Category: TRANSCRIPTS: ATLANTA JOURNAL
Sunday, 27th July 1913 Leo M. Frank Will Go to Trial Monday, It Is Now Believed
Atlanta JournalJuly 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 Be…
Sunday, 27th July 1913 Pinkerton Detective Replies to Lanford
Atlanta JournalJuly 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 that…
Sunday, 27th July 1913 Plennie Minor Faces Task in Handling Court Room During Trial of Leo Frank
Atlanta JournalJuly 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 Fulton…
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…
Monday, 28th July 1913 Court Scenes at Frank Trial; How It Looks Inside and Out
Atlanta JournalJuly 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 crowd…
Monday, 28th July 1913 Former Suspect Will Be Happy No Matter How Frank Case Ends
Atlanta JournalJuly 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 whom…
Monday, 28th July 1913 Mrs. Leo Frank and Her Mother Cheer Prisoner at Courthouse
Atlanta JournalJuly 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 standing…
Monday, 28th July 1913 No New Testimony Will Be Given to Jury by Newt Lee
Atlanta JournalJuly 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 the…
Monday, 28th July 1913 State Opens Its Case Against Leo M. Frank
Atlanta JournalJuly 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 the…
Monday, 28th July 1913 Woman Charges Police Forced Her to Make False Statement
Atlanta JournalJuly 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 used…