Author: Mary Phagan
Saturday, 26th December 1914: No Decision In Frank Appeal Announced Yet, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 26th December 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.Justice Lamar Has Matter Under Advisement and May Announce Finding Today(By Associated Press.)WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. Justice Lamar of the Supreme Court still had under consideration today the Petition of Leo M. Frank…
Sunday, 27th December 1914: Bond Witness Charges Attempt To Frame-up, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 27th December 1914,PAGE 2, COLUMN 4.Isom Says Effort Has Been Made to Get Him to "Double-Cross" Solicitor. Courthouse Circles were stirred yesterday over the Report that an attempt had been made to force Charley Isom, a prosecuting…
Monday, 28th December 1914: Frank Appeal Granted, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 28th December 1914,Page 1, Column 7.LAMAR WILL CERTIFY TO ENTIRE COURTLouis Marshall, in New York, announces that he has had word from Justice Lamar to that effect.NEW YORK, Dec. 28. An appeal to the United States Supreme…
Monday, 28th December 1914: Leo Frank Decision Is Expected Today, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 28th December 1914,PAGE 5, COLUMN 1.Followers of the many phases of the Leo Frank Case are keenly interested today in the expected verdict of Justice Lamar, of the United States Supreme Court, upon the Application for an…
Tuesday, 29th December 1914: Frank’s Case May Stay In The Courts For Many Months, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 29th December 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.U. S. Supreme Court May Grant Hearing Within 60 Days, but Decision May be Held Up IndefinitelyMOTION TO ADVANCE CASE IS EXPECTED FROM STATEPower to Indict and Try Condemned Man Second Time…
Tuesday, 29th December 1914: Leo M. Frank’s New Fight For Life, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 29th December 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.May Last in Courts for Six Months Before a Final Decision Is Reached If Prisoner Wins, the Case Comes Back to the Federal Court for Hearing on Constitutional Questions; If He Loses,…
Wednesday, 30th December 1914: Long Legal Battle In Leo Frank Case, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 30th December 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 4.Both Sides Prepare for Hard Fight Before the Supreme Court. MAY USE SIOUX CITY CASE. News from Sioux City, Iowa, is to the effect that Attorneys for Leo Frank have obtained information…
Wednesday, 30th December 1914: State Prepares To Fight Frank Appeal, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 30th December 1914,PAGE 2, COLUMN 1.Dorsey and Grice Expected to Go to Washington Soon With First MotionIt is expected that Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey and Attorney General Warren Grice will go to Washington some time within the…
Friday, 1st January 1915: Dorsey And Grice Confer Next Week, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 1st January 1915,PAGE 4, COLUMN 2.DORSEY AND GRICE CONFER NEXT WEEKThe proposed conference between Solicitor Hugh Dorsey and Attorney General Warren M. Grice over the line of procedure they expect to follow in combatting the United States…
Saturday, 2nd January 1915: Dorsey And Grice To Confer About Frank, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 2nd January 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Pair May Go to Washington Monday 18, and Ask Advancement of HearingIt will probably be several days before Attorney General Warren Grice and Solicitor Hugh Dorsey prepare the State's motion to the…
Sunday, 3rd January 1915: Leo Frank Writes Card In Reply To Joseph M. Brown, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 3rd January 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Ex-Governor's Card on Frank Case in Augusta Chronicle Brings Statement From Condemned ManFRANK SAYS BROWN IS PAYING POLITICAL DEBTGov. Brown's Card, as Published in the Chronicle, to Which Frank Replies, Is Reproduced…
Sunday, 3rd January 1915: Leo M. Frank Says Politics Prompted Joseph M. Brown To Write Card To Chronicle, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 3rd January 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Brown Is the First Ex-Governor, Says Frank, Who Ever Used His Influence in an Effort to Destroy the Life of a Fellow Citizen.PROMETHEUS BOUND IS CALLED TO MINDMany of the Wisest and…
Monday, 4th January 1915: Dorsey Must Qualify In U. S. Supreme Court, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 4th January 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.Must Be Admitted to Bar of Court and Bear Credentials From GovernorThere are two conditions precedent to Solicitor H. M. Dorsey's qualification to participate in the conduct of the Frank Case before…
Monday, 4th January 1915: Grice And Dorsey Will Confer On Frank Case, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 4th January 1915,PAGE 5, COLUMN 6.They Will Probably Go to Washington to Have the Case Advanced. Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey and Attorney General Warren M. Grice will confer today for the first time since Justice Lamar granted…
Tuesday, 5th January 1915: Frank’s Appeal Bond Forwarded To Court, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 5th January 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.Record of Appeal From Judge Newman Is Now CompleteSo far as Leo M. Frank is concerned, the Record in the Case of his Appeal to the United States Supreme Court from Judge…
Wednesday, 6th January 1915: Appeal Bond Of $300 Sent To Washington, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 6th January 1915,PAGE 3, COLUMN 6.Frank's Case Is Now Definitely Before the United States Supreme Court. The Frank Case is now securely in the United States Supreme Court, the last move of the Defense in this Direction…
Wednesday, 6th January 1915: Grice Gets Notice In Frank’s Appeal, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 6th January 1915,PAGE 4, COLUMN 3.Formal notice of the Action of Justice Lamar in allowing Leo M. Frank's Appeal to the United States Supreme Court was served on Attorney General Grice Tuesday afternoon by Attorney Harry A.…
Thursday, 7th January 1915: State Can Not Yet Ask Advance Of Frank Case, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 7th January 1915,PAGE 2, COLUMN 4.Record of Habeas Corpus Hearing Before Judge Newman Must be Certified (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. Justice Lamar's approval of an Appeal Bond in the Case of Leo M. Frank completed…
Thursday, 7th January 1915: U. S. Court Formally Grants Frank Appeal, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 7th January 1915,PAGE 5, COLUMN 2.Justice Lamar so notifies Attorney General Grice conference with Dorsey. Attorney General Warren Grice on Wednesday received formal notification from Justice Lamar, of the United States Supreme Court, that the appeal of…
Friday, 8th January 1915: Formality Of Appeal By Frank Completed, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 8th January 1915,PAGE 5, COLUMN 1.News reached Atlanta yesterday of Justice Lamar's approval of the Bond put up by Leo M. Frank for the appearance of his Counsel in the Supreme Court for the Hearing of his…
Friday, 8th January 1915: Governor Confers On Frank Case Procedure, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 8th January 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Conference With Attorney General and Solicitor Held Friday AfternoonAttorney General Warren Grice and Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey held a conference with Governor Slaton Friday afternoon to discuss the procedure to be followed…
Saturday, 9th January 1915: Governor Decides Who Will Argue Frank Case, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 9th January 1915,PAGE 5, COLUMN 2.Solicitor Hugh Dorsey and Attorney General Warren Grice held a consultation with Governor John M. Slaton Friday afternoon in regard to the plans for the State's appearance before the United States Supreme…
Sunday, 10th January 1915: Dorsey And Grice Named To Fight Frank’s Appeal, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 10th January 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.Appointed by Gov. Slaton to represent the State before the U.S. Supreme Court, Attorney General Warren Grice and Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey will jointly represent the State when it hears the Appeal…
Sunday, 10th January 1915: Grice And Dorsey Named For State, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 10th January 1915,PAGE 26, COLUMN 1.Will Argue Frank Case Appeal Before United States Supreme Court Both Designated by Slaton.Governor John M. Slaton on Saturday afternoon designated Attorney General Warren Grice and Solicitor Hugh Dorsey to represent the…
Wednesday, 13th January 1915: Frank’s Counsel Joins Move To Advance Case, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 13th January 1915,PAGE 7, COLUMN 3.Attorney General Warren Grice received a telegram Tuesday afternoon from Louis Marshall, the New York lawyer associated with Henry C. Peeples and H. A. Alexander in making Leo M. Frank's fight before…
Thursday, 14th January 1915: No Frank Decision Likely Until Feb. 15, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 14th January 1915,PAGE 5, COLUMN 6.It is not expected that a Decision will be handed down by the Supreme Court in the Frank Case until about the middle of February. It was considered possible that the Case…
Friday, 15th January 1915: Dorsey Will Not Reply To Latest Frank Brief, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 15th January 1915,PAGE 4, COLUMN 1.That Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey will not make reply to the latest supplemental Brief filed by Attorneys for Leo M. Frank before the Supreme Court was stated on apparently good Authority…
Friday, 15th January 1915: Suttles And Lehon Cases Up Next Week, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 15th January 1915,PAGE 18, COLUMN 1.Beginning Monday, a busy week is anticipated in the Superior Court. J. M. Suttles, Deputy Sheriff, indicted on a score of bills charging bond-forging and five bills charging bribery, is on the…
Saturday, 16th January 1915: Record In Frank Case Is Sent To Washington, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 16th January 1915,PAGE 2, COLUMN 7.Motion to Advance Hearing Will Be Made When Record Is DocketedAttorney Harry A. Alexander, of Leo M. Frank's counsel, Friday afternoon mailed to the Clerk of the United States Supreme Court the…
Saturday, 16th January 1915: Several Months Before Frank Case Will Be Argued, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 16th January 1915,PAGE 5, COLUMN 7.The Leo Frank Case is now formally ready for the United States Courts in Washington. The final step in the Federal District Court of Atlanta was taken yesterday afternoon when Attorneys for…