Author: Mary Phagan
Friday, 6th June 1913, Jim Conley Sticks to His Story; Declares Detective Chief Lanford, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal Friday, June 6th 1913 Report of a Confession, Different From One Given to the Detectives, Is Ridiculed by Chief Lanford DORSEY MAKES REPLY TO MRS. L. M. FRANK No More News of Phagan Case to Be Given…
Friday, 6th June 1913, Dorsey Replies to the Charges of Mrs. Leo Frank (Lucille Selig Frank), The Atlanta Constitution
Prosecutor Hugh Dorsey Replies to the Charges of Mrs. Leo Frank (Lucille Selig Frank) Atlanta Constitution Friday, June 6th, 1913 Says the Wife of an Accused Man Would Be the Last to Learn of Her Husband's Guilt. MRS. FRANK…
Friday, 6th June 1913 Felder and Lanford Come Near to Blows, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Friday, June 6th, 1913 Personal Encounter in Solicitor's Office Is Narrowly Averted by Bystanders. What threatened to be a serious personal encounter between Colonel Thomas B. Felder and Detective Chief Newport Lanford was narrowly averted Thursday morning in…
Friday, 6th June 1913 Grand Jury May Drop Vice Probe, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Friday, June 6th, 1913 Foreman Beck Delines to Talk of Probable Action of Jury—Felder to Issue a Public Statement. "The grand jury has finished its questioning of witnesses with its adjournment, and unless members of the jury…
Friday, 6th June 1913, Grand Jury Probes Detective Leaks, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Friday, June 6th, 1913 Court Officials Worried Over News Growing Out of the Mary Phagan Murder Mystery. It is understood on good authority that the grand jury has been called upon to make a searching investigation in the…
Friday, 6th June 1913, Jail Sentence for Woman Convicted in Vice Crusade, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Friday, June 6th, 1913 Mrs. N. Powell, Charged With Operating Disorderly House on Spring Street, Gets Heavy Sentence HAD ENJOINED CHIEF FROM RAIDING HOUSE Case is One of Few on Record Where a Woman Is Sentenced to…
Friday, 6th June 1913 Probe of Grand Jury Goes Over One Week, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Friday, June 6th, 1913 Only Routine Matters Up Tuesday—Dictograph Controversy Not Considered It will be week after next before the Fulton county grand jury resumes its investigation of the vice situation in Atlanta, if any further investigation…
Friday, 6th June 1913, Report Negro Found Who Saw Phagan Attack, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Friday, June 6th, 1913 St. Louis, June 6, 1913 —That a negro, who is alleged to have said he witnessed the murder of Mary Phagan in Atlanta, is under arrest in Cairo, Ill., and is about…
Saturday, 7th June 1913 Current in Effect on Day of Tragedy, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Saturday, June 7th, 1913 Report That Elevator in Pencil Factory Was Not Running Proves Groundless. Following a widely-prevalent rumor that Leo Frank's defense will strive to prove that the current was shut off from the pencil factory…
Saturday, 7th June 1913, Leo Frank Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Jim Conley Slayer, The Atlanta Georgian
Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer Atlanta Georgian Saturday, June 7th, 1913 The defense of Leo Frank against the charge of murdering Mary Phagan will be more than a mere attempt to clear Frank's skirts. It will seek…
Saturday, 7th June 1913, Leo Frank Defense Digs Deep to Show Jim Conley is Mary Phagan Girl Slayer, The Atlanta Georgian
Defense Digs Deep to Show Conley is Phagan Girl Slayer Atlanta Georgian Saturday, June 7th, 1913 Getting New Evidence to Show Negro Was Located in Factory—Theory Explains Mystery of Staple Pulled From Back Door of Basement. The defense of…
Saturday, 7th June 1913 Lanford Claps Lid on Detective News, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Saturday, June 7th, 1913 All Information in Future Must Come Through Office of the Chief. Chief Newport Lanford yesterday morning issued a special order prohibiting the disclosing of information to newspaper reporters. It was stated in The…
Saturday, 7th June 1913, Mrs. Leo Frank Attacks Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey in a New Statement, The Atlanta Georgian
Mrs. Leo Frank Attacks Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey in a New Statement Atlanta Georgian Saturday, June 7th, 1913 Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey refused late Saturday afternoon to make reply to the reiterated accusations of Mrs. Leo M. Frank that…
Saturday, 7th June 1913 Torture Chamber Methods Charged in Getting Evidence, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Saturday, June 7th, 1913 In Card to The Journal, Wife of Factory Superintendent Declares Solicitor Dorsey Has Approved Third Degree "WE ARE SUFFERING NOW, BUT WHO WILL BE NEXT?" Her Statement in Full—Conley Will Not Be Indicted as…
Sunday, 8th June 1913, Fair Play Alone Can Find Truth in Phagan Puzzle, Declares Old Reporter, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Sunday, June 8th, 1913 Average Atlantan Believes Frank is Guilty, but That Little Real Evidence Has Yet Pointed to Him as Slayer. Stirring Defense by Wife and Attack on Solicitor Dorsey Are Two Striking Features of…
Sunday, 8th June 1913 Felder Makes Answer to Dictagraph Episode, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Sunday, June 8th, 1913 Well-Known Attorney Writes Four Cards Covering All the Phases of Situation and Answering All Charges. DICTAGRAPH TRAP JUST "FRAME-UP," HE SAYS Col. Felder Asserts George Gentry, Who Took Down the Stenographic Notes, Will Return…
Sunday, 8th June 1913 Lanford Answers Felder’s Charge, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Sunday, June 8, 1913 Declares That He Has Never Seen Gentry But Once in His Life. "Tom Felder is a contemptible liar," blazed Chief Lanford last night when informed of the contents of Colonel Felder's letter directed to…
Sunday, 8th June 1913 Scathing Replies Made to Letters Attacking Them, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Sunday, June 8th, 1913 Colyar Addresses Felder as "Dictograph Tommy" and "My Dear Co-conspirator in Crime" SEND HIM TO CREMATORY, SAYS DETECTIVE CHIEF J. R. Gray Said: "I Have No Comment to Make—Mr. Felder's Controversy Is With…
Sunday, 8th June 1913, Solicitor General Hugh Dorsey Makes No Reply to Mrs. Leo Frank, The Atlanta Journal
Solicitor Makes No Reply to Mrs. Frank Atlanta Journal Sunday, June 8, 1913 Hugh M. Dorsey Has No Comment to Make on Mrs. Frank's Letter Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey has declined to make any answer to the published…
Sunday, 8th June 1913 Three Open Letters Given Out Saturday by Thos. B. Felder, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Sunday, June 8th, 1913 In One of These Letters He Reopens His Controversy With A. S. Colyar About the Dictograph Episode SAYS LANFORD CONSPIRED TO TAKE HIM TO S. C. He Also Makes Another Personal Attack Upon Detective…
Monday, 9th June 1913, Defense to Make Next Move in Mary Phagan Case, The Atlanta Journal
Defense to Make Next Move in Phagan Case Atlanta Journal Monday, June 9th, 1913 Apparently Prosecuting Officials Consider Their Investigation Complete Chief of Detectives Lanford has announced that Jim Conley, the negro sweeper, who is the state's principal witness…
Monday, 9th June 1913 Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilty, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Monday, June 9th, 1913 R. P. Barrett, in Letter to Georgian, Gives Reasons for Suspecting Negro of Crime. R. P. Barrett, foreman of the metal department at the National Pencil Factory, in a letter to The Georgian Monday,…
Monday, 9th June 1913, Luther Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Jim Conley, The Atlanta Georgian
Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Conley The Atlanta Georgian June 9, 1913 Luther Z. Rosser, chief of counsel for Leo M. Frank, issued the first public statement Tuesday that he has made since the arrest of the factory…
Tuesday, 10th June 1913 Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Tuesday, June 10th, 1913 Story That Companion of Conley Saw Him Strike Down Girl Opens New Clews. Jim Conley, whose sensational story has made him an accessory after the fact in the murder of Mary Phagan, is sticking…
Tuesday, 10th June 1913 Indictment of Felder and Fain Asked, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian June 10, 1913 Assistant Solicitor E. A. Stephens virtually admitted this afternoon that Police Commissioner W. P. Fain had been indicted. There was a division of the vote, it was said, but the majority was for indictment.…
Tuesday, 10th June 1913, Leo Frank Reported Ready for His Trial, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Tuesday, June 10, 1913 Many Witnesses Are Being Examined Every Day by Attorneys for the Defense That counsel for Leo Frank is ready for trial was freely reported over the city Monday. Attorney Luther Z. Rosser, his…
Tuesday, 10th June 1913, Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Leo Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief, The Atlanta Journal
Luther Z. Rosser, Attorney for Frank, Trains His Guns on City Detective Chief The Atlanta Journal Tuesday, June 10, 1913 SAYS CHIEF LANFORD IS NOT SEEKING FOR TRUTH OF MURDER He Charges That the Detective Chief Has Banked His…
Wednesday, 11th June 1913 Asks Beavers to Investigate Affidavit, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Wednesday, June 11, 1913 Chief of Detectives Newport Lanford telegraphed Chief of Police Beavers in Washington, D. C., Wednesday morning to investigate the origin of the affidavit bearing the signature of George M. Gentry in connection with…
Wednesday, 11th June 1913, Jim Conley’s Status in Phagan Case May Be Changed Wednesday, The Atlanta Journal
Conley’s Status in Phagan Case May Be Changed Wednesday The Atlanta Journal June 11, 1913 Petition Will Be Presented to Judge Roan by Solicitor Dorsey but Its Nature Is Not Made Known ROSSER'S CARD CAUSES ACTIVITY BEHIND SCENES Negro…
Wednesday, 11th June 1913 Dictograph Records Crooked, Says Gentry, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution June 11, 1913 NOTEBOOK WILL PROVE REPORTS WERE ‘PADDED,' HE SAYS IN AFFIDAVIT Young Stenographer, Who Made the Report of the Conversation in Room No. 31 Williams House, Voluntarily Makes Statement Before a Notary Public in the…