Author: Mary Phagan
Saturday, 16th August 1913: There Are Eleven Full Fledged Members And Associate Member Who Wave At Bachelor, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 16th August 1913,PAGE 17, COLUMN 1.GIRLS TESTIFY FOR AND AGAINST FRANK'I'D DIE FOR HIM!' CRIES ONE, CONVULSING COURTMRS. FRANK'S SISTER; RESEMBLANCE GREAT MRS. URSENBACH. CLUB AND ENVELOPE FOUND BY PINKERTON MAN PUT IN EVIDENCETwo factory girls, one…
Saturday, 16th August 1913: Too Much Noise To Suit The Sheriff, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 16th August 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 2.As the afternoon session began, Sheriff C. Wheeler Mangum arose with dignity from his seat near the witness stand and rapped for order. As silence settled down over the buzzing courtroom, he…
Saturday, 16th August 1913 Traveling Salesman for Montags Tells of Conversation With Frank, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 16th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 3.Harry Gottheimer, a traveling salesman for the Montag firm and the pencil factory, took the stand to tell of an engagement he had made with Frank on the afternoon of the murder."Do…
Saturday, 16th August 1913 Witness, Called by Defense, Testifies Against Frank, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 16th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.MADE A TEMPORARY WIDOW BY FRANK TRIAL-Staff Photo by Winn.MRS. F. V. L. SMITH.She is one of the eleven wives who will be happy when the trial ends, no matter what the…
Sunday, 17th August 1913: A Million Words Of Testimony, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 17th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.THE trial of Leo M. Frank, charged with the murder of Mary Phagan, is believed to have broken at least three records in criminal prosecution in the south.More witnesses have been called…
Sunday, 17th August 1913: Could You Qualify As Juror In Case Hinging On Circumstantial Evidence?, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 17th August 1913,PAGE 26, COLUMN 6.By O. B. KEELER.Putting it somewhat abruptly Would you hang a man on circumstantial evidence?This is with some small reference to the Frank trial. Nearly everything has a Frank trial trend these…
Sunday, 17th August 1913: Employee Of Pencil Factory Furnishes Dramatic Incident Of Day-dressing Room Evidence Is Brought Out., The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 17th August 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 5.More than one hundred witnesses had been called to testify in defense of Leo M. Frank's character when the third week of the factory superintendent's trial concluded shortly after 1 o'clock Saturday.Character…
Sunday, 17th August 1913 Frank Should Know Fate Before The Week Passes Is Opinion Of Attorneys, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 17th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.FRANK SHOULD KNOW FATE BEFORE THE WEEK PASSES IS OPINION OF ATTORNEYSWhile Defense Has About Forty Character Witnesses, It Is Not Believed That Their Testimony Will Take More Than One Day, and…
Sunday, 17th August 1913: Frank To Tell His Own Story Monday Afternoon To Jury, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 17th August 1913,PAGE 11, COLUMN 1.Which Will Decide His FateThat Leo Frank will take the stand Monday afternoon is the statement of his attorneys Saturday afternoon, who predicted that the defense would be able to close its…
Sunday, 17th August 1913: Frank’s Mother Denies Family Is Wealthy, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 17th August 1913,PAGE 24, COLUMN 3.WE are not wealthy and Leo has no rich relative in Brooklyn. My husband is broken in health and has retired from business. We have about $20,000 which is loaned out at…
Sunday, 17th August 1913: Girl Employee Shouts She’d Die For Frank, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 17th August 1913,PAGE 25, COLUMN 1.Another Tells How Defendant Peered Into Room Where Women Dressed in FactoryLAWYERS FAIL TO HALT PRAISE OF THE ACCUSEDDramatic Incident Comes When Witness Heaps Encomiums on Superintendent on Trial.More than one hundred…
Sunday, 17th August 1913: Immobile Faces Of The Jurors Beginning To Show Weariness Of Three Nerve-racking Weeks, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 17th August 1913,PAGE 16, COLUMN 1.(By Britt Craig.)Sol Higgins, who is something of a philosopher as well as an interested spectator of the Frank trial, emerged from the courtroom yesterday at noon, blinked one eye at the…
Sunday, 17th August 1913: Leo Frank Is Ready To Reveal His Story, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 17th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Accused Superintendent to Appeal to Reason of the Men Who Will Decide His FateCOUNSEL FOR DEFENSE DECLARE HE ALONE HAS PREPARED STATEMENTDefendant Will in No Way Try to Stir Emotion of Jurors,…
Sunday, 17th August 1913 Prisoner’s Mother Questioned As to Wealth of Frank Family, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 17th August 1913,PAGE 6, COLUMN 3.Mrs. Rae Frank, mother of Leo Frank, resumed the stand at the opening of the morning session Saturday. Under cross-examination by Solicitor Dorsey, she was forced to tell much of her business…
Sunday, 17th August 1913: Reporter Tells How Conley Went Through Pantomime, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 17th August 1913,PAGE 16, COLUMN 6.The last witness to be called to the stand on Saturday was Harlee Branch, a reporter for the Atlanta Journal. He was called upon to testify in regard to an interview he…
Sunday, 17th August 1913: Serious Blow Is Dealt The Defense By Its Own Witness, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 17th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMNS 1 AND 7.GIRL SAYS FRANK OFTEN LOOKED IN DRESSING ROOMSMiss Irene Jackson Testifies That Superintendent Stood in Door While Girls Were Partially Disrobed.PINKERTONS ACCUSED OF DOUBLE-CROSSINGMrs. Cora Barnes, Factory Employee, Declares Frank…
Sunday, 17th August 1913: Slender Little Factory Woman Eulogizes Frank While On Stand, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 17th August 1913,PAGE 16, COLUMN 6.The most fluent and probably the most ardent witness as to the good character of Frank was Mrs. Cora Barnes, who when placed on the stand Saturday morning, proceeded into such an…
Sunday, 17th August 1913: Summary Of Frank Evidence At End Of The Third Week, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 17th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.SUMMARY OF FRANK EVIDENCE AT END OF THE THIRD WEEKDefense Has Attacked the State's Case at Every Point, Considering No Detail Too Small to Raise a Reasonable Doubt Against It.WHEN the third…
Sunday, 17th August 1913 Supreme Test Comes As State Trains Guns On Frank’s Character, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 17th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Defendant Will Take the Stand Early in Week to Give His Account of His Movements on Day Mary Phagan Was Killed.ATTORNEYS SEEKING TO PROVE A COMPLETE ALIBIBelieved That Case Will Stand or…
Sunday, 17th August 1913, That Pinkertons Double-Crossed Police, Dorsey Tries to Prove, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 17th August 1913,PAGE 11, COLUMN 3.Worth, the Pinkerton detective who discovered the blood spots on the first floor near the trap door and the bloody club and pay envelope nearby, came the verification of a rumor that…
Sunday, 17th August 1913: Trials Third Week Replete With Sensational Incidents, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 17th August 1913,PAGE 6, COLUMN 3.:: Pretty Girls Who Testified Friday ::MRS. J. G. WARDLAW,Who testified to Frank's good character. MISS LOVEY HAYES,Who testified she saw Frank a few minutes after murder was committed.PAGE 6, COLUMN 3TRIAL'S…
Sunday, 17th August 1913: Various Distances To Factory Measured By Civil Engineer, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 17th August 1913,PAGE 11, COLUMN 4.A. Thomas, a civil engineer, who measured the distance from Marietta and Forsyth streets along Forsyth to the pencil plant and who also timed himself in walking the distance, was put on…
Monday, 18th August 1913: Attache At Frank Trial Shocked By Wire Near Court, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 18th August 1913,PAGE 4, COLUMN 7.A flurry of excitement was caused just outside of the doors of the Frank trial, Monday forenoon, when John Cox, attached to the office of R. R. Arnold, defending Frank, was shocked…
Monday, 18th August 1913: Diagram Showing Main Points In Frank’s Alibi, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 18th August 1913,PAGE 58, COLUMN 3.FRANK Left Montag Bros 11 A.M. for Office. (FORSYTH ST.)CORINTHIA HALL and EMMA FREEMAN enter 11.45 A.M. (FORSYTH ST.)LEMMIE QUINN Entered 12.20 P.M. (FORSYTH ST.)FRANK arrived at factory 8.25 A.M. Goes to…
Monday, 18th August 1913: Dies Dreaming Of Little Phagan Girl, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 18th August 1913,PAGE 4, COLUMN 6.Mary Phagan's Grandmother Dies at Family Residence After Dream of MaryJust a few hours after she had dreamed that little Mary Phagan was alive and in the room with her, Mrs. A.…
Monday, 18th August 1913: Dorsey Hammers At Frank’s Character Mother Leaves Court When Attack Is Made, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 18th August 1913,PAGE 69, COLUMN 1.PAGE 69, COLUMN 7WOMAN DENIES BEING TOLD OF ESCAPADE OF PRISONER WITH GIRLThat Leo M. Frank rode on a street car to Hapeville with a girl the Saturday previous to the murder…
Monday, 18th August 1913: Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 18th August 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 5.The eyes of Leo M. Frank's wife and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Emil Selig, were constantly upon him as he sat in the witness chair talking conversationally with the jurors. His mother seldom…
Monday, 18th August 1913 Frank May Tell Story to Jury on Stand Today, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 18th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Defense Intimates This, and Also That Statement Will Vary But Little From One Given at Inquest.FRANK PREPARED FOR ORDEAL OF STATEMENTImpeachment of Conley Being Prepared For, Say Lawyer Spectators - Defense May…
Monday, 18th August 1913: Frank Ready To Take Stand, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 18th August 1913,PAGE 81, COLUMN 1.PAGE 81, COLUMN 7LAWYERS URGED BY ACCUSED TO PERMIT CROSS-EXAMINATIONThat Leo Frank, accused of the murder of Mary Phagan, will take the stand in his own defense Monday morning was the announcement…
Monday, 18th August 1913 Frank Takes Stand – Tells His Story, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 18th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Frank Takes Stand Tells His StoryPAGE 1, COLUMN 3LEO. M. FRANK ON WITNESS STANDBREWER'S COURT ROOM (Signature)PAGE 1, COLUMN 3FACING THE JURY, FRANK ASSERTS HIS INNOCENCE OF MARY PHAGAN'S DEATHAll Other Testimony…