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Sunday, 26th April 1914: Leo Frank Pleads For A Fair Trial In Signed Card, The Atlanta Journal
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 Mongrel" Leo M. Frank issued a signed statement Saturday night commenting on the…
Wednesday, 18th February 1914: W.j.burns At Work In Frank Case, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 18th February 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### STATEMENT ISSUED BY PRISONERDeclares Prosecutors Have Made Great Mistake, but He is of Forgiving Mind.Detective W. J. Burns, in Atlanta to lecture, said this afternoon he had been employed…
Thursday, 19th February 1914: Writing New Frank Appeal, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 19th February 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### PAGE 1, COLUMN 8**BURNS MEN HUNT NEW EVIDENCE**"We're Going to Go Deep. No Matter Whom It Hits," Declares Famous Sleuth.Luther Rosser and Reuben Arnold were in conference Thursday for…
Friday, 20th February 1914: Rosser Hints At Conspiracy, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 20th February 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### STATE HID FACTS TO CONVICT, HE SAYSDefense Roasts Dorsey and Harris, Declaring Other Developments May Come.Hints at a Virtual Conspiracy between Solicitor Dorsey and Dr. H. F. Harris to…
Saturday, 21st February 1914: Demands Reward For Frank, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 21st February 1914,6th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### CLAIM HALTS APPEAL FOR NEW TRIALBarrett, Frank's Employee, Asks $1,000 for Finding Hair on Lathe, Complicating Case.The new angle given to the Frank case by the assertion of Dr.…
Sunday, 22nd February 1914: Plot To Hang Frank, Swears Witness Who Confesses To Perjury, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 22nd February 1914,4th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Albert Mc Knight, Negro, Makes Affidavit That White Man Coached Him in Testimony"Says He Did Not See Accused on Day of Slaying.STARTLING NEW EVIDENCE FOR DEFENSE REPORTEDRosser and Arnold, in…
Monday, 23rd February 1914: Frank Accuser Is Missing, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 23rd February 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### Conley Case to Jury on TuesdayBoth Sides Rest Argument Set for Tomorrow Undertaker Complicates Hair Evidence.Unless the jury should be unexpectedly long in its deliberation, Jim Conley, on trial…
Tuesday, 24th February 1914: Jim Conley Is Sentenced, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 24th February 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.PAGE 1, COLUMN 8NEGRO FOUND GUILTY AS FRANK AIDDefense of Doomed White ManGives Twenty-one Grounds forReconsideration of Appeal.Jim Conley's conviction on the charge of being an Accessory after the Fact…
Wednesday, 25th February 1914: Frank Denied Rehearing By High Court, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 25th February 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### PAGE 1, COLUMN 1**NEW TRIAL PLEA NEXT MOVE**Newly Discovered Evidence To Be Ground for Appeal Hair Point Stressed.Leo M. Frank was denied a rehearing before the Supreme Court of…
Thursday, 26th February 1914: Frank, In Statement In Tower, Charges Plot, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 26th February 1914,6th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.SCORES DORSEY AND HARRIS FOR HOLDING BACK HAIR EVIDENCELeo M. Frank, speaking earnestly and sometimes approaching the eloquent in the heat of his declarations, talked through the bars of his…
Friday, 27th February 1914: Mrs. Frank Charges Plot, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 27th February 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.JUST TRIAL ASKED FOR HUSBANDMrs. Frank Cites Fairness Shows Becker Because of Character of State's Witnesses.Charging that a "vile conspiracy" had placed her husband in the shadow of the gallows…
Saturday, 28th February 1914: Mrs. Frank Charges Plot, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 28th February 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### PAGE 1, COLUMN 8**JUST TRIAL ASKED FOR HUSBAND**Revelations To Be Made Public Only as Filing of Extraordinary Motion for Retrial.Sentence of death will be re-imposed upon Leo M. Frank…
Sunday, 1st March 1914: How I Feel In Shadow Of Gallows! Leo Frank Bares Soul, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 1st March 1914,3th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1."I Never Have Been Able Fully to Realize That It Is I Who Is Facing Death. It Seems Like a Detached Being," He Says"If I Should Have to Forfeit My…
Monday, 2nd March 1914: Burns Studies Frank Case, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 2nd March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### PAGE 1, COLUMN 6FAMOUS DETECTIVENOW ON FRANK CASEWILLIAM J. BURNSFrom a Photo taken by Georgian Staff Photographer on a former visit to Atlanta.0### PAGE 1, COLUMN 8DETECTIVEAT WORKON BIGCASETalks…
Tuesday, 3rd March 1914: Way Clear For New Frank Sentence And Next Defense Move, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 3rd March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.The way was paved Tuesday for the resentencing of Leo M. Frank in Judge Hill's Court, and the next move on the part of the Defense, when the Remittitur was…
Wednesday, 4th March 1914: Conley Hit In Story Epps Boy Charges Police Plot, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 4th March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.'ON FRANK CASE TO FINISH,' BURNS"I am on the Frank case to the finish," was the emphatic declaration of William J. Burns Wednesday on his return to Atlanta from New…
Thursday, 5th March 1914: Frank Hotly Scores City Detective, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 5th March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### SENTENCE DAY KEPT SECRETCourt Wants to Avoid Crowds of Curious. Date Given to Attorneys.The date for the resentencing to death of Leo M. Frank has been fixed by Judge…
Friday, 6th March 1914: To Sentence Frank Saturday, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 6th March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.HAPPY OVER NEW ALIBI EVIDENCEWoman Tells of Seeing and Speaking to Prisoner at Alleged Time of Crime.Death sentence will be pronounced upon Leo Frank Saturday, according to reports circulated Friday…
Saturday, 7th March 1914: Innocent, Says Frank, Sentenced, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 7th March 1914,6th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Leo Frank Saturday was sentenced by Judge Ben Hill to be hanged April 17 in the Fulton County Tower. If the mandate of the court is carried out, the prisoner…
Monday, 9th March 1914: New Frank Evidence Is Fought By Dorsey, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 9th March 1914,6th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.That Solicitor Hugh Dorsey is laying careful plans to fight any so-called new evidence which the defense of Leo M. Frank may introduce in the extraordinary motion for a new…
Tuesday, 10th March 1914: Frank Aided By Affidavits, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 10th March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### PAGE 1, COLUMN 7### EVIDENCE IN FOR RETRIAL MOTION; PREPARING PLEAAffidavits are in the possession of the Frank defense, it became known Tuesday, which will be used to complete…
Wednesday, 11th March 1914: Frank A Sacrifice, Declares Mother, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 11th March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### JUSTICE IS HUSHED IN TUMULT, SHE SAYSNEW YORK, March 11. "My son is being sacrificed on an altar of infamy above which the seal of the sovereign State of…
Thursday, 12th March 1914: Frank Witness Hits Police, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 12th March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.W. S. Jenkins, a bricklayer living on West Fourteenth Street, and his wife, along with their daughter, Mrs. Lula Belle Brown, will likely be important witnesses for Leo Frank in…
Friday, 13th March 1914: Frank Witness Accuses Dorsey, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 13th March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### URGED STORY BE ALTERED, SHE SAYSMrs. J. B. Simmons Declares She Heard Screams in Factory After 2 o'Clock Day of Crime.By A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.BIRMINGHAM, ALA., March 13. Solicitor General…
Saturday, 14th March 1914: Frank Scores Chief Lanford, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 14th March 1914,6th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### PAGE 1, COLUMN 8FRANK RAPS LANFORD'S STANDDeclares Chief's Plan to Oppose Burns Quizzing Accuser Does Not Worry Sleuth.Leo Frank Saturday paid his respects to Newport Lanford in a sarcastic…
Sunday, 15th March 1914: A. S. Colyar Offered Her $1,000 Bribe To Slander Leo Frank, She Swears, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 15th March 1914,4th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 8.Woman Makes Affidavit She Was Urged to Testify Falsely in Attack on Character of Accused; Asked to Keep Plot Secret. Girl Who Testified at Trial That She Knew Nothing Wrong…
Monday, 16th March 1914: Conley Trailed By Burns, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 16th March 1914,8th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### SCANS TRAIL OF NEGRO IN FACTORYGreat Detective Is Confident That He Can Clear Up Mystery of Girl's Death.Step by step over the same trail in the National Pencil Factory…
Tuesday, 17th March 1914: Burns On New Leads In Frank Case, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 17th March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### PAGE 1, COLUMN 1### SLEUTH GOES INTO 'PLOT' EVIDENCE### Famous Detective Holds Conference With Accused Prisoner.### Formby Affidavit Probed.A half-hour talk with Leo Frank, at which Don C. Seitz,…
Wednesday, 18th March 1914: Burns Sees End Of Mystery, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 18th March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.PAGE 1, COLUMN 6'PLAIN TRAILOF SLAYER'FOUNDIndications that William J. Burns is rapidly approaching a climax in his investigation of the murder of Mary Phagan are seen in statements by the…
Thursday, 19th March 1914: Case Easy, Declares Burns, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 19th March 1914,8th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.VOWS THAT HE'LL TALK TO JIM CONLEYWilliam J. Burns Thursday scoffed at the idea that Jim Conley's lawyer or anyone else could prevent him from seeing the negro when he…