The Murder of Little Mary Phagan (2025 Edition) by Mary Phagan Kean
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Thursday, 10th July 1913, Mary Phagan’s Pay Envelope is Found, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution Thursday, July 10, 1913 Discovery Made by Detectives Weeks Ago, But Is Just Announced The discovery of the pay envelope given Mary Phagan on the day of her murder is believed by detectives to furnish the…
Friday, 4th July 1913, Effort Will Be Made to Free Newt Lee, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution Friday, July 4, 1913 Attorney Chappell Declares Belief That Lee Has No Knowledge of Guilty Parties. An early effort is likely to be made to free Newt Lee, the negro night watchman who discovered the body…
Saturday, 26th July 1913, Present New Evidence Against Leo Frank, The Atlanta Georgian
Present New Evidence Against Frank Atlanta Georgian July 26th, 1913 Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts State's Prosecutor Shrouds Identity and Stories of Scores of Witnesses in Secrecy. Prosecution and defense continued their preparations for the Frank trial Saturday,…
Saturday, 26th July 1913, Pinkerton Chief H. B. Pierce Scored by Chief of Detectives Newport Alonzo Lanford, The Atlanta Georgian
Pinkerton Chief Scored by Lanford Atlanta Georgian July 26th, 1913 Says Pierce Broke His Promise Detective Head Also Asserts Phagan Evidence Private Sleuth Unearthed Was Plant. Chief of Detectives Lanford roundly scored H. B. Pierce, head of the Pinkerton…
Saturday, 26th July 1913, Chapter 5 in Mary Phagan Case, The Atlanta Georgian
Chapter 5 in Phagan Case Atlanta Georgian July 26th, 1913 The Negro Conley's Confession That He Was Frank's Accomplice and Events Leading Up to Trial. Chapter VI. "He (Leo Frank) told me that he had picked up a girl…
Thursday, 24th July 1913, Third Chapter in Mary Phagan Mystery, The Atlanta Georgian
Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery Atlanta Georgian July 24th, 1913 Arrests of Suspects in the Factory Slaying. Sensation as Leo Frank, Manager Was Taken Into Custody. CHAPTER III. Everything that occurred, trivial or important, during those first few days…
Thursday, 24th July 1913, Let the Frank Trial Go On, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian July 24th, 1913 Leo Frank should be placed on trial Monday for the murder of Mary Phagan. The crime was committed April 26; Frank was arrested April 28; he was indicted Mary 23 and his trial…
Thursday, 24th July 1913, Leo Frank Trial Delay up to Judge Leonard S. Roan, The Atlanta Georgian
Frank Trial Delay up to Roan Atlanta Georgian July 24th, 1913 STATE READY AND WILL FIGHT A DELAY Solicitor Disappointed When Court Fails to Draw Jury Panels at Time Planned. With the belief growing that a serious effort is…
Wednesday, 23rd July 1913, Second Chapter in Mary Phagan Mystery, The Atlanta Georgian
Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery Atlanta Georgian July 23rd, 1913 The Discovery of the Body of the Slain Factory Girl and Start of Hunt for Slayer. CHAPTER II. His heart pounding in superstitious fright, Newt Lee, the night watchman,…
Wednesday, 23rd July 1913, Chief of Detectives Newport Alonzo Lanford Ridicules Bludgeon Evidence, The Atlanta Georgian
Lanford Ridicules Bludgeon Evidence Atlanta Georgian July 23rd, 1913 Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense Detective Chief Scoffs at Claim of Evidence That Club Used by Negro Was Found. Chief of Detectives Newport Lanford Wednesday morning ridiculed the story that…
Wednesday, 23rd July 1913, Jim Conley is Confronted with Newt Lee, Solicitor General Hugh Dorsey Grills Negroes in Same Cell at Jail, The Atlanta Georgian
Conley is Confronted with Lee Dorsey Grills Negroes in Same Cell at Jail Atlanta Georgian July 23rd, 1913 TRACE FOUND HERE OF NEGRO SAID TO HAVE SEEN PHAGAN SLAYING Sister of Will Green Tells Police He Slept at…
State’s Exhibit B: Leo Frank’s Unsworn April 28, 1913 Police Deposition Before Chief of Detectives Newport A. Lanford, Recorded at Atlanta Police Headquarters and Later Entered Into the 1913 Brief of Evidence. Published in the Atlanta Constitution of August 2nd, 1913.
Herein is the Q&A version of Leo Frank’s State’s Exhibit B deposition, given at the Atlanta police station on Monday morning, April 28, 1913, before Chief of Detectives Newport A. Lanford and recorded by stenographer Gay C. Febuary. Source Atlanta…
Tuesday, 22nd July 1913, Story of Mary Phagan Case by Chapters, The Atlanta Georgian
Story of Phagan Case by Chapters Atlanta Georgian July 22nd, 1913 Slaying of Factory Girl, South's Most Baffling Crime Mystery, Reviewed in Detail. CHAPTER I. Will the veil of mystery be lifted when the curtain rises next Monday on…
Tuesday, 22nd July 1913, Grand Jury Defers Action on Jim Conley, The Atlanta Georgian
Grand Jury Defers Action on Conley Atlanta Georgian July 22nd, 1913 TALK OF POSTPONING FRANK TRIAL TILL FALL Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins Presents Evidence Showing Indictment of Negro Would Hinder Frank Prosecution. Here are the important developments of…
Tuesday, 22nd July 1913, Defense Asks Ruling on Delaying Leo Frank Trial, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian July 22, 1913 Hearing of Crawford Case May Conflict Conference Planned to Decide Which Shall Take Precedence. Ready to Draw Venire. Reuben R. Arnold, of counsel for Leo M. Frank, announced Tuesday that he proposed to…
Monday, 21st July 1913, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Monday, July 21, 1913 Presents Evidence Showing Indictment of Negro Would Hinder Frank Prosecution. Here are the important developments of Monday in the Phagan case: The decision of the Grand Jury of Fulton County not to…
Monday, 21st July 1913, Grand Jury Meets to Consider Jim Conley Case, The Atlanta Georgian
Grand Jury Meets to Consider Conley Case The Atlanta Georgian Monday, July 21, 1913 Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded Foreman Declares Inquisitorial Body Will Not Ride "Roughshod" Over Dorsey. With Solicitor Dorsey reaffirming his certainty that Jim Conley…
Sunday, 20th July 1913, Mincey Story Declared Vital To Both Sides in Leo Frank Case, The Atlanta Georgian
Mincey Story Declared Vital To Both Sides in Frank Case The Atlanta Georgian Sunday, July 20, 1913 By AN OLD POLICE REPORTER. The most important and interesting development of the week in the Phagan case was the Mincey affidavit,…
Sunday, 20th July 1913, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Sunday, July 20, 1913 Man Who Says He Heard Negro Confess Now Is at Rising Fawn, Georgia W.H. Mincey, the school teacher who made an affidavit declaring Jim Conley confessed to him on the afternoon of…
Sunday, 20th July 1913, Dorsey Fights Movement to Indict Conley, The Atlanta Georgian
Dorsey Fights Movement to Indict Conley The Atlanta Georgian Sunday, July 20, 1913 Solicitor Is Bombarded With Letters to Proceed Against Negro as Slayer of Mary Phagan. THE GRAND JURY IS CALLED Hottest Battle of Famous Case To Be…
Sunday, 13th July 1913, Indictment of Jim Conley Puzzle for Grand Jury, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Sunday, July 13, 1913 *Editor's Note: Some text is blurred in the original document, and illegible text is marked by "". The text box insert is transcribed at the bottom of this post. Old Police Reporter Declares…
Sunday, 20th July 1913, Counsel of Leo Frank Says Hugh Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, The Atlanta Georgian
Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Fact The Atlanta Georgian Sunday, July 20, 1913 Attorneys Rosser and Arnold, in a Statement to the Press, Make Bitter Attack on Solicitor for His Conduct of Phagan Case. Call…
Sunday, 20th July 1913, Attorney William Manning Smith for Jim Conley Makes a Statement, The Atlanta Georgian
Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement The Atlanta Georgian Sunday, July 20, 1913 "Not Necessary to Indict Negro to Close His Mouth," Declares William Smith. William M. Smith, attorney for Jim Conley, the negro now being held as a…
Saturday, 19th July 1913, Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Saturday, July 19, 1913 GRAND JURY SPLIT BY LATEST MOVE Public Opinion Forces Consideration of Move to Indict Conley for Phagan Slaying. Solicitor Dorsey is fighting vigorously the movement in the Grand Jury to indict Jim…
Friday, 18th July 1913, Detectives Working to Discredit Mincey, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Friday, July 18, 1913 POLICE HALT GRILLING OF CONLEY Detective Bent on Questioning Negro Is Barred From Cell by Chief Lanford. With Pinkerton detectives taking the trail in search of W.H. Mincey, whose startling accusations against…
Thursday, 17th July 1913, Solicitor General Hugh Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Jim Conley, The Atlanta Georgian
Dorsey Blocked Indictment of Conley The Atlanta Georgian Thursday, July 17, 1913 *Editor's Note: This article ran in other editions of the Georgian with slight variations in the headline. GRAND JURY AGREED NOT TO ACT Solicitor Bitterly Opposes Plan…
Wednesday, 16th July 1913, State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Wednesday, July 16, 1913 Grand Jury Foreman Admits That Action Against the Negro Is Considered. The reported proposal by some of the members of the Grand Jury to meet for an investigation of Jim Conley's connection…
Sunday, 13th July 1913, Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-Witness to Mary Phagan Murder, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Sunday, July 13, 1913 Fugitive, Reported to Have Been Traced to Birmingham, Declares That He Witnessed the Attack on the Girl Slain in the Pencil Plant. LAYS CRIME TO BLACK WITH WHOM HE HAD GAMBLED Loser…
Saturday, 12th July 1913, Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours, The Atlanta Georgian
Conley Kept on Grill 4 Hours The Atlanta Georgian Saturday, July 12, 1913 After Grueling Third Degree, Officials Refuse to Deny or Affirm Negro Confessed. Habeas corpus proceedings to release Newt Lee collapsed in the court of Judge Ellis…
Friday, 11th July 1913, Slaying Charge for Jim Conley Is Expected, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Friday, July 11, 1913 Speedy Indictment of Negro Is Likely Following Publication of Mincey Affidavit. The speedy indictment of Jim Conley on the charge of murdering Mary Phagan was the strong possibility discussed in court circles…