Category: TRANSCRIPTS: ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Thursday, 2nd September 1915: 50 Witnesses Called To Probe Of Lynching, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 2nd September 1915,PAGE 9, COLUMN 1.Judge Patterson, in Charge,Says Jury Was Not Calledfor That Special Purpose.Marietta, Ga., August 31. The Cobb County Grand Jury drawn for the July Term of Court was charged today by Judge H.…
Friday, 3rd September 1915: No Indictments In Frank Killing, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 3rd September 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.### Several Clews Found, But Evidence Is Insufficient to Warrant Action, Says Cobb County Grand Jury.Marietta, Ga., September 2. (Special.) "We regret to state that we have been unable to find enough…
Saturday, 4th September 1915: Detectives Seek Payment Of Bill For Phagan Probe, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 4th September 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Garnishment Proceedings were started against the National Pencil Factory yesterday for a sum of $1,200, alleged by the Pinkerton National Detective Agency to be the bill due to them, for their Investigation…
Sunday, 5th September 1915: Judge S. B. Adams, Of Savannah, Defends Ex-governor Slaton, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 5th September 1915,PAGE 21, COLUMN 5.Savannah, Ga., September 2, 1915. Editor Constitution: I must enter my earnest protest against the wave of vilification that has swept over Georgia, and still survives, against Governor John M. Slaton. I…
Saturday, 11th September 1915: Capitol Gossip, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 11th September 1915,PAGE 6, COLUMN 4.BYNed Mc IntoshGOVERNOR IS FEELING BETTER,SAY REPORTS FROM TENNESSEEGovernor Harris, who has been ill in Hampton, Tenn., where he is spending a short vacation, was feeling better Thursday, according to reports from…
Monday, 13th September 1915: Slaton Or Watson Which?, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 13th September 1915,PAGE 3, COLUMN 5.By THOMAS W. LOYLESSEditor Augusta ChronicleAN ATLANTA Newsdealer has ordered 5,000 Copies of today's (Monday's) Augusta Chronicle, containing the above Article, for the purpose of putting them on Sale on the streets…
Tuesday, 14th September 1915: Fifth Regiment Losing Members, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 14th September 1915,PAGE 2, COLUMN 4.Failure of State to Pay Bill Incurred During Demonstrations Against Slaton Affects Enlistment.The failure of the State so far to pay the Fifth Regiment of the Georgia National Guard for its services…
Wednesday, 15th September 1915: Copper Hill Critic Threatens Chronicle Subscriber Loss For Speaking Truth, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 15th September 1915,PAGE 8, COLUMN 5.(From The Augusta Chronicle, Tuesday, September 14, 1915.)Testy Call-Down From "Copper Hill" Says Chronicle Is Going to Lose Subscribers for Speaking Truth And It May Be So; but at Least, It Won't…
Saturday, 18th September 1915: Building Owners Honor Wilkinson, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 18th September 1915,PAGE 5, COLUMN 1.Atlanta Man Elected Treasurer; Doty Named President, and St. Louis Gets the Next Convention.The eighth Annual Convention of the National Association of Building Owners and Managers, which has been in session at…
Sunday, 19th September 1915: Plan The Payment Of Military Bill, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 19th September 1915,PAGE 48, COLUMN 7.Governor Harris and Adjutant General Nash Making Arrangement to Pay Members of Fifth Regiment.Efforts are now being made by Governor Harris and Adjutant General Nash to make Arrangements at the earliest possible…
Sunday, 26th September 1915: Ex-governor Joseph M. Brown Answers Judge S. B. Adams, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 26th September 1915,PAGE 4, COLUMN 5.The Constitution published on the first Sunday in September an extensive Communication from Judge Samuel B. Adams defending ex-Governor Slaton, and incidentally criticizing ex-Governor Joseph M. Brown, who replies in the following…
Wednesday, 6th October 1915: Georgia Is Attacked By Judge Sheppard, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 6th October 1915,PAGE 5, COLUMN 3.New York, October 5. The lynching of Leo M. Frank, although not designated by name, was made the basis of a portion of the charge today to the new federal grand jury…
Sunday, 31st October 1915: Slaton Or Watson?, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 31st October 1915,PAGE 15, COLUMN 5.BY THOMAS W. LOYLESSHAVING had so many requests to re-publish in Pamphlet form the Series of Articles by Thomas W. Loyless, that have appeared in The Augusta Chronicle during the past five…
Tuesday, 15th February 1916: Jim Conley Is Fined For Beating His Wife, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 15th February 1916,PAGE 7, COLUMN 2.Jim Conley, notorious negro witness in the Leo Frank case, was given a fine of $25.76 by Recorder Johnson in police matinee Monday afternoon, when arraigned by Officer Hollingsworth on charges of…
Sunday, 2nd April 1916: Georgians Square, Asserts Slaton, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 2nd April 1916,PAGE 3, COLUMN 7.Former Governor Lauds People of His State in an Address Before the Beacon Society of Boston.Boston, April 1. (Special.) Former Governor John M. Slaton, of Georgia, tonight told the members of the…
Tuesday, 14th January 1919: Jim Conley Shot As Store-breaker By Druggist Conn, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 14th January 1919,PAGE 7, COLUMN 2.Jim Conley, the negro who figured prominently in the Leo Frank case, lies at the Grady hospital, seriously injured by a load of bird-shot, which, it is alleged, he received while attempting…
Friday, 17th January 1919: Jim Conley Admits Attempt At Burglary, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 17th January 1919,PAGE 6, COLUMN 6.Jim Conley, a state witness in the Leo Frank case, who lives at 92 Tattnall Street, was yesterday held under $3,000 bond for the grand jury for burglary after a preliminary trial…
Sunday, 5th March 1922: State Will Cite Leo Frank’s Case In Dupre Hearing, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 5th March 1922,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.Decision of the Supreme Court in Instance of Alleged Prejudiced Juror to Be Brought Up.ALLEN PLANS ATTACK ON TWO MORE JURORSWill Be Ready to Reveal Names When Hearing Is Resumed in Court…
Sunday, 24th February 1929: Aged Inmate Soon Will Complete 15 Years In Prison, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 24th February 1929,PAGE 13, COLUMN 1.Milledgeville, Ga., February 23. (Special.) Bill Creen, aged prisoner at the state prison farm, who won nation-wide publicity when he cut the throat of Leo Frank, convicted murderer of little Mary Phagan,…
Wednesday, 16th July 1930: Heckler Questions Slaton Concerning Leo Frank Case, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 16th July 1930,PAGE 5, COLUMN 1.GAINESVILLE, Ga., July 15. (AP) Answering a question from the floor, former Governor John M. Slaton departed from the text of a political address here Tuesday night to tell a Hall county…
Tuesday, 12th August 1930: Rivers Lays Debts Aside To Attack Sales Tax Plans, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 12th August 1930,PAGE 5, COLUMN 1.Candidate Charges "Special Interests" Are Attempting To Lower Exemption; Senatorial Candidates Speak.Plans and promises of Georgia's gubernatorial candidates for financial relief from the state were supplanted momentarily Monday by a vigorous attack…
Sunday, 4th January 1942: L. P. Whitfield, Noted Sleuth, 61, Succumbs, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 4th January 1942,PAGE 11, COLUMN 1.Burns Detective Agency Manager Here Figured in Frank Case.L. P. Whitfield, 61, Atlanta manager of the Burns Detective Agency and chief investigator for the defense in the famous Leo Frank case, died…
Wednesday, 1st December 1943: Leo Frank’s Widow Not Bitter, Sews On Wedding Anniversary, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 1st December 1943,PAGE 2, COLUMN 7.By CELESTINE SIBLEYThe gentle, brown-eyed woman who married Leo Frank 30 years ago spent the anniversary of their wedding day yesterday as she spends every Tuesday sewing for the Red Cross.But as…
Thursday, 2nd December 1943: Mrs. Frank, ‘fine, Brave Woman,’ Slaton Opines; Silent On Case, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 2nd December 1943,PAGE 4, COLUMN 3.By BOYD TAYLOR.If former Governor John M. Slaton had any special knowledge on which he acted when he commuted the death sentence of Leo Frank to life imprisonment, as intimated by Judge…