The Murder of Little Mary Phagan (2025 Edition) by Mary Phagan Kean
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Saturday, 4th October 1913: Affidavits Attacking Frank Jurors Made Public Two Jurors Prejudiced, Say Affidavits, And Jury Heard Crowds Cheer And Threaten, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal, Saturday, 4th October 1913, PAGE 1, COLUMN 6. Affidavits Attacking Frank Jurors Made Public Two Jurors Prejudiced, Say Affidavits, and Jury Heard Crowds Cheer and Threaten Three Men Swear They Were Together When Juror Henslee Said…
Thursday, October 2nd, 1913: Solicitor At Work Preparing Answer To [Leo] Frank Motion, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal, Thursday, 2nd October 1913, PAGE 1, COLUMN 7. The Atlanta Journal Thursday, October 2, 1913 Page 1, Column 7 Dorsey Has Dropped All Other Business and Will Devote His Time Exclusively to New Trial Fight Juror…
Wednesday, 1st October 1913: Frank Motion Is Served On Solicitor, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal, Wednesday, 1st October 1913, PAGE 1, COLUMNS 4 & 7. The Atlanta Journal Wednesday, 1st October 1913 Page 1, Columns 4 & 7 Page 1, Column 7 New Trial Asked on 115 Counts by Frank’s Attorneys In…
Wednesday, 1st October 1913: Rosser Ready Roan Will Hear Frank Argument, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian, Wednesday, 1st October 1913, PAGE 1, COLUMNS 1, 5, & 6. The Atlanta Georgian Wednesday, October 1, 1913 Leo Frank’s Motion for a New Trial: Consolidated Coverage Editorial note This consolidated text brings together the October…
Tuesday, 7th October 1913, Henslee Answers Sprata Citizens, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution, Tuesday, 7th October 1913, PAGE 1, COLUMN 2. Made His Remarks About Leo Frank After Trial and Not Before, Says Juror Accused of Prejudice A. H. Henslee, juror in the Frank case, who has been declared…
Monday, 6th October 1913, Sparta Citizens Insist Henslee Was Prejudiced, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution, Monday, 6th October 1913, PAGE 1, COLUMN 2. SPARTA CITIZENS INSIST HENSLEE WAS PREJUDICED “You Said Frank Was Guilty,” They Tell Juror in Letter Sent to Him, and Furnish Copies to the Press. “WE PRACTICALLY…
Wednesday, 1st October 1913, Frank Case Papers To Be Served Today, Hearing for New Trial Set for Saturday, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution, Wednesday, 1st October 1913, PAGE 5, COLUMN 3. Frank Case Papers To Be Served Today Hearing for New Trial Set for Saturday. Dorsey May Ask for More Time. The Atlanta Constitution, Wednesday, October 1, 1913, page…
Sunday, 5th October 1913 A.H. Henslee May Establish Alibi, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution, Sunday, 5th October 1913, PAGE 1, COLUMN 4. Attacked Frank Juror Brands As False the Charges Made Against Him in Several Affidavits. In answer to several of the affidavits claiming that at specified times and places…
Monday, 28th July 1913, Woman Charges Police Forced Her to Make False Statement, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 28th July 1913,PAGE 5, COLUMN 5.Negro Cook in the Selig-Frank Home Repudiates Affidavit She Swore to Against Frank.Will Refuse to Swear to the Paper, She SaysMinola Mc Knight, the negro cook, who signed an affidavit which is…
Monday, 28th July 1913 State Opens Its Case Against Leo M. Frank, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 28th July 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1 AND COLUMN 6.JURY COMPLETED BEFORE RECESS AND STATE WAS READY TO BEGIN INTRODUCTION OF ITS TESTIMONYLast Man in the Last Panel Was Accepted as the Twelfth Juror and Cleared the Way…
Monday, 28th July 1913: One Of The States Witnesses, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 28th July 1913,PAGE 5, COLUMN 5.MONTEEN STOVER.She will testify that Frank's office was empty when she visited the factory on the day of the crime, about 12:10 o'clock.Monday, 28th July 1913: One Of The States Witnesses, The…
Monday, 28th July 1913 No New Testimony Will Be Given to Jury by Newt Lee, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 28th July 1913,PAGE 4, COLUMN 6.Negro Nightwatchman Says He Doesn't Know Conley, the Sweeper - Merely Will Repeat Story of Finding BodyNewt Lee's testimony to the jury, before which Leo M. Frank is to be tried, will…
Monday, 28th July 1913, Former Suspect Will Be Happy No Matter How Leo Frank Case Ends, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 28th July 1913,PAGE 5, COLUMN 2.J. M. Gantt Is to Be Married Sunday, Provided Trial Is Over-He Has Planned to Elope, but Now He'll Have "Sure Enough" WeddingThere is one man connected with the case of Mary…
Monday, 28th July 1913, Court Scenes at Leo Frank Trial; How It Looks Inside and Out, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 28th July 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Three Distinct Crowds Are There, Some Laughing, Some Whispering Speculations on CaseThere were three crowds at the Frank trial Monday morning, and each had an aspect and characteristic as different as east…
Monday, 28th July 1913: Accused Neither Care Worn Nor Haggard His Eyes Meet Those Of Crowd Without Faltering, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 28th July 1913,PAGE 5, COLUMN 2.HIS TRIAL UNDER WAY LEO M. FRANKMrs. Leo Frank and Her Mother Cheer Prisoner at Courthouse Accused Neither Care-Worn Nor Haggard-His Eyes Meet Those of Crowd Without FalteringThere was one question on…
Sunday, October 12th 1913: Jews Fight To Save Leo Frank, The New York Sun
The New York Sun, Sunday, October 12th, 1913, Page 6. Countrywide Appeal for Man Convicted of Killing Mary Phagan. RACE HATRED CHARGED Motion for New Trial in Georgia Halts the Hangman. NEGRO'S STORY UNSHAKEN Defence Hopes to Show That…
Violence Feared in Atlanta Today, by Anonymous, The New York Times, Saturday, June 26, 1915
THE NEW YORK TIMES Saturday, June 26, 1915 Page 4 VIOLENCE FEARED IN ATLANTA TODAY Militia Ready to Put Down Anti-Slaton Outbreaks as the Governor Retires. LEAVES GEORGIA FOR REST Great Crowds Expected at Inauguration—Many Mass Meetings Cause Apprehension. Special…
Finds Mob Frenzy Convicted Frank By C.P. Connolly, The New York Times, December 14, 1914
THE NEW YORK TIMES Monday, December 14, 1914 Page 4 C.P. Connolly FINDS MOB FRENZY CONVICTED FRANK “Politics, Prejudice, and Passion” at Heart of Case, Collier’s Investigator Declares. FACTS POINT TO INNOCENCE Negro Accuser Obviously Undependable, Mr. Connolly’s Article Shows…
The [Leo] Frank Case by C.P. Connolly, Part 1 of 2, December 19, 1914, Collier’s Weekly
THE FRANK CASE (first of two segments) BY C. P. CONNOLLY Collier’s Saturday, December 19, 1914. Volume 54, Number 14. Pages 6–7, continued on pages 22, 23 and 24. This is the first of two articles which will tell the…
The [Leo] Frank Case by C.P. Connolly, Part 2 of 2, December 26, 1914, Collier’s Weekly
THE FRANK CASE (segment two) BY C. P. CONNOLLY Collier’s Saturday, December 26, 1914 Volume 54, Number 15 Pages 18–20, 23–25 This is the second of two articles telling the story of the Frank case. The earlier article appeared in…
Monday, 28th July 1913: Personnel Of Frank Jury All Married Except One, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 28th July 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.With one exception the jurors for the Frank trial are married men and five are fathers. Among them is one bank teller, one bookkeeper, one real estate agent, one manufacturer, one contractor,…
Monday, 28th July 1913, Mrs. Leo Frank and Her Mother Cheer Prisoner at Courthouse, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 28th July 1913,PAGE 5, COLUMN 2.HIS TRIAL UNDER WAY LEO M. FRANKAccused Neither Care-Worn Nor Haggard-His Eyes Meet Those of Crowd Without FalteringThere was one question on the face of every member of the big crowd in…
Notorious or Infamous? Lineage of the Antisemitic Death Threat Hoax Attributed to Leo Frank’s Trial During Court Proceedings: Mobs Shouted “Hang the Jew, or We’ll Hang You!” This Unsupported Claim Being Debunked.
Tracing the Sources and Chronology of the Alleged Mob Lynching Ultimatum Shouted at the Jury During Leo Frank’s Trial: The Disputed Story’s Mutating Narratives, Its Publicity and Use by Jewish Activists, and How It Seemingly Hardened into Historical Authority, 1913–2026…
Notorious or Infamous? The Antisemitic Death Threat Hoax: “Hang the Jew, or We’ll Hang You!”
Tracing the Sources and Chronology of the Alleged Mob Lynching Ultimatum Shouted at the Jury During Leo Frank’s Trial: The Disputed Story’s Mutating Narratives, Its Publicity and Use by Jewish Activists, and How It Seemingly Hardened into Historical Authority, 1913–2026…
Notorious or Infamous? Genealogy of the Antisemitic Death Threat Hoax Attributed to Leo Frank Trial’s During Court Proceedings: The Evolving Story of Mobs Shouted “Hang the Jew, or We’ll Hang You!”
Tracing the Sources and Chronology of the Alleged Mob Lynching Ultimatum Shouted at the Jury During Leo Frank’s Trial: The Disputed Story’s Mutating Narratives, Its Publicity and Use by Jewish Activists, and How It Seemingly Hardened into Historical Authority, 1913–2026…
How Leo Frank’s Defense Apparatus Manipulated Negro Witnesses During the 1914 Post-Trial Campaign to Overturn His Conviction
Negro Witnesses Under Pressure Witness Tampering, False Pretexts, Financial Inducements, Promised Jobs, Payoffs, Bait-and-Switch Stenography Schemes, False Affidavits, Manufactured Confession Allegations, Witness Removal, and the Campaign to Break Jim Conley By Arthur Daniels | September 21, 2026 Historical terminology note:…
The McKnight Episode: Albert McKnight and Magnolia “Minola” McKnight Affidavits of May and June, 1913
Albert McKnight: The Affidavit That Led to State’s Exhibit J and the Fight Over the Selig Home Albert McKnight is easy to overlook in accounts of the Leo Frank case because attention usually falls on his wife, Minola McKnight, whose…
Leo Frank: Will The State of Georgia Hang an Innocent Man? Article By Arthur Burton Rascoe, Chicago Sunday Tribune, December 27, 1914
THE CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE December 27, 1914. Page 47. Will The State of Georgia Hang An Innocent Man? BY BURTON RASCOE. WILL the state of Georgia send an innocent man to the gallows on Jan. 22? Will Leo M. Frank…
Monday, 11th August 1913 Defense Bitterly Attacks Harris, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 11th August 1913,PAGE 23, COLUMN 1.Battle of Medical Experts Waged in CourtPAGE 23, COLUMN 7EXPERTS TESTIMONY ON CABBAGE TESTS CALLED WILD GUESSA bitter arraignment of the professional ethics and fairness of Dr. H. F. Harris, secretary of…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913: Wife At Last Breaks Down, Overcome By Frank’s Story, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 19th August 1913,PAGE 13, COLUMN 3.PAGE 29, COLUMN 3PAGE 45, COLUMN 3PAGE 61, COLUMN 3MOTHER OF LEO FRANKMrs. Rea Frank.PAGE 13, COLUMN 3PAGE 29, COLUMN 3PAGE 45, COLUMN 3PAGE 61, COLUMN 3PAGE 78, COLUMN 1After having braved…