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Atlanta JournalAugust 4th, 1913 Negro Swore Previously That He Never Saw Mary Phagan Enter Factory—Many Other Changes in Story—Fourth Time He's Changed Narrative James Conley's story as he told it on the witness stand Monday morning differs in many important details from the story he told to the detectives in his famous affidavit of confession. In that affidavit he said that by appointment he met Frank at the corner of Forsyth and Nelson streets the day of the murder, and that he first went to the factory on that day when he followed Frank back there. He now says that

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 5th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.PAGE 1, COLUMN 3WHEN LAWYERS CLASH HIS DECISION GOESJUDGE L. S. ROAN. Staff Photo by Winn.PAGE 1, COLUMN 6ON GROUNDS OF IRRELEVANCY ATTORNEY ARNOLD MOVES TO STRIKE PART OF TESTIMONYHe Asks That Conley's Statement That He Acted as "Lookout" for Frank, and Part of Testimony Attacking Frank's Personal Character Be Blotted From Record Attorney Hooper Declares Defense Has Waited Too Long to Enter ObjectionMYSTERIOUS "MR. DALTON" MENTIONED BY CONLEY MAY BE CALLED BY SOLICITOR TO CORROBORATE NEGROIt Is Said That Dalton Is Within Reach of State With Conley Still Under Cross-Examination and

Atlanta JournalAugust 5th, 1913 "They Haven't Shaken Him a Particle," Says Dorsey—"He Has Told About 240 Lies Already," Declares Attorney Reuben Arnold Both the state's attorneys and the counsel for Leo M. Frank Tuesday at noon expressed satisfaction with the progress of the cross-examination of James Conley, the negro sweeper. The negro had been on the stand then for more than nine hours, during eight hours of which he had undergone a strenuous grilling at the hands of Attorney L. Z. Rosser. "They have not shaken him a particle," declared Solicitor Dorsey, "and that isn't all. I don't believe they

Atlanta JournalAugust 5th, 1913 Jim Conley Grilled for Many Hours By Frank's Attorney Who Fails to "Rattle" Him Luther Rosser Makes Negro Admit Lies and Terms in Prison, but Sweeper Remains Good Witness for State—Women Excluded From Court Room During Afternoon Session, Numerous Tilts Between Opposing Counsel Marked With Bitterness. The afternoon session of the Frank trial was marked by many tilts between the solicitor and his assistant with counsel for the defense and toward the end of the session much bitterness was injected into the remarks by various members of opposing counsel. Judge Roan decided with Frank's counsel after

Atlanta JournalAugust 6th, 1913 Jim Made for a Newspaper and a Cigarette as Soon as He Left the Stand—He Is Interviewed Through Medium of His Attorney Jim Conley wasn't garrulous after he left the witness stand Wednesday morning, and that's saying the least of it. Perhaps Jim figured that he had done enough talking to last him a few weeks. He went into the reporters' room first and sat down and heaved a sort of sigh. Then he picked up an edition of The Journal and commenced to read about himself. A reporter turned from the telephone and said something

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 6th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.PAGE 1, COLUMN 4SWEARS NEGRO CONFESSED TO HIM W. H. MINCEY.PAGE 1, COLUMN 6CONLEY'S WHOLE TESTIMONY WILL BE ALLOWED TO STAY IN RECORD OF FRANK CASEState Ready With Corroborating Witnesses, if Evidence Is Held to Be Admissible Jim Conley Adds New and Sensational Feature to His Testimony, Declaring He Saw Frank Place Mary Phagan's Pocketbook in the Factory SafeSOLICITOR DORSEY APPLAUDED IN COURT WHEN SUSTAINED BY RECORDS AFTER DISPUTE WITH ROSSERThose Responsible for Applause Were Immediately Ejected From the Court Room Dr. H. F. Harris Expected to Resume Stand During Afternoon State

Atlanta JournalAugust 6th, 1913 Solicitor Dorsey in Vigorous Speech Protests Against Striking Evidence, Declaring He Has Witnesses to Corroborate the Negro and That Striking of Testimony Will Prevent His Getting Their Statements Before the Jury Sustaining a motion made by the defense in the trial of Leo M. Frank, Judge L. S. Roan Tuesday afternoon announced that he would rule out all of Conley's testimony charging the accused superintendent with perversion, and the negro's testimony that he acted as a "lookout" for Frank on days previous to the murder. The judge ruled that Conley's testimony that he watched for the

Atlanta JournalAugust 6th, 1913 Declares Negro Told Him He Had Killed a Girl—Waiting as Witness W. H. Mincey, the man who has made an affidavit in which he swears that Jim Conley told him on April 26, the day Mary Phagan was murdered, that he had killed a girl that day, appeared at the court house Wednesday morning but did not go into the court room. Mincey was seen by a Journal reporter as he stood across the street from the court house and watched the crowd seeking entrance. He declared that he was ready to take the witness stand

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 7th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.CENTRAL FIGURES DURING DRAMATIC MOMENTS IN TRIAL OF LEO M. FRANKHOOPER, OF THE PROSECUTION, ARGUING FOR THE RETENTION OF THE CONLEY TESTIMONY"BREWER ON COURT ROOM"DR. HARRIS, ON THE STAND, TELLS ABOUT HIS EXPERIMENTS WITH CABBAGEPAGE 1, COLUMN 6STATE FINISHES TESTIMONY AND DR. LEROY CHILDS BEGINS EXPERT EVIDENCE FOR DEFENSEDr. Childs Characterizes Conclusions Similar to Those Made by Dr. H. F. Harris and Dr. J. W. Hurt as RemarkableGuesses He Says Cabbage Is Most Indigestible of All Vegetables and Might Stay in Stomach for Many HoursDEFENSE IS EXPECTED TO PUT UP CHARACTER WITNESSES

Attorney William M. Smith, who clashed in the court room Tuesday with Attorneys for Leo M. Frank, who didn't want him to consult with client until Conley had finished his testimony. Atlanta JournalAugust 7th, 1913 Defense Asks Mistrial When Crowd in the Court Applauds Announcement of the Decision Judge Roan, However, Refuses to Stop Trial—Dr. Harris on Stand During Afternoon and Again Asserts that Mary Phagan Suffered Violence Just Before Death—Dalton Called to Corroborate Conley But Court Adjourns Before He Testifies Dr. H. F. Harris, secretary of the state board of health, was the first witness called for the Wednesday

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 8th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.MODEL OF FACTORY WHERE MARY PHAGAN WAS KILLEDStaff Photo by Wins.In the top corner the arrow points to chute down which defense may claim body was hurled. To the left of the steps in the corner picture is shown the wall of the partition, behind which the body was lying when found by Lee and the police. Still further to the left, just in front of the opening, is shown by two uprights the place where Lee stood when he first saw the body, which was partially hidden by the partition.The main

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 8th August 1913,PAGE 6, COLUMN 1.Afternoon Session of Frank's Trial Thursday Is Without Any Interesting DevelopmentsPinkerton Detective Harry Scott Testifies That Conley Never Told Him New Features of StoryDr. Leroy Childs Testifies in Effort to Break Dr. Harris' StoryWhen court adjourned Thursday afternoon at 5:10 o'clock Detective Scott, called by the defense to impeach Jim Conley, had just concluded his examination by the solicitor. Scott had been put through a long series of questions by Attorney Rosser, the purpose of which was to show the discrepancies between what Conley told Scott and what he swore on the

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 8th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.Sheriff Answers Criticisms of His Failure to Handcuff FrankAnswering criticisms which he said has been made of the fact that he does not handcuff Leo M. Frank, accused of the murder of Mary Phagan, in conducting the prisoner to and from the court house, Sheriff C. W. Mangum has issued the following statement with the request that it be published:"Some complaints are being made in regard to the handling of a prisoner (not prisoners) to and from the tower."When any prisoner is to be handled, if he is not violent or unruly

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 9th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1 AND COLUMN 3.HE IS EXAMINING DEFENSE WITNESSESStaff Photo by Winn.REUBEN R. ARNOLDPAGE 1, COLUMN 6WITNESS IN MIDST OF DORSEY'S GRILLING WHEN COURT ADJOURNS UNTIL NINE O'CLOCK ON MONDAYAssistant Factory Superintendent Refutes Testimony of C. B. Dalton and Jim Conley That Frank Frequently Had Women Callers in His Office on Saturday Afternoons and During Holidays He Says He Never Saw Conley There Saturday AfternoonsDECLARES THAT WIFE OF THE ACCUSED FREQUENTLY CALLED ON HUSBAND AT HIS OFFICE ON SATURDAYSAttorney Arnold Registers Another Objection Against Laughter of Spectators in the Court Room Solicitor Draws

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 9th August 1913,PAGE 4, COLUMN 1.Solicitor Dorsey Fiercely Attacks Evidence Given by the Witness For Defense at Afternoon SessionHe Also Implies That Watchman Was Trying to Fix Crime on Conley to Get Reward. Holloway Admits Signing Statement Produced by the Prosecutor Other Witnesses for Defense HeardAfter Solicitor Dorsey riddled E. F. Holloway, day watchman at the National Pencil factory, with volleys of questions regarding former statements made by the witness and which he could not explain or make coincide with his testimony Friday afternoon, court adjourned at 5:45 o'clock until 9 o'clock Saturday.The solicitor also trapped the

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 10th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.After Two Weeks of TestimonyOnly Evidence Directly Linking Frank With the Crime Is the Sensational Statement Made on the Stand by Negro Sweeper Summary of Developments in Trial to DateSTATE HAS INTRODUCED 34 WITNESSES, DEFENSE 10#### A Synopsis of the Evidence Presented by Both SidesShows Just What the State Has Sought to Prove and How the Defense Has Begun Its Fight to Convince Jury of Frank's InnocenceFOR two long and tedious weeks Leo M. Frank, indicted for the murder of Mary Phagan, has been on trial for his life. During those two

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 10th August 1913,PAGE 5, COLUMN 1.PLAYING PRACTICAL JOKES ON WATCHFUL BAILIFFS IS PASTIME OF FRANK JURORSCourt Bailiff Charles F. Huber, Who Guards Body in Hotel at Night, Spends Hours in Search of Mysterious FemaleVoice Which Disrupts His Peace Deder Townsend Improves His Time While Shut Off From World by Growing MustacheThere are a few pastimes almost as enjoyable as being a juror such as spending a short vacation in jail, or floating around on the bosom of the deep, blue ocean without an oasis in sight, for example. The latter diversions have their advantages. In jail a

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 10th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 8.George T. Kendley, Street Car Conductor, Declares He Saw Little Girl About Noon on April 26 as She Stepped From Curb on Forsyth Street Bridge to Cross Alabama Street, Where His Car Was StoppedBOTH SIDES READY TO GRILL EVERY WITNESSAttorneys Think There Is Little Chance of the Trial Ending This Week Much Testimony Is Expected in Rebuttal and All Indications Saturday Night Were Trial Would Run Into Its Fourth WeekTHE trial of Leo M. Frank for the murder of Mary Phagan will last from six days to two weeks longer, according to

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 11th August 1913,PAGE 5, COLUMN 2.FRANK CASE MENTIONED FOR FIRST TIME IN HOUSEFor the first time this session, mention of the case of Leo M. Frank, on trial for his life for the murder of fourteen-year-old Mary Phagan, was made today in the house of representatives.Representative Slater of Bryan was speaking in favor of the senate resolution of Mr. Irwin of the Thirty-fourth, calling for the appointment of a commissioner of competent lawyers to revive and improve the method of civil and criminal procedure in the state and report to the next session of the legislature, and

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 11th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.DR. GEORGE BACHMAN GIVES TESTIMONY TO SHOW HARRIS SIMPLY HAZARDED A GUESSProfessor of Physiology at Atlanta College of Physicians and Surgeons Declares Dr. Harris Is the Only Doctor He Knows Who Would Undertake to Express the Opinion That Dr. Harris Did in Reference to Mary Phagan's DeathFRANK A NORMAL MAN, SAYS DR. T. H. HANCOCK WHO TOOK WITNESS STAND MONDAY AFTERNOONHerbert G. Schiff, Frank's Young Assistant, Was Under Cross-Examination Several Hours Monday He Said He Had Never Heard Complaint That Factory Clock Ran Five Minutes Fast and Denied That Frank Had Objected

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 11th August 1913,PAGE 4, COLUMN 7.Sunday apparently brought reflection and repentance to one aspiring member of the Frank juror, while three others, after due consideration of the heat and other things, spent a part of their $2 per day.Juror Townsend, who has been carefully cultivating a most aspiring and sprouting young mustache, had the first opportunity in seven days to inspect it. After deliberating over its ultimate destiny for the greater part of Sunday, he evidently repented, for when he appeared in the court room Monday morning the thin, dark cloud topping his lips was gone.Three other

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 12th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.PAGE 1, COLUMN 3EXPERTS WHO TESTIFIED FOR DEFENSEDr. Willis Westmoreland. Dr. T. H. Hancock. Dr. Geo. Bochman.PAGE 1, COLUMN 6DALTON ADMITS HE SERVED A CHAINGANG SENTENCE FOR THEFT OF A "SHOP HAMMER"Miss Hattie Hall Swears She Was in Frank's Office Between 11 and 12 o'Clock and That Superintendent Did No Work on Finance Sheet During This Hour "Her Testimony Different in This Respect From What She Swore at InquestMRS. WHITE'S BROTHER GIVES DIFFERENT VERSION OF STORY ABOUT SEEING NEGRO LURKING IN FACTORYSolicitor Dorsey Puts Wade Campbell Through Severe Cross Examination, Calling Attention

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 12th August 1913,PAGE 6, COLUMN 1.Sensational Charge Hurled By Physician in Testimony Given at Afternoon SessionDr. Westmoreland, Answering Question of Attorney Reuben R. Arnold, Declares He Never Heard of a Chemist Who Had Made Examination by Himself and Then Destroyedthe Organs Without Bringing Them Into CourtThree experts took the stand Monday afternoon at the trial of Leo M. Frank to repudiate the conclusions reached by Dr. H. F. Harris to the effect that the condition of the cabbage in the stomach of Mary Phagan showed that she must have died within an hour after eating, and that

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 12th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Bellhop Brigade and Chambermaid Corps Caused Hunters of Sweets to Retreat "FrankJurors Spend Exciting Moments Monday NightWhen the jury that is to decide the fate of Leo M. Frank returned to its quarters in the Kimball hotel Monday evening it ran there into an adventure of almost harrowing intensity "harrowing at least when one considers the humdrum monotony of a juror's existence.A swarm of bees had occupied one of the rooms of the jury suite. Twelve jurors and two bailiffs retired hastily, barricaded themselves in an adjoining room, and sent in a

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 13th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.LEO M. FRANK AND THE LAWYERS WHO ARE BATTLING OVER HIS LIFEDORSEY, HOOPER, FRANK, ROSSER, ARNOLDPAGE 1, COLUMN 6ACTION A CHALLENGE TO STATE TO PUT UP WITNESSES IN REBUTTAL WHO OTHERWISE COULDN'T TESTIFYLemmie Quinn, Foreman in Metal Room, Tells the Jury He Visited Factory on Saturday, April 26, and Found Frank at His Desk Writing at 12:20 o'Clock, the Very Minute Almost That State Claims Mary Phagan Must Have Been KilledEFFORTS TO SHOW EXPERIMENTS OF WITNESSES WHO RE-ENACTED CONLEY'S STORY BRING FIGHTJudge Roan Delays Decision Until Both Sides Can Submit Authorities "Dr.

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 13th August 1913,PAGE 6, COLUMN 1.Questions Asked by Dorsey Of Office Boy at Factory Ruled Out After ArgumentAttorney Reuben R. Arnold Declares That Any Further Testimony Along Lines of That Sought by the Solicitor During Examination of Philip Chambers Will Tempt Him to Move for a New Trial in the CaseWith the calling of Emil Selig, Frank's father-in-law, the defense began their endeavor to prove Frank's statement in reference to his movements on the day of the tragedy.Mr. Selig's testimony bore principally upon the time Frank arrived at his home to dinner, the midday meal, and his

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 14th August 1913,PAGE 6, COLUMN 1.Defense Character Witness Is Used by Solicitor to Get Suggestions Before JurySolicitor Mentions Names of Many Persons, Who Will Probably be Put Up In Rebuttal to Attack Frank's Conduct as Related to Women Employes of Factory"Mrs. Rae Frank, Mother of the Accused, Creates a Sensation Shouting at the SolicitorCourt adjourned at 5:40 until 9 o'clock Thursday morning.The trial of Leo M. Frank took another sensational turn Wednesday afternoon when Solicitor Dorsey began, through his questions to John Ashley Jones, put up as a character witness by the defense, a vigorous attack upon

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 14th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.FRANK WAS SEEN BY WITNESSESON HIS WAY TO AND FROM HOME DAY LITTLE GIRL WAS KILLEDThere were three big features in the Thursday morning session of the trial of Leo M. Frank:First, the request of Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey that the mother and wife of the accused be excluded from the court room to prevent an interruption similar to that made by Mrs. Rae Frank Wednesday afternoon. Judge Roan did not grant the request but cautioned the ladies that they must contain themselves.Second, the overruling of a motion made by the defense

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 15th August 1913,PAGE 6, COLUMN 1.Testimony up to Thursday Would Fill 500 Newspaper Columns, Says OfficialMrs. M. Marcus, M. J. Goldstein, I. Strauss, Who Participated in Card Game, Declare Frank Showed No Signs of of Excitement When They Saw Him Saturday Evening and That There Were No Scratches on His FaceThat all Georgia records for criminal trials already had been broken, and that probably there was no southern record approaching it, was the statement of the court stenographer informally Thursday afternoon with regard to the Leo M. Frank murder trial.The stenographer stated that the records of the

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 15th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.TAKES WITNESS STAND SATURDAY MORNING; UNDER LAW CANNOT BE EXAMINED BY THE SOLICITORDefense's Case Is Rapidly Nearing Completion, and Indications Are That All Witnesses, Except Frank, Will Have Testified Before Court Adjourns Friday. Forty Atlantians Tell of Accused's Good CharacterATLANTA GIRL BROUGHT FROM REFORMATORY IN CINCINNATI TO TESTIFY AGAINST FRANKMiss Dewey Hewell, Sixteen Years Old, Arrived Friday Morning With Matron Bohnefeld " Nature of Her Testimony Is Not Known " Expert in Varnish Department Says Spots in Factory Look Like Varnish.Forty Atlantians took the stand during Friday morning's session of the Frank

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 16th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Identifies Letter Written By Frank to N. Y. Kinfolks On the Day of the MurderBy Asking Pencil Factory Forelady If She Saw Frank Talking to Mary Phagan, Solicitor Dorsey Indicates That He Has Witnesses Who May Furnish Further Sensational Testimony Along This LineMrs. Rae Frank, mother of Leo M. Frank, the accused factory superintendent, took the stand Friday afternoon in defense of her boy and was on the stand when trial adjourned at 5:45 o'clock until 9 o'clock Saturday. Mrs. Frank testified as to a letter which was written by her son

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 16th August 1913,PAGE 5, COLUMN 5.Lamar Rucker and Max Swain, Reporter, "Scrap" Adjoining Court RoomA fight between Lamar Rucker, an attorney from Athens, and Maxwell Swain, representative of the Atlanta Star, at the trial of Leo M. Frank, badly damaged the six-foot long model of the pencil factory introduced by the defense and scanned by numerous witnesses on the stand in illustrating their stories.The model had been stored in the press room, adjoining court.Mr. Rucker, who formerly lived in Atlanta, and Mr. Swain were total strangers to each other until the encounter introduced them.Mr. Swain insisted that

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 16th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.MADE A TEMPORARY WIDOW BY FRANK TRIAL-Staff Photo by Winn.MRS. F. V. L. SMITH.She is one of the eleven wives who will be happy when the trial ends, no matter what the verdict.Daughter of Policeman A. W. Jackson Testifies That Frank Opened the Door of Dressing Room and Looked in While Young Lady Was Dressing and That a Complaint Was Registered With a Forelady, Miss Cleland, About ItNEWSPAPER MAN TELLS OF JIM CONLEY'S PANTOMIME RE-ENACTMENT AT FACTORYSolicitor Dorsey Attacks the Pinkertons, Charging That They Failed to Report Their "Finds" to Police-Many Young

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 17th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.THE trial of Leo M. Frank, charged with the murder of Mary Phagan, is believed to have broken at least three records in criminal prosecution in the south.More witnesses have been called than in any other case on record, more actual time has been taken up in hearing testimony, and the transcript of evidence is the most voluminous, so far as known, ever taken in a criminal court south of the Mason and Dixon line.When court adjourned Saturday afternoon thirty-four witnesses had been called by the state and 169 by the defense,

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 17th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.FRANK SHOULD KNOW FATE BEFORE THE WEEK PASSES IS OPINION OF ATTORNEYSWhile Defense Has About Forty Character Witnesses, It Is Not Believed That Their Testimony Will Take More Than One Day, and Frank Himself Will Probably Tell His Story to the Jury Some Time Tuesday.REBUTTAL EVIDENCE WILL TAKE TWO DAYS AND THE ARGUMENTS OF ATTORNEYS TWO MOREThis 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

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 17th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.SUMMARY OF FRANK EVIDENCE AT END OF THE THIRD WEEKDefense Has Attacked the State's Case at Every Point, Considering No Detail Too Small to Raise a Reasonable Doubt Against It.WHEN the third long week of the trial of Leo M. Frank ended Saturday afternoon 203 witnesses had taken the oath and told the jury what they knew of the circumstances surrounding Atlanta's greatest tragedy, the murder of Mary Phagan in the National Pencil factory on Memorial day, April 26. Of these witnesses thirty-four had testified for the state and 169 for the

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 18th August 1913,PAGE 4, COLUMN 7.A flurry of excitement was caused just outside of the doors of the Frank trial, Monday forenoon, when John Cox, attached to the office of R. R. Arnold, defending Frank, was shocked by a live wire only partially insulated.Cox noticed a pile of old rope soaked with elevator grease, smoldering in the corner of the elevator shaft. Fearing a fire that might destroy the court house, he strove to cut the wire, and was badly shocked. He recovered sufficiently at once however to clear away the old rope and remove the immediate

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 18th August 1913,PAGE 4, COLUMN 6.Mary Phagan's Grandmother Dies at Family Residence After Dream of MaryJust a few hours after she had dreamed that little Mary Phagan was alive and in the room with her, Mrs. A. E. Benton, the grandmother of the murdered girl, died at 9:40 o'clock Sunday night of old age infirmities, aggravated by grief over Mary's fate.Saturday night she dreamed that Mary was alive and well and at her bedside. It may have been the illusion of delirium preceding the final collapse of her faculties. At any rate, when she waked Sunday morning,

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 18th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Frank Takes Stand Tells His StoryPAGE 1, COLUMN 3LEO. M. FRANK ON WITNESS STANDBREWER'S COURT ROOM (Signature)PAGE 1, COLUMN 3FACING THE JURY, FRANK ASSERTS HIS INNOCENCE OF MARY PHAGAN'S DEATHAll Other Testimony of the Defense Had Been Practically Completed When Court Reconvened Monday Afternoon and the Stage Was Set for the Accused Superintendent to Tell Where He Was and What He Did on Day of TragedyMAYFIELD GIRL REPUDIATES TESTIMONY GIVEN ABOUT FRANK LOOKING INTO DRESSING ROOMSolicitor Dorsey by Questions Suggests That He Will Try to Prove That Frank Went to Hapeville With

The Atlanta Journal, Tuesday, 19th August 1913. (Page 1, Column 6) Attorney George Gordon, Summoned by the State, Identified Affidavit as Having Been Assented to by Cook at Frank's Home, but Says Solicitor Dorsey Was Informed at the Time That Negress Was Being Illegally Held. BOY SAYS FRANK TALKED TO MARY PHAGAN, BUT COULD NOT DESCRIBE THE LITTLE GIRL. Daisy Hopkins' Character Impeached, but Court Refuses to Hear Indirect Testimony Against Frank's Character - Witnesses introduced to Bolster Up Dalton's Character. Physicians Will Support Dr. Harris Attorney George Gordon, who was counsel for Minola McKnight, the negro cook at the

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 19th August 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 1.When the Accused Factory Official Stepped From the Witness Stand Monday Afternoon at the Conclusion of His Story, Which Had Required Four Hours to Relate, His Wife and Mother Were in Tears and Spectators and Jury Sat Spellbound"A TISSUE OF LIES, MONSTROUS, BASE AND VILE," SAYS FRANK OF JIM CONLEY'S STORY"I Have Kept My Words for the Proper Time and the Proper Place - This, Gentlemen, Is the Place and This the Hour.I Have Told You All of the Truth, the Whole Truth," Said Frank as He Finished His StatementLeo M. Frank,

The Atlanta Journal, Wednesday, 20th August 1913. (Page 1, Column 6) A Number of Witnesses, Women and Girls Formerly Employed at the Factory, Swear Frank's Character Is Bad and That His Reputation as to His Relations With Women Is Bad-Defense Objects to This Latter Testimony but is Overruled THREE EXPERTS CORROBORATE DR. HARRIS IN HIS CONCLUSIONS ABOUT LITTLE GIRL'S DEATH Street Car Men Testify That English Avenue Car Frequent- ly Ran Ahead of Schedule and One Witness Says Mary Phagan Was Not on Car After It Left Marietta Street. Two Witnesses Say They Saw Frank Talking to Mary Introduction of

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

The Atlanta Journal, Friday, 22nd August 1913. PAGE 1 DALTON EXCORIATED, CONLEY ANNIHILATED AND SOLICITOR CHARGED WITH PERSECUTION Mr. Rosser Defends the Character of the Pencil Factory, Declares That Few Men Could Have Stood the Test Put 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 SAYS Mr. Rosser Was in the Midst of His Speech When Court Adjourned for Recess-When He Has Finished Solicitor Dorsey Will Make the Concluding Argument, the Judge Will Deliver His Charge and

The Atlanta Journal, Saturday, 23rd August 1913. PAGE 1 MRS. COLEMAN WEEPS AND FRANK'S WIFE COVERS FACE WITH HANDS DURING SPEECH Solicitor Was Nearing End of Masterly Address When the Court Ordered a Recess Until Monday Morning-At That Time the Solicitor Will Conclude, the Judge Will Deliver His Charge and the Case Will Go to Jury for Decision FRANK'S TIME ALIBI ATTACKED BY SOLICITOR THROUGH FRANK'S OWN STATEMENT TO POLICE Dorsey Declares Frank First Told Police He Did Not Leave Factory Until 1:10 and That He Could Not Have Been Seen on Whitehall at That Hour-Case of Defense Assailed At

  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

  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

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

The Atlanta Journal, Wednesday, the 27th Day of August, 1913. PAGE 1, Column 1. 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 of

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

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

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.

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 2nd September 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.Charge of Red CrimeWaveIs Injustice to Law-AbidingCommunity, DeclaresJudgeJohn PendletonBEAVERS ISN'TWORRYINGAND NEITHER ISLANFORDWhile Police ChiefDeploresLack of Equipmentin De-partment, He Scoffsat Al-leged CrimsonBlotsIn a strong charge to the new grand jury, Judge J. T.Pendleton Tuesday defended Atlanta against the charge ofexcessive criminality, declaring that statements to the effect thata red crime wave is seeping over the city to be an injustice to acommunity which is, in the main, law-abiding.There is, of course, crime in all cosmopolitan cities, saidJudge Pendleton, but Atlanta is as free from it as any city of itssize in the United

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 2nd September 1913.PAGE 3, COLUMN 3There was an echo of the Frank trial in recorder's court Tuesday morning, G. H. Hargett, of 115 Conley Street, was fined $5.75 for waxing hot in an argument on the famous case. Mrs. Estella Effel, of 98 Conley Street, caused his arrest. She was the opponent in the debate. In the course of the discussion Hargett became so excited that he resorted to profanity, it was testified Wednesday morning.PAGE 5, COLUMN 1LOST FACTORY GIRLFOUND AT HOSPITALMother Feared Another Pha-gan Case Until OfficersFound Miss GriffinWhile city detectives Monday night and Tuesday morning

The Atlanta Journal, Wednesday, the 3rd day of September, 1913. Page 7, Column 4 Newt Lee's Attorneys Ask That He Be Paid for Time Lost Fulton County will pay $975.06 for quarters and meals for the jury that heard the trial of Leo M. Frank, found guilty of the murder of Mary Phagan. Bills were presented to the board of county commissioners, on Wednesday morning, . The German Cafe asked $289.50 for luncheons furnished during the twenty-nine days of the trial, and the Kimball House, $685.56 for rooms, breakfasts, and dinners. The commissioners approved the bills and agreed to pay

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 6th September 1913.PAGE 2, COLUMN 3A "Mary Phagan" home for working girls is suggested in a letter received Saturday morning by The Journal from one of its subscribers in Covington, Ga. The idea grew out of the agitation for the erection of a monument in memory of the little factory girl."Instead of an immense marble shaft," wrote the subscriber, "I would suggest a neat memorial at her grave and a home in Atlanta where working girls can board for a reasonable rate. This also would serve as a retreat for those out of work. I would have

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 7th September 1913,PAGE 7, COLUMN 1.J. H. KellySucceeds J. B.Pierce-HarryScott IsAssistantJ. H. Kelly, formerly assistant superintendent of the Pinkertondetective company's office in Pittsburg, assumed control of thelocal branch of the agency Saturday. He arrived from the northlast Friday and since has met all the city officials. He takes theplace of J. B. Pierce, who resigned shortly after the completion ofthe Frank trial.Harry Scott will remain in Atlanta as assistantsuperintendent. The order transferring him to Houston, Texas,where he was to have been superintendent, has beencountermanded. He will be actively in charge of the criminalbusiness of the agency here.Sunday,

  The Atlanta Journal, Monday, 8th September 1913, PAGE 3, COLUMN 1. Anything From One Cent Up Will Be Acceptable- Reso- lutions Adopted Atlanta lodge No. 720, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Sunday appointed a committee to solicit funds for the erection of a monument in memory of Mary Phagan, murdered in the plant of the National Pencil factory. Amounts from 1 cent up will be received. An effort will be made by the trainmen to induce the Atlanta Federation of Trades to appoint a committee to work in conjunction with their representatives in raising the necessary amount. The intentions of

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,

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 9th September 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.Friendly Relations Between Georgia and South Carolina Must Be MaintainedUtterances attributed in the newspapers to Governor Blease to the effect that he had cut off relations with Georgia because Governor Slaton declined to grant his requisition for Julian J. Zachry, the young Augusta attorney, and because former governors had declined to grant requisitions for Thomas E. Felder, the Atlanta attorney, brought forth a statement from Governor Slaton Tuesday morning.So long as I am governor of Georgia, said Governor Slaton, the requisitions of Governor Blease will be g careful and courteous considering the

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 10th September 1913.PAGE 1, COLUMN 1He is expected to succeed Judge HillOn the court of appeals bench. He is at present judge of the Stone Mountain circuit.NEW ATLANTA COURTWILL SHIFT JUDGESON SEVERAL BENCHESJudge Benjamin Harvey HillProbably Will Be Appointedby Governor Slaton to Pre-side Over New CourtAT LEAST THREE COURTSARE EXPECTED TO CHANGEJudge L. S. Roan Likely WillGo to Court of Appeals, andCharles S. Reid Become Circuit JudgeChanges in the judgeships of three Georgia courts are expected to come about as the result of the general assembly's creation of the fourth division of the Atlanta circuit.Governor Slaton has

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 10th September 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.JUDGE L. S. ROANHe is expected to succeed Judge Hill on the court of appeals bench. He is at present judge of the Stone Mountain circuit.Judge Benjamin Harvey HillProbably Will Be Appointedby Governor Slaton to Pre-side Over New CourtAT LEAST THREE COURTSARE EXPECTED TO CHANGEJudge L. S. Roan Likely WillGo to Court of Appeals, andCharles S. Reid Become Cir-cuit JudgeChanges in the judgeships of three Georgia courts are expected to come about as the result of the general assembly's creation of the fourth division of the Atlanta circuit.Governor Slaton has given no

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

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 12th September 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.Grand Jury Returns Bill Against Minister on Testimony of Girl and Her Parents " Fourteen-Year-Old Boy Indicted for MurderRev. Crawford Jackson was indicted by the grand jury Friday morning for attempted criminal assault, the indictment growing out of the charges made a short while ago by a young girl who was in his office. An indictment for attempted criminal assault was returned also against John T. Mitchell, the white man arrested by the country complaint on the accusation of a young girl living on the Utoy road.A true bill charging murder was

The Atlanta Journal, Friday, 12th September 1913. (PAGE 7, COLUMN 4) It 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

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 14th September 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Journal's Prediction ofWeekAgo Fulfilled inAppointmentsby Governor by WhichThreeCourts Are ShiftedJUDGE ROANSUCCEEDSTO COURT OFAPPEALSCharles S. Reed TakesJudgeRoan's Place on StoneMountain Circuit,George M.Napier Is SolicitorGeneralGovernor John M. Slaton yesterday announced appointmentsincident to the new Atlanta judgeship exactly as The Journalexclusively predicted last Wednesday.His appointments are as follows:To the fourth division of the Fulton superior court, JudgeBenjamin Harvey Hill, chief justice of the state court of appeals.To succeed Judge Hill on the court of appeals, Judge L. S.Roan, of the Stone Mountain circuit.To succeed Judge Roan on the Stone Mountain circuit,Charles S. Reid, solicitor general

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 15th September 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Samson Selig, an Atlantian by birth and well known locally.Samson Selig, one of Harry K. Thaw's legal advisers in his fight to prevent extradition from New Hampshire to New York, is an Atlantian by birth. He attended school here in his youth, later moving to the metropolis with his parents, and completing his education there. He is at present a member of the law firm of House, Grossman & Vorhause, of New York City.Samson Selig is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Selig, aunt and uncle of Mrs. Leo M. Frank.Samson

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 16th September 1913,PAGE 7, COLUMN 6.Big Meeting ofInterested Or-ganizations Has BeenPro-posed forDecember 10A movement to gain the co-operation of the variousorganizations raising a fund for a Mary Phagan monument hasbeen placed on foot by Camp No. 763, United ConfederateVeterans of Marietta. A meeting of delegates from each of thebodies interested in the work is advocated. J. Gid Morris,commander of Camp No. 763, has offered his home for thepurpose on December 10. It is proposed at the same time tomake tentative plans for the erection of the shaft in time for itsunveiling on Confederate Memorial day, April 26,

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 17th September 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Beset by Friends andEnemiesto Try for CountyOffice,Beavers Declares He'sPoliceChief Till He's FiredSAID THAT WATERSWILLBE A FOURTHCANDIDATESince Beavers PrefersViceWar to Sheriffship,Mayo,Wright andMangum AreNow OnlyCandidatesAn effort on the part of some of the friends of Chief of PoliceJ. L. Beavers, who fear that his days in the office he now holds arenumbered, and some his enemies who want to stop the vicecrusade, to get the official to run for sheriff of Fulton county hasfailed.While admitting that a number of people had urged him tobecome a candidate for sheriff at the coming election, ChiefBeavers declared

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 18th September 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.Such Is UnofficialReport Re-ceived by ChiefBeavers,Is Accused ofFightingUnofficial reports received by Chief of Police, James L.Beavers, Thursday morning from Birmingham, Ala., confirm, it issaid, telegraphic dispatches from that city to the effect thatDetective John Black, of the Atlanta department, had beenarrested there with J. F. Hargrove, also of Atlanta, following a fightbetween the two in the Exchange hotel Wednesday night. Thecharge, that of disturbing the peace, will be aired in the recorder'scourt Thursday afternoon.According to the reports from the Alabama city, the arrestwas made at the insistence of the hotel management, whosummoned

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 20th September 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 5.Taking the Mary Phagan case as an example, Chief of PoliceBeavers is going to instruct his men just what to do from first tolast in working on similar cases. He will give specific instructionsabout the preliminary steps in detection.The chief's firmest orders will be for the officers first todisturb the body as little as possible. He wants few footprintsaround the corpse. Also he will tell his men not to touch the bodyor clothing any more than possible. This is liable to obliteratefinger prints. The value of this evidence, said the chief Saturday,is

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 21st September 1913,PAGE 5, COLUMN 7.Announces as Candidate andReplies to Criticism of HisTreatment of FrankRumors to the effect that owing to advancing years Sheriff C.Wheeler Mangum, would not again be a candidate for publicoffice, are set at rest today be his formal announcement of hiscandidacy before the coming county primary.Although the primary will not be held until next year twocandidates are already in the field against Sheriff Mangum, andtwo others are said to be considering entering the race. In fact,the race is already running full blast.Owing to a recent illness, from which happily he has nowcompletely recovered,

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 22nd September 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 5.Judgeships Certain toChangeBefore Motion for NewTrial Is BroughtIt was stated on good authority Monday that Judge B. H. Hillof the state court of appeals, recently appointed by GovernorSlaton to the new judgeship in Fulton county's superior court, willresign his position in the court of appeals on October 11; and thatJudge Roan, now presiding in the criminal division of the Fultoncourt, recently appointed to succeed Judge Hill on the court ofappeals, will continue upon the bench of the Stone Mountaincircuit until about the same date.There has been much conjecture upon this point, for

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 23rd September 1913,PAGE 6, COLUMN 4.To the Citizens of Fulton County:Now that the wave of excitement and heat of passionincident to the Leo Frank trial has in a measure subsided I deem itadvisable to address a few words to the voters and the people ofthe county relative to the many baseless, unfounded, and unfairrumors which have been circulated about my treatment of thecounty's prisoner, Leo M. Frank.These rumors, many of which are too unreasonable to bedignified with a reply or denial, have largely originated with mypersonal and political enemies, solely for political purposes, butthey have been given

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 24th September 1913,PAGE 18, COLUMN 3.From Cell in Tower ManCon-demned to HangOperatesAffairs ofOrganizationLeo M. Frank has been re-elected president for another yearfor another year of the local branch of the B'nai B'rith, the Jewishcharitable organization.Other officers elected for the ensuing year are ArthurHeyman, law partner of Hugh M. Dorsey, Frank's prosecutor, vicepresident; Milton Klein, monitor; Dr. B. Wildauer, treasurer, and B.Kaufman, warden. The secretary of the organization is not electedat the same time with the other officers, and Sam P. Cronheimremains in the position.Frank was named to head for another term the order, whichis said to be

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 28th September 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.Although He Would Liketo DoSo, There Is, LittleProbabil-ity That Case WillReachHim in TimeWhile Judge L. S. Roan, who presided at the trial of Leo M.Frank, is ready and willing to hear the motion for a new trial in thecase, it still appears unlikely that the motion will be argued forseveral weeks, or before he becomes a judge of the court ofappeals.Saturday the amended motion for a new trial had not beenserved upon the solicitor by Frank's attorneys, and naturally hecannot commence the preparation of his answer and his briefuntil after he has

  The Atlanta Journal, Monday, 29th September 1913, PAGE 2, COLUMN 2. Paul Donehoo Has Been Bridegroom a Week Now For a week Paul Donehoo, Fulton County's blind coroner, has been a bridegroom. He was married last Sunday to Miss Alverta Benson, and the secret of their wedding was not known except among a very few friends until the happy couple themselves announced it Sunday afternoon, exactly one week after the ceremony. They had intended to keep it secret for at least a month. Dr. S.R. Belk, the pastor of the Park Street Methodist Church in Atlanta, pronounced the words

  The Atlanta Journal, Tuesday, 30th September 1913, PAGE 1, COLUMN 1. Commission Asks Why Jail Is Overcrowded Solicitor Replies That 130 Cases Hang Fire for Lack of Judge and Court The board of county commissioners has officially called the attention of the solicitor general to the unusually crowded condition of the Fulton County jail, and has asked the reason for the delay in the disposition of felony cases. This is the first time that the county commission has taken official cognizance of congested jail conditions and it is causing considerable comment. The solicitor general has replied to the board's

The Atlanta Journal, Wednesday, 1st October 1913, PAGE 1, COLUMNS 4 & 7. PAGE 1, COLUMN 7 NEW TRIAL ASKED ON 115 COUTNS BY FRANK'S ATTORNEYS In Lengthy Document, Attorneys for Leo M. Frank Changes That Innumerable Errors Were Made by Court JURORS JOHENNING AND HENSLEE BOTH ATTACKED They Are Alleged to Have Gone on Jury Prejudiced Roan Now Expected to Hear the Motion Citing 115 separate counts and attacking two of the jurors, counsel for Leo M. Frank on Wednesday served on the solicitor general their amended motion for a new trial for the man convicted of Mary Phagan's

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 2nd October 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Dorsey Has Dropped All Other Business and Will Devote His Time Exclusively to New Trial FightJUROR JOHENNING SAYS HE WAS UNPREJUDICED He Declares He, Henslee and All the Others Served Only Through a Sense of Duty Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey has dropped all other business and is devoting his exclusive attention to the preparation of his answer to the defense's motion for a new trial for Leo M. Frank.The case is set for argument before Judge L. S. Roan on Saturday, but there is little chance of it being heard then.The

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 4th October 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.Three Men Swear They Were TogetherWhen Juror Henslee Said He Knew Frank Was Guilty, and Five Say They IndiVidually Heard Him Say the Same Thing Three in Same Family Attack Juror Johenning AFFIDAVITS SAY JURYMEN TALKED TO PEOPLE WHILE WALKING ALONG STREETWhen Crowd Cheered for Dorsey Outside Court Room, Declare Affidavits, the Jury Members Looked Out of the Windows and Noticed the Demonstration Cheers in Court Room Also Mentioned.SENSATIONAL affidavits to support the contentions of the defense of Leo M. Frank that two of the jurors, who tried him were prejudiced; and

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 5th October 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.M. Joehenning and A. H. HensleeHold Long Conference With Solicitor General Hugh DorseyAFFIDAVITS ARE HOTLY BRANDED AS FALSETold Truth When They Swore as Talesmen They Were Not Biased, They Declare Dorsey FramesReplyM. Joehenning and A. H. Henslee, the two Frank trial jurors, who were attacked in the defense's motion for a new trial, it being alleged that they entered upon their duties as jurors with a preconceived bias against the defendant, were interviewed at some length Saturday afternoon by Solicitor Dorsey.The solicitor is understood to have discussed with them the various affidavits

  The Atlanta Journal, Monday, 6th October 1913, PAGE 1, COLUMN 6. Writes Chief Beavers a Letter Telling of Alleged Violations of Law Judge W. D. Ellis, of the superior court, has written Chief of Police J. L. Beavers a letter requesting the arrest of an automobile driver, and incidentally registering a general protest against the way in which autoists are "fudging on the automobile laws." Judge Ellis declares in his letter that in regard to the law regulating the passing of trolley cars by automobiles that the automobile drivers are acting like baseball players who are preparing to steal

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 7th October 1913,PAGE 7, COLUMN 3.(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)VALDOSTA, Ga., Oct. 7Solicitor General Hugh Dorsey and Assistant Solicitor Ed Stephens of Atlanta, are spending this week in Valdosta, preparing the answer to the motion for a new trial which was made by the lawyers for Leo Frank in Atlanta recently.While Judge Thomas is holding court in Moultrie, Attorneys and Stephens are occupying his office in the county court house, where they have the advantage of his library and can carry on their work without interruption.PAGE 7, COLUMN 4HENSLEE ANSWERSPERJURY CHARGES OF FRANK DEFENSEFight for New TrialNowHinges

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 8th October 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.DORSEY IN VALDOSTA SAYS HE CANNOT BE READY BY SATURDAY"Working Hard," Says Solicitor, "But Will Be Lucky If We Get Ready by 2 Week From Next Saturday"ANOTHER JUROR,ATLANTA MAN, WILL BE ATTACKEDJuror Said He Would Sit "Till Hell Froze Over," According To Affidavit That Defense Will File, It Is Said Special dispatches from Valdosta quote Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey as declaring positively that he will not be ready for the argument on the defense's motion for a new trial for Leo M. Frank on next Saturday."We are making slow progress," Mr.

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 9th October 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Dorsey Notified That Presence Will Be Waived Saturday,Date for New Hearing on FrankNew Trial MotionHEARING DATE LIKELY TO BE SATURDAYWEEKIn Meantime Machinery Is Clogged in Superior Courts of Two Circuits and in Court of AppealsJudge L. S. Roan, of the Stone Mountain circuit, on Thursday notified Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey that he would be granted the additional time needed to complete his preparation of the state's answer to the motion for a new trial for Leo M. Frank, convicted of the Mary Phagan murder.Solicitor Dorsey is now at Valdosta, and Judge

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 10th October 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Judge Hill's Statement Dispells All DoubtThat Roan WillPreside Doubt that the Frank motion for a new trial would be heard by Judge L. S. Roan has been dispelled by a statement from Judge Ben H. Hill, of the court of appeals."I do not know just when I will forward my resignation from the court of appeals," Judge Hill said, "but I presume that Judge Roan and I will continue in our present capacities until we have both disposed of all unfinished business."The hearing of the motion for a new trial for Leo

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 11th October 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.They Hope to Have Their Case Ready by Next Saturday (Special Dispatch to The Journal.)ALDOSTA, Ga., Oct. 11.Solicitor Hugh Dorsey and Assistant Solicitor A. E. Stephens are working on the Frank case today, and will finish the brief tonight.They hope to get through with the motion by Tuesday, and devote the balance of next week to law and facts in the case.They will also have to get affidavits from jurors and others.Juror Henslee is expected here to spend Sunday on a visit to his brother-in-law and incidentally to see Messrs.Dorsey and Stephens.They

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 12th October 1913,PAGE 10, COLUMN 4.A heart-broken letter from his wife who is in destitute circumstances in Jacksonville, Fla., with their little baby, is given by W. M. Herald, twenty years old, as the reason why he snatched a pocketbook from a well-dressed woman at the corner of Whitehall and Mitchell streets, shortly after 10 o'clock last night.According to the story related to the police, the boy came here a few days ago seeking work in a soda water parlor, but had met with no success.Saturday, he said, the letter came, begging for money and he was

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 13th October 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.Affidavits Are Secured as to Character of Men Who Attack Frank JurorThe work of strengthening their attack upon JurorA. H. Henslee is being continued by the attorneys for Leo M. Frank, the hearing of whose motion for a new trial is now set for next Saturday.Anticipating a possible attack on the makers of depositions who charge that they heard Henslee before the trial make statements showing that he was prejudiced against Frank, the attorneys have secured additional affidavits relative to the character of these witnesses.Recently citizens of Sparta declared that the three

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 14th October 1913,PAGE 20, COLUMN 4.Frank Juror Attacked Confers With Solicitor Latter Due Here WednesdayAccording to dispatches from Valdosta, Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey and his assistant, E. A. Stephens, will leave that place for Atlanta Tuesday night.The solicitor refuses to state whether or not he will be ready on Saturday for the argument of Leo M. Frank's motion for a new trial.The solicitor and his assistant have devoted their entire time to working on the voluminous motion, and will continue after their return to Atlanta.However, so many points are involved in the defense's motion and the

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 15th October 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMNS 4 & 5.Solicitor,Back From Valdosta, Says He Can't Be Ready Saturday to Answer FullyThe New Trial Motion SolicitorGeneral Hugh M. Dorsey arrived in Atlanta Wednesday morning from Valdosta, where he has spent ten days quietly working on the motion of Leo M. Frank for a new trial.Mr. Dorsey reluctantly states that he does not see how it will be possible for him to get ready for the argument of the motion by Saturday, when it is scheduled for a hearing before Judge L. S. Roan, of the Stone Mountain circuit.The solicitor is

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 16th October 1913,PAGE 6, COLUMN 1.Nucleus of New Mounted Squad Put to Work Thursday by Chief BeaversTwo mounted traffic policemen were put on duty Thursday morning by Chief of Police James L. Beavers.The officers were E. J. Pate and C. T. Maddox.They will form the nucleus of a mounted traffic squad which will be added to from time to time.These men will ride the streets in the center of the city, and their principal duty will be to keep things moving.Their beat will include parts of Peachtree, Whitehall, Forsyth, Marietta and Decatur streets near the center of

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 17th October 1913,PAGE 24, COLUMN 3.Frank Trial Juror in Conference With Solicitor-Confident of VindicationM.Johenning one of the jurors who has been attacked as prejudiced in the defense's motion for a new trail for Leo M. Frank, was in conference with Solicitor H. M. Dorsey on Friday morning.Johenning declares that he is confident that at the hearing of the motion he will be completely vindicated of the charge brought against him.While the former juror would not discuss the case in detail, he intimates that he has already secured affidavits which he believes will result in his complete vindication.In

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 18th October 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Attorney Luther Z. RosserDeclares Unless Hearing Is Given Immediately He'll Have To Drop CaseTemporarilyDORSEY ANNOUNCES HE WILL BE READY ON DATEJudge Roan FixesDefinite Date for Hearing Defense and Prosecution to Swap Affidavits to Speed ProcedureThe motion for a new trial for Leo M. Frank, convicted of the murder of Mary Phagan, was Saturday set for a hearing before Judge L. S. Roan on next Wednesday morning and there is little probability that there will be any further delay.Next Monday morning Attorney Luther Z. Rosser, chief counsel for the defense, and Solicitor Hugh

The Atlanta Journal, Sunday, 19th October 1913, PAGE 1, COLUMN 5. Exchange of Affidavits by State and Defense May Reveal New Attack on Jury It is believed that several surprises will be sprung on Monday when Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey and Attorney Luther Z. Rosser exchange affidavits bearing upon the motion for a new trial made by Leo M. Frank, who is under conviction for the murder of Mary Phagan, the pencil factory girl. Saturday morning, just after Judge Roan had set next Wednesday morning as the date when he will hear the new trial motion, Solicitor Dorsey asked

The Atlanta Journal, Monday, 20th October 1913, PAGE 1, COLUMNS 1, 3, & 6. NAMED IN PHAGAN CASE BY FISHER, HE TREATS ACCUSATION AS JOKE J. C. SHIRLEY. I. W. Fisher, Who Says He Knows Who Killed Mary Phagan IRA W. FISHER PAGE 1, COLUMN 6 "FISHER IS A LUNATIC AND HIS STORY IS A PIPE DREAM, THAT NOBODY WILL BELIEVE" Informed by The Journal That He Is the Man Named by Fisher as Having Had an Engagement to Meet Mary Phagan on the Day of Her Death in National Pencil Factory, Well Known Marietta Street Merchant Is Astonished and

The Atlanta Journal, Tuesday, 21st October 1913, PAGE 1, COLUMNS 1, 2, & 7. Case Ended Suddenly There Tuesday Morning and Demonstration in Court Was Not Rebuked by Judge Foster S. G. M'LENDON, ATTORNEY FOR WATSON, WINS POINT Charge of Sending Obscene Matter Through the Mails Is Quashed Before Jury Is EmPaneled to Weigh It (By Associated Press.) AUGUSTA, Ga., Oct. 21. The trial here of Thomas E. Watson, charged with sending obscene matter through the mails, ended abruptly at noon today when Federal Judge Rufus E. Foster sustained the motion of the defense quashing the indictment against the Georgia

The Atlanta Journal, Wednesday, 22nd October 1913, PAGE 1, COLUMNS 1, 6, & 7. STRIKER CHEERED AS HE SPEAKS IN COURT Two Men Fined for Alleged Threats Strikes Meet and Parade Three striking operatives of the Fulton Bag and Cotton mills were arraigned in police court Wednesday morning on charges of disorderly conduct. There was a large crowd of operatives in the court room as spectators and Judge Broyles had to rap for order during an impassioned speech of one of the men on trial. R. L. Wood and W. E. Fleming were fined $10 and costs each, it being

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 23rd October 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMNS 3 & 7.JURY FRIGHTENED INTO ITS VERDICT.CHARGES MR. ARNOLD"Did the Jury Hear Applause and Cheering?"Is Big Question for Judge Roan to Pass Upon23 COUNTS CONSIDERED AT THE MORNING SESSIONThree New Affidavits Will Be Introduced by Defense to Show Henslee Was in Albany at Time It Was ClaimedThe twelve jurors who declared Leo M. Frank guilty of the murder of Mary Phagan were compared with "twelve scared rabbits huddled together" by R. R. Arnold, of counsel for the convicted man, Thursday morning during the hearing by Judge L. S. Roan of the defense's

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 24th October 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.Few More Depositions to Be Read by the Defense-State Will Follow, Then the Arguments Will Begin.READING OF MOTION NOT COMPLETED UNTIL NOONState and Defense Fight Hard Over Latter's Plea for New Trial Trial Conduct and JurorsAttackedThree hours of the Friday morning session of Judge Roan's court, engaged since Wednesday in hearing the defense's motion for a new trial of Leo M. Frank on the charge of murdering Mary Phagan, were devoted to further disputes among the lawyers for the state and defense over points involved in the motion itself, the disputes being

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 25th October 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMNS 3, 4, & 7.New Frank Trial Could Not Be Held in Fulton Nor With Roan or DorseyWhen New Trial Is Granted on Grounds of Prejudice, a Change of Venue as to Judge, Jury and Prosecuting Attorney Is NecessaryIf a new trial is granted to Leo M. Frank upon the grounds of prejudice which the defense alleges in its motion along with numerous other grounds, that will mean:First, Leo M. Frank will be tried in another county and another judicial circuit; andSecond, a new judge and a new solicitor will replace Judge Roan

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 26th October 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Attorney for Leo M.Frank Says Convicted ManHasn't Had One YetHearing WillJURY POLL NOT COMPLETE WHEN CROWDS YELLED JOYThat Alone Invalidated Trial, Says Arnold LampoonsDr. Harris Says Capital Punishment Is Near EndWhen the hearing of the motion for a new trial for Leo M. Frank, convicted of the Mary Phagan murder, was adjourned Saturday afternoon until Monday by Judge L. S. Roan, Attorney Reuben R. Arnold, of the Frank defense, was in the midst of a most remarkable speech.He was demanding, he declared, not a new trial for Frank, but a trial, for

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 27th October 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.So DeclaresAttorneyReuben R. Arnold,Who Was Still SpeakingWhen CourtAdjourned at 12:30o'Clock"CONLEY PROTECTED BY SOLICITOR,"ARNOLD SAYSWith additional excoriation of the solicitor general, Hugh M. Dorsey, for his methods in conducting the state's case at the trial of Leo M. Frank for the murder of Mary Phagan, and with additional attacks upon the evidence which the state marshalled against Frank to secure his conviction, Attorney R. R. Arnold, of counsel for Frank, occupied the morning session Monday of the new trial hearing in Frank's behalf before Judge L. S. Roan.Mr. Arnold began his speech about

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 28th October 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.COURTS MUST KEEP RESPECT OF PEOPLE ARGUES SOLICITORFrank Verdict Must Not Be Upset If Administration of Law Is Not to Be Brought Into Contempt, Says DorseyTAKES A BOLD STAND AGAINST A NEW TRIAL Solicitor Denies Racial Prejudice by Henslee or Community Against Frank Opens Hard Upon the DefenseIf the verdict of guilty against Leo M. Frank in the Mary Phagan murder case is set aside upon such trivial grounds as the convicted man's lawyers recite in their motion for a new trial, it will justify very largely the contempt in which authorities

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 29th October 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMNS 1 & 7.MR. ROSSER NEARS FINISH OF TALK;THEN UP TO JUDGEJudge Roan is Expected to Take Case Under Consideration and Withhold Decision Until Saturday, Perhaps ROSSER ATTACKS HENSLEE AND DERIDES MR. DORSEY"God Deliver Me From Such Sympathy!"He Exclaims,of Emotion Shown by Juror and the Solicitor General Emphatic denounciation of the state's case against Leo M. Frank and all that appertained to it was the burden of Luther Z. Rosser's speech Wednesday before Judge L. S. Roan.Attorney Rosser dwelt with emphasis upon the charge against Juror Henslee, and returned to that subject repeatedly

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 30th October 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Judge Roan ReservesDecisionUntil Friday Morning to Look Into Certain Matters of Law Involved in CaseWHOLE FIGHT CENTERED ON STORY OF NEGRO, CONLEYRosser's Final Plea Charged That Judge Roan "Destroyed Frank's Life" in Admitting Negro's Story as EvidenceJudge L. S. Roan will announce his decision, granting or denying Leo M. Frank a new trial, on Friday morning.At the conclusion of the final argument on the new trial motion late Wednesday afternoon the judge stated that he would reserve his decision to look into certain matters of law for himself and also that the

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 31st October 1913,PAGE 1 COLUMNS 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, & 7."I AM NOT CONVINCED OF FRANK'S INNOCENCE OR GUILT,"DECLARES JUDGE ROAN IN REFUSING DEFENDANT NEW TRIAL PAGE 1, COLUMN 3GRAND JURY URGES GREATER SPEED IN TRYING JAIL CASESJudge Pendleton,in Reply,DeclaresFourth Judge Will Make Delay of More Than One WeekUnnecessary"I believe the day has come in Fulton county when no man will be forced to wait in jail more than a week before he has a trial," declared Judge John T. Pendleton, of the superior court, when discharging the grand jury Friday."The remarks of the court were

The Atlanta Journal, Saturday, 1st November 1913, PAGE 1, COLUMN 6. Writes Letter Thanking Gov. Slaton for Appointment to New Bench Judge Benjamin Harvey Hill, who has resigned as chief judge of the state court of appeals to accept the appointment of judge of the new criminal division of the Fulton county superior court, Saturday morning wrote Governor Slaton a letter expressing his appreciation of the appointment. In this letter Judge Hill takes occasion to call attention to the work which is being done by the state court of appeals. His letter, in part, follows: I trust that it will

The Atlanta Journal, Sunday, 2nd November 1913, PAGE 1, COLUMN 2. L. F. McClelland, E. D. Thomas, J. B. Ridley, T. O. Hathcock and Luther Ros- ser, Jr., Are Recommended GOVERNOR WILL MAKE FORMAL APPOINTMENT Officials to Succeed Justices of Peace Chosen by Supe- rior Court Judges From Fifty Applicants The five judges of Atlantas new municipal court will be: L. F. McClelland, E. D. Thomas, J. B. Ridley, T. O. Hathcock and Luther Rosser, Jr. They were chosen from among fifty applicants by the four judges of the Atlanta superior court. The circuit judges met yesterday afternoon and determined

The Atlanta Journal, Monday, 3rd November 1913, PAGE 1, COLUMN 4. Four of the five judges of the municipal court, which will take the place in Atlanta of the courts of the justices of the peace, are shown here. At the top on the left is Eugene D. Thomas, and on the right L. F. McClelland. Below are Luther Z. Rosser, Jr., and James B. Ridley, the latter the only justice of the peace to get on the new court. The fifth judge of the municipal court, T. O. Hathcock, is not shown in the picture.       PAGE

The Atlanta Journal, Tuesday, 4th November 1913, PAGE 5, COLUMN 1. Extreme Penalty Imposed on Men Accused of Robbing Attorney Hooper Sam Reed and Oscar Wright, negroes, were sentenced to twenty years each in the penitentiarythe extreme penalty of the lawby Judge Ben H. Hill in the criminal division of the superior court Tuesday, when they were found guilty of holding up, assaulting and robbing Attorney Frank A. Hooper June 2. Mr. Hooper, widely known because of his association with Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey in the prosecution of Leo M. Frank, was one of the first witnesses called by the

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 5th November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.Miss Margaret Bramlett entertained at a bridge partyWednesday afternoon at her home in Inman Park, the occasion assembling a largenumber of her friends to meet two attractive visitors. Miss Grace Lipscomb, ofWashington, D. C., and Miss Elizabeth Lipscomb, of Jackson, Miss., who are theguests of Mrs. Rosser at the Majestic.The house was decorated with a luxuriant growth of palms andferns, with growing plants, and the rooms where the card tables were placedwere illuminated with numbers of pink candles in brass stands on the mantelsand cabinets.The prize for top score was a boudoir

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 6th November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.Her AttorneyAsks for SpecialSolicitor to Bring Case Be-fore Next Grand JuryAnxious to clear the cloud from her wascharged by a justice court warrant seven months ago with the murder of herhusband, the late Joshua B. Crawford, in 1909, Friday took steps to force atrial of her case.Attorney Burton Smith, representingMrs. Crawford, appeared before Judge W. D. Ellis and asked what a specialsolicitor general be named to bring the Crawford case before the grand jury.Judge Ellis declined to act, as JudgeBen H. Hill is now exercising complete jurisdiction over criminal matters, butJudge Hill

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 7th November 1913,PAGE 8, COLUMN 3.Attorney Bernard L. Chapel has filed amotion for a new trial for Oscar Wright, one of the two negroes convicted inthe superior court this week of holding up and assaulting Attorney Frank A.Hooper, who was associated with the prosecution of the Frank case.The attorney declares that Wright onthe date of the hold-up for which he was convicted, June 2, was in the countychaingang, and Transfer Guard Aaron-Thompson declares that the negro was notreleased until July 19.PAGE 13, COLUMN 4JOHN Y.SMITH IS CHOSENTO TRY MRS. CRAWFORDSolicitor Dorsey Disqualified inCriminal Case, Which Is toBe

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 8th November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.Right of Eminent Domain At-Tacked in Suit Filed byMrs. S. C. LoebA suit, which, if sustained, my preventthe Georgia Railway and Power company exercising the right of eminent domain,and so prevent it carrying electrical power through tower lines from TallulahFalls and other sites to cities which will consume the power, was filed insuperior court Saturday by Attorney H. A. Alexander.The plaintiff in the case is Mrs. S. C.Loeb, and on her petition, Judge John T. Pendleton, of superior court, issued atemporary order restraining the power company from condemning a right of waythrough

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 9th November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.NegroCharged With Being Ac-cessory After Fact in Murderof Mary PhaganJim Conley, the negro sweeper at theNational Pencil factory, principal witness against Leo M. Frank, who is undersentence of death for the murder of Mary Phagan on April 26, will be put ontrial Tuesday before Judge B. H. Hill, of the criminal division of the Fultoncounty superior court.Conley is under two indictments, bothcharging him with being an accessory after the fact in the murder of the Phagangirl. These indictments are based upon his own admission that he assisted Frankin taking the girls body

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 10th November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMNS 1, 4, & 6.PAGE 1, COLUMN 1PAGE 1, COLUMN 4DETECTIVESARE PROBINGCAUSE OF GRAYSDEATHMember ofCoroners Jury IsNot Satisfied With Verdictof AccidentA member of the coroners jury whichinvestigated the death of S. A. Gray, the elevator operator who was killed in afall down the elevator shaft of the Austell building Saturday night, telephonedto Chief of Police Beavers that he was not satisfied with the verdict ofaccident and desired the chief to investigate. Chief Beavers refused todivulge the mans name, but immediately assigned two detectives on the casewith instructions to report to him as soon

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 11th November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.AllegedAccomplice of Leo M.Frank Not Arraigned Tues-Day, as Was ExpectedJim Conley, the negro sweeper at theNational Pencil factory, who was the principal witness against Leo M. Frank,convicted of the murder of Mary Phagan, was not arraigned on the charge ofbeing an accessory after the fact Tuesday morning, as had been expected. Conleywas brought to the court house with other prisoners, but Solicitor Dorseyannounced to newspaper men that he would not be arraigned today on account of apress of business in the court.It is believedConleys case will be reached Wednesday. In the meantime,

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 12th November 1913,PAGE 20, COLUMN 5.LeoM. Franks appeal from the decision of Judge L. S. Roan denying him a new trialis expected to reach the clerk of the state supreme court on next Monday, andargument on the appeal will in all probability be heard by the court onDecember 15.Wednesday, 12th November 1913: Frank Arguments Will Be Heard December 15, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 13th November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.Bench Gives No Reason, butAfter Conference, Case GoesOver to Monday May Waiton FrankWhen the case against Jim Conley, the negro indicted as an accessory after the fact in the Mary Phagan murder, was called for trial Thursday afternoon at 1:45 o'clock, just fifteen minutes before the regular hour for the court to adjourn. Judge Ben H. Hill announced that he would not begin the trial at this time.Judge Hill did not offer any reasons why he postponed the trial, but it is believed around the court house that he wishes to await

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 15th November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Bill of Exceptions Reaches Su-preme Court- Will Conley BeTried Next Week?Leo M. Franks bill of exceptions tothe judgement of Judge L. S. Roan in refusing him a new trial reached the clerkof the supreme court Saturday at noon. The case was placed upon the calendarfor argument on December 15.Murder cases come to the supreme courton what is known as a fast writ, which means that they take precedence overcivil cases in the consideration of the court. It is likely that the supremecourt will render its decision in the Frank case within from

  The Atlanta Journal, Sunday, 16th November 1913, PAGE 69, COLUMN 1. Shows How Real Brotherly Love Lasts Through Both Prosperity and Adversity Editor Firing Line: I never let go far away but what I think of home and friends. Home influences are the best. But what are friends? Tom Moore said: There was nothing true but heaven. I would love to furnish a story for your partner, a true Atlanta story of how a young man struggling for life gained a home and family, Christian friends who were all pie. A little later when misfortune came, those same Christian

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 17th November 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 5.Judge HoldsContract Validand Grants Temporary Re-strainingOrderA novel and interesting point wasraised in Judge J. T. Pendletons division of the superior court Monday morningwhen the court issued a temporary restraining order in behalf of a petitionerwho sought to enforce a contract whereunder the defendant bound himself not toengage in the printing business in Atlanta.The parties to the suit were Mrs. EllenF. Knowles, of Cincinnati, represented by Dorsey, Shelton & Dorsey, Atlantaattorneys, and George Holtman, formerly of Cincinnati, now of Atlanta. In her petitionMrs. Knowles recited that she and the defendant formerly were engaged

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 18th November 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 4.Daughters ofMrs. EmmaLee Go to Court to SettleDisputeA bitter fight between three sistersover $50,000 estate left by their mother. Mrs. Emma G. Lee, commenced beforeJudge George L. Bell in superior court Tuesday morning.The youngest of the sisters, Mrs. AnnieLa Rue Lee Mizell, 139 East North avenue, has filed a caveat to the willprobated early this year by her older sisters, Mrs. Maude Lee Thompson, 332Houston street, and Mrs. Claude Lee Stamps, 318 Washington street.The will to which exception has beentaken divides the estate, which consists principally of realty near Covington,where the Lee

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 19th November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Rev.Alexander Lyons, ofBrooklyn, Declares Prison-ers Jewish Nationality In-fluenced Verdict ofGuiltyGIRLSALLEGED SLAYERCOMPARED TOBEILISSConditionsAre Worse HereThan in Czars Domain, HeSays, Because of ChristianPretensesRabbi Alexander Lyons, one of theforemost Jews in America, speaking at the Eighth Avenue temple, in Brooklyn,last Friday night, compared Atlanta and the Frank case with Russia and theBeiliss ritual murder case in an address which is attracting attention over theentire country.Dr. Lyons subject was Americaninterference in Russia, which he advocated, but he devoted considerable time tothe Frank case, urging America to keep her own household in order.At this distance, the rabbi

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 20th November 1913,PAGE 5, COLUMN 3.Will Not BeHeld During Pres-ent Week-Smith toFileDemandIt was announced Thursday morning bySolicitor Dorsey that the case of Jim Conley, indicted as accessory after thefact for the murder of Mary Phagan, would not be called during the presentweek. The case was expected to come up Thursday. No reason was given by thesolicitor for not calling the case, further than that there was a crush ofcases for trial.Conleysattorney, W. M. Smith, on Friday will file a written demand for a trial on theminutes of the court. This will insure Conley being tried during this

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 21st November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Attorney W. M. Smith DeclaresHe Will Take Actionin Be-Half of Negro SomeTimeNext WeekAlthough no demand for a trial forJames Conley, the negro who says he assisted in disposing of Mary Phagansafter she was murdered in the National Pencil factory, has been filed, there isevery indication that such action will be taken by William M. Smith, hisattorney, next week.Attorney Smith had a demand for trialwritten and in his pocket Friday afternoon, when the criminal division of thesupporter court adjourned for the week, but did not file it, he says, becauseSolicitor General Hugh M.

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 22nd November 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 1.Miss Austin Took Law IntoHer Own Hands and BrokeIt, Says RecorderEditor The Journal:There seems to besome misapprehension about the case of the young woman who was fined the otherday for beating a white chauffeur with her umbrella on the public streets ofthe city.This case waswritten up in sensational style as that woman being fined for defending herselffrom a masher. Whereas, it was a very different case. The evidence showedthat a white chauffeur, driving a taxi-cab for a living, and located near thecorner of Luckie and Broad streets had hollered out to Miss

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 23rd November 1913,PAGE 52, COLUMN 3.PromotersHave Been Unableto Obtain Theater forDecember 6The entertainment planned to take placeDecember 6 to aid the Home for the Blind has been indefinitely postponedbecause no theater could be obtained for the occasion. S. V. D. fraternity willgive a benefit entertainment for the institution December 17, and it would nothave been feasible to hold a second entertainment for the same cause any laterin December.Those who had the entertainment incharge wish to thank Charles E. Sheldon, Jr., who volunteered to arrange amusical program, and Lamar Hill, who expressed a willingness to look after thedramatic

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 24th November 1913,PAGE 4, COLUMN 6.BY DR. RIDLEYIn the course of a short talk at theCentral Baptist church Sunday, Dr. Caleb A. Ridley, the pastor, paid a hightribute to Chief of Police J. L. Beavers, whose vice crusades have attracted somuch attention.Jim Beavers is Gods gift to us, saidthe pastor, and we thank God for him.Dr. Ridleysremarks were made after a sermon by Dr. Neighbours, the evangelist, who hasbeen preaching at the Central Baptist church the past week. Sunday there weremore than thirty members added to the church, according to the pastors report.Monday, 24th November 1913: Chief

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 25th November 1913,PAGE 11, COLUMN 5.FOLLOW MEI am the good shepherd;the good shepherd layethdown his life for the sheep.He that is a hireling fleeth.John 10-11:12Miss Edith Appleyard died Monday.She was once matron at Agnes ScottCollege.Christ touched her heart.She wished to serve.She said:--Send me to any placeonly put me whereI can reach and help the nethermost.Chief Beavers closed Atlantas housesof shame.Help was offered the fallen; BellSommers was saved; she gave mon-ey to founda home for them.Miss Appleyard came to give her life.She left Agnes Scott College.She became matron of Marthas Home.She went into the hells of earth tosave

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 26th November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.DuBose and Richards InquireWhy Arrests ArentMade.No Money, Is AnswerA query as tothe attitude of the police and detective authorities toward blind tiger conditionswhich are alleged to exist in Atlanta, was the meat of a conference which Rev.Dr. H. M. DuBose and Rev. J. B. Richards, the former an official of the GeorgiaAnti-Saloon league, and the latter its secretary, had with Chief of PoliceBeavers and Chief of Detectives Lanford in the formers office Wednesday. TheAnti-Saloon leaguers were accompanied to the conference by J. W. Hewitt, aprivate detective.This querydeveloped the answer of the police

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 27th November 1913,PAGE 4, COLUMN 3.The old-fashioned oratorical lawyer, inhis Prince Albert coat and with beaver full of papers, is gone forever, JudgePendleton, of the superior court, told the members of the Atlanta Law schoolWednesday afternoon.Successful lawyers of today, the judgesaid, prepare their cases thoroughly and depend on the accurate and skillfulpresentation of facts to convince judges and jurors. The judge said in part:The old-time lawyer was a declaimer.He walked into the court with his meditative, Hamlet style, wearing a PrinceAlbert coat and carrying his papers in his silk hat. His vest was buttoned onlyat the bottom,

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 28th November 1913,PAGE 13, COLUMN 3.Mrs. L. Z. Rosser, Jr., was hostess atluncheon Friday at the Piedmont club in compliment to Miss Ruth Rosser and herguests, Miss Eva Renfro, Miss Clara Belle Glover, Miss Cynthia Ellis and MissNell Walker, who are college mates at Brenau.Luncheon was servedin the pink room and the group of young girls made a charming picture groupedaround a flower-laden table, the centerpiece of Killarney roses and all theminor details of the luncheon continuing a color scheme of rose pink.Friday, 28th November 1913: Beautiful Luncheon, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 29th November 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.A small stack of fodder left over froma Thanksgiving window decoration, two plate glass windows and Zeb, the buggyhorse of G. R. Garner, formed the cast of a little tragedy Friday afternoonmuch to the discomfiture of the King Hardware company at 442 Marietta Street.Zeb, who is about as well known asChief of Police Beavers, was standing in front of the Garner store, dozing infront of the Garner store, dozing peacefully when awakened by a passingtrolley. In the window of the King Hardware Company he spied a stack of fodderthat once formed a

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 30th November 1913,PAGE 48, COLUMN 2.First Grade C Boys Name So-ciey in His Honor Ex-pect SpeechBY Wm. A. MWHORTER.One company of Atlantas comingcitizens admire the great work of Chief Beavers, for the moral uplift of ourcity. Over at Tech High school the first grade boys of section C have organizeda literary society in honor of Chief Beavers and have named the organizationThe Chief Beavers Literary and Debating Society. The boys are enthusiasticin their support of the society and trust that they will be as successful inthe art of public speaking as the chief has been in his

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 1st December 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.Dr. Hurt Testifies Patient Was Given Morphine Injections by His Order and This Might Have Left TracesDr. J. W. Hurt, county physician, who attended the late Joshua B. Crawford, said on the witness stand in the civil litigation over the Crawford estate Monday it was his positive opinion that Crawford died of pneumonia, and not from poison administered by Mrs. Mary Belle Crawford or anyone else.The physician swore he did not believe it possible for him to have mistaken the cause of Crawford's death, and further asserted that the symptoms of morphia

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 3rd December 1913,PAGE 5, COLUMN 1.Marine Captain Says He Sought Minister's Aid in Domestic TroublesCaptain Ernest E. West, the marine officer who was arrested Monday on a charge of attacking Mrs. John H. Jones, his wife's mother, was fined $50.75 for disorderly conduct Tuesday afternoon by Recorder N. R. Broyles, who also bound him over to the state courts on a charge of assault and battery.His bond was fixed at $2,500 in the state case.It is expected that as the result of the action of the recorder the warrant in the court of Justice of the Peace

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 5th December 1913,PAGE 6, COLUMN 3.Chief of Police James L. Beavers has been presented with a handsome group picture of himself and the leading officers of his department, together with a photograph album showing pictures of every officer on the force.All of these pictures were reproduced in the current issue of The Detective, the national police journal, and were the gift of A. H. Dunlap, of The Detective staff.Friday, 5th December 1913: Photo Of Chiefs Staff Presented To Beavers, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 6th December 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.Lawyers Completing Briefs to Be Ready for Supreme CourtDecember 15Solicitor General Dorsey Saturday secured an order from Judge Ben H. Hill, of the criminal division of the superior court, for the return to the clerk's office of the original papers in the case against Leo M. Frank, convicted of the Mary Phagan murder.The original papers were taken from the clerk's office on November 15 through an order signed by Judge Hill, which placed them in the hands of the counsel for the defense for twenty-five days from date.The order was revoked, however,

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 9th December 1913,PAGE 5, COLUMN 3.Joe Moore, a white boy, was sentenced to ten days in the stockade Monday by Recorder N. R. Broyles, when he was arraigned on a charge of begging on the streets.It is alleged Moore was engaged in a conversation with City Detective Rosser, and that a short time later he hung a "deaf and dumb" sign on his coat and walked into a bar room soliciting alms.The bartender knew of the conversation and advised the boy to "beat it," but he was arrested before he could get out of the back entrance,

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 10th December 1913,PAGE 8, COLUMN 2.Smilingly Tells Committee He Used Money to Pay His CampaignDebtsCity Electrician R. C. Turner Tuesday afternoon admitted to the joint bodies investigating charges against him, that the Elektron company, an association of the electrical contractors in Atlanta, gave him $525 last fall with which to pay off debts incurred during his campaign before the people.His explanation of the transaction was the statement, given with a smile, that "the newspapers got all that money for advertising bills. I didn't get a cent of it. I treated all the papers alike, giving them each

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 12th December 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.Solicitor General Files Brief With Supreme Court, Pleading for Verdict Not Based on TechnicalitiesGREAT CASE TO BE HEARD NEXT MONDAY MORNINGJustices Probably Will Extend Time Limit for Argument,Owing to Length of Court RecordsA strong plea for substantial justice will feature the brief of the state in the case against Leo M. Frank, which will be filed with the clerk of the supreme court Friday.The state's brief will plead in the main that if any error was committed in the long trial before Judge L. S. Roan, certainly no error really harmful to

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 13th December 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Filing of State's Brief in Famous Murder Trial Final Act Before Hearing in Supreme Court Monday.NUMEROUS PRECEDENTS CITED IN DOCUMENTSJudge Roan's Remark That He Was Uncertain of Prisoner's Guilt Will Be Center of Defense's AttackWith the filing of the state's brief in the case of Leo M. Frank, convicted of the murder of Mary Phagan, as plaintiff in error to the state supreme court, the documentary records in that case were completed late Friday night, and nothing remains but the arguments, set for bearing by the court next Monday.In its brief the

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 14th December 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Extraordinary Appeal, Writs of Habeas Corpus, Attempt to Reach Federal Tribunals,All Will Be UsedARGUMENTS WILL BEGIN AT CAPITOL TOMORROWTwo Days Will Be Occupied and Decision Hardly Will Be Rendered Before Middle of JanuaryThe supreme court of Georgia will hear arguments for and against a new trial for Leo M. Frank next Monday and probably through Tuesday.The court of last resort in Georgia sits only four hours a day when arguments are being heard, and the fixed rule is to allow two hours to the side in each case.However the volume of the

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 15th December 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Reuben Arnold and SolicitorGeneral Have Tilt Over Charge of Misstatements in FrankCase BriefsTWO DAYS OCCUPIED IN PLEA FOR A NEW TRIALSummary of ArgumentsDelivered Before Supreme Court Monday by Attorneys for Defense and ProsecutionWhen the state supreme court adjourned its session Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock half of the time which the court had agreed to give to arguments for and against the appeal of Leo M. Frank had been consumed.Attorney Reuben R. Arnold, for the defense, concluded his arguments at 11:40 o'clock, having spoken two hours and forty minutes.Solicitor H. M. Dorsey,

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 16th December 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.Rosser Ends Supreme Court Battle by Declaring Frank Was Not Convicted of Murder, but of Other Crimes.DORSEY SAYS DEFENSE USED TRICKER IN BRIEFCelebrated Case Now in Hands of Six Supreme Justices, Who Will Hand Down Decision in About Six WeeksThe greater portion of the hour and twenty minutes consumed by Luther Z. Rosser in his argument before the supreme court Tuesday for a reversal of Judge L. S. Roan's action overruling Leo M. Frank's motion for a new trial was devoted to what he termed the admissibility of illegal and irrelevant testimony

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 19th December 1913,PAGE 5, COLUMN 1.Recorder Announces He Will Oppose Judge in Campaign Next YearThe executive prediction published in the late editions of the Journal Thursday afternoon that Judge Nash R. Broyles was to be a candidate for the state court of appeals against Judge L. S. Roan was confirmed Friday morning by Judge Broyles, who issued a formal announcement of his intention to make the race.Judge Broyles, who has presided over Atlanta's police court for fifteen years, during which time he has achieved a national reputation as an able and fearless magistrate, states his announcement at

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 21st December 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Sam S. Bennet, of Albany,Will in All Probability Be AppointedNew JuristPottle to Practice Law in AlbanyTHREE APPELLATE JUDGES MUST GO BEFORE VOTERSJudge Pottle's Successor Will Serve Only Short Time Be For ElectionThree Names ConsideredJudge J. R. Pottle is to resign his place on the state court of appeals early in February to take up the practice of law at Albany and Sam S. Bennet, of Albany, will, it is said, be appointed by Governor Slaton to succeed him on the appellate court.Neither Judge Pottle nor Governor Slaton have made any public announcement

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 22nd December 1913,PAGE 4, COLUMN 5.NO BEER ON CHRISTMAS.CHIEF TO ENFORCE LAWSection 1651 of the city code, forbidding near-beer saloons to open on Christmas day, must be strictly adhered to on Thursday, according to an order issued Monday by Chief of Police James L. Beavers.The chief stated that there were some who were in doubt as to whether or not the law would be enforced this year and he wants it distinctly understood that saloons closing Wednesday night must remain so until the following the Friday morning.PAGE 5, COLUMN 2Egglar All Stirred Up OverScantyAttire of Tech TrackSprinterComplaint

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 23rd December 1913,PAGE 9, COLUMN 1.Arnold Makes It Clear That Paper Contains No PersonalitiesIn discussing the supplemental brief which the attorneys for the defense of Leo M. Frank are preparing to file with the supreme court, Attorney Reuben R. Arnold made it clear Monday that it contains no personal attack on Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey."While the brief deals solely with mis-statements of the evidence, and misconstructions o f the facts in the state's brief," he said, "we call attention to them only in an analytical manner, and the brief does not charge that there has been

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 25th December 1913,PAGE 5, COLUMN 1.Governor Says He Has Not Decided Whom He Will AppointIt is quite certain that Governor Slaton will appoint a South Georgia lawyer to succeedJudge J. R.Pottle on the state court of appeals.Judge R. B. Russell, one of the judges of that court, lives at Winder, and Judge L. S. Roan, another, resides in Atlanta.Judge Pottle came from Blakely.It is not to be expected that the governor will give Judge Pottle's place to a north Georgia man, thereby recognizing one section alone in all these judgeships.The announcement of S. S. Bennett, of Albany,

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 30th December 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.Three Charged With Failure to Pay State1913Special TaxThree near beer dealers, Henry Boisshardt, Samuel Aaron and H. J. Williams, were indicted Tuesday by the grand jury for their alleged failure to pay the state the 1913 special tax on beer dealers.The cases against the men were presented by Clarence Bell, special attorney for Governor Slaton, appointed to force the collection of the tax.An interesting fact about the three dealers indicted Tuesday is that one of them, Boisshardt, is a brother of one of the jurors at the famous Frank trial, while Samuel

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 7th January 1914,PAGE 10, COLUMN 1.Supplemental Paper in Frank CaseWon't DelayFinal DecisionAttorneys for Leo M.FrankWednesday morning completed the supplemental brief which they will file with the state supreme court.This brief covers sixty-three pages of typewritten legal cap paper, takes issue with a number of the arguments contained in the state's brief and especially contends that Frank is entitled to a new trial because Judge L. S. Roan, in overruling his motion for a new trial, took occasion to declare he was not convinced either as to the guilt or innocence of the accused.Several pages of the supplemental

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 8th January 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Disagreement Reported, but Judge Fite Refuses to Dismiss Case. (Special Dispatch to The Journal.)DALTON, Ga., Jan. 8.The case of Ira W. Fisher, the man who made sensational accusations in the Frank case and was indicted here recently for the murder of Dug Steele, went to the jury at 10:15 o'clock this morning.At 1 o'clock the jury reported it was unable to agree, but Judge Fite refused to dismiss them, and the deadlock continued.Thursday, 8th January 1914: Jury In Deadlock Over Case Of Ira W.fisher, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 13th January 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.Ruling on AppealMay Not Be Handed DownUntilMiddle of FebruaryIndications now are that the decision of the state supreme court on the appeal of Leo M. Frank will not be handed down until about the middle of February.It has been expected this decision would be reached and rendered at the present banc of the court which began Monday, but Chief Justice Fish has found it necessary to be absent in Florida with Mrs. Fish, who is not in the best of health, and he will not return to Atlanta until the latter part

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 14th January 1914,PAGE 22, COLUMN 4.Thinks Points Stressed in the Supplemental Brief Already CoveredThe supplemental brief filed in the supreme court by the attorneys for the defense of Leo M. Frank will remain unanswered by the state.While Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey will not discuss the matter himself, it has been learned on good authority, that he has just finished reading the defense's supplemental brief, and has decided that the points stressed in it were covered sufficiently in the main brief of the state.The supplemental brief was filed about a week ago, but the solicitor general has been

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 15th January 1914,PAGE 18, COLUMN 3.Supreme Court Ends January Term Without Handing Down Decision on AppealThe Journal's exclusive story predicting the decision in the Frank case would not be handed down by the supreme court at its January term has been sustained.Wednesday afternoon the court ended its January banc.The next regular banc will not occur until Monday, February 9, and unless the court decides to hold a special banc to pass on the Frank case a decision will not be handed down until the second week in February.It is understood the Frank decision has only partly been

  The Atlanta Journal, Wednesday, 21st January 1914, PAGE 5, COLUMN 3. To squall or not to squall? That is the question, propounded by the mothers of Atlanta as the proof of what a healthy baby should be, some holding that a truly normal kid should yell his lungs out and others declaring a real good baby will cry just as little as possible. A sample of the non-crying, warranted-not-to-be-walked-at-night youngster was the "eugenics baby" told of by The Journal last week. He cried on the average of once in four days and never since his earliest infancy, has he

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 14th February 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.Plea of Millen-Woman for New Trial HeadsList of CasesBefore BodyBeginningMonday, the state supreme court will hear arguments in a number of cases.Among the appeals on the calendar for argument then are those of Mrs. Edna Godbee, of Millen, who was convicted and given a life sentence for the murder of Mrs. Florence Godbee, the bride of her divorced husband, W. S. Godbee, whom she also killed, and Nick Wilburn, of Jones County, who was convicted of the murder of James A. King, a Jones County planter, and sentenced to be hanged.Mrs. King,

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 17th February 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1 AND PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Fight for Frank's LifeMay Last for Many Months;What Procedure Will Do A Motion to Reargue Case Before State Supreme Court Will Probably Be First Step.Then Motion for New Trial While neither Luther Z. Rosser nor Reuben R. Arnold, the principal attorneys for Frank, would make a statement following the announcement of the supreme court's decision, it is known that the fight for the convicted man's life is far from ended.First, in view of the dissenting opinions of two of the six justices, a motion to reargue the

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 18th February 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.Man Who Has Condemned for the Murder of the Litthe Phagan Girl Gives Out a Statement From His Cell in the TowerDeclaring That Jim Conley's Recital Is Not Only a Lie but Impossible in Many Details"I DON'T ASK FOR PITY, SYMPATHY OR QUARTER,I STAKE ALL ON THE TRUTH;THE TRUTH WILL OUT"Undaunted by the Supreme Court's Decision Denying Him a New Trial,Factory Superintendent Declares That His Faith in FellowMen Is Still Unshaken and BelievesHe Will Be VindicatedWhen Truth Is KnownUndaunted by the decision of the supreme court, Leo M. Frank, in his cell

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 19th February 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4 AND PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.MOTION TO BE FILED IN COURT SOONMove for Rehearing Has Been Prepared and Will Be Filed Within Next 24 Hours,William J. Burns, Famous Detective,Now Interested in Case, Says He Is Seeking The Truth in the MysteryA motion for a re-hearing of the Leo M. Frank case, which on Tuesday rendered a decision sustaining the verdict of guilty in the superior court, will be filed by attorneys for the defense, probably in the next 24 hours.Following a careful reading of the court's opinion, Attorneys Luther Z. Rosser and

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 20th February 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1 AND PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.SENSATIONAL ADMISSION BY CHIEF EXPERT FOR STATE MADE TO JOURNAL FRIDAYDr. H. F. Harris Admits, When Questioned, That He Examined Under Microscope Strands of Hair Found on Lathe in Metal Room and Compared Them With Mary Phagan's Hair and That They Were Entirely Different in Texture and Could Not Be the SameFINDING OF HAIR ONE OF LINKS IN CHAIN FIXING THE CRIME ON THE SECOND FLOOR Defense Will Probably Make Dr. Harris' Statement the Basis for an Extraordinary Motion for a New Trial for Frank Dr. Harris

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 21st February 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.Man Who Claims to Have Discovered Evidence Which Led to Arrest and Conviction of Leo M. Frank Asks Council for $1,000Motion for New TrialWill Be Asked of JudgeBen HillFollowing Revelation That Dr. Harris ToldSolicitorHair Was NotMary Phagan's ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENSE ISSUE STINGING CARD INSINUATING OTHER EVIDENCE WAS HELD BACK"Facts About This Hair Will Awaken Wonder as to What Other Things Were Concealed and Misrepresented in Same Way,"Say Rosser and ArnoldNew Developments Will Form Basis for Extraordinary Motion in Superior Court of Fulton County Interest has been added to the sensational statement of

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 22nd February 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4 AND PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.M'KNIGHT SAYS HE MEMORIZED STORY WRITTEN FOR HIMR. L.Craven Denounces Negro as a Liar and TellsHow Mc Knight's Original Affidavit Was MadeAlbert Mc Knight, colored, husband of Minola Mc Knight, the cook at the Selig home, where Leo M. Frank lived at the time Mary Phagan was killed, on January 18 made an affidavit to Captain C. W. Burke, employed in the defense of Frank, repudiating an affidavit damaging to Frank which he made before the trial and repudiating his testimony damaging to Frank which he gave

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 23rd February 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3 AND PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.WITNESS IS ASKED OF MARY'S HAIREmbalmer GheeslingCalled in Trial of Jim Conley to Tell of Color and Texture of PhaganGirl's HairTRIAL OF ACCESSORY ADJOURNS FOR DAYNegroFactory Sweeper Pleads Not Guilty and Asks Jury to Acquit HimSearch Made For Mc Knight Indication that Solicitor H. M. Dorsey will inject in some way into the trial of Jim Conley the issue created recently by the sensational statement of Dr. H. F. Harris that in his opinion the hair found on the lathe of the National Pencil factory was not

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 24th February 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Attorneys Rosser, Arnold, Haas and HaasFile Motion With Supreme TribunalAsking a Rehearing of AppealDELIEVED DECISION WILL COME DOWN SATURDAYJudge Roan's Refusal to Charge Jury on Points Cited by Defense Basis of One of the AttacksLeo M. Frank's attorneys, Luther Z. Rosser, Reuben R. Arnold, Herbert and Leonard Haas, filed Frank's motion for a rehearing with the state supreme court Tuesday morning.Out of 106 grounds contained in the original bill of exceptions the motion asks the court to hear a re-argument on twenty-one grounds, which, it is contended, the supreme court overlooked in

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 25th February 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Supreme TribunalRefuses by Unanimous Vote to Repon AppealFrom Conviction for Murder of Mary PhaganCONLEYASKSNEW TRIAL AS ACCESSORY TO CRIMEAuthority on LawSays Trial of Conley as Aide to FrankDoes Not Immune SweeperBy a unanimous decision rendering on Wednesday morning the supreme court of Georgia denied the motion, filed only 24 hours before, for a re-hearing of the Leo M. Frank case.The re-hearing was asked by Attorneys Luther Z. Rosser, Reuben R. Arnold and Haas, on the ground that the supreme court had overlooked in its former decision 21 counts in the bill of

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 26th February 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1 AND PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.MAN SENTENCED TO DIE FOR KILLINGPHAGAN GIRL TALKS FOR FIRST TIMEIn LengthyInterview With Newspaper Reporters in His Cell at TowerCondemned Prisoner Vehemently Asserts He is Innocent of Crime for Which He Was Convicted and Expresses Belief That Justice Will yet Be DonePERSON WHO WROTE THE NOTES FOUND NEAR BODY OF VICTIM IS GUILTY, HE DECLARES In Lengthy Interview With Newspaper Reporters in His Cell at Tower Condemned Prisoner Vehemently Asserts He Is Innocent of Crime for Which He Was Convicted and Expresses Belief That Justice Will Yet

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 27th February 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4 AND PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.CONSPIRACY OF VILEST SORT, IS CHARGEWoman Asserts Husband Was Convicted on "Deep-Seated, Insistent Demand That Vic Tim Be Offered"for Murder of Mary PhaganSolicitorDorsey Charged With Sup Pressing Evidence That Would Have Caused Doubt Of Frank's GuiltQuoting the case of Becker, the New York police lieutenant, who has just been granted a new trial, Mrs. Leo M. Frank, wife of the man condemned to die for the murder of Mary Phagan, issued a signed statement to the public Friday asking:"Shall it be said that the people of Georgia

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 1st March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.StaffPhoto by Wine.Leo M. Frank.This is the latest photograph of the man convicted for the murder of Mary Phagan.Frank posed for The Journal in the tower for the first picture made of him since he was sentenced.PAGE 1, COLUMN 7DESIRE TO COMMIT SUCH AN ACT CANNOT BE BORN IN INSTANTManConvicted of Murder of Factory Girl Again Talks Freely of His Case to Newspaper MenINNOCENT AS A BABE, SAYS VISITOR OF FRANKPrisoner Asks That Common Sense Be Applied in Ferreting Mystery Old School Teacher Commends Him What he terms physical and psychological reasons

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 2nd March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Detective Finishes His Lecture Tour in St. AugustineMonday Night and Will Then Hasten HereCOURT TO RESENTENCE FRANK DURING WEEKHis Attorneys Will Ask That Life Term Be Given Defend AntInstead of Sentence of DeathWilliam J. Burns, who has achieved an international reputation as a detective, is expected to arrive in Atlanta Tuesday to commence an investigation of the Frank case.Burns finishes his lecture tour Monday night, when he will deliver an address in St. Augustine, Fla., and he will then start for this city.Burns has been retained in the case by friends of

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 3rd March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Prominent Dentist and Business man, Both Friends of Leo M. Frank, Engaged the Famous DetectiveCONVICTED MAN MAY BE SENTENCED TOMORROWRemittitur of Supreme Court Received by Lower Court Rosser and Haas in New YorkDr. B.Wildauer, the dentist, and Milton Klein, manager for Daniel Klein $Son, are the friends of Leo M. Frank who employed Detective William J. Burns to work on his case.Dr. Wildauer stated to The Journal Tuesday that he and Mr. Klein first approached the famous detective when he came to Atlanta on his lecture tour, and persuaded him to make

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 4th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3 AND PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.SWORE LIES IN REGARD TO TIME HE SAW MARY ON APRIL 26,HE SAYSNewsboyWho Figured Prominently in Trial and Whose Testimony Had Much to Do With Establishing Time of Phagan Girl's Death, Makes Startling Statements in Affidavit Produced in The Journal TodayCharges That Detective Black Persuaded Him and Solicitor Dorsey Encourage Him to Swear as He DidLITTLE GIRL NEVER TOLD HIM SHE FEARED FRANK, SAYS LAD IN HIS STATEMENT WHICH IS SWORN TOLeo M.Frank, in Tower,Discusses Nina Formby's Affidavit and Makes Charges Against the City Detective Department Judge

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 5th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Convicted Man in Tower Gives Out New Statement and Hits at CityDetective John Black"TELL TRUTH WHILE YOU CAN DO SO WITH HONOR"Stiles Hopkins Tells How Affidavit was Secured From Epps-Boy Sticks to Sworn Story Regardless of FatherFollowing the Epps affidavit and the replies to it of the detectives.Leo M. Frank, from his cell in the tower, urges the inhabitants of the "castle on Decatur Street" to open their hearts to the truth, which is on the onward march and to do right, while they can, with honor.Anent the statement of Detective John

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 6th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Condemned Man Recalls His Speaking to Her on Street at TimeConley Said He Was Hiding Body in FactoryDEFENSE'S TIME ALIBI FURTHER STRENGTHENEDHelen Kern's Testimony That She Also Saw FrankAbout 1:10 o'Clock on Day of the Crime Is CorroboratedLeo M. Frank attaches much importance to the affidavit of Mrs. Ethel Harris Miller, of Chattanooga, who declares she saw him at the corner of Whitehall and Alabama at about 1:10 o'clock on the day of the Mary Phagan murder.He said:I couldn't be at two places at the same time, and Miss Helen Kern and

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 7th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.MANUSCRIPT OF FRANK'S STATEMENT -StaffPhoto by Winn.The above is from a photographic reproduction of the concluding paragraph of the Leo M. Frank statement to Judge Ben Hill in the criminal division of the Fulton County superior court Saturday morning, before he was resentenced to hang on April 17.Frank had written his last appeal in the Tower and memorized it.PAGE 1, COLUMN 7COURT SAYS HE MUST HANG ON APRIL 17"In the Presence of Supreme Judge,Whose Omnipresent Eye Is Now Upon Me,I Assert I am Not Guilty of Little Mary Phagan's Death and Do

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 8th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4 AND PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.DEFENSE OF FRANK HAS NEW EVIDENCE TO CLEAR UP CASEForm on Which Notes Were Written Was Discarded Four Years Before Mary Phagan's Murder in April, 1913EVERY TABLET CARTED TO FACTORY BASEMENTLuther Z. Rosser Issues StatementReplying to Protest of Georgia Chamber of Commerce Against His InterviewAn important point relating to the notes found by Mary Phagan's body and tending to show that they were written in the basement, instead of the office, as Conley contends has been worked out by persons interested in the defense of Leo M.

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 9th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Notice of Extraordinary Motion for Another TrialMay Be Given at Any Time Before Date of ExecutionCOURT HAS THE POWER TO REFUSE AN APPEAL Should Such Action Be Taken, Mandamus Would Be Necessary Burns Expected Today to Take Up CaseAttorneys agree that an extraordinary motion for a new trial for Leo M. Frank can be filed at any time before the date set for his execution, April 17, his thirtieth birthday.While the state must receive due notice of the filing of an extraordinary motion, that notice need not necessarily be given until the

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 10th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Another Important State Witness Said to Have Repudiated Testimony Given at the Trial SILENCE OF ATTORNEYS GIVES COLOR TO REPORTOther Affidavits Containing Sensational Statements Are Prepared for Use in Motion for New Trial, it is Said Attorneys for Leo M. Frank refuse to discuss the report that another witness for the state, equally important, if not more important, to the prosecution's case than Albert Mc Knight and George Epps, has repudiated his testimony at the trial.The rumor is persistent that the defense has in its possession several affidavits which have not been

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 11th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Sleuth Will Try to Force Confession From Negro That He and Not Frank Slew Mary Phagan, It Is Said WILL ASK PERMISSION TO SEE HIM AT TOWERQuestion of Whether Interview With Closely Guarded Prisoner Will Be AllowedIs the Cause of Speculation That the first move of William J. Burns, the detective, on his arrival here the latter part of the week, will be an attempt to see Jim Conley, is regarded as certain by those familiar with the detective's methods.Burns has forced confessions from criminals where many others had failed, and it

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 12th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Negro's Only Condition Is That Some Disinterested White Man Be Present to See He Is Given Fair TreatmentFRANK GRAND JURY MAY HOLD ANOTHER SESSION Parents of Lula Belle Brown Charge Detectives Tried to Coerce Her Into Saying She Accompanied Mary Phagan to FactoryThe declaration of Jim Conley, convicted as an accomplice in the Mary Phagan murder, that he is perfectly willing to see Detective William J. Burns and answer every question put to him, was an unlooked one for development in the Frank case Thursday morning.That Burns will make an effort to

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 13th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Mrs. J. B. Simmons,of Birmingham,Declares Cries Came From Factory Basement, and After 1 o'ClockTOLD IT TO SOLICITOR BUT WAS NEVER CALLEDWitness Says Prosecutor Did Not Ask Her to Change Statement as to Time, but Said It Didn't Fit His Theory (Special Dispatch to The Journal.)BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 13.That she distinctly heard three screams coming from the basement of the National Pencil factory on the afternoon of the day that Mary Phagan was murdered and that this information was given to the solicitor general and discarded by him, is the substance of a

  The Atlanta Journal, Saturday, 14th March 1914, PAGE 1, COLUMN 7. Attorneys Are Informed the Solicitor Saw Frank on Day of Murder and Thought He Acted Queerly AT THAT TIME CRIME HAD NOT BECOME KNOWN Lawyers Will Contend Circumstance Prejudiced His Mind When Murder Came to Light and Frank Was Accused That Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey on April 2, 1913, saw Leo M. Frank, the man he was prosecuted once that day, on the street and at that time became suspicious of his actions, is information which has been placed in the hands of the attorneys for the

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 15th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.PAGE 1, COLUMN 7ASSERTS THEY TRIED TO MAKE HER SWEAR FALSELY ABOUT HIMMiss Nellie Wood Tells How "Questions Confused Her."Mrs.Nettie Miller Says She Was Offered $1,000 Bribe MRS.PETTIS DISCREDITS HER SISTER'S AFFIDAVITYoung Woman,However, Reiterates Statement Made at Trial That She Knew Frank's Character Was BadFour of the affidavits from women witnesses in the Frank case were made public by the attorneys for the defense of the condemned man on Saturday afternoon.One of the women who testified against Frank's character repudiates her testimony.Another tells in her affidavit, what she had promised the detectives

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 16th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.Detection appears to be the one thing that is not a hobby of Miss Florence Burns, daughter of William J. Burns, the detective, for, although Miss Burns, who is in Atlanta with her father, admits she knows little about the third degree and the Bertillon system, she is enthusiastic about mountain climbing, a great traveler, an accomplished musician and linguist, a student of art at Columbia college and, above all, beautiful.Miss Burns confesses to being a suffragette and a tangoist."I am not a militant suffragette and have never marched in a votes-for-women

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 17th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Detective Is Leaving No StoneUnturned inSearching for Truth About Murder of Mary PhaganMAY SEEK INTERVIEWS WITH DORSEY AND POLICEChief Lanford Says He Is Willing to "Swap Secrets"if Burns Will Show Proper Attitude ThatWilliam J. Burns is making his investigation of the Mary Phagan murder case "from the ground up" has been demonstrated by the movements of the famous detective both on Monday and Tuesday.Monday, he visited the National Pencil factory, the scene of the crime, and went over the physical points in the case.Tuesday at the office of his agency here he

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 18th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4 AND PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.EVERY CRIMINAL IS CERTAIN TO LEAVE TRACK,HE ASSERTS"Trail is Very Plain,"States Detective Enigmatically in Murder With NewspapersEXPRESSES CONFIDENCE IN DORSEY'S SINCERITY "But Smartest Man's Vision Is Liable to Be Distorted," Adds Sleuth-Becker, in Letter, Defends FrankThe indication that Detective William J. Burns believes Leo M. Frank is innocent of the murder of Mary Phagan, in the light of his present information, was made plain by the interpretation of remarks he made during conversation Wednesday morning with newspaper men."Every criminal leaves some sort of track," was one of

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 19th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4 AND PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.SCOFFS AT THEORY THAT PROSECUTOR WAS PREJUDICEDDetective Expresses Confidence in Solicitor and Declares Vigorous ProsecutionPrompted by Sense of DutyWILL SUBMIT HIS REPORT TO COUNSEL FOR STATE"Whether Frank or Another Is Guilty, Proof Will Be Sufficient to Convince All Fair Minds," He Says William J. Burns, the detective, expressed the opinion Thursday that Leo Frank's prosecutor, Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey, is still open to conviction about the Mary Phagan murder case, and declared he is confident that when he submits his report on the case that he

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 20th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Detective Declares He Took Case With Understanding That All Facts Unearthed Should Be Made KnownSAYS HE DID NOT WISH TO TAKE CASE AT FIRSTTold Employers He FearedThey Would Not Like It If Evidence Hit Frank, but They Said:"Go Ahead"Detective William J. Burns reiterated Friday his statement that regardless of his findings he will not leave the Mary Phagan murder case "up in the air.""I made a distinct agreement," he said, "with the gentlemen who employed me on the case, that even if I come to the conclusion that Leo Frank is guilty,

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 21st March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Detective Will Not Say What Angle of Case Calls Him AwayFrank or Conley Is Guilty, He StatesMILD REPLY IS MADE TO ATTACK OF LAWYERDeclares Purpose to Offend No One, and Says He Will Consult Attorney About Seeing Prisoner at Proper TimeDetective William J. Burns is preparing to leave Atlanta within the next few days to investigate certain angles of the Mary Phagan murder case, he admitted Saturday when questioned about his object in bringing two of the chief lieutenants of the Burns forces to Atlanta.Mr. Burns refuses to say what angles of

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 22nd March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Newspaper Men and Others to Be Questioned by Detective Burns he Expects to Satisfy All With ReportATTORNEY ARNOLD BACK;NEW DISCLOSURES SOONSolicitor Dorsey Gets Paper From Former Pencil Factory Employee Combating Becker's Evidence, It Is Said Thorough satisfaction with the results so far obtained in his investigation of the Phagan murder case was expressed by Detective William J. Burns Saturday evening.The detective reiterated his assertion of last Monday that he was confident of his ability to clear up the case to the entire satisfaction of the public.Mr. Burns indicated that he was fully

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 23rd March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Attorneys Have Practically Completed Work, It Is Said.Much New Evidence to Be Submitted to CourtBURNS FOLLOWS MURDER CASE TRAIL TO NEW YORK Detective, Before Leaving Atlanta, Declares Positively He Will Prove Beyond Doubt Who Slew Mary PhaganThe extraordinary motion for a new trial for Leo M. Frank, convicted and condemned to death for the Mary Phagan murder, will in all probability be filed during the present week, it became known Monday.Attorney Luther Z. Rosser, senior counsel for the defense, has been at work on the motion ten days and it is now

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 24th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.Detective in Frank Case Said to Be Working Along This Line in New YorkDespite his silence on the subject, the report that William J. Burns is making a vigorous investigation of the methods of the city detectives was given color Tuesday by dispatches from New York, which say the great detective has interviewed Nina Formby.The Formby woman did not figure in the trial of Frank and her chief value to the defense has been her attack on the city detectives, who she declares coerced her into signing false affidavits and that they

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 25th March 1914,PAGE 2, COLUMN 5.Burns' Lieutenant Acts for His Chief While Latter is Out of City.Dan S. Lehon, of New Orleans, head of the southern division of the Burns agency, arrived in Atlanta Wednesday morning to direct the probe of the Mary Phagan murder case in the absence of Detective William J. Burns."I want to reiterate the statement of Mr. Burns," said Lehon, when located by a Journal reporter at the offices of the Atlanta agency, "that this is a thoroughly impartial investigation, and that we will name the murderer of Mary Phagan, whoever it is.""The

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 26th March 1914,PAGE 4, COLUMN 3.Solicitor Will Vigorously Resist Attorney's Motion for New TrialSolicitorGeneral Hugh M. Dorsey, despite his refusal to discuss recent developments in the Leo M. Frank case, is known to be preparing evidence with which to fight the extraordinary motion for a new trial which attorneys for the defense will file in the criminal division of the superior court.Although actively engaged in the prosecution of routine criminal cases each morning, he is devoting his afternoons to work on the Frank case.City Detectives Starnes and Campbell, who have been working practically under his direction since

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 27th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.Negro Woman Testifies She Saw Conley Run From Alley In Rear of Factoryat 2:15 on Afternoon of MurderSOLICITOR IS ATTACKED IN DEFENSE AFFIDAVITSC. B. Dalton,Another Witness for the State, Repudiates His Testimony Given Against Frank at the Trial Notice was given Solicitor General H. M. Dorsey Friday that on April 16, twenty days from this date, and the day before the date set for his execution, an extraordinary motion for a new trial for Leo M. Frank will be filed with the criminal division of the superior court.On that day, the hearing

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 28th March 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Burns, in New York Interview, Intimates More Than One Person Is InvolvedWilliam J. Burns, the detective, talking to reporters in New York, has made two interesting statements, one of which indicates that his investigation, by which he claims to have discovered much new evidence, has led to the conclusion that two men are responsible for the murder of Mary Phagan.This theory has often been discussed, but the detectives who have worked on the case have consistently refused to seriously entertain it.Burns in talking of the Phagan murder case said:"The case is perfectly

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 29th March 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Lehon Declares He's Satisfied With Progress on CaseSo FarThere were no developments in the Frank case Saturday, nor did there appear to be prospect of any important change in the present situation until he extraordinary motion for Frank's new trial is heard on April 16.Unless Detective William J. Burns, who is expected back from his investigations in New York City the latter part of this week, gives out any of the results of his probe on his return, there is indication both sides will be content to mark time until the trial

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 30th March 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Attorneys for Defense Will Not Divulge Name or Character of His TestimonyThat a witness material to the defense of Leo M. Frank has been located in the suburbs of Chicago is the substance of a statement made Sunday to an Associated Press correspondent by Attorney Herbert J. Haas, of the Frank Defense.According to dispatches, Mr. Haas refused to divulge the name of the new witness or the character of the testimony, which is to be expected from him.Attorneys of the Frank Defense here also refuse to discuss the Chicago angle of the

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 31st March 1914,PAGE 4, COLUMN 1.State Investigates Character of Witnesses Presented in Defense's Final MotionThe state is preparing vigorously to attack the testimony of Mary Rich, colored, and also of Mrs. J. B. Simmons, when the hearing of the extraordinary motion for a new trial for Leo M. Frank is commenced on April 16 before Judge Ben H. Hill.Agents of the state, it has been learned are making a vigorous probe of the life of Mrs. Simmons as well as her acts on April 26, the day of the murder, when she claims to have heard screams

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 1st April 1914,PAGE 8, COLUMN 4.Leo M. Frank was convicted of murder in Atlanta when, admittedly, the public mind was inflamed. Authorities are sensitive to such conditions, and the reaction is not always in the direction of justice. The possibility opens for legalized lynch law. Judgment may be warped, prejudices rule, passions prevail over justice, and a victim be found to whom no guilt is attached. This is worse than a crime of mob violence. Mobs may be swayed by passion, but not the State. The evidence against Frank is pronounced by fair examiners to be uncertain,

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 2nd April 1914,PAGE 4, COLUMN 2.Guy B. Biddinger, of New York City, the righthand man of William J. Burns, the detective investigating the Frank case, quietly left Atlanta Wednesday night after having been there under an assumed name since March 29. His whereabouts are not known.Dan S. Lehon, of New Orleans, Louisiana, the southern superintendent of the Burns agency, when seen in his apartments at the Georgian Terrace Thursday morning, declined to say where Mr. Biddinger had gone. He merely admitted that his co-worker had found it necessary to leave the city, presumably in the interest of

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 3rd April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.**Noted Sleuth in Chicago Says He Can Prove Guilt of Slayer**By Associated PressCHICAGO, April 3. "I know who the murderer of Mary Phagan is," said William J. Burns, the detective, today on his return trip to Kansas City. "I can't say at this time whether it is Leo M. Frank or someone else; but I know his identity and can prove that he committed the murder."**Burns in Kansas for Clue in Phagan Case**Detective Will Not Divulge New Evidence Expected Here on SaturdayThe trial in the Mary Phagan murder case has led Detective

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 4th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Famous Detective, on Way to Atlanta, Denies He Has Given Any Intimation of Who Is GuiltyHAS ONLY SAID THAT HE KNOWS THE MURDERERSleuth Reiterates in Telegram to Journal That Evidence He Has Found Will Prove Who Slew Mary PhaganBURNS SENDS JOURNAL MESSAGE DENYING RUMORChicago, Ill., April 3, 1914.The Atlanta Journal,Atlanta, Ga.Have persistently refused to anticipate the result of my report except as to the statement that Frank was not a pervert and that my report when submitted would point out the real murderer beyond question. Also that there has been no mystery

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 5th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.William J. Burns, the detective, arrived in Atlanta on Saturday night and announced that his report on the Mary Phagan murder case will be made on Tuesday or Wednesday. The report will be made to the attorneys on both sides of the case and at the same time be given to the newspapers. His work on the case is practically complete, he says, and he again declares that the report will leave no question as to the identity of Mary Phagan's slayer.Isolated sentences dropped by the famous detective in the course of

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 6th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.Detective William J. Burns is completing the details of his report on the Phagan murder case and has again strongly intimated that his report will not name Leo M. Frank as the murderer of Mary Phagan. Discussing the report Monday morning, Mr. Burns said, "I am not going to hurry my report for it is extremely important to the defendant, and it is also extremely important that the report will be such that it will convince Solicitor Dorsey and the court."When asked if he thought Mr. Dorsey needed to be convinced, Burns

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 7th April 1914,PAGE 11, COLUMN 1.**Committee Declares Governor Should Quit Office to Conduct Senate Campaign**(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)MARIETTA, Ga., April 7. The Cobb County Democratic executive committee this morning adopted, with only one dissenting vote out of twenty members present, the following resolution in regard to the candidacy of Governor John M. Slaton for the United States Senate:Be it resolved by the Democratic executive committee of Cobb County, this day assembled, as follows:We note that Governor John M. Slaton has announced as a candidate for Senator to fill the unexpired term of the lamented statesman, Hon.

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 8th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Detective William J. Burns, after being shown physical evidence by Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey, asserts that a pervert killed Mary Phagan and that Negro Jim Conley will be branded as the slayer. In his report, Burns will declare Leo M. Frank innocent of the crime for which he has been convicted.The much-heralded conference between Burns and Dorsey took place in the latter's offices on Wednesday. Burns called on the solicitor to examine the physical evidence in the case, and nothing else was discussed, according to both gentlemen. When asked if Burns

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 9th April 1914,PAGE 7, COLUMN 3.Leaves Tonight, to Return Day Previous to One Set For Frank's ExecutionDespite the activity of Detective William J. Burns and the numerous agents of the attorneys for the defense of Leo M. Frank, Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey is planning to leave Atlanta on Thursday night to be absent until the morning of the 16th of April, when the extraordinary motion for a new trial for Frank will be formally filed with the court. While the solicitor refuses to discuss the case, the inference is drawn from his attitude towards recent developments

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 10th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Detective William J. Burns indicated on Friday that his investigation has failed to substantiate the charges of bad character brought against Leo M. Frank by the state. The detective expressed his willingness to receive any information derogatory to Frank's character that anyone may possess. "I promise to thoroughly investigate any report against Frank, which is given to me, regardless of who makes the report or how far back the incident may have been in Frank's life," he stated.While Burns had nothing else to say, it is clear that the detective has not

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 11th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Detective's Agents Unable to Corroborate Statements Against Frank's CharacterIndications were on Saturday that the report of Detective William J. Burns on the Mary Phagan murder case will not be made public for ten days or more. It was generally expected that the detective would complete his investigation and make his report during the early part of next week, but recent developments indicate that he will be further delayed. Mr. Burns stated on Saturday that he had not received a single "tip" as the result of his public request for information derogatory to

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 12th April 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Burns to Give $1,000 for Proof of Perversion; Detective DisappearsIn a signed statement Saturday afternoon, William J. Burns offered a reward of $1,000 to any person who will furnish him with definite and satisfactory evidence concerning any act of perversion or immorality on the part of Leo M. Frank. The action of the famous detective in offering the reward is construed as meaning that he has found nothing to substantiate the attack of the State on Leo Frank's character at the trial last August.Burns' statement, signed and made in the form of

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 13th April 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Dan S. Lehon, Burns' lieutenant in the investigation of the Mary Phagan murder case, declares that the character evidence against Frank, held by Chief of Detectives Newport Lanford, is "not satisfactory." When Burns, before he left the city Saturday afternoon, offered a $1,000 reward for anyone who would furnish him with satisfactory evidence that Frank is a pervert or a man of immoral habits, Chief Lanford immediately stated he could furnish Burns with all of the evidence he wanted, and probably more.Lehon, in the absence of his chief, visited police headquarters Sunday

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 14th April 1914,PAGE 2, COLUMN 1.Solicitor Dorsey has intimated that he will contest any effort by the defense to amend the motion as served on him, and as a result, a court fight Thursday over the point is probable. The extraordinary motion for a new trial of Leo M. Frank, as served on the solicitor more than two weeks ago, will be awarded in all probability, when it is formally filed in the criminal division of the superior court on Thursday morning. It is not expected, however, that the defense will attempt to incorporate any of the

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 15th April 1914,PAGE 20, COLUMN 3.Counsel for Leo M. Frank has subpoenaed Dr. H. F. Harris, secretary of the state board of health, to appear in the criminal division of the superior court on Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. This is in connection with Frank's extraordinary motion for a new trial, which will be filed at that time. Dr. Harris, who examined hair found on lathes in the factory, has refused to sign an affidavit prepared by the defense regarding the now famous hair incident. As a result, the defense has subpoenaed him, and they plan to

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 16th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Tye, Peeples & Jordan have asked Judge Hill to set aside the verdict against Leo M. Frank because he was not present when it was read. Judge Hill has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday to address this motion, as well as a motion for a new trial filed by Arnold & Rosser. The motion to set aside the verdict was filed by attorneys Tye, Peeples, Alexander, and others, who are new to the case. At the same time, Frank's regular counsel filed an extraordinary motion for a new trial based on alleged

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 17th April 1914,PAGE 5, COLUMN 1.Dorsey Not Disturbed by Dr. Harris' Testimony Favorable to StateThe move of the defense of Leo M. Frank in asking that the verdict of guilty be set aside and declared null and void on the ground that Frank was not present in the courtroom when it was rendered is causing much discussion among lawyers, many of whom express the opinion that the motion can be sustained in the courts. However, Solicitor General Dorsey, who returned to the city from Valdosta on Friday, does not appear to be worried by the unexpected move.

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 18th April 1914,PAGE 10, COLUMN 1.Interest in the case of Leo M. Frank now centers on the unexpected move to set aside the verdict of guilty on the ground that Frank was absent from the courtroom when it was rendered. Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey is preparing to vigorously combat the motion, which is set for a hearing on Wednesday morning. The solicitor, it has been learned, will not only contend that the waiver by Frank's attorneys was sufficient, but that Frank had knowledge that the waiver was to be made and consented to it. He will

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 19th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.Captain Burke of the Frank Defense promised Albert Mc Knight a $100 a month job to say he swore falsely. Mc Knight, a vacillating witness in the case against Leo M. Frank, has reverted to his original story given on the stand at the trial. He now declares that Captain C. W. Burke, of the Frank defense, induced him by promises of reward to swear to the affidavit repudiating his first story. In this affidavit, he swore that R. L. Craven, his boss, framed the first story he told at the trial

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 20th April 1914,PAGE 16, COLUMN 5.William J. Burns returned to the city on Monday and announced that he is ready to make his report on the Leo M. Frank case whenever the attorneys for the defense want it. Further than that, the detective had little to say. He has been absent from Atlanta for more than a week, but positively refused to state what places he had visited. He returned on a train from New York.As the result of his statement, it is generally expected that his report will be made by Wednesday, the date set for

  The Atlanta Journal, Tuesday, 21st April 1914, PAGE 21, COLUMN 5. Rosser and Arnold Condemn Custody of Witnesses as Outrage on Decency Editor of The Journal: So many things foreign to fair play have happened heretofore in the Frank case that nothing now seems to matter. Anything, no matter how outrageous, seems to pass muster. Police officers brazenly do things that, in ordinary cases, would provoke an outburst of indignation. This is well illustrated in the case of the Negro, Albert Mc Knight. Albert came into notoriety during the jury trial of Frank by swearing to the most potent

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 22nd April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.The argument on the motion to set aside the verdict in the Leo M. Frank case, originally scheduled for a hearing before Judge Ben H. Hill, has been postponed. The motion to set aside the guilty verdict is now set for Friday next week. The extraordinary motion on the ground of newly discovered evidence will be postponed again when it is called Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. According to the attorneys, when the extraordinary motion is heard, amendments incorporating the new evidence found by William J. Burns will be filed. Burns stated

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 23rd April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.Progress was made in the Frank case on Thursday as Judge Ben H. Hill heard the extraordinary motion for a new trial based on newly discovered evidence. The court convened in one of the ante-rooms of the State Library at the capitol at 10 o'clock. At 12:30, it recessed after the entire motion and several affidavits bearing on it had been read. The court reconvened at 1:30, and Judge Hill announced that his hours for hearing this motion would be from 9:30 to 12:30 and from 1:30 to 5 each day until

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 24th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.Attorneys for Leo M. Frank, at Hearing for New Trial, Read Affidavit From Negro Woman in Which She Asserts Conley, on Her Promise to Marry Him, Admitted to Her in the Fulton County Tower That He Killed the Girl and That He Had lied When He Said Frank Was Guilty of the CrimeDECLARES HE TOLD HER CONDEMNED MAN KNEW NOTHING AT ALL ABOUT THE CRIMEMinister Also makes Affidavit That He Stepped Into an Alley on a Night Shortly After the Murder and Heard Two Negroes Talking, One of Whom Said He Had

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 25th April 1914,PAGE 14, COLUMN 5.Negro Says He Will Disprove Charge Made by Negress in AffidavitThe negro Jim Conley, through Attorney William M. Smith, has issued a statement denying the charge that he confessed to the murder of Mary Phagan, which was made in the extraordinary motion for a new trial for Leo M. Frank at the hearing before Judge Hill on Friday. Conley asserts he barely knows Annie Maud Carter, the negress who claims he confessed to her in the tower, and that he only saw her when she passed his cell door and they exchanged

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 26th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.I Am Asking for That Which the People of Atlanta Would Not Refuse to a Dirty MongrelLeo M. Frank issued a signed statement Saturday night commenting on the interview of Chief Newport A. Lanford, of the city detective department, with Detective William J. Burns in which Lanford declared that neither the state nor the city had ever charged perversion to Frank."The charge of perversion having been withdrawn against me," says Frank, "I do not see how any man with a love of justice and fair play in his heart could deny me

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 27th April 1914,PAGE 18, COLUMN 3.Several Women Among Them and Agents in San Francisco Cases, Say City DetectivesSolicitor General Dorsey, aided by William M. Smith, attorney for Jim Conley, and a corps of detectives, continued Monday the work of securing affidavits, which will be used to combat the new evidence introduced by the defense of Leo M. Frank at the hearing of his extraordinary motion for a new trial.The solicitor has practically completed his counter showing at this time, and unless something new develops, will be ready for the hearing to proceed next Friday.The city detectives on

  The Atlanta Journal, Tuesday, 28th April 1914, PAGE 1, COLUMN 3. Defense Strikes Amendment, Dorsey Promises Sensation, Frank Makes Statement Judge Ben H. Hill has signed an order allowing the defense of Leo M. Frank to strike from his extraordinary motion for a new trial the amendments referring to the affidavits of Rev. C. B. Ragsdale and R. L. Barber that they heard Jim Conley confess to the Mary Phagan murder. Mr. Ragsdale has made an affidavit for Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey, in which he repudiates the affidavit made to the defense of Frank and used in an

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 29th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.Solicitor Ready to Combat Defense Evidence BurnsRaps the PoliceThe hearing of an extraordinary motion for a new trial for Leo M. Frank will be resumed before Judge Ben H. Hill, of the criminal division of the superior court, Friday.Solicitor General Dorsey has practically completed the work of securing evidence to combat the defense's amendments and will be ready for the hearing. The defense may further amend its motion by bringing in the various notes written to Annie Maud Carter by Jim Conley. This, however, will not result in a further delay.Detective William

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 30th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Sleuth Leaves Train Going West and Returns to Atlanta to Refute Rev. C. B. Ragsdale's StoryFrank Trial Motion to Be Heard FridayA resolution to revoke the license of Burns' Detective Agency in Atlanta will be presented to the Police Board. The hearing of Leo M. Frank's extraordinary motion for a new trial will be resumed Friday morning at 10 o'clock before Judge Ben H. Hill. While the defense will offer additional amendments, interest centers in the "counter showing" of Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey, who has thrown a veil of secrecy about his

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 1st May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Investigator Burke was put on the rack as two witnesses swore to having heard screams on the second floor of the factory at 12:10. Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey was in the midst of his counter showing against the granting of the extraordinary motion of Leo M. Frank for a new trial when Judge Ben H. Hill adjourned court on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock until Monday morning. Solicitor Dorsey summed up the state's contention in reference to the extraordinary motion by declaring, "If nothing added to nothing makes something, then there is

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 2nd May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.In Presence of Judge Hill, Solicitor Secures Detailed Story of Detective's Work in Frank CaseNO FURTHER EVIDENCE IN HIS POSSESSIONFull Story of Solicitor's Long Cross-Examination Is Given Below Lehon to Be Examined LaterDetective William J. Burns, on the witness stand for a special examination before Judge Ben H. Hill, was grilled by Solicitor General Dorsey about his connection with the Frank, or Mary Phagan murder case, for more than an hour Saturday morning.The solicitor demonstrated by his questions that he has closely followed the movements of the detective both in Atlanta and

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 3rd May 1914,PAGE 33, COLUMN 4.After giving a new affidavit to the state, Leo M. Frank was released. The hearing of his extraordinary motion for a new trial resumed on Monday and is expected to conclude by Wednesday before Judge B. H. Hill. It is anticipated that Judge Hill will announce his decision on the motion before the end of the week. Subsequently, probably sometime during the following week, the court will address the motion to set aside the verdict because Frank was not in court when it was rendered. This motion was filed by Attorney Tye

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 4th May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4 AND COLUMN 7.MANY AFFIDAVITSOFFERED TO COMBATNEW TRIAL MOTIONRuth Robinson Charges OneSubmitted as Coming FromHer and Witnessed by C. W.Burke Was ForgeryDALTON REAFFIRMS HISTESTIMONY ABOUT FRANKC. B. Ragsdale Alleges Frame-Up Pardee and Green NowSay They Didn't See FrankOn WhitehallAt the continuation of the hearing of the extraordinary motion for new trial for Leo M. Frank before Judge Benjamin H. Hill Monday morning Solicitor Dorsey made a sensational counter showing against the granting of the motion.The solicitor attacked the Frank motion at many points. He read to the court an affidavit from Ruth

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 5th May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Detective Lehon Ordered Held Under Bond for Grand Jury Defense Vigorously Assailed In Numerous AffidavitsEPPS CHARGES FRAME-UP IN GETTING HIS AFFIDAVITAaron Allen Swears He Was Left in Burns' Office With Pile of Money Defense Offers Evidence in RebuttalWhen the hearing of the extraordinary motion for new trial for Leo M. Frank was adjourned by Judge Benjamin H. Hill at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon until Wednesday morning, Solicitor Dorsey had concluded his counter showing against the granting of the motion and the defense was well into the reading of their affidavits in rebuttal.An

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 6th May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Court Announced Mind Is Al-Ready Made Up and RendersDecision Without HearingFrom Solicitor DorseyCASE WILL BE TAKENUP TO SUPREME COURTJudge Hill Says He Will SignBill of Exceptions, but WillSend Written Opinions WithIt Resentencing Will BeDelayedThe extraordinary motion of Leo M. Frank for a new trial was denied by Judge Benjamin H. Hill Wednesday afternoon at the conclusion of arguments by Attorneys Luther Z. Rosser and Reuben R. Arnold, for the defense. Judge Hill made his decision without hearing from Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey.Judge Hill announced he would certify to a bill of exceptions,

  The Atlanta Journal, Thursday, 7th May 1914, PAGE 1, COLUMN 7. Judge Hill Also Will Instruct Grand Jury Monday Week to Make Thorough Investigation of Alleged Bribery. BURNS MAY BE CALLED TO TELL ALL HE KNOWS. Bill of Exceptions on Appeal for New Trial Will Not Be Presented to Court for Several Days. Judge Hill, in his charge to the grand jury in superior court Monday week, will specially instruct that body to make a thorough and rigid investigation of charges of perjury, coercion and intimidation of witnesses made against each other by both sides in the Frank case.

  The Atlanta Journal, Friday, 8th May 1914, PAGE 6, COLUMN 2. Motion to Set Aside Verdict May Not Be Taken Up Saturday The hearing of the motion to set aside the verdict in Leo M. Frank's Case, which was set for Saturday morning at 10 o'clock before Judge Ben H. Hill will probably be postponed until the middle of next week. Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey indicated Friday that he cannot possibly be prepared with the State's side of the Case by Saturday morning. The Solicitor will be granted more time, but as Judge Hill is known to be

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 9th May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Detectives Must Explain Why They Sent Annie Maud Carter, Frank Case Witness, Out of Court's JurisdictionMotion to Set Aside Verdict is PostponedA hearing will be taken up next Saturday. Judge closely questions Negress about who furnished money.Judge Ben H. Hill, of the criminal division of superior court, Saturday morning cited William J. Burns and Dan S. Lehon to appear before him next Tuesday to answer a charge of contempt of court for sending Annie Maud Carter, a negro witness in the Frank case, out of the state. The action was taken after

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 10th May 1914,PAGE 15, COLUMN 3.Detective May Return Voluntarily If Wife's Condition Will PermitWilliam J. Burns will likely return to the city voluntarily to face charges of contempt of court, brought against him and his chief lieutenant, Dan S. Lehon, by Judge Ben H. Hill of Superior Court. At the office of his Agency here, it was stated he is now in New York City at the bedside of Mrs. Burns, who is critically ill. If her condition shows improvement, he will probably return.The law firm of Little, Power, Hooper & Goldstein, one member of which, Frank

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 11th May 1914,PAGE 20, COLUMN 1.The contempt proceedings against Wm. J. Burns and Dan S. Lehon, his chief aide in the Frank investigation, originally set for Tuesday morning, have been postponed until next Friday morning. Burns is currently in New York at the bedside of his wife, who is said to be seriously ill, but he expects to reach the city by Friday. For this reason, Judge Hill, who initiated the proceedings following the examination of Annie Maud Carter, a Negro witness in the case, has allowed the postponement. Carter stated that Burns and Lehon suggested she

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 13th May 1914,PAGE 20, COLUMN 1.Motion to Set Aside VerdictThe motion to set aside the verdict of guilty against Leo M. Frank on the ground that he was not in the courtroom when it was rendered has been postponed from Saturday morning to next Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Attorneys for Frank, due to interruptions during Shrine week, asked the solicitor general and Judge Hill on Wednesday morning if they would agree to a continuance. Both agreed.The contempt proceedings against William J. Burns and his chief aide in the Frank investigation, Dan S. Lehon, are still set

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 15th May 1914,PAGE 2, COLUMN 3.Detectives' Answer to Contempt Charge Probably Will Clear ThemThe hearing of the charge of contempt of court against William J. Burns and Dan S. Lehon, his lieutenant in the Frank investigation, which was set for Friday, was postponed until next week, with no definite date fixed. Lehon and Burns, through their attorneys, Little, Powell, Hooper & Goldstein, have filed an answer to the contempt charge, which attorneys generally believe fully purges them of any contempt, even if there was a prima facie case against them. As a result, it is expected the

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 16th May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.Coercion of Witnesses, Perjury, and Bribery Charges to Be DiscussedThe venire of 36 members from which the 23 grand jurors who will make the probe of the charges and counter charges of perjury, bribery, and coercion of witnesses in the Frank Case, has been drawn. The new Grand Jury will be empanelled on Monday morning, and then Judge Ben H. Hill, of the criminal division of the Superior Court, will deliver his charge, ordering a probe of the Frank Case.Probably the first case to be taken up will be the C. B.

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 17th May 1914,PAGE 30, COLUMN 1.Charges of Bribery and Perjury Will Be Given Thorough InvestigationE. A. Stephens, first assistant Solicitor General, will have active charge of the bribery and perjury prosecutions, growing out of the Frank case, which will be inaugurated before the grand jury this week. Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey will be engaged in Superior Court, which will be in session for several weeks, and he has largely placed the bribery and perjury prosecutions in the hands of Mr. Stephens. When the new grand jury is empanelled next Monday, it will be charged by Judge Ben

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 18th May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Jurist Mentions No Names, but Lets It Be Known W. J. Burns Is Target in His Charge to Grand JuryRAPS DETECTIVES SEEKING "MONEY AND NOTORIETY"Jurors Told to Thoroughly Probe Charges of Bribery Coercion and Perjury Growing Out of Frank CaseThe feature of Judge Benjamin H. Hill's charge to the grand jury Monday morning, demanding a thorough probe of bribery and other charges made by both sides in the Frank case, was the denunciation of a certain type of detectives by Judge Hill. While not calling Detective W. J. Burns by name, Judge

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 19th May 1914,PAGE 10, COLUMN 4.The new Fulton County Grand Jury will hold its first meeting on Wednesday since it was charged by Judge Ben H. Hill to probe the bribery and perjury charges in the Frank Case. Only routine bills against accused people, now in jail, have been prepared for the session, and it is probable that the probe of the Frank Case charges will not commence for several days.Many of the jail cases can be rapidly disposed of by the court, which is now in session, if indictments are returned. As a result, it is

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 20th May 1914,PAGE 4, COLUMN 6.Bills Growing Out of Rehearing of Frank Case Will Be Discussed FridayBills of indictment growing out of the hearing on the extraordinary motion in behalf of Leo M. Frank for a new trial will be considered by the Fulton grand jury at its session beginning Friday morning at 10 o'clock. This became known on good authority Wednesday following adjournment by the grand jury until that day and hour. Assistant Solicitor E. A. Stephens, who is to have charge of the matters before the grand jury, is engaged now in preparing a number

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 21st May 1914,PAGE 4, COLUMN 6.Several persons who figured in the Frank case are believed to have left Atlanta, while the solicitor's office remains tight-lipped about the situation. It is known, however, that bills against several individuals involved in the case are being prepared for presentation to the grand jury, likely on Friday. As a result, the probe of the case is expected to begin before the grand jury on that date. It is generally expected that following the charge of Judge Ben H. Hill, the grand jury will begin with an investigation of the C. B.

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 22nd May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Ragsdale, Barber, Lehon, Thurman, and Tedder Named in True Bills Found by the Grand JuryDaniel S. Lehon, lieutenant of Detective W. J. Burns in the Frank case; Carlton C. Tedder, formerly a member of the city police force, latterly engaged as a private detective; and Arthur Thurman, a lawyer of Atlanta, were indicted Friday by the Fulton grand jury for subornation of perjury. Rev. C. B. Ragsdale, a minister, who gave an affidavit to the defense that he heard one of two Negroes in an alley confess to the murder of Mary

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 23rd May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.Contempt Case Delayed Because Counsel for Detectives Will Be Out of CityJudge Ben H. Hill postponed the trial of the contempt cases against Detective W. J. Burns and his assistant Dan S. Lehon on Saturday morning. The postponement was necessitated because Judge Arthur Powell, counsel for the two detectives, was out of the city and engaged in the trial of another case before a different court. No date has been fixed for the hearing, but it is likely to occur sometime next week. Burns and Lehon have been cited by Judge Hill

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 25th May 1914,PAGE 16, COLUMN 3.Bill of Exceptions Likely to be Presented Late TomorrowIndications were, on Monday, that it will be late Tuesday afternoon before the bill of exceptions, on which the extraordinary motion for a new trial for Leo Frank on the ground of new evidence will be based, is presented to Judge Ben H. Hill for his signature. Tuesday is the last day on which the appeal can be made by the defense. The bill of exceptions must be accompanied by a brief of the evidence, and the Solicitor objected last Saturday to the signing