Author: Mary Phagan
Monday, 18th August 1913: Frank Takes Stand, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 18th August 1913,PAGE 43, COLUMN 1.LEO M. FRANK AS HE TOLD HIS STORY ON WITNESS STANDFrank appeared perfectly calm and collected as he went to the witness chair in his own behalf. He apparently welcomed the opportunity…
Monday, 18th August 1913: Frank Trial Halts As Clanging Engines Run To Fire Nearby, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 18th August 1913,PAGE 58, COLUMN 8.Proceedings at the Frank trial were interrupted about 11 o'clock Saturday morning when the fire department was called to Pryor and Hunter streets. The clanging gongs drowned the voices of the attorneys…
Monday, 18th August 1913: Frank’s Complete Story, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 18th August 1913,PAGE 15, COLUMN 1.FRANK'S COMPLETE STORYWIFE IN TEARS AS FRANK CONCLUDES HIS REMARKABLE STORYLeo Frank made the sensational charge Saturday afternoon that some one had made an erasure of the very writing he had placed…
Monday, 18th August 1913: Frank’s Own Story, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 18th August 1913,PAGE 29, COLUMN 1.PAGE 29, COLUMN 1REMARKABLE STORY CREATES PROFOUND IMPRESSION ON ALLFrom the lips of the man accused of the murder of Mary Phagan, came a remarkable story Monday afternoon.The spectators in a densely…
Monday, 18th August 1913: Full Stone Mountain Judge Will Still Preside, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 18th August 1913,PAGE 7, COLUMN 1.Status of That Circuit Is Unchanged by Addition Made to Atlanta Superior Court.There seems to be a rather general impression that the creating of the Fourth division of the superior court of…
Monday, 18th August 1913: Girls Testify For And Against Frank I’d Die For Him! Cries One, Convulsing Court, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 18th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.LEO FRANK TESTIFIES:That his married life has been very happy; that his office safe door was open and he could not see Mary Phagan as she spoke to him on leaving after…
Monday, 18th August 1913 Leo Frank Testifies, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 18th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.That his married life has been very happy; that his office safe door was open and he could not see Mary Phagan as she spoke to him on leaving after drawing her…
Monday, 18th August 1913: Leo Frank’s Own Story To Add Final Touch To State’s Greatest Trial, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 18th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.PAGE 31, COLUMN 1PAGE 45, COLUMN 1PAGE 59, COLUMN 1PAGE 71, COLUMN 1PAGE 83, COLUMN 1By JAMES B. NEVIN.It is rather an extraordinary thing that on this Monday, the beginning of the…
Monday, 18th August 1913: Many Testify To Frank’s Good Character, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 18th August 1913,PAGE 59, COLUMN 3.Nearly half a hundred witnesses testified in behalf of Leo M. Frank Friday. As a climax to the day's proceedings in Judge Roan's court the defendant's mother, Mrs. Rae Frank, went on…
Monday, 18th August 1913 Mary Phagans Grandmother Dies After Dreaming Girl Was Living, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 18th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Mrs. A. E. Benton, grandmother of Mary Phagan, who had come to Atlanta to be present at the trial of Leo M. Frank charged with the 1913-08-21-mass-of-perjuries-charged-by-arnold-centers-hot-attack-on-conley-the-atlanta-georgianmurder of her little granddaughter, died…
Monday, 18th August 1913: Men on Leo Frank Jury Must Be Some Mighty Good Husbands Asserts the Deputy in Charge, The Atlanta Constitution
Men on Frank Jury Must Be Some Mighty Good Husbands Asserts the Deputy in Charge The Atlanta Constitution, August 18th, 1913 “In my five years of experience as deputy sheriff in the criminal division of Fulton superior court,” said Plennie…
Monday, 18th August 1913: Mother’s Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene., The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 18th August 1913,PAGE 59, COLUMN 8.By L. F. WOODRUFF.Every human emotion has been paraded during the long three weeks of the Frank trial.There has been pathos. Comedy has opposed tragedy. Science has met sympathy. Truth has been…
Monday, 18th August 1913: Statement By Frank Will Be The Climatic Feature Of The Trial, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 18th August 1913,PAGE 59, COLUMN 1.By JAMES B. NEVIN.The defense is nearing its end in the Frank case.A few more character witnesses-there seems to have been no difficulty whatever in securing character witnesses by the score to…
Monday, 18th August 1913: There Are Eleven Full Fledged Members And ‘associate’ Member, Who Waves At Bachelor., The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 18th August 1913,PAGE 59, COLUMN 7.Atlanta has a brand new club. It is called "The Club of Temporary Widows."Its membership, as its name indicates, is made up entirely of women. There are just eleven of them. All…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913: Attacks Frank’s Time Alibi, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 19th August 1913,PAGE 11, COLUMN 1.WITNESS SAYS HE SAW MARY PHAGAN ABOUT NOON OF TRAGIC DAYHere are the important developments Tuesday in the trial of Leo M. Frank, charged with the murder of Mary Phagan:Judge Roan rules…
Tuesday, August 19th, 1913: Attorney Swears That Witness Was Held Illegally Witness Swears Dorsey Refused To Free Minola Fearing City Detectives, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal, Tuesday, 19th August 1913. Attorney George Gordon, Summoned by the State, Identified Affidavit as Having Been Assented to by Cook at Frank's Home, but Says Solicitor Dorsey Was Informed at the Time That Negress Was Being Illegally…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913 Books and Papers Put in Evidence by the Defense, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 19th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 3.Just before the close of the morning session the defense began putting in evidence various books and papers shown from time to time during the trial. The first thing put up was…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913 Climax of Trial Reached When Frank Faced Jury, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 19th August 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 1.The climax of the Frank trial came at the afternoon session Monday, when Leo M. Frank took the stand to tell of his actions on the day of the murder.The accused man's…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913: Conflicting Statements Made By Franks Former Stenographer, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 19th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 3.Interest in the morning session of the trial of Leo M. Frank for the murder of Mary Phagan, came when Solicitor Hugh Dorsey trapped Miss M. E. Fleming, a witness for the…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913: Declares Frank Knew Mary Phagan, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 19th August 1913,PAGE 77, COLUMN 1.LEO FRANK SKETCHED AS HE TOLD HIS OWN STORY TO JURYDuring the greater part of his story Frank was as calm and statistical as an accountant discussing an audit.In telling of his…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913: Dorsey Hammers Away At Defense Hits Cook’s Denial Of Affidavit Against Frank, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 19th August 1913,PAGE 43, COLUMN 1.PAGE 43, COLUMN 72 WITNESSES SWEAR NEGRESS' STATEMENT WAS MADE WILLINGLYHere are the important developments Tuesday in the trial of Leo M. Frank, charged with the murder of Mary Phagan:Judge Roan rules…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913 Frank Ends Statement After Testifying Four Hours, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 19th August 1913.Page 1."Silent Man in Tower" Tells His Story to Men Who Will Decide His FateTwo poses of Leo M. Frank on the witness stand on Monday afternoon telling his story to the jury. In one…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913 Frank’s Character Is Testified To By Long List Of Girls, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 19th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 2.Numbers of girls and women, either now employed or formerly employed at the National Pencil factory, were placed on the stand Monday by the defense to swear to the good character of…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913: Frank’s Statement Is Best Plea Presented In His Defense So Far, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 19th August 1913,PAGE 13, COLUMN 1.PAGE 45, COLUMN 1PAGE 61, COLUMN 1PAGE 79, COLUMN 1By JAMES B. NEVIN.So far, unquestionably, to my way of thinking Leo Frank himself has made the best and most appealing plea in…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913: Harlee Branch Tells Of Jim Conley Pantomine, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 19th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 3.Harllee Branch, a newspaper man who was present when James Conley, the negro sweeper of the National Pencil factory, went through for the police a pantomime of what he claims occurred on…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913: Here Is Franks Story Word For Word As Told To A Jury Of His Peers, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 19th August 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 1.When the Accused Factory Official Stepped From the Witness Stand Monday Afternoon at the Conclusion of His Story, Which Had Required Four Hours to Relate, His Wife and Mother Were in Tears…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913 Jim Conley To Be Recalled, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 19th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.PAGE 1, COLUMN 5WOMEN RELATIVES OF ACCUSED AT THE TRIAL MRS. REA FRANK.MRS. LEO M. FRANK. MRS. EMIL SELIG.PAGE 1, COLUMN 7DORSEY ADMITS HE MADE ERASURE ON FACTORY TIME SLIPWith the State…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913: Leo M. Frank’s Complete Story As Told To The Jury Accused Makes Statement Remarkable For Clarity And Wealth Of Detail, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 19th August 1913,THIRD EDITION ONLY,PAGE 80, COLUMN 1.'TIME TO TALK IS NOW AND I HAVE TOLD YOU WHOLE TRUTH,' HE SAYSLeo M. Frank, in his remarkable statement to the jury, had little to say of the charges…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913: Lie Direct Is Given To Conley’s Story, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 19th August 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 3.PAGE 62, COLUMN 3PAGE 80, COLUMN 3Gentlemen, I know nothing whatever of the death of little Mary Phagan. I had no part in causing her death, nor do I know how she…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913: Many Men Swear To Their Belief In Franks Character, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 19th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 4.A number of men were called to the stand Monday morning by the defense. Some of them were factory employees in various positions who swore to the good character of the superintendent…