Author: Mary Phagan
Tuesday, 28th April 1914: Bar Ragsdale-barber Evidence For New Trial, The Atlanta Journal
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…
Tuesday, 28th April 1914: Frank’s Lawyers Hear Confession Witnesses Now Repudiate Stories, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 28th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Attorneys issued a statement declaring their belief that Ragsdale and Barber were telling the truth. They explained how affidavits were secured from these individuals. In their statement, they said, "If these rumors…
Wednesday, 29th April 1914: Dorsey May Ask For Earlier Date, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 29th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Solicitor Will Insist That the Ragsdale and Barber Affidavits Remain a Part of the Record. Having announced that he is amply prepared to combat the amendments to the motion for a new…
Wednesday, 29th April 1914: Frank Hearing Will Be Resumed Friday, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 29th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.The 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, on Friday.…
Thursday, 30th April 1914: $200 Bribe Induced Him To Swear To Confession Of Conley, Says Pastor, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 30th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Rev. C. B. Ragsdale declared that necessity caused him to make a false affidavit in the Frank case, and he did not fully realize what he was doing. The committee of six…
Thursday, 30th April 1914: Tale Of $200 Bribe Is Branded As A Lie By Detective Burns, The Atlanta Journal
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…
DR CLARENCE JOHNSON, Sworn In For The State, 193rd To Testify
DR. CLARENCE JOHNSON, sworn for the State in rebuttal.I am a specialist on diseases of the stomach and intestines. I am aphysiologist. A physiologist makes his searches on the living body; thepathologist makes his on a dead body. If you…
DR GEORGE M NILES, Sworn In For The State, 194th To Testify
DR. GEORGE M. NILES, sworn for the State in rebuttal.I confine my work to diseases of digestion. Every healthy stomachhas a certain definite and orderly relation to every other healthy stomach.Assuming a young lady between thirteen and fourteen years of…
DR JOHN FUNK, Sworn In For The State, 195th To Testify
DR. JOHN FUNK, sworn for the State in rebuttal.I am professor of pathology and bacteriologist. I was shown by Dr.Harris sections from the vaginal wall of Mary Phagan, sections takennear the skin surface. I didn't see sections from the stomach…
T Y BRENT, Sworn In For The Defendant, 196th To Testify
T. Y. BRENT, sworn for the Defendant in sur-rebuttal.I have heard George Kendley on several occasions express himself very bitterly towards Leo Frank.He said he felt in this case just as he did about a couple of negroes hung down…