Author: Mary Phagan
Thursday, 24th July 1913 Third Chapter in Phagan Mystery
Atlanta Georgian July 24th, 1913 Arrests of Suspects in the Factory Slaying. Sensation as Leo Frank, Manager Was Taken Into Custody. CHAPTER III. Everything that occurred, trivial or important, during those first few days after the body of little Mary…
Thursday, 24th July 1913 Veneir is Drawn to Try Leo M. Frank Monday
Atlanta Georgian July 24th, 1913 JUDGE ANNOUNCES HE IS READY TO TRY CASE; 144 MEN EMPANELLED Says He Has Not Even Been Asked for Postponement, and Sees No Reason Why Trial Should Not Begin On Date Fixed. Jim…
Friday, 25th July 1913 Chiefs Will Probe Removal of Conley
Atlanta Constitution July 25th, 1913 Negro Was Taken to Tower Without Knowledge of Beavers or Lanford. Action is likely to be taken against Detective John Starnes and Pat Campbell, who Wednesday afternoon carried Jim Conley, the negro in the Phagan…
Friday, 25th July 1913 Frank Will Likely Face Trial Monday for Phagan Crime
Atlanta Journal July 25th, 1913 Defense Subpoenaes 150 Witnesses, and If Any of the Chief Witnesses Are Ill, Continuance Can Be Asked JUDGE ROAN, WHO WAS ILL, IS REPORTED IMPROVED Indications Now Are That Defense Will Make No Effort to…
Friday, 25th July 1913 Try to Corroborate Story Told by Conley
Atlanta Constitution July 25th, 1913 Negro Is Taken in Chief's Auto to Sections He Claims to Have Visited on Murder Night. Jim Conley, the negro sweeper and most important figure in the Phagan case, was taken from police headquarters in…
Friday, 25th July 1913 Veniremen Drawn for Frank Trial
Atlanta Constitution July 25th, 1913 One Hundred and Forty-Four Names Drawn From Jury Box—No Effort So Far at Postponement. The veniremen from which it is expected to choose the jury for the trial Monday of Leo M. Frank, charged with…
Friday, 25th July 1913 Witnesses for Frank Called
Atlanta Georgian July 25th, 1913 Despite Judge's Statement All Is In Readiness, Move for Postponement Is Expected. Despite the fact that Superior Judge L. S. Roan stated everything was in readiness for the trial of Leo M. Frank next Monday,…
Friday, 25th July 1913 Work on Phagan Case Brings Promotion to Pinkerton Man
Atlanta Constitution July 25th, 1913 As a reward for his success in the Phagan mystery, Detective Harry Scott, assistant superintendent of the Atlanta Pinkerton offices, has been promoted to the superintendency of the Houston, Texas branch, to which he goes…
Saturday, 26th July 1913 Chapter 5 in Phagan Case
Atlanta Georgian July 26th, 1913 The Negro Conley's Confession That He Was Frank's Accomplice and Events Leading Up to Trial. Chapter VI. "He (Leo Frank) told me that he had picked up a girl back there and had let her…
Saturday, 26th July 1913 Frank’s Lawyers Ready for Trial
Atlanta Constitution July 26th, 1913 They Have Started Summoning Witnesses and Are Quoted as Having Agreed to Go to Trial. That Attorneys Reuben R. Arnold and Luther Z. Rosser, representing Leo M. Frank, charged with the Mary Phagan murder, have…
Saturday, 26th July 1913 Leo Frank Expects Acquittal and Asks an Immediate Trial
Atlanta Journal July 26th, 1913 Pencil Factory Superintendent Declares the Sooner He Faces a Jury the Sooner He'll Gain His Freedom ACCUSED OF PHAGAN CRIME, HE WELCOMES TRIAL DAY Wife is Regular Visitor to the Tower—Frank's Time In Prison Is…
Saturday, 26th July 1913 Pinkerton Chief Scored by Lanford
Atlanta Georgian July 26th, 1913 Says Pierce Broke His Promise Detective Head Also Asserts Phagan Evidence Private Sleuth Unearthed Was Plant. Chief of Detectives Lanford roundly scored H. B. Pierce, head of the Pinkerton Detective Agency in Atlanta, Saturday for…
Saturday, 26th July 1913 Present New Evidence Against Frank
Atlanta Georgian July 26th, 1913 Both Sides Hide Vital Phagan Facts State's Prosecutor Shrouds Identity and Stories of Scores of Witnesses in Secrecy. Prosecution and defense continued their preparations for the Frank trial Saturday, the last-hour hurry of interviewing new…
Sunday, 27th July 1913 All in Readiness for Frank’s Trial Monday Morning
Atlanta Constitution July 27th, 1913 Greatest Legal Battle in the History of Dixie Is the Prediction of Atlanta Attorneys ATTORNEYS FOR STATE HOLD FINAL CONFERENCE Representatives of Leo Frank Still Non-Committal About Report That Postponement May Be Asked Practically every…
Sunday, 27th July 1913 Brewster Denies Aiding Dorsey in Phagan Case
Atlanta Georgian (Hearst's Sunday American) July 27th, 1913 Colonel P. H. Brewster has written The Georgian a letter correcting a statement in The Sunday American. The letter quotes the report that Colonel Brewster had aided Mr. Dorsey, and proceeds: "Where…
Sunday, 27th July 1913 Chronological Story of Developments in the Mary Phagan Murder Mystery
Atlanta Journal July 27th, 1913 April 27—The dead body of Mary Phagan is found in basement of National Pencil factory at 3 a. m. by Newt Lee, the negro night-watchman. Police hold Lee, who yater in the day re-enacts…
Sunday, 27th July 1913 Defense Claims Conley and Lee Prepared Notes
Atlanta Georgian (Hearst's Sunday American) July 27th, 1913 Theory Is That Watchman Surprised Sweeper Attempting to Dispose of Body and Entered Into Pact. An amazing chain of evidence, laying bare the mystery of the two notes found beside the body…
Sunday, 27th July 1913 Every Bit of Evidence Against Frank Sifted and Tested, Declares Solicitor
Atlanta Georgian (Hearst's Sunday American) July 27th, 1913 Solicitor-General Hugh Dorsey, who will prosecute the case against Leo M. Frank, last night gave the Sunday American the following statement: Without going into the merit of the State's case against Leo…
Sunday, 27th July 1913 Frank Fights for Life Monday
Atlanta Georgian (Hearst's Sunday American) July 27th, 1913 Dorsey Ready to Avenge Mary Phagan Mystery of Months Is Still Unsolved Most Bitter Legal Battle in History of Atlanta Courts Is Expected—Case Will Probably Last for Weeks. After three months of…
Sunday, 27th July 1913 Frank Watches Closely as the Men Who are to Decide Fate are Picked
Atlanta Georgian (Hearst's Sunday American) July 27th, 1913 This newspaper article is a continuation from the first page of an Atlanta Georgian newspaper. The first page is missing from our archives. If any readers know where to obtain the first…
Sunday, 27th July 1913 Frank’s Story of His Moves on Day of Crime
Atlanta Journal, July 27th, 1913 Accused Superintendent's Story Is Unbroken by Any Save a Negro Leo M. Frank's sworn statement of his whereabouts each hour on the day of April 26, when Mary Phagan met her death, is of unusual…
Sunday, 27th July 1913 Here is Conley’s Confession Around Which Bitter Fight is Expected in the Frank Trial
Atlanta Journal July 27th, 1913 There is little doubt that the storm-center, so to speak, of the Frank trial will be the testimony of the negro sweeper, James Conley. He will be the principal witness for the state and all…
Sunday, 27th July 1913 Leo M. Frank Will Go to Trial Monday, It Is Now Believed
Atlanta Journal July 27th, 1913 Indications Were Saturday Night That the Trial Would Begin Before Judge Roan at Hour Scheduled BOTH SIDES READY AND BITTER FIGHT IS CERTAIN Many Well Known Citizens In Venire From Whom the Twelve Jurors Will…
Sunday, 27th July 1913 Pinkerton Detective Replies to Lanford
Atlanta Journal July 27th, 1913 H. B. Pierce Declares Lanford Knew of Find of Bloody Stick in Factory H. B. Pierce, head of the local branch of the Pinkerton detective agency, characterizes as absurd Chief Detective N. A. Langford's charge…
Sunday, 27th July 1913 Pinkerton Men Brand Lanford Charges False
Atlanta Georgian (Hearst's Sunday American) July 27th, 1913 Emphatic denial of the charges by Chief of Detectives Lanford that he had kept bad faith with the city department in connection with the investigation of the murder of Mary Phagan was…
Sunday, 27th July 1913 Plennie Minor Faces Task in Handling Court Room During Trial of Leo Frank
Atlanta Journal July 27th, 1913 Genial Deputy Sheriff Will Have Seats for Only 250 People, and Hates to Think He Won't Be Able to Accommodate Everybody, for That's His Disposition Plennie Minor is going to have the hardest job in…
Sunday, 27th July 1913 Prominent Atlantans Named On Frank Trial Jury Venire
Atlanta Georgian (Hearst's Sunday American) July 27th, 1913 The venire of 144 men from which twelve will be selected to decide the fate of Leo M. Frank is considered to be one of the most representative ever drawn from a…
Sunday, 27th July 1913 Public Demands Frank Trial To-morrow
Atlanta Georgian (Hearst's Sunday American) July 27th, 1913 Old Police Reporter Sees No Cause for Delay Either Side Asking Postponement Will Reveal Weakness, as Time Has Been Given for Preparation. Conley Is Center of Interest. Defense Must Break Story of…
Sunday, 27th July 1913 State Bolsters Conley
Atlanta Georgian (Hearst's Sunday American) July 27th, 1913 Solves Discrepancies of Time Mistaken Identity To Be Plea Leo M. Frank Goes to Trial for the Slaying of Mary Phagan Monday, With Both Prosecution and the Defense Confident. All Preparations Are…
Sunday, 27th July 1913 State Will Build Case Against Frank Around Conley’s Story; Defense Will Undertake to Show that Negro Alone is Guilty
Atlanta Journal July 27th, 1913 Defense Will Ridicule Conley's Story and Endeavor to Show That It Was Made to Save His Own Neck MANY WITNESSES CALLED TO CORROBORATE FRANK Though Attorneys Are Silent, The Journal Presents Below Outline of What…