Wednesday, 20th August 1913 State Closes Frank Case Near Jury Defense Begins Its Sur-rubettual. Hopes To Conclude Quickly, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian, Wednesday, 20th August 1913. Page 2 Solicitor Dorsey announced the close of the State's case against Leo M. Frank at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. There remained only the presentation of some documentary evidence by the State before…
Sunday, 24th August 1913 Dorsey Demands Death Penalty For Frank In Thrilling Closing Plea, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian, Sunday, 24th August 1913. LEO M. FRANK as he appeared in court yesterday. The defendant was calm under the terrific denunciation of the prosecutor and watched Mr. Dorsey intently through the many hours that the Solicitor consumed…
Monday, 18th August 1913 Leo Frank Testifies, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 18th August 1913.That his married life has been very happy; that his office safe door was open and he could not see Mary Phagan as she spoke to him on leaving after drawing her pay; that he…
Friday, 22nd August 1913 Rosser Begins Final Plea, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian, Friday, 22nd August 1913. LEADING COUNSEL FOR FRANK IN FULL SWING Rosser's work on the Frank case has taxed even his remarkable physique. He has lost 25 pounds in weight. Luther Z. Rosser Closes Arguments For Defense.…
Monday, 25th August 1913 Frank Case To Jury Today Leo, Frank On His Way From Jail To Court, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian, Monday, 25th August 1913. This photo was snapped as Frank left the Tower. Frank always is nattily attired, and walks briskly from the auto which brings him from the tower to courtroom. The accused never is handcuffed…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913 Jim Conley To Be Recalled, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian, Tuesday, 19th August 1913. PAGE 1 DORSEY ADMITS HE MADE ERASURE ON FACTORY TIME SLIP With the State determined to make a desperate fight to broad down the impressive story told by Leo M. Frank in his…
Wednesday, 27th August 1913 Fight Begun To Save Frank Motion For New Trial Follows Death Sentence, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian, Wednesday, 27th August 1913. FRANK RETURNING TO HIS CELL IN TOWER AFTER JUDGE'S CHARGE Frank's control of his emotions was never more strikingly shown than on last day of trial. Leo M. Frank, convicted slayer of…
Thursday, 28th August 1913 Reply Made To Frank’s Attack
The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 28th August 1913.Solicitor Cites Prisoner's State-ment on Stand, "Now is the Time, This is the Place."Solicitor Dorsey was as busily engaged on the Frank case Thursday as he was any day before Leo Frank was convicted of…
Wednesday, September 3rd, 1913: Board For [Leo] Frank Jury Will Cost Just $975.06, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal, Wednesday, 3rd September 1913. Page 7, Column 4 Newt Lee's Attorneys Ask That He Be Paid for Time Lost Fulton county will pay $975.06 for quarters and meals for the jury that heard the trial of Leo…
Wednesday, September 24th, 1913: Leo Frank Again Made President Of B’nai B’rith, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution, Wednesday, 24th September 1913. PAGE 1, COLUMN 4 Prominent Atlantans Are Elected Officers of This Jewish Charitable Organization. WITH FRANK IN JAIL HIGH HONOR PAID HIM His Re-Election Comes With Announcement That He Is Still Conducting Affairs…
Friday, September 19th, 1913: Delay In Hearing Of Plea For Leo Frank, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution, Friday, 19th September 1913. PAGE 3, COLUMN 1 New Trial Petition Comes in December Before Judge Hill, and Not Judge Roan. The hearing of the petition asking for a new trial in the case of Leo M.…
Tuesday, September 16th, 1913: No Judge To Try Fulton Docket, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian, Tuesday, 16th September 1913. Frank Case and New Bench Appointments Cause Congestion in Court 100 Await Trial. Solicitor General Dorsey is on a still hunt for a judge to conduct the large grist of cases which have…
Wednesday, September 17th, 1913: Jim Conley To Fight Felon Charge Bitterly, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian, Wednesday, 17th September 1913. PAGE 6, COLUMN 5 Conley To Fight Felon Charge Bitterly Attorney Will Permit Him to Plead Guilty Only to Misdemeanor, Judge Sought. Jim Conley's trial on a felony charge as accessory after the…
Tuesday, September 9th, 1913: [Jim] Conley Is Indicted On Two Counts By Fulton Grand Jury, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal, Tuesday, 9th September 1913. One Bill Charges a Felony in That "Knowing Frank Murdered Mary Phagan, He Harbored and Concealed Him" FRANK'S ATTORNEY WILL CITE WILL MEYERS CASE Decision in This Famous Case Sure to Figure at…
Thursday, 7th August 1913 State Ends Case Against Frank, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 7th August 1913,PAGE 17, COLUMN 1.Dalton Corroborates Jim Conley's StoryDR. CHILDS IS CALLED BY DEFENSE TO REBUT DR. HARRIS' EVIDENCEWith the cross-examination of Dr. H. F. Harris, the State Thursday afternoon rested its case against Leo M.…
Thursday, 7th August 1913 Roans Ruling Heavy Blow to Defense, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 7th August 1913,PAGE 19, COLUMN 6.ROSSER AND ARNOLD SMILING AT THEIR "FIGHTING FACES" FACES OF MEN BATTLING FOR FRANK LUTHER Z. ROSSER. REUBEN ARNOLD.The snapshot shows Luther Rosser and Reuben Arnold looking at Artist Carter's sketch of…
Friday, 8th August 1913 Witnesses Attack Conley Story, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 8th August 1913,PAGE 49, COLUMN 1.Say Mary Phagan Did Not Reach Factory Before 12:10PAGE 49, COLUMN 4WOMAN DENIES SHE EVER VISITED PENCIL PLANT WITH DALTONMiss Daisy Hopkins contradicts his story told to corroborate Conley.The Frank trial audience…
Friday, 8th August 1913 State, Tied by Conleys Story, Now Must Stand Still Under Hot Fire, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 8th August 1913,PAGE 51, COLUMN 1.By JAMES B. NEVIN.As the defense in the Frank case gets under way, it is evident enough, as it has been from the beginning of this case, that there is but one…
Friday, 8th August 1913 Scott Put Conleys Story in Strange Light, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 8th August 1913,PAGE 51, COLUMN 6.Harry Scott, of the Pinkerton agency, showed up the "confessions" of Conley in a peculiar light when he was called to the stand by the Frank defense Thursday afternoon.The detective, questioned by…
Friday, 8th August 1913 Bits of Circumstantial Evidence, as Viewed by State, Strands in Rope, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 8th August 1913,PAGE 51, COLUMN 7.By O. B. Keeler.They call it a chain that the State has forged, or has tried to forge, to hold Leo Frank to the murder of Mary Phagan.But isn't it a rope?A…
Saturday, 9th August 1913 Daltons Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 9th August 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 7.The Georgian to-day received from Miss Laura Atkinson, of No. 30 Ella street, one of the young women mentioned in C. B. Dalton's testimony, a letter denying absolutely that she had ever…
Saturday, 9th August 1913 Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 9th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 3.By O. B. KEELER.There are two things about the Frank trial that entitle it to distinguished consideration.Thus far not a single alienist has been called to bat, and only the common or…
Saturday, 9th August 1913 Heres the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 9th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.THE RIDDLE OF THE CLOCK IN THE PHAGAN MYSTERYJim Conley swears Mary Phagan went up the stairs of the National Pencil factory and was murdered before Monteen Stover arrived. He says he…
Saturday, 9th August 1913 Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 9th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 7.What promised to be a very favorable day for the defense in the trial of Leo M. Frank, charged with the murder of Mary Phagan, was partly spoiled at its close Friday…
Saturday, 9th August 1913 State Attacks Frank Report, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 9th August 1913,.PAGE 1, COLUMN 1SCHIFF TESTIFIES FOR FRANKState Hits Complexity of Report Made Day of TragedyPAGE 1, COLUMN 1NEWSBOY WHOSE EVIDENCE IS UNDER FIRE OF THE DEFENSEGeorge Epps, boy friend of Mary Phagan.PAGE 1, COLUMN 7WOMEN…
Saturday, 9th August 1913 Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws is Sought by Defense, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 9th August 1913,PAGE 13, COLUMN 1.ATTACK NEWSBOY TESTIMONYPAGE 13, COLUMN 3The motorman and conductor of the car on which Mary Phagan came to town testified she could not have reached the factory at 12:05 o'clock.STREET CAR MEN…
Thursday, 7th August 1913 Trial as Varied as Vaudeville Exhibition, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian, Thursday, 7th August 1913, PAGE 19, COLUMN 5. Every Change in Chromatic Scale Rung All Georgia Types Seen in Court. By L. F. WOODRUFF. Every change in the chromatic scale has been rung in the Frank…
Saturday, 9th August 1913 Witness Admits Discrepancies in Model of Pencil Factory, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 9th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 6.T. H. Willet, a pattern maker, who built the model of the pencil factory, was next called by the defense. Under the cross-examination of Mr. Hooper he frequently admitted discrepancies in the…
Saturday, 9th August 1913 State Confronts Watchman Holloway With Previous Affidavit, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 9th August 1913,PAGE 4, COLUMN 1.Solicitor Dorsey Fiercely Attacks Evidence Given by the Witness For Defense at Afternoon SessionHe Also Implies That Watchman Was Trying to Fix Crime on Conley to Get Reward. Holloway Admits Signing Statement…
Saturday, 9th August 1913: Sheriff C W Mangum Answers His Critics, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 9th August 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 2.In answer to criticisms which he said had been made of the fact that Leo M. Frank, now on trial for the murder of Mary Phagan, is not handcuffed when being conducted…