Atlanta Journal
August 4th, 1913
MANY NEW AND SENSATIONAL FEATURES ADDED TO TALE AS ORIGINALLY GIVEN TO POLICE
Conley Swears He Saw Mary Phagan Enter Factory, That He Heard Her Screams In the Metal Room a Short Time Later, That Frank Then Called Him and He Went Up and Found the Superintendent in a Panic and the Girl Dead
HE IDENTIFIES STAINED CROCUS BAGGING WHICH HE SAYS HE USED TO WRAP BODY AND TAKE TO BASEMENT
He Swears Frank Had Frequently Used Him as a "Lookout" When Women Visited the Factory and Gives Details About Several Alleged Occasions—Here Is His Story as Told to Jury, Women Ordered From Court Room by Judge
"CONLEY'S STORY THE VILEST AND MOST AMAZING PACK OF LIES EVER CONCEIVED" — LEO M. FRANK.
"The vilest and most amazing pack of lies ever conceived in the perverted brain of a wicked human being," is the way Leo M. Frank characterized the remarkable story of James Conley, the negro sweeper.
It was to friends and while he was eating his luncheon in a courthouse ante-room that Frank expressed himself. He appeared to be almost overcome with indignation, but was confident that his attorneys would be able to break the negro down during cross-examination.
Every moment of the time that Conley was on the stand Monday morning his face was the object of Frank's eye. The negro kept his gaze averted from Frank, but the defendant, apparently unmoved by the terrible accusations of the witness, continued to look him straight in the eye.
Jim Conley, negro sweeper at the National Pencil factory, took the witness stand at the trial of Leo M. Frank Monday morning, and told an amazing story which added many new and sensational features to the confessions given to the police by him and made public some weeks ago.
Conley for the first time dramatically declared that he was at the pencil factory when little Mary Phagan entered shortly after 12 o'clock to get her pay, that he saw her and that a little later he saw Monteen Stover go in. The Stover girl left the factory, he said, but Mary Phagan did not. A little while after Mary Phagan entered, according to the negro's remarkable story, he heard screams in the metal room where the state claims the crime was committed. In a short time, Frank signalled him to come upstairs, and he went; finding the superintendent trembling all over and in a panic. The negro then detailed the story of finding the little girl's dead body, of wrapping it up in a crocus sack at the direction of Mr. Frank, and assisting the superintendent in carrying it to the basement.
Conley's story of carrying the body to the basement coincided with what he had previously told in this connection. He swore that it had been planned to burn the body and that Mr. Frank had instructed him to build up the fire for this purpose, but that he became frightened and did not carry out the superintendent's instructions.
The negro told his story glibly. With little prompting from the solicitor he talked in a rapid, recitative manner that made his testimony difficult for the stenographer to take down. When he had finished he was turned over to the defense for cross-examination, and Luther Z. Rosser began to fire questions at him in an effort to break down his story. Conley was still on the stand when court adjourned for lunch and the cross-examination was resumed at 2 o'clock. It is expected that the negro will be under cross-examination for many hours, as it is certain that he will not be allowed to leave the stand until he has been given a severe grilling.
When court convened for the afternoon session Judge Roan ordered all women to leave the court room, declaring that the testimony would be unfit for them to hear. About 175 women were present when the judge made the announcement.
Startling portion of the negro's testimony was his claim that on previous Saturdays and holidays he had acted as "lookout" for the accused superintendent while the latter met different young ladies on the second floor of the factory. The witness went into detail when he related the happenings on the day of the tragedy. He declared that Frank had engaged him to come to the factory and "watch for him at the door like he had done on previous Saturdays. Then the negro told of the different persons entering the door and of Frank's signals to to him as the "lookout." He declared that the accused told him when the right one entered he would stomp his foot and that meant for him to lock the door so nobody could enter and when he whistled for him to come up the stairs and ask to borrow money and give the girl's a chance to get out.
A piece of crocus bagging was produced in court for the first time during Conley's story. Some large dark stains appeared in the middle of it. "Yes, sir, that's it," said the negro, identifying it as the cloth used by him to wrap up Mary Phagan's body.
The solicitor called for Jim Conley - the negro sweeper in the pencil factory regarded as the star witness for the state. It was 18 minutes to 10 o'clock then. The court waited a few moments, and bailiffs returned with the word that Conley had not arrived yet at the solicitor's office, where instructions had been given a few minutes previously to take him. More telephoning was done.
Conley arrived at 10 o'clock in custody of Chief of Police Beavers and Chief of Detectives Lanford, accompanied by his lawyer, W. M. Smith.
The negro was handcuffed when he entered the court room. The two chiefs paused with him at the door, and Chief Lanford removed the handcuffs, taking the negro to the witness stand.
Conley walked briskly along the court room from the front entrance, with the two chiefs just at his heels. At the middle aisle bailiffs directed him to take the witness chair.
Without slackening his rather rapid ppace [sic] the negro stepped up to the stand and sat down in a chair. Immediately he was sworn by the solicitor.
CONLEY FACES FRANK.
The negro displayed no sign of nervousness. He appeared perfectly cool. He glanced at Frank and Frank returned the glance. Neither changed expression.
The negro wore a clean blue negligee shirt. He had on the same dark coat and trousers, and the same worn tan shoes which he wore when he was arrested some three months ago.
During the wait, Judge Roan impatient and asked the sheriff "Where is Conley?"
"The sheriff hasn't got Jim Conley!" shouted Rosser.
The negro held his hand and arm straight up and looked the solicitor straight in the eye as he was being sworn.
"What is your name?"
"James Conley."
"Do you know Leo M. Frank, the defendant? If so, where is he?"
"Yes, I know him. There he is," answered the negro, pointing to Frank.
"Did you have any conversation with Mr. Frank on Friday, April 25?"
"Yes, sir," the witness rattled off in a hurried manner. "About 8 o'clock he came up to the fourth floor where I was working." The witness completed a sentence but no one in the court heard it.
"Have him repeat that answer," asked Mr. Rosser.
TOLD HIM TO RETURN.
The negro said that Frank had told him to come back Saturday about 8:30 o'clock, "like I had before."
"How long have you worked at the National Pencil factory?"
"Two years."
"Had you been back before on Saturdays?"
"Yes, sir, several times."
"How often?"
"I don't know, but several times."
"What time did he say to come back?"
The negro had answered "8:30" before Attorney Rosser could object that the question was leading.
"I went back on Saturday, April 26, about half past eight o'clock," continued the negro.
"Who got there first, you or Mr. Frank?"
"We met at the door and I followed him in."
"What conversation did you have?"
WATCH FOR HIM.
"After we got in, on Saturday morning, Mr. Frank said that I was a little early. I told him it was the time he'd said for me to come. He said I was a little too early for what he wanted me to do. I asked him what he wanted. He said he wanted me to watch for him like […]
JIM CONLEY TELLS AN AMAZING STORY
[…] I had other Saturdays."
"What had you done other Saturdays?"
"I had watched for him while he was upstairs talking with young ladies."
"What did you do?"
"I would watch at the door and let him know."
"How often had you don't this?"
"Several times—I don't know how many."
"Was Frank up there alone on those Saturdays?"
"No, sometimes there'd be two young ladies, and sometimes other men from the factory."
"Was Mr. Frank ever alone there?"
ON THANKSGIVING DAY.
"Yes, sir. Last Thanksgiving day."
"Who came then?"
"A tall, heavy-built woman."
"What did you do then?"
"I stayed just like I did on April 26, and watched at the door."
"What had Mr. Frank told you to do on Thanksgiving day?"
"I did like he told me and locked the door when he stomped on the floor after the lady come in."
"That was Thanksgiving day, 1912?"
"Yes, sir."
ON DAY OF MURDER.
"Now, tell what happened on April 26."
"We both went inside. He told me I was a little early. I said, no, sir, that was the time he'd told me to come. He said I was a little early. I said, no, sir, that was the time he'd told me to come. He said I was a little early for what he'd told me to do. He told me he wanted me to watch. I told him I had to go to the Capital City laundry, and asked him what time he wanted me to come back. He told me that I could go from the Capital City laundry to Nelson and Forsyth streets and watch there till he came back from Montags."
"Where is the corner of those streets with reference to Montag Brothers?"
As he put the question, the solicitor exhibited part of a map of Atlanta to the negro.
Attorney Rosser objected to the solicitor pointing on the map to the corner, and the solicitor told the negro to draw the corner and show Montag Brother's place. The negro took a pencil and a piece of paper and sketched the corner, showing Montag Brothers.
"What time was it when you were at Nelson and Forsyth streets?"
"I don't know exactly."
ON NELSON STREET.
"Can you give it to the best of your opinion?"
"Somewhere between 10 and 10:30 o'clock."
"Did you see Frank while there?"
"Yes, sir, he passed me coming up Forsyth toward Nelson."
"Was anything said by Mr. Frank?"
"Yes, sir, as he passed by me he said, ‘Ha, ha! Here, are you?' I said, ‘Yes, sir, I'm here, Mr. Frank.'"
"How long did he stay at Mr. Montag's office?"
"I haven't got any idea."
"What did he say when he came back?"
"He just said, ‘Come on, come on.'"
The negro described walking down the stre[e]t behind Mr. Frank toward the pencil factory. After they had walked a little way, he said, Mr. Frank turned around to say something to him—the negro didn't know what; he didn't hear. When he turned around to speak to him, said the negro, Frank bumped into a man carrying a baby. Conley said the man looked at Mr. Frank and looked at him but didn't say anything. They walked on down to a corner, where Mr. Frank went into a soda fountain.
"What did Mr. Frank buy at the soda fountain?" asked Mr. Dorsey.
The negro said he didn't know.
"Now, when you got to the factory, what happened? Tell the jury."
EXPECTING YOUNG LADY.
Conley turned around and faced the jury and talked evenly in unusually good English for a negro.
"We went in and Mr. Frank told me about the lock on the front door. ‘If you turn the knob this way, nobody can get in,' he said. Then Mr. Frank told me to come over and said ‘Set on that box.' He said there'll be a young lady up here pretty soon, and we want to chat a while.' Mr. Frank said, ‘When I stamp, that's her. And when I whistle, you come up and say you want to borrow some money, and that will give her a chance to get out.'"
"Did he say anything else before he went upstairs?" asked the solicitor.
"Yes, sir," said the witness. "He hit my chest right here."–the negro pointed to a place near his right shoulder—"and he said, ‘Now, boy, don't let Mr. Darley see you.'"
"Whom did you see go in first, now, Jim?" asked the solicitor.
"Mr. Darley was the first one I saw. He came in and went upstairs. Then Miss Mattie Smith came in and went upstairs."
SAW MISS SMITH CRYING.
"Well, who came next? What did you see next?"
"Well, next thing I saw she came down."
"What did she do?"
"She walked to the door and stopped."
"What did you see next?"
"Mr. Darley came down the stairs right after her. They stood at the door and he said, ‘That's all right; you'll get that next Saturday.' I don't know what they were talking about."
"Was she in a good humor, or otherwise?" asked the solicitor.
"Well, it seemed to me like she was crying. I saw her wiping her eyes."
At this point Attorney Rosser spoke up. "He's leading the witness, may it please the court," said the attorney. "He oughn't to do that."
"Well, I want to please ‘em, your honor," said the solicitor. "I'll do the best I can."
WHEN THEY RETURNED.
"Jim," continued the solicitor, "did these things you were talking about happen before you went to Nelson and Forsyth?"
"No, sir, just after we got back," said the negro.
"Now, what did Miss Mattie Smith do?"
"Well, sir, she went out and Mr. Darley went back upstairs."
"Now what was the first thing that happened when you came back with Mr. Frank when he came from Montag's Brothers?"
"Well, there was a lady that works on the fourth floor came in and went upstairs. I don't know her name."
Conley went on then to tell about a "peg-legged fellow" who drove up to the front door in a wagon, and how Mr. Holloway, the day watchman, went out and talked to him, wiping his eyeglasses as he put them on.
"Well, whom did you see next?" asked the solicitor.
"Mr. Lemmie Quinn went upstairs and stayed a little while and then came out," said the negro.
"Whom did you see next?"
"The next person I saw was Miss Mary Perkins. She came in and went upstairs."
HEARD MARY'S SCREAMS.
"Who is Miss Mary Perkins?"
"That's the lady that's dead. I heard her footsteps going toward the front office, and then I heard steps going toward the metal room. The next thing I heard was her screaming."
"Then what did you hear?" asked the solicitor.
"I didn't hear any more."
"Who was the next person you saw go upstairs?"
"The next one I saw go up was Miss Monteen Stover."
"How was she dressed?"
"She was wearing tennis shoes and a red coat."
"Have you seen Miss Stover since then?"
"Yes, sir—once."
"How long did she stay upstairs?"
"She stayed a pretty good while. Not so very long, either."
"Then what?"
"She come back down."
"What happened then?"
HEARD TIPTOES.
"Then I heard tiptoes coming from the metal department."
"Where did they go?"
"I don't know, sir."
"What next?"
"Next I heard tiptoes running back toward the metal department."
"Then what?"
"Then I sit back on the box and kind of went to sleep."
"All right—what next?"
"Next I heard Mr. Frank stomping over my head. I waked up the first time he stomped. Then I heard him stomp two more times. He stomped three times altogether."
"Then what did you do?"
"I got up and locked the door like Mr. Frank told me to do. Then I sat back down on the box."
"How long did you sit there?"
"A little while."
"All right, then what happened?"
"I heard Mr. Frank whistle."
FRANK WAS SHIVERING.
"How long after the stomping was it before you heard him whistle?
"Just a few minutes."
"Well, what did you do when you heard Frank Whistle?"
"I went upstairs like he told me to do when he whistled. Mr. Frank was standing at the head of the stairs shivering. He was rubbing his hands together and acting funny."
"Show the jury how he was acting."
The negro stood up, made his legs tremble, rubbed his hands together, rubbed his right backward and forward from the back of the head to the fact and reverse.
"What did Frank have?"
"He held a little cord in his hand."
"Did you look at his eyes?"
"Yes, sir."
"How did they look?"
"His eyes was large. They looked funny and wild."
"Did you notice his face?"
"Yes sir. It was red, very red."
HAD CORD IN HIS HAND.
Solicitor Dorsey took out a length of cord from his satchel and handed it to the negro. "Is this the kind of cord Mr. Frank had in his hand?"
"Yes, sir, just like that," answered the negro.
"Did Frank say anything to you?"
"Yes, sir, he asked me if I saw a little girl pass along up there. I told him yes, I saw two but one went out; but that I didn't see the other one come out."
"Well, then what did Frank say?"
The negro then quoted Frank as telling him, that Mary Phagan had gone to the metal room, and that there she had resi[s]ted Frank and that he had struck her. He accused Frank of perversion.
DESCRIBES FINDING BODY.
"Well, Jim, what did Frank say to you after he'd finished telling about hitting the girl too hard?"
"He told me to go back to the metal department and get her. He said: "We've got to get her out. Hurry up, now, and there'll be some money in it for you."
"Did you find the girl?"
"Yes, sir. She was lying flat of her back, with a rope around her neck. There was a piece of cloth tied around her neck, too."
Solicitor Dorsey handed to the negro the underskirt ruffle which which had been taken from the dead girl's neck, and the negro identified it as the cloth to which he had referred.
The solicitor then handed to him a piece of cord and directed him to illustrate to the jury just how it was tied about the girl's neck.
Conley put one end through the loop at the other end. Then he placed the bight around his own neck and drew it tight with the slip knot on the right side of his neck. Picking up the underskirt ruffle, he said that this was tied around the girl's neck.
"Did you notice the clock while you were up there?" asked the solicitor.
"I didn't see any clock in the metal room, but after I saw the girl was dead and went back up to the front I noticed the clock."
"What time was it?"
"Four minutes to 1."
"You say the girl was dead when you saw her?"
"Yes, sir."
"What did you do when you found the girl was dead?"
"I come back and told Mr. Frank ‘She's dead.' Mr. Frank told me to get a piece of cloth out of the cotton box and put it around her up here.' I heard a noise up toward the third floor about that time. Both Mr. Frank and me looked up there. It was then that I looked at the clock and saw it was four minutes to 1."
"Well, what did you do then?"
"I went and got the cloth like Mr. Frank told me to do."
Solicitor Dorsey handed to the witness Mary Phagan's parasol and asked him to point out on the big diagram hanging before the jury the place where he found the girl's body. The negro indicated an areaway leading off at the left of the metal room, saying that the areaway led to the ladies' toilet."
"Jim, where is the metal kept?"
"It's kept back there in a room near the ladies' toilet."
"You say when you found the girl was dead you called to Mr. Frank and said ‘she's dead.'"
"Yes, sir. Mr. Frank sid, ‘sh! sh!' I didn't understand what he said, and I called to him again the girl was dead. I didn't hear him so as to understand what he said, so I come up to where he was standing at the top of the steps like he was watching the steps. I told him again the girl was dead. He told me to go look in the cotton box and get a cloth and wrap her up in it and bring her ‘up here.' I went back, got the cloth like Mr. Frank told me. The girl was lying flat on her back, one hand stretched out." The negro illustrated how her hand was stretched out. "I spread out the cloth and roller her over into it. I tied her up."
"What girl was this?" asked the solicitor.
"It was the dead girl."
CROCUS BAGGING PRODUCED.
At this point Solicitor Dorsey called to the bailiff to hand a bundle to the witness, and directed the witness to open it. The bundle contained a large piece of crocus bagging.
In the middle of it appeared some large dark stains.
"Yes, sir, that's it," said the negro.
Solicitor Dorsey asked the witness to point out the cotton room on the diagram. It appeared on the left or south side of the building, about half way down its length.
"All right, Jim. When you got the cloth, what did you do?"
TIED HER UP IN BAG.
"I took it back, spread it out on the floor, and rolled the young lady into it, like Mr. Frank had told me to do. Her hat was lying a little ways off. I picked it up, also a piece of ribbon, and a slipper. I put them on top of her and tied her up."
The solicitor handed to the negro the hat which had been identified as that worn by Mary Phagan.
"That's the hat I tied up," said the negro.
The solicitor handed to the negro a bow of blue ribbon which Mary Phagan's mother testified was worn by her in her hair that morning when she left home.
The witness didn't identify this ribbon as the ribbon he said he picked up from the floor. It was assumed that he was referring to the hat band ribbon which never yet has been produced.
"All right, Jim, go ahead now; tell the jury what you did."
"I tied her up in a bundle just like a washwoman ties up clothes," continued the negro. "I run my right arm under the knot and tried to get it up on my shoulder. I couldn't quite make it at first. It was a little too heavy. The second time I tried I got her up on my shoulder. Then I carried her on out in the metal room and up toward the front, just as I got to the dressing room door it got too heavy for me and I dropped it.
DROPPED THE BODY.
"When I dropped it I got scared and jumped back and hollered to Mr. Frank that it was too heavy and for him to come help me. Mr. Frank come running back on his tiptoes, trembling. He got her by her feet and I got her by the head. I was backing back (walking back[w]ards).
"Mr. Frank was so nervous that he was pushing me too fast. We went a few feet, but Mr. Frank was so nervous he let her feet drop. Then he picked up her feet again and we went on to the elevator. We got the body on the elevator.
"Mr. Frank pulled on the elevator rope and it didn't move. He went into the office and got a key and unlocked the switch box. Then he started the elevator and we went on down into the basement. When we got to the basement, he said to me right quick-like, "Get her up!" He picked up her feet and I picked up her head.
"We went a little ways and he dropped her feet. He told me, ‘You take her on back to the sawdust pile, while I go up to the top of the ladder and watch out.' I took her back and put her down there and untied the cloth. That hat and the slipper and ribbon fell out. I picked the hat, slipper, ribbon and cloth up and started back up to the front. I didn't see Mr. Frank then. He'd gone up the ladder.
"When I got up to the front of the boiler I hollered to Mr. Frank and asked him ‘What must I do with these things?' I reckon he thought I was still back at the sawdust pile, because he said ‘Leave ‘em there.' I pitched ‘em on the trash pile just in front of the boiler.
"When I got back to the elevator, Mr. Frank called down to me from up on the ladder and told me to bring the ladder on up, he'd catch me at the first floor.
"TIRESOME JOB," HE SAID.
"When I got up to the first floor Mr. Frank was standing right in front of the elevator. He didn't give me time to stop. He jumped on and fell again [sic] me, knocking me up against the inside of the elevator. He was trembling and mighty nervous.
"After he got on the elevator Mr. Frank said ‘Gee, that was a tiresome job!' I said ‘Not as tiresome as mine. I toted the body all the way back.' Mr. Frank never said nothing else then. Just before the elevator got to the landing of the second floor, Mr. Frank jumped off.
"He caught one of his heels against the floor and fell on his hands and knees. He jumped up and walked around to the sink behind the elevator and washed his hands. I went out to the switch and shut off the motor. Mr. Frank came back and I followed him in to his office. I sat down in a chair just back of his. He didn't sit down at first. He kept walking back and forth from on office to the other. His face was very red and he was rubbing his hands."
"Mr. Frank's eyes were jumping and he was walking up and down.
"We heard somebody coming up the steps and he went over to the wardrobe and said come here.
LOCKED IN WARDROBE.
"I didn't seem to walk fast enough, and he says, "Hurry, hurry, damn it.' Then he put me in the wardrobe."
The negro at this point stood in his chair and showed the jury how he had to bend his body to get in the wardrobe.
Then quickly, speaking with remarkable rapidity, and without a question or an interruption from the solicitor, he continued.
"Somebody came in and said, ‘Good morning, Mr. Frank. You are all alone?'
‘Yes,' said Mr. Frank.
"I didn't hear any more of the conversation and stayed in there a long time. Then he came and let me out.
"'You kept me there a-mighty long time, Mr. Frank,' I said, and he said, ‘Yes I did. I see you are sweating.'
"Then he sat down in a chair and told me to sit down. It seemed as if his chair didn't suit, and he kept squirming around, and moving backwards and forward.
"Mr. Frank he reached on the table for a box of cigarettes and for a box of matches. He handed me the cigarette box and said, ‘Do you want to smoke?' and I said, ‘Yes, sir,' it being against the rules for anybody to smoke in the factory.
"And he handed me the match and I handed him back the cigarette box. I had seen some money in it. He said, ‘You can keep those,' and I said, ‘You got some money in there, Mr. Frank,' and he said, ‘That's all right, keep it, too.'
"And I said all right, sir.
"He figited and squirmed about and then he says, ‘Can you write, Jim,' and I says ‘yes sir.'
"And Mr. Frank says ‘I can tell you the best way for us to get out of this. You write what I tell you.'
"And I said ‘yes sir' again because I was willing to do anything to help Mr. Frank, him being a white man and my superintendent, too.
WROTE THE NOTES.
"He handed me a pad of paper and told me what to write. And I wrote a little bit, and he didn't like it and seemed mad and told me to turn over and write again, and he didn't seem to like this, and told me to turn over and write another time.
"I wrote what he said and he seemed to be pleased and he smiled and rub his hand together.
"I asked Mr. Frank when he would give me the money he had promised me, and he went and pulled a nice roll out of his pocket and told me it was $200.
"I told Mr. Frank not to take out another dollar from my pay for the watch because I would pay myself for that watch my wife got.
"He said I don't see what you want me to buy a watch for anyhow. He said his big fat wife had tried to get him to buy an automobile and he wouldn't do it.
TOLD TO BURN BODY.
"'I tell you,' Mr. Frank said, ‘you can furnish your house now,' and I said, ‘Yes, sir,' and then Mr. Frank said, ‘I tell you what to do. You go down in the basement and get up some of that trash, put it in the furnace and then put that body on it.'
"I was willing to do that, too, gentlemen," continued the negro as he looked quickly at the jury, "but I was scared, and I told Mr. Frank to come down with me, and watch, that he being a white man could keep anybody away that might come down there.
"Then Mr. Frank said he couldn't go down there and I was just too scared to go by myself, and then Mr. Frank said to hand him that money.
"I thought he was going to count it, but he put it in his pocket.
"'Is that the way you are going to do me?' I asked Mr. Frank, and he said, ‘That's all right, if you just keep your mouth shut.'
"Then Mr. Frank he walked up and down in the office, and looking up to the ceiling, held up his hands and said:
"WHY SHOULD I HANG?"
"'O, why should I hang? I have wealthy people in Brooklyn.'"
Conley made the exclamation in a very dramatic manner, and with the voice of a young teacher of elocution.
"Then I said, ‘That's all right, Mr. Frank, but what about me?' ‘I will look out for you,' he said.
"'Can you come back here this evening?' he asked me, and I said that I could.
"Then he told me to come back here in 40 minutes, and I asked him how I could get in, and he said it would be all right, that he would have a place for me to get in.
TOLD TO KEEP MOUTH SHUT.
"Then I looked at him and asked about the money in the cigarett[e] box for I was afraid he would take that away too, but he said I could keep it, and looked like he wanted me to go, and told me again to come back in 40 minutes; that he wanted to go to lunch. I was standing around, when he picked up a pencil and paper and started to make a "M."
"Then he got up and put his arms around my shoulder and started out and kept on hugging me until we got to the steps. He told me to leave the door open and when I started down the steps he told me to keep my mouth shut.
"Then I went to a saloon and ate some liver and fish sandwiches and had a glass of beer. Then I went back to the toilet and opened that cigarette box and I found two $1 bills and a 50 cent piece.
STARTED HOME BEFORE.
"And then I took a double header, and I saw a man there I knew and asked if he wanted a drink and he said he didn't and looked at the clock and saw it was 20 minutes till 2, and I started home. I went to Mitchell and Hunter streets and a Jew there I owed a dime called me and I paid the dime, and then I went on to Peters street and stopped at a saloon, and looked at the clock and it was 2:14, and I took a glass of beer and started on home. And I got home and I gave my little girl a nickle to get some pan sauce and when she came back I gave her a dime to get some wood. She didn't get back right away and I lay down on the bed and I dropped off to sleep and when I woke up it was after 6 o'clock.
‘When did you see him next?' asked the solicitor.
ON NEXT TUESDAY.
"Tuesday morning. Mr. Frank came up to me where I was working and said, ‘Be a good boy, now.' And then he said, ‘Come here, I want to see you.' And he took me over under the stairs and said, ‘Keep your mouth shut now.'
"Did you see him Monday?"
"No, sir."
"What time Tuesday was this conversation?"
"Between 10 and 1 o'clock."
"Did you ever see this parasol before?" asked the solicitor, exhibiting Mary Phagan's parasol.
"I saw it at your office once."
"Did you ever see it before then?"
"I saw the handle of it up where the body was. I don't know about the rest of it."
In answer to other questions by Solicitor Dorsey, Conley said that Frank knew he could write because he had written some slips enumerating boxes around the factory on different occasions.
"When were you arrested?"
"The first of May."
"Do you remember the week day?"
"It was a Thursday."
"The Thursday after the murder?"
"Yes, sir."
"What did Frank do, now, when you wrote the notes?"
"Well, he gave me a paper and he gave me a pencil and he dictated them. There was an old pad lying on his desk, and he gave me that."
"Tell me what he told you to write."
"I don't remember exactly."
"Look at this pad," said the solicitor, handing a pad to Conley.
"Yes, sir, that's the same pad."
FOLLOWS DIAGRAM.
The solicitor handed to the witness Mary Phagan's parasol and with it the negro pointed out on the diagram where he first saw Mary Phagan's body. He followed it along the second floor and showed where he said Frank dropped the girl's fe[e]t, and where they took her down on the elevator, and the course along which he carried the body to the basement to where it was found.
"Where was that box that Frank unlocked when the elevator wouldn't work?" asked the solicitor.
"It was on this side," the negro replied, pointing out a spot with the parasol.
"Now where did he get the key to open this?"
"He went into the office to get it."
Solicitor Dorsey picked up a picture of the scene where Mary Phagan was found and asked the negro if he recognized the scene. Conley said he didn't remember. "All right," said the solicitor, withdrawing the photograph.
At the instance of Solicitor Dorsey, he pointed out the furnace in the basement.
DIDN'T ATTEMPT BURNING.
"And Frank told you to come back and fire that up, did he?"
"Yes, sir, he told me to come back in forty minutes."
"Do you know whether or not you could have put that body in there?"
"No, sir, didn't try it."
Conley pointed out the office of Frank, the outer office, the safe and the desk and the wardrobe in there, to illustrate incidents of his story.
"Do you know anything about the back door, Jim?"
"Not a thing."
"Do you know what became of the notes that you wrote?"
"No, sir, I don't."
"Do you know what time you left home Saturday morning?"
"Between 7 and half-past."
"Did you notice any clock, or did you learn what time it was, between the time you left home and when you met Frank?"
"Yes, sir, I looked at a clock in a near-beer saloon at Broad and Mtichell [sic] streets. It was 9 minutes after 10 then."
"Who left the factory first after the body was put down in the basement?"
LEFT FACTORY FIRST.
"I went first. I left Frank standing three of four steps from the top of the stairs that lead to the second floor. His head was bent down, like he was looking to see if I was going to leave the factory."
The solicitor picked up the parasol again, and directed Conley to "point out the place where you sat on the box."
Conley designated the corner of the elevator nearest the hold leading into the basement. It was the same spot designated by Mrs. Arthur White when she was on the stand last week.
"Who cleans up there usually?" asked the solicitor.
"Sometimes I did, and sometimes somebody else did. I used to clean up the first floor there about twice a week."
"Do you know Mrs. Arthur White?"
"No, sir."
Solicitor Dorsey told Deputy Sheriff Plennie Minor to bring Mrs. White into court. There was some delay in getting her into the room and the questions continued meanwhile.
KNEW GIRL WAS DEAD.
"How did you find out the girl was dead when you went up to the second floor that day?"
"She was lying flat on her back and she wasn't moving and she wasn't breathing."
"What did Frank ask you about anybody around the factory then?"
"He asked me if I knew the night watchman. I told him that I didn't know him personally."
Mrs. White came into court. She was brought to a position in front of the witness stand.
"Do you know this young lady?" asked the solicitor.
"No, sir, I [n]ever saw her at all."
Solicitor Dorsey asked if he would be allowed to put her on the stand for a minute, with the evident purpose of having her identify Conley as the negro she saw in the hallway. Attorney Arnold and Attorney Rosser objected strenuously.
DORSEY LOSES POINT.
"Oh, I thought you said you'd let me put Dr. Harris and Mrs. White up again," said the solicitor to Mr. Rosser.
"Well, you know I told you privately that I wouldn't let you put her up," said Mr. Rosser.
The solicitor withdrew the request.
"Oh Thanksgiving, Jim, did you see Frank that day?" continued the solicitor.
"Yes, sir, I saw him. He came out of the office and said, ‘That's right! That's right!' And the woman that was with him said, ‘That's the best thing to do.'
"You said something about dozing, Jim. When did you doze, and how long?"
"I don't know how long it was but I think it was just after Miss Monteen Stover come out."
"How many times have you watched for him before?"
"I don't know how many times. I watched for him Thanksgiving and some other times."
Conley continued, and said that on occasions he had let men into the building while he was watching this way, to let them go into the basement.
"What was in the basement?"
"Well, there was some coal and sawdust in there?"
"Wasn't there anything else—a bed or a cot?"
"I never saw them?"
"Now this watch contract, Jim. Explain to the jury about that."
DEFENSE WINS ANOTHER POINT.
Attorney Rosser objected. Solicitor Dorsey addressed the court and said, "I want to show that he can write, and that Frank knew he could write, and that when Conley was arrested and held at the police station and samples of Frank's handwriting and Newt Lee's handwriting had been taken, he never suggested to the police that a copy of Conley's be taken."
Judge Roan, however, sustained the objection.
"Did you refuse to write when you were first told by the police to write?"
"Yes, sir."
"Did you say you couldn't?"
"Yes, sir."
"Did Frank eveer [sic] see you write before?"
"Yes, I signed a contract for a watch in front of Mr. Frank."
There was objection to this question Solicitor Dorsey announced that he was […]
DEFENSE BEGINS ATTACK ON JIM CONLEY'S STORY
[…] through with his direct examination.
WHERE HE WORKED.
Before the cross-examination could begin, the solicitor asked "How long did you work for the National Pencil company?"
"A little over two years."
"How old are you?"
"Twenty-seven years old."
"Whom did you work for before you worked for Frank?"
"For Mr. Palmer."
"How long did you work for him?"
[Multiple question and answers are illegible]
"Whom did you work for next?"
"W. S. Conies."
"How do you spell his name?"
"I don't know."
"You know how to spell. You read the newspapers, don't you?"
"No, sir."
"Yes, you do, don't you?"
"I made one trial and then quit. I couldn't read ‘em very well."
"You don't get any senses out of them, do you?"
"No, sir."
LESSON IN SPELLING.
Attorney Rosser assured the witness that he saw right then they'd get along pretty well together.
"You can make out some words in the newspaper, can't you?"
"Yes, sir, little words like ‘dis' and ‘dat.'"
"You see them a good deal in the newspapers, don't you?"
"Yes, sir."
"You can spell ‘dis' and ‘dat', can't you?"
"Yes, sir."
"Can you spell ‘coat?'"
"No, sir."
"Can you spell ‘collar?'"
"No, sir."
"Can you spell ‘shirt?'"
"Yes, sir, I can spell shirt."
"Can you spell ‘shoes?'"
"Yes, sir."
Can you spell ‘cat?'"
"Yes, sir."
Well, how do you spell cat, with a "c" or "k?"
[several words illegible] laugh followed when the witness replied unhesitatingly "K."
[Multiple questions and answers illegible]
USUALLY AWAY AT 11.
Attorney Rosser questioned him again where he had worked, about his past life, etc. The negro answered promptly each time, but his answers were not always definite.
"Who employed you at the pencil factory?" asked Mr. Rosser.
"Mr. Herbert Schiff."
"Who paid you off there?"
"Mr. Schiff, sometimes, Mr. Gantt sometimes, Mr. Frank sometimes."
"You say Frank paid you off?"
"Yes, sir."
"How many times?"
"I don't know, sir. Two or three times."
"How long since Frank paid you off?"
"Two or three months."
"Well, which was it? What date?"
"I don't remember."
Conley said that he seldom drew his [1 word illegible] himself; that usually he got one of the other negro boys around the factory to draw it for him. Usually he got away from the factory about 11 o'clock on Saturdays.
"[words illegible] your custom to have somebody else draw your money?"
"Yes, sir."
"You were always in debt, weren't you, Jim, and you didn't want the other boys to see you get your money [words illegible] leave to pay them what you owed them?"
OWED OTHERS.
"Sometimes I owed some of the other boys and sometimes they owed me."
"Sometimes you went out by the door, didn't you, Jim, on Saturdays?"
"The reason you didn't collect your money was because you owed the boys and you couldn't spare it?"
"Sometimes I owed them and sometimes they owed me. I wanted to collect what was owing to me before I paid what I owed."
"That was your reason for not drawing your money?"
"I didn't want the boys to see what I got."
"Why?"
"Because I got so little."
"Well, what did you get?"
"Six dollars and 75 cents a week."
"Well, what did Snowball get?"
"He got $6.75."
"Well, who got more than you did?"
"Walter Pride got $12 a week, and Joe Pride, his brother, got $12.40."
"How do you know?"
"They told me so. We had some arguments about what we got, and they told me so."
"Well, did you tell them what you got?"
"No, sir. It wasn't none of their business."
Attorney Rosser questioned the negro about the wages of other negroes, but Conley stated that he did not know what pay they received.
"Well, you were trying to hide from Walter Pride what you got?"
"Not specially."
"Walter waited around for you, didn't he?"
"Yes, sir."
"And that's the reason you wouldn't stay for your pay?"
"Yes, sir."
"Did Joe Pride ever have anything to do with you?"
"Yes, sir."
"You got your pay in sealed envelopes, didn't you?"
"Yes, sir."
"Well, how would they know what you got?"
"If I opened the envelopes to pay them, they could see."
"Then it was because you were ashamed. You didn't want anybody to know what you got?"
"No, sir, I wanted them to pay me, and then I'd pay them. When I owed any of the boys, I usually took them to a beer saloon and spent twice as much on them as I owed them."
DRANK UP DEBTS.
"Uh-huh. Then it was your custom to pay what you owed, and then spend twice as much on the man as you owed him?"
"No, sir, I'd just agree with them to take out that way. I'd rather do that way. We'd find out what we owed each other and I'd say let's drink it up."
"Then you'd take ‘em to the beer saloon and settle your debts that way?"
"No, sir, if I happened to meet ‘em there or they came in while I was there, I'd buy the beer."
"Then you'd try to get out before they saw you?"
"Yes, sir, if I could."
"Did you ever owe Joe Pride anything?"
"No, sir."
"Did Walter Pride ever drink with you?"
"Yes, sir."
"That's the way you paid him what you owed him?"
"Yes, sir."
"How many times did you pay him that way?"
"I don't know, sir."
"Can you remember the days?"
"No, sir."
"Then the reason you didn't collect your wages was because you didn't want to pay these men you owed or wanted to get a chance to settle on a drinking basis?"
"No, sir, if I met them there or they came in, why we'd drink some beer."
"What time does the night watchman come to the factory on Saturdays?"
"I never saw him come or go on Saturdays."
"Did he punch any clock?"
"I don't know, sir."
"You say you saw the colored night watchman, Newt Lee?"
"No, sir, I never saw him."
"Well, which night watchman was it you saw?"
"Mr. Kendricks and his father, who was the night watchman before Newt Lee."
"How many times did you see young Kendricks come and get his money on Saturdays?"
"Lots of times."
"What time did he get his money?"
"I don't know just when he got his money, but I saw him leaving when I'd come back to work about 2 o'clock."
"Then that was his habit, to come and get his money about 2 o'clock?"
"I don't know."
"Well, give us the dates when you saw him at the factory about 2 o'clock."
"I don't remember them."
"Whom did he get money from?"
"From Mr. Frank."
"Did you ever see the elder Kendricks there on Saturday to get his money?"
"No, sir."
"But you saw young Kendricks?"
"Yes sir, often."
"Can you spell ‘quite often'?"
"No, sir."
"Do you know Newt Lee, the negro nightwatchman?"
"No, sir."
ANOTHER WATCHMAN.
"Well, who was the night watchman before Newt Lee?"
"Young Mr. Kendricks."
"Well, did you ever know any other night watchman there besides the Kendricks man and Newt Lee?"
"Yes, sir, there was another man watched about two months after I came there. He was a white man."
"What was his name?"
"I don't know, sir."
"What time did you say they paid off on Saturdays?"
"Sometimes 12, sometimes 12:15, sometimes 12:30."
"How long did old man Holloway stay there?"
"He stayle [sic] till about 2:30."
"You don't know when the night watchman came on?"
"No, sir."
"You said something about watching for Frank. When was the first time you watched for him?"
"Alone?"
"Alon[e] or with anybody else."
"Some time last summer."
"Well, what time last summer?"
"About July."
"Was he alone or was somebody with him?"
"Someone was with him."
"You say Frank sometimes called you to the office?"
"Yes, sir, I'd be out sweeping, and Mr. Frank would come out and call me into the office."
"Well, when was that—on Saturdays?"
"Yes, sir."
"Well, what did Frank want with you?"
"Sometimes he'd call me in to talk abut work."
"Well, when was the first time he called you in to talk about work?"
"Shortly after I went to work at the factory."
"Was this on Saturday?"
"Yes, sir."
"What time was it?"
"About 3 o'clock."
"Well, what time did you get back to the factory on Saturdays from lunch?"
"About 1:30 or 2 o'clock and I stayed till about 4."
"Well, you always punched the clock?"
"No, sir, I never rang the clock much. They always had to get after me about that."
ABOUT HIS PAY.
"Well, how would they know what to pay you, when you didn't punch the clock? How would they know when you worked?"
"They'd see me there and they'd ask me."
"How much did you get a day?"
"A dollar and 10 cents."
"You were paid by the hour, weren't you?"
"Yes, sir."
"How much did you get an hour?"
"Eleven cents."
"Well, how would they know how many hours you worked if you didn't punch the clock? How could they tell what to pay you?"
"I punched sometimes, but I didn't always punch."
"It was the rule to punch the clock, wasn't it?"
"Yes, sir."
"If you didn't work, you weren't paid, were you?"
"Yes, sir, sometimes Mr. Frank would come out and say to that he didn't take it out of my pay."
"Who heard Mr. Frank tell you this?"
"I don't know, sir, if anybody did."
"You punched the clock when you came to work in the morning?"
"Yes, sir."
"And it was your duty to punch it when you went out?"
"Yes, sir, but I didn't always do it."
"Who got after you about not punching the clock?"
"Mr. Frank and Mr. Schiff got after me about it."
"How did they know you didn't punch?"
"They could tell by the slips."
"What did you say when they got after you?"
"I told ‘em I tried to punch."
"Then you tried to fool them?"
"No, sir, sometimes I tried to punch, sometimes I didn't."
"If you are paid by time, how did they know how much to pay you?"
"I don't know, sir. They saw me there and they'd ask me about it."
"Was everybody in the factory paid according to the punches?"
"I don't know."
"Well, how would they know what to pay you, Jim, if you didn't punch the clock?"
"They'd see me around there and if they didn't they'd ask me if I was there."
"Yes, sir, they would pay me in full if I punched at 7 o'clock in the morning," the negro replied to a question.
"Some times they would ask me if I had been there all day."
"Well, Jim," said Mr. Rosser, "suppose you now tell about that first time in July. Who was that man?"
"It was a Mr. Dalton."
Mr. Rosser did not catch the name, and shouted Dawson, and the negro replied, almost in a shout, "No, Dalton."
"Well, who was that other young lady?"
"If she is here and will stand up I will show her to you, but I don't know her name. The detectives, though, they know her name."
"Well, don't you even know where she lives?"
"Yes, sir, she lives on West Hunter street, near Haynes street."
"What about this other girl?"
"Miss Daisy Hopkins—she worked on the fourth floor."
"What time was it they came that first time?"
"About 3 or 3:30 in the afternoon."
"What were you doing?" asked the attorney.
"I was sweeping when they came in, but Mr. Frank called me to his office, and asked if I wanted to make a piece of money and then he told me to watch the door for him."
"I went down and watched, and pretty soon that young lady went out and she came back with a man, Mr. Dalton.
HE OPENED TRAP DOOR.
"Then they went upstairs and I heard them walk into Mr. Frank's office. They stayed about ten or fifteen minutes and then the young lady and Mr. Dalton came out, and the young lady says, ‘All right, James,' and then I took them back and opened the trap door and they went down the ladder to the basement."
"Who told you to open that door, Jim? Did she tell you?"
"No, sir, Mr. Frank had told me when he was talking with me."
The witness declared that he had no idea of the length of time the couple stayed in the basement, but said that he waited near the trap door and opened it for them to come up.
In answer to questions he then declared that Dalton went on out and the girl went upstairs, and after waiting at the head of the stairs for several minutes, went into the office. A little later she and Miss Hopkins came down, and it was considerably later that Frank left the office, he said.
Mr. Dalton, he said, gave him a quarter, and Mr. Frank gave him another as he was leaving. The witness said that the girls left about 4:30 o'clock.
The witness was told by the cross-examiner to narrate the events of the next visit of women to the factory, which Conley said was on a Saturday about 2 weeks late. At that time Conley declared that Frank came up to him early in the morning and told him that he "Wanted to put him wise" for the afternoon.
Frank returned to the office about 21:5 that afternoon, he said, and shortly after he went into the office Mr. Holloway left.
Some time later, the negro declared, Miss Daisy Hopkins came in, and he followed her up the steps and saw her go into the office.
NOT SURE OF TIME.
Frank snappepd [sic] his fingers at him, he declares, and bowed his head. Then he went down and watched at the front door and Frank gave him 50 cents after the girl had left.
"Now, tell about the next time—Thanksgiving," Mr. Rosser said to the negro.
"No, sir, it was not Thanksgiving," said the negro. It was before Thanksgiving, early in the winter."
"When was it?"
"About the middle of August."
"Oh, yes," said Mr. Rosser, "it was pretty cold that day, wasn't it?"
The negro saw the trap and neatly dodged it.
"No, sir, it was not cold."
"Well, it was winter—it was sorter cold?"
"No, I can't say it was cold," Conley answered.
"Well, that morning," he continued, "Mr. Frank told me he wanted to put me wise again for that afternoon."
"Oh, yes," interrupted Rosser, "he used that same word every time, didn't he?"
The negro said that he did that time and the other time, but was not sure he used it after every time he spoke of the matter.
DESCRIBES HER HAIR.
"What was this woman's hair like?" asked Attorney Rosser.
After looking around the court room the negro replied: "It was like Mr. Hooper's."
"You seem to know Hooper well. How is that?"
"Well, he talked to me once or twice."
"It is gray like Hooper's?"
"If that is gray, it was."
"What sort of clothes did she wear?"
"She had on a green suit."
"Now, let's take Daisy Hopkins," said Attorney Rosser. "What did she wear?"
"The first time she came she wore a black skirt and a white shirt waist."
"What did she wear the second time?"
"The same thing."
"Did you ever speak to her around the factory?"
"No, sir, she didn't know me."
"You've been there two years. And do you mean to tell me that everybody around there don't know Jim Conley?"
"Lots of them don't know me."
"Who are some of them?"
"I don't know, but there's lots of them."
Attorney Rosser then questioned Conley about last Thanksgiving day, when he said he again acted as look-out for Frank. Conley said that he had waited near the door until the woman came. He said he got to the factory about 8 or 8:30 o'clock and that she entered about half an hour later."
"Did you know her?"
"No, sir, I never saw her since. I saw her in Mr. Frank's office about three days before that."
"Was it the same week?"
"I don't know. It was some time near Thanksgiving though."
"What time was that?"
"About 8 o'clock in the evening."
"What were you doing there so late?"
"I was stacking some boxes upstairs."
"How was she dressed?"
"I think she had on black clothes. I don't remember exactly."
"How was her face?"
"O, she was good looking."
"Now, on this Thanksgiving morning, you closed the door after her?"
"Yes, sir."
TWO STAMPS THE SIGNAL.
"And you say when Mr. Frank stamped his foot you locked the door after her?"
"Yes, sir. When Mr. Frank stamped I closed the door."
"Was there any signal? How many times was he to stamp?"
"Twice."
"It wasn't three, was it?"
"No, sir. It was twice. And then I was to kick the door of the elevator twice."
"What did you do after that?"
"I sat on the box."
"How long?"
"About an hour and a half it seemed to me."
"And then she came down?"
"No, Mr. Frank came down. He said ‘is everything all right?' and then he opened the door and looked up and down the street and then called to her, ‘All right.' And she came down and they walked to the door and as they passed me the woman looked at me and said, ‘Is that the nigger?' and Mr. Frank said, ‘Yes, that is the best nigger I ever saw.'"
"Did she say that to you?" queried Attorney Rosser.
"No," replied the black, "she was talking to Mr. Frank."
WENT TO BEER SALOON.
In answer to other questions by Attorney Rosser he said that Frank had called him up to his office and gave him $1.25.
"Where did you go when you left there?" asked the defense's lawyer.
"Well, I went to the near-beer saloon."
Conley, then, in detail, described the dress worn by the woman, repeating almost exactly his former description.
"Now, when was the next time you watched?" asked Attorney Rosser.
"O, that was long after Thanksgiving. It was after Christmas. It was about the middle of January."
"How do you know?"
"Well, it was sometime after the first of the year."
"When did you first talk about that with Mr. Frank?"
"I don't remember, but Mr. Frank told me that there would be a young man and two ladies there and to let them in. That morning after I had waited awhile a man and two ladies came to the door.
"What time did they come?"
"About half past two or three."
"And they came in?"
"No, sir. The young man came in but the young ladies stayed out there."
"Did you know the man?"
"No, sir."
"Well, describe the young ladies."
"I don't remember what they wore."
"How did the man look?"
"Well, he was tall."
"Had you ever seen him before?"
"I saw him talking to Mr. Holloway one day by the elevator."
Court adjourned at 12:35 with Conley still on the stand. He was still calm and composed as he walked out of the court room between Chi[e]f of Police Beavers and Chief of Detectives Lanford. He was taken across the street to Solicitor Dorsey's office.
WOMEN EXCLUDED.
Just before court convened, Judge L. S. Roan ordered the court bailiffs to exclude all women from the court room. About 175 were put out.
"I am doing this," said the judge, "on account of the character of the evidence that will be brought out this afternoon."
Numbers of men had not been able to find room in the court on account of the women being given first preference in the admission arrangements. The eviction of the women, whose interest in the trial has been intent notwithstanding its revolting details in some particulars, left room for men who were there waiting in line to take their places.
Within two minutes after the women had been excluded from the court, the seats were filled entirely again, men replacing them.
The only women remaining in the court were Mrs. Rae Frank, mother of the accused, and Mrs. Leo M. Frank, his wife.
James Conley was put back on the stand.
Attorney Rosser asked the negro what he had done during the noon hour.
"Did anybody see you at headquarters besides Chief Beavers?"
"Yes, Mr. Starnes and Mr. Campbell and my lawyer and the turnkey."
"Did the turnkey hear what your lawyer said to you?"
"Yes, sir."
RESUMES EXAMINATION.
"Did anybody besides Chief Beavers come back to your cell during the noon rest?"
"Chief Beavers didn't come back," replied the negro.
Attorney Rosser resumed his cross examination.
"We were talking about that day in January that you say you watched for Frank. Now was there any other time that you say you watched for him in January?"
"No, sir."
"What was the date in January that you watched for him?"
"I don't remember the date."
"Now, Jim, about that time in the middle of July, when you said you watched for him, what did you do the Saturday before that?"
"I don't recollect."
WHEN HE WAS "LOOK-OUT."
"What did you do the Saturday afterwards?"
"I don't recollect."
"Anything happen the Saturday after that?"
"I watched for him again on the second Saturday."
"Well, what did you do the Saturday after that?"
"I don't remember."
"Well, the Saturday after that?"
"I don't know."
"Along about the first of August I did some watching for him."
"Well, Jim, you say you watched for him about the first of July, about the middle of July, and about the first of August?"
"Yes, sir."
"When was the next time you watched for him?"
"Thanksgiving day."
"Now, what did you do the Saturday before Thanksgiving?"
"I don't know."
"What did you do the Saturday after Thanksgiving?"
"I don't know."
"Well, what did you do the next Saturday?"
"I did some more watching. I think that was when it was. It was about the last of September?"
"Yes, sir."
SEPTEMBER AFTER THANKSGIVING.
"September, after Thanksgiving?"
"Yes, sir."
"You don't remember any of these dates, Jim?"
"No, sir."
"How much money did you get the first Saturday you watched for him, Jim?"
"I don't remember."
"Did you draw it yourself?"
"I don't remember."
"What time did you come to the factory that Saturday morning?"
"I don't know what time it was."
"What time did you go home?"
"I don't know."
SPECTATORS "LINE UP."
Applicants for places as spectators at the Frank trial Monday morning were made to "line up," single file, like ticket purchasers at a world's series baseball game. The line started at the court hours door, beginning with a man who had been there since 6:30 o'clock, and turned the corner into Hunter street and stretched far back along that block toward the state capitol.
There were 250 seats available for the public in the court room.
One might suppose that the applicants would have "numbered off," and that all beyond the 250 mark could have gone away discouraged to their day's business.
But not so. There is no such word as "nothing doing" in the bright lexicon of the Frank trial spectator. Nobody counted, and all stayed.
MANY WOMEN.
Even while the line was forming, about 100 of the seats were appropriated at once by members of the gentler sex. The deputies, instructed to that effect, opened the doors to the waiting women, well realizing that no official yet ever has succeeded in making any women stand in line anywhere—from stamp window to ticket window. It's against the nature of the sex. So the women were admitted, while the line of men grew longer and longer; and the women sat themselves comfortably down in about 100 of the choice seats in the court room.
That left 150 seats for the several hundreds standing outside.
L. O. Grice, a stenographer for W. H. Smith, auditor of the Atlanta and West Point railway, was the first witness. He lives at 270 Houston street.
"Did you visit the National Pencil factory Sunday morning, April 27?" asked Solicitor Dorsey.
"Yes, I had just read an extra and I walked by there and saw a lot of people. I entered and went upstairs. There were about eight men up there."
"Did any of them attract your attention?"
"Yes. Three of them. I knew Officers Black and Lanford by sight."
"And who else attracted your attention?"
"There was a small man who attracted my attention by his nervousness—not when we were upstairs but when we were at the back door. I did not know him then."
"Was it this defendant—there?" asked the solicitor, pointing to Leo M. Frank.
"Yes."
"Describe what he did and what he said."
"He was looking for a pin."
The witness got up and moved about, looking from place to place and shaking his hands, giving a good imitation of a very nervous man.
The solicitor announced that he was through with the witness.
NEW WITNESS IN CASE.
Attorney Rosser cross examined the witness.
The attorney strove to gain the admission from Grice that others were nervous.
"Detective Black saw what you saw, didn't he?"
"I don't know."
"Well, he had an opportunity to see what you saw, didn't he?"
"Yes, I suppose so."
"How many other men were out in front?"
"I don't know. I don't remember any others."
"When were you called as a witness in this case?"
"Saturday."
"After the jury had been empanneled the trial was in progress a week?"
"Yes."
"How did you come to testify?"
"Well, my friends advised me to tell what I knew. I didn't consider it of importance until last Friday."
"And you went to Solicitor Dorsey's office uninvited and of your own accord?"
"Yes, sir, last Saturday."
"What did you say Frank was looking for?"
"A p-i-n or p-e-n. I don't know which."
"You didn't know Frank before that morning, did you? You'd never seen him?"
"No, sir."
"You didn't know anything about his habits, then, did you?"
"No, sir."
"You knew that Frank had just learned that a little girl had been murdered in his factory, didn't you?"
"No, sir."
"Didn't the detectives point out the places where the girl was murdered, to him and to others there?"
"Yes, sir."
HAD READ THE PAPERS.
"Wasn't there blood on the sawdust under the place where the body was found?"
"No, sir. I didn't see any blood."
"And you saw Frank walk out there and tremble, and didn't consider it important then?"
"Yes. I'm not trained in such matters. I didn't know my testimony was important until I got to reading the newspapers this week."
Solicitor Dorsey took the witness again and asked one question.
"Did you tremble as much as Frank or less?"
"I don't remember that I trembled any."
Police Sergeant L. S. Dobbs was recalled to the stand.
NEW EVIDENCE.
Replying to questions from Solicitor Dorsey, the witness stated that he had found a bloody handkerchief in the basement about 40 feet from the body toward the rear, near a sawdust pile, on Sunday morning after the murder. Witness testified a bloody handkerchief handed to him by the solicitor as the one he had found. It is a small linen handkerchief and is bloody around two edges of it as if it might have been folded when the blood got on it.
Attorney Rosser cross examined the witness.
"When did you find this handkerchief?"
"About 10 or 15 minutes after I saw the body?"
"Where was it?"
"It was on the left hand side, back toward the rear, and about 10 feet from the body."
"The sawdust is in a bin, is it not?"
"I didn't notice."
"It breaks over and scatters around the basement, doesn't it?"
"I never noticed."
"Well, you saw some sawdust by the body?"
"Yes."
"How far away from the body did you find that handkerchief?"
"About ten feet beyond her feet."
"Toward the rear."
"Yes."
FLASHLIGHT PHOTO.
At this point Solicitor Dorsey submitted a flashlight picturing the southwestern end of the basement, showing the whole scene where the body was found, the sawdust bin, etc.
Mr. Rosser took the picture from the witness' hand and after glancing at it smiled broadly and asked, "You recognize the handsome countenance of my friend Black in this picture, do you not?"
"Yes, I recognize him."
Attorney Rosser and the witness examined the photograph together for a moment.
Solicitor Dorsey at this point rendered the bloody handkerchief as evidence. Mr. Rosser inquired of the witness if this handkerchief "when you found it was bloody just as you see it here."
"It was," answered the witness.
"Was it crushed up or spread out?"
"I don't remember."
"Was it soiled like it is now?"
"Yes, sir."
The handkerchief went in evidence.
Sergeant Dobbs was excused, and Solicitor Dorsey recalled Mell Stanford, an employe of the pencil factory.
MYSTERIOUS DOOR.
Solicitor Dorsey pointed on the diagram of the factory to the door leading from the third floor to the second floor in rear, and asked,
"Was or was it not that door closed on Friday when you left there?"
"There was a bar across it. I put it there."
"Was there any other way to get from the third floor to the second floor except by that door and the other stairs by the office?"
"Only by the fire escape."
The solicitor pointed to the area on the diagram where the bloody stick is supposed to have been found and where Jim Conley is supposed to have been sitting.
"Was that the area cleaned up after the tragedy and prior to May 12?"
"It was cleaned up during the week after the killing."
Attorney Rosser cross-examined the witness.
"What sore of a bar was there?"
"A wood bar."
"Did you do the cleaning on the first floor?"
"No, but I saw it done."
"Did you stay there all the time?"
"No, just a part of the time."
"Who did the work?"
"Some negroes. I don't know who they are."
Witness was excused, and W. H. Gheesling was recalled. He is an undertaker connected with the P. J. Bloomfield company.
"I want to ask you about curtains hanging across the doorway of the room where the body was. Were there any?"
"There were a raincoat and a bath robe and another small coat hanging there on the side of the door."
"What appearance did that give?"
"The appearance of a curtain."
"You didn't want to give your ingredients in your embalming fluid the other day. Will you tell me if formaldehyde is an ingredient?"
"Yes, sir. I'll state that it is about 8 per cent formaldehyde."
REMOVED CONGESTION.
The solicitor surrendered the witness for cross-examination. Attorney Rosser said, "There, now. I didn't want to go into that at all. I thought we'd settled that matter. I don't think you've got a right to go into one ingredient and not the rest of them."
Judge Roan asked the solicitor as to the relevancy of the point.
"It is made exceedingly important by the questioning of the defense. They have made it relevant. I want to show that the formaldehyde removed a congestion of the lungs so that there was no trace of the actual cause of her death."
"It's unfair," declared Mr. Rosser. "I'm willing to go into all the ingredients of this fluid, or none of them."
"Mr. Gheesling, is there any embalming fluid that you ever heard of that hasn't formaldehyde in it?" asked the solicitor.
"That's about right. It's there in 90 per cent of them anyhow."
The solicitor explained to the court, "He didn't want to publish it. He might give this prescription to Mr. Rosser and Mr. Arnold secretly and then it wouldn't get in the papers and be scattered broadcast."
"Yes, sir, and I want it right now," spoke up Mr. Rosser.
Gheesling said, "I'll consent to that."
GIVES RESCRIPTION [sic].
At the whispered dictation of Cheesling, the witness put it into the court records, with Solicitor Dorsey and Attorneys Arnold and Rosser bending over him.
Attorney Rosser took up his cross examination.
"When Mr. Black and Mr. Frank and Mr. Boots Rogers were in the room where the body was that morning, didn't you point out the scar on the girl's head, and didn't you show a place where her clothes were torn?"
"I don't remember doing that. I don't remember showing anybody anything about the body until 9 o'clock that morning."
Attorney Rosser asked a number of questions rapidly about the coats being in the doorway, etc., apparently in an effort to make the witness admit that Frank did not see the body of the murdered girl.
The witness was excused then.
Solicitor Dorsey re-called Mrs. J. Arthur White, but Mrs. White did not answer. The solicitor explained that she had been notified early Monday morning but primarily had been delayed for a good reason, and that she would be put on the stand later.
* * *
- Monday, 28th April 1913, J. M. Gantt is Arrested on His Arrival in Marietta; He Visited Factory Saturday, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Monday, 28th April 1913 Police Think Negro Watchman Can Clear Murder Mystery; Four Are Now Under Arrest, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Monday, 28th April 1913 Coroner’s Jury Visits Scene of Murder and Adjourns Without Rendering Verdict, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Monday, 28th April 1913 “God’s Vengeance Will Strike Brute Who Killed Her,” Says Grandfather of Mary Phagan, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Monday, 28th April 1913 Man Held for Girl’s Murder Avows He Was With Another When Witness Saw Him Last, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Monday, 28th April 1913 Strand of Hair in Machine on Second Floor May Be Clew Left by Mary Phagan, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Monday, 28th April 1913 Thousands Visit Morgue to View Girl’s Body, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Monday, 28th April 1913 Two Maundering Notes Add Mystery to Crime, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 16th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, 29th April 1913 Bloody Thumb Print is Found on Door, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 17th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, 29th April 1913 Gantt's Release Asked in Habeas Corpus Writ, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 17th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, 29th April 1913 L. M. Frank, Factory Superintendent, Detained By Police, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 17th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, 29th April 1913 State Offers $200 Reward; City Will Follow With $1,000 For Mary Phagans Murderer, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 17th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, 29th April 1913 Stepfather Thinks Negro is Murderer, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 17th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, 29th April 1913 Three Handwriting Experts Say Negro Wrote the Two Notes Found by Body of Girl, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 17th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, 29th April 1913 Where Was Mary Phagan on Saturday Afternoon? The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 17th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, 29th April 1913 Witnesses Positive Murdered Girl Was Same Who Created Scene at the Terminal Station on Friday, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 17th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Business Men Protest Sensational “Extras”, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 19th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Hearing for Gantt at 3 P.M. Wednesday, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 19th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Mary Phagan at Home Last Friday, Says Mother, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 19th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Negro Watchman Tells Story of Finding Girl’s Body and Questions Fail to Shake Him, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 19th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Negro Watchman Wrote Note Found Beside Dead Girl, Experts Declare, After Seeing Franks Handwriting, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 19th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Reward of $1,000 is Appropriated by City, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 19th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Says He Punched Time Clock on Wrong Number, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 19th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Use of Dictaphone on Frank and Negro is Denied by Police, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 19th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Thursday, 1st May 1913 Detectives Eliminate Evidence in Conflict with Theory that Phagan Girl Never Left Factory, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 19th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Thursday, 1st May 1913 Did Murderer Seek to Burn Slain Girls Body, and Did the Watchman Interrupt Him? The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 19th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 2nd May 1913 Solicitor Dorsey is Making Independent Probe of Phagan Case, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 19th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Saturday, 3rd May 1913 Detectives Confer With Coroner and Solicitor Dorsey, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 19th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Sunday, 4th May 1913 Girl in Red Dress May Furnish Clue to Phagan Mystery, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 19th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Monday, 5th May 1913, Coroner’s Inquest Resumed 2:30 p.m., Leo Frank Will Testify, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 19th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, 6th May 1913, Leo Max Frank’s Complete Story of Where He Was and What He Did on Day of Mary Phagan Murder, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 19th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, 6th May 1913 Paul Bowen, Held in Houston, Known Here But Left Atlanta in October, Hasn’t Been Back, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 19th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, 6th May 1913, Pictures of Fifty Girls Found in Search of Bowens Trunk, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 19th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, 6th May 1913 Story of Paul Bowens Arrest as Told by Associated Press, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 19th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 7th May 1913 Bowen Given Liberty, Makes Full Statement, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 21st, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 7th May 1913 Fourteen Houston Policemen Fired on Bowen’s Account, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 21st, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 7th May, 1913, Two New Witnesses in Phagan Mystery to Testify Thursday, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 21st, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Thursday, 8th May 1913 J. L. Watkins Says He Did Not See Phagan Child on Day of Tragedy, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 21st, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Thursday, 8th May 1913 Lemmie Quinn Grilled by Coroner Paul Donehoo But He Sticks to His Statement, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 21st, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Thursday, 8th May 1913 Miss Daisy Jones Convinces Jury She Was Mistaken for Mary Phagan, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 21st, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Thursday, 8th May 1913 Miss Hattie Hall, Stenographer, Left Pencil Factory at Noon, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 21st, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Thursday, 8th May 1913 Mr. Frank’s Treatment of Girls Unimpeachable, Says Miss Hall, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 21st, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Thursday, 8th May 1913, Phagan Inquest in Session; Six Witnesses are Examined Before Adjournment to 2:30 O'Clock, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 21st, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Thursday, 8th May 1913 Stains on Shirt Were Not Made While Shirt Was Being Worn, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 21st, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 9th May 1913 Character Witnesses are Called in the Case by City Detectives [Last Updated On: December 24th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 9th May 1913 Coroner Donehoo Points Out the Law to the Jurors [Last Updated On: December 24th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 9th May 1913 Detective Harry Scott’s Testimony as Given Before Coroner’s Jury [Last Updated On: December 24th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 9th May 1913 Detective John Black Tells the Jury His Views on the Phagan Case [Last Updated On: December 24th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 9th May 1913 Here is Testimony of Witnesses Given at the Final Session of Coroner’s Jury in Phagan Case [Last Updated On: December 24th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 9th May 1913 Investigation Just Begun Says Detective Lanford [Last Updated On: December 24th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 9th May 1913 Newt Lee Tells of the Talk He Had in the Police Station [Last Updated On: December 24th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 9th May 1913 Superintendent Frank is Once More Put on Witness Stand [Last Updated On: December 24th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 9th May 1913 With Two Men Held in Tower, Mystery of Murder Deepens [Last Updated On: December 27th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Saturday, 10th May 1913 Public Now Knows All Facts in Murder Case, Say Detectives [Last Updated On: December 28th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Sunday, 11th May 1913 City Detectives Theory of Phagan Murder Outlined [Last Updated On: December 28th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Sunday, 11th May 1913 Grand Jury to Consider Phagan Case This Week [Last Updated On: December 28th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Monday, 12th May 1913 Rumor That Frank Married in Brooklyn Not True, Says Eagle [Last Updated On: December 28th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, 13th May 1913 Solicitor Dorsey is Working New Theory in Phagan Mystery [Last Updated On: December 28th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 14th May 1913 New Theory Fails to Change Course of Murder Probe [Last Updated On: December 28th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Thursday, 15th May 1913 No Phagan Trial Before Last of June Declares Solicitor [Last Updated On: December 28th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 16th May 1913 Books and Papers in Phagan Case in Grand Jurys Hands [Last Updated On: December 28th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Saturday, 17th May 1913 Phagan Case Will Go To Grand Jury in Present Form [Last Updated On: January 1st, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Sunday, 18th May 1913 Phagan Theory is Unchanged After Three Weeks’ Probe [Last Updated On: January 1st, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Monday, 19th May 1913 Burns Investigator Outlines His Theory of Phagan Murder [Last Updated On: January 1st, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, 20th May 1913 Phagan Case Goes to the Grand Jury in Present Form [Last Updated On: January 1st, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 21st May 1913 Finger Print Expert Works With Dorsey to Solve Mystery [Last Updated On: January 1st, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Thursday, 22nd May 1913 Phagan Case Will Go to Grand Jury at 10 A. M. Friday [Last Updated On: January 1st, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 23rd May 1913 Col. Felder Confirmed His Offer in a Midnight Conversation by Telephone, Says A. S. Colyar [Last Updated On: January 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 23rd May 1913 Col. Felder Denies Offering $1,000 or Any Other Sum for Affidavit Held by Detectives [Last Updated On: January 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 23rd May 1913 Detective R. S. Ozburn Swears to Phone Talk [Last Updated On: January 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 23rd May 1913 Dictograph Set by Detectives to Trap Col. Thos. B. Felder; Here is the Dictograph Record [Last Updated On: January 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 23rd May 1913 Febuary and Colyar Swear That Felder Offered Big Bribe [Last Updated On: January 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 23rd May 1913 Here is Coleman Affidavit Which Officers Say Col. Felder Offered to Purchase for the Sum of $1,000 [Last Updated On: January 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 23rd May 1913 How Dictograph Was Installed in Williams House No. 2 to Trap Colonel Thomas B. Felder [Last Updated On: January 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Charlie C. Jones Shown by Dictograph to Have Been Foxy; Detective Miles Talks Freely [Last Updated On: January 11th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Chief Lanford Replies to Col. T. B. Felder [Last Updated On: January 11th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Dirty Gang Filled Out Record or Else Fooled Dictograph Mayor Woodward. [Last Updated On: January 11th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Dorsey Steers Clear of Felder Controversy [Last Updated On: January 11th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Franks Attorneys Make No Comment [Last Updated On: January 11th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Graft and Corruption are Charged to City Detectives and Police by Col. T. B. Felder [Last Updated On: January 11th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Leo M. Frank is Indicted by Grand Jury for Mary Phagans Death; Negro, Newt Lee Held [Last Updated On: January 11th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Negro Sweeper Tells Officer Frank Asked Him to Write Some Notes Day Before Tragedy [Last Updated On: January 11th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Newt Lee Will Give Convicting Evidence Attorney Indicates [Last Updated On: January 11th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 Residents of Bellwood Ask The Journal to Say That Mr. Felder Was Not Employed by Them [Last Updated On: January 11th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 The Journals Big Story of Dictograph and Alleged Bribe Has Stirred the Whole City [Last Updated On: January 11th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Saturday, 24th May 1913 (Evening Edition) We Have Enough Votes if We Get the Evidence, the Mayor is Quoted by the Dictograph (Atlanta Journal, The) [Last Updated On: January 11th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Sunday, 25th May 1913 Chief Lanford Calls Felders Charges False [Last Updated On: January 13th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Sunday, 25th May 1913 Citizens Deny Authority for Using Their Names [Last Updated On: January 13th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Sunday, 25th May 1913 Colyar Imputes Arrest to Felder Conspiracy [Last Updated On: January 13th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Sunday, 25th May 1913 Colyar Tells Where He and Col Felder Ought to be for Good of Society [Last Updated On: January 13th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Sunday, 25th May 1913 Felder is the Mouthpiece of the Vice Gang, Declares Chief of Police Jas. L. Beavers [Last Updated On: January 13th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Sunday, 25th May 1913 Here Are Affidavits Submitted by Col. Felder [Last Updated On: January 13th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Sunday, 25th May 1913 Lanford is the Controlling Genius of Conspiracy to Protect the Murderer of Little Mary Phagan [Last Updated On: January 13th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Sunday, 25th May 1913 State Didnt Show its Case to Secure Indictment Against Superintendent Leo M. Frank [Last Updated On: January 13th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Sunday, 25th May 1913 Woodward Hoots at the Idea of Plot to Oust Beavers [Last Updated On: January 13th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Sunday, 25th May 1913 You Went to Williams House Like a Lamb to the Slaughter, Colyar Tells Felder in Letter [Last Updated On: January 13th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Monday, 26th May 1913 Five Good Men Say if Charges Are Untrue, Says A. S. Colyar to Col. Felder [Last Updated On: January 22nd, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Monday, 26th May 1913 I Have No Proof of Bribery in Phagan Case, Says Chief [Last Updated On: January 22nd, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Monday, 26th May 1913 Thorough Probe of Charges Against Felder and Latters Charges Against Police Asked [Last Updated On: January 22nd, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Monday, 26th May 1913 Tobie Tried to Kidnap Incubator Baby, Says Topeka Police Official [Last Updated On: January 22nd, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, 27th May 1913 Col. Felder Ridicules Idea of Grand Jury Investigation of City Detectives Charges [Last Updated On: January 22nd, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, 27th May 1913 Felder Barely Missed Being Trapped by His Own Dictograph [Last Updated On: January 22nd, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 28th May 1913 Carl Hutcheson Again Attacks Chief Beavers [Last Updated On: January 22nd, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 28th May 1913 Conley Tells in Detail of Writing Notes on Saturday at Dictation of Mr. Frank [Last Updated On: January 22nd, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Thursday, 29th May 1913 A. S. Colyar Released From Bond on Thursday [Last Updated On: January 22nd, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Thursday, 29th May 1913 Chief Asks Hutcheson for Protected List [Last Updated On: January 22nd, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Thursday, 29th May 1913 Detectives Seek Corroboration of Conleys Story [Last Updated On: January 22nd, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Thursday, 29th May 1913 Former Pencil Worker Outlines His Theory [Last Updated On: January 22nd, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 30th May 1913 Conley, Taken to Factory, Shows Where Girl Was Found—How They Put Body in Basement [Last Updated On: January 22nd, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 30th May 1913 Conleys Confession is Given in Full [Last Updated On: January 22nd, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Saturday, 31st May 1913 Grand Jury Called to Meet Tuesday in Special Session [Last Updated On: January 22nd, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Sunday, 1st June 1913 Conleys Statement Analyzed From Two Different Angles [Last Updated On: January 24th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Sunday, 1st June 1913 Grand Jury Meeting Remains a Mystery [Last Updated On: January 24th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Sunday, 1st June 1913 Lanford Tells Why Conley Was Placed in Police Station [Last Updated On: January 24th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Monday, 2nd June 1913 Franks Defense is Outlined [Last Updated On: January 24th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Monday, 2nd June 1913 Grand Jury Ready to Investigate Charges [Last Updated On: January 24th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Monday, 2nd June 1913 Negro Girl is Arrested in Phagan Murder Case [Last Updated On: January 24th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, 3rd June 1913 Attorney Retained for Negro Servant at Franks Home [Last Updated On: January 24th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, 3rd June 1913 Grand Jury Told of Vice Conditions [Last Updated On: January 24th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 4th June 1913 Cook Is Released on Signing Paper [Last Updated On: January 24th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 4th June 1913 Felder Exonerates Beavers, But Says Lanford is Corrupt [Last Updated On: January 24th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 4th June 1913 L. M. Franks Trial Will Occur Week of June 30 [Last Updated On: January 24th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 4th June 1913 Sensational Affidavit Made by Minola MKnight, Negro Cook at Home of L. M. Frank [Last Updated On: January 24th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Thursday, 5th June 1913 Colyar Arrested Again on Knoxville Warrant [Last Updated On: January 26th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Thursday, 5th June 1913 Grand Jury Probe of Vice Conditions Finished Thursday [Last Updated On: January 26th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Thursday, 5th June 1913 Lanford and Felder Come Near Fighting [Last Updated On: January 26th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Thursday, 5th June 1913 My Husband is Innocent, Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank In First Public Statement [Last Updated On: January 26th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Thursday, 5th June 1913 Negros Affidavit Not Given Much Credence [Last Updated On: January 26th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 6th June 1913 A. S. Colyar Is Again Released From Custody [Last Updated On: January 26th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 6th June 1913 Conley Sticks to His Story; Declares Detective Chief [Last Updated On: January 26th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 6th June 1913 Jail Sentence for Woman Convicted in Vice Crusade [Last Updated On: January 26th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 6th June 1913 Probe of Grand Jury Goes Over One Week [Last Updated On: January 26th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Saturday, 7th June 1913 Torture Chamber Methods Charged in Getting Evidence [Last Updated On: January 26th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Sunday, 8th June 1913 Scathing Replies Made to Letters Attacking Them [Last Updated On: February 1st, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Sunday, 8th June 1913 Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank [Last Updated On: February 1st, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Sunday, 8th June 1913 Three Open Letters Given Out Saturday by Thos. B. Felder [Last Updated On: February 1st, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Monday, 9th June 1913 Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case [Last Updated On: February 1st, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, 10th June 1913 Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief [Last Updated On: February 1st, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 11th June 1913 Conley’s Status in Phagan Case May Be Changed Wednesday [Last Updated On: February 1st, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 11th June 1913 Gentry Now Says Dictograph Record Was Tampered With [Last Updated On: February 1st, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 11th June 1913 T. B. Felder Accounts for Subscriptions Received [Last Updated On: February 1st, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Thursday, 12th June 1913 Chief Beavers Unable to Locate Gentry [Last Updated On: February 1st, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Thursday, 12th June 1913 Courts Order May Result in Meeting of Negro and Frank [Last Updated On: February 1st, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 13th June 1913 Luther Z. Rosser Declares Detectives Dare Not Permit Jim Conley to Talk Freely [Last Updated On: February 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 13th June 1913 Solicitor H. M. Dorsey Wins in First Clash; L. Z. Rosser Declares Procedure a Farce [Last Updated On: February 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Saturday, 14th June 1913 Asks Jury to Resume Probe of Dictograph [Last Updated On: February 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Saturday, 14th June 1913 Solicitor H. M. Dorsey Leaves for New York [Last Updated On: February 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Sunday, 15th June 1913 Frank A. Hooper to Aid State in Frank Trial [Last Updated On: February 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Sunday, 15th June 1913 Gentry, Found by Journal, Says Notes Will Show Enough to Justify What Was Sworn To [Last Updated On: February 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Monday, 16th June 1913 Felder Leaves Atlanta on Trip to Cincinnati [Last Updated On: February 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Monday, 16th June 1913 Hooper Wants a Rest For Public From Case [Last Updated On: February 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, 17th June 1913 Guessers See a Mystery in Dorsey-Hooper Trips [Last Updated On: February 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 18th June 1913 Will Reuben R. Arnold Aid Frank’s Defense? [Last Updated On: February 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Thursday, 19th June 1913 Hooper Returns and Takes Up Phagan Case [Last Updated On: February 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 20th June 1913 Frank Case May Not Be Tried June 30 [Last Updated On: February 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Saturday, 21st June 1913 Date of Frank Trial Still In Much Doubt [Last Updated On: February 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Sunday, 22nd June 1913 Arnold Declares Frank Innocent and Enters Case [Last Updated On: February 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Sunday, 22nd June 1913 Rosser & Brandon Join With Slaton & Phillips [Last Updated On: February 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Monday, 23rd June 1913 Solicitor Will Fix Frank Trial for June 30, He Says [Last Updated On: February 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, 24th June 1913 July 28 Is Date Agreed Upon for Trial of Frank [Last Updated On: February 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 25th June 1913 Both Sides Are Ready for Trial of Frank [Last Updated On: February 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Thursday, 26th June 1913 Call of Cool Sea Breezes and Promise of Judge to His Wife, Secrets of Frank Trial Delay [Last Updated On: February 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Thursday, 26th June 1913 To Hold Frank Trial in the Old City Hall [Last Updated On: February 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 27th June 1913 Col. Felder and Chief Lanford Indicted [Last Updated On: February 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 27th June 1913 Hooper Sees Conley for the First Time [Last Updated On: February 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 27th June 1913 Seeking For a Phagan Suspect in Macon? [Last Updated On: February 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Saturday, 28th June 1913 Hooper and Goldstein Join Little & Powell [Last Updated On: February 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, 1st July 1913 Facts Do Not Indicate Indictment of Conley [Last Updated On: February 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Thursday, 3rd July 1913 Police Chief to Probe Vice Protection Charge [Last Updated On: February 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 4th July 1913 Lee’s Attorney Seeks to Gain His Release [Last Updated On: February 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 4th July 1913 Lee’s Lawyer Expects Delay in Frank Case [Last Updated On: February 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Saturday, 5th July 1913 Fight for Newt Lee’s Freedom is Delayed [Last Updated On: February 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Monday, 7th July 1913 Accused Policemen Will Face Commission Tuesday [Last Updated On: February 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Monday, 7th July 1913 Young Woman Tells Startling Story of Vice From “Inside” [Last Updated On: February 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, 8th July 1913 Girl to Tell Her Story of Vice to Recorder [Last Updated On: February 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, 8th July 1913 Newt Lee’s Attorneys Seeking His Freedom [Last Updated On: February 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 9th July 1913 Mary Phagan Pay Envelope Found [Last Updated On: February 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Thursday, 10th July 1913 Chief Traces Vice Conditions to Men; Promises Arrests [Last Updated On: February 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Thursday, 10th July 1913 No Finger Prints Found by Expert on Phagan Envelope [Last Updated On: February 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 11th July 1913 Agent Claims Conley Confessed to Murder [Last Updated On: February 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Saturday, 12th July 1913 Chief Beavers Orders Sleuths to Find Vice [Last Updated On: February 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Saturday, 12th July 1913 Conley Again Quizzed by Prosecutor Dorsey [Last Updated On: February 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Saturday, 12th July 1913 More Affidavits to Support Mincey Claimed [Last Updated On: February 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, 15th July 1913 Mincey Affidavit Not New to the Solicitor [Last Updated On: February 21st, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 16th July 1913 Second Phagan Indictment Probable [Last Updated On: February 21st, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Thursday, 17th July 1913 Effort Being Made to Indict Negro Conley [Last Updated On: February 21st, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 18th July 1913 Broyles Comes Back at Mayor Woodward and Mayor at Him [Last Updated On: February 21st, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 18th July 1913 Grand Jury Is Called Monday to Indict Jim Conley [Last Updated On: February 21st, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 18th July 1913 Pinkertons Now Declare Leo M. Frank Is Innocent [Last Updated On: February 21st, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Saturday, 19th July 1913 Jury Is Determined to Consider a Bill Against Jim Conley [Last Updated On: February 21st, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Sunday, 20th July 1913 Dorsey Is Seeking to Be Grand Jury And Solicitor Too, Say Frank’s Counsel [Last Updated On: February 21st, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Monday, 21st July 1913 Will Not Indict Jim Conley Now, Jury’s Decision [Last Updated On: February 21st, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, 22nd July 1913 Was Mary Phagan Killed With Bludgeon? [Last Updated On: February 21st, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 23rd July 1913 Fight Expected Over Effort to Defer Frank Case [Last Updated On: February 21st, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Thursday, 24th July 1913 Frank’s Trial May be Postponed Until Early in the Fall [Last Updated On: February 21st, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 25th July 1913 Frank Will Likely Face Trial Monday for Phagan Crime [Last Updated On: February 21st, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Saturday, 26th July 1913 Leo Frank Expects Acquittal and Asks an Immediate Trial [Last Updated On: February 21st, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Sunday, 27th July 1913 Chronological Story of Developments in the Mary Phagan Murder Mystery [Last Updated On: March 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Sunday, 27th July 1913 Frank’s Story of His Moves on Day of Crime [Last Updated On: March 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Sunday, 27th July 1913 Here is Conley’s Confession Around Which Bitter Fight is Expected in the Frank Trial [Last Updated On: March 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Sunday, 27th July 1913 Leo M. Frank Will Go to Trial Monday, It Is Now Believed [Last Updated On: March 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Sunday, 27th July 1913 Pinkerton Detective Replies to Lanford [Last Updated On: March 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Sunday, 27th July 1913 Plennie Minor Faces Task in Handling Court Room During Trial of Leo Frank [Last Updated On: March 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Sunday, 27th July 1913 State Will Build Case Against Frank Around Conley’s Story; Defense Will Undertake to Show that Negro Alone is Guilty [Last Updated On: March 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Monday, 28th July 1913 Court Scenes at Frank Trial; How It Looks Inside and Out [Last Updated On: March 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Monday, 28th July 1913 Former Suspect Will Be Happy No Matter How Frank Case Ends [Last Updated On: March 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Monday, 28th July 1913 Mrs. Leo Frank and Her Mother Cheer Prisoner at Courthouse [Last Updated On: March 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Monday, 28th July 1913 No New Testimony Will Be Given to Jury by Newt Lee [Last Updated On: March 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Monday, 28th July 1913 State Opens Its Case Against Leo M. Frank [Last Updated On: March 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Monday, 28th July 1913 Woman Charges Police Forced Her to Make False Statement [Last Updated On: March 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Everybody’s a Reporter, Now, Else an Old Time Friend, Says Guardian of Court House Door [Last Updated On: March 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Factory Girls Eager to Testify for Frank [Last Updated On: March 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Frank Trial Will Last One Week And Probably Two, Attorneys Say [Last Updated On: March 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Frank’s Undisturbed Face Wonder of the Court Room [Last Updated On: March 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Frequent Clashes Over Testimony Mark Second Day of Frank Trial [Last Updated On: March 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Lawyers Hammer Lee for Two Hours at Monday Afternoon Session [Last Updated On: March 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Mincey in Atlanta, But Has Not Been to Trial [Last Updated On: March 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Mother’s Sorrow and Newsie’s Wit Play on Emotions at Frank Trial [Last Updated On: March 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Rabbi Marx Asserts His Belief in Frank [Last Updated On: March 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Spectators at Frank Trial Make an Absorbing Study [Last Updated On: March 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 30th July 1913 All Newt Wants Now is Freedom and a Hat [Last Updated On: March 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 30th July 1913 Claims Mincey, When Needed, Will Testify [Last Updated On: March 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 30th July 1913 Defense to Claim Strands of Hair Found Were Not Mary Phagan’s [Last Updated On: March 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 30th July 1913 Frank Jurors Idle Away Long Hours With Song [Last Updated On: March 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 30th July 1913 Gantt Still Wears Two Little Devils That Caused Arrest [Last Updated On: March 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 30th July 1913 No Shirt-Sleeves for Lawyers in Frank Case [Last Updated On: March 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 30th July 1913 Trial is No Ordeal for Me, Says Frank’s Mother [Last Updated On: March 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 30th July 1913 Trial Thus Far Has Only Established Murder of the Girl [Last Updated On: March 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 30th July 1913 Uncle of Frank, Near Death in Far-Off Hospital, Is Ignorant Of Charges, Against His Nephew [Last Updated On: March 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Thursday, 31st July 1913 Machinist Tells of Finding Blood, Hair and Pay Envelope On Second Floor, Where State Claims Girl Was Murdered [Last Updated On: March 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Thursday, 31st July 1913 Rosser Riddles One of the State’s Chief Witnesses [Last Updated On: March 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Thursday, 31st July 1913 Witnesses of Frank Trial Have Tedious Job of Merely Waiting [Last Updated On: March 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 1st August 1913 Frank Trial Crowd Sees Auto Knock Down Youth [Last Updated On: March 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 1st August 1913 Lawyers Battle Over Testimony of Frank’s Nervousness; Witness Swears Negro Was in Factory About 1 o’Clock [Last Updated On: March 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 1st August 1913 Mrs. Callie Scott Appelbaum Attends Trial of Leo Frank; Believes in His Innocence [Last Updated On: March 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 1st August 1913 Picnic and Theories Mark Noon Hour in Frank Trial Court Room [Last Updated On: March 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 1st August 1913 Watchman Swears Elevator Was Open; Changes Evidence [Last Updated On: March 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Defense Claims Members of Jury Saw Newspaper Headline [Last Updated On: March 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Dr. Harris Collapses on Stand as He Gives Sensational Evidence [Last Updated On: March 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Dr. J. W. Hurt, Coroner’s Physician, Gives Expert Testimony [Last Updated On: March 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Harris Testimony May Be Stricken by Court [Last Updated On: March 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Miss Smith Declares Darley Was Incorrect [Last Updated On: March 14th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Newt Lee Gets Hat; Now He’s Considering What He Wants Next [Last Updated On: March 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Smile, Says Gheesling, When Facing Bear-Cat Like Luther Rosser [Last Updated On: March 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Saturday, 2nd August 1913 There Is One Joy in Being A Juror: Collectors Barred [Last Updated On: March 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Sunday, 3rd August 1913 Defense Will Introduce Witnesses [Last Updated On: March 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Sunday, 3rd August 1913 State’s Case Against Frank As It Stands After Week’s Testimony Is Shown Here [Last Updated On: March 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Monday, 4th August 1913 Conley Thought He Was on Trial, His Attorney Declares [Last Updated On: March 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Monday, 4th August 1913 Conleys Glibness May Prove Unfortunate for His Testimony [Last Updated On: March 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Monday, 4th August 1913 Many Discrepancies Between Conleys Testimony and His Testimony Given to Detectives [Last Updated On: March 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Defense Moves to Strike Most Damaging Testimony [Last Updated On: March 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Lawyers on Both Sides Satisfied With Conley [Last Updated On: March 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Negro Sweeper Remanded to Solitude in Jail Over Night [Last Updated On: March 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 6th August 1913 He Shore Goes After You Says Conley of Mr. Rosser [Last Updated On: March 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Judge Roan Reverses Decision on Conley Testimony [Last Updated On: March 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Judge Roan Rules Out Most Damaging Testimony Given By Conley Against Leo Frank [Last Updated On: March 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Mincey Ready to Swear to Conley Affidavit [Last Updated On: March 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Thursday, 7th August 1913 Dr. Harris Testimony is Attacked by Defense Expert [Last Updated On: March 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Thursday, 7th August 1913 Judge Roan Decides Conleys Testimony Must Stand [Last Updated On: March 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 8th August 1913 Defense Attacks States Case From Many Angles [Last Updated On: March 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 8th August 1913 Defense Begins Introduction of Evidence [Last Updated On: March 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Saturday, 9th August 1913 Schiff Refutes Jim Conley and Dalton [Last Updated On: March 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Saturday, 9th August 1913 State Confronts Watchman Holloway With Previous Affidavit [Last Updated On: March 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Sunday, 10th August 1913 Conleys Story is Still Center of Fight in Frank Case [Last Updated On: March 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Sunday, 10th August 1913 Playing Practical Jokes on Watchful Bailiffs is Pastime of Frank Jurors [Last Updated On: March 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Sunday, 10th August 1913 Witness Found Who Saw Mary Phagan on Way to Factory [Last Updated On: March 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Monday, 11th August 1913 Frank Case Mentioned for First Time in House [Last Updated On: March 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Monday, 11th August 1913 Many Experts Called by Defense to Answer Dr. H. F. Harris [Last Updated On: March 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Monday, 11th August 1913 Sunday Proves Day of Meditation for Four Frank Jurors [Last Updated On: March 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, 12th August 1913 C. B. Daltons Character Shown Up by Frank Defense; Four Witnesses Swear They Would Not Believe His Oath [Last Updated On: March 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, 12th August 1913 Ethics of Dr. H. F. Harris Bitterly Attacked By Reuben Arnold [Last Updated On: March 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 13th August 1913 Franks Character Made Issue by the Defense [Last Updated On: March 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Wednesday, 13th August 1913 Franks Lawyers Again Threaten Move for Mistrial [Last Updated On: March 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Thursday, 14th August 1913 Court Stirred by Outburst From Leo Franks Mother [Last Updated On: March 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Thursday, 14th August 1913 Franks Story of Before and After Crime Corroborated; Defenses Motion to Strike Sensational Questions Fails [Last Updated On: March 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 15th August 1913 All Georgia Records Broken by the Frank Trial [Last Updated On: March 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Friday, 15th August 1913 Leo M. Frank Ready to Tell His Own Story to Jury [Last Updated On: March 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Saturday, 16th August 1913 Mrs. Rae Frank Takes Stand in Sons Defense [Last Updated On: March 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Saturday, 16th August 1913 Pencil Factory Model is Damaged in Fight [Last Updated On: March 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Saturday, 16th August 1913 Witness, Called by Defense, Testifies Against Frank [Last Updated On: March 28th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Sunday, 17th August 1913 Frank Should Know Fate Before The Week Passes Is Opinion Of Attorneys [Last Updated On: December 6th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Monday, 18th August 1913 Frank Takes Stand - Tells His Story [Last Updated On: December 6th, 2023] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2023]
- Tuesday, August 19th, 1913: Attorney Swears That Witness Was Held Illegally Witness Swears Dorsey Refused To Free Minola Fearing City Detectives, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: August 8th, 2024] [Originally Added On: January 3rd, 2024]
- Wednesday, August 20th, 1913: Testimony May Close Wednesday - Both Sides Are Anxious To Begin Argument And Send Case To The Jury, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: August 8th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 15th, 2023]
- Thursday, August 21st, 1913: Arnold Charges Gigantic Frame-up To Convict Frank. Hooper Says Conley's Story Stood Test Of Grilling, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: August 8th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 26th, 2023]
- Friday, August 22nd, 1913: In Scathing Terms Rosser Scores Dalton, Dorsey, Police. Dorsey Will Conclude, Summing Up Case Against Leo Frank, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: August 4th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 26th, 2023]
- Saturday, August 23rd, 1913: Leo Frank Trial Adjourned Until Monday Morning With Solicitor Hugh Dorsey In Midst Of Impassioned Speech. The Atlanta Journal. [Last Updated On: August 8th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 26th, 2023]
- Sunday, August 24th, 1913: Leo Frank's Fate Will Soon Be Known Dorsey Will Finish His Speech In Few Hours, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: August 8th, 2024] [Originally Added On: January 3rd, 2024]
- Monday, August 25th, 1913: Leo M. Frank's Fate Is Now In Hands Of The Jury. Motion For Mistrial Is Denied By Judge Leonard S. Roan, The Atlanta Journal. [Last Updated On: August 8th, 2024] [Originally Added On: January 3rd, 2024]
- Tuesday, August 26th, 1913: Frank Sentenced To Hang On October 10th, 1913, But Fight For New Trial Will Stay The Execution For Many Months. The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: August 6th, 2024] [Originally Added On: January 8th, 2024]
- Wednesday, August 27th, 1913: Frank Will Reply To Dorsey In Long Public Statement, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: August 5th, 2024] [Originally Added On: January 8th, 2024]
- Thursday, August 28th, 1913: Despite Death Sentence Frank Sleeps Nine Hours, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: August 8th, 2024] [Originally Added On: January 12th, 2024]
- Saturday, August 30th, 1913: Preacher To Speak On The Frank Case, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: August 8th, 2024] [Originally Added On: January 8th, 2024]
- Sunday, August 31st, 1913: Monument To Mary Phagan Proposed, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: August 8th, 2024] [Originally Added On: January 8th, 2024]
- Tuesday, September 2nd, 1913: Atlanta Free From Crime Wave, Judge Tells Grand Jury, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 6th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Tuesday, September 2nd, 1913: Echo Of Leo Frank Trial In Recorder's Court, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: August 8th, 2024] [Originally Added On: February 11th, 2024]
- Wednesday, September 3rd, 1913: Board For [Leo] Frank Jury Will Cost Just $975.06, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: August 5th, 2024] [Originally Added On: January 17th, 2024]
- Saturday, September 6th, 1913: Mary Phagan Home For Girls Suggested, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 6th, 2024] [Originally Added On: February 11th, 2024]
- Sunday, September 7th, 1913: New Pinkerton Chief Arrives In Atlanta, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: August 24th, 2024] [Originally Added On: February 11th, 2024]
- Monday, September 8th 1913: Trainmen Ask Funds For Phagan Monument, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: August 8th, 2024] [Originally Added On: February 11th, 2024]
- Tuesday, September 9th, 1913: [Jim] Conley Is Indicted On Two Counts By Fulton Grand Jury, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: August 5th, 2024] [Originally Added On: February 3rd, 2024]
- Tuesday, 9th September 1913: No Hostility Toward Blease, Says Slaton, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: August 23rd, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Wednesday, September 10th, 1913: Judge Leonard Strickland Roan, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: August 8th, 2024] [Originally Added On: February 11th, 2024]
- Wednesday, 10th September 1913: New Atlanta Court Will Shift Judges On Several Benches, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: August 23rd, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Thursday, September 11th, 1913: Frank's Lawyers Are Hunting For Affidavits, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: August 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: February 11th, 2024]
- Friday, 12th September 1913: Crawford Jackson Indicted Statement On Case Issues, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: August 23rd, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Friday, September 12th, 1913: Newt Lee Ignored, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: August 8th, 2024] [Originally Added On: February 11th, 2024]
- Sunday, 14th September 1913: Three Judgeships Announced Judge B. H. Hill Appointed To New Atlanta Judgeship, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: August 23rd, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Monday, 15th September 1913: Thaw Lawyer Uncle Of Mrs. Leo M. Frank, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: August 23rd, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Tuesday, 16th September 1913: Veterans Urge Funds For Phagan Monument, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: August 23rd, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Wednesday, 17th September 1913: Beavers Passes Up Pleas That He Get In Sheriff’s Race, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: August 23rd, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Thursday, 18th September 1913: Detective John Black Jailed In Birmingham, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: August 23rd, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Saturday, 20th September 1913: Mary Phagan Case To Be Example For Cops School Of Detection, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: August 23rd, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Sunday, 21st September 1913: Sheriff Mangum Will Run For Re-election, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: August 23rd, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Monday, 22nd September 1913: One Of Four Judges Hears Frank Motion?, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: August 23rd, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Tuesday, 23rd September 1913: Sheriff C. W. Mangum Makes Announcement, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: August 23rd, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Wednesday, 24th September 1913: Leo M. Frank Again Heads B'nai B'rith, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: August 23rd, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Sunday, 28th September 1913: Roan Not Likely To Hear Plea For New Frank Trial, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: August 23rd, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Monday, 29th September 1913: Paul Donehoo Has Been Bridegroom a Week Now, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: August 29th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Tuesday, 30th September 1913: Commission Asks Why Jail Is Overcrowded, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: September 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 23rd, 2024]
- Wednesday, 1st October 1913: Frank Motion Is Served On Solicitor, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 23rd, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Thursday, 2nd October 1913: Solicitor At Work Preparing Answer To Frank Motion, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- 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 [Last Updated On: October 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Sunday, 5th October 1913: Two Frank Jurors Firm In Denying Outside Pressure, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Monday, 6th October 1913: Judge Ellis Protests Reckless Auto Drivers, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 9th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Tuesday, 7th October 1913: Dorsey And Stephens Busy In Valdosta, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Wednesday, 8th October 1913: Frank Hearing To Be Postponed Another Week, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Thursday, 9th October 1913: Judge Roan Tells Solicitor He Will Postpone Hearing, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Friday, 10th October 1913: Roan Not To Resign Until After Hearing, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Saturday, 11th October 1913: Dorsey And Stephens To Confer With Henslee, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Sunday, 12th October 1913: Says He Stole For His Wife And Baby, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Monday, 13th October 1913: Frank Defense Arms To Back Fight On Henslee, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Tuesday, 14th October 1913: Henslee Gives Dorsey Material For Defense, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Wednesday, 15th October 1913: Further Delay Is Needed On Frank Motion, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Thursday, 16th October 1913: Mounted Traffic Men Are Assigned To Duty, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Friday, 17th October 1913: Juror Johenning Ready For Defense, He Says, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Saturday, 18th October 1913: Frank Hearing Wednesday Motion For A New Trial To Be Heard By Judge L. S. Roan, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Sunday, 19th October 1913: New Feature In Frank Case Perhaps Tomorrow, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 23rd, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Monday, 20th October 1913: J.c. Shirley, Marietta Street Furniture Dealer, Named By I. W. Fisher In Phagan Case, Laughs At Accusations, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 23rd, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Tuesday, 21st October 1913: Motion To Quash Indictment Gets Judges Approval, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 25th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Wednesday, 22nd October 1913: Little Progress In First Session On Frank Trial Motion, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 25th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Thursday, 23rd October 1913: Frank Jurors Like Scared Rabbits Jury Frightened Into Its Verdict, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Friday, 24th October 1913: Frank Motion Is Almost Ready For The Arguments Now, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Saturday, 25th October 1913: Frank Case To Continue Monday, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Sunday, 26th October 1913: We Want A Trial, Not A New Trial, Says Atty. Arnold, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Monday, 27th October 1913: Dorsey Coerced Jury By Fear Of Mob Violence, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Tuesday, 28th October 1913: Solicitor Dorsey Hammers Frank New Trial Motion, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Wednesday, 29th October 1913: Frank New Trial Hearing To End This Afternoon, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Thursday, 30th October 1913: New Trial Motion Of Frank Will Be Ruled On Friday, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Friday, 31st October 1913: Leo Franks Lawyers Prepare For Supreme Court Fight, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: October 7th, 2024] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2024]
- Saturday, 1st November 1913: Judge Hill Discusses Appellate Court Work, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: November 5th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Sunday, 2nd November 1913: Five Judges For New Municipal Court Selected, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: November 5th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Monday, 3rd November 1913: Judges Of New Court Are Named, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: November 5th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Tuesday, 4th November 1913: Two Negro Highwaymen Given 20 Years In Pen, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: November 5th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Wednesday, 5th November 1913: Bridge Party For Visitors, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: November 5th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Thursday, 6th November 1913: Mrs. Crawford Wants Case To Be Tried Soon, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: November 5th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Friday, 7th November 1913: Attorney Presents Alibi For Convicted Negro, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: November 5th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Saturday, 8th November 1913: Court Asked To Enjoin Georgia Power Company, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: November 5th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Sunday, 9th November 1913: Jim Conley Faces Trial On Tuesday, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: November 5th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Monday, 10th November 1913: Supreme Court Refuses To Postpone Frank Hearing, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: November 5th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Tuesday, 11th November 1913: Jim Conleys Case May Be Reached Wednesday, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: November 5th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Wednesday, 12th November 1913: Frank Arguments Will Be Heard December 15, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: November 5th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Thursday, 13th November 1913: Judge Halts Trial Of Jim Conley As Dorsey Begins It, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: November 5th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Saturday, 15th November 1913: Franks Appeal Is Set For Thirty Days Hence, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: November 5th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Sunday, 16th November 1913: Woman And Daughter Drugged And Robbed, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: November 5th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Monday, 17th November 1913: Franks Appeal Is Set For Thirty Days Hence, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: November 5th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Tuesday, 18th November 1913: Legal Fight Is Waged Over Mothers Will, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: November 5th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Wednesday, 19th November 1913: Frank Trial Unfair, Jewish Rabbi Says In Scathing Speech, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: November 5th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Thursday, 20th November 1913: Conley Trial Put Off At Request Of Dorsey, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: November 5th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Friday, 21st November 1913: Jim Conleys Lawyer Prepares To Demand Trial For His Client, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: November 5th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Saturday, 22nd November 1913: Judge Broyles Explains Why He Fined Woman, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: November 5th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Sunday, 23rd November 1913: Postpone Entertainment For Home For The Blind, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: November 5th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Monday, 24th November 1913: Chief Beavers Is Paid Tribute, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: November 5th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Tuesday, 25th November 1913: Men And Religion Bulletin No. 85, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: November 5th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Wednesday, 26th November 1913: Anti Leaders Quiz Chief On Blind Tiger Policy, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: November 5th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Thursday, 27th November 1913: Old-fashioned Lawyer Has Departed Forever, Judge Pendleton Says, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: November 5th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Friday, 28th November 1913: Beautiful Luncheon, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: November 5th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Saturday, 29th November 1913: Horse Hauls Buggy Right Into Hardware Store After Fodder, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: November 5th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Sunday, 30th November 1913: Tech Hi Boys Admire Atlantas Police Chief, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: November 5th, 2024] [Originally Added On: August 27th, 2024]
- Monday, 1st December 1913: Crawfords Death Not By Poison, Say Doctor Experts, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 10th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 10th, 2024]
- Wednesday, 3rd December 1913: Capt. West Bound Over And Fined By Broyles, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 10th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 10th, 2024]
- Friday, 5th December 1913: Photo Of Chiefs Staff Presented To Beavers, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 10th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 10th, 2024]
- Saturday, 6th December 1913: Frank Papers In Custody Of Court Clerk, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 10th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 10th, 2024]
- Tuesday, 9th December 1913: Boy Who Posed As Deaf And Dumb And Begged, Is Sent To Jail, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 10th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 10th, 2024]
- Wednesday, 10th December 1913: Turner Admits He Got $525 From Contractors, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 10th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 10th, 2024]
- Friday, 12th December 1913: Dorsey Will Argue No Error Of Court Hurt Franks Case, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 10th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 10th, 2024]
- Saturday, 13th December 1913: Both Sides Ready To Begin Argument In Case Of Frank, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 10th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 10th, 2024]
- Sunday, 14th December 1913: High Court Ruling Won't End Fight For Life Of Leo M. Frank, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 10th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 10th, 2024]
- Monday, 15th December 1913: Attorneys Make Final Fight Over Leo Frank S Life, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 10th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 10th, 2024]
- Tuesday, 16th December 1913: Franks Fate Rests With Higher Court Arguments Closed, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 10th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 10th, 2024]
- Friday, 19th December 1913: Broyles Seeks Place On Court Of Appeals, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 10th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 10th, 2024]
- Sunday, 21st December 1913: Judge Pottle To Quit State Court Of Appeals Feb 1, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 10th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 10th, 2024]
- Monday, 22nd December 1913: No Beer On Christmas Chief To Enforce Law, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 10th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 10th, 2024]
- Tuesday, 23rd December 1913: No Attack On Dorsey In New Frank Case Brief, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 10th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 10th, 2024]
- Thursday, 25th December 1913: South Georgia Man To Get Pottles Place, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 10th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 10th, 2024]
- Tuesday, 30th December 1913: Grand Jury Indicts Near-beer Dealers, The Atlanta Journal [Last Updated On: December 10th, 2024] [Originally Added On: December 10th, 2024]