Consultation. Others in the Conference were Harry A. Alexander, Leonard Haas and Herbert Haas. The Appeal of the Commission will be drawn up at once and will be tendered to the Prison Organization as early as possible.

Peoples May Quit Case. It has not definitely been decided whether or not the law firm of Tye, Peeples & Jordan, which introduced the Constitutional Allegation into the Frank Case, carrying it to the Supreme Court, will take an active Part in the Appeal. They were concerned only with the Federal Phase of the Case. The Connection of the Tye, Peeples & Jordan Firm virtually ended when Henry Peeples concluded his Argument for Frank's freedom on a Habeas Corpus Writ before Judge W. T. Newman several months ago. An additional legal Expert has been in the Case since that time, Louis Marshall, a Federal Law expert of New York, who gave assistance to Frank's Counsel when the Case was carried into the Washington Court.

Date for Appeal Not Fixed. The time for filing the Prison Commission Plea has not been definitely fixed. Harry A. Alexander, who will direct its Course, said Tuesday that he did not know whether it would be sent to the Prison Commission within the next forty-eight hours or within a week or so. It will be filed as soon as possible, however. It has been definitely decided by Counsel that all future effort will be concentrated upon the Plea before the Governor and Prison Board, and that no move will be made to secure a rehearing before the Washington Court.