Thursday, 29th May 1913 Detectives Seek Corroboration of Conleys Story, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Thursday, May 29th, 1913 They Declare That They Are Anxious to Get at the Truth of the Murder Case, Regardless of Who Is Guilty Little if any credence is placed by the city detectives in the theory of…
Sunday, 25th May 1913 Citizens Deny Authority for Using Their Names, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Sunday, May 25th, 1913 Capt. English, Robt. F. Maddox and Others Comment on Dictograph Interview Captain James W. English, president of the Fourth National bank, Saturday gave The Journal a statement to the effect that he has had…
Saturday, 24th May 1913 Negro Sweeper Tells Officer Frank Asked Him to Write Some Notes Day Before Tragedy, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Saturday, May 24th, 1913 He Thinks These Notes Are the Same as Those Found by the Body of the Murdered Girl, but Had Not Seen the Original Notes When He Made His Sensational Statement to the Detectives Saturday…
Wednesday, 14th May 1913 New Theory Fails to Change Course of Murder Probe, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Wednesday, May 14th, 1913 "A Local Celebrity" Is Working Out the New Theory and He Had Not Reported to the Solicitor on Wednesday GIRL'S HANDWRITING GIVES IMPORTANT CLUE Grand Jury to Take Up Case May 22…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Playing Practical Jokes on Watchful Bailiffs is Pastime of Frank Jurors, The Atlanta Journal
Anybody who has the mistaken idea that it's fine to be a juror in a big murder trial has only to see Artist Brewerton's illustration above, of the way the twelve men who are to decide Leo M. Frank's fate…
Monday, 4th August 1913 Conley Thought He Was on Trial, His Attorney Declares, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal August 4th, 1913 Jim thought he was on trial this morning," said W. M. Smith, attorney for James Conley, the negro sweeper at the pencil factory, after the recess Monday noon following Conley's appearance on the witness stand…
Friday, 4th July 1913 Lee’s Lawyer Expects Delay in Frank Case, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal Friday, July 4, 1913 State Certain to Fight Chappell's Effort to Secure Release of Watchman Bernard L. Chappell, attorney for Newt Lee, the negro night watchman, who found the body of Mary Phagan in the National Pencil…
Wednesday, 4th June 1913 L. M. Franks Trial Will Occur Week of June 30, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Wednesday, June 4th, 1913 Although no definite decision has been arrived at by Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey, the indications are that Leo M. Frank, the pencil factory superintendent, who is under indictment for the murder of Mary…
Thursday, 29th May 1913 Chief Asks Hutcheson for Protected List, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Thursday, May 29th, 1913 Lawyer Not Ready Yet, Is Answer—Beavers Says He Is Disappointed Chief of Police James L. Beavers called Attorney Carl Hutcheson over the telephone Thursday morning and asked if the list of "protected disorderly houses,"…
Sunday, 25th May 1913 Chief Lanford Calls Felders Charges False, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Sunday, May 25th, 1913 Denies That Police Have Suppressed Evidence in the Phagan Mystery Chief of Detectives Newport Lanford when apprised of Colonel Felder's statement as issued Saturday afternoon to the effect that the police had plotted to…
Friday, 23rd May 1913 Detective R. S. Ozburn Swears to Phone Talk, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Friday, May 23rd, 1913 Says He Overheard Col. Felder Offer $1,000 for Phagan Papers State of Georgia, County of Fulton. Personally appeared before me the undersigned notary public, for the state and county aforesaid, R. S. Ozburn,…
Tuesday, 13th May 1913 Solicitor Dorsey is Working New Theory in Phagan Mystery, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Tuesday, May 13th, 1913 He Will Not Disclose Its Nature, but He, Lanford and Beavers Declare No Arrests Are Contemplated SOLICTOR WOULD WELCOME HELP OF BURNS But Says He Knows Nothing of Effort to Bring Him…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Witness Found Who Saw Mary Phagan on Way to Factory, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal August 10th, 1913 George T. Kendley, Street Car Conductor, Declares He Saw Little Girl About Noon on April 26 as She Stepped From Curb on Forsyth Street Bridge to Cross Alabama Street, Where His Car Was Stopped BOTH…
Monday, 4th August 1913 Conleys Glibness May Prove Unfortunate for His Testimony, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal August 4th, 1913 Negro's Recitative Manner of Telling His Story Gives Impression That He Has Rehearsed It Many Times Jim Conley Monday morning recited his story to the Frank jury. Newt Lee last week told his. Above all…
Thursday, 3rd July 1913 Police Chief to Probe Vice Protection Charge, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal Thursday, July 3, 1913 Beavers Stirred by Details Reported by Physician—Assigns Men to Report Following the charges of a prominent Atlanta physician regarding vice conditions and alleged police protection in this city, Chief of Police Beavers despatched…
Wednesday, 11th June 1913 Gentry Now Says Dictograph Record Was Tampered With, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Wednesday, June 11th, 1913 Detective E. O. Miles Gives Out Affidavit From Young Stenographer Repudiating Transcript He Swore to AFFIDAVIT OBTAINED IN WASHINGTON D. C. G. C. Febuary Gives Out a Statement, Telling How Notes Were Transcribed and…
Wednesday, 4th June 1913 Felder Exonerates Beavers, But Says Lanford is Corrupt, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Wednesday, June 4th, 1913 Witnesses Summoned in Dictograph Controversy, Although Foreman Says Vice Probe Is Not Complete BEAVERS AND FELDER ASK INVESTIGATION Felder's Charges Against Lanford to Be Heard With Dictograph Case—Felder Says the Records Are Forged…
Thursday, 29th May 1913 A. S. Colyar Released From Bond on Thursday, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Thursday, May 29th, 1913 Tennessee Authorities Failed to Forward Requisition Papers on Date Agreed A. S. Colyar, the Tennessean, who figured conspicuously in the recent dictograph sensation involving bribery charges and countercharges of graft between Colonel Thomas B.…
Friday, 23rd May 1913 Col. Felder Confirmed His Offer in a Midnight Conversation by Telephone, Says A. S. Colyar, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Friday, May 23rd, 1913 A. S. Colyar has given to the police the following affidavit: STATE OF GEORGIA. FULTON COUNTY. Personally appeared before me a Notary Public in and for the above State and County, A. S. Colyar,…
Monday, 12th May 1913 Rumor That Frank Married in Brooklyn Not True, Says Eagle, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Monday, May 12th, 1913 At Request of The Journal, One of Numerous Reports About Man Held in Phagan Case Is Investigated TWO ‘NO BILLS' NECESSARY TO FREE PRISONERS Solicitor's "Famous" Detective Has Left City-Character Witnesses Not…
Saturday, 16th August 1913 Pencil Factory Model is Damaged in Fight, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal August 16th, 1913 Lamar Rucker and Max Swain, Reporter, "Scrap" Adjoining Court Room A fight between Lamar Rucker, an attorney from Athens, and Maxwell Swain, representative of the Atlanta Star, at the trial of Leo M. Frank,…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Conleys Story is Still Center of Fight in Frank Case, The Atlanta Journal
Questions asked witnesses by Attorneys Rosser and Arnold indicate that the defense may attempt to convince the jury that it would have been possible for the little girl to have been killed on the first floor of the factory and…
Monday, 4th August 1913 Many Discrepancies Between Conleys Testimony and His Testimony Given to Detectives, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal August 4th, 1913 Negro Swore Previously That He Never Saw Mary Phagan Enter Factory—Many Other Changes in Story—Fourth Time He's Changed Narrative James Conley's story as he told it on the witness stand Monday morning differs in many…
Tuesday, 17th June 1913 Guessers See a Mystery in Dorsey-Hooper Trips, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal Tuesday, June 17, 1913 Speculation About Departure of Phagan Case Figures Not Credited, However What is believed to be but a coincidence in the unheralded out-of-town trips of Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey, Attorney Frank A. Hooper,…
Wednesday, 4th June 1913 Sensational Affidavit Made by Minola MKnight, Negro Cook at Home of L. M. Frank, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Wednesday, June 4th, 1913 In This Affidavit Minola Tells of Conversation That Occurred Between Mrs. Frank and Mrs. Selig, In Which Mrs. Frank Is Alleged to Have Said Frank Was Drinking on Night of Tragedy, and That He…
Wednesday, 28th May 1913 Carl Hutcheson Again Attacks Chief Beavers, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Wednesday, May 28th, 1913 Calls Rim "a Contemptible Liar" and a "Pig Head." Chief Asks for That List Attorney Carl Hutcheson renewed his attack on Police Chief Beavers Wednesday when he gave out an open letter referring to…
Sunday, 25th May 1913 Felder is the Mouthpiece of the Vice Gang, Declares Chief of Police Jas. L. Beavers, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Sunday, May 25th, 1913 "This is the First Gun in a Fight to Oust Me From Office," Says the Chief in an Interview Given Out Saturday Afternoon — "This Issue Is Between the Decent People and the Allies…
Friday, 23rd May 1913 How Dictograph Was Installed in Williams House No. 2 to Trap Colonel Thomas B. Felder, The Atlanta Journal
A dictograph from 1907 Atlanta Journal Friday, May 23rd, 1913 Instrument Was Put In by Lawrence O. Surles of the Southern Bell Telephone Company—George M. Gentry, Took Down the Conversation in Shorthand The dictograph, through which was recorded the conversation…
Sunday, 11th May 1913 Grand Jury to Consider Phagan Case This Week, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Sunday, May 11th, 1913 Interets in the investigation of the mysterious murder two weeks ago of little Mary Phagan centered Saturday in the grand jury. Two men, Leo M. Frank, superintendent of the pencil factotry , where the…
Saturday, 16th August 1913 Mrs. Rae Frank Takes Stand in Sons Defense, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal August 16th, 1913 Identifies Letter Written By Frank to N. Y. Kinfolks On the Day of the Murder By Asking Pencil Factory Forelady If She Saw Frank Talking to Mary Phagan, Solicitor Dorsey Indicates That He Has Witnesses…