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…
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…
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…
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…
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…