Sunday, 22nd February 1914: Plot To Hang Frank, Swears Witness Who Confesses To Perjury, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 22nd February 1914,4th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Albert Mc Knight, Negro, Makes Affidavit That White Man Coached Him in Testimony"Says He Did Not See Accused on Day of Slaying.STARTLING NEW EVIDENCE FOR DEFENSE REPORTEDRosser and Arnold, in…
Monday, 23rd February 1914: Frank Accuser Is Missing, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 23rd February 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### Conley Case to Jury on TuesdayBoth Sides Rest Argument Set for Tomorrow Undertaker Complicates Hair Evidence.Unless the jury should be unexpectedly long in its deliberation, Jim Conley, on trial…
Wednesday, 25th February 1914: Frank Denied Rehearing By High Court, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 25th February 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### PAGE 1, COLUMN 1**NEW TRIAL PLEA NEXT MOVE**Newly Discovered Evidence To Be Ground for Appeal Hair Point Stressed.Leo M. Frank was denied a rehearing before the Supreme Court of…
Friday, 27th February 1914: Mrs. Frank Charges Plot, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 27th February 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.JUST TRIAL ASKED FOR HUSBANDMrs. Frank Cites Fairness Shows Becker Because of Character of State's Witnesses.Charging that a "vile conspiracy" had placed her husband in the shadow of the gallows…
Saturday, 28th February 1914: Mrs. Frank Charges Plot, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 28th February 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### PAGE 1, COLUMN 8**JUST TRIAL ASKED FOR HUSBAND**Revelations To Be Made Public Only as Filing of Extraordinary Motion for Retrial.Sentence of death will be re-imposed upon Leo M. Frank…
Sunday, 1st March 1914: How I Feel In Shadow Of Gallows! Leo Frank Bares Soul, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 1st March 1914,3th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1."I Never Have Been Able Fully to Realize That It Is I Who Is Facing Death. It Seems Like a Detached Being," He Says"If I Should Have to Forfeit My…
Monday, 2nd March 1914: Burns Studies Frank Case, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 2nd March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### PAGE 1, COLUMN 6FAMOUS DETECTIVENOW ON FRANK CASEWILLIAM J. BURNSFrom a Photo taken by Georgian Staff Photographer on a former visit to Atlanta.0### PAGE 1, COLUMN 8DETECTIVEAT WORKON BIGCASETalks…
Thursday, 5th March 1914: Frank Hotly Scores City Detective, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 5th March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### SENTENCE DAY KEPT SECRETCourt Wants to Avoid Crowds of Curious. Date Given to Attorneys.The date for the resentencing to death of Leo M. Frank has been fixed by Judge…
Friday, 6th March 1914: To Sentence Frank Saturday, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 6th March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.HAPPY OVER NEW ALIBI EVIDENCEWoman Tells of Seeing and Speaking to Prisoner at Alleged Time of Crime.Death sentence will be pronounced upon Leo Frank Saturday, according to reports circulated Friday…
Saturday, 7th March 1914: Innocent, Says Frank, Sentenced, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 7th March 1914,6th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Leo Frank Saturday was sentenced by Judge Ben Hill to be hanged April 17 in the Fulton County Tower. If the mandate of the court is carried out, the prisoner…
Monday, 9th March 1914: New Frank Evidence Is Fought By Dorsey, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 9th March 1914,6th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.That Solicitor Hugh Dorsey is laying careful plans to fight any so-called new evidence which the defense of Leo M. Frank may introduce in the extraordinary motion for a new…
Wednesday, 11th March 1914: Frank A Sacrifice, Declares Mother, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 11th March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### JUSTICE IS HUSHED IN TUMULT, SHE SAYSNEW YORK, March 11. "My son is being sacrificed on an altar of infamy above which the seal of the sovereign State of…
Saturday, 14th March 1914: Frank Scores Chief Lanford, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 14th March 1914,6th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### PAGE 1, COLUMN 8FRANK RAPS LANFORD'S STANDDeclares Chief's Plan to Oppose Burns Quizzing Accuser Does Not Worry Sleuth.Leo Frank Saturday paid his respects to Newport Lanford in a sarcastic…
Monday, 16th March 1914: Conley Trailed By Burns, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 16th March 1914,8th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### SCANS TRAIL OF NEGRO IN FACTORYGreat Detective Is Confident That He Can Clear Up Mystery of Girl's Death.Step by step over the same trail in the National Pencil Factory…
Tuesday, 17th March 1914: Burns On New Leads In Frank Case, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 17th March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### PAGE 1, COLUMN 1### SLEUTH GOES INTO 'PLOT' EVIDENCE### Famous Detective Holds Conference With Accused Prisoner.### Formby Affidavit Probed.A half-hour talk with Leo Frank, at which Don C. Seitz,…
Wednesday, 18th March 1914: Burns Sees End Of Mystery, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 18th March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.PAGE 1, COLUMN 6'PLAIN TRAILOF SLAYER'FOUNDIndications that William J. Burns is rapidly approaching a climax in his investigation of the murder of Mary Phagan are seen in statements by the…
Friday, 20th March 1914: Burns Says He’s Solved Purse Mystery, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 20th March 1914,8th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### ACTIVITY OF COLYAR IS PROBEDFamous Detective Begins Investigation of Alleged Bribe Offers for False Testimony.A. S. Colyar, dictographer, quondam lawyer and mysterious figure in the Phagan murder case, has…
Wednesday, 25th March 1914: Noted Woman Who Asks New Frank Trial, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 25th March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 3, COLUMN 3.MISS JANE ADDAMSPAGE 3, COLUMN 5JANE ADDAMS IS MOVED BY FATE OF LEO FRANKJane Addams, probably the best known woman in the United States and known over the world for…
Friday, 27th March 1914: 3 Swear To Alibi For Frank, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 27th March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.A half-dozen new witnesses to establish an alibi for Leo Frank, twice as many more to testify to the "shaping" of testimony by the Solicitor and detectives and many others…
Saturday, 28th March 1914: Taxes Kept Low By Fifth, Says Colonel Hall, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 28th March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 3, COLUMN 6.### Militia Commander Urges Employers to Allow Men to Join. Tells Benefits.Should the attitude of employers in Atlanta remain antagonistic and the Fifth Regiment be forced to disband, taxes in…
Sunday, 29th March 1914: Burns To Give Phagan Case Findings This Week. Mystery Lifted, He Says, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 29th March 1914,4th Edition (Final),PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.### Famous Detective Declares He Will Point Out Slayer of Girl and Give Indisputable Evidence of Guilt.Frank Discusses the New Motion.Detective William J. Burns, brought to Atlanta to throw light…
Monday, 30th March 1914: No Clews Found In Frank Case In Chicago, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 30th March 1914,8th Edition (Final),PAGE 2, COLUMN 1.Report That Defense Had Located New Witness There Is Without Foundation.Dispatches from Chicago Monday denied the report that clews to a possible solution of the Phagan murder mystery had been…
Wednesday, 1st April 1914: Phagan Case Is Cleared, Says Biddinger, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 1st April 1914,8th Edition (Final),PAGE 3, COLUMN 4.Burns' Detective Certain Every Phase of Mystery Will Be Fully Explained.Guy B. Biddinger, assistant general manager of the W. J. Burns Detective Agency, said Wednesday, after spending four days in…
Thursday, 2nd April 1914: Biddinger, Burns Man, On Frank Case, Tells Of Baring Canadian Graft, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 2nd April 1914,9th Edition (Final),PAGE 3, COLUMN 1."Butch" Mc Devitt, millionaire for a day, has nothing on Guy B. Biddinger, assistant general manager of the Burns Detective Agency, who is in Atlanta investigating the Phagan murder mystery.…
Saturday, 4th April 1914: Burns Due Here To-day; Ready To Report, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 4th April 1914,2th Edition (Final),PAGE 2, COLUMN 2.William J. Burns, after a prolonged investigation of various phases of the Phagan murder case in New York, Chicago and Kansas City, is expected in Atlanta Saturday, having left Chicago…
Sunday, 5th April 1914: Burns Returns To End Probe And Give Report, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 5th April 1914,4th Edition (Final),PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.### Detective Declares Result of Investigation of Frank Case Will Be Made Public 'Very Soon.' Trip North Developed Valuable Evidence.Back from a week's trip that included visits to New York,…
Tuesday, 7th April 1914: Courting Days Boasts That Fail Not Divorce Grounds, Rules Court, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 7th April 1914,8th Edition (Final),PAGE 2, COLUMN 1.The pathetic and the ludicrous marched side by side in Judge W. D. Ellis' divorce mill Tuesday. The courtroom crowd cried with the young bride whose husband had dragged her…
Wednesday, 8th April 1914: Burns Sees Solicitor Dorsey, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 8th April 1914,8th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Talks Over Frank Case With the Prosecutor and Is Shown the State's Physical Evidence.William J. Burns had his first talk with Solicitor Hugh Dorsey Wednesday and went over the physical…
Thursday, 9th April 1914: Burns’ Report Not Likely To Be Given For Another Week, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 9th April 1914,8th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Additional developments in the Phagan murder case Thursday made it strongly probable that Detective W. J. Burns, who already has been investigating the mystery more than three weeks, will delay…
Friday, 10th April 1914: Burns Probing Character Of Frank Now, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 10th April 1914,8th Edition (Final),PAGE 7, COLUMN 5.Detective Invites All Persons Who Have Known Prisoner to Confer With Him.Detective W. J. Burns Friday began an investigation of every story and rumor concerning the character of Leo M.…