Author: Mary Phagan
Sunday, 27th July 1913, Prominent Atlantans Named On Leo Frank Trial Jury Venire, The Atlanta Georgian
Prominent Atlantans Named On Frank Trial Jury Venire Atlanta Georgian (Hearst's Sunday American) July 27th, 1913 The venire of 144 men from which twelve will be selected to decide the fate of Leo M. Frank is considered to be…
Sunday, 27th July 1913, Public Demands Leo Frank Trial Tomorrow, The Atlanta Georgian
Public Demands Frank Trial To-morrow Atlanta Georgian (Hearst's Sunday American) July 27th, 1913 Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay Either Side Asking Postponement Will Reveal Weakness, as Time Has Been Given for Preparation. Conley Is Center…
Sunday, 27th July 1913, State Bolsters Jim Conley, The Atlanta Georgian
State Bolsters Conley Atlanta Georgian (Hearst's Sunday American) July 27th, 1913 Solves Discrepancies of Time Mistaken Identity To Be Plea Leo M. Frank Goes to Trial for the Slaying of Mary Phagan Monday, With Both Prosecution and the Defense…
Sunday, 27th July 1913, State Will Build Case Against Leo Frank Around Jim Conley’s Story; Defense Will Undertake to Show that Negro Alone is Guilty, The Atlanta Journal
State Will Build Case Against Frank Around Conley’s Story; Defense Will Undertake to Show that Negro Alone is Guilty Atlanta Journal July 27th, 1913 Defense Will Ridicule Conley's Story and Endeavor to Show That It Was Made to Save…
Sunday, 27th July 1913, Venire Whipped Into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian (Hearst's Sunday American) July 27th, 1913 Within a minute or two after Deputy Sheriff Plennie Minor had called the court to order the examination process was applied to the venire panel of 144 men. From each…
Sunday, 27th July 1913, Work of Choosing Jury for Trial of Leo Frank Difficult, The Atlanta Georgian
Work of Choosing Jury for Trial of Frank Difficult Atlanta Georgian (Hearst's Sunday American) July 27th, 1913 Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense Slightest Objection Used to Disqualify—Attorneys Shrewdly Gauge Candidates from Every Angle. In the selection…
Monday, 28th July 1913, Court Scenes at Leo Frank Trial; How It Looks Inside and Out, The Atlanta Journal
Court Scenes at Frank Trial; How It Looks Inside and Out Atlanta Journal July 28th, 1913 Three Distinct Crowds Are There, Some Laughing, Some Whispering Speculations on Case There were three crowds at the Frank trial Monday morning; and…
Monday, 28th July 1913, Former Suspect Will Be Happy No Matter How Leo Frank Case Ends, The Atlanta Journal
Former Suspect Will Be Happy No Matter How Frank Case Ends Atlanta Journal July 28th, 1913 James M. Gantt Is to Be Married Sunday, Provided Trial Is Over—He Has Planned to Elope, but Now He'll Have "Sure Enough" Wedding…
Monday, 28th July 1913 Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, is Up Long Before Trial, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian July 28th, 1913 Frank was escorted from the Tower to the courthouse shortly after 6 o'clock in the morning, nearly three hours before the trial was schedule to begin. This was done to avoid the curious crowd which…
Monday, 28th July 1913, Frank Jury, The Atlanta Georgian
The Leo Frank Jury Atlanta Georgian July 28th, 1913 Here is the Frank jury complete: A. H. Henslee, 74 Oak street; salesman. F. V. L. Smith, 481 Cherokee avenue, manufacturer's agent. J. F. Higdon, 108 Ormewood avenue. F. E.…
Monday, 28th July 1913, Jurors in Leo M. Frank Case Must Answer Four Questions, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution July 28th, 1913 Chief interest in the case of Leo M. Frank, which is scheduled to begin today, centers in the selection of a jury, the first 144 veniremen, having been drawn last Thursday and published in…
Monday, 28th July 1913, Jury Complete to Try Leo Frank, The Atlanta Georgian
Jury Complete to Try Frank Atlanta Georgian July 28th, 1913 Wife Helps Prisoner Pick Men to Try Him All in Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess Events on the opening day of the trial of Leo…
Monday, 28th July 1913, Leo Frank’s Trial on Murder Charge Booked for Today, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 28th July 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Judge L. S. Roan Announces That He Will Call Case at Nine O'Clock This Morning.LAWYERS BELIEVE JURY WILL BE NAMED IN DAYLegal Representatives Take Good Rest on Sunday in Preparation for Struggle…
Monday, 28th July 1913, Mary Phagan’s Mother Testifies, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian July 28th, 1913 Newt Lee Repeats His Story in Court Room Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly Day of Crime Here are the important developments in the trial of Leo M. Frank for the murder of…
Monday, 28th July 1913, Mrs. Leo Frank and Her Mother Cheer Prisoner at Courthouse, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal July 28th, 1913 Accused Neither Care-Worn Nor Haggard—His Eyes Meet Those of Crowd Without Faltering There was one question on the face of every member of the big crowd in and around the courthouse Monday morning.…
Monday, 28th July 1913 No New Testimony Will Be Given to Jury by Newt Lee, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal July 28th, 1913 Negro Nightwatchman Says He Doesn't Know Conley, the Sweeper—Merely Will Repeat Story of Finding Body Newt Lee's testimony to the jury, before which Leo M. Frank is to be tried, will repeat his…
Monday, 28th July 1913, Mary Phagan Case of Peculiar And Enthralling Interest, The Atlanta Georgian
Phagan Case of Peculiar And Enthralling Interest Atlanta Georgian, July 28th, 1913, Page 2, Columns 3 And 4 Bottom As Leo Frank faces to-day the ordeal decreed by law that for man's life, man's life shall pay, interest in his…
Monday, 28th July 1913 State Opens Its Case Against Leo M. Frank, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 28th July 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.JURY COMPLETED BEFORE RECESS AND STATE WAS READY TO BEGIN INTRODUCTION OF ITS TESTIMONYLast Man in the Last Panel Was Accepted as the Twelfth Juror and Cleared the Way for the Actual…
Monday, 28th July 1913: Trial Of Leo Frank Begins, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 28th July 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.JUDGE PRESIDING IN TRIAL OF LEO FRANKPAGE 1, COLUMN 5Judge L. S. Roan, of Stone Mountain Circuit.Judge Roan has presided in nearly all of Atlanta's celebrated murder trials in the past ten…
Monday, 28th July 1913 Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian, July 28th, 1913, Page 2, Columns 1 and 2 No murder trial in Fulton County ever has approached the spectacular interest which is in prospect in the Frank case from the first, sharp skirmish between the opposing…
Monday, 28th July 1913, Woman Charges Police Forced Her to Make False Statement, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal July 28th, 1913 Negro Cook in the Selig-Frank Home Repudiates Affidavit She Swore to Against Frank, Will Refuse to Swear to the Paper, She Says Minola McKnight, the negro cook, who signed an affidavit which is…
Tuesday, 29th July 1913, 96 Men are Called Before Getting Leo Frank Trial Jury, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution, July 29th, 1913 96 Men are Called Before Getting Jury Attorneys for Both Sides Had Good Line on All Men Examined. According to an unofficial account kept as the matter of striking the Frank jury was carried…
Tuesday, 29th July 1913, After Rosser’s Fierce Grilling All Negro, Newt Lee, Asked for Was Chew of Bacca-AnyKind, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal, July 29th, 1913, Page 1, Columns 3 and 4 He Looks Like a Negro, He Talks Like a Negro, and He Has the Will and the Manner of Darkies in Old-Time Slavery Days—Was on the Stand Three…
Tuesday, 29th July 1913, Burglars Try to Enter Home of Leo Frank Juror, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution, July 29th, 1913 Burglars Try to Enter Home of Frank Juror But F. V. L. Smith's Wife Calls Police and Intruders Flee. Two big, burly, black negroes who evidently had taken a decided interest in the Leo…
Tuesday, 29th July 1913, Leo Frank Defense Wins Point After Fierce Lawyers’ Clash, The Atlanta Georgian
Defense Wins Point After Fierce Lawyers’ Clash Atlanta Georgian July 29th, 1913 STATE TRIES TO SHOW GIRL WAS STRANGLED ON THE SECOND FLOOR Here are Tuesday's important developments in the trial of Leo M. Frank on the charge of…
Tuesday, 29th July 1913, Everybody’s a Reporter, Now, Else an Old Time Friend, Says Guardian of Court House Door, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal July 29th, 1913 "They Been 15 Reporters Here in the Last Five Minutes," He Says, "and What's Not Reporters Is Boyhood Friends I Don't Remember" "You are?" said the man who guards the foot of the…
Tuesday, 29th July 1913, Pencil Factory Girls Eager to Testify for Leo Frank, The Atlanta Journal
Factory Girls Eager to Testify for Frank Atlanta Journal July 29th, 1913 Thirty Girls and Men Are Waiting to Appear as Character Witnesses. Thirty girls and men who are employees of the National Pencil factory are waiting to testify…
Tuesday, 29th July 1913, Leo Frank Trial Will Last One Week And Probably Two, Attorneys Say, The Atlanta Journal
Frank Trial Will Last One Week And Probably Two, Attorneys Say Atlanta Journal July 29th, 1913 Indications Are That Trial Will Be Longest Over Which Judge Roan Has Presided, To Hold Two Sessions Daily Attorneys both for the defense…
Tuesday, 29th July 1913, Leo Frank’s Undisturbed Face Wonder of the Court Room, The Atlanta Journal
Frank’s Undisturbed Face Wonder of the Court Room Atlanta Journal July 29th, 1913 His Brow Does Not Wrinkle, His Eyes Do Not Quail or Even Flicker—He Is Cool and Quiet Leo M. Frank's expression of quiet confidence has surprised…
Tuesday, 29th July 1913, Frequent Clashes Over Testimony Mark Second Day of Leo Frank Trial, The Atlanta Journal
Frequent Clashes Over Testimony Mark Second Day of Frank Trial The Atlanta Journal, Tuesday, 29th July 1913, PAGE 1, COLUMN 1. HERE ARE THE TWELVE MEN WHO WILL DECIDE FATE OF LEO M. FRANK J.F. HIGDON, F-E WINBURN, A.L. WISBEY,…