Author: Mary Phagan
Thursday, 7th August 1913 While Murder Trial Goes on Witnesses While Away Time With Old Camp Meeting Songs
Atlanta Constitution August 7th, 1913 By Britt Craig. There is one woman with no connection whatever with the Frank case who sits undisturbed in an obscure corner of the courtroom. Throughout Jim Conley's testimony, she remained in her seat while…
Friday, 8th August 1913 Bits of Circumstantial Evidence, as Viewed by State, Strands in Rope
Atlanta Georgian August 8th, 1913 By O. B. KEELER. They call it a chain that the State has forged, or has tried to forge, to hold Leo Frank to the murder of Mary Phagan. But isn't it a rope? A…
Friday, 8th August 1913 Dalton Corroborates Statements Contained in Conleys Testimony
Atlanta Constitution August 8th, 1913 C.B. Dalton a railroad carpenter who was heralded as one of the star witnesses for the defense was called to the stand by Solicitor Dorsey whe court convened Thursday morning. The most startling statement uttered…
Friday, 8th August 1913 Defense Attacks States Case From Many Angles
Atlanta Journal August 8th, 1913 MOTORMAN AND CONDUCTOR SAY NEWSBOY EPPS WAS NOT ON CAR THAT BROUGHT MARY TO CITY They Swear That She Left Car at Broad and Hunter Streets at 12:10, the Very Hour Monteen Stover Claims to…
Friday, 8th August 1913 Defense Begins Introduction of Evidence
Atlanta Journal August 8th, 1913 Afternoon Session of Frank's Trial Thursday Is Without Any Interesting Development Pinkerton Detective Harry Scott Testifies That Conley Never Told Him New Features of Story—Dr. Leroy Childs Testifies in Effort to Break Dr. Harris' Story…
Friday, 8th August 1913 Defense May Call for Character Witnesses Today
Atlanta Constitution August 8th, 1913 C. B. DALTON TELLS ABOUT VISITS HE PAID THE PENCIL FACTORY WITH MANY WOMEN Declares He Used Basement for Immoral Purposes at Same Time That Frank Was in Building, But Did Not Attempt to Say…
Friday, 8th August 1913 Dorsey Forces Childs to Admit Certain Portions of His Testimony Could Not Be Considered Expert
Atlanta Constitution August 8, 1913 Dr. LeRoy W. Childs who was the first witness placed on the stand by the defense underwent a rigorous cross examination by Solicitor Dorsey. The solicitor showed a keen knowledge of medicine and chemistry in…
Friday, 8th August 1913 Dr. Childs Differs with Harris As to Processes of Digestion
Atlanta Constitution August 8th, 1913 Following Dr. H. F. Harris, the final witness of the state, DR. L. W. Childs also an expert on matters pertaining to the various processes of digestion was placed on the stand by the defense…
Friday, 8th August 1913 Dr. Frank Eskridge Aiding Prosecution
Atlanta Constitution August 8th, 1913 Dr. R. T. Dorsey Also Comes to Assistance of Solicitor in the Frank Case Dr. Frank L. Eskridge, a well-known physician, is assisting Solicitor General Dorsey in the solicitor's examination of expert chemists and medical…
Friday, 8th August 1913 Harris Sticks to Testimony As to Time of Girls Death
Atlanta Constitution August 8th, 1913 Dr. H.F. Harris, the state's final witness against Leo M. Frank, was put on the stand for cross examination shortly after 10 o'clock Thursday morning, and through a series of questions Attorney Reuben Arnold, for…
Friday, 8th August 1913 Rosser Swears Bludgeon Was Not In Factory Day After the Murder
Atlanta Constitution August 8th, 1913 City Detective Bass Rosser, who worked on the Phagan mystery, followed Dalton on the stand Thursday morning to tell that Mrs. Arthur White, whose husband, father and brother work for the National Pencil company, had…
Friday, 8th August 1913 Scott Called by Defense To Refute Conleys Story
Atlanta Constitution August 8th, 1913 SHOWS NEGRO LIED MANY TIMES The defense sprang a surprise during the afternoon session whey they called Detective Harry Scott to the stand to testify to the third-degree under which Jim Conley had been placed…
Friday, 8th August 1913 Scott Put Conleys Story in Strange Light
Atlanta Georgian August 8th, 1913 Harry Scott, of the Pinkerton agency, showed up the "confessions" of Conley in a peculiar light when he was called to the stand by the Frank defense Thursday afternoon. The detective, questioned by Luther Rosser,…
Friday, 8th August 1913 State, Tied by Conleys Story, Now Must Stand Still Under Hot Fire
Atlanta Georgian August 8th, 1913 By JAMES B. NEVIN. As the defense in the Frank case gets under way, it is evident enough, as it has been from the beginning of this case, that there is but one big, tremendously…
Friday, 8th August 1913 Will Defense Put Character of Leo Frank Before Jury?
Atlanta Constitution August 8th, 1913 Will Leo Frank's character be one of the issues in his trial for the murder of little Mary Phagan? That is the question which has been the subject of speculation since it was first known…
Friday, 8th August 1913 Witnesses Attack Conley Story
Atlanta Georgian August 8th, 1913 Say Mary Phagan Did Not Reach Factory Before 12:10 FRANK TAKES ACTIVE INTEREST IN CASE AND ASSISTS HIS LAWYERS The vital time element which may serve alone to convict Leo Frank or set him free,…
Saturday, 9th August 1913 Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial
Atlanta Georgian August 9th, 1913 By O. B. Keeler There are two things about the Frank trial that entitle it to distinguished consideration. Thus far not a single alienist has been called to bat, and only the common or domesticated…
Saturday, 9th August 1913 Civil Engineer and Photographer Tell of Making Plats and Photos
Atlanta Constitution August 9th, 1913 Ira U. Kauffman, civil engineer, who had been employed by the defense to make drawings of the Selig home at 68 East Georgia avenue, where Frank and his wife lived, and also of the National…
Saturday, 9th August 1913 Conductor Also Swears Epps Boy Was Not on Car With Mary Phagan
Atlanta Constitution August 9th, 1913 W. T. Hollis, of 16 Western avenue, the conductor on the English avenue car on which Mary Phagan rode to town on the day she was murdered, followed the motorman on the stand. He also…
Saturday, 9th August 1913 Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense
Atlanta Georgian August 9th, 1913 What promised to be a very favorable day for the defense in the trial of Leo M. Frank, charged with the murder of Mary Phagan, was partly spoiled at its close Friday by the bewilderment…
Saturday, 9th August 1913 Couldnt Locate Epps Boy When Wanted in Court
Atlanta Constitution August 9th, 1913 At the opening of the afternoon session the defense called for George Epps, the 14-year-old newsboy, who says he rode uptown with Mary Phagan on the day of her death. He did not answer. Mr.…
Saturday, 9th August 1913 Daltons Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says
Atlanta Georgian August 9th, 1913 The Georgian today received from Miss Laura Atkinson of No. 30 Ella Street, one of the young women mentioned in C. B. Dalton's testimony, a letter denying absolutely that she had ever walked home with…
Saturday, 9th August 1913 Defense Will Seek to Show That Mary Phagans Body Was Tossed Down a Chute in Rear of Pencil Factory And Not Taken Down by Elevator As the State Insists
Atlanta Constitution August 9th, 1913 Eleven Witnesses Are Introduced Friday to Prove Discrepancies in Time Given by Witnesses for the State. Miss Daisy Hopkins Goes on Stand and Swears That She Never Visited Factory With Dalton, But on Cross-Examination She…
Saturday, 9th August 1913 Epps Boy Not With Mary Phagan, Declares Street Car Motorman
Atlanta Constitution August 9th, 1913 W. M. Mathews, of 459 Lee street, car motorman who declares that Mary Phagan rode to town on his car on April 26, followed Daisy Hopkins on the stand. Mathews gave a new turn to…
Saturday, 9th August 1913 Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws is Sought by Defense
Atlanta Georgian August 9th, 1913 Hammering away to show alleged glaring discrepancies in time in the story told by Jim Conley, the defense of Leo Frank Saturday morning recalled George Epps, the newsboy who testified to riding into town with…
Saturday, 9th August 1913 Harry Scott and Boots Rogers Recalled to Stand by the State
Atlanta Constitution August 9th, 1913 When court convened Friday morning Harry Scott, Pinkerton detective, engaged by the defense in the Phagan case, was recalled to the stand by the state and asked how long it took Jim Conley, the negro…
Saturday, 9th August 1913 Heres the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?
Atlanta Georgian August 9th, 1913 THE RIDDLE OF THE CLOCK IN THE PHAGAN MYSTERYJim Conley swears Mary Phagan went up the stairs of the National Pencil factory and was murdered before Monteen Stover arrived. He says he saw Miss Stover…
Saturday, 9th August 1913 Hinchey Tells of Seeing Frank on Car on Day of the Murder
Atlanta Constitution August 9th, 1913 H. J. Hinchey, of 391 Peachtree street, a business acquaintance of Leo Frank, and manager of the South Atlantic Blow Pipe company, was put upon the stand by the defense. He stated having seen Frank…
Saturday, 9th August 1913 Holloway, Witness for Defense, Riddled By Cross-Examination
Atlanta Constitution August 9th, 1913 E. F. Holloway, watchman and timekeeper at the pencil factory, whose testimony Solicitor Dorsey riddled on cross-examination, followed General Manager Darley to the stand. He gave his answers rapidly, making them frequently even before Attorney…
Saturday, 9th August 1913 Hopkins Woman Denies Charges Made By Dalton and Jim Conley; Is Forced to Admit Untruths
Atlanta Constitution August 9th, 1913 Daisy Hopkins, a resident of Redan, Georgia, and the woman who Jim Conley and C. B. Dalton declare frequently went to the National Pencil factory with Dalton while Leo Frank was there and was aware…