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The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 3rd October 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Negro's Lawyer Declares He Has Sufficient Evidence to Support His New Opinion as to CaseNEGRO SWEEPER DID NOT CONFESS, SAYS ATTORNEYConley, in Chain Gang, Expresses Complete Surprise When Informed of Statement Made by His Counsel"I am convinced James Conley is the murderer of Mary Phagan," declared William M. Smith, counsel for the Negro, who worked in consistent harmony with Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey during the various phases of the case against Leo M. Frank. Mr. Smith states he has additional evidence to support his new opinion but declares this is not

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 1st September 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Alleging that he had another wife when he married her, Mrs. Mattie C. Sentell filed a petition in the Superior Court Monday to have her marriage with G. L. Sentell annulled. Miss Lily Dodd, of East Point, is named as the other wife.Sentell, once well known as the Frank Case witness who created a sensation at the coroner's inquest, by stating that he saw Mary Phagan on the street some time after the hour at which she was murdered, was served in the Fulton Tower with notice of the suit. He was

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 16th August 1914,PAGE 29, COLUMN 3.(Macon News.) Thomas E. Watson, who is fighting the inevitable re-election of Hoke Smith to the United States, is trying desperately to inject a religious issue into the campaign. Hugh Dorsey, who is supporting Joe Brown for the Senate, is seeking to drag into the campaign the ignoble prejudice engendered by the Frank trial. Joe Brown, who is opposing Hoke Smith for the Senate, is endeavoring to stir up strife between employer and employee, between the money men and the working class, between capital and labor. Isn't that a dainty dish to

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 20th July 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Decision on Bill of Exceptions May Not Be Made in Several WeeksThe Frank Case had its second inning in the State Supreme Court Monday when the Court heard argument on the bill of exceptions brought by Leo M. Frank to the action of Judge Ben H. Hill in overruling his extraordinary motion for a new trial. Little new in the way of argument was presented by either the attorneys for the state or defense. The defense sought to show evidence which came into its possession after Frank's trial was of such a

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 16th July 1914,PAGE 10, COLUMN 3.Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey and his assistant, E. A. Stephens, were busy Thursday on the State's brief on the extraordinary motion for a new trial for Leo M. Frank, convicted of the murder of Mary Phagan. The State's brief will be filed in the Supreme Court during the day Thursday, and it is expected that the motion will be reached for argument before the Supreme Court of the State on next Monday.Thursday, 16th July 1914: State's Brief In Frank Case Being Prepared, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 13th July 1914,PAGE 16, COLUMN 4.Negro Involved in Frank Case Asks Judge to Let Him Serve SentenceJim Conley, the Negro factory sweeper, convicted as accessory to the murder of Mary Phagan, wants to quit appealing and go to serving his sentence in the gang, according to a message he sent Judge Hill, of Superior Court, Monday. Judge Hill said he has received other verbal messages like this from Jim, through deputy sheriffs. Jim sent word he was tired of the jail and tired of waiting, and wanted to go to the gang.Judge Hill directed an investigation of

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 6th July 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Appeal From Motion to Set Aside Verdict to Be Heard in OctoberAttorneys for Leo M. Frank on Monday formally filed with the clerk of the Superior Court, the Bill of Exceptions, in the motion to set aside the verdict of the Jury on the grounds that Frank was not present when it was received. The clerk now has fifteen days in which to prepare the record and send the Case to the Supreme Court, which will review Judge Ben H. Hill's judgement in sustaining the state's demurrer to the motion.The other Frank

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 30th June 1914,PAGE 6, COLUMN 2.Wife of Atlanta Lawyer Is Seeking to Obtain Separation and AlimonyThat Arthur Thurman, the lawyer indicted recently on a subornation of perjury charge growing out of the Frank Case, lived at the Ansley Hotel for some three months with a woman he introduced as his wife, was testified by Manager J. F. Letton, of the Ansley, in Judge Bell's Court Tuesday morning. The petition of Mrs. Mary J. Thurman for alimony, in connection with her divorce suit against Thurman, was being heard. Because the Ansley Hotel incident occurred after the date of

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 28th June 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 2.MRS. S. J. MANERMiss Monteen Stover, one of State's principal witnesses, elopes with S. J. Maner, a Savannah printer. Miss Monteen Stover, nineteen years old, a witness in the Frank trial around whose testimony the state's case largely pivoted, eloped with Samuel J. Maner, a Savannah printer, Saturday afternoon, and was married by Judge E. D. Thomas, of the municipal court, at 4:30 o'clock.Miss Stover's mother, Mrs. W. Edmondson, 171 South Forsyth Street, when informed of the marriage after the young couple had left for Savannah on a 5:30 o'clock train, became

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 20th June 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.Case of Negro May Be Considered With Others in Court Next SaturdayOrders given Court Attachs Saturday by Judge Hill, of the criminal division of the Superior Court, who has just returned from a short vacation, indicate that the next few weeks will see the Conley motion, the perjury Case, and other matters incident to the Frank Case, disposed of by the Courts.Judge Hill instructed Deputy Plennie Minor to notify attorneys that the various motions pending before him must be ready for a hearing next Saturday, and the motion for a new trial

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 19th June 1914,PAGE 2, COLUMN 4.Attempt to Subornate Perjury in Leo Frank Case Is the Charge. Jimmy Wrenn, an employee of C. W. Burke, special investigator for the defense in the Frank Case, was indicted by the Fulton County Grand Jury Friday for attempt to subornate perjury, the same charge on which Burke was indicted Thursday afternoon. While Wrenn has not been arrested, Deputy Sheriff Plennie Minor stated he has been located and will be here Monday to make bond.Wrenn is charged in the indictment with approaching Helen Ferguson between the Frank trial last fall and the

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 18th June 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.Frank Case Employee Tried to Change Girls' Testimony, It Is ChargedAn indictment charging attempt to subornate perjury was returned by the Fulton County grand jury Thursday afternoon against C. W. Burke, employed by Counsel for Leo M. Frank to get evidence in the Frank Case. The indictment charges Burke with attempting to force Nellie Ferguson to change her testimony in the Frank Case. At the trial of Frank, she testified that the Friday before the murder she went to Frank and asked him to let her have Mary Phagan's pay, but that

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 15th June 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Police and Hospital Attendants Are Kept Busy by Numerous CallsSunday was a busy day for the police and the Grady Hospital. Attempted suicides, holdups and other disturbances kept the officers and doctors working hard all day.Mrs. J. H. Crast, twenty-six years old, 47 Astoria Street, drank poison Sunday afternoon. Her husband says she asked him to go calling with her; he said he did not want to go. She remonstrated and then went into her bedroom. Later she came back with a glass in her hand and asked him to have a

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 10th June 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Charges of Graft Made in Recent Campaign Will Be InvestigatedA thorough probe of the charges and counter charges involving acts of the Fulton County board was ordered Wednesday by the Grand Jury. The Jury will begin its probe in about a week, it was said. The details were not announced, nor was it stated whether the investigation will be public or secret. In the recent race for vacancies on the county board severe charges were exchanged by candidates, alleging various misuses of office. These are the charges the grand jury will sift.

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 6th June 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Refuses to Hear Motion to Set Aside Verdict Because Defendant Did Not Hear It ReadThe demurrer filed by Solicitor H. M. Dorsey against the latest motion in behalf of Leo M. Frank, the motion to set aside the verdict because the defendant was not present when it was received, was sustained by Judge B. H. Hill, in Superior Court shortly after 11 o'clock Saturday; and the Supreme Court of Georgia will be called on to say whether the decision was right or wrong. Judge Hill admitted he was in doubt. It was

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 5th June 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Solicitor Attacks Motion to Set Aside Verdict Because Defendant Was Absent From Court RoomDECLARES NO DEFECT APPEARS ON RECORDSays Right to Be Present Was Waived and Counsel Told Judge There Would Be No ComplaintThe Court battle for the life of Leo M. Frank, convicted of the murder of Mary Phagan in the National Pencil Factory in April 1913, was resumed Friday by new lawyers with a motion to set aside the verdict of guilt against him. The hearing was commenced at 10 o'clock before Judge B. H. Hill, of Fulton Superior Court.

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 4th June 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.Motion to Set Aside Verdict of Guilty Will Be Heard by Judge HillThe hearing of the motion to set aside the verdict of guilty against Leo M. Frank on the ground that he was not present in the Court room when it was rendered, will begin before Judge Ben H. Hill at 10 o'clock Friday morning. This is expected to be the last fight for Frank in the superior Court of Fulton County. It is understood the Solicitor will demur to the motion. The demurrer, if it is filed, must be argued

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 31st May 1914,PAGE 7, COLUMN 5.Affidavits from Trial Judge L. S. Roan are expected to play a significant role in the upcoming hearing. It is generally believed that the last postponement of the motion to set aside the verdict of guilty against Leo M. Frank has been allowed, and that the case will actually come up for a hearing before Judge Ben H. Hill on next Friday. When the motion, which asks that the verdict be set aside on the ground that the defendant was not in court when it was rendered, was first filed, it was

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 30th May 1914,PAGE 5, COLUMN 1.Prelude Cantilene Nuptiale, Dubois."The Lord is My Shepherd," Pullin.Offertory Serenade, Braga."Hark, Angelic Voice," Shelley, performed by Miss Martha E. Smith and Mrs. Lawrence Elder.Postlude Lemaigre.Miss Annie Mae Taurman, organist.Miss Lucy Hamilton, pianist.Miss Martha E. Smith, soloist and director.FIRST METHODIST CHURCHMORNINGOrgan "Andante Cantabile," Wely.Anthem "O, Come, Let Us Sing," D. Buck.Offertory "The King of Love My Shepherd Is," Shelley.Organ Postlude, Sudds.EVENINGOrgan "Vespers," Foote.Anthem "The Lord Preserveth the Souls of His Saints," Gaul.Offertory "Like as the Hart," Spence.Organist and director, Miss Mamie Lee Bearden.TRINITY CHURCHMORNINGOrgan Prelude Tschaikowsky.Voluntary "God Is a Spirit," Bennett.Offertory "Beloved, If

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 28th May 1914,PAGE 2, COLUMN 1.Rogers, Whitfield, and Tedder Each Fined $100 and Held for StateThree more Burns agents were heavily fined in the Recorder's Court Wednesday afternoon and bound over to the state courts charged with operating as private detectives without the proper legal authority. The men arraigned Wednesday were W. W. (Boots) Rogers, L. C. Whitfield, and Carlton C. Tedder, and they were fined $100 and costs each and bound over to the state courts under $200 bonds each. Tuesday afternoon Dan S. Lehon, chief aide of William J. Burns, was fined $100 and costs

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 26th May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Ordinance Requiring Supervision of City Police Assailed as Unconstitutional in Answer to RecorderCharge Compliance Was Impossible PropositionDetectives say one of their duties in the Frank case was to probe alleged acts of local police.Following the dismissal of the contempt proceedings against William J. Burns and his chief lieutenant, Dan S. Lehon, in the Superior Court, Lehon and other members of the Burns Agency went before the Recorder's Court at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon to vigorously fight the case made against them for working as detectives without reporting first to the police authorities.A

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

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