Saturday, 17th May 1913 Phagan Case Will Go To Grand Jury in Present Form, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Saturday, May 17th, 1913 State Is Apparently Ready, as Solicitor Says That He is Not Expecting Any New Evidence for Some Time BURNS' INVESTIGATOR ON THE JOB, SAYS FELDER Attorney Declares Fund for Employment of the…
Friday, 9th May 1913 Investigation Just Begun Says Detective Lanford, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal Friday, May 9th, 1913 (Page 20, Column 4) General satisfaction was expressed Friday morning by the detectives working on the Phagan case at the action of the coroner's jury. Chief of Detectives Lanford, however, declares that the…
Friday, 1st August 1913 Mrs. Callie Scott Appelbaum Attends Trial of Leo Frank; Believes in His Innocence, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal August 1st, 1913 A woman sat among the spectators at the Frank trial Thursday afternoon, a pretty blue-eyed woman neatly clad in a white shirtwaist and black skirt. "Four months ago," she was thinking, "I was in…
Monday, 7th July 1913 Young Woman Tells Startling Story of Vice From “Inside”, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal Monday, July 7, 1913 Confessions to Chief of Police Beavers Involve Downtown Hotel, Mention Names of Other Women and Men IMMEDIATE PROBE OF HER CHARGES ORDERED Police Again Arrest Mrs. Frierson, Recently Pardoned by Mayor Woodward in…
Wednesday, 11th June 1913 T. B. Felder Accounts for Subscriptions Received, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal June 11, 1913 Says Only $102 Was Paid Into Fund to Employ Burns Detectives Attorney Thomas B. Felder Wednesday morning issued a card to the public in which he accounts for the funds subscribed to employ the…
Thursday, 5th June 1913 Grand Jury Probe of Vice Conditions Finished Thursday, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Thursday, June 5th, 1913 Jury Adjourned Until Next Tuesday Without Drawing Any Bills—Inquiry Not Likely to Be Resumed, It Is Said LANFORD TELLS JURY OF COL. FELDER'S ENMITY Declares It Dates Back to Case He Made Against…
Friday, 30th May 1913 Conley, Taken to Factory, Shows Where Girl Was Found—How They Put Body in Basement, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Friday, May 30th, 1913 Gruesome Part Played By Him Illustrated In Presence of Detectives, Factory Officials and Newspaper Men, the Negro Goes Over Every Point of His Statement From the Time Frank is Alleged to Have Directed Him…
Sunday, 25th May 1913 Lanford is the Controlling Genius of Conspiracy to Protect the Murderer of Little Mary Phagan, The Atlanta Journal
Thomas B. Felder Atlanta Journal Sunday, May 25th, 1913 So Declares Colonel Thomas B. Felder in Scathing Arraignment of Chief of Detectives and Those Assisting Him. Says Lanford and the Pinkerton Detectives Are Doing All They Can to Hamper the…
Friday, 16th May 1913 Books and Papers in Phagan Case in Grand Jurys Hands, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Friday, May 16th, 1913 Two Employes of Pencil Company Appeared Before Grand Jury Friday in Answer to Subpenas FELDER RAISING FUND TO PAY W. J. BURNS The Journal Subscribes $100, Mr. Felder Declares a Burns Investigator Will Be…
Friday, 9th May 1913 With Two Men Held in Tower, Mystery of Murder Deepens, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Friday, May 9th, 1913 Belief That the Detectives Had Positive Evidence, Which They Were Withholding, Dissipated by Admissions SCOTT AND BLACK REFUSED TO NAME MAN SUSPECTED Case Now Goes to the Grand Jury but No Action Is…
Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Lawyers on Both Sides Satisfied With Conley, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal August 5th, 1913 "They Haven't Shaken Him a Particle," Says Dorsey—"He Has Told About 240 Lies Already," Declares Attorney Reuben Arnold Both the state's attorneys and the counsel for Leo M. Frank Tuesday at noon expressed satisfaction with…
Friday, 1st August 1913 Watchman Swears Elevator Was Open; Changes Evidence, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal August 1st, 1913 E. F. Holloway Angers Dorsey When He Testifies Contrary to Affidavit—Had Told Dorsey Elevator Switch Was Locked Court adjourned at 4:58 o'clock until 9 o'clock Friday morning after a day of surprises in the trial…
Saturday, 5th July 1913 Fight for Newt Lee’s Freedom is Delayed, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal Saturday, July 5, 1913 Bernard Chappell, His Lawyer, Expects to Bring Habeas Corpus on Monday Bernard L. Chappell, attorney for Newt Lee, the , who found the body of Mary Phagan, declared Saturday that he had been…
Saturday, 21st June 1913 Date of Frank Trial Still In Much Doubt, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal Saturday, June 21, 1913 Belief Grows That Case Will Not Come Up Before July 14 or 28 Interest in the Phagan case still centers on the time of the trial of Leo M. Frank. Indications still are…
Thursday, 5th June 1913 My Husband is Innocent, Declares Mrs. Leo M. Frank In First Public Statement, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Thursday, June 5th, 1913 Wife of Accused Penil Factory Superintendent Arraigns Solicitor General Dorsey for What She Terms the Torturing of Witnesses Into Making Desired Affidavits—Says Treatment of Her Negro Cook by Solicitor and Detectives Taxed Patience DECLARES…
Thursday, 29th May 1913 Former Pencil Worker Outlines His Theory, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Thursday, May 29th, 1913 Gustave Haas, of 165 Pulliam street, who at one time worked at the National Pencil factory, and is familiar with the arrangement of the building, has furnished The Journal with his theory of the…
Sunday, 25th May 1913 Colyar Imputes Arrest to Felder Conspiracy, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Sunday, May 25th, 1913 Knoxville Charge Against Him Not Pressed for More Than Four Years A. S. Colyar was detained late Saturday afternoon on the request of E. D. Conners, chief of police of Knoxville, Tenn. to face…
Saturday, 24th May 1913 Leo M. Frank is Indicted by Grand Jury for Mary Phagans Death; Negro, Newt Lee Held, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Saturday, May 24th, 1913 True Bills Against Pencil Factory Superintendent Returned Less Than Ten Minutes After Evidence Was Closed, at Noon, Saturday — Authority Quoted That He Will Be Tried During Third Week in June—Negro to…
Friday, 18th July 1913 Broyles Comes Back at Mayor Woodward and Mayor at Him, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal Friday, July 18, 1913 *Editor's Note: Small sections of text are missing due to scanning near a crease. Recorder Says Mayor Is Defeating Justice and Impeding Officers in Their Attempts to Check Crime MAYOR STYLES BROYLES "A…
Friday, 20th June 1913 Frank Case May Not Be Tried June 30, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal Friday, June 20, 1913 Dorsey Expects to Be Ready, He Says, but Postponement Seems Probable That Leo M. Frank will go on trial for the murder of Mary Phagan on June 30th is not a certainty, although…
Wednesday, 4th June 1913 Cook Is Released on Signing Paper, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Wednesday, June 4th, 1913 Minola McKnight, the negro cook at the home of Leo M. Frank, was released from custody by the police late Tuesday afternoon, after she had signed the sensational affidavit now in the possession…
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…
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…