Category: TRANSCRIPTS: ATLANTA GEORGIAN
Sunday, 27th July 1913, Leo Frank Watches Closely as the Men Who are to Decide Fate are Picked, The Atlanta Georgian
Frank Watches Closely as the Men Who are to Decide Fate are Picked Atlanta Georgian (Hearst's Sunday American) July 27th, 1913 This newspaper article is a continuation from the first page of an Atlanta Georgian newspaper. The first…
Sunday, 27th July 1913, Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian, Sunday, 27th July 1913, PAGE 11, COLUMN 5. Detectives Declare City Police and Dorsey Were Told All Evidence They Developed Emphatic denial of the charges by Chief of Detectives Lanford that he had kept bad faith…
Sunday, 27th July 1913, Prominent Atlantans Named On Leo Frank Trial Jury Venire, The Atlanta Georgian
Prominent Atlantans Named On Frank Trial Jury Venire Atlanta Georgian (Hearst's Sunday American) July 27th, 1913 The venire of 144 men from which twelve will be selected to decide the fate of Leo M. Frank is considered to be…
Sunday, 27th July 1913, Public Demands Leo Frank Trial Tomorrow, The Atlanta Georgian
Public Demands Frank Trial To-morrow Atlanta Georgian (Hearst's Sunday American) July 27th, 1913 Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay Either Side Asking Postponement Will Reveal Weakness, as Time Has Been Given for Preparation. Conley Is Center…
Sunday, 27th July 1913, State Bolsters Jim Conley, The Atlanta Georgian
State Bolsters Conley Atlanta Georgian (Hearst's Sunday American) July 27th, 1913 Solves Discrepancies of Time Mistaken Identity To Be Plea Leo M. Frank Goes to Trial for the Slaying of Mary Phagan Monday, With Both Prosecution and the Defense…
Sunday, 27th July 1913, Venire Whipped Into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian (Hearst's Sunday American) July 27th, 1913 Within a minute or two after Deputy Sheriff Plennie Minor had called the court to order the examination process was applied to the venire panel of 144 men. From each…
Sunday, 27th July 1913, Work of Choosing Jury for Trial of Leo Frank Difficult, The Atlanta Georgian
Work of Choosing Jury for Trial of Frank Difficult Atlanta Georgian (Hearst's Sunday American) July 27th, 1913 Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense Slightest Objection Used to Disqualify—Attorneys Shrewdly Gauge Candidates from Every Angle. In the selection…
Monday, 28th July 1913 Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, is Up Long Before Trial, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian July 28th, 1913 Frank was escorted from the Tower to the courthouse shortly after 6 o'clock in the morning, nearly three hours before the trial was schedule to begin. This was done to avoid the curious crowd which…
Monday, 28th July 1913, Frank Jury, The Atlanta Georgian
The Leo Frank Jury Atlanta Georgian July 28th, 1913 Here is the Frank jury complete: A. H. Henslee, 74 Oak street; salesman. F. V. L. Smith, 481 Cherokee avenue, manufacturer's agent. J. F. Higdon, 108 Ormewood avenue. F. E.…
Monday, 28th July 1913, Jury Complete to Try Leo Frank, The Atlanta Georgian
Jury Complete to Try Frank Atlanta Georgian July 28th, 1913 Wife Helps Prisoner Pick Men to Try Him All in Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess Events on the opening day of the trial of Leo…
Monday, 28th July 1913, Mary Phagan’s Mother Testifies, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian July 28th, 1913 Newt Lee Repeats His Story in Court Room Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly Day of Crime Here are the important developments in the trial of Leo M. Frank for the murder of…
Monday, 28th July 1913, Mary Phagan Case of Peculiar And Enthralling Interest, The Atlanta Georgian
Phagan Case of Peculiar And Enthralling Interest Atlanta Georgian, July 28th, 1913, Page 2, Columns 3 And 4 Bottom As Leo Frank faces to-day the ordeal decreed by law that for man's life, man's life shall pay, interest in his…
Monday, 28th July 1913: Trial Of Leo Frank Begins, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 28th July 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.JUDGE PRESIDING IN TRIAL OF LEO FRANKPAGE 1, COLUMN 5Judge L. S. Roan, of Stone Mountain Circuit.Judge Roan has presided in nearly all of Atlanta's celebrated murder trials in the past ten…
Monday, 28th July 1913 Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian, July 28th, 1913, Page 2, Columns 1 and 2 No murder trial in Fulton County ever has approached the spectacular interest which is in prospect in the Frank case from the first, sharp skirmish between the opposing…
Tuesday, 29th July 1913, Leo Frank Defense Wins Point After Fierce Lawyers’ Clash, The Atlanta Georgian
Defense Wins Point After Fierce Lawyers’ Clash Atlanta Georgian July 29th, 1913 STATE TRIES TO SHOW GIRL WAS STRANGLED ON THE SECOND FLOOR Here are Tuesday's important developments in the trial of Leo M. Frank on the charge of…
Tuesday, 29th July 1913, Newt Lee’s Quaint Answers Rob Leo Frank’s Trial of All Signs of Rancor, The Atlanta Georgian
Lee’s Quaint Answers Rob Leo Frank’s Trial of All Signs of Rancor Atlanta Georgian July 29th, 1913 By L. F. Woodruff A page was ripped from a story of Harris Dickson. "Old Reliable" was paraded in the life in…
Tuesday, 29th July 1913: Lee’s Testimony Feature Of First Day Of Trial, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 29th July 1913,PAGE 19, COLUMN 2.Attorney Rosser began cross-examination of Newt Lee at the point he had reached when Judge Roan ordered the adjournment Monday night. Frank's leading counsel had not succeeded in his early questioning to…
Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Tragedy, Ages Old, Lurks in Commonplace Court Setting, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian July 29th, 1913 Outwardly Quiet and Singularly Lacking in Excitement, Frank Trial is Enactment of Grim Drama. By JAMES B. NEVIN. One of the most commonplace things in the world—crime—is riveting the attention of Atlanta and Georgia to-day.…
Wednesday, 30th July 1913, Leo Frank Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, The Atlanta Georgian
Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates Atlanta Georgian July 30th, 1913 That a sensation is be sprung by the defense by the production of the mysteriously missing ribbon and flowers from the hat of the murdered girl was…
Wednesday, 30th July 1913, Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Leo Frank Trial, The Atlanta Georgian
Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial Atlanta Georgian July 30th, 1913 By O. B. KEELER. The trouble is, plain human emotions won't stick at concert pitch all the time. And so the Frank trial, after the…
Wednesday, 30th July 1913, Leo Frank’s Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, The Atlanta Georgian
Frank’s Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial Atlanta Georgian July 30th, 1913 Defendant Perfect in Poise, His Wife Picture of Contemptuous Confidence. By L. F. WOODRUFF. Arm akimbo; glasses firmly set, changing position seldom, Leo M. Frank sits…
Wednesday, 30th July 1913 Gantt Has Startling Evidence; Dorsey Promises New Testimony Against Frank, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 30th July 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.STATE ADDS NEW LINK TO EVIDENCE CHAIN BY BOOTS ROGERS' STORYSensational testimony by J. M. Gantt, discharged pencil factory employee, was promised Wednesday by Solicitor Dorsey and Frank A. Hooper, who is…
Wednesday, 30th July 1913 Rosser’s Examination of Lee Just a Shot in Dark; Hoped to Start Quarry, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian July 30th, 1913 By JAMES B. NEVIN. If Mr. Luther Z. Rosser's bite is one-half so dangerous as his growl undoubtedly is disconcerting and awe-inspiring, there will be little save shreds and patches of the prosecution left when…
Thursday, 31st July 1913, Collapse of Testimony of Detective John Black and Hix Girl’s Story Big Aid to Leo Frank, The Atlanta Georgian
Collapse of Testimony of Black and Hix Girl’s Story Big Aid to Frank Atlanta Georgian July 31st, 1913 Although the State's witnesses were on the stand all of Wednesday the day was distinctly favorable for Frank, partly because…
Thursday, 31st July 1913, Crimson Trail Leads Crowd to Courtroom Sidewalk, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian July 31st, 1913 By L. F. WOODRUFF. The sun's heat is broiling. No man can stand it without suffering. And still men stand, not one man, but scores of them, on a blistered pavement gazing on…
Thursday, 31st July 1913, Holloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian July 31st, 1913 Here are the important developments of Thursday in the trial of Leo M. Frank: Harry Scott, Pinkerton detective, is accused of having "trapped" the prosecution by Solicitor Dorsey, when he testifies that Frank…
Thursday, 31st July 1913, Red Bandanna, a Jackknife and Plennie Minor Preserve Order, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian July 31st, 1913 He Raps With the Barlow Blade and Waves the Oriflamed Kerchief Judiciously. Plennie Minor, chief deputy sheriff, has a man's sized job on his hands and he handles it with the aid of…
Thursday, 31st July 1913 Scott Trapped Us, Dorsey Charges; Pinkerton Man Is Also Attacked by the Defense, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 31st July 1913,PAGE 31, COLUMN 1.FRANK NOT IN OFFICE JUST AFTER 12 ON DAY OF SLAYING, SAYS GIRLThe deliberate charge that he had been "trapped" by Pinkerton Detective Harry Scott was made by Solicitor Dorsey at the…
Thursday, 31st July 1913 State Balloon Soars When Dorsey, Roiled, Cries ‘Plant’, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian July 31st, 1913 By JAMES B. NEVIN. Poor John Black! With this unwitting assistance of the Solicitor General and the assistance of Luther Rosser, he furnished all the "punch" there was in Wednesday's story of the Frank trial.…
Friday, 1st August 1913 Conley Takes Stand Saturday, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 1st August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Lawyers Wrangle Over Frank's NervousnessPAGE 1, COLUMN 7DORSEY WINS POINT AS ROSSER BATTLES TO DEFEND ACCUSEDJim Conley, accuser of Leo Frank, will take the stand Saturday morning, according to all indications Friday,…