Category: TRANSCRIPTS: ATLANTA GEORGIAN
Tuesday, 26th August 1913 Frank, Guilty On First Ballot
The Atlanta Georgian, Tuesday, 26th August 1913. FRANK RETURNING TO HIS CELL IN TOWER AFTER JUDGE'S CHARGE Frank's control of his emotions was never more strikingly shown than on last day of trial. Leo M. Frank, convicted slayer of Mary…
Wednesday, 27th August 1913 Fight Begun To Save Frank Motion For New Trial Follows Death Sentence
The Atlanta Georgian, Wednesday, 27th August 1913. FRANK RETURNING TO HIS CELL IN TOWER AFTER JUDGE'S CHARGE Frank's control of his emotions was never more strikingly shown than on last day of trial. Leo M. Frank, convicted slayer of…
Thursday, 28th August 1913 Reply Made To Frank’s Attack
The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 28th August 1913.Solicitor Cites Prisoner's State-ment on Stand, "Now is the Time, This is the Place."Solicitor Dorsey was as busily engaged on the Frank case Thursday as he was any day before Leo Frank was convicted of…
Monday, 1st September 1913: Scent Phagan Case In Woman’s Cries Building Ransacked, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 1st September 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.A woman's screams reawakened memories of the Phagan case in the minds of pedestrians on Alabama street shortly after noon Monday and a crowd besieged the caf run by J. E. Poulas…
Tuesday, 2nd September 1913: Mystery At Frank’s Pencil Plant Solved, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 2nd September 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1 AND COLUMN 8.GIRL ODDLY MISSING IS HOSPITAL PATIENTMiss Clara Belle Griffin, the National Pencil Factory girl whose strange disappearance from her home at No. 265 North Ashby Street led the police…
Wednesday, 3rd September 1913: Big Tasks Await Slaton’s Return, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 3rd September 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 6.Naming New Atlanta Judge and Fish and Game Commissioner Are Most Important.When Governor John M. Slaton gets back to his desk early Friday morning after a ten-day trip through the West, where…
Friday, 5th September 1913: Conley To Face Misdemeanor Charge Only, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 5th September 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 5.A misdemeanor charge may be the most serious on which Jim Conley, confessed accessory after the fact in the murder of Mary Phagan, may be tried.This developed Friday when preparations were being…
Sunday, 7th September 1913: Dorsey Sure He Can Break Frank Claim Of Jury Bias, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 7th September 1913,PAGE 5, COLUMN 1.Prisoner and His Counsel Are Equally Confident They Will be Able to Get a New Trial on Ground of Outside Influences.Cheers for the Solicitor After Recesses and Applause in Court Will Be…
Monday, 8th September 1913: Medical Student Is Held As Swindler, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 8th September 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Hugh W. Timothy, 28 years old, the son of a wealthy Chattanooga department store owner and known in Atlanta society circles, was arrested Monday by Harry Scott, of the Pinkertons, on suspicion…
Tuesday, 9th September 1913: Jim Conley Indicted For Part In Phagan Killing, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 9th September 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.MAXIMUM FOR NEGRO IS FOUR YEARSOne Count ChargesMisdemeanor In Protecting Slayer, Another Felony in Concealing Body.Another chapter was written in Georgia's most famous criminal case Tuesday when Jim Conley, the negro whose…