Monday, 7th July 1913 Operations of Slavers in Hotels Bared, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Monday, July 7, 1913 Victim Tells Beavers Names of Women and Man Engaged in Traffic in Girls. A new and sensational expose of vice conditions said to be prevalent in Atlanta was made Monday morning by Hattie…
Wednesday, 4th June 1913 Franks Cook Was Counted Upon as Defense Witness, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Wednesday, June 4th, 1913 While police activities have been turned to this line of investigation, the negro sweeper, Jim Conley, has been given a rest. Chief of Detectives Lanford stated that the negro would be quizzed no more.…
Saturday, 31st May 1913 Silence of Conley Put to End by Georgian, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Saturday, May 31st, 1913 That The Georgian played a conspicuous part in obtaining the latest and most important confession from Jim Conley, the negro sweeper, in which he admitted his complicity in the crime, was the declaration of…
Monday, 26th May 1913 Pinkerton Man Says Frank is Guilty, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Monday, May 26th, 1913 Pencil Factory Owners Told Him Not to Shield Superintendent, Scott Declares. Harry Scott, assistant superintendent of the Pinkertons, announced Monday his belief that Leo M. Frank was responsible for the slaying of 14-year-old Mary…
Saturday, 24th May 1913 Frame-Up Aimed at Burns Men, Says Tobie, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Saturday, May 24th, 1913 Denouncing A. S. Colyar as an "eagle-beaked crook," W. C. Tobie, the Burns detective who is here making an investigation of the Phagan case, declared on Saturday that the charges of bribery and double-dealing…
Tuesday, 13th May 1913 Frank’s Life in Tower, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Tuesday, May 13th, 1913 Of the many prisoners confined in the Tower, Leo M. Frank stands far above them all as the central figure in the public eye while the exhaustive investigation into the death of…
Thursday, 8th May 1913 Girl Employe on Fourth Floor of Factory Saturday, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Thursday, May 8th, 1913 Miss Corinthia Hall, one of the employees at the National Pencil factory, was a witness. She lives near Kirkwood, at 19 Weatherby Street, and has worked at the factory for three years.…
Tuesday, 6th May 1913 Bowen Still Held by Houston Police in the Phagan Case, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Tuesday, May 6th, 1913 Atlanta Police Do Not Believe He is Implicated in Tragedy—Letters From Women and 50 Photographs of Girls Found in Prisoners Trunk. The Atlanta police and State officials say they place little importance…
Thursday, 1st May 1913 Terminal Official Certain He Saw Girl, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Thursday, May 1st, 1913 O. H. Clark, in charge of the check room at the Terminal Station, is convinced that the girl who created a scene there last week, when the man she was with attempted to…
Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Looks Like Frank is Trying to Put Crime on Me, Says Lee, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Wednesday, April 30th, 1913 A formal statement from Newt Lee, the negro night watchman arrested after he had telephoned the police of the finding of Mary Phagan's mutilated body, was given to the public for the…
Tuesday, 29th April 1913 Is the Guilty Man Among Those Held?, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Tuesday, April 29th, 1913 Is the murderer of Mary Phagan among the four men who are being held at police headquarters, or is he still at large, either among those still unsuspected or among those who…
Monday, 28th April 1913 Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Monday, April 28th, 1913 Slaying of Mary Phagan Arouses Friends of Family to Threats of Violence. "I wouldn't have liked to be held responsible for the fate of the murderer of little Mary Phagan if the men…
Monday, 28th April 1913 “I Could Trust Mary Anywhere,” Her Weeping Mother Says, The Atlanta Georgian
Mary Phagan, 14-year-old daughter of Mrs. J. W. Coleman, 146 Lindsay Street, whose slain body was found in the basement of the National Pencil Factory, 37-39 South Forsyth Street. The girl left her home Saturday morning to go to…
Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Conley Swears Frank Hid Purse, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian August 6th, 1913 Sweeper's Grilling Ends After 151/2 Hours, His Main Story Unshaken MYSTERY OF GIRL'S MESH BAG EXPLAINED BY NEGRO ON STAND That Mary Phagan's silver-plated mesh bag, mysteriously missing since the girl's bruised and lifeless body…
Friday, 11th July 1913 Girl Tells Police Startling Story of Vice Ring, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Friday, July 11, 1913 THREE NEW VICE WAR ARRESTS Man Prisoner Declares He Will Bare the Whole System if Brought to Trial. As a result of statements made to Chief Beavers Friday morning by Hattie Smith, the…
Tuesday, 1st July 1913 Colyar Not Indicted On Charge of Libel, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Tuesday, July 1, 1913 The Fulton County Grand Jury returned no bill against A. S. Colyar, Jr., Tuesday forenoon on the charge of criminal libel. Colyar came into prominence a few weeks ago by dictographing Colonel Thomas…
Wednesday, 4th June 1913 Fain Named in Vice Quiz as Resort Visitor, The Atlanta Georgian
Mayor James G. Woodward (left), leaving Grand Jury room after testifying in vice probe; Thomas B. Felder (middle), who exonerates Beavers of graft charges but declares war on Lanford; Carl Hutcheson (right), who gave Grand Jury list of "houses in…
Friday, 30th May 1913 Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Friday, May 30th, 1913 Chief of Detectives Lanford admitted Friday morning that Jim Conley, under the rack of the third degree, had made the astounding confession that he had assisted Leo M. Frank in disposing of the body…
Monday, 26th May 1913 Accuses Tobie of Kidnaping Attempt, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Monday, May 26th, 1913 Topeka, Kans., Chief Wires Beavers That Burns Detective Was Not Convicted. That the local police authorities are tracing the past record of C. W. Tobie, the Burns operative investigating the Phagan case, came definitely…
Saturday, 24th May 1913 Strangulation Charge is in Indictments, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Saturday, May 24th, 1913 True Bills Already Drawn by Solicitor Against Frank and Lee. The Grand Jury resumed Saturday morning the Phagan murder case with indictments against Leo M. Frank and Newt Lee charging strangulation. While nothing definite…
Wednesday, 21st May 1913 T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Wednesday, May 21st, 1913 Stories That He Was Retained by Prisoner's Friends Silly, He Declares. Mystery piles up upon mystery in the Phagan case. Colonel Thomas B. Felder was asked Wednesday afternoon by The Georgian to reply to…
Tuesday, 13th May 1913 New Theory is Offered in Phagan Mystery, The Atlanta Georgian
Solicitor Dorsey in his office; a snapshot of the Phagan case prosecutor taken by a Georgian photographer. Atlanta Georgian Tuesday, May 13th, 1913 Detectives Not Centering All Their Efforts on Frank and Lee Now. Detectives in Phagan mystery are not…
Thursday, 8th May 1913 Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Thursday, May 8th, 1913 Miss Hattie Hall, the stenographer who worked at the National Pencil Factory Saturday morning, April 26, testified as follows: She lives at 69 Luckie Street and works for the National Pencil Company, in Montag…
Tuesday, 6th May 1913 Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Tuesday, May 6th, 1913 Body of Slain Girl Exhumed and Bloodstains on Factory Floor Analyzed. NEW THEORY ANNOUNCED Solicitor Believes Victim May Have Been Thrown, Still Alive, Down Elevator Shaft. Solicitor General Dorsey, Chief of Detectives Lanford,…
Thursday, 1st May 1913 State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee are Taken to Tower, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Thursday, May 1st, 1913 Watchman and Frank Go on Witness Stand This Afternoon—Dorsey, Dissatisfied, May Call Special Session of Grand Jury To-morrow. Coroner Donohuoo late to-day issued a commitment against Leo M. Frank, superintendent at the…
Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Tells Jury He Saw Girl and Mullinax Together, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Wednesday April 30th, 1913 Page 4, Column 3 Edgar L. Sentell, the man who identified Mullinax as being the man he saw with Mary Phagan Saturday night was the first witness to take the stand when the coroner's…
Tuesday, 29th April 1913 Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, The Atlanta Georgian
Mrs. J. W. Coleman, below, mother of slain Mary Phagan, and Ollie Phagan, sister of the murdered girl . Mrs. Coleman is prostrated by grief over the crime, and warns all mothers of working girls to watch carefully their loved…
Monday, 28th April 1913 Negro is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Monday, April 28th, 1913 Superintendent Leo M. Frank Is Convinced Newt Morris Was Not Implicated. Owing to a delay in receipt of metal shipment part of the plant of the National Pencil Company had been shut down…
Monday, 28th April 1913 Playful Girl With Not a Bad Thought, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Monday, April 28th, 1913 "She was just a little, playful girl, without a bad thought in her mind, and she has been made the victim of the blackest crime that can be perpetuated," was the bitter denunciation…
Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian August 6th, 1913 By James B. Nevin. "Gentlemen of the jury, having heard from James Conley, the blackest, most damning story ever told in Atlanta by one human being against another, having sat there and listened as he…