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The Atlanta Constitution,

Saturday, 2nd August 1913,

PAGE 5, COLUMN 1.

Fully one-fourth of the big audience at yesterday afternoon's session of the Frank trial was composed of women and girls. It was the largest crowd of the entire case, and, to the credit of Deputy Sheriff Miner and his force, was handled more effectively than at any preceding session.

There were many strange faces. The women sat in conspicuous seats, fighting many times to obtain a location in view of the witness stand and the tables at which sat the state's lawyers and counsel for the defense. Many were small girls, especially one, who did not look over 14, and who wore a big hat that covered a mass of brown curls.

There were all types of feminine auditor - the woman of social position and the working women, most of the latter coming into the courtroom later in the afternoon when their working hours were at an end.
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00:00Women and Girls Thronging Court for Trial of Leo Frank and the Atlanta Constitution, Saturday,
00:052nd August, 1913, page 5, column 1. Fully one-fourth of the big audience at yesterday
00:11afternoon's session of the Frank trial was composed of women and girls. It was the largest
00:15crowd of the entire case, and, to the credit of Deputy Sheriff Minor and his force, was handled
00:20more effectively than at any preceding session. There were many strange faces. The women sat in
00:26conspicuous seats, fighting many times to obtain a location in view of the witness stand and the
00:31tables at which sat the state's lawyers and counsel for the defense. Many were small girls,
00:36especially one who did not look over fourteen and who wore a big hat that covered a mass of brown
00:41curls. There were all types of feminine auditor, the woman of social position, and the working women,
00:46most of the latter coming into the courtroom later in the afternoon when their working hours were at
00:50an end.

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