Category: TRANSCRIPTS: ATLANTA GEORGIAN
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 10th August 1913,PAGE 46, COLUMN 4.Readers of Human Nature See Anything They Want, but Personal Equation Is Forgotten.By O. B. KEELER.Leo Frank sits in the prisoner's dock and all men may read his face. A great many…
Monday, 11th August 1913 Defense Bitterly Attacks Harris, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 11th August 1913,PAGE 23, COLUMN 1.Battle of Medical Experts Waged in CourtPAGE 23, COLUMN 7EXPERTS TESTIMONY ON CABBAGE TESTS CALLED WILD GUESSA bitter arraignment of the professional ethics and fairness of Dr. H. F. Harris, secretary of…
Monday, 11th August 1913 Deputy Hunting Scalp Of Juror-Ventiloquist, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian August 11th, 1913 Big Bob Deavors, Deputy Sheriff in charge of the Frank trial jury, marched to the courtroom Monday morning with an aching head and a grim determination to get even with Juror A. H. Henslee, whose…
Monday, 11th August 1913 Grief-Stricken Mother Shows No Vengefulness, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 11th August 1913,PAGE 25, COLUMN 1.By TARLETON COLLIER.That black-clad woman in the corner of the courtroom "nobody has noticed her much. Things have happened so swiftly in the Frank trial that all eyes are on the rush…
Monday, 11th August 1913 Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters Third Week, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 11th August 1913,PAGE 25, COLUMN 3.By JAMES B. NEVIN.The third week of the most remarkable murder trial ever known in Georgia opened to-day with no apparent lessening of the acute interest and grim appeal heretofore attaching to…
Tuesday, 12th August 1913 Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 12th August 1913,PAGE 67, COLUMN 6.The defense had what was probably its best day on Monday. Medical experts were on the witness stand the larger part of the day. The purpose of their testimony was to knock…
Tuesday, 12th August 1913 Frank Trial Witness is Sure, At Least, of One Thinga Good Ragging, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 12th August 1913,PAGE 67, COLUMN 1.By JAMES B. NEVIN.Reader, proverbially gentle, if not always so, be glad, be joyful, and be filled with exceeding thankfulness that you have not been summoned, no matter which way, as a…
Tuesday, 12th August 1913 Peoples Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 12th August 1913,PAGE 67, COLUMN 7.By L. F. WOODRUFF.There is as much sentiment in the world to-day as there was in 1861 or 1776 or 1492 or 1066 or any other date that may come to your…
Tuesday, 12th August 1913 State Charges Premeditated Crime, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 12th August 1913,PAGE 65, COLUMN 1.Defense Forces Dalton to Admit Jail RecordPAGE 65, COLUMN 3MEDICAL EXPERTS WHO TESTIFIED FOR DEFENSE IN THE FRANK TRIALWILLIS F. WESTMORELAND. T. H. HANCOCK. J. C. OLMSTEAD.PAGE 65, COLUMN 7GIRL DENIES STATE'S…
Wednesday, 13th August 1913 Both Sides Aim for Justice in the Trial of Frank, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 13th August 1913,PAGE 45, COLUMN 1.With Judge, Jury and Councillors Performing Duty Well, Square Deal Is Assured.By Jas. B. Nevin.In considering the Frank trial, particularly with respect to the length of it, and the thoroughgoing exhaustiveness of…
Wednesday, 13th August 1913 Franks Mother Stirs Courtroom, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 13th August 1913,PAGE 43, COLUMN 1.Leaps to Defense of Son at Dorsey s QuestionPAGE 43, COLUMN 1FRANK S CLASSMATES AT COLLEGE TELL OF HIS GOOD CHARACTERA sensation was created in the courtroom during the cross-examination of Ashley…
Wednesday, 13th August 1913 State Calls More Witnesses; Defense Builds Up an Alibi, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 13th August 1913,PAGE 45, COLUMN 4.In anticipation of the close of the defense's case, the State Tuesday afternoon subpoenaed a number of new witnesses to be called in the event that Frank's character was put in issue.…
Thursday, 14th August 1913 Defense Slips Load by Putting up Character of Leo Frank as Issue, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 14th August 1913,PAGE 69, COLUMN 1.By JAMES B. NEVIN.The defense in the Frank case did the expected thing when it boldly and unequivocally put Frank's character in issue.It indicated its confidence in the justice of the defendant's…
Thursday, 14th August 1913 State Fights Franks Alibi, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 14th August 1913,PAGE 37, COLUMN 1.Conley Admitted Mind Was Blank Day of Crime, Girl SaysPAGE 37, COLUMN 3CLASSMATES OF FRANK HERE TO TESTIFY HIS CHARACTER IS GOODR. A. WRIGHT. PHILIP NASH. A. L. LANE.PAGE 37, COLUMN 7NEGRO…
Thursday, 14th August 1913 State Wants Wife and Mother Excluded, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian August 14th, 1913 Call New Witnesses to Complete Alibi WIFE AND MOTHER OF ACCUSED ARE WARNED AGAINST OUTBREAKS Nearly a score more of alibi witnesses were to be called by the defense in the Frank trial when court…
Thursday, 14th August 1913 States Sole Aim is to Convict, Defenses to Clear in Modern Trial, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 14th August 1913,PAGE 39, COLUMN 7.By O. B. KEELER.Right in the first jump, please understand that (1) this is merely the opinion of a layman, unlearned in the law; that (2) he may be the only layman…
Thursday, 14th August 1913 Steel Workers Enthralled by Leo Frank Trial, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 14th August 1913,PAGE 39, COLUMN 6.By L. F. Woodruff.There is one class of men to whom death is supposed to hold no horrors.They can not think of it and earn their daily bread. Were the fear of…
Friday, 15th August 1913 Frank Prepares to Take Stand, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian August 15th, 1913 Defense's Attorneys Expect to Rest Case To-day CLIMAX NEAR IN GREAT COURT FIGHT; CROWDS AGAIN FLOCK TO TRIAL Interest in the trial of Leo M. Frank surged upward magically Friday when it was reported about…
Friday, 15th August 1913 Testimony of Girls Help to Leo M. Frank, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian August 15th, 1913 In the presentation of its alibi for Leo M. Frank, the defense probably accomplished more Thursday than it had in all of previous time since the prosecution rested its case. Frank's lawyers had promised that…
Friday, 15th August 1913 What They Say Wont Hurt Leo Frank; State Must Prove Depravity
Atlanta Georgian August 15th, 1913 By JAMES B. NEVIN. There is nothing apparently so plain to outside observation as character—just character—and there is, strange to say, nothing so difficult at times to prove. "They say" and "but" are the two…
Saturday, 16th August 1913 Girls Testify For and Against Frank, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian August 16th, 1913 ‘I'D DIE FOR HIM!' CRIES ONE, CONVULSING COURT CLUB AND ENVELOPE FOUND BY PINKERTON MAN PUT IN EVIDENCE Two factory girls, one of them defending Leo M. Frank with all the eloquence at her command,…
Saturday, 16th August 1913 Many Testify to Franks Good Character, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian August 16th, 1913 Nearly half a hundred witnesses testified in behalf of Leo M. Frank Friday. As a climax to the day's proceedings in Judge Roan's court the defendant's mother, Mrs. Rae Frank, went on the stand to…
Saturday, 16th August 1913 Mothers Love Gives Trial Its Great Scene, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian August 16th, 1913 By L. F. WOODRUFF. Every human emotion has been paraded during the long three weeks of the Frank trial. There has been pathos. Comedy has opposed tragedy. Science has met sympathy. Truth has been arrayed…
Saturday, 16th August 1913 Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian August 16th, 1913 By JAMES B. NEVIN. The defense is nearing its end in the Frank case. A few more character witnesses—there seems to have been no difficulty whatever in securing character witnesses by the score to testify…
Sunday, 17th August 1913 Supreme Test Comes As State Trains Guns On Frank’s Character, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian, Sunday, 17th August 1913. Defendant Will Take the Stand Early in Week to Give His Account of His Movements on Day Mary Phagan Was Killed. ATTORNEYS SEEKING TO PROVE A COMPLETE LIE Believed That Case Will Stand…
Monday, 18th August 1913 Leo Frank Testifies, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 18th August 1913.That his married life has been very happy; that his office safe door was open and he could not see Mary Phagan as she spoke to him on leaving after drawing her pay; that he…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913 Jim Conley To Be Recalled, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian, Tuesday, 19th August 1913. PAGE 1 DORSEY ADMITS HE MADE ERASURE ON FACTORY TIME SLIP With the State determined to make a desperate fight to broad down the impressive story told by Leo M. Frank in his…
Wednesday, 20th August 1913 State Closes Frank Case Near Jury Defense Begins Its Sur-rubettual. Hopes To Conclude Quickly, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian, Wednesday, 20th August 1913. Page 2 Solicitor Dorsey announced the close of the State's case against Leo M. Frank at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. There remained only the presentation of some documentary evidence by the State before…
Thursday, 21st August 1913 Mass Of Perjuries Charged By Arnold Centers Hot Attack On Conley. Ridicules Prosecution Theory, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian, Thursday, 21st August 1913. PAGE 1 In a cold, cutting arraignment of the methods used to build up a case against Leo M. Frank, accused of the murder of Mary Phagan, Reuben Arnold, of the accused man's…
Friday, 22nd August 1913 Rosser Begins Final Plea, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian, Friday, 22nd August 1913. LEADING COUNSEL FOR FRANK IN FULL SWING Rosser's work on the Frank case has taxed even his remarkable physique. He has lost 25 pounds in weight. Luther Z. Rosser Closes Arguments For Defense.…