Monday, 10th November 1913: Conley Expected To Plead Guilty And Ask Coury’s Mercy, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 10th November 1913,PAGE 4, COLUMN 7.It is expected that Jim Conley, the negro whose testimony featured the trial of Leo M. Frank, will be taken before Judge Ben H. Hill, in the Fulton County Criminal Court, Tuesday…
Tuesday, 25th November 1913: Conley Again Taken To Court. Attorney To Urge Hearing Now, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 25th November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 8.Jim Conley, when sensational story helped to convict Leo M. Frank of the murder of Mary Phagan, was taken once more from his cell in the Tower Tuesday to the courthouse.Solicitor Dorsey…
Monday, 17th November 1913: Frank Files Reasons For New Trial, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 17th November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 8.PHAGAN CASE IN SUPREME COURTArgument To Be Set for December 15 and Final Decision May Be Made by March.All doubt as to when the arguments will be heard by the Supreme Court…
Saturday, 1st November 1913: I’m Not Convinced Frank Is Guilty Or Innocent, Says Judge, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 1st November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.JUDGE L. S. ROAN, WHO RENDERED DECISION DENYING A NEW TRIALPAGE 1, COLUMN 6"The jury was Convinced; it is my duty to deny a new trail," said Judge Roan.PAGE 1, COLUMN 7DEFENSE…
Tuesday, 18th November 1913: Lawyer Absent, Conley’s Case Is Delayed, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 18th November 1913,PAGE XXX, COLUMN 4.Negro's Counsel Tuesday Will Demand Immediate Hearing, Attitude SurprisesDorsey.The absence from the city W. M. Smith attorney for Jim Conley, prevented the calling of Jim Conley's case Monday on the charge of…
Thursday, 20th November 1913: Conley’s Attorney, To Combat Further Delay In His Case, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 20th November 1913,PAGE XXX, COLUMN 4.That a further postponement of the trial of Jim Conley, the negro witness in the Phagan case, will be bitterly fought, was the declaration of W. M. Smith, Conley's attorney, Thursday.Attorney Smith…
Monday, 3rd November 1913: Frank Relies On Roan’s Speech For A New Trial, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 3rd November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Georgian's ReportMade the RecordThe Georgian's report of Judge L. S. Roan's remarkable expression of doubt in refusing to grant Leo M. Frank a new trial was Saturday incorporated into the official bill…
Wednesday, 26th November 1913: Comment On The Frank Case, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 26th November 1913,PAGE XXX, COLUMN 5.EditorThe Georgian:I herewith inclose a communication for publication, if you see fit to accept same.There is really some doubt in my mind as to whether you will publish his article for the…
Sunday, 2nd November 1913: Mystery Of Phagan Case Deepened By Address Of Judge Roan, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 2nd November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Admission of Court In Denying New Trial That He Was Not Convinced Either of Guilt or Innocence Creates Sensation.'Old Police Reporter' Finds Lawyers Who Believe Admission of Doubt Was Attempt to Right…
Friday, 21st November 1913: Conley’s Attorney, To Combat Further Delay In His Case, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 21st November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.That a further postponement of the trial of Jim Conley, the negro witness in the Phagan case, will be bitterly fought, was the declaration of W. M. Smith, Conley's attorney, Thursday.Attorney Smith…
Governor To The General Assembly Of Georgia June 23 1915 State Vs Leo Frank Page 3
SUPPLEMENTARY MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. STATE OF GEORGIA. June 21, 1915: In Re Leo M. Frank, Fulton Superior Court, sentenced to be executed June 22, 1915. Saturday, April 26, 1913, was Memorial Day in Georgia and a general…
Governor To The General Assembly Of Georgia June 23 1915 State Vs Leo Frank Page 1
SUPPLEMENT TO MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA June 23, 1915 OPINION IN CASE OF THE STATE VERSES LEO FRANK Governor To The General Assembly Of Georgia June 23 1915 State Vs Leo Frank Page 01
Governor To The General Assembly Of Georgia June 23 1915 State Vs Leo Frank Page 39
In this connection, Judge Roan declared orally from the bench that he was not certain of the defendant's guilt that with all the thought he had put on this case, he was not thoroughly convinced whether Frank was guilty or…
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Surely, if Judge Roan entertained the extreme doubt indicated by his statement and had remembered the power granted him by the Code, he would have sentenced the defendant to life imprisonment.In a letter written to counsel, he says, "I shall…
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All of the affidavit down to this point is in typewriting, the original was exhibited to me. At the end of the affidavit in handwriting is written the following: "While I was looking at the money in my hands, Mr.…
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In the case of Hunter, a white man charged with assassinating two white women in the City of Savannah, who was found guilty and sentenced to be hung, application was made to me for clemency. Hunter was charged together with…
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Conley swears he did. The State says that the use of the word 'did' instead of 'done' indicates a white man's dictation. Conley admits the spelling was his. The words are repeated and are simple, which characterizes Conley's letters. In…
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It may be possible that his version is correct. The testimony discloses that he was in the habit of allowing men to go into the basement for immoral purposes for a consideration, and when Mary Phagan passed by him close…
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found by her side, it was urged before me by counsel for the defense that ladies usually carried their handkerchiefs in their mesh bags.If the motive was assault, either by natural or perverted means, the physicians' evidence, who made the…
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hardly seems possible under the evidence that Mary Phagan was at that time being murdered.Lemmie Quinn testifies that he reached Frank's office about 12:20 and saw Mr. Frank. At 12:30, Mrs. J. A. White called to see her husband at…
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The cook's husband testified that on Saturday, the day of the murder, he visited his wife at the home of Mr. Selig, defendant's father-in-law, where Frank and his wife were living, and that Frank came in to dinner and ate…
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that some punches had been missed. The suggestion was that he had either manipulated the slip to place the burden on Lee or was so excited as to be unable to read the slip correctly.The State introduced a witness, Monteen…
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Where I have not mentioned the more prominent ones, an inspection of the record fails to maintain the contention.It is contended that a lawyer was engaged for Frank at the station house before he was arrested. This is replied to…
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Conley described Frank as having been in a position which Conley thought indicated perversion, but the facts set out by Conley do not demand such a conclusion. Conley says that he found Mary Phagan lying in the metal room some…
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for five or six hours again, endeavoring to make clear several points which were far-fetched in his statement. We pointed out to him that this statement would not do and would not fit, and he then made the statement of…
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at the time he was an escapee from the Fannin County jail under indictment for felony."I refused to interfere unless the judge or solicitor would recommend interference, which they declined to do. Finally, when on the gallows, the solicitor-general recommended…
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dropped his head and stated, "If you keep that up, we will both go to hell."On Sunday morning at about 3 o'clock, after Newt Lee, the night watchman, had telephoned the police station about the discovery of the dead body,…
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In reply to this, the State introduced on the extraordinary motion the testimony of Philip Chambers, who swears that unused order blanks entitled 'Atlanta, Ga.' were in the office next to Frank's office and that he had been in the…
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evidence of Police Sergeant Dobbs, who visited the scene of the crime on Sunday morning, as follows:"This scratch pad was also lying on the ground close to the body. The scratch pad was lying near the notes. They were all…
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The evidence loses its pertinency if Mary Phagan had not arrived at the time Monteen Stover came. What is the evidence?The evidence uncontradicted discloses that Mary Phagan ate her dinner at 11:30 o'clock, and the evidence of the streetcar men…