Category: TRANSCRIPTS: ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Tuesday, 12th August 1913 Franks Financial Sheet Would Take 3 Hours Work to Finish Joel Hunter, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 12th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 3.Joel Hunter, an expert accountant, was put on the stand to testify to the amount of work required in the compilation of the financial sheet upon which the defense declares Leo Frank…
Tuesday, 12th August 1913 Guesswork and Not Science Asserts Dr. J. C. Olmstead, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 12th August 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 5.Dr. John C. Olmstead followed Dr. Westmoreland to the stand.He was questioned by Arnold."What is your occupation?""I have been a physician for thirty-six years, and am a graduate of the University of…
Tuesday, 12th August 1913 Schiff Admits He Kept Conley Knowing He Was Worthless, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 12th August 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 3.H. G. Schiff, Leo Frank's assistant in the National Pencil factory, was put on the stand for a conclusion of the state's cross examination when court convened Monday morning."How many books and…
Wednesday, 13th August 1913: Campbell Told By Mrs White Of Negro Lurking In Factory, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 13th August 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 3.Wade Campbell, an inspector for the National Pencil factory and brother to Mrs. J. A. White, who declares she saw a negro lurking behind some barrels on the second floor the day…
Wednesday, 13th August 1913: Cook Says She Signed Affidavit In Order To Get Out Of Jail, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 13th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Minola Mc Knight repudiated the affidavit which she made at police station during the early stages of the Phagan investigation, and in which she tells of alleged conversations and incidents which occurred…
Wednesday, 13th August 1913: Dalton A Man Of Bad Reputation Swear Walton County Citizens, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 13th August 1913,.PAGE 2, COLUMN 5Dalton a Man of Bad ReputationSwear Walton County CitizensFollowing Dalton, the defense put four Walton county citizens on the stand, all of whom testified to the man's bad reputation and stated that…
Wednesday, 13th August 1913: Dalton Recalled By Defense Admits Having Served On Gang, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 13th August 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 3.Following the departure of Miss Hattie Hall from the stand a short recess was taken and then C. B. Dalton, who, when called by the state, testified that Leo Frank had had…
Wednesday, 13th August 1913 Many Witnesses Take the Stand to Refute Points of Prosecution, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 13th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Defense Calls Twenty-Two Men, Women and Boys to Give Evidence Favorable to Frank"Mr. and Mrs. Emil Selig, Parents of Frank's Wife, Declare That There Was Nothing Unusual in Conduct of the Prisoner…
Wednesday, 13th August 1913: Miss Corinthia Hall Testifies About Her Visit To Factory, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 13th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 5.Miss Corinthia Hall, who visited the pencil factory just a few minutes before Mary Phagan entered on Memorial day to draw her pay, took the stand late in the afternoon."Where do you…
Wednesday, 13th August 1913: Miss Hall Tells Of Work Done For Frank On Day Of Murder, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 13th August 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 1.Miss Hattie Hall, a stenographer for Montag Brothers, was put on the stand, following Accountant Pollard. She was used by the defense to show that Frank had made plans for a large…
Wednesday, 13th August 1913: Mrs Selig Follows Husband On Stand In Leo Frank Case, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 13th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 3.Mrs. Emil Selig, mother-in-law of Frank, followed her husband to the stand."Mrs. Selig, is your health bad or good?" she was asked by Mr. Arnold."Bad.""How long have Mr. and Mrs. Frank been…
Wednesday, 13th August 1913: Nothing Unusual About Conduct Of Frank Declares Emil Selig, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 13th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 3.Emil Selig, father-in-law of the suspected man, was put upon the stand to testify to Frank's conduct during the day and night of the tragedy and days that preceded his arrest."You and…
Wednesday, 13th August 1913: Office Boy Swears He Never Saw Women In The Office With Frank. Dalton Recalled By Defense Admits Having Served On Gang, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution, Wednesday, 13th August 1913, PAGE 2, COLUMN 5. Alonzo Mann, the office boy at the National Pencil factory, was called as a witness after Mrs. Minnie Smith had been excused. The lad was decidedly uneasy from…
Wednesday, 13th August 1913: Snowball Bailey Repudiates Testimony Given By Conley, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 13th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Gordon Bailey, the negro whom Jim Conley mentions in his story as "Snowball," was next put on the stand.He denied that he had overheard Frank direct Conley to appear at the pencil…
Wednesday, 13th August 1913: Testimony Of Office Boy Causes Warm Clash Between The Lawyers, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 13th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 5.Philip Chambers, an ex-office boy in Frank's office, was put on the stand during the afternoon session. It was during an examination by the solicitor in which questions were put regarding alleged…
Wednesday, 13th August 1913: Three Hours Necessary To Prepare Financial Sheet Says Accountant, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 13th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 3.C. E. Pollard, a certified public accountant with the American Audit company, was the first witness called Tuesday by the defense. He testified that he had examined the financial sheet and that…
Wednesday, 13th August 1913: Three Witnesses Make Denial Of Albert Mcknights Story, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 13th August 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 5.Charles Bernhart, a local business man, was put on the stand to testify of an examination he had made of the Selig home relative to the line of vision from the kitchen…
Wednesday, 13th August 1913: Women On Stand Deny Statements Made By Dalton, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 13th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 3.After the attack on C. B. Dalton's character and the statements from four of his former fellow citizens that they would not believe him on oath, the defense put on the stand…
Thursday, 14th August 1913 Bitter Fight at Morning Session Over Testimony of Dr. Wm. Owen, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 14th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 3.Lawyers Engage in Hot Fight Over Testimony of PhysicianPhoto by Francis E. Price, Staff Photographer.DR. WILLIAM OWEN.Who told jury how story of Jim Conley was re-enacted at request of defense to determine…
Thursday, 14th August 1913 Dr. William Owen Tells How Conleys Story Was Re-enacted, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 14th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 3.Bitter Fight at Morning Session Over Testimony of Dr. Wm. OwenDr. William Owen, physician and real estate man, followed Dr. W. S. Kendrick on the stand. By him the defense desired to…
Thursday, 14th August 1913 Financial Sheets Introduced At Frank Trial in Afternoon, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 14th August 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 5.The financial sheets which experts declared required from three to three and a half hours to compile, were introduced in evidence after Oscar Pappenheimer, a stockholder in the National Pencil factory, was…
Thursday, 14th August 1913 Former Office Boy Saw No Women With Frank on Thanksgiving Day, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 14th August 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 5.Frank Paine, formerly an office boy for the National Pencil company, and who claims to have been working there on Thanksgiving day of last year, was placed on the stand, following the…
Thursday, 14th August 1913 Lemmie Quinn is Severely Grilled by Solicitor Dorsey, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 14th August 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 5.Bending his efforts to break down the testimony of Lemmie Quinn, foreman of the metal room, Solicitor Dorsey subjected the witness to a severe grilling when court reconvened at 2 o'clock yesterday…
Thursday, 14th August 1913 Lively Tilts Mark the Hearing Of Testimony of Dr. Kendrick, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 14th August 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 3.Dr. William S. Kendrick, head of the chair of medicine of the new Atlanta Medical school and for the past thirty-eight years a general practitioner of medicine, was the first witness put…
Thursday, 14th August 1913 More Witnesses Are Called to Blacken Daltons Character, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 14th August 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 7.Following the putting off of the decision in regard to Dr. William Owen's testimony, seven Gwinett county citizens were introduced to add to the thick coat of lampblack already smeared over the…
Thursday, 14th August 1913 Mother of Frank Denounces Solicitor Dorsey in Court, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 14th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.STIRS COURTROOM WHEN SHE RESENTS QUESTIONS ASKED FRANK'S WITNESSSolicitor Dorsey Was Cross Examining Ashley Jones, a Witness Who Had Been Testifying to the Good Character of the Prisoner, and Had Just Asked…
Thursday, 14th August 1913 Mrs. Rae Frank, Mother of Prisoner, Denounces Solicitor Hugh Dorsey, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 14th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Mrs. Rae Frank, the mother of the prisoner, startled the courtroom shortly before 4 o'clock, when she denounced Solicitor Dorsey when he made an attack on the character of her son.J. Ashley…
Thursday, 14th August 1913 Quinn Intimates That Spots May Have Been on Floor for Months, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 14th August 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 3.Lemmie Quinn, foreman of the metal department of the National Pencil factory, was put on the stand by the defense following the ex-office boy."Aren't you foreman of the department Mary Phagan worked…
Thursday, 14th August 1913 Surprise Sprung by Introduction of Character Witnesses by Defense, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 14th August 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 3.Alfred L. Lane, who stated that he lives in Brooklyn, and is a merchant of New York city, was the first witness to take the stand to swear to the good character…
Friday, 15th August 1913, Cars Often Ahead of Schedule Declares a Street Car Man, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 15th August 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 6.Following Denham, J. R. Leach, a division superintendent for the Georgia Railway and Power company, took the stand. He was asked a number of questions by the defense about street car schedules,…