Sunday, 13th July 1913 Parents Are Blamed for Daughters’ Fall, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution Sunday, July 13, 1913 Girls of Fourteen and Sixteen Tell Recorder Revolting Stories of Vice. After relating a revolting tale of a career of vice on the streets and in the suburbs of Atlanta, Dora Rothstein and…
Friday, 13th June 1913 Beavers Trying to Find Gentry, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution June 13, 1913 Felder Says He Will Be Produced at the Proper Time. Notary Declares Affidavit Is Genuine. Miss Jeannette Henning, the notary public whose official seal was attached to the affidavit made recently by George…
Wednesday, 4th June 1913 Vice List Wanted by Chief Beavers; Promises Probe, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Wednesday, June 4th, 1913 Head of Police Department Invites Carl Hutcheson to Furnish Him With List of Houses. MORE WITNESSES WILL GIVE TESTIMONY TODAY Grand Jury Determined to Go to Bottom of Vice Allegations, But Will Not Touch…
Sunday, 25th May 1913 Thomas Felder Brands the Charges of Bribery Diabolical Conspiracy, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Sunday, May 25th, 1913 Thomas B. Felder, the Atlanta lawyer who is accused of having offered a bribe for an affidavit of J. W. Coleman, stepfather of Mary Phagan, now in the possession of the police, yesterday issued…
Saturday, 24th May 1913 Girl Strangled, Says Indictment, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Saturday, May 24th, 1913 Grand Jury is Now Engaged in Conducting Investigation of the Murder of Mary Phagan. That the state in its bills of indictment for the murder of Mary Phagan, brought separately against Leo M. Frank…
Friday, 16th May 1913 Constitution Starts Fund to Bring Burns Here to Solve the Mary Phagan Murder Mystery, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Friday, May 16th, 1913 By all means employ William J. Burns to solve the Mary Phagan murder mystery! It will cost several thousand dollars to get the world-famous detective to come to Atlanta, and The Constitution herewith…
Wednesday, 7th May 1913 Detective Chief Fired for Arresting Bowen as a Phagan Suspect, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Wednesday, May 7th, 1913 Former Atlantan, Who Was Taken Into Custody in Houston, Texas, Early on Monday Night, Released After an Investigation by Chief of Police Department, Who Says He Is Convinced of His Innocence. BOWEN WAS IN…
Thursday, 1st May 1913 City Offers $1,000 Reward for Capture of Phagan Slayers, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Thursday, May 1st, 1913 Page 1, Column 2 Atlanta's city council met at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning, adopted a resolution appropriating $1,000 as a reward for information which may lead to the arrest and conviction of the party…
Tuesday, 29th April 1913 Pinkertons Hired to Assist Police Probe the Murder of Mary Phagan, The Atlanta Constitution
John M. Gantt, former bookkeeper of the National Pencil company, and acquaintance of Mary Phagan, who is under arrest, and was put through a gruelling third degree last night at police station. He maintains his innocence. Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, April 29th,…
Wednesday, 27th August 1913 Frank Sentenced On Murder Charge To Hang October 10, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 27th August 1913.Page 1.Motion for New Trial Made and Hearing Set for October 4, 1913, Thus Making It Certain Prisoner Will Get Delay.NEWT LEE IS RELEASED BY ORDER OF THE COURTLeo Frank Tells Judge That He Is…
Friday, 8th August 1913 Harris Sticks to Testimony As to Time of Girls Death, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution August 8th, 1913 Dr. H.F. Harris, the state's final witness against Leo M. Frank, was put on the stand for cross examination shortly after 10 o'clock Thursday morning, and through a series of questions Attorney Reuben Arnold, for…
Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Husband of Minola McKnight Describes Movements of Frank, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution August 2nd, 1913 Albert McKnight, colored, the husband of Minola McKnight, who made a startling affidavit for the police in regard to circumstances at the Frank home on the night of the murder, followed Febuary to the stand.…
Friday, 1st August 1913 Attorneys for Both Sides Riled by Scott’s Testimony; Replies Cause Lively Tilts, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution August 1st, 1913 When court convened on Thursday morning, J. M. Gantt, formerly employed in the bookkeeping department of the National Pencil factory, was placed on the stand for two questions, and he was followed by Harry Scott,…
Sunday, 22nd June 1913 Col. Felder Returns From Trip to Ohio, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution Sunday, June 22, 1913 Journey Had No Relation to the Phagan Mystery or Dictagraph Incident, He Says. Colonel T. B. Felder returned Saturday from a six-day trip to Cincinnati. Much speculation was created by his departure for…
Thursday, 12th June 1913 Grand Jury Will Probe Affidavits About Dictagraph, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution June 12, 1913 Investigation of Charges and Counter Charges Will Begin at Early Date and Will Be Exhaustive One. LANFORD SAYS GENTRY WILL DENY AFFIDAVIT Affidavit Is Made Declaring Dictagraph Instrument Was Secured by Chief Lanford…
Tuesday, 3rd June 1913 Leo Franks Cook Put Under Arrest, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Tuesday, June 3rd, 1913 Reported That She Is Being Held as Witness—Defense of Prisoner in the Tower Outlined. Another arrest was made yesterday in the Phagan mystery. Minola McKnight, cook and servant in the Leo Frank household, was…
Sunday, 25th May 1913 C. W. Tobie, Burns Agent, Tells of the Conferences He Held With A. S. Colyar, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Sunday, May 25th, 1913 following affidavit concerning his connection with the Phagan case and with A. S. Colyar. Georgia, Fulton County—Personally appeared before the undersigned, an officer authorized by law to administer oaths, C. W. Tobie, who, first,…
Saturday, 24th May 1913 Chief Beavers Not Surprised at Col. Felders Statements, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Saturday, May 24th, 1913 "I am not surprised," said Chief Beavers when asked to give an expression on Colonel T. B. Felder's alleged statement regarding graft and immorality in the detective department. "I am not surprised in…
Friday, 16th May 1913 Coming of Burns is Assured, Says Colonel Felder, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Friday, May 16th, 1913 To Solve Phagan Murder, Joseph Hirsch, Capitalist, Starts Public Subscription to Assure Fund for Burns. SOCIETY WOMEN AID MOVEMENT FOR FUND Local Detectives in Conference and Are Believed to Have Secret Documents…
Wednesday, 7th May 1913 Officials Plan to Exhume Body of Victim Today, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Wednesday, May 7th, 1913 For Second Time in Less Than Week Physicians to Make Examination at the Graveside of Mary Phagan. REFUSE TO TELL WHY ACTION WILL BE TAKEN Search for Finger Prints and New Wounds Is…
Thursday, 1st May 1913 Frank Tried to Flirt With Murdered Girl Says Her Boy Chum, The Atlanta Constitution
At the left top is Detective Black, of the city, and at the right Detective Scott, of the Pinkertons. Below is a scene of the inquest. At the bottom is a sketch by Henderson of the negro, Newt Lee, whose…
Tuesday, 29th April 1913 “Every Woman and Girl Should See Body of Victim and Learn Perils”, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution, Tuesday, April 29th, 1913 (Page 3, Column 6) A middle-aged woman, with signs of care and sorrow stamped on her features, pushed through the mob of people which crowded around the entrance to the Bloomfield undertaking establishment…
Tuesday, 26th August 1913 Mary Phagan, The Victim, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 26th August 1913.Page 3.Story of Mary Phagan's Death As Representatives of the State Outlined It to Frank's JuryThe Jury has said that Leo Max Frank Is guilty of the murder of Mary Anne Phagan.With that verdict fell…
Friday, 8th August 1913 Dr. Frank Eskridge Aiding Prosecution, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution August 8th, 1913 Dr. R. T. Dorsey Also Comes to Assistance of Solicitor in the Frank Case Dr. Frank L. Eskridge, a well-known physician, is assisting Solicitor General Dorsey in the solicitor's examination of expert chemists and medical…
Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Defense Asks Judge Roan to Strike From Records Part of Conley Testimony, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution August 6th, 1913 At the opening of the afternoon session, Attorney Reuben Arnold arose, asking that the jury be sent from the room. When the twelve men had passed into their rom, he made a motion asking the…
Sunday, 3rd August 1913 Dorsey Pleased With Progress, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution August 3rd, 1913 Solicitor Will Put Dr. Roy Harris on the Stand Again on Next Tuesday Afternoon. While Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey declined to make an expression of what he believed would be the outcome of the case…
Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Policeman W. F. Anderson Tells of Newt Lee’s Telephone Call, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution August 2nd, 1913 W. F. Anderson, the policeman who answered the telephone when Newt Lee called police headquarters on the morning of the discovery and who went with the police squad to the scene, was next called to…
Thursday, 31st July 1913 William Gheesling First Witness Today, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution July 31st, 1913 Harry Scott, Pinkerton Detective Will Also Be Called to Stand During Day William Gheesling, the P. J. Bloomfield undertaking attachee who made the first examination and emblamed the body of Mary Phagan will probably be…
Sunday, 22nd June 1913 Frank Not Guilty of Phagan Murder Declares Arnold, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution Sunday, June 22, 1913 Prominent Atlanta Lawyer Engaged to Aid in Defense of Pencil Factory Superintendent. NO WHITE MAN KILLED GIRL, ASSERTS LAWYER Formby and Conley Statements Should Not Be Given Credence So Far as They Tend…
Tuesday, 3rd June 1913 Grand Jury Calls for Thos. Felder and Police Heads, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Tuesday, June 3rd, 1913 Subpoenas Served Monday Night on the Principals in Dictagraph Case and in Charges of Corruption. GRAND JURY TO HOLD INVESTIGATION TODAY Mayor Woodward, Col. Felder, Chief Beavers, Chief Lanford, Carl Hutcheson and Jno. Black…