The Murder of Little Mary Phagan (2025 Edition) by Mary Phagan Kean
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Monday, 4th August 1913 Conley’s Story In Detail; Women Barred By Judge, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian August 4th, 1913 There was a murmur of excitement following the calling of Jim Conley; there was a wait of several minutes, officers having just left the police station with the negro a minute or two before he…
Thursday, 31st July 1913 Holloway Accused by Solicitor Dorsey of Entrapping State, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian July 31st, 1913 Here are the important developments of Thursday in the trial of Leo M. Frank: Harry Scott, Pinkerton detective, is accused of having "trapped" the prosecution by Solicitor Dorsey, when he testifies that Frank was not…
Monday, 28th July 1913 Jury Complete to Try Frank, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian July 28th, 1913 Wife Helps Prisoner Pick Men to Try Him All in Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess Events on the opening day of the trial of Leo M. Frank, accused of the slaying…
Friday, 25th July 1913 Witnesses for Frank Called, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian July 25th, 1913 Despite Judge's Statement All Is In Readiness, Move for Postponement Is Expected. Despite the fact that Superior Judge L. S. Roan stated everything was in readiness for the trial of Leo M. Frank next Monday,…
Thursday, 17th July 1913 Woodward Enemy to Society, Says Recorder Broyles, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Thursday, July 17, 1913 *Editor's Note: Some words in the middle of this article are missing due to scanning blur near a page fold. Recorder Replies to Mayor's Charges of "Czar-Like" Police Court and Scores Him Severely…
Sunday, 13th July 1913 Seek Negro Who Says He Was Eye-Witness to Phagan Murder, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Sunday, July 13, 1913 Fugitive, Reported to Have Been Traced to Birmingham, Declares That He Witnessed the Attack on the Girl Slain in the Pencil Plant. LAYS CRIME TO BLACK WITH WHOM HE HAD GAMBLED Loser at…
Sunday, 27th July 1913 Prominent Atlantans Named On Frank Trial Jury Venire, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian (Hearst's Sunday American) July 27th, 1913 The venire of 144 men from which twelve will be selected to decide the fate of Leo M. Frank is considered to be one of the most representative ever drawn from a…
Wednesday, 9th July 1913 Sensations in Story of Girl Victim, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Wednesday, July 9, 1913 Accused Prisoners in White Slave Inquiry Held for Higher Court. That sufficient evidence had been produced in court to make a case against one of the city's most prominent business men was the…
Monday, 28th April 1913 Where and With Whom Was Mary Phagan Before End?, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Monday, April 28th, 1913 Page 4, Column 2 Detectives to-day are using all their resources to learn where Mary Phagan was every minute of Saturday and Saturday night, whom she saw, with whom she talked, and what…
Monday, 28th April 1913 Girl and His Landlady Defend Mullinax, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Monday, April 28th, 1913 Declaring her belief in the absolute innocence of her sweetheart, Arthur Mullinax, in the murder of Mary Phagan, pretty 16-year-old Pearl Robinson made a pathetic figure as she appeared before Chief of…
Monday, 4th August 1913 Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian August 4th, 1913 L. O. Grice, a stenographer in the offices of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad, was the first witness called. He said that he saw Frank on Sunday morning after the murder and Frank attracted…
Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Defense Threatens a Mistrial, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian August 2nd, 1913 Newspaper on Judge's Desk Causes Protest DR. HURT UNDER FIRE OF DEFENSE, HITS A DR. HARRIS TESTIMONY A genuine sensation was sprung at the trial of Leo M. Frank Saturday morning when Luther Rosser and…
Wednesday, 30th July 1913 Gantt Has Startling Evidence; Dorsey Promises New Testimony Against Frank, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian July 30th, 1913 STATE ADDS NEW LINK TO EVIDENCE CHAIN BY BOOTS ROGERS' STORY Sensational testimony by J. M. Gantt, discharged pencil factory employee, was promised Wednesday by Solicitor Dorsey and Frank A. Hooper, who is assisting him.…
Sunday, 20th July 1913 Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Sunday, July 20, 1913 Man Who Says He Heard Negro Confess Now Is at Rising Fawn, Georgia W.H. Mincey, the school teacher who made an affidavit declaring Jim Conley confessed to him on the afternoon of the…
Tuesday, 15th July 1913 White Men Fined in War on Negro Dives, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Tuesday, July 15, 1913 A crusade against white men frequenting negro dives has been started by Recorder Nash Broyles. He fined three men, who gave their names as Kirk, Smith and Little and A.B. Arnold, of Macon,…
Thursday, 15th May 1913 No Phagan Trial Before Last of June Declares Solicitor, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Thursday, May 15th, 1913 If Indictments Are Returned by Grand Jury When Bills Are Presented There Will Be No Immediate Trial WM. J. BURNS COMING, SAYS THOS. B. FELDER He Calls Upon the Public to Subscribe…
Thursday, 8th May 1913 Stains on Shirt Were Not Made While Shirt Was Being Worn, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal Thursday, May 8th, 1913 (Page 8, Column 5) A number of new witnesses had been summoned for the inquest, and the indications were said to be that the session (promised as final in the coroner's investigation) might…
Friday, 13th June 1913, Negro Freed But Jailed Again On Suspicion, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Friday, June 13, 1913 Rosser Declares ‘Gibbering Statements' Point Out Sweeper as Guilty of Slaying. James Conley, self-confessed accessory after the fact in the murder of Mary Phagan, Friday was discharged by Judge L. S. Roan…
Friday, 13th June 1913, Judge Roan to Decide Conleys Jail Fate, The Atlanta Georgian
Judge Roan to Decide Jim Conley's Jail Fate Atlanta Georgian Friday, June 13th, 1913 Chief of Detectives Lanford Receives No Order to Take the Negro Sweeper to Court. A more explicit accusation of murder against Jim Conley, negro sweeper…
Thursday, 12th June 1913, Face Jim Conley and Leo Frank, Lanford Urges, The Atlanta Georgian
Face Conley and Frank, Lanford Urges, The Atlanta Georgian Thursday, June 12, 1913 Detective Chief Ready to Have Accuser Confront Prisoner Before Grand Jury. New sensations are expected in the Phagan mystery Friday morning when the petition of Solicitor…
Wednesday, 11th June 1913, Police Hold Jim Conley By Courts Order, The Atlanta Georgian
Police Hold Conley By Courts Order Atlanta Georgian Wednesday, June 11th, 1913 Judge Roan Gives Suspect Chance to Show Why He Should Not Be Released. The Mary Phagan case took a queer turn Wednesday afternoon when Judge Roan, apparently…
Wednesday, 11th June 1913, Plot Exposed, Says Felder, But Lanford Doubts Affidavit, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Wednesday, June 11, 1913 In New Sworn Statement Gentry Declares He Came to Realize He Was Dealing with "Bunch of Crooks"—Charges Lanford and Beavers Names Were Inserted. That the dictograph conversations in which it was plotted…
Wednesday, 11th June 1913, Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers, The Atlanta Georgian
Felder Returns Phagan Fund to Givers The Atlanta Georgian June 11, 1913 Attorney Explains Disposition of Money Subscribed to Secure Burns' Services. Colonel Thomas B. Felder Wednesday issued an itemized statement of the funds subscribed by Atlanta citizens, to…
Tuesday, 10th June 1913, Eyewitness to Mary Phagan Slaying Sought, The Atlanta Georgian
Eyewitness to Phagan Slaying Sought Atlanta Georgian Tuesday, June 10th, 1913 Story That Companion of Conley Saw Him Strike Down Girl Opens New Clews. Jim Conley, whose sensational story has made him an accessory after the fact in the…
Monday, 9th June 1913, Luther Rosser Asks Grand Jury Grill for Jim Conley, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian June 9, 1913 Luther Z. Rosser, chief of counsel for Leo M. Frank, issued the first public statement Tuesday that he has made since the arrest of the factory superintendent six weeks ago on the suspicion of…
Inconvenient Facts: The Jewish Law Partners of Prosecutor Hugh Dorsey and Attorney Frank Hooper Who Convicted Leo Frank in the Summer of 1913 Atlanta
The Great Antisemitic-Adjudication Hoax Behind Leo Frank's 1913 Atlanta Trial: Dismantled By Matt Johnson, Raleigh N.C. Jun 24, 2026 Those Pesky Jewish Law Partners: Footnoted Facts That Disturb the Legend of the Leo Frank "Persecution-Prosecution" One of the most revealing…
Monday, 9th June 1913, Foreman Robert P. Barrett Tells Why He Holds Jim Conley Guilty, The Atlanta Georgian
Foreman Tells Why He Holds Conley Guilty Atlanta Georgian Monday, June 9th, 1913 R. P. Barrett, in Letter to Georgian, Gives Reasons for Suspecting Negro of Crime. R. P. Barrett, foreman of the metal department at the National Pencil…
Saturday, 9th August 1913 Defense Will Seek to Show That Mary Phagans Body Was Tossed Down a Chute in Rear of Pencil Factory And Not Taken Down by Elevator As the State Insists, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution August 9th, 1913 Eleven Witnesses Are Introduced Friday to Prove Discrepancies in Time Given by Witnesses for the State. Miss Daisy Hopkins Goes on Stand and Swears That She Never Visited Factory With Dalton, But on Cross-Examination…
Saturday, 28th June 1913, Hooper and Goldstein Join Little and Powell, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal Saturday, June 28, 1913 Former Solicitor of Southwestern Circuit and Popular Atlantan Join Firm Frank A. Hooper, who is to assist the solicitor general in the prosecution in the Mary Phagan case, and M.F. Goldstein, a…
Friday, 27th June 1913, Seeking For a Mary Phagan Suspect in Macon? The Atlanta Journal
Seeking For a Phagan Suspect in Macon? The Atlanta Journal Friday, June 27, 1913 (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) MACON, Georgia, June 27, 1913 —Two members of the Atlanta detective department left Macon last night after searching all the…