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…
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…
Sunday, 17th January 1915: Warren Grice Will Ask Early Hearing On Frank Petition, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution, Sunday, 17th January 1915, PAGE 21, COLUMN 2. Attorney General Warren A. Grice is planning to go to Washington during the latter part of this week to plead with the Supreme Court of the United States…
Monday, 29th June 1914: Mediation Urged At Mass Meeting To Settle Strike, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution, Monday, 29th June 1914, PAGE 1, COLUMN 3. Differences Between Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills and Former Employees Discussed at the Grand. BOTH PARTIES ASKED TO SELECT ARBITERS Addresses on Problems of Capital and Labor Made…
Wednesday, 3rd June 1914: Daily Grist From The State’s Political Grind Hugh Dorsey Will Make Statement By Sunday, June Fourteenth, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 3rd June 1914,PAGE 8, COLUMN 5.It can be stated with certainty that Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey will give out a statement by June 14 regarding the effort of his friends to induce him to run for governor.…
Friday, 1st January 1915: Dorsey And Grice Confer Next Week, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 1st January 1915,PAGE 4, COLUMN 2.DORSEY AND GRICE CONFER NEXT WEEKThe proposed conference between Solicitor Hugh Dorsey and Attorney General Warren M. Grice over the line of procedure they expect to follow in combatting the United States…
Monday, 4th January 1915: Grice And Dorsey Will Confer On Frank Case, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 4th January 1915,PAGE 5, COLUMN 6.They Will Probably Go to Washington to Have the Case Advanced. Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey and Attorney General Warren M. Grice will confer today for the first time since Justice Lamar granted…
Saturday, 9th January 1915: Governor Decides Who Will Argue Frank Case, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 9th January 1915,PAGE 5, COLUMN 2.Solicitor Hugh Dorsey and Attorney General Warren Grice held a consultation with Governor John M. Slaton Friday afternoon in regard to the plans for the State's appearance before the United States Supreme…
Sunday, 10th January 1915: Grice And Dorsey Named For State, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 10th January 1915,PAGE 26, COLUMN 1.Will Argue Frank Case Appeal Before United States Supreme Court Both Designated by Slaton.Governor John M. Slaton on Saturday afternoon designated Attorney General Warren Grice and Solicitor Hugh Dorsey to represent the…
Saturday, 16th January 1915: Several Months Before Frank Case Will Be Argued, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 16th January 1915,PAGE 5, COLUMN 7.The Leo Frank Case is now formally ready for the United States Courts in Washington. The final step in the Federal District Court of Atlanta was taken yesterday afternoon when Attorneys for…
Wednesday, 20th January 1915: Jim Conley Removed To Tower. And Girl Detective Is The First Person To Obtain An Interview, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 20th January 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Asked if he would like to see Frank hang, Negro says, "That's his business and God's, not mine." Will be star witness in trial of Tedder for subornation of perjury. Girl investigator…
Thursday, 21st January 1915: Mary Phagan’s Mother Sues Pencil Factory For Daughter’s Death, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 21st January 1915,PAGE 10, COLUMN 3.Mrs. J. W. Coleman, mother of Mary Phagan, has filed suit for $10,000 damages against the National Pencil Factory, naming Leo M. Frank and Jim Conely as the slayers of her daughter.…
Sunday, 24th January 1915: Leo Frank Appeal Is Set For Feb. 23 By Supreme Court, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 24th January 1915,PAGE 4, COLUMN 7.The United States Supreme Court has advanced the Frank Appeal for Hearing on February 23, according to an Announcement made on Saturday. The Petition for Advancement was presented by Attorney Marshall, of…
Wednesday, 27th January 1915: Trial Of Detectives To Be Hard-fought, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 27th January 1915,PAGE 12, COLUMN 2.First Day's Hearing Results in Securing of Only Six Jurors. Testimony to begin Today. That the fight of Dan S. Lehon and Carlton C. Tedder against prosecution for subornation of perjury, as…
Saturday, 30th January 1915: Large Sums Paid To Burns Agency, Haas Tells Court, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 30th January 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.Shows checks for $500 and for $1,000 given representatives for work done in the Frank case.Jim Conley on stand for just five minutes. Denies that he ever confessed to murder of Mary…
Monday, 1st February 1915: Dan Lehon, Arthur Thurman And C. C. Tedder. Are Given Their Freedom After Long Trial., The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 1st February 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.JURY DEADLOCKED FOR NEARLY SIXTEEN HOURSVerdict of "Not Guilty" brought in before Judge Ben Hill at the Courthouse at 1:50 O'Clock on Sunday Afternoon. PLEASED BY VERDICT JUDGE POWELL LAUDS PERSONNEL OF…
Tuesday, 2nd February 1915: Frank Case Hearing Will Be Held Feb. 23, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 2nd February 1915,PAGE 10, COLUMN 6.Decision, in All Probability, Will Be Handed Down Before Next June. The Leo Frank Case has been set for Hearing by the United States Supreme Court, February 23, and a Decision will,…
Thursday, 4th February 1915: Solicitor Dorsey At Florida Springs To Regain Health, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 4th February 1915,PAGE 7, COLUMN 6.Run down by overwork on the Frank Case and the recent prosecution of Dan S. Lehon, C. C. Tedder, and Arthur Thurman in the noted Subornation of Perjury Cases, Solicitor General Hugh…
Wednesday, 10th February 1915: State Is Preparing For Frank Hearing, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 10th February 1915,PAGE 5, COLUMN 4.Solicitor and Attorney General in Conference All Day Tuesday. Active work has been begun by the State in preparation of its fight against the Supreme Court Appeal of Leo Frank's Counsel. Solicitor…
Saturday, 13th February 1915: Delay Is Assured In The Innes Appeal, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 13th February 1915,PAGE 5, COLUMN 2.It will be weeks, maybe months, before Victor E. Innes and his wife, accused of the murder of the Nelms sisters, can be brought to Atlanta for prosecution under indictments by the…
Thursday, 18th February 1915: Grice And Dorsey Again In Conference, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 18th February 1915,PAGE 6, COLUMN 6.Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey and Attorney General Warren Grice were again closeted in secret conference yesterday on the preparatory work for the fight in the United States Supreme Court against the Leo…
Friday, 19th February 1915: Lehon Must Pay Fine, Rules Appeals Court, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 19th February 1915,PAGE 7, COLUMN 2.An opinion was handed down yesterday by the Court of Appeals sustaining the Judgement of Judge Pendleton, of Fulton Superior Court in refusing to sanction a Certiorari of the Case of Dan…
Saturday, 27th February 1915: Leo Frank’s Fate In Hands Of Court, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 27th February 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.Hearing Before the United States Supreme Tribunal on Writ of Habeas Corpus Completed Friday. Washington, February 26. Arguments on the Northern Georgia Federal Court's decision refusing a Writ of Habeas Corpus to…
Wednesday, 10th March 1915: Dan Lehon Appeals To Supreme Court, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 10th March 1915,PAGE 10, COLUMN 4.Judge R. B. Russell, of the State Court of Appeals, has certified to a Writ of Error to the United States Supreme Court in the Case of Dan Lehon, Southern Manager of…
Wednesday, 24th March 1915: Judge L. S. Roan Dies In New York Hospital, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 24th March 1915,PAGE 3, COLUMN 2.Funeral Will Take Place in Fairburn, His Former Home, Thursday.Sadness reigns in Atlanta Court Realms over the death of Judge L. S. Roan, in the Polyclinic Hospital, New York, Tuesday morning from…
Sunday, 4th April 1915: Jewish War Victims Aided By Leo Frank, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 4th April 1915,PAGE 10, COLUMN 4."Knows What It Is to Suffer Unjustly," He Says in Letter.With the words, "Knowing what it is to suffer unjustly and having a deep sense of sympathy for our co-religionists who are…
Monday, 5th April 1915: Case Of Leo M. Frank May Be Decided Today, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 5th April 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Generally believed that U.S. Supreme Court will hand down opinion. Washington, April 4. Many of the seventy-five cases pending before the Supreme Court are expected to be decided when the Court resumes…
Thursday, 8th April 1915: Lehon Takes Case To Supreme Court, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 8th April 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.Dan S. Lehon, Superintendent of the Southern Offices of the William J. Burns Detective Organization, has filed an Appeal in the United States Supreme Court at Washington from his conviction in Atlanta…
Friday, 23rd April 1915: Frank Makes Plea For Commutation, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 23rd April 1915,PAGE 9, COLUMN 1.Condemned Man Reiterates Innocence and Says He Was Convicted on Questionable Evidence.Attorneys for Leo Frank have filed with Captain Goodloe H. Yancey, Secretary of the State Prison Commission, his Petition for Executive…
Wednesday, 28th April 1915: Thousands Of Letters Make Plea For Frank, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 28th April 1915,PAGE 9, COLUMN 4.Letters Pour Into the Governor's Office From Every Section of the Country. Over fifteen thousand letters have been received in Governor Slaton's Office within the past month in regard to the Case…