Author: Mary Phagan

Saturday, 24th May 1913 Colyar Held for Forgery
Atlanta Georgian Saturday, May 24th, 1913 A. S. Colyar, Jr., author of the alleged dictographing of Mayor Woodward and Colonel Thomas B. Felder, was placed under arrest Saturday afternoon at the request of Chief of Police Edward Connors of Knoxville,…

Saturday, 24th May 1913 Dictograph Catches Mayor in Net
Atlanta Georgian Saturday, May 24th, 1913 Sensational dictograph conversations, in which Mayor James G. Woodward, Charles C. Jones, former Tenderloin proprietor and present owner of the Rex saloon; E. O. Miles, a private detective; A. S. Colyar, accuser of Colonel…

Saturday, 24th May 1913 Dictograph Record Alleged Bribe Offer
Atlanta Georgian Saturday , May 24th, 1913 Here follows, in part, the alleged dictograph record of the conversation that took place in a room in the Williams House Wednesday afternoon between Colonel Thomas B. Felder, G. C. Febuary and A. S.…

Saturday, 24th May 1913 Dirty Gang Filled Out Record or Else Fooled Dictograph Mayor Woodward.
Atlanta Journal Saturday, May 24th, 1913 Big Part of Published Record Absolutely Untrue, Declares Mayor, Though "There's Nothing In It," He Says "WHOLE THING AMOUNTS TO HIRING DETECTIVE" "It's all a frame-up of a dirty gang," declared Mayor James G.…

Saturday, 24th May 1913 Dorsey Steers Clear of Felder Controversy
Atlanta Journal Saturday, May 24th, 1913 Says He Will Not Allow Himself to Be Drawn Into Row of Attorney and Detectives Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey said Saturday morning relative to the Felder affair: "This controversy will have no…

Saturday, 24th May 1913 Felder Charges Police Plot to Shield Slayer
G. C. Febuary Lanford's clerk, who alleges bribery offer; Febuary alleges that Felder offered $1,000 for police records. He is a modest, unassuming young man, in whom Lanford and Beavers have complete confidence. Atlanta Georgian Saturday, May 24th, 1913 Colonel…

Saturday, 24th May 1913 Felder is Charged with Bribe Offer for Phagan Papers
Atlanta Constitution Saturday, May 24th, 1913 City Detective Department Holds Statements Alleging Attorney Made Attempt to Secure Coleman Affidavit. SAY FELDER OFFERED $1,000 FOR THE PAPER Report of Conversation Between Col. Felder, Secretary Febuary and A. S. Colyar Taken Down…

Saturday, 24th May 1913 Felders Fight is to Get Chief and Lanford Out of Office
Burns showing how a dictograph can be concealed in a wall. The arrow points to the dictograph. The great detective holding a dictograph ready to place it to collect evidence. Atlanta Georgian Saturday, May 24th, 1913 Chief of Detectives Newport…

Saturday, 24th May 1913 Frame-Up Aimed at Burns Men, Says Tobie
Atlanta Georgian Saturday, May 24th, 1913 Denouncing A. S. Colyar as an "eagle-beaked crook," W. C. Tobie, the Burns detective who is here making an investigation of the Phagan case, declared on Saturday that the charges of bribery and double-dealing…

Saturday, 24th May 1913 Frank Not Home Hours on Saturday Declares Lanford
Atlanta Constitution Saturday, May 24th, 1913 On Night of Murder Prisoner Was Not at Residence, as He Says He Was, States Head of Detective Dept WITNESSES WILL SWEAR TO THIS, HE ASSERTS Leo Frank Swore at Coroner's Inquest That He…