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Thursday, 25th September 1913 Recall To Apply To All Big Offices

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The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 25th September 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Initiation and Referendum Addedto Old Charter WoodwardDelighted.By the adoption of the initiative,...
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Wednesday, 24th September 1913 Detective Black Not Blamed For Fighting

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The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 24th September 1913,PAGE 5, COLUMN 2.Chief Beavers received a letter Tuesday morning from George Bodeker, of Birmingham,...
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Monday, 22nd September 1913 Judge Roan Not To Hear Frank Trial Motion

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The atlanta Georgian,Monday, 22nd September 1913,PAGE 7, COLUMN 6.JUDGE ROAN NOTTO HEAR FRANKTRIAL MOTIONFour Superior Judges Will ElectOne of Their...
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Thursday, 7th August 1913 Their Testimony Will Have Direct Bearing On Leo Frank’s Case

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The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 7th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.Conley Leaving Courtroom After TestimonyPhoto by Francis E Price, Staff Photographer.Left to...
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Thursday, 31st July 1913 Photo By Francis E Price, Staff Photographer.

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The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 31st July 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Miss Grace Hicks, an employee of the National Pencil factory, and a...
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Thursday, 24th July 1913 Is It Lady-like To Look Like A Lady On Atlanta’s Streets?

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The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 24th July 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.Is it proper, also is it legal, for a real ladylike man...
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Tuesday, 22nd July 1913 Date Of Frank Trial Depends On Weather

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The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 22nd July 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Will Be Called Monday, ButMay Be Postponed if as Hotas Last Saturday.Continued...
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Sunday, 20th July 1913 Frank’s Lawyers Score Dorsey For His Stand

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The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 20th July 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Luther Rosser and ReubenArnold Declare He is Go-ing Out of His Way...
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Monday, 4th August 1913 Their Testimony Is Important In The Trial Of Leo M. Frank

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The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 4th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.EMIL SELIG.DETECTIVE D. L. WAGONER.DR. H. F. (ROY) HARRIS.CHIEF NEWPORT LANFORD.Photo by...
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Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Women Are Playing Big Part In Trial Of Frank

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The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 6th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.From left to right: Striking photograph of Mrs. Leo Frank as she...
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Saturday, 24th May 1913 Leo M. Frank is Indicted by Grand Jury for Mary Phagans Death; Negro, Newt Lee Held, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal Saturday, May 24th, 1913 (Page 1, Column 4) 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 Stay in Jail SOLICITOR DORSEY DID NOT ASK JURY TO ACT ON BILL PENDING AGAINST NIGHT-WATCHMAN Grand Jury's Session Began Friday Morning — Many Witnesses Examined, but Not All That Solicitor Has Were Introduced Into Grand Jury Room—Charge Is That Frank Killed Mary Phagan by Choking Her With a Cord That He Tied Leo M. Frank , Read More ...

Saturday, 24th May 1913 We Have Enough Votes if We Get the Evidence, the Mayor is Quoted by the Dictograph, The Atlanta Journal

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Main portion of drawing shows how dictograph transmitters were installed in a dresser in room No. 31, where conversations were held. Inserted drawing shows stenographer in room No. 32 recording the conversations brought by dictograph from room No. 31. The Atlanta Journal Saturday, May 24th, 1913 (Page 1, Column 2, Top) The Journal is Presenting Below the Complete Stenographic Report of the Interview in the Williams House, In Which Mayor Woodward, E. O. Miles, G. C. Febuary and A. S. Colyar Took Part, While the Dictograph Recorded the Conversation That Mayor James G. Woodward was dictographed by the city detectives Read More ...

Saturday, 24th May 1913 Dirty Gang Filled Out Record or Else Fooled Dictograph Mayor Woodward, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal Saturday, May 24th, 1913 (Page 1, Column 3, Bottom) Big Part of Published Record Absolutely Untrue, Declares Mayor, Though "There's Nothing In It," He Says "WHOLE THING AMOUNTS TO HIRING DETECTIVE" "It's all a frame-up of a dirty gang," declared Mayor James G. Woodward, in commenting Saturday afternoon on the published dictograph record of the conversation alleged to have been held between him, A. S. Colyar, G. C. Febuary and E. O. Miles in Room 31 of the Williams house, No. 2, on Wednesday afternoon. "The dictograph record has been filled out by some one," he declared. Read More ...

Saturday, 24th May 1913 Newt Lee Will Give Convicting Evidence Attorney Indicates, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal Saturday, May 24th, 1913 (Page 7, Column 5, Top) Bernard L. Chappell, Lawyer for Negro Suspect, Declares His Client's Testimony to Be Invaluable to the Case Bernard L. Chappell, attorney for Newt Lee, the negro night watchman held as a suspect in connection with the murder of Mary Phagan, gave The Journal a statement Saturday indicating that his client will give practically convicting evidence as to the identity of the murderer. "I consider his testimony the strongest known to the public against the guilty party," said Mr. Chappell. "Before I would see him released and give the Read More ...

Sunday, 25th May 1913 Colyar Tells Where He and Col Felder Ought to be for Good of Society, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal Sunday, May 25th, 1913 (Page 1, Column 4, Bottom) Editor The Journal: I herewith hand you a telegram in answer to one that I got Chief of Police Beavers to send, which explains one of Thomas B. Felder's visions, which appeared in the Morning Eye-Opener of Saturday, and from my relations and connections with this astute and would-be bribe giver, my conscience tells me that society at large would be better off if T. B. Felder and myself were both in Sing Sing. (Signed) A. S. COLYAR. The telegram referred to follows: Ossining, N. Y., May 24, Read More ...

Sunday, 25th May 1913 Chief Lanford Calls Felders Charges False

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The Atlanta Journal Sunday, May 25th, 1913 (Page 3, Column 1) 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 protect and shield the slayers of Mary Phagan, pronounced the charges as absurd as they were false. In replying to Colonel Felder's assertion that Chief Lanofor and some of the men on the detective force hda leagued themselves with the Pinkertons to suppress evidence in the Phagan case the minute Leo M. Frank and Newt Read More ...

Saturday, 24th May 1913 Franks Attorneys Make No Comment

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The Atlanta Journal Saturday, May 24th, 1913 (Page 7, Column 3) Neither L. Z. Rosser Nor Herbert Haas Had Any Statement to Make "Not a word to say," was Attorney Luther Z. Rosser's comment when informed by a Journal reporter that his client, Leo M. Frank, had been indicted by the grand jury for the murder of Mary Phagan. Mr. Rosser held in his hand a Journal extra telling of the affidavit by the negro, James Connally , that on the day before the tragedy Mr. Frank called him into his (Frank's) office and asked him to dictate two notes, Read More ...

Sunday, 25th May 1913 Woodward Hoots at the Idea of Plot to Oust Beavers

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  Atlanta Journal Sunday, May 25th, 1913 Mayor Woodward last night was interviewed by a Journal reporter in regard to Chief Beavers' statement. Among other things, the mayor said: "I haven't read the chief's statement; but if he charges or intimates that I am connected with or in sympathy with any conspiracy to throw him out of his job, then he is simply mistaken. "I have not been a supporter of Chief Beavers since I became mayor, but everybody's known that. There's been no secret about it so far as I was concerned. I've got nothing personal against him. I Read More ...

Sunday, 25th May 1913 You Went to Williams House Like a Lamb to the Slaughter, Colyar Tells Felder in Letter

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  Atlanta Journal Sunday, May 25th, 1913 Former Tennesseean in Open Letter Tells Colonel Felder That He Was Never Caught With Goods Until Last Wednesday—Colyar Says He Strayed From the Path He Should Have Followed When He Went to Wash Attorney's Political Linen in a State in Which Colonel Felder Could Not Set Foot A. S. Colyar has addressed the following open letter to Colonel Thomas B. Felder: Colonel Thomas B. Felder. Sir: Knowing you as I do, I anticipate your promised attack on me in the press of Sunday, as you have announced you intended to make, and were Read More ...

Sunday, 25th May 1913 Here Are Affidavits Submitted by Col. Felder

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  Atlanta Journal Sunday, May 25th, 1913 Following are five affidavits submitted to the newspapers by Colonel Thomas B. Felder, of Atlanta, for publication with his statement answering the dictograph quotations. First appears the affidavit of C. W. Tobie, representative of the Burns detective agency investigating the murder of Mary Phagan. Second is that of W. A. Milner, an attorney of Cartersville. Third, comes that of W. D. Rhea, formerly of Nashville. Fourth, is the deposition of C. R. Atchison, formerly of Nashville. And fifth, comes the affidavit of E. W. McNeal, formerly of Nashville. Following is Mr. Tobie's affidavit: Read More ...

Sunday, 25th May 1913 Lanford is the Controlling Genius of Conspiracy to Protect the Murderer of Little Mary Phagan

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  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 Phagan Investigation — Refers to Lanford as the "Lieutenant Becker" of the Department CHARGES A. S. COLYAR WITH BEING A SELF-CONFESSED FORGER AND BLACKMAILER Colonel Felder Says He Met Colyar Two and a Half Years Ago. During His Controversy With Governor Blease, and That Colyar Palmed Off Forged Affidavits on Him — Declares Colyar Came to Him With Read More ...

Friday, 22nd August 1913 Rosser Begins Final Plea

  The Atlanta Georgian, Friday, 22nd August 1913. LEADING COUNSEL FO 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. CLOSING ARGUMENTS MAY TAKE ENTIRE DAY; DORSEY TO END CASE Quietly but impressively, Luther Z. Rosser began the final pick in the defense of Leo M. Frank, accused of the murder of Mary Phagan, Friday morning. He spoke without heat in the introduction of his speech. He said that but for his profound PAGE 2 FRANK TRIAL NEARING END; Read More ...

Monday, 25th August 1913 Frank Case To Jury Today Leo, Frank On His Way From Jail To Court

The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 25th August 1913.This photo wassnapped asFrank left theTower.Frank alwaysis nattilyattired, and walks briskly from the autowhich bringshim from the tower to courtroom.The accused never ishandcuffedto the Sheriff,as are menconsidereddesperateprisoners.PACKED COURTROOMAPPLAUDS AS DORSEYBEGINS CLOSING PLEARefreshed by the weekend recess, Solicitor General Dorsey returned Monday to the State's closing argument. By the force of logic and denunciation of his final words to the jury the Solicitor hopes to obtain a verdict of guilty against Leo M. Frank, charged with the murder of Mary Phagan.The day and a half intermission furnished a breathing spell for the State's prosecutor. He came Read More ...

Monday, 18th August 1913 Leo Frank Testifies

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 was in his office from 12 until just before going home to lunch.PROFOUND IMPRESSIONMADE BY PRISONER'SREMARKABLE STORYFrom the lips of the man accused of the murder of Mary Phagan, came a remarkable story Monday afternoon, August 18, 1913.The spectators in a densely packed courtroom listened with strained interest as Leo Frank told in graphic words of the events of the Read More ...

Sunday, 17th August 1913 Frank Should Know Fate Before The Week Passes Is Opinion Of Attorneys

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The Atlanta Journal, Sunday, 17th August 1913. While Defense Has About Forty Character Witnesses, It's Not Believed That Their Testimony Will Take More Than One Day, and Frank Himself Will Probably Tell His Self to the Jury Some Time Tuesday. REBUTTAL EVIDENCE WILL TAKE TWO DAYS AND THE ARGUMENTS OF ATTORNEYS TWO MORE This Will Put the Case In the Hands of the Jury at the End of the Week - All Interest is Now Centered in the Witnesses That the Solicitor Will Put on the Stand In an Effort to Break Down Fine Character Showing Made by Frank. The Read More ...

Wednesday, 27th August 1913 Fight Begun To Save Frank Motion For New Trial Follows Death Sentence

The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 27th August 1913.FRANK RETURNING TO HIS CELL IN TOWER AFTER JUDGE'S CHARGEFrank'scontrol ofhisemotionswas nevermorestrikinglyshown thanon lastdayof trial.Leo M. Frank,convictedslayer ofMary Phaganon his way backto his cell toawait theverdict of thejury. Hewalked with afirm, springystep, andapparently wasconfident thathe would beacquitted.PRISONER MUST HANGOCT. 10, JUDGE RULES;INNOCENT, HEREPEATSAlmost before the dread verdict of "guilty" had ceased ringing in his ears, Leo M. Frank, convicted of slaying Mary Phagan, heard Tuesday the still more terrible words, "sentenced to hang by the neck until dead," before the echo of his own words, "I am innocent" had died away.Frank will pay the penalty Read More ...

Tuesday, 26th August 1913 Frank, Guilty On First Ballot

The Atlanta Georgian, Tuesday, 26th 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 Mary Phagan on his way back to his cell to await the verdict of the jury. He walked with a firm, springy step, and apparently was confident that he would be acquitted. NO RECOMMENDATION TO COURT FOR MERCY IN VERDICT: I'M INNOCENT HE SAYS AGAIN; WIFE FAINTS AWAY AS SHE HEARS NEWS Leo M. Frank was found guilty of the murder Read More ...

Friday, 22nd August 1913 In Scathing Terms Rosser Scores Dalton, Dorsey, Police. Dorsey Will Conclude, Summing Up Case Against Frank

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 22nd August 1913.PAGE 1DALTON EXCORIATED, CONLEYANNIHILATED AND SOLICITORCHARGED WITH PERSECUTIONMr. Rosser Defends the Character of the Pencil Factory,Declares That Few Men Could Have Stood the TestPut to Frank by a "Horde of Spying Police, Generated by Dorsey,"and Ridicules the "Suspicious Circumstances"Against Frank.EVERYTHING FRANK DID OR SAID WAS DISTORTED,MAGNIFIED AND VIEWED WITH SUSPICION, HE SAYSMr. Rosser Was in the Midst of His Speech When CourtAdjourned for Recess-When He Has Finished SolicitorDorsey Will Make the Concluding Argument, the JudgeWill Deliver His Charge and the Case Go to the Jury.Attorney Luther Z. Rosser, making the closing argument for the defense, Read More ...

Thursday, 28th August 1913 Reply Made To Frank’s Attack

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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 the murder of Mary Phagan. If the factory superintendent finally succeeds in avoiding the penalty fixed it will not be because the Solicitor has not fought to the uttermost of his strength to put the rope around Frank's neck.Briefly but pointedly Solicitor Dorsey Thursday morning summed up his opinion of Leo Frank's latest alleged statement concerning the trial and the Read More ...

Saturday, 23rd August 1913 Frank Trial Adjourned Until Monday Morning With Solicitor Hugh Dorsey In Midst Of Impassioned Speech

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The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 23rd August 1913.PAGE 1MRS. COLEMAN WEEPS ANDFRANK'S WIFE COVERS FACEWITH HANDS DURING SPEECHMRS. COLEMAN WEEPS ANDFRANK'S WIFE COVERS FACEWITH HANDS DURING SPEECHSolicitor Was Nearing End of Masterly Address When theCourt Ordered a Recess Until Monday Morning-At ThatTime the Solicitor Will Conclude, the Judge Will DeliverHis Charge and the Case Will Go to Jury for DecisionFRANK'S TIME ALIBI ATTACKED BY SOLICITORTHROUGH FRANK'S OWN STATEMENT TO POLICEDorsey Declares Frank First Told Police He Did Not LeaveFactory Until 1:10 and That He Could Not Have BeenSeen on Whitehall at That Hour-Case of Defense AssailedAt Every Point-Here Is Speech in FullSo Read More ...

Tuesday, 19th August 1913 Jim Conley To Be Recalled

The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 19th August 1913.PAGE 1DORSEY ADMITS HE MADE ERASURE ON FACTORY TIME SLIPWith the State determined to make a desperate fight to broad down the impressive story told by Leo M. Frank in his own behalf the trial of the man accused of Mary Phagan's murder was resumed Tuesday morning.The defense added a few finishing touches to its case calling Mrs. Emil Selig, the prisoner's mother-in-law to identify a suit of brown clothes worn by Frank on Memorial day.Wiley Roberts, assistant jailer at the Tower was called but did not answer to his name and proceedings were held Read More ...

Monday, the 18th August 1913, Leo Frank Takes Stand – Tells His Story, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal, Monday, 18th August 1913 Defendant LEO M. FRANK ON WITNESS STAND FACING THE JURY, FRANK ASSERTS HIS INNOCENCE OF MARY PHAGAN'S DEATH All Other Testimony of the Defense Had Been Practically Completed When Court Reconvened Monday Afternoon, August 18, 1913, and the Stage Was Set for the Accused Superintendent to Tell Where He Was and What He Did on Day of Tragedy. MAYFIELD GIRL REPUDIATES TESTIMONY GIVEN ABOUT FRANK LOOKING INTO DRESSING ROOM Solicitor Dorsey by Questions Suggests That He Will Try to Prove That Frank Went to Hapeville With a Young Girl One Week Before Murder Read More ...

Tuesday, 26th August 1913 Frank Sentenced To Hang On October 10th, 1913, But Fight For New Trial Will Stay The Execution For Many Months

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The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 26th August 1913.PAGE 1TWELVE PEERS OF LEO M. FRANK WHO FOUND GUILTY OF MURDERThis photograph of the Frank jury was made a few minutes after Foreman Winburn read the verdict and before say of the jurymen had left their seats. Front row, left to right: A. M. Henslee, M. S. Woodward, D. Townsend, F. E. Winburn (foreman), F. Van, L. Smith, and A. L. Wisbey. Back row, left to right: J. F. Higdon, W. F. Medcalf, M. Johenning, C. J. Basshart, J. T. Osburn and W. M. Jefferies.Secrets of Frank, Mary WillNever Be Known In Public,Declare the Read More ...

Wednesday, August 27th, 1913, Frank Will Reply To Dorsey In Long Public Statement, The Atlanta Journal

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  The Atlanta Journal, Wednesday, the 27th Day of August, 1913. PAGE one, Column one. Convicted Factory Superintendent Preparing Exhaustive Answer to Solicitor General's Argument to Jury DECLARES ARRAIGNMENT CONTAINS MANY FLAWS Health Unimpaired, Frank Resumes Routine Life in Jail. Indictment of Conley as Accessory May Come Friday. Leo M. Frank sentenced to hang on October 10, , for the murder of Mary Phagan, is preparing an answer to the closing argument to the jury of Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey. He began work on the statement Wednesday morning and expects to have it ready for publication before the end Read More ...

Sunday, 24th August 1913, Leo Frank’s Fate Will Soon Be Known Dorsey Will Finish His Speech In Few Hours. The Atlanta Journal.

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  The Atlanta Journal, Sunday, 24th August 1913. Judge Roan Will Then Deliver His Charge and the Case Is Certain to Be in the Jury's Hands by Noon Tomorrow. Some Look for a Quick Ver- dict, While Others Predict the Jury Will Be Out for Many Hours Dorsey's Speech, Interrupted by Adjournment, the Great- est of His Career No Trial in Georgia Has Ever Been Marked by So Many Brilliant Arguments -Frank Remains Impassive Through It All TERMINING the greatest criminal trial in the history of the south, the life of Leo M. Frank will be placed in the hands Read More ...

Thursday, 28th August 1913 Despite Death Sentence Frank Sleeps Nine Hours

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The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 28th August 1913.Page 3, Column 2Man Convicted for Murder of Mary Phagan Will Not Make Public Reply to SolicitorDorsey's Arraignment Lawyers Advise Silence Mrs. Rae Frank BidsSon Farewell and Leaves for BrooklynLeo M. Frank, under sentence of death for the murder of Mary Phagan, slept nine hours in his cell in the Fulton County tower Wednesday night. He arose shortly after 7 o'clock, took his bath, went through his usual calisthenic exercises and ate a late breakfast which was brought him by his father-in-law, Emil Selig, a few minutes before 9 o'clock.It was learned Thursday that there Read More ...

Friday, September 19, 1913 Delay In Hearing Of Plea For Frank, The Atlanta Constitution

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  The Atlanta Constitution, Friday, 19th September 1913. PAGE 3 Newt 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. Frank will be postponed from October 4 to the early part of December, according to authentic statements Thursday. Judge Ben Hill, recently appointed to the fourth judgeship of Fulton county, will hear the arguments for the new trial, on an extended petition just completed by Attorney Luther Rosser, chief of counsel for the convicted man. On account of the fact that Read More ...

Monday, 25th August 1913, Leo M. Frank’s Fate Is Now In Hands Of The Jury. Motion For Mistrial Is Denied By Judge L. S. Roan. The Atlanta Journal.

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  The Atlanta Journal, Monday, 25th August 1913. PAGE 1 JUDGE ROAN CHARGES JURY THAT THEY ARE SOLE JDUGES OF WITNESSES' CREDIBILITY He Discusses "Reasonable Doubt," Declaring That Burden of Proof That Defendant Is Guilty Beyond "a Reasonable Doubt, but Not Beyond All Doubt" Rests Upon the State GOOD CHARACTER IS MATERIAL, HE DECLARES, BUT DOES NOT SUFFICE IF GUILFT HAS BEEN PROVEN Judge Roan Was About Twenty Minutes Reading His Charge to the Jury - The Jurors Leaned Forward and Listened Attentively as He Proceeded - Here Is the Charge in Fall, just as It Was Delivered Immediately after Read More ...

Sunday, August 31, 1913, Monument To Mary Phagan Proposed. The Atlanta Journal.

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The Atlanta Journal, Sunday, 31st August 1913. (PAGE 4) Cohutta Pastor Starts Subscription to Erect Statue of Dead Girl. (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) DALTON, Ga., Aug. 20, 1913, Calling upon the women of the state, with the cooperation of the churches, to "let a system of work be instituted that will culminate in a monument to little Mary Phagan," Rev. J. C. Parrot, of Cohutta, addressed a communication to the Dalton Citizen, saying: "Here is a dollar for the erection of a monument to Mary Phagan, the little factory girl who recently laid down her life for her honor. Read More ...

Saturday, August 30th, 1913, Preacher To Speak On The Frank Case, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal, Saturday, 30th August 1913. PAGE 3, Column 2 In a sermon at the Baptist tabernacle Sunday evening Rev. John E. Barnard, of Asheville, N. C., will discuss the subject of capital punishment, and will touch on the Frank case. At both services last Sunday Mr. Barnard was heard by large audiences, and it is expected that his sermon Sunday night will fill the tabernacle. FRANK WITNESS IS SOUGHT BY POLICE Page 3, Column 5, ----------------------------------------- George Epps, Newsboy, Accused of Swindling Man Out of $1.50 Little George Epps, witness in the Frank trial, believed to be the Read More ...

Sunday, 14th September 1913 Ben Hill Will Go On Fulton Bench As Fourth Judge

The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 14th September 1913.PAGE 1, COLUMN 1Roan Takes the Court of Ap-Peals Vacancy; Reid, StoneMountain; George Napier,Solicitorship.FOUR CHANGES MADETO FILL ONE OFFICEAppointments Effective Octo-ber 6 Judge Roan WillProbably Hear Motion inFrank Case.The fourth judge of the Fulton county superior court is Benjamin H. Hill, chief judge of the court of appeals.L. S. Roan, judge of the Stone Mountain circuit, will take Judge Hill's place as a member of the court of appeals.Charles S. Reid, solicitor general of the Stone Mountain circuit, has been elevated to the bench to succeed Judge Roan.George M. Napier, of the firm of Napier, Read More ...

Tuesday, September 9, 1913, Jim Conley Is Indicted On Two Counts By Fulton Grand Jury. The Atlanta Journal.

The Atlanta Journal, Tuesday Evening Edition, 9th day of September, 1913. Conley Is Indicted On Two Counts By Fulton Grand Jury 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 Hearing For New Trial-Jurors Charged With Bias. Page 1, Column 7. Two true bills, one charging Jim Conley with a misdemeanor "in concealing knowledge of the murder of Mary Phagan, and the other charging him with felony in being accessory to the murder after the deed, Read More ...

Thursday, 21st August 1913 Arnold Charges Gigantic Frame-up To Convict Frank. Hooper Says Conley’s Story Stood Test Of Grilling

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The Atlanta Journal, Thursday, 21st August 1913. PAGE 1 Not Looking for Blood, But Seeking the Murderer of Mary Phagan, Says Hooper FRANK DESCRIBED AS JEKYL AND HYDE BY STATE ATTORNEY Frank A. Hooper, in Opening Speech for the Prosecution, Declares That Frank Must Have Killed Mary Phagan or Sat Nearby and Permitted a Negro to Attack Her. He Declares Conditions at Factory Were a Terrible Temptation "to a Man With Little Conscience and a Great Lust" Scores Defense For Not Cross-Examining State's Character Witnesses IN an eloquent speech, replete with word pictures, sometimes sarcastic, sometimes pathetic, sometimes humorous, but Read More ...

Friday, 12th September 1913 Plennie Minor Will Barbecue Tomorrow

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The Atlanta Constitution, Friday, 12th September 1913. PAGE 12, COLUMN 7 Deputy Sheriff Plennie Minor, has issued invitations to what promises to be one of the most enjoyable gatherings that Fulton County has seen in many days. It is to be held at Germania Park, Saturday afternoon. According to Plennie's invitations, which have been sent out to a large number of his friends, and probably no official in the county has a larger list, the affair will be a "barbecue, fish fry and so forth." Pennie has yet to explain what "and so forth" is, but those who know his Read More ...

Wednesday, 17th September 1913 No Bill Is Found Against Newt Lee

The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 17th September 1913.PAGE 3, COLUMN 3The Fulton County grand jury, sitting Tuesday in regular session, returned a "no-bill" against Newt Lee the negro factory night watchman whose testimony figured so largely in the trial of Leo M. Frank for the murder of Mary Phagan.The action of the grand jury eliminates Lee in the matter of being connected with the murder in any manner.Wednesday, 17th September 1913 No Bill Is Found Against Newt Lee

Sunday, 7th September 1913 New Pinkerton Chief Arrives In Atlanta

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 7th September 1913.PAGE 7, COLUMN 1J. H. Kelly Succeeds J. B.Pierce-Harry Scott IsAssistantJ. H. Kelly, formerly assistant superintendent of the Pinkerton detective company's office in Pittsburg, assumed control of the local branch of the agency Saturday. He arrived from the north last Friday and since has met all the city officials. He takes the place of J. B. Pierce, who resigned shortly after the completion of the Frank trial.Harry Scott will remain in Atlanta as assistant superintendent. The order transferring him to Houston, Texas, where he was to have been superintendent, has been countermanded. He will be Read More ...

Thursday, 11th September 1913 Frank’s Lawyers Are Hunting For Affidavits

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 11th September 1913.PAGE 7, COLUMN 1Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey staid Thursday that he was receiving letters from various towns in the state informing him that the attorneys of Leo M. Frank are canvassing the towns to secure affidavits showing that jurors who convicted Frank were biased.Some of them say, stated the solicitor that they were approached for affidavits but that they declined to give them.Thursday, 11th September 1913 Frank's Lawyers Are Hunting For Affidavits

Friday, 12th September 1913 Newt Lee Ignored

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 12th September 1913.PAGE 7, COLUMN 4It was expected that a bill charging murder which was drawn against Newt Lee, the watchman at the National Pencil factory who figured in the Frank case, would be presented to the grand jury, to be no-billed, but it was not taken up Friday morning.Later the grand jury will take action on it, however, in order to clear the records in the case by formally returning the no-bill.Friday, 12th September 1913 Newt Lee Ignored

Sunday, 21st September 1913 Great Watch Finders

The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 21st September 1913.PAGE 25, COLUMN 7The present official duty of Detectives Starnes and Campbell, who were Solicitor Dorsey's right-hand men in the investigation of the Mary Phagan murder case, is to find and return watches stolen from Atlantans. Up to date, since the trial, they have succeeded in finding forty-two pilfered timepieces, some of which have been missing for two or three years.PAGE 26, COLUMN 2PROFESSIONAL CARDSP. H. Brewster, Albert Howell, Jr.Hugh M. Dorsey, Arthur Heyman,Dorsey, Brewster, Howell & Heyman,Attorneys-at-Law.Offices: 202, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 210Kiser Building, Atlanta, Ga.Long Distance Telephone 3023, 3024And 3025, Atlanta, Ga.Sunday, Read More ...

Saturday, 20th September 1913 Beavers Will Teach Police What To Do In Big Murder Case

The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 20th September 1913.PAGE 7, COLUMN 7Having learned a valuable lesson from the Mary Phagan murder, Chief Beavers will teach his men what to do in the event bodies are found in the future.The chief's instructions will be for the discoverer to keep hands off everything including garments of the corpse until finger print experts have reached the scene. The value of fingerprint evidence, says the chief, is inestimable in modern investigation.Until Bertillon methods are installed in the police department, the chief says, federal experts will be employed in future cases.Saturday, 20th September 1913 Beavers Will Teach Police Read More ...

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