Author: Mary Phagan
Tuesday, 15th June 1915: Last Decision In Leo M. Frank Case Is Expected Friday, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 15th June 1915,PAGE 4, COLUMN 1.GOVERNOR SLATON WILL CLOSE CASE WEDNESDAYAttorney Howard to Conclude His Argument, Which He Began MondayAttorney William M. Howard, of Augusta, who is conducting Leo M. Frank's fight for a commutation of sentence…
Wednesday, 16th June 1915: Hardwick Raps Bryan’s Course, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 16th June 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Criticizes Statements But Says Resignation Is Best Thing for Party Tells of Trip to Hawaii.Returned from a journey to Hawaii, the strategic military point of the Pacific so far as North America…
Wednesday, 16th June 1915: Howard Nears End Of His Argument For Leo M. Frank, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 16th June 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Speaks Four Hours Before Governor Slaton WednesdayDECLARES THE RECORD SHOWS CONLEY'S GUILTTouches on Physical Evidence Testimony of Various Witnesses and Metaphysical Questions at LengthContrary to expectations, the Frank Hearing before Governor Slaton…
Thursday, 17th June 1915: Governor’s Decision Is Expected This Week, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 17th June 1915,PAGE 18, COLUMN 2.### Howard Closes His Discussion and Governor Works Late on CaseGovernor Slaton worked until late in the night, Wednesday, studying and considering the records and other matters submitted to him in connection…
Thursday, 17th June 1915: Leo Frank’s Fate Up To Governor. Hearing Is Ended, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 17th June 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Wednesday Consumed by Address of Ex-Congressman Howard, Solicitor Dorsey Making No Reply.DECISION OF GOVERNOR EXPECTED BY SATURDAYAs Soon as Hearing Was Completed, Gov. Slaton Left for Country Home to Study the Records.The…
Friday, 18th June 1915: Leo Frank May Know His Fate By Sunday, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 18th June 1915,PAGE 12, COLUMN 2.Thought Gov. Slaton Will Announce His Decision on Appeal Saturday.Governor Slaton's Decision in the Frank Case Appeal for Commutation will not be announced before Saturday. He has been making an exhaustive study…
Saturday, 19th June 1915: Decision On Frank Expected Monday, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 19th June 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.### No Reprieve Will Be GivenPrisoner on Account of Nearness of Execution Date, However, Says Governor.Governor John M. Slaton will deliver no decision in the Leo Frank case until either Monday afternoon…
Saturday, 19th June 1915: No Respite For Frank If Appeal Is Denied, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 19th June 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.### Will Hang Tuesday Unless Governor Commutes Him. Decision Expected Monday.Governor Slaton's Decision on Leo Frank's Petition for a Commutation of his Sentence to Life Imprisonment will not be made until some…
Sunday, 20th June 1915: Decision In Frank Case Is Expected On Monday, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 20th June 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.Governor Slaton Is Still Studying Record and the EvidenceGovernor Slaton's Decision on Leo M. Frank's Appeal for a Commutation of the Sentence may be rendered Monday, although it is possible it will…
Sunday, 20th June 1915: Howard Confident Of Commutation For Leo Frank, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 20th June 1915,PAGE 5, COLUMN 3.Expressing confidence that Governor John M. Slaton would commute the sentence of Leo Frank, Attorney William M. Howard, the former congressman who delivered such a masterful speech before the governor in behalf…
Monday, 21st June 1915: Frank’s Sentence Is Commuted By Slaton, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 21st June 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMNS 1 AND 3.### Begins Life Sentence#### LEO FRANK**PAGE 1, COLUMN 5****Prisoner Taken Under Guard****To Milledgeville State Farm**To Serve Life Sentence ThereThe sentence of Leo M. Frank, condemned to die for the murder…
Monday, 21st June 1915: Slaton Gives Reasons For Commuting Frank. Leo M. Frank Begins Life Term At Milledgeville Farm, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 21st June 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### Prisoner Left Atlanta at Midnight Sunday Accompanied by Sheriff Wheeler Mangum#### MADE PART OF TRIP IN AN AUTOMOBILEFrank reaches Milledgeville and is assigned duties on prison farm. Gives out statement reasserting…
Tuesday, 22nd June 1915: Atlanta Banks Will Pay Dividends July 1, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 22nd June 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.### Citizens Get Tired of Discussing Frank Case and Go Back to BusinessAtlanta Citizens settled down Tuesday to the even tenor of their ways, after twenty-four hours of conversation, some of it…
Tuesday, 22nd June 1915: Frank Starts Prison Work. Noisy Crowd At Governor’s Home Dispersed By Militia, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 22nd June 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.### Solicitor General Hugh Dorsey Issues Statement in Which He Says That He Believed That Slaton Was Disqualified to Pass Upon the Case and Declares He Cannot Find in His Statement Single…
Wednesday, 23rd June 1915: Quiet In Atlanta And Milledgeville. Slaton At Capitol, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 23rd June 1915,PAGE 9, COLUMN 2.Detachments of the Military and the Governor's Horse Guard remained on duty yesterday and last night in the vicinity of Governor's Country Home, on Peachtree Road, and are still there this morning.…
Thursday, 24th June 1915: Guards Increased At Milledgeville, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 24th June 1915,PAGE 12, COLUMN 3.Governor Slaton Keeps in Communication With Prison Authorities.Milledgeville, Ga., June 23. As the result of rumors of a possible attack on the Georgia Prison Farm here, where Leo M. Frank is confined,…
Friday, 25th June 1915: Correspondents Hurt South By Sending Out Fake Boycott Stories, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 25th June 1915,PAGE 8, COLUMN 5.(From The Philadelphia Public Ledger.)Atlanta, Ga., June 24.---(Special.) Leading Citizens of Atlanta were amazed today when informed by your Correspondent that dispatches had been sent to Eastern Newspapers indicating there was a…
Sunday, 27th June 1915: Hal Reid In Atlanta Probing Frank Case, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 27th June 1915,PAGE 57, COLUMN 1.### His Moving Pictures Were Wanted by Defense in the Thaw Case.The Ansley Hotel Lobby, bustling with visitors to the Inauguration Ceremonies, was the scene of the Atlanta angle to the Harry…
Tuesday, 29th June 1915: Appeal For Law And Order Made By The Governor, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 29th June 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.### Harris Issues Statement in Which He Tells Why He Kept Troops on Guard at Home of John M. SlatonGovernor Nat E. Harris, on Monday afternoon, issued a statement to the public…
Tuesday, 29th June 1915: Soldiers Removed From Slaton’s Home, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 29th June 1915,PAGE 7, COLUMN 4.### Former Governor and Wife Leave on Trip Planned Several Months AgoAdjutant General J. Van Holt Nash, after a conference with Governor Harris late Monday afternoon, issued an order withdrawing the troops…
Wednesday, 30th June 1915: Good People Of State With Me, Says Slaton, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 30th June 1915,PAGE 9, COLUMN 5.### Ex-Governor, in New York, Says Demonstrations Caused No Serious Inconvenience.New York, June 29. Former Governor John M. Slaton, of Georgia, declared in a Statement here tonight "that the good people of…
Thursday, 1st July 1915: Cost $5,000 To Guard Slaton’s Home. D. W. Krauss Appointed Judge, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 1st July 1915,PAGE 14, COLUMN 2.The Cost to the State of Guarding ex-Governor Slaton's Home, after he commuted the Sentence of Leo Frank, will be close to $5,000, according to Reports so far made, to General Van…
Thursday, 1st July 1915: Slaton Defends State In New York Papers, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 1st July 1915,PAGE 3, COLUMN 2.### Ex-Governor Says He Asks No Praise for Doing His DutyAll of the New York papers of Wednesday carry stories about the arrival in that city of former Governor John M. Slaton…
Friday, 2nd July 1915: Slaton Sits On Bench During Thaw Hearing, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 2nd July 1915,PAGE 9, COLUMN 6.### Evelyn Thaw Decides to Obey Subpoena to Testify for The State.New York, July 1. Although word was received here today from Malone, N. Y., that Evelyn Nesbit Thaw had announced that…
Saturday, 3rd July 1915: Governor Keeps Negro From South Carolina, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 3rd July 1915,PAGE 3, COLUMN 5.### Pennsylvania Executive's Action Is Based on Fear of LynchingPhiladelphia, July 2. Governor Brumbaugh, it was learned today, has withdrawn a Requisition Warrant issued by Governor Tener, in 1913, for Fred Brown,…
Sunday, 4th July 1915: Criticisms. Conducted By Pansy Panitall. Sins Of The Mother., The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 4th July 1915,PAGE 18, COLUMN 1.It's a good thing Trixy's Mother didn't drink instead of Gambling. If Trixy had inherited a thirst in proportion to her gambling propensities, she wouldn't have survived the first violent ward the…
Sunday, 11th July 1915: Not A Local Issue, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 11th July 1915,PAGE 43, COLUMN 4.(From Collier's.)That the Country at large has taken an earnest interest in the Frank Case speaks well for the Spirit of American Fair Play. For the people of Georgia to feel that…
Tuesday, 13th July 1915: John Temple Graves Announces Hearst Plan To Back Slaton For Senate Or Vice President, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 13th July 1915,PAGE 6, COLUMN 4.(From The Pittsburgh (Pa.) Leader.)That the action of former Governor John M. Slaton, of Georgia, in commuting the death sentence of Leo M. Frank, convicted of the murder of Mary Phagan, the…
Wednesday, 14th July 1915: Macon Militia Boys Return To Their Homes, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 14th July 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.### No Indication of Trouble of Any Kind at the State FarmMACON, Ga., July 14. Members of three Macon Military Companies of the Second Georgia Regiment, after lounging about their Armories all…
Wednesday, 14th July 1915: Militia Under Arms Following Mob Rumor, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 14th July 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.### Macon Troops to Go to Milledgeville if Trouble Developed.Macon, Ga., July 13. Three Companies of Macon Militia, the Macon Battalion of the Second Georgia Regiment, under Command of Major W. Polhill…