Sunday, 25th May 1913 Here Is the Dictagraph Record of Woodwards Conversation, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Sunday, May 25th, 1913 Going to A. S. Colyar's room in Williams House No. 2, on Forsyth street, Wednesday afternoon to make efforts to get information of alleged grafting on the part of Chief of Police Beavers and…
Saturday, 24th May 1913 A. S. Colyar Makes Answer to Charges of Col. Felder, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Saturday, May 24th, 1913 A. S. Colyar, when seen last night by a representative of The Atlanta Constitution, gave out the following statement: "I have just read Colonel T. B. Felder's card in the bedtime edition…
Thursday, 15th May 1913 Victim of Murder Prepared to Die, Believes Dorsey, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Thursday, May 15th, 1913 Identification Slip Carried by Mary Phagan in Her Pocketbook Causes Theory That the Victim Had Been Threatened With Violence. Either threatened with death or warned by some dread premonition of an untimely…
Tuesday, 6th May 1913 Pistol Toting is Condemned by Judge Ellis in His Charge, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Tuesday, May 6th, 1913 The instructions given the new Fulton county grand jury by Judge William D. Ellis in his charge at the empanelling of that body Monday morning placed especial stress upon the call of…
Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Shot Fired Near Lee May Break His Nerve, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Wednesday, April 30th, 1913 Walter Graham Discharges a Derringer in His Cell at the Police Station. Will Newt Lee, the negro night watchman accused of the murder of Mary Phagan, be unnerved today as a result of…
Monday, 28th April 1913 Mullinax Held in Phagan Case, The Atlanta Constitution
National Pencil Co. Building at 37-39 S. Forsyth St. in which the Phagan girl was slain Atlanta Constitution Monday, April 28th, 1913 Page 1 Former Street Car Conductor Arrested as He Leaves the Home of His Sweetheart on…
Tuesday, 26th August 1913 Leo Frank Received Fair Trial Declares Chief Newport Lanford, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 26th August 1913.Page 3.Chief Newport Lanford made the following statement Monday night in talking with a Constitution reporter:"It is very gratifying to the members of my department that the jury, after their undoubtedly careful deliberation, found Frank…
Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Negro Lurking in Factory Seen by Wife of Employee, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution August 2nd, 1913 Mrs. Maggie White, wife of John Arthur White, who was at work on the fourth floor of the National Pencil factory part of the day upon which Mary Phagan was killed, was the first witness…
Thursday, 31st July 1913 Bearing of Black and Lee Forms a Study in Contrast, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution July 31st, 1913 By Sidney Ormond Comparisons are odious, but to the close observer of events following the Mary Phagan murder and the trial now in progress one cannot help contrasting the impression made on the jury by…
Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Unusual Interest Centers In Mrs. Frank’s Appearance, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution, July 29th, 1913 Up to the hour of the trial, Mrs. Leo M. Frank, wife of the young man now on trial for his life, charged with the murder of Mary Phagan, had kept in the background…
Saturday, 21st June 1913 Postponement Likely In Leo Frank’s Trial, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution Saturday, June 21, 1913 Doubt is expressed around the Fulton superior court that Leo M. Frank, superintendent of the National Pencil factory, now under indictment for the murder of Mary Phagan, an employee, on the afternoon or…
Wednesday, 11th June 1913 Dictograph Records Crooked, Says Gentry, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution June 11, 1913 NOTEBOOK WILL PROVE REPORTS WERE ‘PADDED,' HE SAYS IN AFFIDAVIT Young Stenographer, Who Made the Report of the Conversation in Room No. 31 Williams House, Voluntarily Makes Statement Before a Notary Public in the…
Monday, 2nd June 1913 Frank Asked Room to Conceal Body Believes Lanford, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Monday, June 2nd, 1913 Detective Chief Forms New Theory as to Reason Why Prisoner Is Said to Have Phoned Mrs. Formby. HER DISAPPEARANCE PUZZLING TO OFFICERS Lanford Says He Will Find Her in Time for Trial, But Does…
Sunday, 25th May 1913 Frank is Praised by John O. Parmele, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Sunday, May 25th, 1913 National Pencil Company Director Gives Written Statement of Confidence in Superintendent. Declaring that he cannot too strongly indorse Leo Frank's moral character or business capacity, John O. Parmele, president of the Parmele company, manufacturers…
Saturday, 24th May 1913 Solicitor General Dorsey Talks of the Bribe Charge, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Saturday, May 24th, 1913 A merry laugh was the first comment made by Solicitor General Hugh Dorsey when told of the reported dictograph evidence in which Colonel T. B. Felder is quoted as saying that he could control…
Wednesday, 14th May 1913 Clue is Sought in Handwriting of Mary Phagan, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Wednesday, May 14th, 1913 Reporter of The Constitution Is Summoned by Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey for Conference. OFFICIALS INVESTIGATE THEORY OF MYSTERY Much Interest Is Created by the Report That a New Arrest May Be…
Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Did Murderers Plan Cremation?, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Wednesday, April 30th, 1913 Detectives Believe That They Intended to Burn Body of Little Mary Phagan in the Furnace of Factory. Did the murderers of Mary Phagan lower her body into the darkness of the pencil factory…
Tuesday, 26th August 1913 Here Is The Chronological Order Of Final Day Of Frank’s Trial, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution, Tuesday, 26th August 1913. Page 7. To those who sat with pent-up excitement in the court room Monday on the last day of the Leo Frank trial, the various events called the Jury and began his…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913 Frank Ends Statement After Testifying Four Hours, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 19th August 1913.Page 1."Silent Man in Tower" Tells His Story to Men Who Will Decide His FateTwo poses of Leo M. Frank on the witness stand on Monday afternoon telling his story to the jury. In one…
Friday, 8th August 1913 Scott Called by Defense To Refute Conleys Story, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution August 8th, 1913 SHOWS NEGRO LIED MANY TIMES The defense sprang a surprise during the afternoon session whey they called Detective Harry Scott to the stand to testify to the third-degree under which Jim Conley had been placed…
Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Startling Statements Made During Testimony of Dr. Harris, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution August 2nd, 1913 Making the startling declaration that Mary Phagan had been killed within thirty or forty-five minutes after she had eaten dinner, Dr. Roy F. Harris, state chemist, took the stand during the afternoon session yesterday. It…
Friday, 20th June 1913 Formby Woman May Not Be A Witness, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution Friday, June 20, 1913 State Declares Its Case Against Frank Is Now Complete Dorsey Still Absent Because of the inconsistency of her statement with the state's outline of prosecution, Chief Lanford intimates that Mima Formby , the…
Sunday, 1st June 1913 Conley is Removed from Fulton Tower at His Own Request, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Sunday, June 1st, 1913 Friends of Leo Frank Have Tried to Intimidate Him, Negro Sweeper Tells Detective Chief as Reason for His Transfer to the Police Station. LANFORD RAPS SHERIFF DECLARING HE IS NOT ASSISTING THE POLICE "He…
Sunday, 25th May 1913 Colyar Declared Criminal and Not Worthy of Belief in Four Sworn Statements, The Atlanta Constitution
A. S. Colyar Atlanta Constitution Sunday, May 25th, 1913 Four sworn statements concerning the career of A. S. Colyar, and declaring him a criminal and unworthy of belief, have been furnished The Constitution by Colonel Thomas B. Felder. They are…
Saturday, 24th May 1913 Coleman Affidavit Which Police Say Felder Wanted, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Saturday, May 24th, 1913 State of Georgia, Fulton County: The affiant, J. W. Coleman and wife, citizens of Atlanta, Georgia, who reside at 146 Lindsay street. The affiant is the stepfather of Mary Phagan, deceased, the child who…
Tuesday, 13th May 1913 Mystery Within a Mystery Now Baffling Newspaper Men Working on the Phagan Case, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Tuesday, May 13th, 1913 By Thomas Byrd Magath A veil of mystery so dense as to completely shut off the light from all newspaper men surrounds the identity of the detective who has been employed by…
Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Gantt Turned Over to Sheriff of Fulton, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Wednesday, April 30th, 1913 After a hearing before Judge George L. Bell of the superior court in which his attorney George T. gave a scathing denouncement of the police and detective department for what he termed the…
Sunday, 24th August 1913 Many Records Are Badly Broken By State’s Most Expensive Trial, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 24th August 1913.Original Author: Britt Craig.Besides costing Fulton county a small-sized fortune, the trial of Leo Frank has broken many records which at one time seemed likely to stand for all time.It has been Georgia's longest trial.It…
Wednesday, 20th August 1913 Witness Swears He Saw Frank Forcing Unwelcome Attentions Upon the Little Phagan Girl, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution, Wednesday, August 20th, 1913. The most sensational testimony of the entire morning session was produced when Willie Turner, a young farmer of Sandy Springs, Georgia, an ex-employee of the pencil factory, was called by the prosecution. He…
Friday, 8th August 1913 Dr. Childs Differs with Harris As to Processes of Digestion, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution August 8th, 1913 Following Dr. H. F. Harris, the final witness of the state, DR. L. W. Childs also an expert on matters pertaining to the various processes of digestion was placed on the stand by the defense…