731 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:The Trial of Pedro Gibert, Bernardo de Soto, Francisco Ruiz, Nicola Costa, Antonio Ferrer, Manuel Boyga, Domingo de Guzman, Juan Antonio Portana, Manuel Castillo, Angel Garcia, Jose Velazquez, and Juan Montenegro for Piracy, Boston,…
729 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:MRS. HERMAN H. HIRSCHThe evidence must be strong enough to exclude every other reasonable hypothesis.It is immaterial whether the prosecutor was guilty of adultery or not. Even if the jury believes that improper relations…
727 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:MRS. HERMAN H. HIRSCHCandler’s influence and power were significant. She did not ask him to support her in a denial that Cook would never dare to challenge against their combined statements. No, she wanted…
724 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:692 & AMERICAN STATE TRIALSOnce the woman was in the hospital and the raffle was over, the necessity of being with her had passed. Yet, day in and day out, he visited the hospital,…
725 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:MRS. HERMAN H. HIRSCHThe mysterious eyewitnesses are a lie. Why don’t they produce their witnesses? The reason is that Cook just picked the names Lee and Smith. If such men ever existed, they have…
726 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:694 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALSThe noble man of the world was asked to go and see Bill Cook, to persuade him and do what he could to keep him quiet.No, her game was to…
723 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:MRS. HERMAN H. HIRSCHGentlemen, you cannot select, as the State would have you do, the evidence you wish to believe and disregard what you wish to classify as false. On one side of this…
722 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:690 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.He said, "I knew you couldn’t impeach me in Fulton County." There is the gauntlet that he flings down to the State. "I knew you couldn’t impeach me." Did they…
718 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:686 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALSReparation to Mrs. Hirsch can be made this side of the grave. Be kind, be charitable. Charity is the greatest word in the English language. We don’t ask for mercy.…
721 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:Mrs. Herman H. Hirsch, 689There was a scheme, or at least he suspected one. If there had been one, you can be sure he would have done more than merely "suspect it." When she…
719 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:MRS. HERMAN H. HIRSCHThe issue at hand is found in Section 118 of the criminal code of the State. That section reads as follows:"Sec. 118, Blackmail Defined. If any person shall, verbally, or by…
720 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:Blackmail was not committed either through accusation or demand. Candler admits she's been to his office a number of times. Do you realize just how busy a man the Mayor of Atlanta is, with…
717 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:MRS. HERMAN H. HIRSCHTo cover, and not even Bishop Candler, who has been sitting here so long, knows it better: I am no saint, but a sinner. However, there is more rejoicing in heaven…
715 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:On February 6 or after, if the facts had been known, Mrs. H. H. Hirsch would never have been arrested. If the prosecutor had been an ordinary average citizen, the trial would have proceeded…
714 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:682 Y. AMERICAN STATE TRIALSThe massacres of St. Bartholomew’s Eve were instigated by some of the most cruel criminals, and among them were women.When some women begin to lead a life of shame, they…
716 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:684 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALSHe 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…
711 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:Mrs. Herman H. Hirsch, 679Cook was scared. I don’t believe he would have yielded to this woman’s importunities, but if he had, they would have pulled the blackmail stunt then.Let me detail some of…
709 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:Mrs. Herman H. HirschLater, he dropped the idea for a better money-making plan, and that is the companion Mrs. Hirsch chose.However, she claims that Forrest Adair led her into all this. That is part…
712 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:680 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALSIt is old in Europe and the East. It is new in Georgia because we have not had many rich people. After this prosecution, blackmailers in this part of the…
713 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:Mrs. Herman H. Hirsch, 681After she had left town, there was a notion that Cook should join her, and my, what a time they would have had with that money! So, when she thought…
710 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:In the past, a married woman found guilty of the crime of adultery was stoned to death. While that penalty was excessively severe, the current one is too lenient.Before you sits a very dangerous…
705 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:MRS. HERMAN B. HIRSCHI was engaged as an assistant solicitor, discussing my conversation with Mrs. Humphries.Cross-examination:The Humphries woman was placed in jail two days after Mrs. Hirsch. She provided no reason for Mrs. Hirsch’s…
708 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:676 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.It is not classed as such, and I do not ask you to punish this woman. The question of her sentence rests with the court, and I do not desire…
707 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:MRS. HERMAN H. HIRSCH, 675THE SPEECHES TO THE JURYMR. ARNOLD FOR THE STATEMr. Arnold: Gentlemen, in the brief space at my disposal, I cannot possibly discuss all of the facts in this case. It…
706 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:American State TrialsI was on the running board of an automobile, and she continued to hold my hand during the taking of the pictures. I held my hand behind my back as I did…
704 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:672 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS"Do you want to see me?" He said, "No, he doesn’t." He asked, "Aunt Margaret, do you think Uncle Herman ought to live with you now?" and I said, "No."That…
701 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:MRS. HERMAN H. HIRSCH"You'll be protected, and we'll stand by you. We'll see that you shall never be harmed, and you shall be taken care of."I went to the bridge party and, after leaving,…
703 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:MRS. HERMAN H. HIRSCHI tried to convey my intentions clearly. "Well," I said, "I have attempted to do charitable work here. I have visited the mill districts, the different nurseries, and worked through the…
700 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:The office had one public phone, and I had no private phone there. The next morning, which was Thursday, around 11 o'clock, I received a message that a lady wanted to speak with me.…
702 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document
Here is the translated text as follows:Because evidently, he hasn’t,” and he said, “You are going to have to go.”When I told Forrest Adair about my trip to the station with my husband, he took my hand, kissed it, and…