Monday, 18th August 1913: Frank Trial Halts As Clanging Engines Run To Fire Nearby, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 18th August 1913,PAGE 58, COLUMN 8.Proceedings at the Frank trial were interrupted about 11 o'clock Saturday morning when the fire department was called to Pryor and Hunter streets. The clanging gongs drowned the voices of the attorneys…
Monday, 18th August 1913: Frank Takes Stand, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 18th August 1913,PAGE 43, COLUMN 1.LEO M. FRANK AS HE TOLD HIS STORY ON WITNESS STANDFrank appeared perfectly calm and collected as he went to the witness chair in his own behalf. He apparently welcomed the opportunity…
Monday, 18th August 1913: Frank Ready To Take Stand, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 18th August 1913,PAGE 81, COLUMN 1.PAGE 81, COLUMN 7LAWYERS URGED BY ACCUSED TO PERMIT CROSS-EXAMINATIONThat Leo Frank, accused of the murder of Mary Phagan, will take the stand in his own defense Monday morning was the announcement…
Monday, 18th August 1913: Frank Makes His Own Best Witness Telling Direct Detailed Story, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 18th August 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 5.The eyes of Leo M. Frank's wife and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Emil Selig, were constantly upon him as he sat in the witness chair talking conversationally with the jurors. His mother seldom…
Monday, 18th August 1913: Frank’s Own Story, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 18th August 1913,PAGE 29, COLUMN 1.PAGE 29, COLUMN 1REMARKABLE STORY CREATES PROFOUND IMPRESSION ON ALLFrom the lips of the man accused of the murder of Mary Phagan, came a remarkable story Monday afternoon.The spectators in a densely…
Monday, 18th August 1913: Frank’s Complete Story, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 18th August 1913,PAGE 15, COLUMN 1.FRANK'S COMPLETE STORYWIFE IN TEARS AS FRANK CONCLUDES HIS REMARKABLE STORYLeo Frank made the sensational charge Saturday afternoon that some one had made an erasure of the very writing he had placed…
Monday, 18th August 1913: Dorsey Hammers At Frank’s Character Mother Leaves Court When Attack Is Made, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 18th August 1913,PAGE 69, COLUMN 1.PAGE 69, COLUMN 7WOMAN DENIES BEING TOLD OF ESCAPADE OF PRISONER WITH GIRLThat Leo M. Frank rode on a street car to Hapeville with a girl the Saturday previous to the murder…
Monday, 18th August 1913: Diagram Showing Main Points In Frank’s Alibi, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 18th August 1913,PAGE 58, COLUMN 3.FRANK Left Montag Bros 11 A.M. for Office. (FORSYTH ST.)CORINTHIA HALL and EMMA FREEMAN enter 11.45 A.M. (FORSYTH ST.)LEMMIE QUINN Entered 12.20 P.M. (FORSYTH ST.)FRANK arrived at factory 8.25 A.M. Goes to…
James “Jim” Conley’s Attorney: William Manning Smith, the Turncoat Lawyer Who Betrayed His Client and Joined the Leo Frank Defense Juggernaut
How Jim Conley’s Attorney Became His Accuser, Joined the Burns Investigation, and Turned His Own Energy Against His Former Client By Arthur Daniels William Manning Smith’s conduct in the Leo Max Frank case is one of the most…
Nellie Wood, 1911—1914: Leo Frank’s Indecent Proposal and the Questionable Defense Affidavit Surfacing in 1914
The Affidavit That Changed Her Story Leo Frank, “Perfect Gentleman,” the Supposed Reversal, and a 1914 Trail of Disputed Affidavits, Money Offers, False Identities, Alleged Manufactured Evidence, Grand-Jury Indictments, and National Scrutiny of William J. Burns By Art Daniels September…
Falsified Antisemitism About the Heart of the American South: The Hoax of a Supposed Jewish Exodus from Georgia, Born in 1982 During the Alonzo Mann Fiasco and Backdated Into the Aftermath of the 1913–1915 Leo Frank Case
Jewish Exodus Hoax of the Leo Frank Case Updated Chronology of Unsupported Quantitative Jewish Exodus Claims About the Aftermath of the 1915 Leo Frank Lynching By Arthur Daniels September 9, 2026 I want to make something very clear at the…
Wednesday, 13th August 1913: Office Boy Swears He Never Saw Women In The Office With Frank. Dalton Recalled By Defense Admits Having Served On Gang, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution, Wednesday, 13th August 1913, PAGE 2, COLUMN 5. Alonzo Mann, the office boy at the National Pencil factory, was called as a witness after Mrs. Minnie Smith had been excused. The lad was decidedly uneasy from…
OPEN LETTER TO THE STRAND THEATRE MARIETTA GEORGIA BY MARY PHAGAN-KEAN
To: The Strand Theatre, its Board of Directors, Management, and Production Leadership @StrandMarietta By Mary Phagan-Kean September 3rd, 2026 Subject: Subversive Pedophile Rehabilitation Theater in Marietta Georgia #StrandTheatre #Marietta #MariettaGeorgia The Tony-winning musical *Parade* is now being performed at the…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913 Mrs. Wardlaw Denies Ever Seeing Frank On Car With Little Girl, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 19th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 3.When Mrs. J. G. Wardlaw, a bride of three weeks, who was Miss Lula Mc Donald, recently worked at the National Pencil factory, was on the stand, Solicitor Hugh Dorsey sought to…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913: Middle Aged Woman Tells Of Flirting Of Factory Girls, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 19th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 2.Mrs. Mattie Thompson, a woman of over middle age and an employee of the factory, was among those put on the stand to testify to Leo Frank's character and also about the…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913: Many Men Swear To Their Belief In Franks Character, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 19th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 4.A number of men were called to the stand Monday morning by the defense. Some of them were factory employees in various positions who swore to the good character of the superintendent…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913: Here Is Franks Story Word For Word As Told To A Jury Of His Peers, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 19th August 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 1.When the Accused Factory Official Stepped From the Witness Stand Monday Afternoon at the Conclusion of His Story, Which Had Required Four Hours to Relate, His Wife and Mother Were in Tears…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913: Harlee Branch Tells Of Jim Conley Pantomine, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 19th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 3.Harllee Branch, a newspaper man who was present when James Conley, the negro sweeper of the National Pencil factory, went through for the police a pantomime of what he claims occurred on…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913 Frank’s Character Is Testified To By Long List Of Girls, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 19th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 2.Numbers of girls and women, either now employed or formerly employed at the National Pencil factory, were placed on the stand Monday by the defense to swear to the good character of…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913: Conflicting Statements Made By Franks Former Stenographer, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 19th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 3.Interest in the morning session of the trial of Leo M. Frank for the murder of Mary Phagan, came when Solicitor Hugh Dorsey trapped Miss M. E. Fleming, a witness for the…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913 Climax of Trial Reached When Frank Faced Jury, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 19th August 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 1.The climax of the Frank trial came at the afternoon session Monday, when Leo M. Frank took the stand to tell of his actions on the day of the murder.The accused man's…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913 Books and Papers Put in Evidence by the Defense, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 19th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 3.Just before the close of the morning session the defense began putting in evidence various books and papers shown from time to time during the trial. The first thing put up was…
Monday, 18th August 1913 Mary Phagans Grandmother Dies After Dreaming Girl Was Living, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 18th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Mrs. A. E. Benton, grandmother of Mary Phagan, who had come to Atlanta to be present at the trial of Leo M. Frank charged with the 1913-08-21-mass-of-perjuries-charged-by-arnold-centers-hot-attack-on-conley-the-atlanta-georgianmurder of her little granddaughter, died…
Monday, 18th August 1913: Full Stone Mountain Judge Will Still Preside, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 18th August 1913,PAGE 7, COLUMN 1.Status of That Circuit Is Unchanged by Addition Made to Atlanta Superior Court.There seems to be a rather general impression that the creating of the Fourth division of the superior court of…
Monday, 18th August 1913 Frank Takes Stand – Tells His Story, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 18th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Frank Takes Stand Tells His StoryPAGE 1, COLUMN 3LEO. M. FRANK ON WITNESS STANDBREWER'S COURT ROOM (Signature)PAGE 1, COLUMN 3FACING THE JURY, FRANK ASSERTS HIS INNOCENCE OF MARY PHAGAN'S DEATHAll Other Testimony…
Monday, 18th August 1913 Frank May Tell Story to Jury on Stand Today, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 18th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Defense Intimates This, and Also That Statement Will Vary But Little From One Given at Inquest.FRANK PREPARED FOR ORDEAL OF STATEMENTImpeachment of Conley Being Prepared For, Say Lawyer Spectators - Defense May…
Monday, 18th August 1913: Dies Dreaming Of Little Phagan Girl, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 18th August 1913,PAGE 4, COLUMN 6.Mary Phagan's Grandmother Dies at Family Residence After Dream of MaryJust a few hours after she had dreamed that little Mary Phagan was alive and in the room with her, Mrs. A.…
Monday, 18th August 1913: Attache At Frank Trial Shocked By Wire Near Court, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 18th August 1913,PAGE 4, COLUMN 7.A flurry of excitement was caused just outside of the doors of the Frank trial, Monday forenoon, when John Cox, attached to the office of R. R. Arnold, defending Frank, was shocked…
Sunday, 17th August 1913: Various Distances To Factory Measured By Civil Engineer, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 17th August 1913,PAGE 11, COLUMN 4.A. Thomas, a civil engineer, who measured the distance from Marietta and Forsyth streets along Forsyth to the pencil plant and who also timed himself in walking the distance, was put on…
Sunday, 17th August 1913: Trials Third Week Replete With Sensational Incidents, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 17th August 1913,PAGE 6, COLUMN 3.:: Pretty Girls Who Testified Friday ::MRS. J. G. WARDLAW,Who testified to Frank's good character. MISS LOVEY HAYES,Who testified she saw Frank a few minutes after murder was committed.PAGE 6, COLUMN 3TRIAL'S…