Author: Mary Phagan
Saturday, 9th August 1913 N. V. Darley Denies Testimony Given by Conley and Dalton
Atlanta Constitution August 9th, 1913 N. V. Darley, general manager of the National Pencil factory, who has already been used as a witness for the prosecution, was called to the stand for the defense following the pattern maker's department. He…
Saturday, 9th August 1913 Schiff Refutes Jim Conley and Dalton
Atlanta Journal August 9th, 1913 WITNESS IN MOST OF DORSEY'S GRILLING WHEN COURT ADJOURNS UNTIL NINE O'CLOCK ON MONDAY Assistant Factory Superintendent Refutes Testimony of C. B. Dalton and Jim Conley That Frank Frequently Had Women Callers In His Office…
Saturday, 9th August 1913 State Attacks Frank Report
Atlanta Georgian August 9th, 1913 Intricacy of Figures Produced by Schiff Under Fire WOMEN NEVER CAME INTO FACTORY OFFICE, WITNESS TESTIFIES The second week of the Frank trial ended at 12:30 Saturday with a bitter battle in progress over the…
Saturday, 9th August 1913 State Confronts Watchman Holloway With Previous Affidavit
Atlanta Journal August 9th, 1913 Solicitor Dorsey Fiercely Attacks Evidence Given by the Witness For Defense Afternoon Session He Also Implies That Watchman Was Trying to Fix Crime on Conley to Get Reward. Holloway Admits Signing Statement Produced by the…
Saturday, 9th August 1913 Witness Admits Discrepancies in Model of Pencil Factory
Atlanta Constitution August 9th, 1913 T. H. Willet, a pattern maker, who built the model of the pencil factory, was next called by the defense. Under the cross-examination of Mr. Hooper he frequently admitted discrepancies in the pasteboard structure submitted…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Case Never is Discussed by Frank Jurors
Atlanta Georgian August 10th, 1913 Every Man on Panel Has Nickname and Formality Has Been Cast Out. No member of the jury that is to decide Leo M. Frank's guilt or innocence had expressed an opinion on the case or…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Conley, Unconcerned, Asks Nothing of Trial
Atlanta Georgian August 10th, 1913 Despite the attacks of the defense in the trial of Leo Frank has made upon his story, Jim Conley—from whose lips fell the most damning and abhorrent testimony a Georgia jury has ever heard—sits calmly…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Conleys Story is Still Center of Fight in Frank Case
Questions asked witnesses by Attorneys Rosser and Arnold indicate that the defense may attempt to convince the jury that it would have been possible for the little girl to have been killed on the first floor of the factory and…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Dalton Sticks Firmly To Story Told on Stand
Atlanta Georgian August 10th, 1913 C. B. Dalton, prominent as a witness in the Frank trial, stuck firmly to the story he told in court when he was confronted Saturday by the letter of Miss Laura Atkinson, No. 30 Ella…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Defense Will Renew Attack Upon Dr. Harris Testimony
Atlanta Constitution August 10th, 1913 That the defense in the trial of Leo M. Frank, charged with the murder of Mary Phagan, will continue its attack upon the testimony of Dr. H. F. Harris, who made a postmortem examination of…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Epps Boy Denies Trying to Avoid Being Called to the Stand Again
Atlanta Constitution August 10th, 1913 C. B. Dalton, who was used by the state to corroborate some of Jim Conley's testimony against Leo Frank, was the first witness called by the defense Saturday morning. He did not respond and George…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Frank A. Hooper Is Proving Big Aid to Solicitor Dorsey
Atlanta Constitution August 10th, 1913 ROSSER CALLS HIM BEAU BRUMMEL OF BAR By Britt Craig. He has a kind and genial face that makes you feel he is the friend of everybody in the world, but in the midst of…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Frank or Conley? Still Question
Atlanta Georgian August 10th, 1913 Issue Firmly Drawn Between Two Men Defense Starting to Mould Its Case Theory That Negro Attacked Mary Phagan With Motive of Robbing Her Will Be Shown; Two Charges Against Accused Must Be Refuted By AN…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Frank Struggles to Prove His Conduct Was Blameless
Atlanta Georgian August 10th, 1913 Co-Workers in the Factory Declare Stories of Factory Revelries Are Beyond Reason ASSISTANT TELLS HOW ACCUSED MAN MADE OUT COMPLEX ACCOUNTS Testimony of Newsboy Who Said He Accompanied Mary Phagan On Street Car On Day…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Interest in Trial Now Centers in Story of Mincey
Atlanta Georgian August 10th, 1913 Question of Time Considered of Paramount Importance in Defense Theory of Frank Case EVERY EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO ACCOUNT FOR ALL HIS MOVEMENTS As all interest centered in the dramatic story of Jim Conley…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Introduction by Defense of Host Of Character Witnesses Probable
Atlanta Constitution August 10th, 1913 The introduction of character testimony in behalf of Leo Frank at present seems very probable. It is not thought, however, that witnesses of this nature will be put on the stand until the middle of…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Is Defense Planning Telling Blow At Testimony Given by Jim Conley?
Atlanta Constitution August 10th, 1913 Will the defense strive to show by witnesses that the pencil factory elevator was not run on April 26 as told by Jim Conley in his remarkable story? Since a question put to General Manager…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Mary Phagans Mother to be Spared at Trial
Atlanta Georgian August 10th, 1913 A spectator at the trial of Leo M. Frank for the murder of little Mary Phagan remarked: "I wonder what the mother of the little girl who was so brutally killed thinks of all this?"…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory
Atlanta Georgian August 10th, 1913 Frank's Accuser Is Not the Type of Negro White Men Consider Their Friend. By TARLETON COLLIER. Jim Conley is a low-browed, thick-lipped, anthropoidal sort of negro. You look at him and your faith in…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Phagan Trial Makes Eleven Widows But Jurors Wives Are Peeresses Also
Atlanta Georgian August 10th, 1913 By L. F. WOODRUFF Eleven widows were made in Atlanta in a day without the assistance of the Grim Reaper, a trip to Reno, pallbearers or affinity stories in the newspapers. And there is but…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Playing Practical Jokes on Watchful Bailiffs is Pastime of Frank Jurors
Anybody who has the mistaken idea that it's fine to be a juror in a big murder trial has only to see Artist Brewerton's illustration above, of the way the twelve men who are to decide Leo M. Frank's fate…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Reporter Makes Denial of Charge That Reports Have Been Flavored
Atlanta Constitution August 10th, 1913 J. M. Minar, a reporter, was put on the stand by the defense after the Epps boy left. By him the defense sought to prove that the boy had talked of Mary Phagan and had…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Schiff Put on Stand to Refute Conley and Dalton Testimony
Atlanta Constitution August 10th, 1913 HIS STATEMENTS HELP DEFENSE Herbert G. Schiff, assistant to Leo M. Frank at the National Pencil factory, followed J. H. Minar on the stand Saturday. His testimony was used by the defense in an efort…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Schiff Testimony Contradicts That Given by Dalton and Negro Conley
Atlanta Constitution August 10th, 1913 Saturday by Far the Best Day for the Defense Since Start of the Frank Trial Two Weeks Ago. SAYS WOMEN DID NOT VISIT FRANK'S OFFICE Lawyers for State and Defense in Frequent Clashes During the…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Startling Testimony of Conley Feature of Trials Second Week
Atlanta Constitution August 10th, 1913 IMPORTANT WITNESSES HEARD The resting by the state of the its case against Leo M. Frank, charged with the murder of Mary Phagan, came on Thursday and the defense is at present setting forth its…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits
Atlanta Georgian August 10th, 1913 Readers of Human Nature See Anything They Want, but Personal Equation Is Forgotten. By O. B. KEELER. Leo Frank sits in the prisoner's dock and all men may read his face. A great many of…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Witness Found Who Saw Mary Phagan on Way to Factory
Atlanta Journal August 10th, 1913 George T. Kendley, Street Car Conductor, Declares He Saw Little Girl About Noon on April 26 as She Stepped From Curb on Forsyth Street Bridge to Cross Alabama Street, Where His Car Was Stopped BOTH…
Monday, 11th August 1913 Defense Bitterly Attacks Harris
Atlanta Georgian August 11th, 1913 Battle of Medical Experts Waged in Court EXPERTS TESTIMONY ON CABBAGE TESTS CALLED WILD GUESS A bitter arraignment of the professional ethics and fairness of Dr. H. F. Harris, secretary of the State Board of…
Monday, 11th August 1913 Deputy Hunting Scalp Of Juror-Ventiloquist
Atlanta Georgian August 11th, 1913 Big Bob Deavors, Deputy Sheriff in charge of the Frank trial jury, marched to the courtroom Monday morning with an aching head and a grim determination to get even with Juror A. H. Henslee, whose…
Monday, 11th August 1913 Frank Case Mentioned for First Time in House
Atlanta Journal August 11th, 1913 For the first time this session, mention of the case of Leo M. Frank, on trial for his life for the murder of fourteen-year-old Mary Phagan, was made today in the house of representatives. Representative…