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…
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…
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.…
Tuesday, 29th April 1913 I Feel as Though I Could Die, Sobs Mary Phagan’s Grief-Stricken Sister
Atlanta Georgian Tuesday, April 29th, 1913 Among all the hearts that are bowed down in sorrow over the murder of Mary Phagan, the 14-year-old factory child found dead in the National Pencil factory Saturday, there is none…
Tuesday, 29th April 1913 Former Play mates Meet Girl’s Body at Marietta
Atlanta Georgian Tuesday, April 29th, 1913 The little town of Marietta, Georgia, where her baby eyes first opened upon the light of day scarcely fourteen years ago, will to-day witness the sorrowful funeral of Mary Phagan, the sweet young…
Tuesday, 19th May 1914: Lehon Contempt Trial Up Today, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 19th May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.Judge Hill Plays Detective: Burns in His Charge Before Grand Jury Calls for Indictments Against PerjurersFollowing an indirect but unmistakable denunciation of Detective William J. Burns by Judge Ben Hill, it was…
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, 25th May 1914: Frank Appeal May Be Signed Tuesday, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 25th May 1914,PAGE 16, COLUMN 3.Bill of Exceptions Likely to be Presented Late TomorrowIndications were, on Monday, that it will be late Tuesday afternoon before the bill of exceptions, on which the extraordinary motion for a new…
Tuesday, 26th May 1914: Burns’ Men Fight Effort To Shut Up Offices In Atlanta, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 26th May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Ordinance Requiring Supervision of City Police Assailed as Unconstitutional in Answer to RecorderCharge Compliance Was Impossible PropositionDetectives say one of their duties in the Frank case was to probe alleged acts of…
Wednesday, 27th May 1914: Burns Agent Here Is Fined And Bound Over, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 27th May 1914,PAGE 2, COLUMN 1.Judge Broyles ordered Dan S. Lehon, Burns' chief aide, to pay $100 and costs for violating a city ordinance. Lehon was also held for the state under a $500 bond, charged with…
Thursday, 28th May 1914: More Burns Agents Are Fined And Bound Over, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 28th May 1914,PAGE 2, COLUMN 1.Rogers, Whitfield, and Tedder Each Fined $100 and Held for StateThree more Burns agents were heavily fined in the Recorder's Court Wednesday afternoon and bound over to the state courts charged with…
Saturday, 30th May 1914: Sunday Music First Universalist Church, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 30th May 1914,PAGE 5, COLUMN 1.Prelude Cantilene Nuptiale, Dubois."The Lord is My Shepherd," Pullin.Offertory Serenade, Braga."Hark, Angelic Voice," Shelley, performed by Miss Martha E. Smith and Mrs. Lawrence Elder.Postlude Lemaigre.Miss Annie Mae Taurman, organist.Miss Lucy Hamilton, pianist.Miss…
Sunday, 31st May 1914: Frank Motion Before Judge Hill Next Friday, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 31st May 1914,PAGE 7, COLUMN 5.Affidavits from Trial Judge L. S. Roan are expected to play a significant role in the upcoming hearing. It is generally believed that the last postponement of the motion to set aside…
Friday, 22nd May 1914: Five Men Indicted On Perjury Charge In Leo Frank Case, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 22nd May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Ragsdale, Barber, Lehon, Thurman, and Tedder Named in True Bills Found by the Grand JuryDaniel S. Lehon, lieutenant of Detective W. J. Burns in the Frank case; Carlton C. Tedder, formerly a…
Saturday, 23rd May 1914: Judge Hill Postpones Burns And Lehon Trial, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 23rd May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.Contempt Case Delayed Because Counsel for Detectives Will Be Out of CityJudge Ben H. Hill postponed the trial of the contempt cases against Detective W. J. Burns and his assistant Dan S.…