Sunday, 25th May 1913, A. S. Colyar Tells Where He and Colonel Thomas B. Felder Ought to be for Good of Society, The Atlanta Journal
A.S. Colyar Tells Where He and Colonel Thomas B. Felder Ought to be for Good of Society Atlanta Journal Sunday, May 25th, 1913 Editor The Journal: I herewith hand you a telegram in answer to one that I…
Wednesday, 27th May 1914: Burns Agent Here Is Fined And Bound Over, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 27th May 1914,PAGE 2, COLUMN 1.Judge Broyles Orders Lehon to Pay $100 and Costs Also Held for StateAnother step in the prosecution of the Burns Agents here was taken Tuesday afternoon in the Recorder's Court, when Dan…
Saturday, 2nd May 1914: Detective Burns Grilled By Dorsey For Over An Hour, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 2nd May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.In Presence of Judge Hill, Solicitor Secures Detailed Story of Detective's Work in Frank Case. NO FURTHER EVIDENCE IN HIS POSSESSION. Full Story of Solicitor's Long Cross-Examination Is Given Below. Lehon to…
Monday, 27th April 1914: Say Burns Has Twenty Agents On Frank Case, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 27th April 1914,PAGE 18, COLUMN 3.Several Women Among Them and Agents in San Francisco Cases, Say City DetectivesSolicitor General Dorsey, aided by William M. Smith, attorney for Jim Conley, and a corps of detectives, continued Monday the…
Sunday, 26th April 1914: Leo Frank Pleads For A Fair Trial In Signed Card, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 26th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.I Am Asking for That Which the People of Atlanta Would Not Refuse to a Dirty MongrelLeo M. Frank issued a signed statement Saturday night commenting on the interview of Chief Newport…
Friday, 24th April 1914: Jim Conley Charged With Confessing He Slew Mary Phagan, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 24th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.Attorneys for Leo M. Frank, at Hearing for New Trial, Read Affidavit From Negro Woman in Which She Asserts Conley, on Her Promise to Marry Him, Admitted to Her in the Fulton…
This Day in History of the Mary Phagan Case: April 14, 1914, The Atlanta Evening Journal. 353 days since April 26, 1913 #OTD #MaryPhagan #Atlanta #Georgia #LeoFrank #OnThisDay
By Mary Phagan-Kean | April 14, 2026 Documentary and Contextualization The article and transcript archived at the Mary Phagan Kean Legacy Project website (maryphagan.com)¹ is exactly one hundred twelve years old today. It ran on Page Two of…
Tuesday, 22nd July 1913 Date Of Frank Trial Depends On Weather, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution, Tuesday, 22nd July 1913, PAGE 1, COLUMN 3. Will Be Called Monday, But May Be Postponed if as Hot as Last Saturday. Continued From Page One. That the trial of Leo M. Frank depends to a…
Thursday, 22nd May 1913 Grand Jury Wont Hear Leo Frank or Lee, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Thursday, May 22nd, 1913 Understood That Cases Will Be Brought Separately, With One Accused as Accomplice. Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey announced Thursday afternoon that he was prepared to go before the Grand Jury Friday morning with his…
Tuesday, 20th May 1913 Women Declare Phagan Murder Must Be Solved, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Tuesday, May 20th, 1913 "Freedom of Murderer Is a Menace to Honor and Life of Every Woman," Writes Mrs. James Carr. Optimistic over the prospects for solving the Mary Phagan mystery, C. W. Tobie, chief of the…
Statement of Jim Conley: May 29, 1913
I discontinued at 6:00 P. M. Reported. Atlanta 5/31/13. Conley's Statement of May 29, 1913. Atlanta, Georgia May 29, 1913. On Saturday April 26, 1913, when I come back to the pencil factory with Mr. Frank I waited for him…
Statement of Jim Conley: May 28, 1913
Statement of Jim Conley, May 28, 1913. State of Georgia, County of Fulton. Personally appeared before me, a Notary Public, in and for the above State and County, James Conley, who being duly sworn on oath says: I make this…
Friday, 30th May 1913 Negro Conleys Affidavit Lays Bare Slaying, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian, Friday, May 30th, 1913, Page 2, Column 1 Swears Frank Told Him Girl Had Hit Her Head Against Something. The Georgian in it second Extra published exclusively the first REAL confession of James Conley, the negro sweeper…
Sunday, 18th May 1913 Three Arrests Expected Soon in Phagan Case, The Atlanta Constitution
Three Arrests Expected Soon in Phagan Case Atlanta Constitution Sunday, May 18th, 1913 Members of the Staff of the Solicitor General Are Now Keeping Trio Under Strict Surveillance. LANFORD HAS EVIDENCE TO CONVICT, HE SAYS Will Not Divulge Its…
Saturday, 3rd May 1913 Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Saturday, May 3rd, 1913 Page 1, Column 7 Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery Three Former Employees at Pencil Factory Are Summoned to Testify. Expected That Frank and Watchman Will Be Questioned Further. It was…
Friday, 30th May 1913 Conley Re-enacts in Plant Part He Says He Took in Slaying, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Friday, May 30th, 1913 With Detectives Looking On, Negro Shows How He Carried Girl's Body to Basement at Direction, as He Swear, of His Employer, Leo Frank. As a sensational climax to the confession of his part…
The Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith (ADL) and Its Falsification of History to Rehabilitate a Homicidal Molester of Children Found at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
By Phil St. Raymond (Permission to Republish Granted) May 14, 2026 Since its founding in the shadow and aftermath of Leo Frank’s 1913 trial and conviction, the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith, also known as the ADL, has helped turn…
Wednesday, 18th February 1914: W.j.burns At Work In Frank Case, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 18th February 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### STATEMENT ISSUED BY PRISONERDeclares Prosecutors Have Made Great Mistake, but He is of Forgiving Mind.Detective W. J. Burns, in Atlanta to lecture, said this afternoon he had been employed…
Thursday, 19th February 1914: Writing New Frank Appeal, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 19th February 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### PAGE 1, COLUMN 8**BURNS MEN HUNT NEW EVIDENCE**"We're Going to Go Deep. No Matter Whom It Hits," Declares Famous Sleuth.Luther Rosser and Reuben Arnold were in conference Thursday for…
Monday, 23rd February 1914: Frank Accuser Is Missing, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 23rd February 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### Conley Case to Jury on TuesdayBoth Sides Rest Argument Set for Tomorrow Undertaker Complicates Hair Evidence.Unless the jury should be unexpectedly long in its deliberation, Jim Conley, on trial…
Thursday, 26th February 1914: Frank, In Statement In Tower, Charges Plot, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 26th February 1914,6th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.SCORES DORSEY AND HARRIS FOR HOLDING BACK HAIR EVIDENCELeo M. Frank, speaking earnestly and sometimes approaching the eloquent in the heat of his declarations, talked through the bars of his…
Saturday, 28th February 1914: Mrs. Frank Charges Plot, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 28th February 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### PAGE 1, COLUMN 8**JUST TRIAL ASKED FOR HUSBAND**Revelations To Be Made Public Only as Filing of Extraordinary Motion for Retrial.Sentence of death will be re-imposed upon Leo M. Frank…
Sunday, 1st March 1914: How I Feel In Shadow Of Gallows! Leo Frank Bares Soul, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 1st March 1914,3th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1."I Never Have Been Able Fully to Realize That It Is I Who Is Facing Death. It Seems Like a Detached Being," He Says"If I Should Have to Forfeit My…
Wednesday, 4th March 1914: Conley Hit In Story Epps Boy Charges Police Plot, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 4th March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.'ON FRANK CASE TO FINISH,' BURNS"I am on the Frank case to the finish," was the emphatic declaration of William J. Burns Wednesday on his return to Atlanta from New…
Monday, 9th March 1914: New Frank Evidence Is Fought By Dorsey, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 9th March 1914,6th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.That Solicitor Hugh Dorsey is laying careful plans to fight any so-called new evidence which the defense of Leo M. Frank may introduce in the extraordinary motion for a new…
Tuesday, 10th March 1914: Frank Aided By Affidavits, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 10th March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### PAGE 1, COLUMN 7### EVIDENCE IN FOR RETRIAL MOTION; PREPARING PLEAAffidavits are in the possession of the Frank defense, it became known Tuesday, which will be used to complete…
Wednesday, 11th March 1914: Frank A Sacrifice, Declares Mother, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 11th March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### JUSTICE IS HUSHED IN TUMULT, SHE SAYSNEW YORK, March 11. "My son is being sacrificed on an altar of infamy above which the seal of the sovereign State of…
Tuesday, 17th March 1914: Burns On New Leads In Frank Case, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 17th March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### PAGE 1, COLUMN 1### SLEUTH GOES INTO 'PLOT' EVIDENCE### Famous Detective Holds Conference With Accused Prisoner.### Formby Affidavit Probed.A half-hour talk with Leo Frank, at which Don C. Seitz,…
Wednesday, 18th March 1914: Burns Sees End Of Mystery, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 18th March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.PAGE 1, COLUMN 6'PLAIN TRAILOF SLAYER'FOUNDIndications that William J. Burns is rapidly approaching a climax in his investigation of the murder of Mary Phagan are seen in statements by the…
Thursday, 19th March 1914: Case Easy, Declares Burns, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 19th March 1914,8th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.VOWS THAT HE'LL TALK TO JIM CONLEYWilliam J. Burns Thursday scoffed at the idea that Jim Conley's lawyer or anyone else could prevent him from seeing the negro when he…