Author: Mary Phagan
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…
Saturday, 20th June 1914: Motion For New Trial Of Conley To Be Heard, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 20th June 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.Case of Negro May Be Considered With Others in Court Next SaturdayOrders given Court Attachs Saturday by Judge Hill, of the criminal division of the Superior Court, who has just returned from…
Sunday, 28th June 1914: Mrs. Elliot Cheatham Replies To Mrs. Lamar’s Article, Stating Reasons For Anti-suffrage League, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 28th June 1914,PAGE 49, COLUMN 1.In last Sunday's Constitution, there appeared an article by Mrs. Walter Douglas Lamar, of Macon, Ga., a member of the Anti-Suffrage association, of Macon, in which she sets for the purposes and…
Sunday, 28th June 1914: Pretty Frank Case Witness Elopes And Gets Married, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 28th June 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 2.MRS. S. J. MANERMiss Monteen Stover, one of State's principal witnesses, elopes with S. J. Maner, a Savannah printer. Miss Monteen Stover, nineteen years old, a witness in the Frank trial around…
Monday, 29th June 1914: Mediation Urged At Mass Meeting To Settle Strike, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 29th June 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Differences Between Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills and Former Employees Discussed at the Grand. BOTH PARTIES ASKED TO SELECT ARBITERS Addresses on Problems of Capital and Labor Made By Dr. Wilmer, Dr.…
Tuesday, 30th June 1914: Knocks And Boosts From The State Press, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 30th June 1914,PAGE 6, COLUMN 4.Died A-Bornin'.(From The Albany Herald.)We note with great satisfaction that the fight to repeal the present tax act seems to have almost died a-bornin'. True, the measure is still supposed to be…
Tuesday, 30th June 1914: Thurman Divorce Case Is Heard By Court, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 30th June 1914,PAGE 6, COLUMN 2.Wife of Atlanta Lawyer Is Seeking to Obtain Separation and AlimonyThat Arthur Thurman, the lawyer indicted recently on a subornation of perjury charge growing out of the Frank Case, lived at the…
Monday, 6th July 1914: Bill Of Exceptions In Frank Case Filed, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 6th July 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Appeal From Motion to Set Aside Verdict to Be Heard in OctoberAttorneys for Leo M. Frank on Monday formally filed with the clerk of the Superior Court, the Bill of Exceptions, in…
Monday, 13th July 1914: Conley Tires Of Jail. Wants To Join “gang”, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 13th July 1914,PAGE 16, COLUMN 4.Negro Involved in Frank Case Asks Judge to Let Him Serve SentenceJim Conley, the Negro factory sweeper, convicted as accessory to the murder of Mary Phagan, wants to quit appealing and go…
Thursday, 16th July 1914: State’s Brief In Frank Case Being Prepared, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 16th July 1914,PAGE 10, COLUMN 3.Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey and his assistant, E. A. Stephens, were busy Thursday on the State's brief on the extraordinary motion for a new trial for Leo M. Frank, convicted of…
Monday, 20th July 1914: Frank’s Appeal Argued Before Supreme Court, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 20th July 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Decision on Bill of Exceptions May Not Be Made in Several WeeksThe Frank Case had its second inning in the State Supreme Court Monday when the Court heard argument on the bill…
Sunday, 16th August 1914: A Dainty Dish, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 16th August 1914,PAGE 29, COLUMN 3.(Macon News.) Thomas E. Watson, who is fighting the inevitable re-election of Hoke Smith to the United States, is trying desperately to inject a religious issue into the campaign. Hugh Dorsey, who…
Tuesday, 1st September 1914: Mrs. Sentell Charges Husband Has Two Wives, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 1st September 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Alleging that he had another wife when he married her, Mrs. Mattie C. Sentell filed a petition in the Superior Court Monday to have her marriage with G. L. Sentell annulled. Miss…
Saturday, 3rd October 1914: Conley, Not Frank, Killed Phagan Girl, Says W. M. Smith, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 3rd October 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Negro's Lawyer Declares He Has Sufficient Evidence to Support His New Opinion as to CaseNEGRO SWEEPER DID NOT CONFESS, SAYS ATTORNEYConley, in Chain Gang, Expresses Complete Surprise When Informed of Statement Made…
Saturday, 3rd October 1914: Frank Not Guilty, Believes Conley’s Lawyer. Plans To Obtain Freedom Of Man In Tower, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 3rd October 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMNS 1 AND 7.WILLIAM M. SMITH SAYS HE HAS FAITH MURDER MYSTERY WILL BE SOLVED Asserts He Had Plans to Liberate Factory Superintendent, But Was Prevented by Conditions Which He Does Not Care…
Sunday, 4th October 1914: W. M. Smith Tells Why He Believes Conley Is Guilty, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 4th October 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Attorney for State's Chief Witness Against Frank Gives Written Statement of His ConclusionsWilliam M. Smith, attorney for Jim Conley, Saturday night gave to the press a written statement, telling how he came…
Monday, 5th October 1914: Smith Declines To Discuss Charge Made By His Former Client, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 5th October 1914,PAGE 16, COLUMN 1."I Know Conley Too Well to Enter Into Controversy With Such an 'Expert Liar,'" He DeclaresWilliam M. Smith declined Monday to comment on the charge of his former client, Jim Conley, that…
Monday, 5th October 1914: Smith Is Working On “death Notes”, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 5th October 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Former Lawyer for Conley Believes These Messages Will Finally Yield Solution to Great Mystery. William M. Smith, Attorney, who represented the negro factory sweeper, "Jim" Conley, during the investigation of the Mary…
Tuesday, 6th October 1914: Frank Case Hearing To Be Held Oct. 26, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 6th October 1914,PAGE 11, COLUMN 4.Supreme Court Will Listen to Plea Based on Constitutional Grounds.The Supreme Court of Georgia has set the Fourth Monday of the present month as the date for the hearing of the motion…
Tuesday, 6th October 1914: Smith Prepares Second Card In The Frank Case, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 6th October 1914,PAGE 4, COLUMN 4.Appeal to Set Aside Verdict Will Be Heard on October 26. The last appeal in the Case of Leo M. Frank, the motion to set aside the verdict on the ground that…
Wednesday, 7th October 1914: Frank Case Statement Is Prepared By Smith, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 7th October 1914,PAGE 11, COLUMN 5.In making preparations for a strong fight to liberate Leo M. Frank, Attorney William M. Smith, former counsel for Jim Conley, but now his accuser, is being aided materially by his wife.…