Author: Mary Phagan
Thursday, 24th July 1913, Leo Frank Trial Delay up to Judge Leonard S. Roan, The Atlanta Georgian
Frank Trial Delay up to Roan Atlanta Georgian July 24th, 1913 STATE READY AND WILL FIGHT A DELAY Solicitor Disappointed When Court Fails to Draw Jury Panels at Time Planned. With the belief growing that a serious effort is…
Thursday, 24th July 1913, Leo Frank’s Trial May be Postponed Until Early in the Fall, The Atlanta Journal
Frank’s Trial May be Postponed Until Early in the Fall Atlanta Journal July 24th, 1913 Judge L. S. Roan, Who Will Preside at the Trial, Returns to Atlanta Thursday Afternoon and Is Ill SOLICITOR SAYS STATE WITNESSES ARE…
Thursday, 24th July 1913 Is It Lady-like To Look Like A Lady On Atlanta’s Streets?, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 24th July 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.Is it proper, also is it legal, for a real ladylike man to further simulate femininity and appear on the streets dressed in women's garb, provided this man be a professional female…
Thursday, 24th July 1913, Let the Frank Trial Go On, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian July 24th, 1913 Leo Frank should be placed on trial Monday for the murder of Mary Phagan. The crime was committed April 26; Frank was arrested April 28; he was indicted Mary 23 and his trial…
Thursday, 24th July 1913, Mary Phagan Mystery Club Examined by Experts, The Atlanta Constitution
Phagan Mystery Club Examined by Experts Atlanta Constitution July 24th, 1913 Report Says That It Has Been Sent to Northern City to Be Put Under Microscope. That the bloody club found in the National Pencil factory after the murder…
Thursday, 24th July 1913, Third Chapter in Mary Phagan Mystery, The Atlanta Georgian
Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery Atlanta Georgian July 24th, 1913 Arrests of Suspects in the Factory Slaying. Sensation as Leo Frank, Manager Was Taken Into Custody. CHAPTER III. Everything that occurred, trivial or important, during those first few days…
Thursday, 24th July 1913 Veneir is Drawn to Try Leo M. Frank Monday, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian July 24th, 1913 JUDGE ANNOUNCES HE IS READY TO TRY CASE; 144 MEN EMPANELLED Says He Has Not Even Been Asked for Postponement, and Sees No Reason Why Trial Should Not Begin On Date Fixed. Jim…
Friday, 25th July 1913, Chiefs Will Probe Removal of Jim Conley, The Atlanta Constitution
Chiefs Will Probe Removal of Conley Atlanta Constitution July 25th, 1913 Negro Was Taken to Tower Without Knowledge of Beavers or Lanford. Action is likely to be taken against Detective John Starnes and Pat Campbell, who Wednesday afternoon carried…
Friday, 25th July 1913, Leo Frank Will Likely Face Trial Monday for Mary Phagan Crime, The Atlanta Journal
Frank Will Likely Face Trial Monday for Phagan Crime Atlanta Journal July 25th, 1913 Defense Subpoenaes 150 Witnesses, and If Any of the Chief Witnesses Are Ill, Continuance Can Be Asked JUDGE ROAN, WHO WAS ILL, IS REPORTED IMPROVED…
Friday, 25th July 1913, Try to Corroborate Story Told by Jim Conley, The Atlanta Constitution
Try to Corroborate Story Told by Conley Atlanta Constitution July 25th, 1913 Negro Is Taken in Chief's Auto to Sections He Claims to Have Visited on Murder Night. Jim Conley, the negro sweeper and most important figure in the…
Friday, 25th July 1913, Veniremen Drawn for Leo Frank Trial, The Atlanta Constitution
Veniremen Drawn for Frank Trial Atlanta Constitution July 25th, 1913 One Hundred and Forty-Four Names Drawn From Jury Box—No Effort So Far at Postponement. The veniremen from which it is expected to choose the jury for the trial Monday…
Friday, 25th July 1913 Witnesses for Frank Called, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian July 25th, 1913 Despite Judge's Statement All Is In Readiness, Move for Postponement Is Expected. Despite the fact that Superior Judge L. S. Roan stated everything was in readiness for the trial of Leo M. Frank next Monday,…
Friday, 25th July 1913, Work on Mary Phagan Case Brings Promotion to Pinkerton Man Harry Scott, The Atlanta Constitution
Work on Phagan Case Brings Promotion to Pinkerton Man Atlanta Constitution July 25th, 1913 As a reward for his success in the Phagan mystery, Detective Harry Scott, assistant superintendent of the Atlanta Pinkerton offices, has been promoted to the…
Saturday, 26th July 1913, Chapter 5 in Mary Phagan Case, The Atlanta Georgian
Chapter 5 in Phagan Case Atlanta Georgian July 26th, 1913 The Negro Conley's Confession That He Was Frank's Accomplice and Events Leading Up to Trial. Chapter VI. "He (Leo Frank) told me that he had picked up a girl…
Saturday, 26th July 1913, Leo Frank’s Lawyers Ready for Trial, The Atlanta Constitution
Frank’s Lawyers Ready for Trial Atlanta Constitution July 26th, 1913 They Have Started Summoning Witnesses and Are Quoted as Having Agreed to Go to Trial. That Attorneys Reuben R. Arnold and Luther Z. Rosser, representing Leo M. Frank, charged…
Saturday, 26th July 1913, Leo Frank Expects Acquittal and Asks an Immediate Trial, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal July 26th, 1913 Pencil Factory Superintendent Declares the Sooner He Faces a Jury the Sooner He'll Gain His Freedom ACCUSED OF PHAGAN CRIME, HE WELCOMES TRIAL DAY Wife is Regular Visitor to the Tower—Frank's Time In…
Saturday, 26th July 1913, Pinkerton Chief H. B. Pierce Scored by Chief of Detectives Newport Alonzo Lanford, The Atlanta Georgian
Pinkerton Chief Scored by Lanford Atlanta Georgian July 26th, 1913 Says Pierce Broke His Promise Detective Head Also Asserts Phagan Evidence Private Sleuth Unearthed Was Plant. Chief of Detectives Lanford roundly scored H. B. Pierce, head of the Pinkerton…
Saturday, 26th July 1913, Present New Evidence Against Leo Frank, The Atlanta Georgian
Present New Evidence Against Frank Atlanta Georgian July 26th, 1913 Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts State's Prosecutor Shrouds Identity and Stories of Scores of Witnesses in Secrecy. Prosecution and defense continued their preparations for the Frank trial Saturday,…
Sunday, 27th July 1913, All in Readiness for Leo Frank’s Trial Monday Morning, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 27th July 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.Greatest Legal Battle in the History of Dixie Is the Prediction of Atlanta Attorneys.ATTORNEYS FOR STATE HOLD FINAL CONFERENCERepresentatives of Leo Frank Still Non-Committal About Report That Postponement May Be Asked.Practically every…
Sunday, 27th July 1913, Brewster Denies Aiding Hugh Dorsey in Mary Phagan Case, The Atlanta Georgian
Brewster Denies Aiding Dorsey in Phagan Case Atlanta Georgian (Hearst's Sunday American) July 27th, 1913 Colonel P. H. Brewster has written The Georgian a letter correcting a statement in The Sunday American. The letter quotes the report that Colonel…
Sunday, 27th July 1913, Chronological Story of Developments in the Mary Phagan Murder Mystery, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal July 27th, 1913 April 27—The dead body of Mary Phagan is found in basement of National Pencil factory at 3 a. m. by Newt Lee, the negro night-watchman. Police hold Lee, who later in the day re-enacts…
Sunday, 27th July 1913, Defense Claims Jim Conley and Newt Lee Prepared Notes, The Atlanta Georgian
Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes Atlanta Georgian (Hearst's Sunday American) July 27th, 1913 Theory Is That Watchman Surprised Sweeper Attempting to Dispose of Body and Entered Into Pact. An amazing chain of evidence, laying bare the mystery…
Sunday, 27th July 1913, Every Bit of Evidence Against Leo Frank Sifted and Tested, Declares Solicitor Hugh Dorsey, The Atlanta Georgian
Every Bit of Evidence Against Frank Sifted and Tested, Declares Solicitor Atlanta Georgian (Hearst's Sunday American) July 27th, 1913 Solicitor-General Hugh Dorsey, who will prosecute the case against Leo M. Frank, last night gave the Sunday American the…
Sunday, 27th July 1913, Leo Frank Fights for Life Monday, The Atlanta Georgian
Frank Fights for Life Monday Atlanta Georgian (Hearst's Sunday American) July 27th, 1913 Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved Most Bitter Legal Battle in History of Atlanta Courts Is Expected—Case Will Probably…
Sunday, 27th July 1913, Leo Frank Watches Closely as the Men Who are to Decide Fate are Picked, The Atlanta Georgian
Frank Watches Closely as the Men Who are to Decide Fate are Picked Atlanta Georgian (Hearst's Sunday American) July 27th, 1913 This newspaper article is a continuation from the first page of an Atlanta Georgian newspaper. The first…
Sunday, 27th July 1913, Leo Frank’s Story of His Moves on Day of Crime, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal, July 27th, 1913 Frank’s Story of His Moves on Day of Crime Accused Superintendent's Story Is Unbroken by Any Save a Negro Leo M. Frank's sworn statement of his whereabouts each hour on the day of April 26,…
Sunday, 27th July 1913, Here is Jim Conley’s Confession Around Which Bitter Fight is Expected in the Leo Frank Trial, The Atlanta Journal
Here is Conley’s Confession Around Which Bitter Fight is Expected in the Frank Trial Atlanta Journal July 27th, 1913 There is little doubt that the storm-center, so to speak, of the Frank trial will be the testimony of the…
Sunday, 27th July 1913, Leo M. Frank Will Go to Trial Monday, It Is Now Believed, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal, Sunday, 27th July 1913, PAGE 1, COLUMN 8. Indications Were Saturday Night That the Trial Would Begin Before Judge Roan at Hour Scheduled BOTH SIDES READY AND BITTER FIGHT IS CERTAIN Many Well Known Citizens in…
Sunday, 27th July 1913, Pinkerton Detective Replies to Lanford, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal July 27th, 1913 H. B. Pierce Declares Lanford Knew of Find of Bloody Stick in Factory H. B. Pierce, head of the local branch of the Pinkerton detective agency, characterizes as absurd Chief Detective N. A.…
Sunday, 27th July 1913, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian, Sunday, 27th July 1913, PAGE 11, COLUMN 5. Detectives Declare City Police and Dorsey Were Told All Evidence They Developed Emphatic denial of the charges by Chief of Detectives Lanford that he had kept bad faith…