Category: TRANSCRIPTS: ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Friday, 15th August 1913 Two More Character Witnesses Are Introduced by the Defense
Atlanta ConstitutionAugust 15th, 1913 Another character witness was introduced by the defense in Harry E. Lewis, of Brooklyn, N. Y., former neighbor of Frank, and a former assistant to the district attorney. "Did you ever know Frank?" he was asked…
Friday, 15th August 1913 Wife and Mother of Frank Are Permitted to Remain in Court
Atlanta ConstitutionAugust 15th, 1913 At the opening of the morning session yesterday Solicitor Dorsey motioned for the court to exclude the wife and mother of Leo M. Frank, Mrs. Lucille Frank and Mrs. Rae Frank, on account of the sensational…
Friday, 15th August 1913 Women Tell of Seeing Frank On Way to and From Factory On Day That Girl Was Murdered
Atlanta ConstitutionAugust 15th, 1913 The first of a chain of witnesses who were produced to prove Frank's movements during the time he left the pencil factory for dinner was Miss Helen K. Curran, a pretty stenographer, who stated that she…
Saturday, 16th August 1913 Aged Negro Drayman Called As a Witness Against Conley
Atlanta ConstitutionAugust 16th, 1913 Truman McCrary, an aged negro drayman, who once was an employee of the pencil factory, was put on the stand during the afternoon session. "Where do you work at present?" Mr. Arnold asked. "I run a…
Saturday, 16th August 1913 Both Wife and Phone, He Says, Are Expensive and Necessary
Atlanta ConstitutionAugust 16th, 1913 Ike Haas, well-known manufacturer, was put on the stand during Friday afternoon. "How long have you been in Atlanta?""Four years." "What is your business?" "I am a manufacturer." "Do you know Leo M. Frank and his…
Saturday, 16th August 1913 Credit Man is Put on Stand to Identify Franks Writing
Atlanta ConstitutionAugust 16th, 1913 M. O. Nix, credit man for Montag Bros., of whom Sig Montag is general manager of the National Pencil company, followed A. D. Greenfield to the stand. He identified Leo Frank's handwriting on a number of…
Saturday, 16th August 1913 Dorsey Asks Bauer Where He Spent the Dinner Recess
Atlanta Constitution August 16th, 1913 R. V. Bauer, the ex-student who was on the stand undergoing cross-examination at the adjournment of the morning session took the stand at the opening of the afternoon session. "Who have you talked with…
Saturday, 16th August 1913 Dorsey Questions Witness About Alleged Fund for Franks Defense
Atlanta ConstitutionAugust 16th, 1913 A. D. Greenfield, one of the owners of the building occupied by the National Pencil company, of which Frank is superintendent, followed the former office boy to the stand. He was questioned about the occupancy of…
Saturday, 16th August 1913 Every Girl on Fourth Floor of Factory Will Go on Stand
Atlanta ConstitutionAugust 16th, 1913 Mrs. E. H. Carson, mother of Rebecca Carson, and a forewoman in the pencil factory, was put on the stand late in the afternoon. "How long have you been employed by the pencil factory?" "Three years."…
Saturday, 16th August 1913 Factory Employees Testimony Causes Laughter in Court Room
Atlanta ConstitutionAugust 16th, 1913 Joseph Stelker, an employee of the National Pencil company, followed the Montag's credit man to the stand. Stelker was questioned closely about conditions at the factory, and while he was on the stand both sides again…
Saturday, 16th August 1913 Frank as Innocent as Angels Conley Told Her, Says Witness
Atlanta ConstitutionAugust 16th, 1913 Miss Julia Fuss, a girl about 16 years old, and an employee at the National Pencil factory took the stand to testify as to Frank's character. She not only testified that she believed the defendant's character…
Saturday, 16th August 1913 Host of Witnesses Declare Franks Character to Be Good
Atlanta ConstitutionAugust 16th, 1913 The greater part of the time Friday was taken up by the defense in producing witnesses to swear to the good character of Frank. One witness placed on the stand, F. F. Gilbert, an employee of…
Saturday, 16th August 1913 Leo Frank Innocent, Said Conley, According to a Girl Operator
Atlanta ConstitutionAugust 16th, 1913 Mrs. Dora Small, a machine operator for the pencil factory, was the last witness of the afternoon session. "How long have you been working with the factory?" she was asked by Arnold. "For five years." "Did…
Saturday, 16th August 1913 Maid in Schiff Home Tells of Phone Message From Frank
Atlanta ConstitutionAugust 16th, 1913 Emma Hill, a maid in the Schiff home was called to tell of a telephone message for Herbert Schiff, made by Frank on the morning of the tragedy. "Do you remember anybody trying to call Schiff…
Saturday, 16th August 1913 Miss Mary Perk Tells Jurymen She Believes Conley Is Guilty
Atlanta ConstitutionAugust 16th, 1913 Miss Mary Perk, a forelady in the polishing department of the pencil factory followed Mrs. Carson to the stand. "Do you know Frank and his general character?" she was asked by Mr. Arnold. "Yes, for five…
Saturday, 16th August 1913 Mother of Frank Takes Stand to Identify Letter Son Wrote
Atlanta ConstitutionAugust 16th, 1913 The more or less listless curiosity of the courtroom spectators was scarcely aroused during the afternoon until the last witness was called who was Mrs. Rae Frank of Brooklyn, N. Y. The mother of Leo M.…
Saturday, 16th August 1913 Mrs. Rae Frank Goes on Stand in Defense of Her Son
Atlanta ConstitutionAugust 16th, 1913 MOTHER IDENTIFIES LETTER FRANK HAD WRITTEN TO UNCLE ON MEMORIAL DAY Testimony Used by Defense to Show That the Prisoner Could Not Have Written This Letter, Which Was of Considerable Length, Had He Been Laboring Under…
Saturday, 16th August 1913 Never Saw Any Women in Office of Frank Says Negro Witness
Atlanta ConstitutionAugust 16th, 1913 Walter Pride, a negro employee in the National Pencil factory, who is named in Jim Conley's story, was put on the stand in the middle of the afternoon. "Where do you work on Saturdays?" he was…
Saturday, 16th August 1913 Says Frank Broke Baseball Date Shortly After Girl Was Killed
Atlanta ConstitutionAugust 16th, 1913 Annie Hicks, a maid in the home of Charles Ersenbach, testified to having received a telephone call from Frank to Ersenbach, breaking a ball game engagement for the afternoon of April 26. "Do you recall Memorial…
Saturday, 16th August 1913 Still Another Office Boy Swears He Never Saw Women With Frank
Atlanta ConstitutionAugust 16th, 1913 B. J. Nix, of Marietta, an office boy for Leo Frank from April to October, 1912 was the first witness, outside of those testifying to character, who was put on the stand Friday. The lad who…
Saturday, 16th August 1913 Traveling Salesman for Montags Tells of Conversation With Frank
Atlanta ConstitutionAugust 16th, 1913 Harry Gottheimer, a traveling salesman for the Montag firm and the pencil factory, took the stand to tell of an engagement he had made with Frank on the afternoon of the murder. "Do you remember seeing…
Sunday, 17th August 1913 Prisoner’s Mother Questioned As to Wealth of Frank Family
Atlanta Constitution August 17th, 1913 Mrs. Rae Frank, mother of Leo Frank, resumed the stand at the opening of the morning session Saturday. Under cross-examination by Solicitor Dorsey, she was forced to tell much of her business interests…
Sunday, 17th August 1913 That Pinkertons Double-Crossed Police, Dorsey Tries to Prove
Atlanta Constitution August 17th, 1913 With the introduction of W.D. MacWorth, the Pinkerton detective who discovered the blood spots on the first floor near the trap door and the bloody club and pay envelope nearby, came the verification of…
Monday, 18th August 1913 Frank May Tell Story to Jury on Stand Today
The Atlanta Constitution August 18th, 1913 Defense Intimates This, and Also That Statement Will Vary But Little From One Given at Inquest. FRANK PREPARED FOR ORDEAL OF STATEMENT Impeachment of Conley Being Prepared For, Say Lawyer-Spectators — Defense…
Monday, 18th August 1913 Mary Phagans Grandmother Dies After Dreaming Girl Was Living
The Atlanta Constitution August 18th, 1913 Mrs. A. E. Benton, grandmother of Mary Phagan, who had come to Atlanta to be present at the trial of Leo M. Frank charged with the murder of her little granddaughter, died last…
Monday, 18th August 1913 Men on Frank Jury Must Be Some Mighty Good Husbands Asserts the Deputy in Charge
The Atlanta Constitution, August 18th, 1913 “In my five years of experience as deputy sheriff in the criminal division of Fulton superior court,” said Plennie Miner, who needs an introduction to no one, “I have had to handle many, many…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913 Books and Papers Put in Evidence by the Defense
Atlanta Constitution August 19th, 1913 Just before the close of the morning session the defense began putting in evidence various books and papers shown from time to time during the trial. The first first thing put up was the…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913 Climax of Trial Reached When Frank Faced Jury
Atlanta Constitution August 19th, 1913 The climax of the Frank trial came at the afternoon session Monday, when Leo M. Frank took the stand to tell of his actions on the day of the murder. The accused man's statement…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913 Frank Ends Statement After Testifying Four Hours
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 19th August 1913.Page 1."Silent Man in Tower" Tells His Story to Men Who Will Decide His FateTwo poses of Leo M. Frank on the witness stand on Monday afternoon telling his story to the jury. In one…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913 Frank’s Character Is Testified To By Long List Of Girls
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 19th August 1913.Numbers of girls and women, either now employed or formerly employed at the National Pencil factory, were placed on the stand Monday by the defense to swear to the good character of Superintendent Leo M.…