Monday, 5th May 1913 Crowds at Phagan Inquest, The Atlanta Georgian
Grand Jury Instructed to Probe Deeply Atlanta Georgian Monday, May 5th, 1913 Page 1, Column 5 Evidence Secured by Detectives May Not Be Presented at Coroner's Inquest—Lee and Frank to Testify. Many Other Witnesses Are Ready. The Phagan inquest…
Tuesday, 29th April 1913 Loyalty Sends Girl to Defend Mullinax, The Atlanta Georgian
Miss Pearl Robinson, sweetheart of Arthur Mullinax, the man questioned by the police in connection with the slaying of Mary Phagan. Her story cleared Mullinax of any suspicion of complicity in the crime which has shocked Atlanta. Atlanta…
Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Clock Misses Add Mystery to Phagan Case, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Wednesday, April 30th, 1913 Records Purport to Show Watchman Failed to Register Three Times Saturday Night. What does the National Pencil Factory time clock show? It was the duty of Newt Lee, the negro night watchman, to…
Tuesday, 29th April 1913 I Feel as Though I Could Die, Sobs Mary Phagan’s Grief-Stricken Sister, The Atlanta Georgian
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…
Monday, 28th April 1913 Girl’s Grandfather Vows Vengeance, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Monday, April 28th, 1913 Standing with bared head in the doorway of his Marietta home, with tears falling unheeded down his furrowed cheeks, W. J. Phagan cried to heaven for vengeance for the murder of his…
Monday, 4th August 1913 Ordeal is Borne with Reserve by Franks, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian August 4th, 1913 Wife and Mother of the Accused Pencil Factory Superintendent Sit Calmly Through Trial. By TARLETON COLLIER Women are brought into a court room, as all the world knows, for one of two purposes. Their presence…
Saturday, 2nd August 1913 State Hopes Dr. Harris Fixed Fact That Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian August 2nd, 1913 By JAMES B. NEVIN. The testimony of Dr. Roy Harris, chairman of the State Board of Health, and one of the most learned and approved physicians in Georgia, was dramatic, both in its substance and…
Wednesday, 30th July 1913 Flashes of Tragedy Pierce Legal Tilts at Frank Trial, The Atlanta Georgian
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 first twenty minutes, say, becomes much like any other trial.…
Sunday, 27th July 1913 Public Demands Frank Trial To-morrow, The Atlanta Georgian
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 of Interest. Defense Must Break Story of…
Sunday, 20th July 1913 Dorsey Fights Movement to Indict Conley, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Sunday, July 20, 1913 Solicitor Is Bombarded With Letters to Proceed Against Negro as Slayer of Mary Phagan. THE GRAND JURY IS CALLED Hottest Battle of Famous Case To Be Waged Behind Closed Doors of Inquisitory Body.…
Tuesday, 15th July 1913 Woodward Aids Chief in Vice Crusade, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Tuesday, July 15, 1913 Mayor Woodward entered the fight which Chief Beavers is waging against vice in Atlanta Tuesday when he told of a negro dive and blind tiger which he said had been reported to him…
Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Policeman Says Body Was Dragged From Elevator, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Wednesday, April 30th, 1913 R. M. Lasseter , the policeman on the morning watch past the pencil factory, was called at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. He was questioned as follows: Q. Were you in the pencil…
Thursday, 24th July 1913 Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian July 24th, 1913 Arrests of Suspects in the Factory Slaying. Sensation as Leo Frank, Manager Was Taken Into Custody. CHAPTER III. Everything that occurred, trivial or important, during those first few days after the body of little Mary…
Wednesday, 9th July 1913 New Evidence in Phagan Case Found, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Wednesday, July 9, 1913 iGrl Called to Tell of Negro She Saw in Pencil Factory—Lee Stays in Jail. A sensation in the Phagan murder mystery developed Wednesday afternoon when Solicitor Dorsey summoned Miss Mattie Smith under a…
Saturday, 5th July 1913 Drop Ninth in Police Scandal, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Saturday, July 5, 1913 Charges Preferred Against Another Patrolman and Suspension Is Near. Atlanta's police scandal was revived Saturday by the preferring of charges against another member of the police force. His suspension by Chief of Police…
Friday, 27th June 1913 New Frank Evidence Held by Dorsey, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Friday, June 27, 1913 Solicitor Closely Guards Data of Which City Detectives Have No Knowledge. New activity was injected into the Phagan case Friday when James Conley, negro sweeper at the National Pencil Factory, was removed secretly…
Saturday, 14th June 1913 State Takes Advantage of Points Known, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Saturday, June 14, 1913 With certain of the strong defenses of Leo M. Frank exposed by the preliminary battle over the custody of the negro Conley, the prosecution in the Phagan murder mystery went to work on…
Saturday, 7th June 1913 Defense Digs Deep to Show Conley is Phagan Girl Slayer, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Saturday, June 7th, 1913 Getting New Evidence to Show Negro Was Located in Factory—Theory Explains Mystery of Staple Pulled From Back Door of Basement. The defense of Leo Frank against the charge of murdering Mary Phagan will be…
Sunday, 1st June 1913 Confession of Conley Makes No Changes in States Case, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Sunday, June 1st, 1913 Negro Will Be Used as Material Evidence Against Frank, Says Solicitor Dorsey LEE LIKELY TO BE FREED Sweeper Sticks to Story Accusing Head of Pencil Factory of Phagan Slaying. The startling confessions by Jim…
Wednesday, 28th May 1913 Woman Writes in Defense of Leo M. Frank, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Wednesday, May 28th, 1913 Mrs. Rebecca Brannon Declares Her Belief in Innocence of Factory Superintendent. Mrs. Rebecca C. Brannon, 356 Forest Avenue, a well known Atlanta woman, has written a letter to The Georgian in defense of Leo…
Sunday, 25th May 1913 Colyar Arrest Proper End to Plot of Crook, The Atlanta Georgian
Mayor James G. Woodward, of Atlanta, accused by dictograph in conversation in A. S. Colyar's room at the Williams House, denies that he offered money to secure evidence of corruption against police and detective departments. Atlanta Georgian Sunday, May 25th,…
Saturday, 24th May 1913 Colyar Held for Forgery, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Saturday, May 24th, 1913 A. S. Colyar, Jr., author of the alleged dictographing of Mayor Woodward and Colonel Thomas B. Felder, was placed under arrest Saturday afternoon at the request of Chief of Police Edward Connors of Knoxville,…
Saturday, 17th May 1913 New Phagan Witnesses Have Been Found, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Saturday, May 17th, 1913 Solicitor General Dorsey Declares Work of His Greatest Detective Has Been Completed. WELCOMES AID OF BURNS IN CLEARING UP MYSTERY Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey said Saturday that his "greatest detective in America" would not…
Saturday, 10th May 1913 Guard of Secrecy is Thrown About Phagan Search by Solicitor, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Saturday, May 10th, 1913 Names of Witnesses Withheld by Dorsey to Prevent "Manufacturers of Public Opinion" Getting in Touch with Them—Satisfied with Progress. Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey declared Saturday afternoon that he was very well…
Wednesday, 7th May 1913 Phagan Girls Body Again Exhumed for Finger-Print Clews, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Wednesday, May 7th, 1913 Third Time Unfortunate Victim's Remains Have Been Exhumed—Dorsey Says Officials Are Not Looking for Finger Prints, but Other Clews. The body of Mary Phagan was exhumed early Wednesday for the second time…
Sunday, 4th May 1913 Slayer of Mary Phagan May Still be at Large, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Sunday, May 4th, 1913 The mystery of the death of pretty Mary Phagan enters upon its second week to-day with the police authorities admitting that they are still without a conclusive solution. So far as the…
Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Sisters New Story Likely to Clear Gantt as Suspect, The Atlanta Georgian
A photographic study of the victim in the strangling mystery showing the sad expression in her eyes. Another picture of the Phagan girl in a studious pose. The child was strikingly pretty and the pictures here shown are from photographs…
Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Confirms Lee’s Story of Shirt, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Wednesday, April 30th, 1913 Negro Woman Says Man Accused of Phagan Crime Was Not Home Saturday Night. If Newt Lee, the watchman, went home on Saturday night and discarded a bloody, stained shirt, Lorena Townes, the negro…
Monday, 28th April 1913 10,000 Throng Morgue to See Body of Victim, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Monday, April 28th, 1913 (Page 5, Column 1) Coroner's Jury inspects remains and scene of tragedy, then waits until Wednesday Lying on a slab in the chapel of the Bloomfield undertaking establishment, with the white throat bearing…
Monday, 28th April 1913 Girl to Be Buried in Marietta To-morrow, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Monday, April 28th, 1913 Stepfather and Sister to Accompany Body, But Mother May Not Be Able to Go. The body of murdered Mary Phagan, which has been at the Bloomfield morgue since she was found strangled to…