Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Did Murderers Plan Cremation?
Atlanta Constitution Wednesday, April 30th, 1913 Detectives Believe That They Intended to Burn Body of Little Mary Phagan in the Furnace of Factory. Did the murderers of Mary Phagan lower her body into the darkness of the pencil factory…
Monday, 28th April 1913 Mullinax Held in Phagan Case
National Pencil Co. Building at 37-39 S. Forsyth St. in which the Phagan girl was slain Atlanta Constitution Monday, April 28th, 1913 Page 1 Former Street Car Conductor Arrested as He Leaves the Home of His Sweetheart on…
Tuesday, 29th April 1913 “Every Woman and Girl Should See Body of Victim and Learn Perils”
Atlanta Constitution Tuesday, April 29th, 1913 A middle-aged woman, with signs of care and sorrow stamped on her features, pushed through the mob of people which crowded around the entrance to the Bloomfield undertaking establishment in which lay…
Tuesday, 29th April 1913 Pinkertons Hired to Assist Police Probe the Murder of Mary Phagan
John M. Gantt, former bookkeeper of the National Pencil company, and acquaintance of Mary Phagan, who is under arrest, and was put through a gruelling third degree last night at police station. He maintains his innocence. Atlanta Constitution…
Tuesday, 29th April 1913 $1,000 Reward
Atlanta Constitution Tuesday, April 29th, 1913 Page 4 The assault and murder of 14-year-old Mary Phagan comprise the most revolting crime in the history of Atlanta Homicide is bad enough. Criminal assault upon woman is worse. When a…
Tuesday, 29th April 1913 Was Victim of Murder Lured Off on Joy Ride Before She Met Death?
Atlanta Constitution Tuesday, April 29th, 1913 Evidence obtained by Detectives Black and Rosser Monday afternoon has led the detective department to suspect that little Mary Phagan was lured away by her murderer Saturday afternoon by the pleasures of…
Monday, 28th April 1913 Playful Girl With Not a Bad Thought
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…
Monday, 28th April 1913 Mullinax Blundered in Statement, Say Police
Atlanta Georgian Monday, April 28th, 1913 Mullinax was arrested by detectives late in the afternoon in Bellwood Avenue, near the viaduct, as he was on his way to his boarding house. His positive identification by E. L. Sentell,…
Monday, 28th April 1913 Negro is Not Guilty, Says Factory Head
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 Neighbors of Slain Girl Cry for Vengeance
Atlanta Georgian Monday, April 28th, 1913 Slaying of Mary Phagan Arouses Friends of Family to Threats of Violence. "I wouldn't have liked to be held responsible for the fate of the murderer of little Mary Phagan if the men…