Wednesday, 30th June 1915: Good People Of State With Me, Says Slaton, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,
Wednesday, 30th June 1915,
PAGE 9, COLUMN 5.
### Ex-Governor, in New York, Says Demonstrations Caused No Serious Inconvenience.
New York, June 29. Former Governor John M. Slaton, of Georgia, declared in a Statement here tonight "that the good people of Georgia" approved his Action in commuting the Death Sentence of Leo M. Frank to a Life Term in the Penitentiary. Only the mob caused him any trouble, he said. He added that time would show the right and wrong in the Frank Case.
Mr. Slaton, who was accompanied by his wife, arrived here tonight. He will spend a few days in the Adirondacks and will leave next week for San Francisco. He expects to return to Atlanta on September 1.
"It is untrue that I was caused any serious inconvenience by the Demonstrations in Atlanta," Mr. Slaton asserted. "I attended to my duties there as usual. I practiced Law in Atlanta for twenty-eight years before I became Governor, and I will practice there again next fall."