Author: Mary Phagan
Friday, 22nd May 1914: Five Men Indicted On Perjury Charge In Leo Frank Case, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 22nd May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Ragsdale, Barber, Lehon, Thurman, and Tedder Named in True Bills Found by the Grand JuryDaniel S. Lehon, lieutenant of Detective W. J. Burns in the Frank case; Carlton C. Tedder, formerly a…
Friday, 22nd May 1914: Grand Jury Probe Will Begin Today, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 22nd May 1914,PAGE 5, COLUMN 1.E. A. Stephens, Assistant Solicitor General, will present all bills to probers this morning. It is expected that when the Grand Jury convenes today, the charges growing out of the Frank Case…
Saturday, 23rd May 1914: Judge Hill Postpones Burns And Lehon Trial, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 23rd May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.Contempt Case Delayed Because Counsel for Detectives Will Be Out of CityJudge Ben H. Hill postponed the trial of the contempt cases against Detective W. J. Burns and his assistant Dan S.…
Saturday, 23rd May 1914: State Cases Are Planned Against Burns Operators By The Police Commission, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 23rd May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Dan Lehon, Charles Sears, and four assistants were placed under bond for appearance before Recorder Broyles on Tuesday. Burns is expected today to defend his course, declares Dan Lehon. Detectives were given…
Sunday, 24th May 1914: Our Record Clean, Asserts Dan Lehon, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 24th May 1914,PAGE 28, COLUMN 1.Says They Could Have Escaped Trouble by Asserting Frank's Guilt, But It Would Have Violated Their Convictions.Asserting that if he and Detective Burns were as questionable as they are accused by the…
Monday, 25th May 1914: Frank Appeal May Be Signed Tuesday, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 25th May 1914,PAGE 16, COLUMN 3.Bill of Exceptions Likely to be Presented Late TomorrowIndications were, on Monday, that it will be late Tuesday afternoon before the bill of exceptions, on which the extraordinary motion for a new…
Tuesday, 26th May 1914: Burns’ Men Fight Effort To Shut Up Offices In Atlanta, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 26th May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Ordinance Requiring Supervision of City Police Assailed as Unconstitutional in Answer to RecorderCharge Compliance Was Impossible PropositionDetectives say one of their duties in the Frank case was to probe alleged acts of…
Tuesday, 26th May 1914: Council Revokes License Of Burns, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 26th May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Recommendation of Police Board Adopted: Broyles Tries Cases Against Detective's Agents Today.Because of alleged failure to cooperate with the local police and for violating his pact with the Police Commission, C. E.…
Wednesday, 27th May 1914: Burns Agent Here Is Fined And Bound Over, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 27th May 1914,PAGE 2, COLUMN 1.Judge Broyles ordered Dan S. Lehon, Burns' chief aide, to pay $100 and costs for violating a city ordinance. Lehon was also held for the state under a $500 bond, charged with…
Wednesday, 27th May 1914: Lehon Is Fined $100 And Costs And Bound Over, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 27th May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Burns Detective Will Take Case to Higher Courts to Test the Constitutionality of the City Ordinance. Contempt Cases Are Dismissed by Hill. Motion to Upset the Frank Verdict Will, in All Probability,…
Thursday, 28th May 1914: More Burns Agents Are Fined And Bound Over, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 28th May 1914,PAGE 2, COLUMN 1.Rogers, Whitfield, and Tedder Each Fined $100 and Held for StateThree more Burns agents were heavily fined in the Recorder's Court Wednesday afternoon and bound over to the state courts charged with…
Thursday, 28th May 1914: Three Burns Aides Fined And Bound Over By Recorder, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 28th May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Detectives Charged with Operating in Atlanta Without PermissionDetectives from the Burns Detective Agency, including W. W. ("Boots") Rogers, have been charged with operating in Atlanta without the permission of the Police Board…
Saturday, 30th May 1914: Negro Cuts Detective In Effort To Escape, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 30th May 1914,PAGE 10, COLUMN 2.John Black was stabbed in an encounter with a desperate shoplifter. Chief Detective John Black, a prominent figure in the Leo Frank murder case and one of the city's sleuths detailed on…
Saturday, 30th May 1914: Sunday Music First Universalist Church, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 30th May 1914,PAGE 5, COLUMN 1.Prelude Cantilene Nuptiale, Dubois."The Lord is My Shepherd," Pullin.Offertory Serenade, Braga."Hark, Angelic Voice," Shelley, performed by Miss Martha E. Smith and Mrs. Lawrence Elder.Postlude Lemaigre.Miss Annie Mae Taurman, organist.Miss Lucy Hamilton, pianist.Miss…
Sunday, 31st May 1914: Frank Motion Before Judge Hill Next Friday, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 31st May 1914,PAGE 7, COLUMN 5.Affidavits from Trial Judge L. S. Roan are expected to play a significant role in the upcoming hearing. It is generally believed that the last postponement of the motion to set aside…
Monday, 1st June 1914: Perjury Charges Basis Of Sermon, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 1st June 1914,PAGE 10, COLUMN 3.Referring to Conflicting Affidavits in Frank Case, Dr. Ogden Preaches on "Sanctity of Truth." Taking as a motive for his sermon the multiplicity of conflicting affidavits and the various perjury charges in…
Tuesday, 2nd June 1914: Burns Case Causes New City Ordinance Guarding Witnesses, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 2nd June 1914,PAGE 7, COLUMN 3.As a result of charges and intimations that detectives working under William J. Burns in the Frank case caused witnesses to leave the city before testifying, the Council yesterday decided to safeguard…
Thursday, 4th June 1914: Second Frank Motion Comes Up On Friday, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 4th June 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.Motion to Set Aside Verdict of Guilty Will Be Heard by Judge HillThe hearing of the motion to set aside the verdict of guilty against Leo M. Frank on the ground that…
Friday, 5th June 1914: Dorsey’s Demurrer In Leo Frank Case Is Heard By Court, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 5th June 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Solicitor Attacks Motion to Set Aside Verdict Because Defendant Was Absent From Court RoomDECLARES NO DEFECT APPEARS ON RECORDSays Right to Be Present Was Waived and Counsel Told Judge There Would Be…
Friday, 5th June 1914: Frank Case Motion Will Be Heard Today, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 5th June 1914,PAGE 4, COLUMN 3.Solicitor Dorsey Will Enter Demurrer to Motion to Reverse Verdict, It Is Stated.The stage has been set for the Frank Case motion to upset the verdict of guilty, which will commence this…
Saturday, 6th June 1914: Dorsey’s Demurrer In Leo Frank’s Case Sustained By Court, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 6th June 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Refuses to Hear Motion to Set Aside Verdict Because Defendant Did Not Hear It ReadThe demurrer filed by Solicitor H. M. Dorsey against the latest motion in behalf of Leo M. Frank,…
Saturday, 6th June 1914: Verdict Is Void, Declare Lawyers For Leo M. Frank, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 6th June 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.John L. Tye Stresses Advantages to the Defendant in Being Present When a Verdict Is Read. ASSERTS THAT JURORS MIGHT HAVE CHANGED Peeples Scores Mobs as Cowardly Says That Would Have Been…
Sunday, 7th June 1914: Another Step In Frank Case Won By State, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 7th June 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Demurrer of Solicitor Dorsey Upheld by Judge Hill. Motion to Set Aside Verdict Dismissed. Within twenty days there will be still another phase of the Frank Case before the Supreme Court, for…
Wednesday, 10th June 1914: Grand Jury To Resume Probe Of Frank Case, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 10th June 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Operations of Detective Burke and Wrenn Will Be Investigated. The Fulton grand jury will this week resume its investigation into the Frank Case and is expected to probe into the alleged irregular…
Wednesday, 10th June 1914: Probe Of County Board Ordered By Grand Jury, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 10th June 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Charges of Graft Made in Recent Campaign Will Be InvestigatedA thorough probe of the charges and counter charges involving acts of the Fulton County board was ordered Wednesday by the Grand Jury.…
Thursday, 11th June 1914: Grand Jury To Probe County Board Charges, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 11th June 1914,PAGE 10, COLUMN 3.The Grand Jury, upon going into session yesterday, decided to begin the requested probe of charges of graft and irregularities that were made during the recent election campaign against the county commissioners.…
Monday, 15th June 1914: Holdups And Attempted Suicides Feature Sunday, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 15th June 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Police and Hospital Attendants Are Kept Busy by Numerous CallsSunday was a busy day for the police and the Grady Hospital. Attempted suicides, holdups and other disturbances kept the officers and doctors…
Thursday, 18th June 1914: C. W. Burke Indicted For Suborning Perjury, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 18th June 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.Frank Case Employee Tried to Change Girls' Testimony, It Is ChargedAn indictment charging attempt to subornate perjury was returned by the Fulton County grand jury Thursday afternoon against C. W. Burke, employed…
Friday, 19th June 1914: Indictment Is Returned Against Jimmy Wrenn, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 19th June 1914,PAGE 2, COLUMN 4.Attempt to Subornate Perjury in Leo Frank Case Is the Charge. Jimmy Wrenn, an employee of C. W. Burke, special investigator for the defense in the Frank Case, was indicted by the…
Saturday, 20th June 1914: Burns Is Dropped By Police Chiefs, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 20th June 1914,PAGE 2, COLUMN 2.Action Taken After Chief Beavers, in Speech, Had Denounced the Detective's Work in Frank Case. Grand Rapids, Mich., June 19. (Special.) Following a speech by J. L. Beavers, chief of police of…