Thursday, 1st May 1913 Newt Lee Tells His Story During Morning Session, The Atlanta Constitution
J. A. White Harry Denham. The two mechanics who were the last workmen to leave the National Pencil company on Saturday afternoon. Leo M. Frank was in the building when they went out. Photo by Francis B. Price, Staff…
Tuesday, 29th April 1913 $1,000 Reward, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Tuesday, April 29th, 1913 Page 4 The assault and murder of 14-year-old Mary Phagan comprise the most revolting crime in the history of Atlanta Homicide is bad enough. Criminal assault upon woman is worse. When a…
Wednesday, 20th August 1913 State Suffers a Severe Blow When Testimony Is Ruled Out, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Wednesday, August 20th, 1913 Miss Nellie Wood, a former employee of the National Pencil factory, whom the state claims left there because on the second day she was there when Leo Frank got her into his office and…
Tuesday, 26th August 1913 Frank Convicted, Asserts Innocence, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution, Tuesday, 26th August 1913. Page 1. WAITS WITH WIFE IN TOWER FOR NEWS FROM COURTROOM. FRIENDS TELL HIM VERDICT. "I Am as Innocent Today as I Was One Year Ago," He Cries "The Jury Has Been…
Wednesday, 20th August 1913 Dr. Clarence Johnson Is Called To Corroborate Dr. Roy Harris, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution, Wednesday, 20th August 1913. Page 3. Dr. Clarence Johnson, a well-known specialist, who was put up by the prosecution in rebuttal of the testimony offered by the defense in attacking that of Dr. Roy Harris, was…
Friday, 8th August 1913 Rosser Swears Bludgeon Was Not In Factory Day After the Murder, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution August 8th, 1913 City Detective Bass Rosser, who worked on the Phagan mystery, followed Dalton on the stand Thursday morning to tell that Mrs. Arthur White, whose husband, father and brother work for the National Pencil company, had…
Thursday, 7th August 1913 Unable to Shake Conleys Story Rosser Ends Cross-Examination, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution August 7th, 1913 On the opening of court Wednesday morning when Judge L. S. Roan announced that he would postpone his final decision in regard to the admissibility of Jim Conley's evidence in regard to Leo Frank's alleged…
Monday, 4th August 1913 Every Man on Franks Jury Gets Nickname for Trial, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution August 4th, 1913 Quiet Sunday for Twelve Jurors By Vernon Stiles. As completely cut off from knowledge of the happenings of the outside world as though they were marooned in an island of the South seas, and yet…
Friday, 1st August 1913 William Gheesling, Embalmer, Tells of Wounds on Girl’s Body, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution August 1st, 1913 William Gheesling, the undertaker who embalmed Mary Phagan's body, was next called in. "What is your business?" queried Solicitor Dorsey. "I am an embalmer." "How long have you been in that advice?" "Fifteen years, or…
Wednesday, 30th July 1913 Clash Comes Over Evidence Of Detective John Starnes, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution July 30th, 1913 When Sergeant Dobbs was called from the stand Detective J. M. Starnes, prosecutor of Frank and a detective attached to police headquarters was called in. He has been associated with the solicitor general throughout the…
Monday, 23rd June 1913 Leo M. Frank’s Trial June 30, Says Dorsey, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution Monday, June 23, 1913 Solicitor General Hears Report That John Moore Will Assist in the Defense. "Unless something now turns up of which I have no knowledge at present, I will set Leo Frank's trial for June…
Friday, 13th June 1913 Negro Conley May Face Frank Today, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution June 13, 1913 Hearing Before Judge Roan Today Will Decide Whether Negro Will Be Sent to Tower. Whether James Conley, the negro sweeper, who swears that Leo Frank got his aid in disposing of Mary Phagan's…
Wednesday, 4th June 1913 Servant of Frank is Liberated After Long Examination, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Wednesday, June 4th, 1913 Despite Gruelling Third Degree, Woman Maintains Denial of Having Told Conflicting Stories. FACED BY HUSBAND, SHE CONTRADICTS HIM Her Release Came After Her Attorney Had Threatened to Take Out Habeas Corpus Proceedings. Minola McKnight,…
Monday, 26th May 1913 New Witnesses in Phagan Case Found by Police, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Monday, May 26th, 1913 Reported Two Telephone Operators Will Swear to Conversations Held Over the Pencil Factory's Line. GAVE THEIR TESTIMONY BEFORE THE GRAND JURY A. S. Colyar Confers With Chief Beavers on Bribery Allegations—Case Now in Its…
Saturday, 17th May 1913 In Loop of Death Dorsey May Have Clue to Murderer, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Saturday, May 17th, 1913 Noose Found Knotted Around Neck of Mary Phagan Being Carefully Examined by Officers. BURNS RIGHT-HAND MAN NOW PROBING MYSTERY Fund Started by The Constitution for Purpose of Bringing Noted Detective to Atlanta…
Thursday, 8th May 1913 Stains of Blood on Shirt Fresh, Says Dr. Smith, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Thursday, May 8th, 1913 City Bacteriologist Makes His Report After Examination of Garment of Negro Which Was Found in Trash Barrel. LEE'S CELLMATE MAY TESTIFY AT INQUEST Witness Spent 24 Hours in Same Cell With Phagan…
Thursday, 1st May 1913 Frank Not Apparently Nervous Say Last Men to Leave Factory, The Atlanta Constitution
Miss Ella Maud Eubanks, stenographer for Leo M. Frank Atlanta Constitution Thursday May 1st, 1913 Page 2, Column 6 Following Mechanic Barrett's declaration that there were two men at work Saturday at noon on the top floor of the factory…
Tuesday, 29th April 1913 I Am Not Guilty, Says John M. Gantt, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Tuesday, April 29th, 1913 "I Was Not in Love With Mary and She Was Not With Me," Asserts Man Accused of Murder. "I did not kill Mary Phagan. I haven't seen her within a month. They accuse me…
Friday, 29th August 1913 Leo M. Frank To Make No Public Statement, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 29th August 1913.Page 2.This Decision Is at the Advice of His Attorneys Leo Frank Sees Many Friends.It was learned yesterday that, contrary to reports, Leo Frank would not make public a statement attacking his arraignment by Solicitor…
Friday, 8th August 1913 Will Defense Put Character of Leo Frank Before Jury?, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution August 8th, 1913 Will Leo Frank's character be one of the issues in his trial for the murder of little Mary Phagan? That is the question which has been the subject of speculation since it was first known…
Monday, 4th August 1913 Dr. H. F. Harris Will Take Stand This Afternoon, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution August 4th, 1913 Secretary of State Board of Health Will Resume Testimony Interrupted by His Collapse on Last Friday. STATE TO USE PHOTO OF SPOT WHERE BODY WAS FOUND BY NEGRO Friends and Relatives Besiege Prisoner…
Friday, 1st August 1913 Holloway Denies Affidavit He Signed for Solicitor, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution August 1st, 1913 NEW TESTIMONY GIVEN AT TRIAL OF LEO M. FRANK BY R. B. BARRETT Machinist at Pencil Factory Tells Jury of Discovery of Murdered Girl's Pay Envelope and of Strands of Hair Near Her Machine in…
Wednesday, 30th July 1913 Lee, Dull and Ignorant, Calm Under Gruelling Cross Fire, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution July 30th, 1913 Newt Lee, the negro night watchman of the pencil factory, who telephoned police headquarters of the finding of Mary Phagan's body at the pencil factory, was again placed upon the stand when court convened Tuesday…
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…