Author: Mary Phagan
Monday, 11th August 1913 Grief-Stricken Mother Shows No Vengefulness
August 11th, 1913 Atlanta Georgian By TARLETON COLLIER. That black-clad woman in the corner of the courtroom—nobody has noticed her much. Things have happened so swiftly in the Frank trial that all eyes are on the rush of events, waiting…
Monday, 11th August 1913 Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters Third Week
Atlanta Georgian August 11th, 1913 By JAMES B. NEVIN. The third week of the most remarkable murder trial ever known in Georgia opened to-day with no apparent lessening of the acute interest and grim appeal heretofore attaching to it. The…
Monday, 11th August 1913 Jurors Have a Great Time Playing Jokes on Deputies
Atlanta Constitution August 11th, 1913 Coats off and collars and ties flung carelessly on bedposts and convenient chairs the twelve jurors in the Frank case and Deputies Foster Hunter and Bob Deavours, in charge of them, were taking a comfortable…
Monday, 11th August 1913 Many Experts Called by Defense to Answer Dr. H. F. Harris
Atlanta Journal August 11th, 1913 DR. GEORGE BACHMAN GIVES TESTIMONY TO SHOW HARRIS SIMPLY HAZARDED A GUESS Professor of Physiology at Atlanta College of Physicians and Surgeons Declares Dr. Harris Is the Only Doctor He Knows Who Would Undertake to…
Monday, 11th August 1913 Murder Evidence May Be Concluded by Next Saturday
Atlanta Constitution August 11th, 1913 Trial May Have Reached the Point By End of This Week Where Lawyers Will Begin Their Argument. FIERCE ATTACK COMING ON HARRIS TESTIMONY The Defense Will Also Make Every Attempt to Break Down Story Told…
Monday, 11th August 1913 Sunday Proves Day of Meditation for Four Frank Jurors
Atlanta Journal August 11th, 1913 Sunday apparently brought reflection and repentance to one aspiring member of the Frank juror, while three others after due consideration of the heat and other things, spent a part of their $2 per day. Juror…
Tuesday, 12th August 1913 As the Very Wildest of Guessing Dr. Westmoreland Characterizes Testimony Given by Dr. Harris
Atlanta Constitution August 12th, 1913 Dr. Willis Westmoreland, former head of the state board of health, who resigned some time ago after the board gave a clean bill to Dr. H. F. Harris, the secretary, whom he had accused of…
Tuesday, 12th August 1913 Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day
Atlanta Georgian August 12th, 1913 The defense had what was probably its best day on Monday. Medical experts were on the witness stand the larger part of the day. The purpose of their testimony was to knock down, one after…
Tuesday, 12th August 1913 C. B. Daltons Character Shown Up by Frank Defense; Four Witnesses Swear They Would Not Believe His Oath
Atlanta Journal August 12th, 1913 DALTON ADMITS HE SERVED A CHAINGANG SENTENCE FOR THEFT OF A "SHOP HAMMER" Miss Hattie Hall Swears She Was In Frank's Office Between 11 and 12 o'Clock and That Superintendent Did No Work on Finance…
Tuesday, 12th August 1913 Defense Has Best Day Since Trial of Frank Began
Atlanta Constitution August 12th, 1913 AS WILD GUESSES PHYSICIANS TERM TESTIMONY GIVEN BY DR. ROY HARRIS Assert It Is Impossible to Tell Accurately Just How Long It Takes for the Digestion of Cabbage—One Doctor Tells of Experiments He Had Made…
Tuesday, 12th August 1913 Dr. Hancock Called by Defense, Assails Dr. Harris Testimony
Atlanta Constitution August 12th, 1913 MADE CABBAGE DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS Dr. T. H. Hancock, a well known Atlanta physician, was the first of three medical experts to be presented in the afternoon in behalf of the defense. Dr. Hancock is official…
Tuesday, 12th August 1913 Ethics of Dr. H. F. Harris Bitterly Attacked By Reuben Arnold
Atlanta Journal August 12th, 1913 Sensational Charge Hurled By Physician in Testimony Given at Afternoon Session Dr. Westmoreland, Answering Question of Attorney Reuben R. Arnold, Declares He Never Heard of a Chemist Who Had Made Examination by Himself and Then…
Tuesday, August 12th, 1913, Expert Flatly Contradicts the Testimony of Dr. Harris, Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution August 12th, 1913 Professor George Bachman, professor of physiology in the Atlanta College of Physicians and Surgeons, and formerly a demonstrator of physiology in Jefferson Medical college, was put on the stand following Schiff. By him the…
Tuesday, 12th August 1913 Frank Trial Witness is Sure, At Least, of One Thinga Good Ragging
Atlanta Georgian August 12th, 1913 By JAMES B. NEVIN. Reader, proverbially gentle, if not always so, be glad, be joyful, and be filled with exceeding thankfulness that you have not been summoned, no matter which way, as a witness in…
Tuesday, 12th August 1913 Franks Financial Sheet Would Take 3 Hours Work to Finish Joel Hunter
Atlanta Constitution August 12th, 1913 Joel Hunter, an expert accountant, was put on the stand to testify to the amount of work required in the compilation of the financial sheet upon which the defense declares Leo Frank worked during the…
Tuesday, 12th August 1913 Guesswork and Not Science Asserts Dr. J. C. Olmstead
Atlanta Constitution August 12th, 1913 Dr. John C. Olmstead followed Dr. Westmoreland to the stand. He was questioned by Arnold. "What is your occupation?" "I have been a physician for thirty-six years, and am a graduate of the University of…
Tuesday, 12th August 1913 Peoples Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives
Atlanta Georgian August 12th, 1913 By L. F. WOODRUFF. There is as much sentiment in the world to-day as there was in 1861 or 1776 or 1492 or 1066 or any other date that may come to your recollection. It's…
Tuesday, 12th August 1913 Schiff Admits He Kept Conley Knowing He Was Worthless
Atlanta Constitution August 12th, 1913 H. G. Schiff, Leo Frank's assistant in the National Pencil factory, was put on the stand for a conclusion of the state's cross examination when court convened Monday morning. "How many books and papers were…
Tuesday, 12th August 1913 State Charges Premeditated Crime
Atlanta Georgian August 12th, 1913 Defense Forces Dalton to Admit Jail Record GIRL DENIES STATE'S VERSION OF FRANK'S WORK ON FATAL DAY Here are the important developments Tuesday in the trial of Leo M. Frank, charged with the murder of…
Wednesday, 13th August 1913 Both Sides Aim for Justice in the Trial of Frank
Atlanta Georgian August 13th, 1913 With Judge, Jury and Councillors Performing Duty Well, Square Deal Is Assured. By Jas B. Nevin. In considering the Frank trial, particularly with respect to the length of it, and the thoroughgoing exhaustiveness of the…
Wednesday, 13th August 1913 Franks Character Made Issue by the Defense
Atlanta Journal August 13th, 1913 ACTION A CHALLENGE TO STATE TO PUT UP WITNESSES IN REBUTTAL WHO OTHERWISE COULDN'T TESTIFY Lemmie Quinn, Foreman In Metal Room, Tells the Jury He Visited Factory on Saturday, April 26, and Found Frank at…
Wednesday, 13th August 1913 Franks Lawyers Again Threaten Move for Mistrial
Atlanta Journal August 13th, 1913 Questions Asked by Dorsey Of Office Boy at Factory Ruled Out After Argument Attorney Reuben R. Arnold Declares That Any Further Testimony Along Lines of That Sought by the Solicitor During Examination of Philip Chambers…
Wednesday, 13th August 1913 Franks Mother Stirs Courtroom
Atlanta Georgian August 13th, 1913 Leaps to Defense of Son at Dorsey's Question FRANK'S CLASSMATES AT COLLEGE TELL OF HIS GOOD CHARACTER A sensation was created in the courtroom during the cross-examination of Ashley Jones by Solicitor Dorsey at the…
Wednesday, 13th August 1913 Many Witnesses Take the Stand to Refute Points of Prosecution
Atlanta Constitution August 13th, 1913 Defense Calls Twenty-Two Men, Women and Boys to Give Evidence Favorable to Frank—Mr. and Mrs. Emil Selig, Parents of Frank's Wife, Declare That There Was Nothing Unusual in Conduct of the Prisoner on Day of…
Wednesday, 13th August 1913 State Calls More Witnesses; Defense Builds Up an Alibi
Atlanta Georgian August 13th, 1913 In anticipation of the close of the defense's case, the State Tuesday afternoon subpenaed a number of new witnesses to be called in the event that Frank's character was put in issue. It was said…
Thursday, 14th August 1913 Bitter Fight at Morning Session Over Testimony of Dr. Wm. Owen
Atlanta Constitution August 14th, 1913 Dr. William Owen, physician and real estate man, followed Dr. W. S. Kendrick on the stand. By him the defense desired to show that to carry out the movements told of by Jim Conley…
Thursday, 14th August 1913 Court Stirred by Outburst From Leo Franks Mother
Atlanta Journal August 14th, 1913 Defense Character Witness Is Used by Solicitor to Get Suggestions Before Jury Solicitor Mentions Names of Many Persons, Who Will Probably be Put Up in Rebuttal to Attack Frank's Conduct as Related to Woman Employes…
Thursday, 14th August 1913 Defense Slips Load by Putting up Character of Leo Frank as Issue
Atlanta Georgian August 14th, 1913 By JAMES B. NEVIN. The defense in the Frank case did the expected thing when it boldly and unequivocally put Frank's character in issue. It indicated its confidence in the justice of the defendant's cause…
Thursday, 14th August 1913 Dr. William Owen Tells How Conleys Story Was Re-enacted
Atlanta Constitution August 14th, 1913 Dr. William D. Owens, a well-known physician and one of the timekeepers in the re-enaction of Conley's story in the pencil factory was recalled to the stand at the afternoon session. He was questioned by…
Thursday, 14th August 1913 Financial Sheets Introduced At Frank Trial in Afternoon
Atlanta Constitution August 14th, 1913 The financial sheets which experts declared required from three to three and a half hours to compile were introduced in evidence after Oscar Pappenheimer, a stockholder in the National Pencil factory was examined. Mr. Pappenheimer…