Author: Mary Phagan

Monday, 15th December 1913: Frank Case Opens In Supreme Court, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 15th December 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.DefenseExpected to Ask Extension of Time for ArgumentReuben Arnold to Be First Speaker.Attorney Reuben Arnold opens first fire in the fight before the supreme court for a new trial for Leo M.…

Tuesday, 16th December 1913: Dorsey Ends Speech Against New Frank Trial, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 16th December 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 8.FELDER TO TALK FOR STATENEXTJustices Likely Will Try to Reach Decision on Appeal by the End of January.Repeating his vehement assertions that Leo M. Frank is without a vestige of legal or…

Tuesday, 16th December 1913: Franks Fate Rests With Higher Court Arguments Closed, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 16th December 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.Rosser Ends Supreme Court Battle by Declaring Frank Was Not Convicted of Murder, but of Other Crimes.DORSEY SAYS DEFENSE USED TRICKER IN BRIEFCelebrated Case Now in Hands of Six Supreme Justices, Who…

Tuesday, 16th December 1913: Seven Managers Of Locker Clubs Arrested In Raid, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 16th December 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Police ChargeViolations of City LawProhibiting the Sale of Liquor to Non Members of Clubs.RELEASE IS GIVEN ON BONDS OF $300 EACH"No War on Locker Clubs," Says Beavers Managers Enter Vigorous Denial.Will Fight…

Wednesday, 17th December 1913: Frank’s Fate With Supreme Court Judges, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 17th December 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 8.FELDER HIT BY ROSSER IN FINAL PLEAA third time within less than four months the fate of Leo M. Frank hangs in the balance.Arguments in the appeal for a new trial were…

Wednesday, 17th December 1913: Leo Frank’s Fate Now Rests With High Tribunal, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 17th December 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Stirring Speeches Are Made by Attorney General Felder for State and Luther Z. Rosser for Defense.FELDER IS CRITICAL OF JUDGE L. S. ROANHe Declares the Judge's Comments Had No Rightful Place in…

Thursday, 18th December 1913: Supreme Court Sets To Unraveling Red Thread Of Truth In Frank Case By James B. Nevin., The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 18th December 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Impartial observers, people with minds unprejudiced and free of bias, must have sighed a weight of sincere relief from their souls when, at last, the arguments closed in the Supreme Court hearing…

Friday, 19th December 1913: Broyles Seeks Place On Court Of Appeals, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 19th December 1913,PAGE 5, COLUMN 1.Recorder Announces He Will Oppose Judge in Campaign Next YearThe executive prediction published in the late editions of the Journal Thursday afternoon that Judge Nash R. Broyles was to be a candidate…

Friday, 19th December 1913: Broyles To Oppose Roan For Appellate Judgeship Many Seek Police Bench, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 19th December 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.Announces CandidacyJUDGE NASH R. BROYLES.Who announces he will run against Judge Roan for the court of appeals.PAGE 1, COLUMN 7BROYLES' PLACE ALREADY SOUGHT BY 7 CANDIDATESAtlanta Recorder Announces That He Will Offer…

Saturday, 20th December 1913: Frank Lawyers Reopen Attack On Dorsey, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 20th December 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.DISTORTION OF FACTS IS ALLEGEDSolicitor's Statement as to Time Slip Taken From Factory Is Vigorously Assailed.Attorneys for Leo M. Frank announced Friday that they were engaged in the preparation of a supplemental…

Saturday, 20th December 1913: Social Items, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 20th December 1913,PAGE 7, COLUMN 1.Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Van Harlingen left yesterday to spend Christmas with Mrs. Van Harlingen's father in La Porte, Ind.They will visit in Chicago and Cleveland before returning home.***Mrs. Mc Craw,…

Sunday, 21st December 1913: Judge Pottle To Quit State Court Of Appeals Feb 1, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 21st December 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Sam S. Bennet, of Albany,Will in All Probability Be AppointedNew JuristPottle to Practice Law in AlbanyTHREE APPELLATE JUDGES MUST GO BEFORE VOTERSJudge Pottle's Successor Will Serve Only Short Time Be For ElectionThree…

Sunday, 21st December 1913: Supplementary Briefs To Correct Mistakes, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 21st December 1913,PAGE 27, COLUMN 1.Defense Claims Judge Roan Has Reversed Himself Since Going on Appellate Bench.While it is true that attorneys on both sides of the Frank case will ask the supreme court for permission to…

Monday, 22nd December 1913: Court In Whitfield Convenes January 5, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 22nd December 1913,PAGE 5, COLUMN 2.Dalton, Ga., December 21.(Special.)The January term of Whitfield superior court will convene here on January 5, Judge Fite presiding.This is not the term at which the grand jury meets, but owing to…

Monday, 22nd December 1913: No Beer On Christmas Chief To Enforce Law, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 22nd December 1913,PAGE 4, COLUMN 5.NO BEER ON CHRISTMAS.CHIEF TO ENFORCE LAWSection 1651 of the city code, forbidding near-beer saloons to open on Christmas day, must be strictly adhered to on Thursday, according to an order issued…

Tuesday, 23rd December 1913: Col. W. S. Thomson To Be Buried Today, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 23rd December 1913,PAGE 5, COLUMN 2.Death Came to Useful Citizen Monday After LengthyIllness.Colonel William S. Thomson, one of Atlanta's most prominent citizens, died Monday morning at 5 o'clock, at his residence, 449 North Boulevard.HeCOLONEL W. S.THOMSON.had been…

Tuesday, 23rd December 1913: No Attack On Dorsey In New Frank Case Brief, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 23rd December 1913,PAGE 9, COLUMN 1.Arnold Makes It Clear That Paper Contains No PersonalitiesIn discussing the supplemental brief which the attorneys for the defense of Leo M. Frank are preparing to file with the supreme court, Attorney…

Thursday, 25th December 1913: Laboring Folk Of Griffin Send Dorsey Xmas Present, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 25th December 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 4.Griffin, Ga., December 24.The East Griffin cotton mill folk are today sending Hon. Hugh M. Dorsey a pair of gold cuff buttons as a Christmas present as a token of their appreciation…

Thursday, 25th December 1913: South Georgia Man To Get Pottles Place, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 25th December 1913,PAGE 5, COLUMN 1.Governor Says He Has Not Decided Whom He Will AppointIt is quite certain that Governor Slaton will appoint a South Georgia lawyer to succeedJudge J. R.Pottle on the state court of appeals.Judge…

Saturday, 27th December 1913: New Frank Case Brief Attacks Roan Again, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 27th December 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 4.Judge's Doubt as to Guilt or Innocence of Prisoner Subject of Extended ArgumentJudge L. S. Roan's doubt as to the guilt or innocence of Leo M. Frank, given expression at the time…

Saturday, 27th December 1913: Supplemental Briefs Ready In Frank Case, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 27th December 1913,PAGE 5, COLUMN 6.Defense Will Stress Judge Roan's DoubtAs to Guilt of the Prisoner.Supplemental briefs will be filed in the supreme court today by attorneys for the defense in the Leo M. Frank case calling…

Tuesday, 30th December 1913: Grand Jury Indicts Near-beer Dealers, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 30th December 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.Three Charged With Failure to Pay State1913Special TaxThree near beer dealers, Henry Boisshardt, Samuel Aaron and H. J. Williams, were indicted Tuesday by the grand jury for their alleged failure to pay…

Wednesday, 31st December 1913: Men And Business Bulletin No. 91, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 31st December 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 5."Errare Humanum Est"To err is human.To differ with your fellowman is still more human.Adam and Eve had their differences.The Disciples of Christ did not always agree.If they were still living the chances…

Thursday, 1st January 1914: Gunman And Thug Busy In Atlanta During Year 1913, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 1st January 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.The Meager Police Records ShowForty-Seven Homicides, and Arrests Made in Twenty-Nine Cases.MARY PHAGAN KILLED;APPLEBAUM SHOT DOWNThese Two Were the Most Noted Tragedies of Year.List of Slain Smaller Than In 1912, When It…

Wednesday, 7th January 1914: Roan’s Comment Basis For New Trial, Says Brief, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 7th January 1914,PAGE 10, COLUMN 1.Supplemental Paper in Frank CaseWon't DelayFinal DecisionAttorneys for Leo M.FrankWednesday morning completed the supplemental brief which they will file with the state supreme court.This brief covers sixty-three pages of typewritten legal cap…

Thursday, 8th January 1914: Frank Attorneys File Supplemental Brief, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 8th January 1914,PAGE 11, COLUMN 1.Insist That Roan Evaded Responsibility in Denying Defendant a New Trial.Attorneys for Leo M. Frank filed yesterday with the supreme court a supplementary brief on behalf of the defendant consisting of sixty-three…

Thursday, 8th January 1914: Jury In Deadlock Over Case Of Ira W.fisher, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 8th January 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Disagreement Reported, but Judge Fite Refuses to Dismiss Case. (Special Dispatch to The Journal.)DALTON, Ga., Jan. 8.The case of Ira W. Fisher, the man who made sensational accusations in the Frank case…

Tuesday, 13th January 1914: Supreme Court Delays Decision In Frank Case, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 13th January 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.Ruling on AppealMay Not Be Handed DownUntilMiddle of FebruaryIndications now are that the decision of the state supreme court on the appeal of Leo M. Frank will not be handed down until…

Wednesday, 14th January 1914: Dorsey Won’t Reply To Latest Frank Brief, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 14th January 1914,PAGE 22, COLUMN 4.Thinks Points Stressed in the Supplemental Brief Already CoveredThe supplemental brief filed in the supreme court by the attorneys for the defense of Leo M. Frank will remain unanswered by the state.While…

Thursday, 15th January 1914: Dorsey Will Not Reply To Latest Frank Brief, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 15th January 1914,PAGE 4, COLUMN 1.That Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey will not make reply to the latest supplemental brief field by attorneys for Leo M. Frank before the supreme court was stated on apparently good authority…