Author: Mary Phagan


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Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Conleys Charge Turns Frank Trial Into Fight To Worse Than Death

Atlanta GeorgianAugust 5th, 1913 By JAMES B. NEVIN. Black and sinister, depressing in its every aspect and horrible in its gloom, the testimony of Jim Conley in the Frank case was given to the court and the jury under direct…
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Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Defense Moves to Strike Most Damaging Testimony

Atlanta JournalAugust 5th, 1913 ON GROUNDS OF IRRELEVANCY ATTORNEY ARNOLD MOVES TO STRIKE PART OF TESTIMONY He Asks That Conley's Statement That He Acted as "Lookout" for Frank, and Part of Testimony Attacking Frank's Personal Character Be Blotted From Record…
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Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Flashlight in The Constitution Introduced in Trial of Frank

Atlanta ConstitutionAugust 5th, 1913 Police Sergeant L. S. Dobbs was the witness who followed Grice. The officer had already testified on the first day of the trial and was brought back for only a few minutes. "Did you find a…
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Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Frank Very Nervous, Testifies L. O. Grice

Atlanta ConstitutionAugust 5th, 1913 Witness Had Gone to the Pencil Factory After Reading The Constitution Extra L. O. Grice was the first witness put on the stand when court convened Monday morning. He was kept there but a few minutes.…
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Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Handsome Woman Seeks in Vain For Witness at Franks Trial

Atlanta ConstitutionAugust 5th, 1913 Shortly after the courtroom had been cleared of women during the trial of Leo M. Frank Monday, Detective Harper entered the room with a handsome woman and the two took a leisurely survey of those in…
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Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Lawyers on Both Sides Satisfied With Conley

Atlanta JournalAugust 5th, 1913 "They Haven't Shaken Him a Particle," Says Dorsey—"He Has Told About 240 Lies Already," Declares Attorney Reuben Arnold Both the state's attorneys and the counsel for Leo M. Frank Tuesday at noon expressed satisfaction with the…
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Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Many Discrepancies To Be Bridged in Conleys Stories

Atlanta GeorgianAugust 5th, 1913 The defense of Leo Frank will bring out vividly before the jury Tuesday that the striking feature of Jim Conley's dramatic recital on the stand Monday was that it differed not only from the first two…
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Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Mrs. Frank Breaks Down in Court

Atlanta GeorgianAugust 5th, 1913 Judge, Favoring Defense, Reserves Decision as to Striking Out Testimony CONLEY CONTINUES TO WITHSTAND FIERCE ATTACKS OF ROSSER Reuben Arnold created a sensation at the opening of Tuesday afternoon's session of the Frank trial by making…
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Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Negro Sweeper Remanded to Solitude in Jail Over Night

Atlanta JournalAugust 5th, 1913 Jim Conley Grilled for Many Hours By Frank's Attorney Who Fails to "Rattle" Him Luther Rosser Makes Negro Admit Lies and Terms in Prison, but Sweeper Remains Good Witness for State—Women Excluded From Court Room During…
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Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Rosser Goes Fiercely After Jim Conley

Atlanta GeorgianAugust 5th, 1913 The determined onslaught against Jim Conley, his string of affidavits and the story he told before the Frank jury had its real beginning Monday afternoon. Luther Rosser, starting with the avowed purpose of breaking down the…