Author: Mary Phagan
Friday, 3rd September 1915: Cobb Jurors Report On Lynching Investigation, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 3rd September 1915,PAGE 6, COLUMN 2.Not Enough Evidence Found to Indict Anyone, They Say in Presentments(Special Dispatch to The Journal.) MARIETTA, Ga., Sept. 1. The following Presentments were returned by the Cobb County Grand Jury yesterday following…
Friday, 3rd September 1915: No Indictments In Frank Killing, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 3rd September 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.### Several Clews Found, But Evidence Is Insufficient to Warrant Action, Says Cobb County Grand Jury.Marietta, Ga., September 2. (Special.) "We regret to state that we have been unable to find enough…
Saturday, 4th September 1915: Detectives Seek Payment Of Bill For Phagan Probe, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 4th September 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Garnishment Proceedings were started against the National Pencil Factory yesterday for a sum of $1,200, alleged by the Pinkerton National Detective Agency to be the bill due to them, for their Investigation…
Saturday, 4th September 1915: National Pencil Co. Is Sued By Pinkertons, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 4th September 1915,PAGE 2, COLUMN 4.The Pinkerton National Detective Agency, on Friday, instituted garnishment proceedings against the National Pencil Company, to compel the payment of a bill for $1,200, which the plaintiff alleges is due it, for…
Sunday, 5th September 1915: Judge S. B. Adams, Of Savannah, Defends Ex-governor Slaton, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 5th September 1915,PAGE 21, COLUMN 5.Savannah, Ga., September 2, 1915. Editor Constitution: I must enter my earnest protest against the wave of vilification that has swept over Georgia, and still survives, against Governor John M. Slaton. I…
Saturday, 11th September 1915: Capitol Gossip, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 11th September 1915,PAGE 6, COLUMN 4.BYNed Mc IntoshGOVERNOR IS FEELING BETTER,SAY REPORTS FROM TENNESSEEGovernor Harris, who has been ill in Hampton, Tenn., where he is spending a short vacation, was feeling better Thursday, according to reports from…
Sunday, 12th September 1915: Loyless Assails Watson’s Motives And Statements, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 12th September 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.But here are names that ought to strike Tom Watson down even as Ananias, himself, was stricken when he cries to make his dupes and followers believe that practically nobody, just "mostly…
Monday, 13th September 1915: Slaton Or Watson Which?, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 13th September 1915,PAGE 3, COLUMN 5.By THOMAS W. LOYLESSEditor Augusta ChronicleAN ATLANTA Newsdealer has ordered 5,000 Copies of today's (Monday's) Augusta Chronicle, containing the above Article, for the purpose of putting them on Sale on the streets…
Tuesday, 14th September 1915: Fifth Regiment Losing Members, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 14th September 1915,PAGE 2, COLUMN 4.Failure of State to Pay Bill Incurred During Demonstrations Against Slaton Affects Enlistment.The failure of the State so far to pay the Fifth Regiment of the Georgia National Guard for its services…
Wednesday, 15th September 1915: Copper Hill Critic Threatens Chronicle Subscriber Loss For Speaking Truth, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 15th September 1915,PAGE 8, COLUMN 5.(From The Augusta Chronicle, Tuesday, September 14, 1915.)Testy Call-Down From "Copper Hill" Says Chronicle Is Going to Lose Subscribers for Speaking Truth And It May Be So; but at Least, It Won't…
Saturday, 18th September 1915: Building Owners Honor Wilkinson, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 18th September 1915,PAGE 5, COLUMN 1.Atlanta Man Elected Treasurer; Doty Named President, and St. Louis Gets the Next Convention.The eighth Annual Convention of the National Association of Building Owners and Managers, which has been in session at…
Sunday, 19th September 1915: Plan The Payment Of Military Bill, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 19th September 1915,PAGE 48, COLUMN 7.Governor Harris and Adjutant General Nash Making Arrangement to Pay Members of Fifth Regiment.Efforts are now being made by Governor Harris and Adjutant General Nash to make Arrangements at the earliest possible…
Sunday, 26th September 1915: Ex-governor Joseph M. Brown Answers Judge S. B. Adams, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 26th September 1915,PAGE 4, COLUMN 5.The Constitution published on the first Sunday in September an extensive Communication from Judge Samuel B. Adams defending ex-Governor Slaton, and incidentally criticizing ex-Governor Joseph M. Brown, who replies in the following…
Sunday, 26th September 1915: To Whom It May Concern And No Others, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 26th September 1915,PAGE 6, COLUMN 1.In the first place, let me explain that this is an "Advertisement." I do this out of deference to the two Atlanta Newspapers which are carrying it at so much per inch;…
Wednesday, 6th October 1915: Georgia Is Attacked By Judge Sheppard, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 6th October 1915,PAGE 5, COLUMN 3.New York, October 5. The lynching of Leo M. Frank, although not designated by name, was made the basis of a portion of the charge today to the new federal grand jury…
Sunday, 31st October 1915: Slaton Or Watson? By Thomas W. Loyless, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 31st October 1915,PAGE 5, COLUMN 5.HAVING had so many requests to re-publish in Pamphlet form the Series of Articles by Thomas W. Loyless, that have appeared in The Augusta Chronicle during the past five or six weeks…
Sunday, 31st October 1915: Slaton Or Watson?, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 31st October 1915,PAGE 15, COLUMN 5.BY THOMAS W. LOYLESSHAVING had so many requests to re-publish in Pamphlet form the Series of Articles by Thomas W. Loyless, that have appeared in The Augusta Chronicle during the past five…
Sunday, 23rd January 1916: Asks Reward Offered In Mary Phagan Case, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 23rd January 1916,PAGE 23, COLUMN 2.Attorneys for Robert Barrett Make Application to Governor for $200A formal application for the $200 reward offered by the state of Georgia for evidence sufficient to bring about the conviction of the…
Tuesday, 15th February 1916: Jim Conley Is Fined For Beating His Wife, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 15th February 1916,PAGE 7, COLUMN 2.Jim Conley, notorious negro witness in the Leo Frank case, was given a fine of $25.76 by Recorder Johnson in police matinee Monday afternoon, when arraigned by Officer Hollingsworth on charges of…
Sunday, 2nd April 1916: Georgians Square, Asserts Slaton, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 2nd April 1916,PAGE 3, COLUMN 7.Former Governor Lauds People of His State in an Address Before the Beacon Society of Boston.Boston, April 1. (Special.) Former Governor John M. Slaton, of Georgia, tonight told the members of the…
Friday, 1st September 1916: Dorsey Charges Plot To Defeat Him In Race, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 1st September 1916,PAGE 4, COLUMN 2.Declares "Slush Fund" Has Been Raised and Opponents Have Combined for HarrisCopies of a speech which Hugh M. Dorsey, candidate for governor, was scheduled to deliver Friday at Fitzgerald and Tifton, were…
Saturday, 2nd September 1916: Pottle Flays Dorsey For Leo Frank Speech, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 2nd September 1916,PAGE 2, COLUMN 1.Brands Fulton Solicitor as a Traitor for Appealing to Prejudice and Passion(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)ALBANY, Ga., Sept. 2. Addressing a large audience of Dougherty county citizens in this city Friday afternoon,…
Monday, 18th September 1916: When The Pipe Was Going Good, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 18th September 1916,PAGE 6, COLUMN 3.(Augusta Chronicle.)The Chronicle had thought it was through with any further comment on the late lamented gubernatorial campaign in Georgia, but the following from a double barreled editorial in yesterday's Atlanta Constitution…
Tuesday, 12th June 1917: Frank Trial Juror Is Sued For Divorce. Drunkenness Charged, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 12th June 1917,PAGE 11, COLUMN 4.Frederick V L Smith, a well known manufacturers' agent who was a member of the jury that convicted Leo M. Frank, is being sued for divorce by his wife, Mrs. May Belle…
Sunday, 1st July 1917: Hugh M. Dorsey, State’s New Chief Executive, Is Lawyer And A Farmer, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 1st July 1917,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.ONE OF THE LATEST AND ONE OF THE BEST PICTURES of Governor Dorsey, recently taken at Stephenson's Studio, in Atlanta. Governor Dorsey is a young man and shows it.He Comes by the…
Thursday, 23rd August 1917: Trail Elliot, Convict Who Escaped Camp At Bellwood Wednesday, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 23rd August 1917,PAGE 5, COLUMN 2.County police and deputies with bloodhounds are on the trail of J. M. Elliott, a life termer in the Bellwood convict camp, who escaped Wednesday.Elliott was a trusty and had been sent…
Wednesday, 6th March 1918: Committee To Recommend Mrs. Godbee’s Parole, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 6th March 1918,PAGE 5, COLUMN 2.MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga., March 6. The legislative committee for the past two days inspecting the penitentiary here, is expected to submit a report to Governor Dorsey and the prison commission recommending the parole…
Tuesday, 14th January 1919: Jim Conley Shot As Store-breaker By Druggist Conn, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 14th January 1919,PAGE 7, COLUMN 2.Jim Conley, the negro who figured prominently in the Leo Frank case, lies at the Grady hospital, seriously injured by a load of bird-shot, which, it is alleged, he received while attempting…
Friday, 17th January 1919: Jim Conley Admits Attempt At Burglary, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 17th January 1919,PAGE 6, COLUMN 6.Jim Conley, a state witness in the Leo Frank case, who lives at 92 Tattnall Street, was yesterday held under $3,000 bond for the grand jury for burglary after a preliminary trial…
Tuesday, 1st April 1919: Mr. Leo Frank Dead, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 1st April 1919,PAGE 13, COLUMN 6.SAVANNAH, Ga., April 1. Mr. Leo Frank, well known business man of Savannah, who died suddenly yesterday afternoon, was buried this afternoon from his home on Abercorn street. Mr. Frank was a…