Tuesday, 27th April 1915: Daniel To Be Tried During The May Term, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 27th April 1915,PAGE 8, COLUMN 2.When Judge Ben H. Hill's Division of the Superior Court reconvenes May 1, the case of Walter S. Daniel, charged with murder of W. D. Watters in front of the Carnegie Library…
Monday, 12th April 1915: No Decision Monday In Leo M. Frank Case, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 12th April 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.(By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, April 12 " No decision in the Leo M. Frank murder case was announced today by the Supreme Court. The next Decision Day is next Monday.Monday, 12th April…
Wednesday, 14th April 1915: W.r. Corley Sells Booklets On Leo M. Frank And Detective Burns, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 14th April 1915,PAGE 14, COLUMN 2.PERSONAL: Read the booklet of rhymes on Leo M. Frank and Detective Burns, composed by W. R. Corley. Booklets ten cents each or one dollar per dozen, postage prepaid. Address all orders…
Tuesday, 20th April 1915: Judge Roan’s Letter To Be Used In Frank Plea For Clemency, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 20th April 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.A letter from the late Judge L. S. Roan in which the lamented Jurist stated he would appear before the Prison Commission on behalf of Leo M. Frank if he lived until…
Monday, 19th April 1915: Frank Loses Appeal – Pardon Only Hope Defeated In Courts, Frank Counsel Plan Pardon Board Plea, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 19th April 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.Final Effort to Save Condemned Man's Life Will Be Made Before Prison Commission and the Governor.GOVERNOR-ELECT HARRIS MAY PASS ON THE CASENecessary Legal Procedure Will Make Execution Impossible Until About the Middle…
Tuesday, 13th April 1915: Personal Read The Booklet Of Rhymes On Leo M. Frank, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 13th April 1915,PAGE 18, COLUMN 7.and Detective Burns, composed by W. R. Corley. Booklets ten cents each or one dollar per dozen, postage prepaid. Address all orders to W. R. Corley, 121 Glover street, Marietta, Ga.Tuesday, 13th…
Wednesday, 21st April 1915: Frank Lawyers Work On Clemency Petition, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 21st April 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.Final Move to Save Condemned Man Discussed at Conference Tuesday NightPreparation of Leo M. Frank's Petition to the State Prison Commission for Executive Clemency was begun at a Conference of his Attorneys…
Thursday, 8th April 1915: Ragsdale Trial Monday, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 8th April 1915,PAGE 13, COLUMN 1.According to the Calendar of the Criminal Branch of the Superior Court, R. L Barber and Rev. C. B. Ragsdale will be tried Monday on indictments of perjury charging them with swearing…
Sunday, 3rd January 1915: Leo Frank Writes Card In Reply To Joseph M. Brown, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 3rd January 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Ex-Governor's Card on Frank Case in Augusta Chronicle Brings Statement From Condemned ManFRANK SAYS BROWN IS PAYING POLITICAL DEBTGov. Brown's Card, as Published in the Chronicle, to Which Frank Replies, Is Reproduced…
Monday, 22nd February 1915: Sheriff Mangum Leaves To Attend Frank Hearing, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 22nd February 1915,PAGE 7, COLUMN 1.Sheriff C. W. Mangum doesn't propose to take any chances of getting into contempt with the United States Supreme Court, and because he doesn't propose to take any chances he left Atlanta…
Monday, 1st March 1915: New Grand Jurors Are Warned Not To Talk, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 1st March 1915,PAGE 2, COLUMN 1.Testimony of Witnesses Must Not Be Divulged, Says Judge HillJudge Ben H. Hill, of Fulton Superior Court, in swearing in the March term Grand Jury Monday morning, called their particular attention to…
Sunday, 21st February 1915: Frank Jurors Not Swayed By Hostile Crowd, Says State, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 21st February 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Brief, Answering Application for Habeas Corpus, Makes Vigorous Defense Against Charge of DemonstrationsCASE SET FOR HEARING IN WASHINGTON TUESDAYHolds if Absence From Court Was Erroneous It Isn't Sufficient Grounds for Discharge of…
Monday, 25th January 1915: Frank’s Attorneys File Plea For Early Hearing, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 25th January 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.Motion to Advance Case Is Made in U. S. Court Monday (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. Attorneys for Leo M. Frank, convicted for the murder of Mary Phagan, the Atlanta, Ga.,…
Monday, 15th February 1915: Dorsey And Grice At Work On Frank Case, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 15th February 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Solicitor General Dorsey has returned from Florida where he has been resting for several days and on Monday, he and Attorney General Grice began the preparation of the State's Brief in the…
Thursday, 25th February 1915: Louis Marshall Opens Frank Case Argument, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 25th February 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.United States Supreme Court Starts Hearing at 3 o'Clock (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 The fate of Leo M. Frank depends upon the outcome of Oral Arguments of his Habeas Corpus…
Monday, 15th March 1915: Frank Decision May Come Down April 5 By Ralph Smith., The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 15th March 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.WASHINGTON, March 15. The Supreme Court today did not give an opinion on the Frank Case. The matter may go over until after April 5, as the Court takes a Recess next…
Thursday, 18th February 1915: Lehon Must Pay Fine Or Serve Thirty Days, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 18th February 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Court of Appeals Upholds the Lower Court Must Face Trial in Superior Court. Dan S. Lehon, Manager in charge of William J. Burns' Southern Headquarters at New Orleans, who was recently acquitted…
Saturday, 16th January 1915: Record In Frank Case Is Sent To Washington, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 16th January 1915,PAGE 2, COLUMN 7.Motion to Advance Hearing Will Be Made When Record Is DocketedAttorney Harry A. Alexander, of Leo M. Frank's counsel, Friday afternoon mailed to the Clerk of the United States Supreme Court the…
Monday, 4th January 1915: Dorsey Must Qualify In U. S. Supreme Court, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 4th January 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.Must Be Admitted to Bar of Court and Bear Credentials From GovernorThere are two conditions precedent to Solicitor H. M. Dorsey's qualification to participate in the conduct of the Frank Case before…
Friday, 29th January 1915: Ragsdale Weak In Mind, Son Admits On Stand, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 29th January 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Solicitor Dorsey Develops Fact That Lehon, Shortly Before Affidavits Were Made, Paid Over to Tedder $500. LEHON SENT ROGERS TO WARN WITNESSES. H. D. Thomason, State's Witness, Springs Surprise by Swearing He…
Tuesday, 26th January 1915: Trial Of Burns Men On Before Judge Hill, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 26th January 1915,PAGE 2, COLUMN 3.Court Overrules Demurrer in Case of Lehon Tedder and ThurmanDan S. Lehon, Southern Manager of the Burns Detective Agency; Arthur Thurman, an Atlanta lawyer, and C. C. Tedder, a lawyer's striker and…
Thursday, 28th January 1915: Ragsdale Accuses Thurman, Tedder And Dan S. Lehon, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 28th January 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Swears He Signed False Affidavit Fixed for Him, Was Paid $200, and Promised $10,000 More, Conditionally. Said Voice Over Phone Sounded Like Lehon's. Under Cross Examination, Ragsdale Appeared Very Nervous and Frequently…
Saturday, 30th January 1915: Solicitor Clashes With Star Witness Of Burns Defense, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 30th January 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.I. H. Hirsch, Grand Juror, Tells of Ragsdale's Conflicting Testimony Before the Grand Jury Last Monday. Dorsey Cites Him to Juror's Oath. Hirsch Strongly Takes Issue With Solicitor on This Point and…
Friday, 26th February 1915: Supreme Court Justices Quiz Counsel For State, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 26th February 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.BY RALPH SMITHWASHINGTON, Feb. 26. In concluding his argument on the Habeas Corpus Appeal of Leo M. Frank, before the Supreme Court this morning, Louis Marshall, of New York, insisted that the…
Tuesday, 23rd March 1915: Judge Roan Is Dead At New York Hospital, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 23rd March 1915,PAGE 2, COLUMN 3.Noted Georgia Jurist Dies in the New York Polyclinic Hospital Following an OperationJudge L. S. Roan, former Judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals and former Judge of the Criminal Division of…
Saturday, 20th February 1915: Decision For Leo Frank Wouldn’t Mean Freedom, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 20th February 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.Lawyers Do Not Now Contend He Could Not Again Be Tried (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 " Attorneys for Leo M. Frank, sentenced to death for the murder of Mary Phagan,…
Monday, 1st February 1915: Frank Case Has Been Set For February 23, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 1st February 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.Supreme Court at Request of Frank and the State Advances HearingAn Associated Press dispatch from Washington announces that the United States Supreme Court on Monday advanced Leo M. Frank's Habeas Corpus Appeal…
Tuesday, 5th January 1915: Frank’s Appeal Bond Forwarded To Court, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 5th January 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.Record of Appeal From Judge Newman Is Now CompleteSo far as Leo M. Frank is concerned, the Record in the Case of his Appeal to the United States Supreme Court from Judge…
Tuesday, 9th February 1915: Demands $1,000 Reward For Leo Frank’s Arrest, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 9th February 1915,PAGE 6, COLUMN 1.Robert Barrett, Florist, Files Suit in Superior Court Against Atlanta. Alleging that the arrest and conviction of Leo M. Frank was the result of discoveries in the National Pencil Factory made by…
Monday, 22nd March 1915: U.s. Court Recesses. Frank Case Not Decided, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 22nd March 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)WASHINGTON, March 22. After handing down several opinions Monday morning, the United States Supreme Court recessed at noon until Monday, April 5, without having rendered a decision on…