Category: TRANSCRIPTS: ATLANTA CONSTITUTION

The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 31st August 1913.Page 2.Leo Max Frank, recently convicted on the charge of murdering Mary Phagan, is to receive aid in his battle for life and liberty from the alumni of Cornell university of Ithaca, New York, which institution he is a graduate on June 21, 1906, according to dispatches received in Atlanta Saturday night from New York city lawyers, when the movement was started some days ago.T. B. Strauss, a prominent Cornell alumnus, is heading the movement, and it is stated that circular letters will be sent out to Cornell graduates throughout the country asking their cooperation Read More ...

The Atlanta Constitution, Thursday, 4th September 1913. PAGE 3, Column 1 Lodging and Food for the Jury for 29 Days Cost $975.06 Bills arising from the trial of Leo M. Frank, charged with the murder of Mary Phagan, the 13-year-old employee in the plant of the National Pencil company, of which the man convicted on August 25, 1913 was superintendent, are beginning to come into the county, and at the meeting of the board of commissioners Wednesday $975.06 was ordered paid for the expense of caring for the jury for twenty-nine days during which the trial lasted. The amount ordered Read More ...

The Atlanta Constitution, Friday, 5th September 1913. PAGE 7, COLUMN 5 The new grand jury will meet today, and there is much speculation rife as to whether or not this grand jury will take up the charge against Jim Conley, negro sweeper at the National Pencil company's factory, of accessory after the fact of Mary Phagan's murder. Solicitor Dorsey has declined consistently to commit himself on the subject. It is definitely known that on Thursday no bill against Conley had been drawn. There are those wise ones who say, however, that the case of Conley will be among the first Read More ...

The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 9th September 1913.PAGE 3, COLUMN 4Governor Slaton Tells CommitteeHe Intends to Keep thePlace Free of Politics.A committee composed of many of the prominent members of the Atlanta Bar association called upon Governor Slaton at the state capitol Monday afternoon urging the appointment of Judge L. S. Roan to the fourth superior court judgeship, created by act of the last legislature for the Atlanta circuit.Speaking in behalf of Judge Roan several of the city's best known attorneys declared him to be the man most fit for the position.Eugene R. Black, chairman of the bar association committee, touched upon Read More ...

The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 10th September 1913.PAGE 2, COLUMN 4For their work in the Phagan case, ten days' vacation in addition to that to which they are ordinarily entitled were given to Chief of Detectives Newport A. Lanford and Detectives J. N. Starnes, Pat Campbell, S. L. Rosser and John R. Black by the police board at its regular monthly meeting last night.The action was taken following the reading of a letter from Solicitor General Hugh N. Dorsey to Chief Lanford highly complimenting the good work done by the detectives assigned to help him on the Phagan case. While the name Read More ...

The Atlanta Constitution, Thursday, 11th September 1913. PAGE 7, COLUMN 1 and 2. Reported That Judge Roan, of Stone Mountain Circuit, Will Be Appointed on the Court of Appeals. While Governor John M. Slaton has made no announcement of whom he expects to appoint to fill the fourth judgeship recently created in Fulton County, it is rumored that Judge Benjamin Harvey Hill, of the Court of Appeals, will be selected to fill the position, and that Judge Leonard Strickland Roan, of the stone Mountain circuit, who, by special act of the legislature, has been holding the criminal division of the Read More ...

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 ...

The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 13th September 1913.PAGE 8, COLUMN 4New York Physician DeclaresLeo Frank Was Noted in CollegeFor His Clean Morals.Dr. Morris J. Clurman, A. B., graduate of Cornell university with Leo M. Frank and now a resident of New York, writes the following letter to The Constitution in reference to the case of his classmate:Editor, Constitution:I trust you will honor a New Yorker with a little space in your newspaper and thereby yield me an opportunity to express candidly and in an absolutely unbiased manner what I know concerning the character and past life of Leo M. Frank, who is Read More ...

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 ...

The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 15th September 1913.PAGE 10, COLUMN 4Report Says They Are Working on Frank Case.That detectives in the employ of the Burns Agency are in Atlanta working up new evidence to be used in the hearing on a new trial for Leo M. Frank, which is set for Oct. 4, 1913, is the rumor which spread through the city Sunday and set tongues freshly wagging on the famous case.The rumor further has it that Solicitor Dorsey had in his possession a bit of valuable evidence given him while he was arguing the case before the jury and too late Read More ...

The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 16th September 1913.PAGE 9, COLUMN 2Jim Conley may not plead guilty to being accessory after the fact in the murder of Mary Phagan. This is the startling statement of the negro's attorney, William Smith, late Monday."I may have Jim take a plea to one of the counts of the indictment against him, but I do not believe he will plead guilty to all of the counts," was the way Attorney Smith declared himself.Conley remains at the Tower awaiting his trial, which will probably come up at the October term of the criminal branch of the superior court.PAGE Read More ...

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

The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 18th September 1913,PAGE 9, COLUMN 5.Chicago. September 17 Prominent Jews today organized the Anti-Defamation League of America, whose object will be to stop by appeals to reason and conscience, and if necessary, by appeals to law, the defamation of the Jewish people.The new organization will be conducted under the auspices of the order of B'nai B'rith, a Jewish philanthropic organization, with a membership of 30,000, and will have branches in every large city in the country.The objects of the league are set forth in a statement issued by Adolph Kraus, of Chicago, president of the Order of Read More ...

  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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

  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 of Pencil Company. At the recent elections of the Jewish Order of B'nai B'rith, Leo M. Frank, president, was unanimously chosen as head of the order again, and a number of prominent Atlanteans were selected to fill the more important offices. Among them are: Arthur Heyman, of Dorsey, Brewater, Howell & Heyman, vice president; Milton Klein, monitor; Dr. B. Read More ...

The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 26th September 1913.PAGE 5, COLUMN 1Blakely Men in DepositionsDeny That Juryman HensleeMade Statements Attributed to Him.That Atticus H. Henslee, the ventriloquist on the Frank jury, did not discuss with them Leo M. Frank's connection with the murder of Mary Phagan, or make any remarks about what he would do in case should he be placed on the jury, was the sworn statement of L. E. Blac and Walter Thomas, two citizens of Blakely, Ga., whose depositions were filled in superior court by Attorneys Reuben R. Arnold and L. Z. Rosser for the defense.It was stated recently that Read More ...

The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 27th September 1913.PAGE 5, COLUMN 3Prominent Attorneys Are PlacedUnder Bonds of $200 forCourthouse Difficulty.Burton Smith and Reuben R. Arnold, prominent Atlanta attorneys, the later president of the Bar association, were indicted for assault and battery yesterday by the Fulton County grand jury and are held under $200 bonds each.The fight which brought about the indictment occurred May 22, when depositions were being taken in the fight to break the will of the late Joshua B. Crawford. Attorneys Smith and Arnold were representing the widow, whom it has since been charged poisoned her husband, and C. W. Walton Read More ...

The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 28th September 1913.PAGE 69, COLUMN 3Fears Are Entertained by HerFamily and Friends NewEvidence Discovered.Grieving over the death of her daughter, Mary Phagan, who was found murdered in the National Pencil factory, and for whose death Leo M. Frank has been sentenced to hang, the condition of Mrs. J. W. Coleman is causing grave fear among her friends.Physicians say that unless the load of sorrow is lifted early from her mind, she is likely to become subject to hysteria that would be fatal. Friends and relatives visit her constantly seeking, without avail, to console her and enliven her Read More ...

The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 30th September 1913,PAGE 5, COLUMN 3.Speculation on whether or not the hearing of argument for a new trial for Leo M. Frank, convicted of the murder of little Mary Phagan, which is set for Saturday, will be heard, is now rife among courthouse officials.In case the hearing comes up then, Judge L. S. Roan, who presided at the trial in August, will have charge of the hearing, is the general opinion. Whether or not the case will come up on that date, however, is unknown. Solicitor Hugh Dorsey is doing all he can to be prepared to Read More ...

  The Atlanta Constitution Monday, March 9, 1914 Stated That He Was Willing to Reply to Any Questions That Might Be in the Mind of the Public, and Asked to Answer Any Such That Might Be Propounded to Him. TELLS HOW JIM CONLEY COULD HAVE SLAIN GIRL AND ESCAPED DETECTION Asserts That Very Fact That He Admitted He Had Seen Mary Phagan on the Day of the Murder, Thus Placing Himself Under Suspicion, Was Proof in Itself That He Was Innocent of Crime. Probably the most interesting statement yet issued by Leo M. Frank in connection with the murder for Read More ...