The Leo Frank Case: South's Greatest Legal Battle - Inside Story of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery

This is the fourteenth Chapter in the 22-part series of 'Leo Frank Case: Inside Story Of Georgia's Greatest Murder Mystery'.

n Monday, July 28, a crowd began to gather in front of the court house for the famous trial of a man accused of murdering a girl. The courthouse was filled with people, and the atmosphere was kept cool by electric fans and ozonators. Only talesmen, attorneys, newspaper men, intimate friends of the prisoner, and a few spectators were admitted. Over one hundred witnesses summoned by the state were assigned to a court room on the second floor to wait until they were called to testify.

Frank was brought from his cell in the Fulton county jail and met with his mother and other relatives. He appeared glad that his long wait in jail was over and expected an acquittal. He was led into the courtroom and chose a seat directly in front of the judge's rostrum. Attorney Luther Z. Rosser, Reuben R. Arnold, and Herbert Haas arrived, followed by a dozen assistants carrying documents and books of law.

Judge L. S. Roan mounted the bench, and the hubbub in the audience ceased. A hush fell over the room as the famous trial began. The clerk of court began calling the names of the veniremen, and eight panels of twelve each were organized from the 144 talesmen summoned. Three of the list did not answer, and L. Stanford, the third witness who did not answer, received a subpoena to appear in court Tuesday.

The defense called the names of the witnesses, and at 10:40 o'clock, the first panel was called into court for examination. Solicitor Dorsey asked the usual formal questions of each witness, such as whether they were related by blood or marriage to the defendant, had any prejudice or bias, and were conscientiously opposed to capital punishment. In this audio recording one can hear the names of all of the jurors, the witnesses for the state, and also those brought by the defendant as well as the strenuous cross-examination that each of them all underwent.

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