Category: TRANSCRIPTS: ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Wednesday, 20th May 1914: W.j. Burns Loses Permit Of Board To Operate Here, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 20th May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.With but one dissenting vote, the Board of Police Commissioners last night revoked the permit of the William J. Burns Detective Agency to operate in Atlanta. A recommendation will be sent to…
Thursday, 21st May 1914: Witnesses Said To Be Departing, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 21st May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.It has been reported that several individuals involved in alleged perjury and bribery efforts related to the Frank case have left for parts unknown. Rumors have reached the office of Solicitor Dorsey…
Friday, 22nd May 1914: Grand Jury Probe Will Begin Today, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 22nd May 1914,PAGE 5, COLUMN 1.E. A. Stephens, Assistant Solicitor General, will present all bills to probers this morning. It is expected that when the Grand Jury convenes today, the charges growing out of the Frank Case…
Saturday, 23rd May 1914: State Cases Are Planned Against Burns Operators By The Police Commission, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 23rd May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Dan Lehon, Charles Sears, and four assistants were placed under bond for appearance before Recorder Broyles on Tuesday. Burns is expected today to defend his course, declares Dan Lehon. Detectives were given…
Sunday, 24th May 1914: Our Record Clean, Asserts Dan Lehon, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 24th May 1914,PAGE 28, COLUMN 1.Says They Could Have Escaped Trouble by Asserting Frank's Guilt, But It Would Have Violated Their Convictions.Asserting that if he and Detective Burns were as questionable as they are accused by the…
Tuesday, 26th May 1914: Council Revokes License Of Burns, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 26th May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Recommendation of Police Board Adopted: Broyles Tries Cases Against Detective's Agents Today.Because of alleged failure to cooperate with the local police and for violating his pact with the Police Commission, C. E.…
Wednesday, 27th May 1914: Lehon Is Fined $100 And Costs And Bound Over, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 27th May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Burns Detective Will Take Case to Higher Courts to Test the Constitutionality of the City Ordinance. Contempt Cases Are Dismissed by Hill. Motion to Upset the Frank Verdict Will, in All Probability,…
Thursday, 28th May 1914: Three Burns Aides Fined And Bound Over By Recorder, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 28th May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Detectives Charged with Operating in Atlanta Without PermissionDetectives from the Burns Detective Agency, including W. W. ("Boots") Rogers, have been charged with operating in Atlanta without the permission of the Police Board…
Saturday, 30th May 1914: Negro Cuts Detective In Effort To Escape, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 30th May 1914,PAGE 10, COLUMN 2.John Black was stabbed in an encounter with a desperate shoplifter. Chief Detective John Black, a prominent figure in the Leo Frank murder case and one of the city's sleuths detailed on…
Monday, 1st June 1914: Perjury Charges Basis Of Sermon, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 1st June 1914,PAGE 10, COLUMN 3.Referring to Conflicting Affidavits in Frank Case, Dr. Ogden Preaches on "Sanctity of Truth." Taking as a motive for his sermon the multiplicity of conflicting affidavits and the various perjury charges in…
Tuesday, 2nd June 1914: Burns Case Causes New City Ordinance Guarding Witnesses, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 2nd June 1914,PAGE 7, COLUMN 3.As a result of charges and intimations that detectives working under William J. Burns in the Frank case caused witnesses to leave the city before testifying, the Council yesterday decided to safeguard…
Friday, 5th June 1914: Frank Case Motion Will Be Heard Today, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 5th June 1914,PAGE 4, COLUMN 3.Solicitor Dorsey Will Enter Demurrer to Motion to Reverse Verdict, It Is Stated.The stage has been set for the Frank Case motion to upset the verdict of guilty, which will commence this…
Saturday, 6th June 1914: Verdict Is Void, Declare Lawyers For Leo M. Frank, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 6th June 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.John L. Tye Stresses Advantages to the Defendant in Being Present When a Verdict Is Read. ASSERTS THAT JURORS MIGHT HAVE CHANGED Peeples Scores Mobs as Cowardly Says That Would Have Been…
Sunday, 7th June 1914: Another Step In Frank Case Won By State, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 7th June 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Demurrer of Solicitor Dorsey Upheld by Judge Hill. Motion to Set Aside Verdict Dismissed. Within twenty days there will be still another phase of the Frank Case before the Supreme Court, for…
Wednesday, 10th June 1914: Grand Jury To Resume Probe Of Frank Case, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 10th June 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Operations of Detective Burke and Wrenn Will Be Investigated. The Fulton grand jury will this week resume its investigation into the Frank Case and is expected to probe into the alleged irregular…
Thursday, 11th June 1914: Grand Jury To Probe County Board Charges, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 11th June 1914,PAGE 10, COLUMN 3.The Grand Jury, upon going into session yesterday, decided to begin the requested probe of charges of graft and irregularities that were made during the recent election campaign against the county commissioners.…
Saturday, 20th June 1914: Burns Is Dropped By Police Chiefs, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 20th June 1914,PAGE 2, COLUMN 2.Action Taken After Chief Beavers, in Speech, Had Denounced the Detective's Work in Frank Case. Grand Rapids, Mich., June 19. (Special.) Following a speech by J. L. Beavers, chief of police of…
Sunday, 28th June 1914: Mrs. Elliot Cheatham Replies To Mrs. Lamar’s Article, Stating Reasons For Anti-suffrage League, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 28th June 1914,PAGE 49, COLUMN 1.In last Sunday's Constitution, there appeared an article by Mrs. Walter Douglas Lamar, of Macon, Ga., a member of the Anti-Suffrage association, of Macon, in which she sets for the purposes and…
Monday, 29th June 1914: Mediation Urged At Mass Meeting To Settle Strike, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 29th June 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Differences Between Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills and Former Employees Discussed at the Grand. BOTH PARTIES ASKED TO SELECT ARBITERS Addresses on Problems of Capital and Labor Made By Dr. Wilmer, Dr.…
Tuesday, 30th June 1914: Knocks And Boosts From The State Press, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 30th June 1914,PAGE 6, COLUMN 4.Died A-Bornin'.(From The Albany Herald.)We note with great satisfaction that the fight to repeal the present tax act seems to have almost died a-bornin'. True, the measure is still supposed to be…
Saturday, 3rd October 1914: Frank Not Guilty, Believes Conley’s Lawyer. Plans To Obtain Freedom Of Man In Tower, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 3rd October 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMNS 1 AND 7.WILLIAM M. SMITH SAYS HE HAS FAITH MURDER MYSTERY WILL BE SOLVED Asserts He Had Plans to Liberate Factory Superintendent, But Was Prevented by Conditions Which He Does Not Care…
Monday, 5th October 1914: Smith Is Working On “death Notes”, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 5th October 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Former Lawyer for Conley Believes These Messages Will Finally Yield Solution to Great Mystery. William M. Smith, Attorney, who represented the negro factory sweeper, "Jim" Conley, during the investigation of the Mary…
Tuesday, 6th October 1914: Frank Case Hearing To Be Held Oct. 26, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 6th October 1914,PAGE 11, COLUMN 4.Supreme Court Will Listen to Plea Based on Constitutional Grounds.The Supreme Court of Georgia has set the Fourth Monday of the present month as the date for the hearing of the motion…
Wednesday, 7th October 1914: Frank Case Statement Is Prepared By Smith, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 7th October 1914,PAGE 11, COLUMN 5.In making preparations for a strong fight to liberate Leo M. Frank, Attorney William M. Smith, former counsel for Jim Conley, but now his accuser, is being aided materially by his wife.…
Friday, 9th October 1914: Mother Of Frank Will Assist Son, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 9th October 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Plans to Come to Atlanta Soon Burke and Burns Have Clash Smith Makes StatementMrs. Rea Frank, mother of Leo M. Frank, encouraged by the fight that is being made in her son's…
Saturday, 10th October 1914: No Attack On Dorsey, Says William M. Smith, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 10th October 1914,PAGE 5, COLUMN 3.Conley's Former Attorney Denies Stories to That Effect. Attorney William M. Smith, Jim Conley's former counsel, but now his accuser, stated to a reporter for The Constitution Friday afternoon that he did…
Tuesday, 13th October 1914: H. M. Dorsey At Work On The Frank Case, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 13th October 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 3.In order that Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey may prepare to combat the move of Leo M. Frank's attorneys to upset the verdict of guilty on constitutional grounds, Judge Hill on Monday…
Wednesday, 14th October 1914: Negroes Do Battle Over Charms Of Maud, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 14th October 1914,PAGE 11, COLUMN 3.A three-cornered love tangle of Decatur Street excited public interest last night at Ivy and Exchange place, when eight shots were fired by Julius Bell and an unknown Negro in a fight…
Thursday, 15th October 1914: Appeal Made By Leo Frank For New Trial Turned Down By Georgia Supreme Court, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 15th October 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3 AND 4.With All Justices Concurring, Highest Court Tribunal Hands Down Opinion Denying Motion Based on Newly Discovered Grounds. Leo M. Frank, convicted of the murder of Mary Phagan, yesterday lost another…
Saturday, 24th October 1914: Grice To Help Dorsey Fight The Frank Case Before Supreme Court, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 24th October 1914,PAGE 7, COLUMN 2.A new feature to the Frank Case will be the entrance into the litigation next Monday, when the Case is reopened before the Supreme Court, of Attorney General Warren Grice, who, with…