Category: TRANSCRIPTS: ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Saturday, 16th August 1913 Miss Mary Perk Tells Jurymen She Believes Conley Is Guilty, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 16th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.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,…
Saturday, 16th August 1913 Mother of Frank Takes Stand to Identify Letter Son Wrote, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 16th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 3.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…
Saturday, 16th August 1913 Mrs. Rae Frank Goes on Stand in Defense of Her Son, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 16th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1 AND COLUMN 4.Many Witnesses Testify to His Good CharacterThe best likeness of Leo M. Frank ever published. Drawn by Gregg from a photograph made yesterday by Price, staff photographer, when the…
Saturday, 16th August 1913 Never Saw Any Women in Office of Frank Says Negro Witness, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 16th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.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…
Saturday, 16th August 1913 Says Frank Broke Baseball Date Shortly After Girl Was Killed, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 16th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 5.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…
Saturday, 16th August 1913 Still Another Office Boy Swears He Never Saw Women With Frank, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 16th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 5.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…
Saturday, 16th August 1913: Too Much Noise To Suit The Sheriff, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 16th August 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 2.As the afternoon session began, Sheriff C. Wheeler Mangum arose with dignity from his seat near the witness stand and rapped for order. As silence settled down over the buzzing courtroom, he…
Saturday, 16th August 1913 Traveling Salesman for Montags Tells of Conversation With Frank, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 16th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 3.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…
Sunday, 17th August 1913: Frank To Tell His Own Story Monday Afternoon To Jury, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 17th August 1913,PAGE 11, COLUMN 1.Which Will Decide His FateThat Leo Frank will take the stand Monday afternoon is the statement of his attorneys Saturday afternoon, who predicted that the defense would be able to close its…
Sunday, 17th August 1913: Immobile Faces Of The Jurors Beginning To Show Weariness Of Three Nerve-racking Weeks, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 17th August 1913,PAGE 16, COLUMN 1.(By Britt Craig.)Sol Higgins, who is something of a philosopher as well as an interested spectator of the Frank trial, emerged from the courtroom yesterday at noon, blinked one eye at the…
Sunday, 17th August 1913 Prisoner’s Mother Questioned As to Wealth of Frank Family, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 17th August 1913,PAGE 6, COLUMN 3.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…
Sunday, 17th August 1913: Reporter Tells How Conley Went Through Pantomime, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 17th August 1913,PAGE 16, COLUMN 6.The last witness to be called to the stand on Saturday was Harlee Branch, a reporter for the Atlanta Journal. He was called upon to testify in regard to an interview he…
Sunday, 17th August 1913: Serious Blow Is Dealt The Defense By Its Own Witness, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 17th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMNS 1 AND 7.GIRL SAYS FRANK OFTEN LOOKED IN DRESSING ROOMSMiss Irene Jackson Testifies That Superintendent Stood in Door While Girls Were Partially Disrobed.PINKERTONS ACCUSED OF DOUBLE-CROSSINGMrs. Cora Barnes, Factory Employee, Declares Frank…
Sunday, 17th August 1913: Slender Little Factory Woman Eulogizes Frank While On Stand, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 17th August 1913,PAGE 16, COLUMN 6.The most fluent and probably the most ardent witness as to the good character of Frank was Mrs. Cora Barnes, who when placed on the stand Saturday morning, proceeded into such an…
Sunday, 17th August 1913, That Pinkertons Double-Crossed Police, Dorsey Tries to Prove, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 17th August 1913,PAGE 11, COLUMN 3.Worth, 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 a rumor that…
Sunday, 17th August 1913: Trials Third Week Replete With Sensational Incidents, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 17th August 1913,PAGE 6, COLUMN 3.:: Pretty Girls Who Testified Friday ::MRS. J. G. WARDLAW,Who testified to Frank's good character. MISS LOVEY HAYES,Who testified she saw Frank a few minutes after murder was committed.PAGE 6, COLUMN 3TRIAL'S…
Sunday, 17th August 1913: Various Distances To Factory Measured By Civil Engineer, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 17th August 1913,PAGE 11, COLUMN 4.A. Thomas, a civil engineer, who measured the distance from Marietta and Forsyth streets along Forsyth to the pencil plant and who also timed himself in walking the distance, was put on…
Monday, 18th August 1913 Frank May Tell Story to Jury on Stand Today, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 18th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Defense Intimates This, and Also That Statement Will Vary But Little From One Given at Inquest.FRANK PREPARED FOR ORDEAL OF STATEMENTImpeachment of Conley Being Prepared For, Say Lawyer Spectators - Defense May…
Monday, 18th August 1913: Full Stone Mountain Judge Will Still Preside, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 18th August 1913,PAGE 7, COLUMN 1.Status of That Circuit Is Unchanged by Addition Made to Atlanta Superior Court.There seems to be a rather general impression that the creating of the Fourth division of the superior court of…
Monday, 18th August 1913 Mary Phagans Grandmother Dies After Dreaming Girl Was Living, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 18th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.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 1913-08-21-mass-of-perjuries-charged-by-arnold-centers-hot-attack-on-conley-the-atlanta-georgianmurder of her little granddaughter, died…
Monday, 18th August 1913: Men on Leo Frank Jury Must Be Some Mighty Good Husbands Asserts the Deputy in Charge, The Atlanta Constitution
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…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913 Books and Papers Put in Evidence by the Defense, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 19th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 3.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 thing put up was…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913 Climax of Trial Reached When Frank Faced Jury, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 19th August 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 1.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…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913: Conflicting Statements Made By Franks Former Stenographer, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 19th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 3.Interest in the morning session of the trial of Leo M. Frank for the murder of Mary Phagan, came when Solicitor Hugh Dorsey trapped Miss M. E. Fleming, a witness for the…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913 Frank Ends Statement After Testifying Four Hours, The Atlanta Constitution
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
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 19th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 2.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…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913: Harlee Branch Tells Of Jim Conley Pantomine, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 19th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 3.Harllee Branch, a newspaper man who was present when James Conley, the negro sweeper of the National Pencil factory, went through for the police a pantomime of what he claims occurred on…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913: Many Men Swear To Their Belief In Franks Character, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 19th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 4.A number of men were called to the stand Monday morning by the defense. Some of them were factory employees in various positions who swore to the good character of the superintendent…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913: Middle Aged Woman Tells Of Flirting Of Factory Girls, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 19th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 2.Mrs. Mattie Thompson, a woman of over middle age and an employee of the factory, was among those put on the stand to testify to Leo Frank's character and also about the…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913 Mrs. Wardlaw Denies Ever Seeing Frank On Car With Little Girl, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 19th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 3.When Mrs. J. G. Wardlaw, a bride of three weeks, who was Miss Lula Mc Donald, recently worked at the National Pencil factory, was on the stand, Solicitor Hugh Dorsey sought to…