Author: Mary Phagan
Saturday, 19th July 1913, Pinkerton Detective Harry Scott Believes Jim Conley Innocent, Asserts Chief Newport Alonzo Lanford, The Atlanta Constitution
Scott Believes Conley Innocent, Asserts Lanford The Atlanta Constitution Saturday, July 19, 1913 Chief's Statement Follows the Publication of Report That Pinkertons Are Now of the Opinion Sweeper Is Guilty. "OPEN TO CONVICTION," SCOTT TELLS REPORTER "Our Testimony in…
Saturday, 19th July 1913 Woodward Uses Clemency Again, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution Saturday, July 19, 1913 Asserting That He Considers Recorder Mentally Irresponsible, the Mayor Announces Controversy Closed. With the declaration that no utterance by Recorder Nash R. Broyles will induce him to resort to blackguardism or swerve him…
Sunday, 20th July 1913, Attorney William Manning Smith for Jim Conley Makes a Statement, The Atlanta Georgian
Attorney for Conley Makes a Statement The Atlanta Georgian Sunday, July 20, 1913 "Not Necessary to Indict Negro to Close His Mouth," Declares William Smith. William M. Smith, attorney for Jim Conley, the negro now being held as a…
Sunday, 20th July 1913, Counsel of Leo Frank Says Hugh Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Facts, The Atlanta Georgian
Counsel of Frank Says Dorsey Has Sought to Hide Fact The Atlanta Georgian Sunday, July 20, 1913 Attorneys Rosser and Arnold, in a Statement to the Press, Make Bitter Attack on Solicitor for His Conduct of Phagan Case. Call…
Sunday, 20th July 1913, Dorsey Fights Movement to Indict Conley, The Atlanta Georgian
Dorsey Fights Movement to Indict Conley The Atlanta Georgian Sunday, July 20, 1913 Solicitor Is Bombarded With Letters to Proceed Against Negro as Slayer of Mary Phagan. THE GRAND JURY IS CALLED Hottest Battle of Famous Case To Be…
Sunday, 20th July 1913, Hugh Dorsey Is Seeking to Be Grand Jury And Solicitor Too, Say Leo Frank’s Counsel, The Atlanta Journal
Dorsey Is Seeking to Be Grand Jury And Solicitor Too, Say Frank’s Counsel The Atlanta Journal Sunday, July 20, 1913 SOLICITOR SCORED FOR HIS ATTITUDE IN CONLEY'S CASE Rosser and Arnold Charge Dorsey Seeks to Convict Leo Frank, Guilty…
Sunday, 20th July 1913, Leo Frank’s Lawyers Score Hugh Dorsey For His Stand, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution, Sunday, 20th July 1913, PAGE 1, COLUMN 1. Frank's Lawyers Score Dorsey For His Stand Luther Rosser and Reuben Arnold Declare He is Going Out of His Way to Dictate to the Grand Jury. EXCEEDS PROVINCE…
Sunday, 20th July 1913 Frank’s Lawyers Score Dorsey for His Stand, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution Sunday, July 20, 1913 Luther Rosser and Reuben Arnold Declare He Is Going Out of His Way to Dictate to the Grand Jury. EXCEEDS PROVINCE OF SOLICITOR GENERAL Grand Jury Will Meet at 10 O'Clock Monday Morning…
Sunday, 20th July 1913, Grim Justice Pursues Mary Phagan’s Slayer, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution Sunday, July 20, 1913 As Famous Murder Case Nears Trial the Public Mind Again Reverts to the Discovery of the Crime; and Again the Great Question Comes Up: "What Happened in the Pencil Factory Between Noon…
Sunday, 20th July 1913, Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Sunday, July 20, 1913 Man Who Says He Heard Negro Confess Now Is at Rising Fawn, Georgia W.H. Mincey, the school teacher who made an affidavit declaring Jim Conley confessed to him on the afternoon of…
Sunday, 20th July 1913, Mincey Story Declared Vital To Both Sides in Leo Frank Case, The Atlanta Georgian
Mincey Story Declared Vital To Both Sides in Frank Case The Atlanta Georgian Sunday, July 20, 1913 By AN OLD POLICE REPORTER. The most important and interesting development of the week in the Phagan case was the Mincey affidavit,…
Sunday, 20th July 1913 Mrs. Nina Formby Will Not Return for Trial, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution Sunday, July 20, 1913 Woman Swore That Leo M. Frank Tried to Engage Room on Night of Murder Mrs. Nina Formby, who signed an affidavit in the Frank case in which she swore the superintendent has endeavored…
Sunday, 20th July 1913 Prison System of Georgia Attacked by Episcopalians, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution Sunday, July 20, 1913 The Episcopalian diocese of Georgia, at its annual convention, appointed a social service commission, which has since met and formulated the following special report on prison and child labor conditions in this state.…
Monday, 21st July 1913 Four Women Caught In Vice Net Escape From Martha Home, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Monday, July 21, 1913 Four young women, three of whom had been caught in Chief Beavers' vice dragnet last week, escaped from the Martha Home during chapel exercises Sunday night. The women were Effie Drummond, who after…
Monday, 21st July 1913, Grand Jury Meets to Consider Jim Conley Case, The Atlanta Georgian
Grand Jury Meets to Consider Conley Case The Atlanta Georgian Monday, July 21, 1913 Protest of Solicitor Will Be Heeded Foreman Declares Inquisitorial Body Will Not Ride "Roughshod" Over Dorsey. With Solicitor Dorsey reaffirming his certainty that Jim Conley…
Monday, 21st July 1913, Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Monday, July 21, 1913 Presents Evidence Showing Indictment of Negro Would Hinder Frank Prosecution. Here are the important developments of Monday in the Phagan case: The decision of the Grand Jury of Fulton County not to…
Monday, 21st July 1913, Will Not Indict Jim Conley Now, Grand Jury’s Decision, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal Monday, July 21, 1913 Solicitor Dorsey Makes Brief Announcement to This Effect After Grand Jury Session Lasting Over an Hour NO ANONYMOUS LETTERS WANTED BY THE JURORS Solicitor Dorsey Will Now Concentrate Efforts Against Having Frank…
Tuesday, 22nd July 1913, Date Of Leo Frank Trial Depends On Weather, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution, Tuesday, 22nd July 1913, PAGE 1, COLUMN 3. Date Of Frank Trial Depends On Weather Will Be Called Monday, But May Be Postponed if as Hot as Last Saturday. Continued From Page One. That the trial…
Tuesday, 22nd July 1913, Defense Asks Ruling on Delaying Leo Frank Trial, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian July 22, 1913 Hearing of Crawford Case May Conflict Conference Planned to Decide Which Shall Take Precedence. Ready to Draw Venire. Reuben R. Arnold, of counsel for Leo M. Frank, announced Tuesday that he proposed to…
Tuesday, 22nd July 1913, Grand Jury Defers Action on Jim Conley, The Atlanta Georgian
Grand Jury Defers Action on Conley Atlanta Georgian July 22nd, 1913 TALK OF POSTPONING FRANK TRIAL TILL FALL Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins Presents Evidence Showing Indictment of Negro Would Hinder Frank Prosecution. Here are the important developments of…
Tuesday, 22nd July 1913, Story of Mary Phagan Case by Chapters, The Atlanta Georgian
Story of Phagan Case by Chapters Atlanta Georgian July 22nd, 1913 Slaying of Factory Girl, South's Most Baffling Crime Mystery, Reviewed in Detail. CHAPTER I. Will the veil of mystery be lifted when the curtain rises next Monday on…
Tuesday, 22nd July 1913, Was Mary Phagan Killed With Bludgeon?, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal July 22nd, 1913 BLOODY STICK NOW IN POSSESSION OF FRANK'S ATTORNEYS Was Found on May 10 by Two Pinkerton Detectives on the First Floor of the Pencil Factory DEFENSE TO CLAIM NEGRO WIELDED THE INSTRUMENT It Was…
Wednesday, 23rd July 1913, Bloody Club Lends New Clue to Mystery, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution July 23rd, 1913 Defense of Leo Frank Attaches Importance to Find Made by Pinkerton Detectives. The discovery of a bloody bludgeon on the third floor of the National Pencil factory has added greater mystery to the…
Wednesday, 23rd July 1913, Jim Conley is Confronted with Newt Lee, Solicitor General Hugh Dorsey Grills Negroes in Same Cell at Jail, The Atlanta Georgian
Conley is Confronted with Lee Dorsey Grills Negroes in Same Cell at Jail Atlanta Georgian July 23rd, 1913 TRACE FOUND HERE OF NEGRO SAID TO HAVE SEEN PHAGAN SLAYING Sister of Will Green Tells Police He Slept at…
Wednesday, 23rd July 1913, Fight Expected Over Effort to Defer Leo Frank Case, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal July 23, 1913 No Witnesses for Defense Have Been Called for Monday, and Indications Are They Will Not Be CRAWFORD CASE CHECKED TO DATE OF FRANK TRIAL Attorney R. R. Arnold May Go to Covington to Request Judge…
Wednesday, 23rd July 1913, Give Right of Way to Case of Leo Frank, The Atlanta Constitution
Give Right of Way to Case of Frank Atlanta Constitution July 23rd, 1913 Attorneys for Relatives in the Crawford Will Hearing Are Willing to Yield Their Claim of Priority. The conflict between the dates of hearing the litigation over…
Wednesday, 23rd July 1913, Chief of Detectives Newport Alonzo Lanford Ridicules Bludgeon Evidence, The Atlanta Georgian
Lanford Ridicules Bludgeon Evidence Atlanta Georgian July 23rd, 1913 Scouts New ‘Proof' of Defense Detective Chief Scoffs at Claim of Evidence That Club Used by Negro Was Found. Chief of Detectives Newport Lanford Wednesday morning ridiculed the story that…
Wednesday, 23rd July 1913 Mayor May Hold Up Dictagraph Warrant, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution, Wednesday, 23rd July 1913, PAGE 5, COLUMN 2. Objects to Paying Expenses of Installing Instrument in Williams House. A. R. Colcord, chairman of the police committee, has been asked to approve a warrant for $19 which represents…
Wednesday, 23rd July 1913, Second Chapter in Mary Phagan Mystery, The Atlanta Georgian
Second Chapter in Phagan Mystery Atlanta Georgian July 23rd, 1913 The Discovery of the Body of the Slain Factory Girl and Start of Hunt for Slayer. CHAPTER II. His heart pounding in superstitious fright, Newt Lee, the night watchman,…
Thursday, 24th July 1913, Jim Conley and Newt Lee Meet in Tower, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution July 24th, 1913 Conley and Lee Meet in Tower For First Time Since Mary Phagan Was Killed Two Negroes Are Brought Face to Face. James Conley, a sweeper at the National Pencil factory, and Newt Lee, night watchman,…