Author: Mary Phagan
Friday, 1st August 1913 Haslett Describes Visit to Home of Leo Frank
Atlanta Constitution August 1st, 1913 Detective B. B. Haslett, who went with Detective John Black on Monday morning, April 27, to Leo Frank's home to summon him to police headquarters for a statement Chief Lanford wished him to give, was…
Friday, 1st August 1913 Holloway Denies Affidavit He Signed for Solicitor
Atlanta Constitution August 1st, 1913 NEW TESTIMONY GIVEN AT TRIAL OF LEO M. FRANK BY R. B. BARRETT Machinist at Pencil Factory Tells Jury of Discovery of Murdered Girl's Pay Envelope and of Strands of Hair Near Her Machine in…
Friday, 1st August 1913 Lawyers Battle Over Testimony of Frank’s Nervousness; Witness Swears Negro Was in Factory About 1 o’Clock
Atlanta Journal August 1st, 1913 DARLEY'S ADMISSIONS ABOUT FRANK'S DEFENSE OFFSET BY HIS EVIDENCE IN REBUTTAL Having Admitted Frank Trembled, That He Was Pale and Seemed "Upset," on Cross-Examination Mr. Darley Said Frank Was Naturally of a Nervous Temperament and…
Friday, 1st August 1913 Leo Frank Innocent, Says Mrs. Appelbaum
Atlanta Constitution August 1st, 1913 Acquitted in Same Courtroom, She Is Now Eager Spectator at Big Trial. A little woman, neatly dressed and wearing a dark hat crowned with a flowing aigrette, slipped quietly into the rear of the courtroom…
Friday, 1st August 1913 Mrs. Arthur White Takes Stand Today
Atlanta Constitution August 1st, 1913 Will Testify She Saw Negro Idling in Shadows of Stairway. Mrs. Arthur White, wife of Arthur White, the witness who will testify that on Saturday morning when she appeared at the pencil factory to see…
Friday, 1st August 1913 Mrs. Callie Scott Appelbaum Attends Trial of Leo Frank; Believes in His Innocence
Atlanta Journal August 1st, 1913 A woman sat among the spectators at the Frank trial Thursday afternoon, a pretty blue-eyed woman neatly clad in a white shirtwaist and black skirt. "Four months ago," she was thinking, "I was in the…
Friday, 1st August 1913 Picnic and Theories Mark Noon Hour in Frank Trial Court Room
Atlanta Journal August 1st, 1913 Spectators Remain From 5 to 7—Lunch Boys Acquiring Wealth A court room where a man is on trial for his life is a strange place for a picnic, yet from 12:30 to 2 o'clock every…
Friday, 1st August 1913 Sherlocks, Lupins and Lecoqs See Frank Trial
Atlanta Georgian August 1st, 1913 There are enough "hists," "aha's" and those other exclamations that mark a true detective besides the badge on his left suspender to fill a whole volume of Gaborieau thrillers at the Frank trial. A stranger…
Friday, 1st August 1913 Sweeper Swears No Spots Were on Floor Day Before Murder
Atlanta Constitution August 1st, 1913 Mel Stanford, a sweeper and plater at the factory, was put on the stand at 12:20. He testified that he had worked there for about two years and was there on Friday, April 25, on…
Friday, 1st August 1913 Watchman Swears Elevator Was Open; Changes Evidence
Atlanta Journal August 1st, 1913 E. F. Holloway Angers Dorsey When He Testifies Contrary to Affidavit—Had Told Dorsey Elevator Switch Was Locked Court adjourned at 4:58 o'clock until 9 o'clock Friday morning after a day of surprises in the trial…
Friday, 1st August 1913 William Gheesling, Embalmer, Tells of Wounds on Girl’s Body
Atlanta Constitution August 1st, 1913 William Gheesling, the undertaker who embalmed Mary Phagan's body, was next called in. "What is your business?" queried Solicitor Dorsey. "I am an embalmer." "How long have you been in that advice?" "Fifteen years, or…
Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Defense Claims Members of Jury Saw Newspaper Headline
Atlanta Journal August 2nd, 1913 WHEN JUDGE ROAN UNWITTINGLY HELD RED HEADLINE IN FRONT OF JURY, DEFENSE MADE POINT Jury Is Sent Out of Room While Attorneys for the Defense Tell the Court That the Jurymen Were Seen Reading Red…
Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Defense Threatens a Mistrial
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…
Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Dr. Harris Collapses on Stand as He Gives Sensational Evidence
Atlanta Journal August 2nd, 1913 Physician Testifies at Frank Trial That Mary Phagan Met Death Half Hour After Lunch—Describes Wounds Secretary of State Board of Health Compelled to Leave the Witness Stand on Account of Illness In the midst of…
Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Dr. J. W. Hurt, Coroner’s Physician, Gives Expert Testimony
Atlanta Journal August 2nd, 1913 DR. HURT'S TESTIMONY NOT CONFIRMATORY OF EVIDENCE GIVEN BY DR. H. F. HARRIS On Cross-Examination, Dr. Hurt Admits That Cabbage Is Considered Very Difficult to Digest and That Under Some Conditions as Much as…
Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Frank Juror’s Life One Grand, Sweet SongNot
Atlanta Georgian August 2nd, 1913 O. B. Keeler. The juror's life is not unmixed with care. Look him over next time you attend the Frank trial. Size up his little job. Weigh his responsibility. Consider his problems. And then, if…
Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Frequent and Angry Clashes Between Attorneys Mark the Hearing of Darley’s Testimony
Atlanta Constitution August 2nd, 1913 N. V. Darley, mechanical head of the National Pencil factory and directly in charge of the Georgia Cedar company, an adjunct concern, was put on the stand by the state, after Mrs. White had finished.…
Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Gay Febuary Tells Frank Jury About Statement Prisoner Made
Atlanta Constitution August 2nd, 1913 Gay C. Febuary, secretary to Chief Newport A. Lanford, of the detective bureau, and recent figure in the sensational dictagraph episode, was called to the stand to testify to a statement made by Leo Frank…
Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Harris Testimony May Be Stricken by Court
Atlanta Journal August 2nd, 1913 Question Will Be Solved by Physician's Recovery and Return to Stand If Dr. H. F. Harris, secretary of the state board of health, is not physically able to be presented in the court room before…
Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Husband of Minola McKnight Describes Movements of Frank
Atlanta Constitution August 2nd, 1913 Albert McKnight, colored, the husband of Minola McKnight, who made a startling affidavit for the police in regard to circumstances at the Frank home on the night of the murder, followed Febuary to the stand.…
Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Mary Phagan Murdered Within Hour After Dinner
Atlanta Constitution August 2nd, 1913 DR. H. F. HARRIS GIVES STARTLING EVIDENCE ABOUT TIME OF MURDER Wound on Eye of Girl Victim of Pencil Factory Crime Looked as if It Came From Blow of Fist, Secretary of State Board of…
Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Miss Smith Declares Darley Was Incorrect
Atlanta Journal August 2nd, 1913 Miss Mattie Smith has given The Journal a statement in which she says that a part of the testimony of N. V. Darley at the Frank trial in reference to her was not true. Mr.…
Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Negro Lurking in Factory Seen by Wife of Employee
Atlanta Constitution August 2nd, 1913 Mrs. Maggie White, wife of John Arthur White, who was at work on the fourth floor of the National Pencil factory part of the day upon which Mary Phagan was killed, was the first witness…
Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Newt Lee Gets Hat; Now He’s Considering What He Wants Next
Atlanta Journal August 2nd, 1913 And Newt Lee gets the hat. The darky who has been the stanchest witness yet examined at the Frank trial has but little more to wish for. First it was watermelon Newt wanted. With his…
Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Policeman W. F. Anderson Tells of Newt Lee’s Telephone Call
Atlanta Constitution August 2nd, 1913 W. F. Anderson, the policeman who answered the telephone when Newt Lee called police headquarters on the morning of the discovery and who went with the police squad to the scene, was next called to…
Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Roan Holding Scales of Justice With Steady Hand
Atlanta Georgian August 2nd, 1913 By L. F. WOODRUFF. Emotion's entire gamut is daily run on the screen of faces watching the Frank trial. A student of facial expression can find anything he seeks by watching the throng of spectators…
Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Smile, Says Gheesling, When Facing Bear-Cat Like Luther Rosser
Atlanta Journal August 2nd, 1913 "Keep smiling on the witness stand." That is the motto of Will Gheesling, of the P. J. Bloomfield undertaking establishment, who testified at the Frank trial Thursday. "When you get a bear cat like Luther…
Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Startling Statements Made During Testimony of Dr. Harris
Atlanta Constitution August 2nd, 1913 Making the startling declaration that Mary Phagan had been killed within thirty or forty-five minutes after she had eaten dinner, Dr. Roy F. Harris, state chemist, took the stand during the afternoon session yesterday. It…
Saturday, 2nd August 1913 State Hopes Dr. Harris Fixed Fact That Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl
Atlanta Georgian August 2nd, 1913 By JAMES B. NEVIN. The testimony of Dr. Roy Harris, chairman of the State Board of Health, and one of the most learned and approved physicians in Georgia, was dramatic, both in its substance and…
Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Stenographer Parry Identifies Notes Taken at Phagan Inquest
Atlanta Constitution August 2nd, 1913 Stenographer Parry, the official court stenographer, was next called to the stand to identify a number of notes he took at the coroner's inquest held in police headquarters shortly after Frank's arrest. He was asked…