Author: Mary Phagan
Monday, 28th April 1913 3 Youths Seen Leading Along a Reeling Girl
Edgar L. Sentell, lifelong friend of Mary Phagan, says he saw a man answering this description, walking with the girl after midnight Sunday, a few hours before the body was found. He has identified the man as Arthur Mullinax,…
Monday, 28th April 1913 Arrested as Girl’s Slayer
Photograph of Mary Phagan showing her in street dress. JOHN M. GANTT ACCUSED OF THE CRIME; FORMER BOOKKEEPER TAKEN BY POLICE Atlanta Georgian Monday, April 28th, 1913 J. M. Gantt, arrested in Marietta for the murder of Mary Phagan,…
Monday, 28th April 1913 Body Dragged by Deadly Cord After Terrific Fight
Atlanta Georgian Monday, April 28th, 1913 Stretched full length, face downward on the floor of the basement at the rear of the plant, the body was found. A length of heavy cord or wrapping twine, which had been used…
Monday, 28th April 1913 Chief and Sleuths Trace Steps in Slaying of Girl
Atlanta Georgian Monday, April 28th, 1913 In the room where Mary Phagan was attacked and paid out her young life to the brutality of her assailant, across the floor where her limp form was dragged, down the stairs…
Monday, 28th April 1913 City Chemist Tests Stains For Blood
Atlanta Georgian Monday, April 28th, 1913 Pieces of wood, the stains on which are believed to be those of the blood of murdered Mary Phagan, are undergoing a chemical examination this afternoon by the city chemist. The discovery of…
Monday, 28th April 1913 Gantt Was Infatuated With Girl; at Factory Saturday
At the right is Miss Ruth Phagan, aunt of Mary Phagan, and in her arms is Miss Ollie Phagan, sister of the victim, whom she is trying to comfort. Atlanta Georgian Monday, April 28th, 1913 Gantt was arrested…
Monday, 28th April 1913 Girl and His Landlady Defend Mullinax
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, 28th April 1913 Girl is Assaulted and then Murdered in Heart of Town, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Monday, April 28th, 1913 (Page 1, Column 6) Chum Identifies Victim as Mary Phagan, of 146 Lindsay Street, Then Swoons. Girl Had Just Resigned From National Pencil Company, in Which Plant Her Body Was Found. MOTHER AND FATHER…
Monday, 28th April 1913 Girl to Be Buried in Marietta To-morrow
Atlanta Georgian Monday, April 28th, 1913 Stepfather and Sister to Accompany Body, But Mother May Not Be Able to Go. The body of murdered Mary Phagan, which has been at the Bloomfield morgue since she was found strangled to…
Monday, 28th April 1913 Girl’s Grandfather Vows Vengeance
Atlanta Georgian Monday, April 28th, 1913 Standing with bared head in the doorway of his Marietta home, with tears falling unheeded down his furrowed cheeks, W. J. Phagan cried to heaven for vengeance for the murder of his…