Wednesday, 4th June 1913 Fain Named in Vice Quiz as Resort Visitor, The Atlanta Georgian
Mayor James G. Woodward (left), leaving Grand Jury room after testifying in vice probe; Thomas B. Felder (middle), who exonerates Beavers of graft charges but declares war on Lanford; Carl Hutcheson (right), who gave Grand Jury list of "houses in…
Friday, 30th May 1913 Negro Conley Now Says He Helped to Carry Away Body, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Friday, May 30th, 1913 Chief of Detectives Lanford admitted Friday morning that Jim Conley, under the rack of the third degree, had made the astounding confession that he had assisted Leo M. Frank in disposing of the body…
Monday, 26th May 1913 Accuses Tobie of Kidnaping Attempt, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Monday, May 26th, 1913 Topeka, Kans., Chief Wires Beavers That Burns Detective Was Not Convicted. That the local police authorities are tracing the past record of C. W. Tobie, the Burns operative investigating the Phagan case, came definitely…
Saturday, 24th May 1913 Strangulation Charge is in Indictments, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Saturday, May 24th, 1913 True Bills Already Drawn by Solicitor Against Frank and Lee. The Grand Jury resumed Saturday morning the Phagan murder case with indictments against Leo M. Frank and Newt Lee charging strangulation. While nothing definite…
Wednesday, 21st May 1913 T. B. Felder Repudiates Report of Activity for Frank, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Wednesday, May 21st, 1913 Stories That He Was Retained by Prisoner's Friends Silly, He Declares. Mystery piles up upon mystery in the Phagan case. Colonel Thomas B. Felder was asked Wednesday afternoon by The Georgian to reply to…
Tuesday, 13th May 1913 New Theory is Offered in Phagan Mystery, The Atlanta Georgian
Solicitor Dorsey in his office; a snapshot of the Phagan case prosecutor taken by a Georgian photographer. Atlanta Georgian Tuesday, May 13th, 1913 Detectives Not Centering All Their Efforts on Frank and Lee Now. Detectives in Phagan mystery are not…
Thursday, 8th May 1913 Stenographer in Factory Office on Witness Stand, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Thursday, May 8th, 1913 Miss Hattie Hall, the stenographer who worked at the National Pencil Factory Saturday morning, April 26, testified as follows: She lives at 69 Luckie Street and works for the National Pencil Company, in Montag…
Tuesday, 6th May 1913 Newest Clews in Phagan Case Not Yet Public, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Tuesday, May 6th, 1913 Body of Slain Girl Exhumed and Bloodstains on Factory Floor Analyzed. NEW THEORY ANNOUNCED Solicitor Believes Victim May Have Been Thrown, Still Alive, Down Elevator Shaft. Solicitor General Dorsey, Chief of Detectives Lanford,…
Thursday, 1st May 1913 State Enters Phagan Case; Frank and Lee are Taken to Tower, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Thursday, May 1st, 1913 Watchman and Frank Go on Witness Stand This Afternoon—Dorsey, Dissatisfied, May Call Special Session of Grand Jury To-morrow. Coroner Donohuoo late to-day issued a commitment against Leo M. Frank, superintendent at the…
Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Tells Jury He Saw Girl and Mullinax Together, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Wednesday April 30th, 1913 Page 4, Column 3 Edgar L. Sentell, the man who identified Mullinax as being the man he saw with Mary Phagan Saturday night was the first witness to take the stand when the coroner's…
Tuesday, 29th April 1913 Guilt Will Be Fixed Detectives Declare, The Atlanta Georgian
Mrs. J. W. Coleman, below, mother of slain Mary Phagan, and Ollie Phagan, sister of the murdered girl . Mrs. Coleman is prostrated by grief over the crime, and warns all mothers of working girls to watch carefully their loved…
Monday, 28th April 1913 Negro is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Monday, April 28th, 1913 Superintendent Leo M. Frank Is Convinced Newt Morris Was Not Implicated. Owing to a delay in receipt of metal shipment part of the plant of the National Pencil Company had been shut down…
Monday, 28th April 1913 Playful Girl With Not a Bad Thought, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Monday, April 28th, 1913 "She was just a little, playful girl, without a bad thought in her mind, and she has been made the victim of the blackest crime that can be perpetuated," was the bitter denunciation…
Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian August 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…
Monday, 4th August 1913 Rosser’s Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian August 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…
Thursday, 31st July 1913 Crimson Trail Leads Crowd to Courtroom Sidewalk, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian July 31st, 1913 By L. F. WOODRUFF. The sun's heat is broiling. No man can stand it without suffering. And still men stand, not one man, but scores of them, on a blistered pavement gazing on a red…
Sunday, 27th July 1913 Venire Whipped Into Shape Rapidly; Negro Is Eligible, The Atlanta Georgian
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…
Thursday, 24th July 1913 Frank Trial Delay up to Roan, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian July 24th, 1913 STATE READY AND WILL FIGHT A DELAY Solicitor Disappointed When Court Fails to Draw Jury Panels at Time Planned. With the belief growing that a serious effort is being made to delay the trial of…
Thursday, 17th July 1913 Mayor Asked to Probe Action of Police, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Thursday, July 17, 1913 Declaring that police officers placed him under arrest while he was attempting to convey a woman in the throes of an epileptic fit to a hospital and forced him to be the companion…
Sunday, 13th July 1913 Affidavits to Back Mincey Story Found, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Sunday, July 13, 1913 Attorney Leavitt Declares Tale That Conley Admitted Killing Girl Will Stand Test. NEWT LEE STILL HELD IN JAIL Solicitor General Hugh Dorsey Promises to Present a Bill Against Him as Suspect. That several…
Friday, 11th July 1913 Slaying Charge for Conley Is Expected, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Friday, July 11, 1913 Speedy Indictment of Negro Is Likely Following Publication of Mincey Affidavit. The speedy indictment of Jim Conley on the charge of murdering Mary Phagan was the strong possibility discussed in court circles Friday…
Sunday, 6th July 1913 New Move in Phagan Case by Solicitor, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Sunday, July 6, 1913 Dorsey Will Endeavor to Force Defense to Disclose Their Documentary Evidence. ACT IS COUNTERSTROKE Frank's Attorneys Said to Have Affidavits Exonerating Frank and Indicating Conley's Guilt. A sensational turn in the Phagan murder…
Tuesday, 1st July 1913 May Indict Conley as Slayer, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Tuesday, July 1, 1913 Grand Jury Reported as Seriously Considering Connection of Negro With the Crime. A well founded rumor Tuesday was to the effect that the Grand Jury had Jim Conley's connection with the Mary Phagan…
Friday, 20th June 1913 Frank Trial Will Not Be Long One, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Friday, June 20, 1913 Few Witnesses of the Scores Examined Will Be Called When Case Is Heard. That the trial of Leo M. Frank will take a much shorter time that is generally thought was indicated in…
Tuesday, 10th June 1913 Indictment of Felder and Fain Asked, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian June 10, 1913 Assistant Solicitor E. A. Stephens virtually admitted this afternoon that Police Commissioner W. P. Fain had been indicted. There was a division of the vote, it was said, but the majority was for indictment.…
Wednesday, 4th June 1913 Cooks Sensational Affidavit, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Wednesday, June 4th, 1913 Says She Heard Frank's Wife Tell Mother Frank Had Threatened Suicide Incoherent Statement by Employee of Frank Household That Must Not Be Taken as Legal Evidence Until Heard and Corroborated in Court. Another sensational…
Thursday, 29th May 1913 Ready to Indict Conley as an Accomplice, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Thursday, May 29th, 1913 Dorsey Ready to Act if Negro Sticks to Latest Story Accusing Frank. Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey announced that if Conley persisted in his story he would take steps to have him indicted as…
Monday, 26th May 1913 Mayor Gives Out Sizzling Reply to Chief Beavers, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Monday, May 26th, 1913 Mayor James G. Woodward Monday gave out a sizzling interview in reply to Police Chief Beavers' accusations, which he concluded with this statement: "If Beavers and Lanford authorized February . ‘a trusted man,' to…
Saturday, 24th May 1913 Colyar Called Convict and Insane, The Atlanta Georgian
A. S. Colyar, who figures in the dictograph sensation. Records show he has been confined in two insane asylums and numerous prisons. His operations are alleged to extend from New York to Mexico. He is a member of a prominent…
Tuesday, 20th May 1913 Cases Ready Against Lee and Leo Frank, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Tuesday, May 20th, 1913 Solicitor General Dorsey Declares All Evidence Will Go to the Grand Jury Friday. Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey announced Tuesday morning that the State's case against Leo M. Frank and Newt Lee in connection…