Author: Mary Phagan
Tuesday, September 2nd, 1913: Echo Of Leo Frank Trial In Recorder’s Court, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal, Tuesday, 2nd September 1913. PAGE 3, COLUMN 3 There was an echo of the Frank trial in recorder's court Tuesday morning, G. H. Hargett, of 115 Conley Street, was fined $5.75 for waxing hot in an…
Tuesday, 2nd September 1913: Mystery At Frank’s Pencil Plant Solved, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 2nd September 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1 AND COLUMN 8.GIRL ODDLY MISSING IS HOSPITAL PATIENTMiss Clara Belle Griffin, the National Pencil Factory girl whose strange disappearance from her home at No. 265 North Ashby Street led the police…
Wednesday, 3rd September 1913: Big Tasks Await Slaton’s Return, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 3rd September 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 6.Naming New Atlanta Judge and Fish and Game Commissioner Are Most Important.When Governor John M. Slaton gets back to his desk early Friday morning after a ten-day trip through the West, where…
Wednesday, September 3rd, 1913: Board For [Leo] Frank Jury Will Cost Just $975.06, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal, Wednesday, 3rd September 1913. Page 7, Column 4 Newt Lee's Attorneys Ask That He Be Paid for Time Lost Fulton county will pay $975.06 for quarters and meals for the jury that heard the trial of Leo…
Wednesday, 3rd September 1913: Judge Condemns Pistol Carrying, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 3rd September 1913,PAGE 3.Gambling Termed a SenseLess Evil and Grand Jury Is Urged to See That Law Is Strictly Enforced.When Judge John T. Pendleton, of the superior court, swore in the new grand jury Tuesday he made…
Thursday, 4th September 1913 Frank Trial Bills Are Ordered Paid
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 4th September 1913.PAGE 3, Column 1Lodging and Food for the Juryfor 29 Days Cost$975.06Bills arising from the trial of Leo M. Frank, charged with the murder of Mary Phagan, the 13-year-old employee in the plant of the…
Friday, 5th September 1913: Conley To Face Misdemeanor Charge Only, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 5th September 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 5.A misdemeanor charge may be the most serious on which Jim Conley, confessed accessory after the fact in the murder of Mary Phagan, may be tried.This developed Friday when preparations were being…
Friday, 5th September 1913 Grand Jury May Act On Jim Conley Today
The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 5th September 1913.PAGE 7, COLUMN 5The new grand jury will meet today, and there is much speculation rife as to whether or not this grand jury will take up the charge against Jim Conley, negro sweeper at…
Saturday, 6th September 1913: Grand Jury Adjourns To Go To Ball Game, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 6th September 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 2.After a brief session on Friday the grand jury returned fourteen true bills and adjourned in time for the ball game.The case of Jim Conley, negro sweeper at the National Pencil companys…
Saturday, September 6th, 1913: Mary Phagan Home For Girls Suggested, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal, Saturday, 6th September 1913. PAGE 2, COLUMN 3 A "Mary Phagan" home for working girls is suggested in a letter received Saturday morning by The Journal from one of its subscribers in Covington, Ga. The idea…
Sunday, 7th September 1913: Dorsey Sure He Can Break Frank Claim Of Jury Bias, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 7th September 1913,PAGE 5, COLUMN 1.Prisoner and His Counsel Are Equally Confident They Will be Able to Get a New Trial on Ground of Outside Influences.Cheers for the Solicitor After Recesses and Applause in Court Will Be…
Sunday, September 7th, 1913: New Pinkerton Chief Arrives In Atlanta, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal, Sunday, 7th September 1913. PAGE 7, COLUMN 1 J. H. Kelly Succeeds J. B. Pierce-Harry Scott Is Assistant. J. H. Kelly, formerly assistant superintendent of the Pinkerton detective company's office in Pittsburg, assumed control of the…
Monday, 8th September 1913: Medical Student Is Held As Swindler, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 8th September 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Hugh W. Timothy, 28 years old, the son of a wealthy Chattanooga department store owner and known in Atlanta society circles, was arrested Monday by Harry Scott, of the Pinkertons, on suspicion…
Monday, September 8th 1913: Trainmen Ask Funds For Phagan Monument, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal, Monday, 8th September 1913. PAGE 3, COLUMN 1 Anything From One Cent Up Will Be Acceptable Resolutions Adopted Atlanta lodge No. 720, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Sunday appointed a committee to solicit funds for the erection…
Tuesday, September 9th, 1913: [Jim] Conley Is Indicted On Two Counts By Fulton Grand Jury, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal, Tuesday, 9th September 1913. One Bill Charges a Felony in That "Knowing Frank Murdered Mary Phagan, He Harbored and Concealed Him" FRANK'S ATTORNEY WILL CITE WILL MEYERS CASE Decision in This Famous Case Sure to Figure at…
Tuesday, 9th September 1913: Jim Conley Indicted For Part In Phagan Killing, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 9th September 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.MAXIMUM FOR NEGRO IS FOUR YEARSOne Count ChargesMisdemeanor In Protecting Slayer, Another Felony in Concealing Body.Another chapter was written in Georgia's most famous criminal case Tuesday when Jim Conley, the negro whose…
Tuesday, 9th September 1913 Judge Roan Urged For New Judgeship
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 9th September 1913.PAGE 3, COLUMN 4Governor Slaton Tells CommitteeHe Intends to Keep thePlace Free of Politics.A committee composed of many of the prominent members of the Atlanta Bar association called upon Governor Slaton at the state capitol…
Tuesday, 9th September 1913: No Hostility Toward Blease, Says Slaton, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 9th September 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.Friendly Relations Between Georgia and South Carolina Must Be MaintainedUtterances attributed in the newspapers to Governor Blease to the effect that he had cut off relations with Georgia because Governor Slaton declined…
Wednesday, September 10th, 1913: Judge Leonard Strickland Roan, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal, Wednesday, 10th September 1913. PAGE 1, COLUMN 1 He is expected to succeed Judge Hill On the court of appeals bench. He is at present judge of the Stone Mountain circuit. NEW ATLANTA COURT WILL SHIFT…
Wednesday, 10th September 1913 Longer Vacation Given Phagan Case Workers
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 10th September 1913.PAGE 2, COLUMN 4For their work in the Phagan case, ten days' vacation in addition to that to which they are ordinarily entitled were given to Chief of Detectives Newport A. Lanford and Detectives J.…
Wednesday, 10th September 1913: New Atlanta Court Will Shift Judges On Several Benches, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 10th September 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.JUDGE L. S. ROANHe is expected to succeed Judge Hill on the court of appeals bench. He is at present judge of the Stone Mountain circuit.Judge Benjamin Harvey HillProbably Will Be Appointedby…
Thursday, September 11th, 1913: Frank’s Lawyers Are Hunting For Affidavits, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal, Thursday, 11th September 1913. PAGE 7, COLUMN 1 Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey staid Thursday that he was receiving letters from various towns in the state informing him that the attorneys of Leo M. Frank are canvassing the…
Thursday, 11th September 1913: Hugh Dorsey Sued For $5,000 Damages, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 11th September 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.An aftermath of the misunderstanding that brought on a flight early in the summer between Architect Hal Hents and Contractor J. A. Winkles in the new home of Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey…
Thursday, 11th September 1913 Judge Hill May Get Atlanta Judgeship
The Atlanta Constitution, Thursday, 11th September 1913. PAGE 7, COLUMN 1 and 2 Reported That Judge Roan, of Stone Mountain Circuit, Will Be Appointed on the Court of Appeals. While Governor John M. Slaton has made no announcement of whom…
Thursday, 11th September 1913: Judge Roan Picked To Get Appointment To New Judgeship, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 11th September 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.Well-founded rumor were circulated at the State Capitol Thursday morning that Judge L. S. Roan would be appointed to the Superior Court judgeship created by the last Legislature.Although many rumors have gone…
Friday, 12th September 1913: Crawford Jackson Indicted Statement On Case Issues, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 12th September 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.Grand Jury Returns Bill Against Minister on Testimony of Girl and Her Parents " Fourteen-Year-Old Boy Indicted for MurderRev. Crawford Jackson was indicted by the grand jury Friday morning for attempted criminal…
Friday, September 12th, 1913: Newt Lee Ignored, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal, Friday, 12th September 1913. PAGE 7, COLUMN 4 It was expected that a bill charging murder which was drawn against Newt Lee, the watchman at the National Pencil factory who figured in the Frank case, would be…
Friday, September 12th, 1913: Plennie Minor Will Barbecue Tomorrow, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution, Friday, 12th September 1913. PAGE 12, COLUMN 7 Deputy Sheriff Plennie Minor, has issued invitations to what promises to be one of the most enjoyable gatherings that Fulton County has seen in many days. It is to…
Friday, 12th September 1913: Roan Likely To Be Named In 30 Days, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 12th September 1913,PAGE 6, COLUMN 2.Rumor That He Will Get New Superior Court Judgeship Gains Ground.That Judge L. S. Roan would be appointed to the new Superior Court Judgeship created by the last legislature within the next…
Saturday, 13th September 1913: Attack Is Renewed On Frank Juror, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 13th September 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 4.Citizens Declare That Henslee Has Not Been in Town Since Trials Close.Renewing their attack upon Juror A. H. Henslee, one of the twelve men who convicted Leo M. Frank of the murder…