Thursday, 9th April 1914: Dorsey Plans To Leave City For Short Time, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 9th April 1914,PAGE 7, COLUMN 3.Leaves Tonight, to Return Day Previous to One Set For Frank's ExecutionDespite the activity of Detective William J. Burns and the numerous agents of the attorneys for the defense of Leo M.…
Tuesday, 7th April 1914: Cobb County Democrats Ask Slaton To Resign, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 7th April 1914,PAGE 11, COLUMN 1.**Committee Declares Governor Should Quit Office to Conduct Senate Campaign**(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)MARIETTA, Ga., April 7. The Cobb County Democratic executive committee this morning adopted, with only one dissenting vote out…
Monday, 6th April 1914: Burns Intimates Frank Did Not Commit Crime, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 6th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.Detective William J. Burns is completing the details of his report on the Phagan murder case and has again strongly intimated that his report will not name Leo M. Frank as the…
Sunday, 5th April 1914: Frank Should Get A New Trial, Says Detective Burns, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 5th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.William J. Burns, the detective, arrived in Atlanta on Saturday night and announced that his report on the Mary Phagan murder case will be made on Tuesday or Wednesday. The report will…
Thursday, 2nd April 1914: Burns Man Leaves City. Mission Is Kept Secret, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 2nd April 1914,PAGE 4, COLUMN 2.Guy B. Biddinger, of New York City, the righthand man of William J. Burns, the detective investigating the Frank case, quietly left Atlanta Wednesday night after having been there under an assumed…
Friday, 3rd April 1914: “i Know Murderer Of Phagan Girl,” Says Burns, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 3rd April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.**Noted Sleuth in Chicago Says He Can Prove Guilt of Slayer**By Associated PressCHICAGO, April 3. "I know who the murderer of Mary Phagan is," said William J. Burns, the detective, today on…
JOEL C HUNTER, Sworn In For The Defendant, 39th To Testify
JOEL C. HUNTER, sworn for the defendant.I am a public accountant, engaged in the profession ten or fifteen years.I have examined the financial sheet said to be made by Leo M. Frank.I examined a copy and then checked it against…
W W MATTHEWS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 36th To Testify
W. W. MATTHEWS, sworn for the Defendant.I work for the Georgia Railway & Electric Co. as a motorman.On the 26th day of April I was running on English Avenue.Mary Phagan got on my car at Lindsey Street at 11:50.Our route…
W T HOLLIS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 37th To Testify
W. T. HOLLIS, sworn for the Defendant.I am a street car conductor.On the 26th of April I was on the English Avenue line.We ran on schedule that day.Mary Phagan got on at Lindsey Street at about 11:50.She is the same…
HERBERT G SCHIFF, Sworn In For The Defendant, 38th To Testify
HERBERT G. SCHIFF, sworn for the Defendant.I am assistant superintendent of the National Pencil Co.; I havebeen with the company about five years. Part of my duties was to getup data for the financial sheet. I occupied the same office…