Friday, 10th October 1913 New Trial Hearing Postponed For Week

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Dorsey Notified at Valdosta That He Need Not Come To Atlanta.

The hearing of a motion for a new trial for Leo M. Frank, set

for Saturday, has been postponed for another week. Judge L. S.

Roan, of the Stone Mountain circuit, received Solicitor General

Hugh M. Dorsey's request for a postponement yesterday and

notified him that he would grant it without causing the solicitor to

be present in court Saturday in person.

Frank, who was convicted during the last days of August,

after a trial of nearly a month for the murder of Mary Phagan, was

sentenced to hang today between the usual hours of 10 and 2,

but on last Saturday, when the hearing was postponed the first

time. Judge Roan indefinitely suspended sentence.

The action of the judge in allowing a postponement means

that Solicitor Dorsey and his assistant, E. A. Stephens, will remain

in Valdosta during the coming week and devote themselves to the

preparation of their defense of the attack upon the previous trial.

While Judge Roan has not definitely set a date for the

hearing, it is understood that it will be called next Saturday,

provided both sides are ready.

No additional affidavits were filed Thursday by the defense,

but it is believed that within a few days another juror, in addition

to Marcus Johenning and A. H. Henslee, will be accused of bias.