Wednesday, 28th May 1913 Conley Reported to Admit Writing Notes Saturday, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Wednesday, May 28th, 1913 Negro Sweeper, It Is Stated, Acknowledges That He Erred in Former Statement to the Detectives. POLICE NOW SATISFIED WITH NEGRO'S EVIDENCE Conley Is Taken to Frank's Cell, But Prisoner Refused to See Him Except…
Sunday, 25th May 1913 Knew It Was Coming, Declares Cole Blease, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Sunday, May 25th, 1913 Columbia, S. C., May 24.—(Special.—Governor Cole Blease, on whom the dictagraph was first sprung in the south, and by a strange coincidence through the instrumentality of Colonel T. B. Felder, feels that…
Thursday, 22nd May 1913 Experts Are Here on Finger Prints, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Thursday, May 22nd, 1913 Two Investigators Are Added to Wm. J. Burns' Forces Already in Atlanta—P. A. Flak in City. The William J. Burns forces in the investigation of the Mary Phagan mystery have been reinforced by two…
Saturday, 10th May 1913 Girl Will Swear Office of Frank Deserted Between 12:05 and 12:10, The Atlanta Constitution
Monteen Stover. Little girl, former employee of National Pencil company, who swears Frank was not in office between 12:05 and 12:10 o'clock. Atlanta Constitution Saturday, May 10th, 1913 Testimony Considered Important by Officers Because Frank at the Inquest Stated on…
Friday, 2nd May 1913 Frank and Lee Held in Tower; Others Released, The Atlanta Constitution
This snapshot was taken just as the factory superintendent got out of auto in which he was transferred Thursday afternoon from the police station to the county jail. Atlanta Constitution Friday, May 2nd, 1913 Grand Jury May Take…
Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Factory Clock Not Punched for Hours on Night of Murder, The Atlanta Constitution
Scenes at the funeral services of victim of Sunday's brutal crime. In one picture is shown casket being borne from church; in another, her brother, Ben Phagan, who is in the navy; and in the bottom one, the beautiful…
Tuesday, 26th August 1913 As Bells Tolled, Dorsey Closed Magnificent Argument Which Fastened Crime On Frank, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution, Tuesday, 26th August 1913. Page 2 As the big bell in the Catholic church tolled the hour of 12 o'clock Solicitor Dorsey concluded his remarkable plea for the conviction of Leo Frank with the dreadful words "Guilty,…
Wednesday, 20th August 1913 Clashes Between Lawyers Mark Effort To Impeach Negro Cook, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 20th August 1913.Page 2.E. H. Pickett, an employee of the Beck & Gregg Hardware company, and the man mentioned by Roy Craven on the witness stand, was next put up as a witness for the state.To corroborated…
Thursday, 21st August 1913 Testimony of Hollis Assaulted by Witness, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution, Thursday, August 21, 1913 Page 3. J. B. Reed, a tile layer, told of a talk with W. T. Hollis, a conductor, who, he declared, had expressed sorrow at having brought Mary Phagan into town on her…
Thursday, 21st August 1913 Girls Testify to Seeing Frank Enter Dressing Room With Woman, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution Thursday, August 21st, 1913. Following the introduction of the telegram Solicitor Hugh Dorsey began another attack on the character of Leo Frank and after a bitter wrangle secured the right to ask factory girls in regard to…
Thursday, 7th August 1913 Because He is Patriotic Mincey is Here for Trial, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution August 7th, 1913 W. H. Mincey, witness for the defense in the Leo M. Frank trial whose substantial affidavit that Jim Conley had told him of killing a white girl on the day Mary Phagan was murdered was…
Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Conley Is Mercilessly Grilled At Afternoon Session of Court, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution August 5th, 1913 ARRESTED 7 TIMES, HE ADMITS Jim Conley remained on the stand throughout the afternoon session. Attorney Rosser continuting his cross-examination after the noon recess. "Who saw you, Jim, at police headquarters?" "Chief Beavers." "Who else?"…
Friday, 1st August 1913 Haslett Describes Visit to Home of Leo Frank, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution August 1st, 1913 Detective B. B. Haslett, who went with Detective John Black on Monday morning, April 27, to Leo Frank's home to summon him to police headquarters for a statement Chief Lanford wished him to give, was…
Wednesday, 30th July 1913 First Two Days of Frank Trial Only Skirmishes Before Battle, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution July 30th, 1913 During the two days' progress of the Frank trial public interest has centered around the case and all eyes seemed turned to it. To date, the interest has really been in watching the struggle between…
Saturday, 28th June 1913 Lanford and Felder Indicted for Libel, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution Saturday, June 28, 1913 Indictments Grew Out of the Dictagraph Episode and the Letters Which Followed. Formal investigation into the invectives hurled between Colonel Thomas B. Felder and Detective Chief Newport Lanford resulted yesterday in indictments of…
Sunday, 15th June 1913 Frank Hooper Aids Phagan Prosecution, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution Sunday, June 15, 1913 Solicitor General Hugh Dorsey Announces His Associate in Big Case. Just before leaving yesterday afternoon for New York, Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey announced that Attorney Frank A. Hooper would be associated with…
Tuesday, 27th May 1913 Chief James L. Beavers Reply to Mayor Woodward, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Tuesday, May 27th, 1913 "If Beavers and Lanford permitted Febuary, ‘a trusted man,' to go out and circulate lies about corruption in the police department in an effort to trap someone, they have debauched their officers, and the…
Sunday, 25th May 1913 Says Chief is Able to Care for Himself, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Sunday, May 25th, 1913 Marion Jackson Has No Comment to Make on Beavers-Felder Controversy. Marion Jackson and John J. Eagan, leaders of the Men and Forward Religion Movement were seen strolling down Decatur street last night about 9:30…
Wednesday, 21st May 1913 Tobie is Studying Mary Phagans Life, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Wednesday, May 21st, 1913 Burns Operative Finds New Theory in Detailed Study of Life of Girl Who Was Murdered. Investigation into the life of Mary Phagan from the time she was a child until the day upon which…
Friday, 9th May 1913 Woman’s Handkerchief Brought to Officers, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Friday, May 9th, 1913 The detectives are investigating today a clew in the Phagan case brought to Atlanta Thursday by W. A. Smith, of Jonesboro, an employee of the Central of Georgia railroad, which was to the…
Thursday, 1st May 1913 Has a New Explanation, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Thursday, May 1st, 1913 Page 6, Column 3 A letter to the editor of the Atlanta Constitution Editor Constitution: I notice with interest the reward your most worthy paper, is offering for the brutal murderer of Mary Phagan.…
Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Inquest This Morning, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Wednesday, April 30th, 1913 Coroner Donehoo last night set the time for the inquest at this morning at 8:45 o'clock. It will be held in Bloomfield's undertaking establishment on South Pryor street. A thorough investigation will be…
Monday, 25th August 1913 Leo Frank’s Fate May Be Decided By Monday Night, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 25th August 1913.Page 1.Solicitor Dorsey Is Expected to Complete His Address to Jury During Morning Session of Court.MANY FRIENDS VISIT FRANK IN THE TOWERJudge Has Intimated That He Will Be Ready to Receive Verdict at Any Time…
Thursday, 21st August 1913 Starnes Tells How Affidavit From Negro Cook Was Secured, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution, Thursday, August 21, 1913. Page 3. John Starnes, prosecutor of Leo Frank, was put up to tell about the Minola McKnight affidavit. “Did you Investigate the scuttle hole around the elevator? was Dorsey's first question. An objection…
Thursday, 21st August 1913 Frank’s Character Bad Declare Many Women and Girls on Stand, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution Thursday, August 21st, 1913. Solicitor Dorsey make a persistent effort Wednesday morning to show that the character of Leo Frank is anything but good. Ha laid particular stress upon his character as to his relations with women…
Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Amazing Testimony of Conley Marks Crucial Point of Trial; Says Frank Admitted Crime, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution August 5th, 1913 The crucial point of the entire case of the state versus Leo M. Frank, charged with the murder of little Mary Phagan, an employee in the National Pencil factory, of which he was superintendent, came…
Sunday, 3rd August 1913 Resume of Week’s Evidence Shows Little Progress Made, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution August 3rd, 1913 Place and Time of the Murder Only Big Facts Brought Out in the Mass of Evidence. One week of the battle Leo M. Frank, accused of the murder of Mary Phagan in the factory of…
Friday, 1st August 1913 Finding of Hair and Envelope Described by Factory Machinist, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution August 1st, 1913 R. B. Barrett, a machinist at the National Pencil factory, who declares that he found strands of hair similar to Mary Phagan's on his machine after the murder, and who also told of finding a…
Wednesday, 30th July 1913 Mother and Daughter in Tears As Clothing of Mary Phagan Is Exhibited in Courtroom, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution July 30th, 1913 Solicitor Dorsey stood before Detective Starnes at the witness box yesterday afternoon and held to view a lavender frock with a bit of pink ribbon at each shoulder. In the hand that was lowered at…
Wednesday, 25th June 1913 Trial of Leo Frank Postponed by Judge, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution Wednesday, June 25, 1913 Date of Trial Changed From June 30 Until July 28 at Plea of Attorneys for Defense. The first appearance in open court of the indictment against Leo M. Frank for the murder of…