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The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 2nd November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Admission of Court In Denying New Trial That He Was Not Convinced Either of Guilt or Innocence Creates Sensation.'Old Police Reporter' Finds Lawyers Who Believe Admission of Doubt Was Attempt to Right Judicial Wrong by Only Possible Means.By an Old Police Reporter.The speech of Judge L. S. Roan delivered when he refused to grant a new trial to Leo M. Frank has thrown the famous case "wide open," so to speak.Incidentally it has served to deepen the mystery, which so many believed was solved in August when the jury returned a verdict

The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 3rd November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Georgian's ReportMade the RecordThe Georgian's report of Judge L. S. Roan's remarkable expression of doubt in refusing to grant Leo M. Frank a new trial was Saturday incorporated into the official bill of exceptions by common consent of Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey, Luther Rosser, and the court itself.Mr. Dorsey objected to the report of the Judge's words as first given in the bill by Frank's lawyers and the difficulty was solved by accepting The Georgian's version.It is probably the first time in court history that a newspaper report of a legal proceeding

The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 4th November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.ASSERTS GUN TOTING IS MENACENew Justice Tells Body It Must NotSpareLiquor LawViolators Judge Ben Hill, in his first official act as a member of the Superior Court bench, Monday opened a campaign against illegal traffic in intoxicants, with especial reference to locker clubs which may be violating the prohibition laws.Charging his first Grand Jury, he urged the most careful inquiry into the conditions under which the locker clubs are operating, and if any were found to be disregarding the law in any way to indict the men operating them."There are rumors that

The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 5th November 1913,PAGE 11, COLUMN 2.Attorneys Hold That Roan's ExpressedDoubt Will Make Rehearing Assured.Attorneys for Leo M. Frank Tuesday made the declaration that the Supreme Court of Georgia could avoid giving their client a new trial only by upsetting a well-established precedent and by reversing every Supreme Court decision which has borne on the trial judge's duty to set aside a verdict of guilty for which he is not convinced there was sufficient warrant.Roan's Position Clear."Judge Roan went out his way to make his stand in the matter perfectly clear. He mentioned that the case had given

The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 6th November 1913,PAGE 11, COLUMN 2."So many people mispronounce the name of the senior Senator from Wisconsin," said Wiliam Schley Howard to-day, "and there really is no difficulty whatever about it. It is pronounced the easiest way imaginable simply 'La Fo-let.' The accent is on the 'Fol.'""So many people undertake to give it a French twist and pronounce it 'La Fol-ay,' while others insist upon 'La Fol-ette,' with the accent on the 'ette.'""Both of these pronunciations are out of the ordinary and much harder to get away with than just plain 'La Fol-et!'""Really, 'La Fol-et' is all

The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 10th November 1913,PAGE 4, COLUMN 7.It is expected that Jim Conley, the negro whose testimony featured the trial of Leo M. Frank, will be taken before Judge Ben H. Hill, in the Fulton County Criminal Court, Tuesday morning and plead guilty to the charges against him as accessory to the killing of Mary Phagan.The attorneys for Conley have not stated whether they will go to a trial or whether they simply will have the negro plead guilty and ask fort the mercy of the court.At the Solicitor's office, though, it is understood he will plead guilty.Conley has

The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 11th November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.It is expected that Jim Conley, the negro whose testimony featured the trial of Leo M. Frank, will be taken before Judge Ben H. Hill, in the Fulton County Criminal Court, Tuesday morning and plead guilty to the charges against him as accessory to the killing of Mary Phagan.The attorneys for Conley have not stated whether they will go to a trial or whether they simply will have the negro plead guilty and ask fort the mercy of the court.At the Solicitor's office, though, it is understood he will plead guilty.Conley has

The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 12th November 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 8.TO PLEAD GUILTY AS AID TO FRANKTwo Indictments as Accessory in Phagan CasePending NegroWill Deny Felony Charge.Jim Conley, the State's star witness against Leo M. Frank and an admitted accessory after the fact in the murder of Mary Phagan, was taken from the Tower Wednesday morning to await the calling of his case in the court of Judge Ben H. Hill.Two indictments were found against Conley by the Fulton County Grand Jury.Both charged him with being accessory after the fact, but one of the indictments involved only a misdemeanor while the other

The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 13th November 1913,PAGE 9, COLUMN 4.That the disposition of the cases against Jim Conley, negro accuser of Leo M. Frank, convicted of the murderer of Mary Phagan, will be no mere cut-and-dried affair was indicated Thursday afternoon when Jim was taken before Judge Ben Hill.The two cases one charging a felony and the other a misdemeanor were read, and then Solicitor Dorsey announced that he wanted the case tried on its merits.Judge Hill said he would hear the case Friday morning.W. M. Smith, the negro's lawyer, was in court ready to demand that his client be tried.There

The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 14th November 1913,PAGE 4, COLUMN 4.Luther Rosser and Reuben Arnold, Frank's attorneys Friday opposed each other in the Federal Court when the Texas Oil Company filed a bill of equity to prevent T. E. Purcell from pushing his case in the Fulton County Court.Rosser is representing the Texas Company and Arnold appears for Purcell.Purcell alleges he made a contract with the Texas company for 49,000 barrels of gasoline the company failed to deliver.The price advanced and Purcell claims he could have made a quarter of a million profit.PAGE XXX, COLUMN 5CONLEY TRIAL ON MERITS ASKED BY DORSEYThat

The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 15th November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Luther Rosser and Reuben Arnold, Frank's attorneys Friday opposed each other in the Federal Court when the Texas Oil Company filed a bill of equity to prevent T. E. Purcell from pushing his case in the Fulton County Court.Rosser is representing the Texas Company and Arnold appears for Purcell.Purcell alleges he made a contract with the Texas company for 49,000 barrels of gasoline the company failed to deliver.The price advanced and Purcell claims he could have made a quarter of a million profit.PAGE 8, COLUMN 4Frank FilesReasons for New TrialPHAGAN CASE IN

The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 16th November 1913,PAGE XXX, COLUMN 1.Smith Demands Speedy Hearing, But None Is Likely Until the Phagan Decision.Rumor was current Saturday, after the filling with the Supreme Court of the bill of exceptions and brief of evidence to be used in arguing for a new trial for Leo M. Frank that Jim Conley, despite the determined efforts of his attorney to obtain an immediate hearing, would not be placed on trial as an accessory in the murder of many Phagan until after the Supreme Court disposes of Frank's petition for a new trial.W. M. Smith, Conley's counsel, repealed

The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 17th November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 8.PHAGAN CASE IN SUPREME COURTArgument To Be Set for December 15 and Final Decision May Be Made by March.All doubt as to when the arguments will be heard by the Supreme Court in the Frank case was set at rest Saturday, when the bill of exceptions, properly certified, was filed with the clerk of the court for record.This means the case will go on the calendar for argument on December 15, although actual argument may not be heard for three or four days thereafter.Arguments in the case may be made either orally

The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 18th November 1913,PAGE XXX, COLUMN 4.Negro's Counsel Tuesday Will Demand Immediate Hearing, Attitude SurprisesDorsey.The absence from the city W. M. Smith attorney for Jim Conley, prevented the calling of Jim Conley's case Monday on the charge of being an accessory after the fact in the murder of Mary Phagan.Smith declared before he left for Macon, where he will appear as counsel in a white slave case, that he would fight every further effort to delay the trial of Conley.He said that at once upon his return to Atlanta, he would file a demand upon the court for

The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 20th November 1913,PAGE XXX, COLUMN 4.That a further postponement of the trial of Jim Conley, the negro witness in the Phagan case, will be bitterly fought, was the declaration of W. M. Smith, Conley's attorney, Thursday.Attorney Smith stated that he would hold a conference with Solicitor Dorsey and Judge Ben Hill, in whose court the trial will be heard, Thursday afternoon when he would protest against a further delay in the hearing of his client's case, and would urge its immediate disposal.Solicitor Dorsey Thursday stated, however, that the negro's trial had been put off indefinitely.Conley, who is

The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 21st November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.That a further postponement of the trial of Jim Conley, the negro witness in the Phagan case, will be bitterly fought, was the declaration of W. M. Smith, Conley's attorney, Thursday.Attorney Smith stated that he would hold a conference with Solicitor Dorsey and Judge Ben Hill, in whose court the trial will be heard, Thursday afternoon when he would protest against a further delay in the hearing of his client's case, and would urge its immediate disposal.Solicitor Dorsey Thursday stated, however, that the negro's trial had been put off indefinitely.Conley, who is

The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 25th November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 8.Jim Conley, when sensational story helped to convict Leo M. Frank of the murder of Mary Phagan, was taken once more from his cell in the Tower Tuesday to the courthouse.Solicitor Dorsey said he was not sure that Conley's case would be reached.W. M. Smith, Conley's lawyer, has insisted that his case be settled at once, and will urge Judge Hill to pass sentence or give him a jury trial.It seemed likely Tuesday that the negro would, with his lawyer's consent, have the facts presented to the court and not insist on

The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 26th November 1913,PAGE 12, COLUMN 5.EditorThe Georgian:I herewith enclose a communication for publication, if you see fit to accept same.There is really some doubt in my mind as to whether you will publish his article for the reason that I have failed to see a single article in your paper defending this court trial of Leo Frank.However, I am going to assume that you will be fair enough to allow both sides of the case to be presented to your readers.I have been a constant reader of your paper practically from its first issue; a good many

The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 6th December 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.CITY CLEAN NOW, SAYS CHIEF"The Law and Noble Policemen My Weapons in Fight," He Writes in Magazine."All the good people of any city have to do is to stand together and the gates of hell will not prevail against them the good people of Atlanta would never tolerate a return to old conditions under any circumstances."This declaration as to the moral status of Atlanta is made by Police Chief James L. Beavers in a special signed article in The Detective, of Chicago, which has devoted an entire section of its December number

The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 12th December 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 8.BRIEFS FOR FINAL LIFEBATTLE READYTrialJudge Termed "Vacillating" by Defense Attorneys Hearing Likely to Start Monday.Severe criticism is made of Judge L. S. Roan for certain phases of his conduct of the trial of Leo M. Frank and for his refusal to grant a new trial, even though he himself had doubt as to the defendant's guilt, in the brief and argument prepared by Frank's lawyers to be presented to the Supreme Court of Georgia next Monday.The document was received from the printers Thursday.The brief of evidence, another bulky document, will be completed

The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 13th December 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 8.MOB TRIED FRANK, IS DEFENSE CHARGEBoth SidesCriticize Court in Long BriefsFiled in Appeal to Supreme Court.Judge L. S. Roan, presiding judge in the famous Frank trial, Friday trial, Friday found himself between two raking fires of criticism.The bombardment was opened by the defense in the great legal battle.Weak and vacillating in his conduct of the case, disposed to shirk his duty as a judge, unable to rule his court with a firm and just hand these are the charges buried at him in the brief and argument of the defense lawyers.If the

The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 15th December 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 8.NEW TRIAL PLANNED AT START, HE SAYSProsecutor Calls Grounds Submitted by Defense "Hodgepodge" and "Catch All."That Leo Prank's lawyer are engaged in a "post-mortem" attempt to obtain a new trial for their client is the charge repeatedly made in the brief and argument completed Saturday by Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey and served upon the attorneys for the defense.Some of the grounds for a new trial advanced by the defense Dorsey characterizes as "hodgepodge and catch all," and ridicules the assertion that Frank was tried by a mob rather than by a

The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 16th December 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 8.FELDER TO TALK FOR STATENEXTJustices Likely Will Try to Reach Decision on Appeal by the End of January.Repeating his vehement assertions that Leo M. Frank is without a vestige of legal or moral right, to any sort of respite from the hangman's noose, Solicitor Dorsey concluded his address before the Supreme Court of Georgia Tuesday in opposition to a new trial for the factory superintendent.The Solicitor maintained that Frank had obtained a fair and impartial trial, despite the assertion to the contrary of counsel for the defense.He said that nothing essentially prejudicing

The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 17th December 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 8.FELDER HIT BY ROSSER IN FINAL PLEAA third time within less than four months the fate of Leo M. Frank hangs in the balance.Arguments in the appeal for a new trial were concluded Tuesday before the Supreme Court by an eloquent and scathing address by Luther Z. Rosser, chief of counsel for the convicted man.When adjournment was taken at 1 o'clock by Justices Atkinson, Evans and Hill the case was in their hands for consideration.Frank and his friends first awaited the outcome of the charges of murder against him on August 25

The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 18th December 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Impartial observers, people with minds unprejudiced and free of bias, must have sighed a weight of sincere relief from their souls when, at last, the arguments closed in the Supreme Court hearing of the Frank case, and that famous cause had been given finally into the keeping of Georgia's highest court of review.The public generally will incline to think that little if anything of further light was thrown upon the case by either side to the controversy, so far as the oratorical efforts pro and con were concerned in the Supreme Court.And,

The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 20th December 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.DISTORTION OF FACTS IS ALLEGEDSolicitor's Statement as to Time Slip Taken From Factory Is Vigorously Assailed.Attorneys for Leo M. Frank announced Friday that they were engaged in the preparation of a supplemental brief, in which they proposed to call to the attention of the Supreme Court of Georgia portions of Solicitor General Dorsey's argument and brief, which, they assert, are filled with glaring misstatements and misrepresentations.One of the statements of the Solicitor which the defense is attacking most vigorously in its supplemental brief is in reference to the time slip taken out

The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 27th December 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 4.Judge's Doubt as to Guilt or Innocence of Prisoner Subject of Extended ArgumentJudge L. S. Roan's doubt as to the guilt or innocence of Leo M. Frank, given expression at the time the motion for a new trial was overruled, will be the subject of an extended argument in the supplemental brief to be filed Saturday with the Supreme Court by the attorneys for the defense.Because of Attorney General Felder's vigorous argument before the Supreme Court, attacking the validity of the incorporation of Judge Roan's expression of doubt in the bill of

The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 18th February 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### STATEMENT ISSUED BY PRISONERDeclares Prosecutors Have Made Great Mistake, but He is of Forgiving Mind.Detective W. J. Burns, in Atlanta to lecture, said this afternoon he had been employed to investigate all circumstances of Mary Phagan's death. He will be assisted by Dan Lehon, of New Orleans, superintendent of the Southern Burns Agencies."I have been engaged merely to see if there are any possible clews that have been overlooked," said Mr. Burns.Leo M. Frank, in his first extended utterance since he was placed in a cell at the Fulton

The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 19th February 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### PAGE 1, COLUMN 8**BURNS MEN HUNT NEW EVIDENCE**"We're Going to Go Deep. No Matter Whom It Hits," Declares Famous Sleuth.Luther Rosser and Reuben Arnold were in conference Thursday for several hours completing the motion for a rehearing of arguments before the Supreme Court on a new trial for Leo Frank. They were planning to submit the motion later in the day.The motion covers several typewritten pages and refers especially to the strong opinion submitted by Justices Fish and Beck dissenting from the recent majority opinion that Frank was given

The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 20th February 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### STATE HID FACTS TO CONVICT, HE SAYSDefense Roasts Dorsey and Harris, Declaring Other Developments May Come.Hints at a Virtual Conspiracy between Solicitor Dorsey and Dr. H. F. Harris to hang Leo Frank were uttered Friday evening by Luther Z. Rosser in his comments on the latest development in the famous Phagan murder mystery the statement of Dr. Harris that the strands of hair found on the lathe on the second floor of the National Pencil Factory were not Mary Phagan's, as the jury which tried Frank was led to

The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 21st February 1914,6th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### CLAIM HALTS APPEAL FOR NEW TRIALBarrett, Frank's Employee, Asks $1,000 for Finding Hair on Lathe, Complicating Case.The new angle given to the Frank case by the assertion of Dr. H. F. Harris that he does not believe the hair found on a lathe on the second floor of the National Pencil Factory to be from the head of Mary Phagan was further complicated Saturday by the presentation of a petition to the City Council and Mayor Woodward by Robert Barrett. Barrett, a former employee of the Factory living at

The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 22nd February 1914,4th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Albert Mc Knight, Negro, Makes Affidavit That White Man Coached Him in Testimony"Says He Did Not See Accused on Day of Slaying.STARTLING NEW EVIDENCE FOR DEFENSE REPORTEDRosser and Arnold, in Public Statement, Charge State With Suppression of Truth Favorable to Defendant, Referring to Harris' Opinion That Hair Found on Lathe Was not Mary Phagan's.Startling developments in the Frank case, following one another in rapid succession, came Saturday as the climax of a week of sensations in the famous murder mystery.Most sensational of all was the unexpected accusation by Albert Mc

The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 23rd February 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### Conley Case to Jury on TuesdayBoth Sides Rest Argument Set for Tomorrow Undertaker Complicates Hair Evidence.Unless the jury should be unexpectedly long in its deliberation, Jim Conley, on trial before Judge Hill as accessory after the fact in the murder of Mary Phagan, will know Tuesday morning whether he is to go free or if he must serve time in prison or one of the State's chaingangs.Defense and prosecution had rested when court adjourned at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon. Just four hours sufficed for both sides to present their

The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 24th February 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.PAGE 1, COLUMN 8NEGRO FOUND GUILTY AS FRANK AIDDefense of Doomed White ManGives Twenty-one Grounds forReconsideration of Appeal.Jim Conley's conviction on the charge of being an Accessory after the Fact in the murder of Mary Phagan, and the filing by Leo Frank's counsel of a motion for a Rehearing of Arguments before the Supreme Court, were Tuesday's important developments in the Frank Case.It took the Jury only 12 minutes to find the Negro Conley guilty of the misdemeanor charge, Judge Hill having ruled that the Felony charge could not be

The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 25th February 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### PAGE 1, COLUMN 1**NEW TRIAL PLEA NEXT MOVE**Newly Discovered Evidence To Be Ground for Appeal Hair Point Stressed.Leo M. Frank was denied a rehearing before the Supreme Court of Georgia on Wednesday regarding his appeal from the decision of Judge L. S. Roan, who last October refused him a new trial. The vote of the Supreme Court justices was unanimous.Frank's attorneys, Luther Z. Rosser and Reuben R. Arnold, went into immediate conference to determine their next step, which is expected to be an extraordinary motion filed in the court

The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 26th February 1914,6th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.SCORES DORSEY AND HARRIS FOR HOLDING BACK HAIR EVIDENCELeo M. Frank, speaking earnestly and sometimes approaching the eloquent in the heat of his declarations, talked through the bars of his cell Thursday in the first audience to newspaper men that he has given since he was taken to the Tower on the first day of May of last year. While asserting that he bore no rancor nor malice for the prosecution which resulted in his conviction for the slaying of Mary Phagan and the imposition of the death sentence upon

The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 27th February 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.JUST TRIAL ASKED FOR HUSBANDMrs. Frank Cites Fairness Shows Becker Because of Character of State's Witnesses.Charging that a "vile conspiracy" had placed her husband in the shadow of the gallows and citing the recent startling developments in the Phagan mystery to support her accusation, Mrs. Leo M. Frank Friday addressed a letter to the public asking if the courts and officers of Georgia could not be as fair, at least, as those in New York where Lieutenant Charles Becker was granted a new trial because of the low character of

The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 28th February 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### PAGE 1, COLUMN 8**JUST TRIAL ASKED FOR HUSBAND**Revelations To Be Made Public Only as Filing of Extraordinary Motion for Retrial.Sentence of death will be re-imposed upon Leo M. Frank early next week. Not until the date for his execution is fixed again will the next move be made by his lawyers. The extraordinary motion for a new trial, which will be submitted to Judge Ben Hill on the grounds of newly discovered evidence, will be held in abeyance until Frank is brought before the judge on the application of

The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 1st March 1914,3th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1."I Never Have Been Able Fully to Realize That It Is I Who Is Facing Death. It Seems Like a Detached Being," He Says"If I Should Have to Forfeit My Life, No Qualms of Death Will Ever Shake Me; It Does Not Take Any Physical Courage."An interview that takes its place as one of the most remarkable ever given by a man under the sentence of death was obtained by The Sunday American from Leo Frank yesterday.Frank, describing his sensations as the State, day by day, is pressing its claim

The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 2nd March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### PAGE 1, COLUMN 6FAMOUS DETECTIVENOW ON FRANK CASEWILLIAM J. BURNSFrom a Photo taken by Georgian Staff Photographer on a former visit to Atlanta.0### PAGE 1, COLUMN 8DETECTIVEAT WORKON BIGCASETalks for Two Hours With Prisoner in Cell Will Weigh Narrative Carefully.For two hours Monday afternoon Detective William J. Burns, sitting before the cell of Leo Frank in the County jail, plied the prisoner with questions relating to the Phagan murder and the part Frank has been convicted of having in it.Together, the two went over the case from its beginning,

The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 3rd March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.The way was paved Tuesday for the resentencing of Leo M. Frank in Judge Hill's Court, and the next move on the part of the Defense, when the Remittitur was received from the Supreme Court by the Clerk of the Superior Court, leaving it optional with Solicitor Hugh Dorsey as to when he should apply for the Pronouncement of sentence for the second time upon the Prisoner.The Solicitor said he would move for the resentencing Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday.Tuesday, 3rd March 1914: Way Clear For New Frank Sentence And Next

The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 4th March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.'ON FRANK CASE TO FINISH,' BURNS"I am on the Frank case to the finish," was the emphatic declaration of William J. Burns Wednesday on his return to Atlanta from New Orleans and Jackson, Miss.This was the first positive statement as to his intentions that had been made by the great detective since he began his preliminary investigation of the murder mystery.Burns arrived in Atlanta at 11:50 o'clock Wednesday forenoon and went at once into conference with Milton Klein and Dr. B. Wildauer, who have been active in engaging his services.A

The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 5th March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### SENTENCE DAY KEPT SECRETCourt Wants to Avoid Crowds of Curious. Date Given to Attorneys.The date for the resentencing to death of Leo M. Frank has been fixed by Judge Ben Hill, but Thursday was being kept secret. The information has been given to Hugh Dorsey, Solicitor, and Reuben Arnold, chief counsel for the defense. But the information was in strict confidence.It is known that Judge Hill desires to have Frank brought to the courthouse and sentenced with no large crowd of curious and possibly clamorous bystanders."I can't tell you

The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 6th March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.HAPPY OVER NEW ALIBI EVIDENCEWoman Tells of Seeing and Speaking to Prisoner at Alleged Time of Crime.Death sentence will be pronounced upon Leo Frank Saturday, according to reports circulated Friday at the Court House by County officials.Secrecy as to the exact time the prisoner will be brought before Judge Hill has been maintained, and it is impossible to say whether Frank will be taken from his cell in the Tower early in the morning or in the afternoon after court business is over.Luther Z. Rosser, chief of counsel for the

The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 7th March 1914,6th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Leo Frank Saturday was sentenced by Judge Ben Hill to be hanged April 17 in the Fulton County Tower. If the mandate of the court is carried out, the prisoner will depart from life on the anniversary of the day he entered it. He will be 30 years old on April 17.The solemn formality was made the more impressive by a remarkable address to the court by Frank. The prisoner showed none of the agitation or nervousness that might have been expected from a person in his tragic position. He

The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 9th March 1914,6th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.That Solicitor Hugh Dorsey is laying careful plans to fight any so-called new evidence which the defense of Leo M. Frank may introduce in the extraordinary motion for a new trial before Judge Ben Hill became known Monday.The Solicitor is working in cooperation with city detectives, getting up evidence to attack the repudiations of trial testimony made public recently. It also was reported on apparently good authority that sensational charges would be the outgrowth of the work of the Solicitor General and the detectives.Frank Appears Content.Frank, in his cell Monday,

The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 10th March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### PAGE 1, COLUMN 7### EVIDENCE IN FOR RETRIAL MOTION; PREPARING PLEAAffidavits are in the possession of the Frank defense, it became known Tuesday, which will be used to complete their array of new evidence on which they will base the extraordinary motion for a new trial.The affidavits are from persons who testified for the State in the first trial of the factory superintendent, and it is understood that in one case the affidavit repudiates entirely the vital portion of the testimony given on the stand, and in another modifies

The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 11th March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### JUSTICE IS HUSHED IN TUMULT, SHE SAYSNEW YORK, March 11. "My son is being sacrificed on an altar of infamy above which the seal of the sovereign State of Georgia reposes. In the tumult, the voice of justice is hushed. Loudly boast the Atlanta police that they have brought to justice the slayer of little Mary Phagan. Proudly they tap their shields, calling attention to their omnipotence, their championship of the fair name of Justice. Someone must die that the law might be satisfied. My son, a Jew, was

The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 12th March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.W. S. Jenkins, a bricklayer living on West Fourteenth Street, and his wife, along with their daughter, Mrs. Lula Belle Brown, will likely be important witnesses for Leo Frank in his motion for a new trial. Their testimony, which was discovered Thursday, will be used in an effort to show attempts at a "frame-up" by Detective John Black.Mrs. Brown has been married since the Frank trial and is now in a reformatory at Milledgeville. Last spring, she was 16 years old, unmarried, and living with her parents.Jenkins and his wife

The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 13th March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### URGED STORY BE ALTERED, SHE SAYSMrs. J. B. Simmons Declares She Heard Screams in Factory After 2 o'Clock Day of Crime.By A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.BIRMINGHAM, ALA., March 13. Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey, up to this time almost overlooked in the fusillade of Phagan case affidavits alleging "frame-up" and "doctored evidence" against the city and detectives and other officials, today was made the target for the sensational charge that he sought to change the testimony of a prospective witness so that it would fit the State's theory of Leo Frank

The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 14th March 1914,6th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### PAGE 1, COLUMN 8FRANK RAPS LANFORD'S STANDDeclares Chief's Plan to Oppose Burns Quizzing Accuser Does Not Worry Sleuth.Leo Frank Saturday paid his respects to Newport Lanford in a sarcastic criticism of the detective chief's published declaration that Jim Conley told the truth on the stand, and that any change he might make in his sworn statement now, even under the pressure of Detective Burns' questioning, would be a lie pure and simple."What gift of omniscience permits our great detective chief to look into the very soul of the Negro

The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 15th March 1914,4th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 8.Woman Makes Affidavit She Was Urged to Testify Falsely in Attack on Character of Accused; Asked to Keep Plot Secret. Girl Who Testified at Trial That She Knew Nothing Wrong of Prisoner Declares Detectives Tried to Get Her to Falsify.NEW YORK, March 14. Public sentiment in Atlanta, which was so strongly against Leo M. Frank during his trial on the charge of slaying Mary Phagan, is gradually changing in his favor as the result of recent revelations, according to John W. Grant, prominent capitalist of Atlanta, who is staying at

The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 16th March 1914,8th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### SCANS TRAIL OF NEGRO IN FACTORYGreat Detective Is Confident That He Can Clear Up Mystery of Girl's Death.Step by step over the same trail in the National Pencil Factory that Jim Conley led the city detectives nine months ago, William J. Burns, master detective, went Monday afternoon. Conley made the dramatic trip through the factory, meanwhile reeling off glibly a remarkable story of his part in the crime, in what he asserted was a re-enactment of the tragedy of last April 26. Detective Burns, already cognizant of every detail

The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 17th March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### PAGE 1, COLUMN 1### SLEUTH GOES INTO 'PLOT' EVIDENCE### Famous Detective Holds Conference With Accused Prisoner.### Formby Affidavit Probed.A half-hour talk with Leo Frank, at which Don C. Seitz, manager of the New York World, was present, a discussion of certain phases of the Phagan murder case with C. E. Sears, manager of the local Burns Agency, and a conference with Luther Rosser, chief of counsel for Frank, occupied Detective William J. Burns Tuesday forenoon and part of the afternoon. Later in the day he intended to return to

The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 18th March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.PAGE 1, COLUMN 6'PLAIN TRAILOF SLAYER'FOUNDIndications that William J. Burns is rapidly approaching a climax in his investigation of the murder of Mary Phagan are seen in statements by the famous detective made to The Georgian Wednesday. Burns declared that there is no question that he will be able to clear up the element of mystery that has surrounded the case from the beginning."The track of the murderer of the little girl is plain," the famous detective said. "Every criminal, especially a murderer, leaves a track, some trace of his

The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 19th March 1914,8th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.VOWS THAT HE'LL TALK TO JIM CONLEYWilliam J. Burns Thursday scoffed at the idea that Jim Conley's lawyer or anyone else could prevent him from seeing the negro when he decides the time has come to interview the self-confessed accessory of Leo M. Frank in the slaying of Mary Phagan."Conley has been tried, convicted, and sentenced," said Burns. "The idea that anyone can keep from seeing him is absurd. I am going to see Conley. The time has not arrived yet when the best results would be obtained in any

The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 20th March 1914,8th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### ACTIVITY OF COLYAR IS PROBEDFamous Detective Begins Investigation of Alleged Bribe Offers for False Testimony.A. S. Colyar, dictographer, quondam lawyer and mysterious figure in the Phagan murder case, has been brought into the light by the latest activity of Detective Burns and his operatives.This became known Friday shortly after the day's most important development"Burns' positive declaration that he already was in a position to clear up the mystery of Mary Phagan's missing purse and pay envelope and of the ribbons and flowers missing from her hat.The strange disappearance of

The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 21st March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.PAGE 1, COLUMN 7REFUSES TO ANSWER DEFIANT MESSAGE OF CONLEY'S ATTORNEYWilliam J. Burns will extend his investigation of the Phagan case into other cities when Dan Lehon, the superintendent of the Southern Division of the Burns Detective Agency, arrives in Atlanta Sunday. Mr. Burns said Saturday that various features of the case which require a thorough investigation will take him out of the city for a few days. It is understood he will leave Atlanta Monday or Tuesday, placing Lehon in charge of the local end of the case. He

The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 22nd March 1914,4th Edition (Final),PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.### Declares He Never Has Been on Case Involving So Many Issues Outside of All-Important One Promises to Explain Broken Lock on Cellar Door.William J. Burns declared Saturday night that one week's work on the Frank case made it certain that he will be able to clear up every perplexing angle of the South's greatest murder mystery. "I will stake my reputation," he said, "on the outcome of my work."Among other things he asserted he would dissipate the doubt surrounding these all-absorbing phases of the case: The mystery of Mary

The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 23rd March 1914,8th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.### Detective Off for New York to Quiz Former Mechanic of Factory on Pad ClewWilliam J. Burns left at 11:01 Monday for a trip of several days to New York. The pursuit of an entirely new trail in the Phagan murder case, as well as the possibility of clearing up a number of older phases of the mystery, took him away from Atlanta. Before his departure he declared the case was entirely clear to him, and that when his work was finished he would be able to point unerringly to

The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 24th March 1914,8th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.WASHINGTON, March 24. "I have uncovered new evidence to remove all doubt as to who killed Mary Phagan, the factory girl of Atlanta, for whose death Leo M. Frank has been condemned to die," today declared Detective William J. Burns. He stopped in Washington en route from Atlanta to New York."I am going to clean up some details of the case in New York," he said, "and when I have finished my inquiries I will tell the people what I have discovered."Will Convict the Negro, Says Haas.NEW YORK, March 24.

The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 25th March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 3, COLUMN 3.MISS JANE ADDAMSPAGE 3, COLUMN 5JANE ADDAMS IS MOVED BY FATE OF LEO FRANKJane Addams, probably the best known woman in the United States and known over the world for her philanthropic work, has become absorbed in the Frank case and has written a highly interesting letter regarding it to Mrs. Emily Mc Dougald, prominent Atlanta woman and leader in the suffrage cause.Miss Addams, who gained international fame as head of Hull House in Chicago, was here before the big suffrage fight early in March.She has since studied the details

The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 26th March 1914,8th Edition (Final),PAGE 4, COLUMN 1.### Burns Man Says He Is Greatly Encouraged by Results of His First EffortsDan Lehon, superintendent of the Southern division of the William J. Burns Detective Agency, who, in the absence of Burns in New York, is in Atlanta in charge of the investigation into the death of Mary Phagan, declared Thursday that the 24 hours' work he has done on the case has convinced him, as it did his chief, that the mystery will be solved beyond the shadow of a doubt."I am very much encouraged over the developments

The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 27th March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.A half-dozen new witnesses to establish an alibi for Leo Frank, twice as many more to testify to the "shaping" of testimony by the Solicitor and detectives and many others whose evidence tends to throw the suspicion of guilt upon Jim Conley are named in the formal notice of an extraordinary motion for a new trial filed Friday by the lawyers for Leo M. Frank."No stronger motion for a new trial ever was filed in the State of Georgia," was the comment of Reuben R. Arnold, one of the defendant's

The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 28th March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 3, COLUMN 6.### Militia Commander Urges Employers to Allow Men to Join. Tells Benefits.Should the attitude of employers in Atlanta remain antagonistic and the Fifth Regiment be forced to disband, taxes in Atlanta would be materially raised, according to Colonel Orville H. Hall."The very fact that a regiment of the National Guard is stationed here keeps down the taxes," he said Saturday. "Fire insurance rates are also lowered. At present the Atlanta police force is far too small. Efforts are being made for the addition of 40 more men. If the force

The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 29th March 1914,4th Edition (Final),PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.### Famous Detective Declares He Will Point Out Slayer of Girl and Give Indisputable Evidence of Guilt.Frank Discusses the New Motion.Detective William J. Burns, brought to Atlanta to throw light on every phase of the Phagan murder mystery and to point out without chance of dispute the slayer of the little factory girl, this week will make his complete report to the friends of Leo Frank, his employers, and to the public.This was made known Saturday night in dispatches from New York to The Sunday American. It was believed that

The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 30th March 1914,8th Edition (Final),PAGE 2, COLUMN 1.Report That Defense Had Located New Witness There Is Without Foundation.Dispatches from Chicago Monday denied the report that clews to a possible solution of the Phagan murder mystery had been found in Chicago. The report had gained considerable circulation upon the news that Herbert Haas, of counsel for Leo Frank, had been in Chicago conferring with the head of a national detective agency. The rumor declared that the conference had to do with a witness believed to be at present in one of Chicago's suburbs.However, an investigation revealed that Mr.

The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 31st March 1914,8th Edition (Final),PAGE 2, COLUMN 1.### Report on Phagan Case Expected From Famous Detective Later Part of WeekWilliam J. Burns is expected to return to Atlanta from New York late Tuesday afternoon or early Wednesday morning, to put the finishing touches to his investigation in the death of Mary Phagan. Definite announcement was made Tuesday that the famous detective has concluded his work, and that his final report, covering every detail of the case upon which he and his operatives have worked for the past month, will be forthcoming within the next few days. Burns'

The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 1st April 1914,8th Edition (Final),PAGE 3, COLUMN 4.Burns' Detective Certain Every Phase of Mystery Will Be Fully Explained.Guy B. Biddinger, assistant general manager of the W. J. Burns Detective Agency, said Wednesday, after spending four days in Atlanta working in secret on the Phagan murder case, that there was no doubt in his mind as to the slayer of the factory girl. He repeated the declaration of his chief that the case presented no mystery that could not be cleared up satisfactorily and finally.Referring to the original affidavit of Nina Formby, the woman who charged Frank with

The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 2nd April 1914,9th Edition (Final),PAGE 3, COLUMN 1."Butch" Mc Devitt, millionaire for a day, has nothing on Guy B. Biddinger, assistant general manager of the Burns Detective Agency, who is in Atlanta investigating the Phagan murder mystery. Mc Devitt, of Wilkes-Barre, lived like a millionaire for 24 short hours. Biddinger spent money as though it were counterfeit for as many days and more.Biddinger is a man of many personalities, but he is most at home as an aristocratic, rolling-in-wealth individual who is running John D. a close race for financial supremacy. As a latter-day Croesus, he is

The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 3rd April 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.PAGE 1, COLUMN 8READY NOWTO POINTTO GIRL'SSLAYERCHICAGO, April 3. "The murderer of Mary Phagan has been found. Leo M. Frank will not be hanged on April 17."This statement was made by William J. Burns, the famous detective, who arrived in Chicago to-day. He has been working on the mysterious murder for which Frank was convicted and sentenced to be hanged. He went into conference immediately upon his arrival here with a number of men whose identities were not permitted to be known.Before he entered the conference Detective Burns said that

The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 4th April 1914,2th Edition (Final),PAGE 2, COLUMN 2.William J. Burns, after a prolonged investigation of various phases of the Phagan murder case in New York, Chicago and Kansas City, is expected in Atlanta Saturday, having left Chicago Friday night. On his arrival Burns is expected to confer with his lieutenants, Guy Biddinger and Dan Lehon, who have been working on the case in his absence. It may be that following this conference the detective will be ready to make the full report of the case he has been promising.Before leaving Chicago, Burns said he knew who killed

The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 5th April 1914,4th Edition (Final),PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.### Detective Declares Result of Investigation of Frank Case Will Be Made Public 'Very Soon.' Trip North Developed Valuable Evidence.Back from a week's trip that included visits to New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Kansas City, Detective W. J. Burns said Saturday that his agency had practically completed the investigation of a murder mystery and would have its report ready to be given to the public within a few days.In each of the cities visited, Burns interviewed persons possessing valuable information bearing on the case. Several of them never have been

The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 6th April 1914,8th Edition (Final),PAGE 2, COLUMN 4.Jim Conley, whom Detective W. J. Burns is saving for the last in his investigation of the Phagan murder mystery, Monday made complete denial of the allegations made in the affidavit of the negro woman, Mary Rich, who has sworn that Conley was still about the National Pencil Factory at 2:20 o'clock the afternoon Mary Phagan was slain.Conley also denied he ever had given any of the girls at the pencil factory cause for fright because of his actions toward them. This statement was in reference to the affidavits of

The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 7th April 1914,8th Edition (Final),PAGE 2, COLUMN 1.The pathetic and the ludicrous marched side by side in Judge W. D. Ellis' divorce mill Tuesday. The courtroom crowd cried with the young bride whose husband had dragged her about the house and left her lying sick while he went out and played poker; and laughed at the woes of the man who won his wife through a matrimonial agency and was exceedingly anxious to rid himself of her. They sympathized in silence with the wife who told of her husband setting fire to her gown, and snickered at

The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 8th April 1914,8th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Talks Over Frank Case With the Prosecutor and Is Shown the State's Physical Evidence.William J. Burns had his first talk with Solicitor Hugh Dorsey Wednesday and went over the physical evidence in the possession of the State. If anything important developed it has not been announced.Burns made no effort to convince the Solicitor that the man he convicted was innocent. It had been reported for some time that Burns would present his evidence to the Solicitor, but Wednesday the detective came for information, not to give it.He looked over the

The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 9th April 1914,8th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Additional developments in the Phagan murder case Thursday made it strongly probable that Detective W. J. Burns, who already has been investigating the mystery more than three weeks, will delay his report a week and possibly longer.If the report is withheld for more than a week, it will not come until after the extraordinary motion for a new trial is filed with Judge Hill by the lawyers for Leo Frank. The motion will be filed Thursday, April 16. Judge Hill at that time is expected to grant a stay of

The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 10th April 1914,8th Edition (Final),PAGE 7, COLUMN 5.Detective Invites All Persons Who Have Known Prisoner to Confer With Him.Detective W. J. Burns Friday began an investigation of every story and rumor concerning the character of Leo M. Frank. He announced that he would run down to their origin all of the reports that have been in circulation since the Phagan murder which have purported to relate to Frank's conduct with women in his office in the National Pencil Factory.The detective's first move in developing this angle of his investigation was to issue a general invitation to every

The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 11th April 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 2, COLUMN 6.### Rumor Had Rival Detective Watching Burns; Latter Has New ClewsSpeculation was aroused Saturday by the report that William A. Pinkerton, head of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, was in Atlanta and had been here several days under cover. The supposition has been made in connection with the Phagan murder mystery, on which his operatives in Atlanta have been engaged for several days after the crime until the conviction of Leo Frank.The report also had it that he had left New Orleans Monday night, and had come directly to Atlanta,

The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 12th April 1914,4th Edition,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Detective Declares Reward Is Open to Dorsey, Lanford, or Anyone Else Who May Give Him Information He Seeks 'I'm After Truth,' He Says.An offer of $1,000 was made by Detective W. J. Burns Saturday night to any person or persons who would furnish him with definite and satisfactory evidence of acts of degeneracy on the part of Leo M. Frank, such as was testified to by the negro Jim Conley when Frank was on trial last summer for the murder of Mary Phagan.Burns tied no strings to the offer. He made

The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 13th April 1914,1st Edition,PAGE 2, COLUMN 6.Rumor Had Rival Detective Watching Burns Later Has New ClewsSpeculation was aroused Saturday by the report that William A. Pinkerton, head of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, was in Atlanta, and had been here several days under cover. The supposition was that he came here in connection with the Phagan murder mystery, on which his operatives in Atlanta were engaged from a few days after the crime until the conviction of Leo Frank.The report said he had left New Orleans Monday night, and had come directly to Atlanta, where he kept

The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 16th April 1914,1st Edition,PAGE 2, COLUMN 4.Interest Centers in Disposition of Extraordinary Motion Delay of Execution Certain.With only a day intervening before the date set for the execution of Leo Frank, interest centered Wednesday in the probable outcome of the extraordinary motion which will be filed Thursday with Judge Hill.Frank is under sentence to be hanged on Friday, but it is regarded as certain that his execution will be delayed for weeks and possibly months.Judge Hill may make any one of three dispositions of the motion for a new trial. He may deny it at once without

The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 17th April 1914,8th Edition,PAGE 6, COLUMN 1.Dr. H. F. Harris, to whom questions were put bearing on his comparison of the strands of hair found on the second floor of the National Pencil Factory with that taken from the head of Mary Phagan, is much less positive that they were not the same than at the time he was quoted first in respect to the matter several weeks ago.This became known Friday when his answers to the series of questions submitted to him Thursday at the filing of the extraordinary motion for a new trial in behalf

The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 18th April 1914,4th Edition,PAGE 2, COLUMN 5.Result of Mysterious Trip Eagerly AwaitedHooper Surprised at Verdict Motion.Since the filing of the motion for a new trial for Leo M. Frank the case has marked time, waiting for the return of William J. Burns from his latest and most mysterious journey.Nobody knows where the detective went, and the date of his return is nearly as much a secret.It was announced that he would be back some time Saturday, but Leonard Haas said Monday was the day he understood Burns to be expected. At the Burns agency, too, it was

The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 19th April 1914,4th Edition,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Negro of Police Station Since Last Thursday for 'Protection,' He Says. Returns to His Original Story on Stand.Witness Reported to Have Told Dorsey Agent for Defense Had Him Discharged at Terminal So He Would Leave the City.Albert Mc Knight recanting State's witness in the Frank trial, came back into the fold of the prosecution Saturday night with a straight-out declaration that he had sworn to lies in his affidavit for the defense in which he had said his testimony against Frank was perjury.Lying on a cot in a cell at the

The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 20th April 1914,4th Edition,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Prospects of an early report by William J. Burns on the Phagan murder case were revived by the announcement of Dan Lehon, Burns' lieutenant, that his chief would arrive in Atlanta at 11:40 o'clock Monday morning. The assumption is that his report will be made either later Monday or early on Tuesday.The Burns report now is regarded as the only important phase that can develop prior to the big legal fight next Wednesday, when the prosecution and the defense come to their clash before Judge Hill. Mr. Burns has stated repeatedly

The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 21st April 1914,4th Edition,PAGE 1, COLUMN 8.William J. Burns had "nothing to say" Tuesday concerning his prospective report on the Phagan murder case, but asserted that the result of his investigation in all probability would be made public some time Wednesday."I can't tell you the time of day, even," he said. "But I believe my report will be filed Wednesday."This being the case, the report is expected to be made a part of the evidence cited in the retrial motion and used in the legal battle for another trial of Leo M. Frank, which opens Wednesday.In the

The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 22nd April 1914,1st Edition,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.BURNS MAKES FIRST REPORTDetective William J. Burns, accompanied by Dan Lehon and a lawyer in the Frank case, called at police headquarters late Tuesday afternoon and held a five-minute conference with Chief of Detectives Lanford.Mr. Burns asked Chief Lanford to show him the affidavits which the Chief is reported to have, charging perversion to Leo Frank. Chief Lanford told Mr. Burns that inasmuch as the case is coming up for a hearing Wednesday, and the perversion charges are not in evidence and have no bearing on the case at this time,

The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 23rd April 1914,3rd Edition,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Dorsey Springs Surprise as Hear Ing Opens, Announcing No Counter-Showing.The hearing on the extraordinary motion for a new trial for Leo M. Frank was begun Thursday before Judge Hill in the library at the State Capitol.Solicitor Dorsey caused a surprise at the opening of the hearing by announcing that he had no counter-showing to make and no affidavits to submit at this time.This made it necessary for the defense to go ahead at once. Attorney Reuben Arnold made the point that if the State at any subsequent time during the hearing

The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 24th April 1914,3rd Edition,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Report of Detective Filed as High Card in Defense's Battle for New TrialLawyers for Leo Frank played their high card Friday by offering as amendments to the extraordinary motion for a new trial portions of the report of Detective W. J. Burns, which placed directly upon the negro Jim Conley the sole responsibility for the murder of Mary Phagan.Affidavits accompanying the report were introduced to show that the negro is a pervert of one of the lowest types, and that the circumstances of the murder fitted in with the acceptance of

The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 25th April 1914,5th Edition,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Find Nothing About Accused to Prove Conley's Story State's Case Crumbling, Says Burns.Detective W. J. Burns made public Saturday for the first time the fact that the Atlanta physicians delegated by him to visit Leo Frank in his cell at the Tower all had reported that they found the prisoner entirely normal in every respect, and that they could find no indications of degeneracy of the type the negro Jim Conley described on the witness stand.Among the specialists engaged by Burns to visit Frank were R. R. Daly, an alienist of

The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 26th April 1914,4th Edition,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Detective Asserts Writing ShowsNegro in Habit of Using 'Did' as Well as 'Done,' Which State Called White Man's Work.Letters Sent by Sweeper to Negress Declared To Be Proof He Is Degenerate Much of Contents Reported Unprintable.A sensation more impressive than that created by the affidavits of the Rev. C. B. Ragsdale and the negro woman, Annie Maude Carter, in which they asserted they had heard from Jim Conley's lips a confession of the Phagan murder, was announced by Detective W. J. Burns Saturday night in making public a series of letters

The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 27th April 1914,1st Edition,PAGE 3, COLUMN 6.Detective W. J. Burns made public Saturday for the first time the fact that the Atlanta physicians delegated by him to visit Leo Frank in his cell at the Tower all had reported that they found the prisoner entirely normal in every respect, and that they could find no indications of degeneracy of the type the negro Jim Conley described on the witness stand.Among the specialists engaged by Burns to visit Frank were R. R. Daly, an alienist of wide reputation; Hansell Crenshaw, J. Cheston King, E. Bates Block, L. W.

The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 28th April 1914,2nd Edition,PAGE 2, COLUMN 5.Rumor of Repudiation by Ragsdale and Barber Draws Denunciation From Defense.Sensations were expected Tuesday in the mystery surrounding rumors that the Rev. C. B. Ragsdale, the Kirkwood clergyman, and R. L. Barber, member of his congregation, have repudiated their statements that they heard Jim Conley confess, followed by the attack of Frank's counsel, who said the two men had brought to them excellent credentials and every appearance of truth in their statement.The lawyers for the defense were quick to repudiate the witnesses on the assumption that the clergyman and his associate

The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 29th April 1914,2nd Edition,PAGE 2, COLUMN 6.Solicitor Dorsey Gathers Evidence to Attack Story of NegroesThat Conley Confessed.Solicitor Hugh Dorsey Wednesday declared that he had not yet decided whether he will ask Judge Ben Hill to reconvene the hearing of the extraordinary motion for a new trial for Leo Frank Thursday morning, instead of Friday. He stated that his course in this regard will depend upon developments of the day."If the Ragsdale evidence is eliminated," Mr. Dorsey said, "we may be ready to proceed with the case Thursday, but something might happen that will keep us from being

The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 30th April 1914,2nd Edition,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.2 ACCUSED BY PASTOR REFUTE STORYMinister Who Asserts He Was Given $200 for Affidavit Said To Be Weak-Minded.The sensational story of Rev. O. B. Ragsdale, of the Plum Street Baptist Church, that he was given a bribe of $200 to make an affidavit detailing an alleged confession by Jim Conley, which he claimed he overheard while in an alley behind the National Pencil Factory, and that the affidavit was drawn and sworn to in the office of his attorney, Arthur Thurman, was vigorously assailed by Thurman Thursday."If Ragsdale says I was

The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 1st May 1914,3rd Edition,PAGE 1, COLUMN 8.Negro's Letters to Carter WomanFiled, but Judge Blocks Reading of Them.Leo Frank's defense was given its first setback in the hearing of the extraordinary motion for a new trial Friday, when Judge Ben Hill refused to allow the condemned man's attorneys to introduce, as an amendment to the original motion, an affidavit from Detective William J. Burns, embodying the results of a thorough examination of the clothing worn by Mary Phagan when she was killed.Mr. Burns' affidavit, detailing the mutilated condition in which he found the clothing, tended to support his

The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 2nd May 1914,3rd Edition,PAGE 1, COLUMN 8.BURNS GRILLED IN COURT BY SOLICITORFamous Detective, on Stand, Tells of His Connection With the Frank Case.Clearing of Frank Not Condition of His Employment, He Tells Solicitor.Solicitor Hugh Dorsey put William J. Burns through a gruelling examination before Judge Hill Saturday in a determined effort to throw light on the tactics the detective has followed in the investigation of the Phagan murder mystery.The questions put to Burns showed that the State has kept close tab on him and his men, apparently following every step of their movements in this and other

The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 3rd May 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Describes His Work on the Case, and Says Record Is Everything Needed to Prove Man's InnocenceAdmits Not Seeing State Witnesses.Detective William J. Burns underwent more than an hour's severe examination at the hands of Solicitor Dorsey Saturday before Judge Ben Hill. The hearing on the extraordinary motion was not to have been resumed until Monday, but it was necessary for Burns to leave town for a few days and the hearing was hastily called for Saturday forenoon.The Solicitor went into every phase of Burns' investigation since the detective entered the case more