The Murder of Little Mary Phagan (2025 Edition) by Mary Phagan Kean
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Wednesday, 20th August 1913: George Kendley Denies He Said He Was Willing To Lead Party To Lynch Leo Frank, The Atlanta Constitution
Denies He Said He Was Willing To Lead Party To Lynch Frank The Atlanta Constitution Wednesday, 20th August 1913 Page 3 George Kendley, a street car motorman, was put on the stand after M. F. McCoy, and on cross examination…
Thursday, 14th August 1913 Surprise Sprung by Introduction of Character Witnesses by Defense, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 14th August 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 3.Alfred L. Lane, who stated that he lives in Brooklyn, and is a merchant of New York city, was the first witness to take the stand to swear to the good character…
Thursday, 14th August 1913 Steel Workers Enthralled by Leo Frank Trial, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 14th August 1913,PAGE 39, COLUMN 6.By L. F. Woodruff.There is one class of men to whom death is supposed to hold no horrors.They can not think of it and earn their daily bread. Were the fear of…
Thursday, 14th August 1913 States Sole Aim is to Convict, Defenses to Clear in Modern Trial, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 14th August 1913,PAGE 39, COLUMN 7.By O. B. KEELER.Right in the first jump, please understand that (1) this is merely the opinion of a layman, unlearned in the law; that (2) he may be the only layman…
Thursday, 14th August 1913 State Fights Franks Alibi, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 14th August 1913,PAGE 37, COLUMN 1.Conley Admitted Mind Was Blank Day of Crime, Girl SaysPAGE 37, COLUMN 3CLASSMATES OF FRANK HERE TO TESTIFY HIS CHARACTER IS GOODR. A. WRIGHT. PHILIP NASH. A. L. LANE.PAGE 37, COLUMN 7NEGRO…
Thursday, 14th August 1913 Quinn Intimates That Spots May Have Been on Floor for Months, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 14th August 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 3.Lemmie Quinn, foreman of the metal department of the National Pencil factory, was put on the stand by the defense following the ex-office boy."Aren't you foreman of the department Mary Phagan worked…
Thursday, 14th August 1913 Mrs. Rae Frank, Mother of Prisoner, Denounces Solicitor Hugh Dorsey, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 14th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Mrs. Rae Frank, the mother of the prisoner, startled the courtroom shortly before 4 o'clock, when she denounced Solicitor Dorsey when he made an attack on the character of her son.J. Ashley…
Thursday, 14th August 1913 Mother of Frank Denounces Solicitor Dorsey in Court, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 14th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.STIRS COURTROOM WHEN SHE RESENTS QUESTIONS ASKED FRANK'S WITNESSSolicitor Dorsey Was Cross Examining Ashley Jones, a Witness Who Had Been Testifying to the Good Character of the Prisoner, and Had Just Asked…
Thursday, 14th August 1913 More Witnesses Are Called to Blacken Daltons Character, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 14th August 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 7.Following the putting off of the decision in regard to Dr. William Owen's testimony, seven Gwinett county citizens were introduced to add to the thick coat of lampblack already smeared over the…
Thursday, 14th August 1913 Lively Tilts Mark the Hearing Of Testimony of Dr. Kendrick, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 14th August 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 3.Dr. William S. Kendrick, head of the chair of medicine of the new Atlanta Medical school and for the past thirty-eight years a general practitioner of medicine, was the first witness put…
Thursday, 14th August 1913 Lemmie Quinn is Severely Grilled by Solicitor Dorsey, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 14th August 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 5.Bending his efforts to break down the testimony of Lemmie Quinn, foreman of the metal room, Solicitor Dorsey subjected the witness to a severe grilling when court reconvened at 2 o'clock yesterday…
Thursday, 14th August 1913 Franks Story of Before and After Crime Corroborated; Defenses Motion to Strike Sensational Questions Fails, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 14th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.FRANK WAS SEEN BY WITNESSESON HIS WAY TO AND FROM HOME DAY LITTLE GIRL WAS KILLEDThere were three big features in the Thursday morning session of the trial of Leo M. Frank:First,…
Thursday, 14th August 1913 Former Office Boy Saw No Women With Frank on Thanksgiving Day, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 14th August 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 5.Frank Paine, formerly an office boy for the National Pencil company, and who claims to have been working there on Thanksgiving day of last year, was placed on the stand, following the…
Thursday, 14th August 1913 Financial Sheets Introduced At Frank Trial in Afternoon, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 14th August 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 5.The financial sheets which experts declared required from three to three and a half hours to compile, were introduced in evidence after Oscar Pappenheimer, a stockholder in the National Pencil factory, was…
Thursday, 14th August 1913 Dr. William Owen Tells How Conleys Story Was Re-enacted, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 14th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 3.Bitter Fight at Morning Session Over Testimony of Dr. Wm. OwenDr. William Owen, physician and real estate man, followed Dr. W. S. Kendrick on the stand. By him the defense desired to…
Thursday, 14th August 1913 Defense Slips Load by Putting up Character of Leo Frank as Issue, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 14th August 1913,PAGE 69, COLUMN 1.By JAMES B. NEVIN.The defense in the Frank case did the expected thing when it boldly and unequivocally put Frank's character in issue.It indicated its confidence in the justice of the defendant's…
Thursday, 14th August 1913 Court Stirred by Outburst From Leo Franks Mother, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 14th August 1913,PAGE 6, COLUMN 1.Defense Character Witness Is Used by Solicitor to Get Suggestions Before JurySolicitor Mentions Names of Many Persons, Who Will Probably be Put Up In Rebuttal to Attack Frank's Conduct as Related to…
Thursday, 14th August 1913 Bitter Fight at Morning Session Over Testimony of Dr. Wm. Owen, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 14th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 3.Lawyers Engage in Hot Fight Over Testimony of PhysicianPhoto by Francis E. Price, Staff Photographer.DR. WILLIAM OWEN.Who told jury how story of Jim Conley was re-enacted at request of defense to determine…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913: Harlee Branch Tells Of Jim Conley Pantomine, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution, Tuesday, 19th August 1913. Page 23 Harlee Branch, a newspaper man who was present when James Conley, the negro sweeper of the National Pencil factory, went through for the police a pantomime of what he claims occurred…
Monday, 18th August 1913: Men on Leo Frank Jury Must Be Some Mighty Good Husbands Asserts the Deputy in Charge, The Atlanta Constitution
Men on Frank Jury Must Be Some Mighty Good Husbands Asserts the Deputy in Charge The Atlanta Constitution, August 18th, 1913 “In my five years of experience as deputy sheriff in the criminal division of Fulton superior court,” said Plennie…
Thursday, August 21st, 1913: Reuben Arnold Charges Gigantic Frame-up To Convict Frank. Hooper Says Conley’s Story Stood Test Of Grilling, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal, Thursday, 21st August 1913. PAGE 1 Not Looking for Blood, But Seeking the Murderer of Mary Phagan, Says Hooper FRANK DESCRIBED AS JEKYL AND HYDE BY STATE ATTORNEY Frank A. Hooper, in Opening Speech for the Prosecution,…
Sunday, 17th August 1913, That Pinkertons Double-Crossed Police, Dorsey Tries to Prove, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution August 17th, 1913 With the introduction of W.D. MacWorth, the Pinkerton detective who discovered the blood spots on the first floor near the trap door and the bloody club and pay envelope nearby, came the verification of…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Frank A. Hooper Is Proving Big Aid to Solicitor Dorsey, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution, Sunday, 10th August 1913, PAGE 3, COLUMN 3. ROSSER CALLS HIM BEAU BRUMMEL OF BAR By Britt Craig. He has a kind and genial face that makes you feel he is the friend of everybody in…
Wednesday, 13th August 1913: Women On Stand Deny Statements Made By Dalton, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 13th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 3.After the attack on C. B. Dalton's character and the statements from four of his former fellow citizens that they would not believe him on oath, the defense put on the stand…
Wednesday, 13th August 1913: Three Witnesses Make Denial Of Albert Mcknights Story, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 13th August 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 5.Charles Bernhart, a local business man, was put on the stand to testify of an examination he had made of the Selig home relative to the line of vision from the kitchen…
Wednesday, 13th August 1913: Three Hours Necessary To Prepare Financial Sheet Says Accountant, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 13th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 3.C. E. Pollard, a certified public accountant with the American Audit company, was the first witness called Tuesday by the defense. He testified that he had examined the financial sheet and that…
Wednesday, 13th August 1913: Testimony Of Office Boy Causes Warm Clash Between The Lawyers, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 13th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 5.Philip Chambers, an ex-office boy in Frank's office, was put on the stand during the afternoon session. It was during an examination by the solicitor in which questions were put regarding alleged…
Wednesday, 13th August 1913 State Calls More Witnesses; Defense Builds Up an Alibi, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 13th August 1913,PAGE 45, COLUMN 4.In anticipation of the close of the defense's case, the State Tuesday afternoon subpoenaed a number of new witnesses to be called in the event that Frank's character was put in issue.…
Wednesday, 13th August 1913: Snowball Bailey Repudiates Testimony Given By Conley, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 13th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Gordon Bailey, the negro whom Jim Conley mentions in his story as "Snowball," was next put on the stand.He denied that he had overheard Frank direct Conley to appear at the pencil…
Wednesday, 13th August 1913: Office Boy Swears He Never Saw Women In The Office With Frank The Atlanta Constitution Dalton Recalled By Defense Admits Having Served On Gang, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 13th August 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 5.Alonzo Mann, the office boy at the National Pencil factory, was called as a witness after Mrs. Minnie Smith had been excused. The lad was decidedly uneasy from the time he came…