Category: TRANSCRIPTS: ATLANTA GEORGIAN


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Monday, 4th August 1913 Jurors Strain Forward to Catch Conley Story; Frank’s Interest Mild

Atlanta GeorgianAugust 4th, 1913 Dramatic in its very glibness and unconcern, Conley's story, if it failed to shake or disturb Leo Frank, at least had a wonderful impression upon each member of the jury. Conley told of seeing Mary Phagan…
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Monday, 4th August 1913 Ordeal is Borne with Reserve by Franks

Atlanta GeorgianAugust 4th, 1913 Wife and Mother of the Accused Pencil Factory Superintendent Sit Calmly Through Trial. By TARLETON COLLIER Women are brought into a court room, as all the world knows, for one of two purposes. Their presence may…
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Monday, 4th August 1913 Rosser’s Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers

Atlanta GeorgianAugust 4th, 1913 A bitter, determined cross-examination of Jim Conley by Luther Rosser was marked by a prolonged battle between counsel for the defense and State over the method of questioning the negro. The defense won a complete victory,…
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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 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 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…
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Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Traditions of the South Upset; White Mans Life Hangs on Negros Word

Atlanta GeorgianAugust 5th, 1913 By L.F. WOODRUFF. Sinister as a cloud, as raven as a night unaided by moon, planet or satellite, Jim Conley is to-day the most talked-of man in Georgia. His black skin has not been whitened by…
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Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Accuser of Conley is Ready to Testify

Atlanta GeorgianAugust 6th, 1913 Deplores Newspaper Publicity, but Poses Merrily for the Camera Brigade. W. H. Mincey, the school teacher and insurance solicitor who made an affidavit that Jim Conley confessed to him that he had already killed a girl…
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Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?

Atlanta GeorgianAugust 6th, 1913 By James B. Nevin. "Gentlemen of the jury, having heard from James Conley, the blackest, most damning story ever told in Atlanta by one human being against another, having sat there and listened as he smudged…