Monday, 5th May 1913, Coroner’s Inquest Resumed 2:30 p.m., Leo Frank Will Testify, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Monday, May 5th, 1913 Factory Superintendent Was Expected to Be the Chief Witness, Though 200 Others Had Been Subpoenaed NEW GRAND JURY URGED TO PROMPT INVESTIGATION A Thousand Violations of Law Against Vice Do Not Equal Crime of…
Tuesday, 29th April 1913 State Offers $200 Reward; City Will Follow With $1,000 For Mary Phagans Murderer, The Atlanta Journal
J. M. Gantt, who was arrested at Marietta and brough to Atlanta Monday, charged with the death of Mary Phagan. Atlanta Journal Tuesday, April 29th, 1913 (Page 5, Column 2) Mayor Woodward Calls Special Meeting of Council So That Reward…
Wednesday, 7th May, 1913, Two New Witnesses in Phagan Mystery to Testify Thursday, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Wednesday, May 7th, 1913 (Page 1, Column 5) Detectives Said to Attach Much Importance to Testimony That Two Girls Will Give When Inquest Resumes INQUEST WILL BE ENDED THURSDAY, SAYS DONEHOO Paul P. Bowen Has Been Released by…
Wednesday, 30th July 1913 Trial is No Ordeal for Me, Says Frank’s Mother
Atlanta Journal July 30th, 1913 She Declares Her Confidence in Son's Innocence Makes It Easy for Her "My son never looked stronger than at this moment," said Mrs. Ray Frank, of Brooklyn, Wednesday morning. "The trial isn't telling upon him…
Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Frequent Clashes Over Testimony Mark Second Day of Frank Trial
Atlanta Journal July 29th, 1913 QUESTIONS DIRECTED AT NEGRO INDICATED AN EFFORT TO THROW SUSPICION UPON WATCHMAN "We Might as Well Begin to Show the Negro a Criminal Now as Later," Declared Attorney Rosser, In Arguing for Admissability of His…
Sunday, 4th May 1913 Girl in Red Dress May Furnish Clue to Phagan Mystery, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Sunday May 4th, 1913 (Page 1, Column 5) A 17-year-old miss, blonde and who weighs about 140 pounds, and who was in in Marietta last Wednesday afternoon wearing a dark red dress and a leghorn hat, may furnish…
Tuesday, 29th April 1913 Gantt’s Release Asked in Habeas Corpus Writ, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Tuesday, April 29th, 1913 (Page 1, Column 2) Petition Made to Judge George L. Bell and Will Be Heard at 4 o'Clock JAMES MILTON GANTT charged with the murder of Mary Phagan is seeking his release upon a…
Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Negro Watchman Tells Story of Finding Girl’s Body and Questions Fail to Shake Him, The Atlanta Journal
A sketch of pretty Mary Phagan from her latest photograph by Brewerton. Atlanta Journal Wednesday April 30th, 1913 (Page 1, Column 4) Newt Lee, Negro Who Notified Police of Mary Phagan Murder, Tells Coroner Girl's Body Was Lying Face Up…
Saturday, 3rd May 1913 Detectives Confer With Coroner and Solicitor Dorsey, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Saturday, May 3rd, 1913 (Page 1, Column 5) Following Meeting Lasting Two Hours, Officials Investigating Murder Mystery Visited Scene of Tragedy NO CHANGE IN PLANS FOR INQUEST MONDAY Progress Has Been Made In Developing Evidence, It Is Said,…
Tuesday, 29th April 1913 Bloody Thumb Print is Found on Door, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Tuesday, April 29th, 1913 (Page 4, Column 3) Murderer of Mary Phagan Probably Left Factory by the Rear Door A bloody thumb print, found Tuesday afternoon on the rear door to the basement of the National Pencil factory,…
Tuesday, 29th April 1913 Three Handwriting Experts Say Negro Wrote the Two Notes Found by Body of Girl, The Atlanta Journal
At the top is a photograph of writing done by Newt Lee, the negro night watchman after his arrest. At the bottom is a photograph of two lines of a note found beside the body of Mary Phagan in the…
Saturday, 2nd, August, 1913 State’s Exhibit B From The 1913 Leo Frank Trial, The Atlanta Constitution
Unsworn deposition of Leo Frank to Atlanta Georgia Chief of Detectives Newport A. Lanford at the Stationhouse, stenography by Gay C. February, Monday, April 28, 1913. Printed in the Atlanta Constitution dated August 2, 1913. Source: Brief of Evidence, 1913.…
Setting the Record Straight: A Point-by-Point Rebuttal of the Sandler Article and the Dinnerstein Thesis on the Leo Frank Case by Jenny S. King
MARY PHAGAN KEAN LEGACY PROJECT MaryPhagan.com Setting the Record Straight: A Point-by-Point Rebuttal of the Sandler Article and the Dinnerstein Thesis on the Leo Frank Case Mary Phagan Kean Legacy Project | April 10, 2026 By Jenny S. King…
OPEN LETTER TO PBS (@PBS) (@NewsHour) ABOUT IT’S BIASED DOCUMENTARY SEGMENT ON THE LEO FRANK CASE | POSTED APRIL 26, 2026
OPEN LETTER TO PBS (@PBS) (@NewsHour) ABOUT IT'S BIASED DOCUMENTARY SEGMENT ON THE LEO FRANK CASE | POSTED APRIL 26, 2026 Dear PBS Board of Directors: Paula Kerger, President Chair Catherine Robb, Co-Chair Geoff Sands and Jayme Swain Members: Delores…
Tuesday, 21st April 1914: Frank’s Lawyers Score Methods Of The Police, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal, Tuesday, 21st April 1914, PAGE 21, COLUMN 5. Rosser and Arnold Condemn Custody of Witnesses as Outrage on Decency Editor of The Journal: So many things foreign to fair play have happened heretofore in the Frank…
Captain Burke, Train Conductor: The Derailment and Train Wreck of the Leo Frank Defense, April 19, 1914
Breaking News, On This Day in Georgia History, 112 Years Ago: Court Proceedings in the Mary Phagan Murder Case, April 19, 1914, Featuring Newspaper Coverage from the Atlanta Constitution (Morning Edition) and Atlanta Journal (Evening Edition), the City’s Daily Press…
Forensic-Historian Contextualization of the Hangman’s Shadow, April 15, 1914: The Atlanta Journal
This Day in History of Little Mary Phagan's Case: April 15, 1914: The Atlanta Journal Ally of the Defense? Day 354 Since April 26, 1913. By Marie Townsend, Edited by Leanne Edwards Forensic-Historian Contextualization of the Hangman's Shadow This is…
Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency vs. National Pencil Company: Motion for New Trial
Pinkerton National Detective Agency v. National Pencil Co. No. 31231. Fulton Superior Court, Motion for New Trial. Verdict in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant at the November Term, 1915, Superior Court of Fulton County, on November 22,…
National Pencil Company vs Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency: Bill of Exceptions Certification
GEORGIA, Fulton County. I Hereby Certify, That the foregoing Bill of Exceptions, hereunto attached, is the true original Bill of Exceptions in the case stated, to-wit: National Pencil Company Plaintiff in Error. vs. Pinkerton's National Detective Agency Defendant in Error.…
Critical Review: The People v. Leo Frank (2009) Directed by Ben Loeterman and Senior Consultant Steve Oney | PBS Broadcast: November 2, 2009 | Runtime: Approximately 85 minutes
Author: Nathan Green Editor: Sal Stevens I. Overview and the Opening Frame The People v. Leo Frank opens with a black screen bearing a single title card: "Made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities." That card is important.…
Sunday, 5th April 1914: Burns Will Seek Talk With Conley Early This Week, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 5th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.On Return to Atlanta, Detective Announces He Will Confer With Dorsey, Lanford, and Smith.SAYS HE HAS NOT MADE FINAL REPORT ON CASEDenies the Report That He Stated He Believed a Third Party,…
National Pencil Company vs Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency
1. Where partners sue in their firm name, the partnership need not be proved, unless denied in a verified plea. This was true where the original petition alleged that the plaintiff was a corporation, and the partnership was alleged in…
National Pencil Company vs Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency: Bill of Exceptions Certification (Supreme Court)
STATE OF GEORGIA, County of Fulton. I Hereby Certify, That the foregoing pages, hereunto attached, contain a true Transcript of such parts of the record as are specified in the Bill of Exceptions and required, by the order of the…
National Pencil Company vs Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency: First Division
National Pencil Co. v. Pinkerton's National Detective Agency. This case came before this court upon a writ of error from the superior court of Fulton county; and, after argument had, it is considered and adjudged that the judgment of the…
Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency vs National Pencil Company
In the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia. This the petition of Pinkerton's National Detective Agency, a corporation, respectfully represents unto this Honorable Court as follows: 1 The National Pencil Company is a corporation organized under the laws of the…
Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency vs National Pencil Company: Amended Motion for New Trial
(AMENDED MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL.) GEORGIA, Fulton County. Now comes the defendant, the National Pencil Company, and amends its motion for a new trial heretofore filed on Nov., 22, 1915, and says that the verdict in the above stated case…
Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency vs National Pencil Company: Answer of Defendant
Pinkerton's National Detective Agency v. National Pencil Co. No. 31231 In the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia. ANSWER OF DEFENDANT. Now comes the defendant, the National Pencil Company, and answers as follows: 1. Defendant admits the allegations of paragraph…
Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency vs. National Pencil Company – Approval of Brief of Evidence
Approval of Brief of Evidence. The foregoing 134 pages constituting the brief of evidence in the above stated case, are hereby approved as a true and correct brief of the evidence produced upon the in the above stated case. Let…
Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency vs National Pencil Company: Bill of Exceptions
PINKERTON'S NATIONAL DETECTIVE AGENCY verses NATIONAL PENCIL COMPANY. No. 31,231. Fulton Superior Court. BILL OF EXCEPTIONS. GEORGIA, FULTON COUNTY. Be it remembered that on the 17th, 18th, 19th, and 22nd days of November, 1915, at the regular November Term of…
Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency vs National Pencil Company: Brief of Evidence
(BRIEF-OF-EVIDENCE.) Harry Scott, for plaintiff, testified as follows: I am at present superintendent of Pinkerton's National Detective Agency at Syracuse, NY. In 1913, I was assistant superintendent of the Atlanta Office. Acting in behalf of the Plaintiff, I made the…