Author: Mary Phagan
Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Traditions of the South Upset; White Mans Life Hangs on Negros Word
Atlanta Georgian August 5th, 1913 By L.F. WOODRUFF. Sinister as a cloud, as raven as a night unaided by moon, planet or satellite, Jim Conley is to-day the most talked-of man in Georgia. His black skin has not been whitened…
Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Witnesses in Franks Trial In Role of Marriage Witnesses
Atlanta Constitution August 5th, 1913 While T. Y. Brent, notary public and ex-officio justice of the peace, was waiting in the witness room of the Frank murder trial yesterday, the "big and little of it" came to him to pronounce…
Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Women of Every Class and Age Listen With Morbid Curiosity To Testimony of Negro Conley
Atlanta Constitution August 5th, 1913 By Britt Craig. There was a chorus girl who sat next to an aged and withered woman who is undoubtedly a grandmother—a great-grandmother, maybe; there was a painted-cheeked girl with hollow eyes who bore the…
Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Accuser of Conley is Ready to Testify
Atlanta Georgian August 6th, 1913 Deplores Newspaper Publicity, but Poses Merrily for the Camera Brigade. W. H. Mincey, the school teacher and insurance solicitor who made an affidavit that Jim Conley confessed to him that he had already killed a…
Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?
Atlanta Georgian August 6th, 1913 By James B. Nevin. "Gentlemen of the jury, having heard from James Conley, the blackest, most damning story ever told in Atlanta by one human being against another, having sat there and listened as he…
Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Conley Remains Calm Under Grilling Cross-Examination
Atlanta Constitution August 6th, 1913 ROSSER ADOPTS NEW TONE MONDAY Jim Conley, upon whose story practically the entire result of the Frank case is believed to rest, went on the stand at 9:03 o'clock and when court adjourned for lunch…
Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Conley Swears Frank Hid Purse
Atlanta Georgian August 6th, 1913 Sweeper's Grilling Ends After 151/2 Hours, His Main Story Unshaken MYSTERY OF GIRL'S MESH BAG EXPLAINED BY NEGRO ON STAND That Mary Phagan's silver-plated mesh bag, mysteriously missing since the girl's bruised and lifeless body…
Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Conleys Main Story Still Remains Unshaken
Atlanta Constitution August 6th, 1913 GRILLED 12 HOURS BY LUTHER ROSSER JIM CONLEY INSISTS FRANK GUILTY MAN Declaring That "I Don't Remember," or, "No, Sir; I Didn't Say That," or Simply Affirming Blandly That He Had Lied on a Previous…
Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Crowd Set in Its Opinions
Atlanta Georgian August 6th, 1913 By O. B. KEELER. The impression persists that courtroom crowds are made up in the main of two classes, as follows: (1) People who take it for granted that any person being tried on any…
Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Defense Asks Judge Roan to Strike From Records Part of Conley Testimony
Atlanta Constitution August 6th, 1913 At the opening of the afternoon session, Attorney Reuben Arnold arose, asking that the jury be sent from the room. When the twelve men had passed into their rom, he made a motion asking the…
Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds
Atlanta Georgian August 6th, 1913 By L. F. WOODRUFF. Practically the entire case on which the State of Georgia bases its claim on the life of Leo Frank to pay for that life taken from Mary Phagan is before the…
Wednesday, 6th August 1913 He Shore Goes After You Says Conley of Mr. Rosser
Atlanta Journal August 6th, 1913 Jim Made for a Newspaper and a Cigarette as Soon as He Left the Stand—He Is Interviewed Through Medium of His Attorney Jim Conley wasn't garrulous after he left the witness stand Wednesday morning, and…
Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Ignorance of Negro Witnesses Helps Them When on the Stand
Atlanta Constitution August 6th, 1913 By Britt Craig. Sometimes it is lucky to be ignorant. Most people don't believe this, but it has been proven true in the cases of Newt Lee and Jim Conley in facing the nerve-racking cross-examination…
Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Judge Roan Reverses Decision on Conley Testimony
Atlanta Journal August 6th, 1913 Conley's Whole Testimony Will Be Allowed to Stay in Record of Frank Case State Ready With Corroborating Witnesses, if Evidence Is Held to Be Admissible—Jim Conley Adds New and Sensational Feature to His Testimony, Declaring…
Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Judge Roan Rules Out Most Damaging Testimony Given By Conley Against Leo Frank
Atlanta Journal August 6th, 1913 Solicitor Dorsey in Vigorous Speech Protests Against Striking Evidence, Declaring He Has Witnesses to Corroborate the Negro and That Striking of Testimony Will Prevent His Getting Their Statements Before the Jury Sustaining a motion made…
Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M.
Atlanta Georgian August 6th, 1913 As soon as court opened Mr. Rosser asked the judge if he was ready to hear argument on the proposition to eliminate parts of Conley testimony. He said he was prepared to support his motion…
Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Mincey Affidavit Is Denied By Conley During Afternoon
Atlanta Constitution August 6th, 1913 SMITH ALLOWED ACCESS TO CLIENT After Judge Roan had ruled out the Conley testimony relating to alleged previous actions of Frank, the jury was returned to the courtroom, and Attorney Rosser resumed his cross-examination of…
Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Mincey Ready to Swear to Conley Affidavit
Atlanta Journal August 6th, 1913 Declares Negro Told Him He Had Killed a Girl—Waiting as Witness W. H. Mincey, the man who has made an affidavit in which he swears that Jim Conley told him on April 26, the day…
Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Women Are Playing Big Part In Trial Of Frank
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 6th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.From left to right: Striking photograph of Mrs. Leo Frank as she entered the courtroom Tuesday afternoon; grandmother of Mary Phagan. Two women spectators, who were excluded from the trial during Jim…
Thursday, 7th August 1913 Applause Sweeps Courtroom When Dorsey Scores a Point
Atlanta Constitution August 7th, 1913 Following Conley's departure from the stand the jury was allowed a five minute recess and on their return Solicitor Dorsey tendered in evidence a picture of the pencil factory basement which was taken by Francis…
Thursday, 7th August 1913 Because He is Patriotic Mincey is Here for Trial
Atlanta Constitution August 7th, 1913 W. H. Mincey, witness for the defense in the Leo M. Frank trial whose substantial affidavit that Jim Conley had told him of killing a white girl on the day Mary Phagan was murdered was…
Thursday, 7th August 1913 Dr. Harris Testimony is Attacked by Defense Expert
Atlanta Journal August 7th, 1913 STATE FINISHES TESTIMONY AND DR. LEROY CHILDS BEGINS EXPERT EVIDENCE FOR DEFENSE Dr. Childs Characterizes Conclusions Similar to Those Made by Dr. H. F. Harris and Dr. J. W. Hurt as Remarkable Guesses—He Says Cabbage…
Thursday, 7th August 1913 Hugh Dorsey Wins His Spurs; Crowd Recognizes Gameness
Atlanta Constitution August 7th, 1913 By Sidney Ormond When the spectators at the Frank trial Wednesday broke into a ripple of applause, after Judge Roan had announced his decision that the damaging evidence of Jim Conley that he had "watched…
Thursday, 7th August 1913 Jim Conley, the Ebony Chevalier of Crime, is Darktowns Own Hero
This shows the Solicitor in an argument at the Frank trial. Atlanta Georgian August 7th, 1913 By James B. Nevin Now that James Conley has been dismissed from the Frank trial, now that he has stood safely the fire of…
Thursday, 7th August 1913 Judge Roan Decides Conleys Testimony Must Stand
Attorney William M. Smith, who clashed in the court room Tuesday with Attorneys for Leo M. Frank, who didn't want him to consult with client until Conley had finished his testimony. Atlanta Journal August 7th, 1913 Defense Asks Mistrial When…
Thursday, 7th August 1913 Judges Decision Admits Conley Testimony in Full
Atlanta Constitution August 7th, 1913 At the continuation of the argument on the subject of Judge Roan's reserved decision, Solicitor Dorsey cited extracts from many legal volumes, many of which pertained to the untimeliness of objections in just such cases…
Thursday, 7th August 1913 Mary Phagan Was Strangled Declares Dr. H. F. Harris
Atlanta Constitution August 7th, 1913 Dr. Roy F. Harris, the pathologist, head of the state board of health, and the expert who exhumed and examined the body of Mary Phagan, went on the stand at the close of the argument…
Thursday, 7th August 1913 Mrs. Coleman Tells of Cooking Cabbage for Dr. H. F. Harris
Atlanta Constitution August 7th, 1913 Mrs. J. W. Coleman, mother of Mary Phagan, followed Dr. Harris to the stand. She told of cooking an amount of cabbage at the chemists request for his experiments with the four men. She stated…
Thursday, 7th August 1913 Roans Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense
Atlanta Georgian August 7th, 1913 Judge Roan administered a severe blow to the defense Wednesday when he ruled that all of Conley's story should stand, although portions of it, he acknowledged, would have been inadmissible had objection been made at…
Thursday, 7th August 1913 Spontaneous Applause Greets Dorseys Victory
Atlanta Constitution August 7th, 1913 JUDGE ROAN DENIES MOTION OF DEFENSE TO STRIKE PART OF CONLEY TESTIMONY Reuben Arnold Threatens to Call for Mistrial if There Should Be Recurrence of Applause Which Marked Reception of the Decision. Judge Announces That…