Author: Mary Phagan
Sunday, 22nd March 1914: Burns To Quiz Who Have Had Part In Murder’s Probe, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 22nd March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Newspaper Men and Others to Be Questioned by Detective Burns he Expects to Satisfy All With ReportATTORNEY ARNOLD BACK;NEW DISCLOSURES SOONSolicitor Dorsey Gets Paper From Former Pencil Factory Employee Combating Becker's Evidence,…
Sunday, 22nd March 1914: Hensley’s Evidence Will Attack Part Of Becker’s Story, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 22nd March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Former Employee of National Pencil Factory Holds Conference With Solicitor Hugh Dorsey.REUBEN ARNOLD HOME FROM NEW YORK TRIPBurns and Leonard J.Haas Are Planning to Leave for Gotham MondayLehon Takes Charge Here.Evidence declared…
Monday, 23rd March 1914: Detective Burns Goes To New York To Hunt Evidence, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 23rd March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Leonard HaasLeft for Gotham on Sunday Morning and Sleuth Will Leave This Morning.Detective William J. Burns and Leonard Haas are going to New York to investigate the same phase of the Frank…
Monday, 23rd March 1914: Frank Defense May Present New Trial Motion This Week, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 23rd March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Attorneys Have Practically Completed Work, It Is Said.Much New Evidence to Be Submitted to CourtBURNS FOLLOWS MURDER CASE TRAIL TO NEW YORK Detective, Before Leaving Atlanta, Declares Positively He Will Prove Beyond…
Tuesday, 24th March 1914: Allan Pinkerton Defends Agency In Frank Probe, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 24th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.Letter Follows an Attack Recently Made Upon Private Detectives by Detective William J. Burns.Letter Follows an Attack Recently Made Upon Private Detectives by Detective William J. Burns.LEHON TO TAKE CHARGE IN ABSENCE…
Tuesday, 24th March 1914: City Sleuths’ Methods Being Probed By Burns?, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 24th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.Detective in Frank Case Said to Be Working Along This Line in New YorkDespite his silence on the subject, the report that William J. Burns is making a vigorous investigation of the…
Wednesday, 25th March 1914: Dan Lehon Takes Charge Of Probe Of Frank Case, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 25th March 1914,PAGE 2, COLUMN 5.Burns' Lieutenant Acts for His Chief While Latter is Out of City.Dan S. Lehon, of New Orleans, head of the southern division of the Burns agency, arrived in Atlanta Wednesday morning to…
Wednesday, 25th March 1914: Smith Is Giving His Service Free To James Conley, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 25th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.Family of His Client Unable to Furnish Funds for His Defense, Says Attorney for Negro Sweeper.SMITH WILL PUSH PLEA FOR NEW CONLEY TRIALEven Though Judge Should Decline Frank New Trial,Extraordinary Motion Will…
Thursday, 26th March 1914: Dorsey Is Working Hard On Frank Case, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 26th March 1914,PAGE 4, COLUMN 3.Solicitor Will Vigorously Resist Attorney's Motion for New TrialSolicitorGeneral Hugh M. Dorsey, despite his refusal to discuss recent developments in the Leo M. Frank case, is known to be preparing evidence with…
Thursday, 26th March 1914: Probe Telegrams Sent From Newark, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 26th March 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 5.Messages Signed "John Black"Received by James Conley and Others Will Be Investigated.Detectives and attorneys in the Frank case are investigating the source of numerous telegrams that have come from Newark, N. J.,…
Friday, 27th March 1914: Frank’s Motion Is Made Public – Many Of State’s Witnesses Change Their Testimony, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 27th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.Negro Woman Testifies She Saw Conley Run From Alley In Rear of Factoryat 2:15 on Afternoon of MurderSOLICITOR IS ATTACKED IN DEFENSE AFFIDAVITSC. B. Dalton,Another Witness for the State, Repudiates His Testimony…
Saturday, 28th March 1914: Are Two Responsible For Phagan Murder?, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 28th March 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Burns, in New York Interview, Intimates More Than One Person Is InvolvedWilliam J. Burns, the detective, talking to reporters in New York, has made two interesting statements, one of which indicates that…
Saturday, 28th March 1914: Jim Conley’s Story Assailed In Motion Of Frank’s Counsel, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 28th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Solicitor General Dorsey Is Served With Formal Notice New Trial Petition Will Be Filed Within Twenty Days.WITNESSES FOR REPUDIATE TESTIMONYSolicitor and Detectives Attacked in Notice Dalton Repudiates Testimony.New Witness to Alibi.Solicitor General…
Sunday, 29th March 1914: Burns Will Return To Atlanta During Week, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 29th March 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Lehon Declares He's Satisfied With Progress on CaseSo FarThere were no developments in the Frank case Saturday, nor did there appear to be prospect of any important change in the present situation…
Sunday, 29th March 1914: Leonard Haas Back From New York Trip, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 29th March 1914,PAGE 4, COLUMN 5.Counsel for Frank Says Burns Has Been Successful in Gotham.Leonard Haas, member of counsel for Leo M. Frank, who accompanied Detective William J. Burns to New York on the detective's present journey,…
Monday, 30th March 1914: Welcome Given To B’nai B’rith, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 30th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.Higher Idealism in Affairs of Jewish Race Voiced at Opening Session of Fortieth Convention.TODAY'S PROGRAM.10 a. m.Opening of Convention Hall of Hebrew Orphan Home, Washington Street.Opening Prayer, Rabbi E. N. Calisch.Welcome, Leonard…
Monday, 30th March 1914: Witness For Leo Frank Is Found In Chicago, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 30th March 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Attorneys for Defense Will Not Divulge Name or Character of His TestimonyThat a witness material to the defense of Leo M. Frank has been located in the suburbs of Chicago is the…
Tuesday, 31st March 1914: Dorsey Will Combat New Frank Evidence, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 31st March 1914,PAGE 4, COLUMN 1.State Investigates Character of Witnesses Presented in Defense's Final MotionThe state is preparing vigorously to attack the testimony of Mary Rich, colored, and also of Mrs. J. B. Simmons, when the hearing…
Wednesday, 1st April 1914: The Frank Trial, Chicago Tribune., The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 1st April 1914,PAGE 8, COLUMN 4.Leo M. Frank was convicted of murder in Atlanta when, admittedly, the public mind was inflamed. Authorities are sensitive to such conditions, and the reaction is not always in the direction of…
Thursday, 2nd April 1914: Burns Is Expected To Arrive Thursday, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 2nd April 1914,PAGE 5, COLUMN 1.Two separate reports will be submitted on the Frank case by the Burns Agency. Detective William J. Burns, evidently delayed on his return journey, will not arrive in Atlanta until today. Immediately…
Thursday, 2nd April 1914: Burns Man Leaves City. Mission Is Kept Secret, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 2nd April 1914,PAGE 4, COLUMN 2.Guy B. Biddinger, of New York City, the righthand man of William J. Burns, the detective investigating the Frank case, quietly left Atlanta Wednesday night after having been there under an assumed…
Friday, 3rd April 1914: Guy Biddinger Leaves. Destination A Secret, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 3rd April 1914,PAGE 11, COLUMN 3.**Failure of Burns to Return This Week Is Cause of Much Speculation**Much speculation has arisen over the failure of Detective William J. Burns to return to Atlanta within the past four days,…
Friday, 3rd April 1914: “i Know Murderer Of Phagan Girl,” Says Burns, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 3rd April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.**Noted Sleuth in Chicago Says He Can Prove Guilt of Slayer**By Associated PressCHICAGO, April 3. "I know who the murderer of Mary Phagan is," said William J. Burns, the detective, today on…
Saturday, 4th April 1914: Burns Expected To Report On Frank’s Case Here Tonight, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 4th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Famous Detective, on Way to Atlanta, Denies He Has Given Any Intimation of Who Is GuiltyHAS ONLY SAID THAT HE KNOWS THE MURDERERSleuth Reiterates in Telegram to Journal That Evidence He Has…
Saturday, 4th April 1914: Burns Is Coming To Resume Probe Of Phagan Case, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 4th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Noted Detective William J. Burns, who has been investigating various angles of the Mary Phagan murder mystery in New York and the West, left Chicago last night at 9:15 o'clock, bound for…
Sunday, 5th April 1914: Burns Will Seek Talk With Conley Early This Week, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 5th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.On his return to Atlanta, Detective William J. Burns announced that he would confer with Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey, Detective Chief Newport A. Lanford, and William M. Smith, counsel for Jim…
Sunday, 5th April 1914: Frank Should Get A New Trial, Says Detective Burns, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 5th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.William J. Burns, the detective, arrived in Atlanta on Saturday night and announced that his report on the Mary Phagan murder case will be made on Tuesday or Wednesday. The report will…
Monday, 6th April 1914: Burns Intimates Frank Did Not Commit Crime, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 6th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.Detective William J. Burns is completing the details of his report on the Phagan murder case and has again strongly intimated that his report will not name Leo M. Frank as the…
Tuesday, 7th April 1914: Cobb County Democrats Ask Slaton To Resign, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 7th April 1914,PAGE 11, COLUMN 1.**Committee Declares Governor Should Quit Office to Conduct Senate Campaign**(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)MARIETTA, Ga., April 7. The Cobb County Democratic executive committee this morning adopted, with only one dissenting vote out…
Tuesday, 7th April 1914: More Affidavits For Frank Motion, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 7th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Reported that a large number of new documents will form part of an extraordinary petition. Lawyers for Leo Frank have come into possession of a large number of new affidavits which are…