Author: Mary Phagan
Thursday, 13th November 1913: Woman Who Led Campaign To Put End To Vice In Chicago Confers With Chief Beavers, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 13th November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Photos by Francis E.Price.ChiefBeavers, who stamped out Atlantas segregated district, and Virginia Brooks,who started big fight on vice in Chicago. This picture was taken Wednesdayafternoon by The Constitutions photographer, in Chief Beavers…
Friday, 14th November 1913: P. H. Brewster. Albert Howell, Jr. Hugh M. Dorsey. Arthur Heyman. Dorsey, Brewster, Howell & Heyman. Attorneys-at-law, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 14th November 1913,PAGE 16, COLUMN 2.Offices:202, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 210Kiser Building, Atlanta, Ga.Long-DistanceTelephone 3022, 3024, and 3025, Atlanta, Ga.PAGE 7, COLUMN 5TRIAL OFJIM CONLEYPOSTPONED TO MONDAYCourtThought to Be AwaitingAction of Court ofAppeal.Without explaining this cause,…
Friday, 14th November 1913: Rosser And Arnold Oppose Each Other, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 14th November 1913,PAGE 4, COLUMN 4.Luther Rosser and Reuben Arnold, Frank's attorneys Friday opposed each other in the Federal Court when the Texas Oil Company filed a bill of equity to prevent T. E. Purcell from pushing…
Saturday, 15th November 1913: Franks Appeal Is Set For Thirty Days Hence, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 15th November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Bill of Exceptions Reaches Su-preme Court- Will Conley BeTried Next Week?Leo M. Franks bill of exceptions tothe judgement of Judge L. S. Roan in refusing him a new trial reached the clerkof…
Saturday, 15th November 1913: P. H. Brewster. Albert Howell, Jr. Hugh M. Dorsey. Arthur Heyman. Dorsey, Brewster, Howell & Heyman. Attorneys-at-law., The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 15th November 1913,PAGE 10, COLUMN 2.Offices:202, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 210Kiser Building, Atlanta, Ga.Long-Distance Telephone 3022, 3024, and 3025, Atlanta, Ga.Saturday, 15th November 1913: P. H. Brewster. Albert Howell, Jr. Hugh M. Dorsey. Arthur Heyman. Dorsey,…
Saturday, 15th November 1913: Rosser And Arnold Oppose Each Other, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 15th November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Luther Rosser and Reuben Arnold, Frank's attorneys Friday opposed each other in the Federal Court when the Texas Oil Company filed a bill of equity to prevent T. E. Purcell from pushing…
Sunday, 16th November 1913: Conley Trial Is Delayed By Frank Appeal, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 16th November 1913,PAGE XXX, COLUMN 1.Smith Demands Speedy Hearing, But None Is Likely Until the Phagan Decision.Rumor was current Saturday, after the filling with the Supreme Court of the bill of exceptions and brief of evidence to…
Sunday, 16th November 1913: Woman And Daughter Drugged And Robbed, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 16th November 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 5.Shows How Real BrotherlyLove Lasts Through BothProsperity and AdversityEditor Firing Line: I never let go faraway but what I think of home and friends. Home influences are the best. Butwhat are friends?…
Sunday, 16th November 1913: Woodward Vetoes Fence Resolution, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 16th November 1913,PAGE 8, COLUMN 3.DeclaresContractors Have NoRight to Use the Streetsof Atlanta.Mayor James G. Woodward has vetoed theresolution passed up by council at its last meeting authorizing the Calhounestate to erect a fence in the street…
Monday, 17th November 1913: Frank Files Reasons For New Trial, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 17th November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 8.PHAGAN CASE IN SUPREME COURTArgument To Be Set for December 15 and Final Decision May Be Made by March.All doubt as to when the arguments will be heard by the Supreme Court…
Monday, 17th November 1913: Franks Appeal Is Set For Thirty Days Hence, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 17th November 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 5.Judge HoldsContract Validand Grants Temporary Re-strainingOrderA novel and interesting point wasraised in Judge J. T. Pendletons division of the superior court Monday morningwhen the court issued a temporary restraining order in behalf…
Monday, 17th November 1913: P. H. Brewster. Albert Howell, Jr. Hugh M. Dorsey. Arthur Heyman. Dorsey, Brewster, Howell & Heyman. Attorneys-at-law., The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 17th November 1913,PAGE 10, COLUMN 2.Offices:202, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 210Kiser Building, Atlanta, Ga.Long-Distance Telephone 3022, 3024, and 3025, Atlanta, Ga.Monday, 17th November 1913: P. H. Brewster. Albert Howell, Jr. Hugh M. Dorsey. Arthur Heyman. Dorsey,…
Tuesday, 18th November 1913: Conleys Trial Waits On The Supreme Court, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 18th November 1913,PAGE 15, COLUMN 4.JudgeHill Will Not Disposeof It Until Frank CaseIs Settled.Despitethe assertion of William M. Smith, attorney for Jim Conley, that he woulddemand an early trial for the negro sweeper, whose testimony did most…
Tuesday, 18th November 1913: Lawyer Absent, Conley’s Case Is Delayed, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 18th November 1913,PAGE XXX, COLUMN 4.Negro's Counsel Tuesday Will Demand Immediate Hearing, Attitude SurprisesDorsey.The absence from the city W. M. Smith attorney for Jim Conley, prevented the calling of Jim Conley's case Monday on the charge of…
Tuesday, 18th November 1913: Legal Fight Is Waged Over Mothers Will, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 18th November 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 4.Daughters ofMrs. EmmaLee Go to Court to SettleDisputeA bitter fight between three sistersover $50,000 estate left by their mother. Mrs. Emma G. Lee, commenced beforeJudge George L. Bell in superior court Tuesday…
Wednesday, 19th November 1913: First Murder Trial Before Judge Hill, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 19th November 1913,PAGE 14, COLUMN 2.Will Burnett, a negro, was convicted ofmanslaughter in Judge Ben Hills division of the superior court on Tuesday. Hewas given a twenty-year sentence.The negro made a statement to the juryin which he…
Wednesday, 19th November 1913: Frank Trial Unfair, Jewish Rabbi Says In Scathing Speech, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 19th November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Rev.Alexander Lyons, ofBrooklyn, Declares Prison-ers Jewish Nationality In-fluenced Verdict ofGuiltyGIRLSALLEGED SLAYERCOMPARED TOBEILISSConditionsAre Worse HereThan in Czars Domain, HeSays, Because of ChristianPretensesRabbi Alexander Lyons, one of theforemost Jews in America, speaking at the…
Thursday, 20th November 1913: Conley’s Attorney, To Combat Further Delay In His Case, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 20th November 1913,PAGE XXX, COLUMN 4.That a further postponement of the trial of Jim Conley, the negro witness in the Phagan case, will be bitterly fought, was the declaration of W. M. Smith, Conley's attorney, Thursday.Attorney Smith…
Thursday, 20th November 1913: Conley Trial Put Off At Request Of Dorsey, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 20th November 1913,PAGE 5, COLUMN 3.Will Not BeHeld During Pres-ent Week-Smith toFileDemandIt was announced Thursday morning bySolicitor Dorsey that the case of Jim Conley, indicted as accessory after thefact for the murder of Mary Phagan, would not…
Thursday, 20th November 1913: Nation-wide Search For Missing Wife, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 20th November 1913,PAGE 10, COLUMN 4.A letter revealing the sorrowful story of a husbandsnation-wide search for his missing wife has come to Chief Beavers from Russell,Iowa, to which W. W. Wolfe, a native of Montgomery went in…
Friday, 21st November 1913: Conley’s Attorney, To Combat Further Delay In His Case, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 21st November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.That a further postponement of the trial of Jim Conley, the negro witness in the Phagan case, will be bitterly fought, was the declaration of W. M. Smith, Conley's attorney, Thursday.Attorney Smith…
Friday, 21st November 1913: Jim Conleys Case Is Once More Delayed, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 21st November 1913,PAGE 5, COLUMN 5.JimConleys case did not come up before Judge Ben Hill in the criminal division ofthe superior court Thursday.Onrequest of Solicitor General Dorsey, who bowed to the wishes of the judge, thecase was…
Friday, 21st November 1913: Jim Conleys Lawyer Prepares To Demand Trial For His Client, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 21st November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Attorney W. M. Smith DeclaresHe Will Take Actionin Be-Half of Negro SomeTimeNext WeekAlthough no demand for a trial forJames Conley, the negro who says he assisted in disposing of Mary Phagansafter she…
Saturday, 22nd November 1913: Judge Broyles Explains Why He Fined Woman, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 22nd November 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 1.Miss Austin Took Law IntoHer Own Hands and BrokeIt, Says RecorderEditor The Journal:There seems to besome misapprehension about the case of the young woman who was fined the otherday for beating a…
Saturday, 22nd November 1913: Will Ask Early Trial For Factory Sweeper, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 22nd November 1913,PAGE 5, COLUMN 4.Despite the attitude of Judge Hill andthe Solicitor General, William Smith, attorney for Jim Conley, will makestrenuous effort next week to have the negro factory sweeper, whose storyconvicted Leo M. Frank, of…
Sunday, 23rd November 1913: Burlesque Probe Started By Chief And By Recorder, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 23rd November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Order Goes Forth That Costumes Must Not Be TooAbbreviated and No GirlsUnder 16 Employed.SHOWS AREVERY TAMEWHEN BEAVERS APPEARSChief MakesRound of theHouses Saturday Nightand Finds Chorus GirlsDemurely Clad.Alleged burlesque naughtiness isbeing probed in…
Sunday, 23rd November 1913: Postpone Entertainment For Home For The Blind, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 23rd November 1913,PAGE 52, COLUMN 3.PromotersHave Been Unableto Obtain Theater forDecember 6The entertainment planned to take placeDecember 6 to aid the Home for the Blind has been indefinitely postponedbecause no theater could be obtained for the occasion.…
Monday, 24th November 1913: Burlesque Houses Willing For Chief To Act As Censor, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 24th November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Alleged burlesque naughtiness isbeing probed in Atlanta. Chief Beavers, one of his trusty men and Recorder NashBroyles have shouldered muskets in the war against rumored conditions in low-pricedVaudeville and burlesque theaters in…
Monday, 24th November 1913: Chief Beavers Is Paid Tribute, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 24th November 1913,PAGE 6, COLUMN 4.BY DR. RIDLEYIn the course of a short talk at theCentral Baptist church Sunday, Dr. Caleb A. Ridley, the pastor, paid a hightribute to Chief of Police J. L. Beavers, whose vice…
Tuesday, 25th November 1913: Conley Again Taken To Court. Attorney To Urge Hearing Now, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 25th November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 8.Jim Conley, when sensational story helped to convict Leo M. Frank of the murder of Mary Phagan, was taken once more from his cell in the Tower Tuesday to the courthouse.Solicitor Dorsey…