Friday, 1st August 1913 Mrs. Arthur White Takes Stand Today
Atlanta Constitution August 1st, 1913 Will Testify She Saw Negro Idling in Shadows of Stairway. Mrs. Arthur White, wife of Arthur White, the witness who will testify that on Saturday morning when she appeared at the pencil factory to see…
Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Mary Phagan Murdered Within Hour After Dinner
Atlanta Constitution August 2nd, 1913 DR. H. F. HARRIS GIVES STARTLING EVIDENCE ABOUT TIME OF MURDER Wound on Eye of Girl Victim of Pencil Factory Crime Looked as if It Came From Blow of Fist, Secretary of State Board of…
Friday, 1st August 1913 Finding of Hair and Envelope Described by Factory Machinist
Atlanta Constitution August 1st, 1913 R. B. Barrett, a machinist at the National Pencil factory, who declares that he found strands of hair similar to Mary Phagan's on his machine after the murder, and who also told of finding a…
Friday, 1st August 1913 Haslett Describes Visit to Home of Leo Frank
Atlanta Constitution August 1st, 1913 Detective B. B. Haslett, who went with Detective John Black on Monday morning, April 27, to Leo Frank's home to summon him to police headquarters for a statement Chief Lanford wished him to give, was…
Friday, 1st August 1913 William Gheesling, Embalmer, Tells of Wounds on Girl’s Body
Atlanta Constitution August 1st, 1913 William Gheesling, the undertaker who embalmed Mary Phagan's body, was next called in. "What is your business?" queried Solicitor Dorsey. "I am an embalmer." "How long have you been in that advice?" "Fifteen years, or…
Friday, 1st August 1913 Frank’s Presence in Office at Time He Says He Was There is Denied by Girl on Stand
Atlanta Constitution August 1st, 1913 Following the Pinkerton detective testimony the state introduced Miss Monteen Stover, who worked in the factory when Mary Phagan did. The girl was rather abashed when she first appeared, but turned out to be a…
Friday, 1st August 1913 E. F. Holloway Testimony
The article below is just a piece of the printed testimony of E. F. Holloway from the Atlanta Constitution. Unfortunately, most of the beginning part of this article is missing from our archives. Atlanta Constitution August 1st, 1913 "Who was…
Thursday, 31st July 1913 William Gheesling First Witness Today
Atlanta Constitution July 31st, 1913 Harry Scott, Pinkerton Detective Will Also Be Called to Stand During Day William Gheesling, the P. J. Bloomfield undertaking attachee who made the first examination and emblamed the body of Mary Phagan will probably be…
Friday, 1st August 1913 Attorneys for Both Sides Riled by Scott’s Testimony; Replies Cause Lively Tilts
Atlanta Constitution August 1st, 1913 When court convened on Thursday morning, J. M. Gantt, formerly employed in the bookkeeping department of the National Pencil factory, was placed on the stand for two questions, and he was followed by Harry Scott,…
Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Husband of Minola McKnight Describes Movements of Frank
Atlanta Constitution August 2nd, 1913 Albert McKnight, colored, the husband of Minola McKnight, who made a startling affidavit for the police in regard to circumstances at the Frank home on the night of the murder, followed Febuary to the stand.…
Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Negro Lurking in Factory Seen by Wife of Employee
Atlanta Constitution August 2nd, 1913 Mrs. Maggie White, wife of John Arthur White, who was at work on the fourth floor of the National Pencil factory part of the day upon which Mary Phagan was killed, was the first witness…
Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Frequent and Angry Clashes Between Attorneys Mark the Hearing of Darley’s Testimony
Atlanta Constitution August 2nd, 1913 N. V. Darley, mechanical head of the National Pencil factory and directly in charge of the Georgia Cedar company, an adjunct concern, was put on the stand by the state, after Mrs. White had finished.…
Friday, 1st August 1913 Leo Frank Innocent, Says Mrs. Appelbaum
Atlanta Constitution August 1st, 1913 Acquitted in Same Courtroom, She Is Now Eager Spectator at Big Trial. A little woman, neatly dressed and wearing a dark hat crowned with a flowing aigrette, slipped quietly into the rear of the courtroom…
Friday, 1st August 1913 Blood Found by Dr. Smith on Chips and Lee’s Shirt
Atlanta Constitution August 1st, 1913 Dr. Claude A. Smith, the medical expert who made microscopic examinations of the blood-spotted chips chiseled from the floor of the pencil factory and of the bloody shirt discovered in Newt Lee's home, was next…
Friday, 1st August 1913 Holloway Denies Affidavit He Signed for Solicitor
Atlanta Constitution August 1st, 1913 NEW TESTIMONY GIVEN AT TRIAL OF LEO M. FRANK BY R. B. BARRETT Machinist at Pencil Factory Tells Jury of Discovery of Murdered Girl's Pay Envelope and of Strands of Hair Near Her Machine in…
Thursday, 31st July 1913 Mrs. Coleman Is Recalled To Identify Mary’s Handbag
Atlanta Constitution July 31st, 1913 Mrs. J. W. Coleman was recalled to the stand for only a moment's interrogation regarding the mesh handbag which she carried with her upon leaving home on the day of the tragedy. Attorney Rosser asked,…
Thursday, 31st July 1913 Idle and Curious Throng Court Despite Big Force of Deputies
Atlanta Constitution July 31st, 1913 In spite of the largest force of deputies that has ever been brought together in Fulton county for a similar purpose, the greatest difficulty is being experienced in keeping out the idle and morbidly curious…
Thursday, 31st July 1913 Rogers on Stand Describes Visit of Frank to Undertakers
Atlanta Constitution July 31st, 1913 When court convened and before the jury had been brought in Attorney Luther Rosser entered an objection to the drawing of the pencil factory which Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey had rehung upon the wall after…
Friday, 1st August 1913 Acquitted In The Same Court, She Believers Is Innocent
The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 1st August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Photo by Francis E. Price. Staff Photographer.Mrs. Callie Scott Appelbaum, who was tried before Judge Roan for the murder of her husband. Jerome Appelbaum, and declared "not guilty," and Leo M. Frank,…
Thursday, 31st July 1913 Photo By Francis E Price, Staff Photographer.
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 31st July 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Miss Grace Hicks, an employee of the National Pencil factory, and a friend of Mary Phagan, who testified on Wednesday morning; Detective John Black (Wearing derby), who was put through severe cross-examination…
Thursday, 31st July 1913 Gantt, Once Phagan Suspect, On Stand Wednesday Afternoon
Atlanta Constitution July 31st, 1913 J. W. Gantt, who once was a suspect in the famous case, followed Mrs. Coleman to the stand at the afternoon session. "Have you ever been connected with the pencil company?" "From January 1st, 1918,…
Thursday, 31st July 1913 Bearing of Black and Lee Forms a Study in Contrast
Atlanta Constitution July 31st, 1913 By Sidney Ormond Comparisons are odious, but to the close observer of events following the Mary Phagan murder and the trial now in progress one cannot help contrasting the impression made on the jury by…
Thursday, 31st July 1913 Defense Riddles John Black’s Testimony
Atlanta Constitution July 31st, 1913 SLEUTH CONFUSED UNDER MERCILESS CROSS-QUESTIONS OF LUTHER ROSSER Just Before He Left the Stand He Confessed That He Was "Mixed Up" and That He Could Not Recall What He Had Testified a Moment Before—Tangled on…
Thursday, 31st July 1913 Detective Black Muddled By Keen Cross-Examination Of Attorneys for Defense
Atlanta Constitution July 31st, 1913 Detective John R. Black, the officer who went in Rogers' machine from the factory to Frank's residence on the Sunday morning that Mary Phagan's body was discovered, was next put up by the state. He…
Wednesday, 30th July 1913 Three Witnesses Describe Finding Mary Phagan’s Body
Atlanta Constitution July 30th, 1913 NEWT LEE STICKS TO ORIGINAL STORY DESPITE ATTEMPTS TO CONFUSE NEGRO Striking Feature of Day's Proceedings Was the Evident Effort on Part of Luther Rosser to Connect Watchman With Crime, or Show He Knew More…
Thursday, 31st July 1913 Daintily Dressed Girl Tells Of Daily Routine of Factory
Atlanta Constitution July 31st, 1913 Grace Hicks, a sister-in-law of ‘Boots' Rogers, whom he carried to the factory the morning of April 27 to tell if the dead girl was an employee of the factory was put upon the witness…
Tuesday, 27th May 1913 Suspicion Turned to Conley; Accused by Factory Foreman
Atlanta Georgian Tuesday, May 27th, 1913 Negro, Whose Story That He Wrote Notes at Frank's Dictation Is Generally Disbelieved, Was Often Drunk. Mrs. White Can Not Identify Him. Suspicion in the Phagan case was Tuesday morning turned full-flare upon James…
Tuesday, 27th May 1913 State Faces Big Task in Trial of Frank as Slayer
Luther Z. Rosser, who is leading attorney of counsel for the defense of Leo M. Frank, indicted for the murder of Mary Phagan at the National Pencil factory. Mr. Rosser, as usual, is playing a game of silence. He has…
Wednesday, 28th May 1913 Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying
Atlanta Georgian Wednesday, May 28th, 1913 Negro Sweeper in New Affidavit Denies His Former Testimony and Makes Startling Assertions; Now Declares He Wrote Notes Saturday. James Conley, negro sweeper, in an affidavit made Wednesday, said that he was lying when…
Wednesday, 28th May 1913 Conley Was in Factory on Day of Slaying
Atlanta Georgian Wednesday, May 28th, 1913 Police Secure Admission From Negro Sweeper During Examination for Phagan Clews. Admission that he was in the National Pencil factory on the day of the murder of Mary Phagan was gained from James Conley,…