Author: Mary Phagan
Sunday, 27th July 1913 Venire Whipped Into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible
Atlanta Georgian (Hearst's Sunday American) July 27th, 1913 Within a minute or two after Deputy Sheriff Plennie Minor had called the court to order the examination process was applied to the venire panel of 144 men. From each panel of…
Sunday, 27th July 1913 Work of Choosing Jury for Trial of Frank Difficult
Atlanta Georgian (Hearst's Sunday American) July 27th, 1913 Veniremen Searchingly Examined by Both State and Defense Slightest Objection Used to Disqualify—Attorneys Shrewdly Gauge Candidates from Every Angle. In the selection of the twelve men to comprise the jury which will…
Monday, 28th July 1913 Court Scenes at Frank Trial; How It Looks Inside and Out
Atlanta Journal July 28th, 1913 Three Distinct Crowds Are There, Some Laughing, Some Whispering Speculations on Case There were three crowds at the Frank trial Monday morning; and each had an aspect and characteristic as different as east from west—the…
Monday, 28th July 1913 Former Suspect Will Be Happy No Matter How Frank Case Ends
Atlanta Journal July 28th, 1913 J. M. Gantt Is to Be Married Sunday, Provided Trial Is Over—He Has Planned to Elope, but Now He'll Have "Sure Enough" Wedding There is one man connected with the case of Mary Phagan to…
Monday, 28th July 1913 Frank, Feeling Tiptop, Smiling and Confident, is Up Long Before Trial
Atlanta Georgian July 28th, 1913 Frank was escorted from the Tower to the courthouse shortly after 6 o'clock in the morning, nearly three hours before the trial was schedule to begin. This was done to avoid the curious crowd which…
Monday, 28th July 1913 Frank Jury
Atlanta Georgian July 28th, 1913 Here is the Frank jury complete: A. H. Henslee, 74 Oak street; salesman. F. V. L. Smith, 481 Cherokee avenue, manufacturer's agent. J. F. Higdon, 108 Ormewood avenue. F. E. Winburn, 213 Lucile avenue, claim…
Monday, 28th July 1913 Jurors in Leo M. Frank Case Must Answer Four Questions
Atlanta Constitution July 28th, 1913 Chief interest in the case of Leo M. Frank, which is scheduled to begin today, centers in the selection of a jury, the first 144 veniremen, having been drawn last Thursday and published in The…
Monday, 28th July 1913 Jury Complete to Try Frank
Atlanta Georgian July 28th, 1913 Wife Helps Prisoner Pick Men to Try Him All in Readiness for Real Trial to Begin After Short Recess Events on the opening day of the trial of Leo M. Frank, accused of the slaying…
Monday, 28th July 1913 Leo Frank’s Trial on Murder Charge Booked for Today
The Atlanta Constitution July 28th, 1913 Judge L. S. Roan Announces That He Will Call Case at Nine O'Clock This Morning. LAWYERS BELIEVE JURY WILL BE NAMED IN DAY Legal Representatives Take Good Rest on Sunday in Preparation for…
Monday, 28th July 1913 Mary Phagan’s Mother Testifies
Atlanta Georgian July 28th, 1913 Newt Lee Repeats His Story in Court Room Negro Watchman Swears Frank Acted Oddly Day of Crime Here are the important developments in the trial of Leo M. Frank for the murder of Mary Phagan.…
Monday, 28th July 1913 Mrs. Leo Frank and Her Mother Cheer Prisoner at Courthouse
Atlanta Journal July 28th, 1913 Accused Neither Care-Worn Nor Haggard—His Eyes Meet Those of Crowd Without Faltering There was one question on the face of every member of the big crowd in and around the courthouse Monday morning. To those…
Monday, 28th July 1913 No New Testimony Will Be Given to Jury by Newt Lee
Atlanta Journal July 28th, 1913 Negro Nightwatchman Says He Doesn't Know Conley, the Sweeper—Merely Will Repeat Story of Finding Body Newt Lee's testimony to the jury, before which Leo M. Frank is to be tried, will repeat his statements to…
Monday, 28th July 1913 Phagan Case of Peculiar And Enthralling Interest
Atlanta Georgian, July 28th, 1913, Page 2, Columns 3 And 4 Bottom As Leo Frank faces to-day the ordeal decreed by law that for man's life, man's life shall pay, interest in his case that has held Atlanta, Georgia…
Monday, 28th July 1913 State Opens Its Case Against Leo M. Frank
Atlanta Journal July 28th, 1913 JURY COMPLETED BEFORE RECESS AND STATE WAS READY TO BEGIN INTRODUCTION OF ITS TESTIMONY Last Man In the Last Panel Was Accepted as the Twelfth Juror and Cleared the Way for the Actual Trial of…
Monday, 28th July 1913 Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History
Atlanta Georgian, July 28th, 1913, Page 2, Columns 1 and 2 No murder trial in Fulton County ever has approached the spectacular interest which is in prospect in the Frank case from the first, sharp skirmish between the opposing…
Monday, 28th July 1913 Woman Charges Police Forced Her to Make False Statement
Atlanta Journal July 28th, 1913 Negro Cook in the Selig-Frank Home Repudiates Affidavit She Swore to Against Frank, Will Refuse to Swear to the Paper, She Says Minola McKnight, the negro cook, who signed an affidavit which is to be…
Tuesday, 29th July 1913 96 Men are Called Before Getting Jury
The Atlanta Constitution, July 29th, 1913 Attorneys for Both Sides Had Good Line on All Men Examined. According to an unofficial account kept as the matter of striking the Frank jury was carried out, ninety-six men were called into the…
Tuesday, 29th July 1913 After Rosser’s Fierce Grilling All Negro, Newt Lee, Asked for Was Chew or Bacca-AnyKind
Atlanta Journal, July 29th, 1913, Page 1, Columns 3 and 4 He Looks Like a Negro, He Talks Like a Negro, and He Has the Will and the Manner of Darkies in Old-Time Slavery Days—Was on the Stand Three…
Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Burglars Try to Enter Home of Frank Juror
The Atlanta Constitution, July 29th, 1913 But F. V. L. Smith's Wife Calls Police and Intruders Flee. Two big, burly, black negroes who evidently had taken a decided interest in the Frand murder trial, and knew that F. V. L.…
Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Defense Wins Point After Fierce Lawyers’ Clash
Atlanta Georgian July 29th, 1913 STATE TRIES TO SHOW GIRL WAS STRANGLED ON THE SECOND FLOOR Here are Tuesday's important developments in the trial of Leo M. Frank on the charge of murdering Mary Phagan in the National Pencil Factory,…
Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Everybody’s a Reporter, Now, Else an Old Time Friend, Says Guardian of Court House Door
Atlanta Journal July 29th, 1913 "They Been 15 Reporters Here in the Last Five Minutes," He Says, "and What's Not Reporters Is Boyhood Friends I Don't Remember" "You are?" said the man who guards the foot of the steps. "Well,…
Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Factory Girls Eager to Testify for Frank
Atlanta Journal July 29th, 1913 Thirty Girls and Men Are Waiting to Appear as Character Witnesses. Thirty girls and men who are employes of the National Pencil factory are waiting to testify to the good character of Leo M. Frank.…
Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Frank Trial Will Last One Week And Probably Two, Attorneys Say
Atlanta Journal July 29th, 1913 Indications Are That Trial Will Be Longest Over Which Judge Roan Has Presided, To Hold Two Sessions Daily Attorneys both for the defense and for the prosecution of Leo M. Frank believe that his trial…
Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Frank’s Undisturbed Face Wonder of the Court Room
Atlanta Journal July 29th, 1913 His Brow Does Not Wrinkle, His Eyes Do Not Quail or Even Flicker—He Is Cool and Quiet Leo M. Frank's expression of quiet confidence has surprised every visitor to the court room where he is…
Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Frequent Clashes Over Testimony Mark Second Day of Frank Trial
Atlanta Journal July 29th, 1913 QUESTIONS DIRECTED AT NEGRO INDICATED AN EFFORT TO THROW SUSPICION UPON WATCHMAN "We Might as Well Begin to Show the Negro a Criminal Now as Later," Declared Attorney Rosser, In Arguing for Admissability of His…
Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Lawyers Hammer Lee for Two Hours at Monday Afternoon Session
Atlanta Journal July 29th, 1913 Negro Nightwatchman Who Found Mary Phagan's Body in National Pencil Factory on Stand—Girl's Mother and Newsboy Examined Newt Lee, the negro nightwatchman who found Mary Phagan's body in the pencil factory basement, was hammered by…
Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Lee’s Quaint Answers Rob Leo Frank’s Trial of All Signs of Rancor
Atlanta Georgian July 29th, 1913 By L. F. Woodruff A page was ripped from a story of Harris Dickson. "Old Reliable" was paraded in the life in as somber a setting as was ever conceived and the temper of the…
Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Mincey in Atlanta, But Has Not Been to Trial
Atlanta Journal July 29th, 1913 Agent Who Said That Conley Told Him of Killing "a Girl" May Testify W. H. Mincey, who has made affidavit that James Conley, the negro sweeper, practically confessed to him as being the murderer of…
Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Mincey, on Arrival Reaffirms Affidavit, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution, July 29th, 1913 W. H. Mincey, who made the famous affidavit in which he declared that Jim Conley had told him on April 26 that he had killed a girl, arrived late last night for the Frank…
Tuesday, 29th July 1913 Mother’s Sorrow and Newsie’s Wit Play on Emotions at Frank Trial
Atlanta Journal July 29th, 1913 Each of First Three Witnesses In Case Shows Distinct Personality and Entirely Different Side of Human Nature, Some Character Studies Three of the witnesses who testified Monday afternoon at the Frank trial were more distinct…