Wednesday, 22nd April 1914: Lanford Declines To Show Affidavits, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 22nd April 1914,PAGE 9, COLUMN 1.William J. Burns Leaves City Without Seeing Documents Charging Perversion.Detective William J. Burns called for the first time at police station late Tuesday afternoon to see Chief of Detectives Newport Lanford for…
Question to GPB Georgia Public Broadcasting (@mygpb on X)
Georgia Public Broadcasting’s Leo Frank Lesson Gives Middle-School Students a Predetermined Narrative, Not Historical Inquiry. Question to GPB Georgia Public Broadcasting (@mygpb) Why does GPB consistently center Frank-sympathetic narratives and Jewish communal trauma while giving no comparable attention to Mary…
Tuesday, 27th May 1913, Felder Barely Missed Being Trapped by His Own Dictograph, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Tuesday, May 27th, 1913 Page 7, Column 5 Last week, when the detectives were laying their plans to trap Colonel Thomas B. Felder with a dictograph, they came very near trapping the colonel with his own instrument. The…
Tuesday, 27th May 1913 Col. Felder Ridicules Idea of Grand Jury Investigation of City Detectives Charges, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Tuesday, May 27th, 1913 Page 1, Column 6 Declares Chief Beavers Is Only Bluffing, and That if All the Allegations Made by the Police Were True, It Wouldn't Be a Case for the Grand Jury, as He Has…
Monday, 26th May 1913, Tobie Tried to Kidnap Incubator Baby, Says Topeka Police Official, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Monday, May 26, 1913 Page 7, Column 6 That the past career and record of C. W. Tobie, the Burns investigator who came to Atlanta to probe the Phagan mystery for Colonel Thomas B. Felder, is being investigated…
Monday, 26th May 1913, Thousands in Atlanta Living the Life of Mary Phagan’s Murderer, Rev. W. W. Memminger, The Atlanta Constitution
Thousands in Atlanta Living the Life of Mary Phagan's Murderer, Rev. W. W. Memminger Atlanta Constitution Monday, May 26th, 1913 "Thousands of people in Atlanta are living the lives today that the murderer of Mary Phagan lived, and which…
Sunday, 25th May 1913, State Didn’t Show its Case to Secure Indictment Against Superintendent Leo M. Frank, The Atlanta Journal
State Didn't Show its Case to Secure Indictment Against Superintendent Leo M. Frank Atlanta Journal Sunday, May 25th, 1913 No Documentary Evidence Was Placed Before the Grand Jury and James Conley, the Negro Sweeper Who Made Sensational Affidavit About…
Friday, 6th June 1913, Dorsey Replies to the Charges of Mrs. Leo Frank (Lucille Selig Frank), The Atlanta Constitution
Prosecutor Hugh Dorsey Replies to the Charges of Mrs. Leo Frank (Lucille Selig Frank) Atlanta Constitution Friday, June 6th, 1913 Says the Wife of an Accused Man Would Be the Last to Learn of Her Husband's Guilt. MRS. FRANK…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Friday, 20th February 1914: Rosser Hints At Conspiracy, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 20th February 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### STATE HID FACTS TO CONVICT, HE SAYSDefense Roasts Dorsey and Harris, Declaring Other Developments May Come.Hints at a Virtual Conspiracy between Solicitor Dorsey and Dr. H. F. Harris to…
Saturday, 21st February 1914: Demands Reward For Frank, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 21st February 1914,6th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### CLAIM HALTS APPEAL FOR NEW TRIALBarrett, Frank's Employee, Asks $1,000 for Finding Hair on Lathe, Complicating Case.The new angle given to the Frank case by the assertion of Dr.…
Sunday, 22nd February 1914: Plot To Hang Frank, Swears Witness Who Confesses To Perjury, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 22nd February 1914,4th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Albert Mc Knight, Negro, Makes Affidavit That White Man Coached Him in Testimony"Says He Did Not See Accused on Day of Slaying.STARTLING NEW EVIDENCE FOR DEFENSE REPORTEDRosser and Arnold, in…
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…
Tuesday, 24th February 1914: Jim Conley Is Sentenced, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 24th February 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.PAGE 1, COLUMN 8NEGRO FOUND GUILTY AS FRANK AIDDefense of Doomed White ManGives Twenty-one Grounds forReconsideration of Appeal.Jim Conley's conviction on the charge of being an Accessory after the Fact…
Wednesday, 25th February 1914: Frank Denied Rehearing By High Court, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 25th February 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### PAGE 1, COLUMN 1**NEW TRIAL PLEA NEXT MOVE**Newly Discovered Evidence To Be Ground for Appeal Hair Point Stressed.Leo M. Frank was denied a rehearing before the Supreme Court of…
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…
Friday, 27th February 1914: Mrs. Frank Charges Plot, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 27th February 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.JUST TRIAL ASKED FOR HUSBANDMrs. Frank Cites Fairness Shows Becker Because of Character of State's Witnesses.Charging that a "vile conspiracy" had placed her husband in the shadow of the gallows…