Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Writing Test Points to Negro, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Wednesday, April 30th, 1913 Experts Declare Note Written by Lee Resembles That Found Near Slain Girl. Handwriting experts said to-day that they were able to determine a resemblance between the handwriting of Newt Lee, the negro watchman…
Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Went Down Scuttle Hole on Ladder to Reach Body, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Wednesday April 30th, 1913 Previous to Watchman Newt Lee's testimony, three police officers, who were called to the pencil factory when Mary Phagan's body was found, testified. Their testimony, with the exception of such parts as were…
Monday, 28th April 1913 Where and With Whom Was Mary Phagan Before End?, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Monday, April 28th, 1913 Page 4, Column 2 Detectives to-day are using all their resources to learn where Mary Phagan was every minute of Saturday and Saturday night, whom she saw, with whom she talked, and what…
Monday, 28th April 1913 Girl and His Landlady Defend Mullinax, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Monday, April 28th, 1913 Declaring her belief in the absolute innocence of her sweetheart, Arthur Mullinax, in the murder of Mary Phagan, pretty 16-year-old Pearl Robinson made a pathetic figure as she appeared before Chief of…
Monday, 4th August 1913 Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian August 4th, 1913 L. O. Grice, a stenographer in the offices of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad, was the first witness called. He said that he saw Frank on Sunday morning after the murder and Frank attracted…
Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Defense Threatens a Mistrial, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian August 2nd, 1913 Newspaper on Judge's Desk Causes Protest DR. HURT UNDER FIRE OF DEFENSE, HITS A DR. HARRIS TESTIMONY A genuine sensation was sprung at the trial of Leo M. Frank Saturday morning when Luther Rosser and…
Wednesday, 30th July 1913 Gantt Has Startling Evidence; Dorsey Promises New Testimony Against Frank, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian July 30th, 1913 STATE ADDS NEW LINK TO EVIDENCE CHAIN BY BOOTS ROGERS' STORY Sensational testimony by J. M. Gantt, discharged pencil factory employee, was promised Wednesday by Solicitor Dorsey and Frank A. Hooper, who is assisting him.…
Sunday, 27th July 1913 Every Bit of Evidence Against Frank Sifted and Tested, Declares Solicitor, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian (Hearst's Sunday American) July 27th, 1913 Solicitor-General Hugh Dorsey, who will prosecute the case against Leo M. Frank, last night gave the Sunday American the following statement: Without going into the merit of the State's case against Leo…
Sunday, 20th July 1913 Mincey Ready to Tell Story to Grand Jury, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Sunday, July 20, 1913 Man Who Says He Heard Negro Confess Now Is at Rising Fawn, Georgia W.H. Mincey, the school teacher who made an affidavit declaring Jim Conley confessed to him on the afternoon of the…
Tuesday, 15th July 1913 White Men Fined in War on Negro Dives, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Tuesday, July 15, 1913 A crusade against white men frequenting negro dives has been started by Recorder Nash Broyles. He fined three men, who gave their names as Kirk, Smith and Little and A.B. Arnold, of Macon,…
Thursday, 24th July 1913 Let the Frank Trial Go On, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian July 24th, 1913 Leo Frank should be placed on trial Monday for the murder of Mary Phagan. The crime was committed April 26; Frank was arrested April 28; he was indicted Mary 23 and his trial set for…
Tuesday, 8th July 1913 Girl Tells of Life in Slavers’ Hands, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Tuesday, July 8, 1913 Hattie Smith Warns Young Women of Atlanta Against the Wiles of Procurers. The startling expose of vice conditions by Hattie Smith, the prety 17-year-old girl, one of the alleged victims of the "system,"…
Thursday, 3rd July 1913 Writ Sought In Move to Free Negro Lee, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Thursday, July 3, 1913 Attorney for Watchman Declares Client Knows Nothing of the Actual Crime. Bernard L. Chappell, attorney for Newt Lee, negro night watchman at the pencile factory, held in the Phagan case, stated Thursday morning…
Thursday, 26th June 1913 Stover Girl Will Star in Frank Trial, The Atlanta Georgian
Judge L.S. Roan, who will preside at trial of alleged slayer of Mary Phagan. The Atlanta Georgian Thursday, June 26, 1913 State, However, Must Prove She Entered Factory Before Mary Phagan. With the selection of the court room made Thursday,…
Saturday, 14th June 1913 Sheriff Mangum Near End, Says Lawyer Smith, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Saturday, June 14, 1913 Attorney for Conley Injects Politics Into Dispute Over Negro's Place of Confinement. William M. Smith, counsel for James Conley, confessed accessory after the fact in the killing of Mary Phagan, in a statement…
Friday, 6th June 1913 Chief Says Law Balks His War on Vice, The Atlanta Georgian
L. H. Beck, foreman of Fulton County Grand Jury that is investigating vice conditions in Atlanta, the Felder bribery charges and the famous dictograph row. Mr. Beck is the one who launched the probe of reports that vice exists here.…
Sunday, 1st June 1913 Conleys Story Cinches Case Against Frank, Says Lanford, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Sunday, June 1st, 1913 ‘He Has Told the Whole Truth—There's Not a Lawyer Who Can Shake Him,' Asserts Chief. Jim Conley has told the whole truth—there's not a shadow of a doubt about it. We feel perfectly…
Wednesday, 28th May 1913 Conley Says Frank Took Him to Plant on Day of Slaying, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Wednesday, May 28th, 1913 Negro Sweeper in New Affidavit Denies His Former Testimony and Makes Startling Assertions; Now Declares He Wrote Notes Saturday. James Conley, negro sweeper, in an affidavit made Wednesday, said that he was lying when…
Sunday, 25th May 1913 Colyar, Held as Forger, is Freed on Bond; Long Crime Record Charged, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Sunday, May 25th, 1913 Athens Judge Tells Colonel Felder That Dictograph ‘Trapper' Is Under Suspended Sentence in Georgia. Knoxville Complaint To Be Pressed. A. S. Colyar, soldier of fortune, who plotted the destruction, by means of the dictograph,…
Friday, 23rd May 1913 Dictograph Record Used Against Felder, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Friday, May 23rd, 1913 The Georgian on Wednesday published an exclusive story that Colonel Thomas B. Felder was involved in the Phagan murder case in a manner that would at least require a very explicit explanation. Developments Friday…
Friday, 16th May 1913 Secret Probe Began by Burns Agent into the Phagan Mystery, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Friday, May 16th, 1913 Investigator for Great Detective Believed To Be in City Hunting Phagan Slayer—Will Be on Same Plane as Pinkertons—State Won't Aid. Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey said Friday that William J. Burns and his assistants…
Thursday, 8th May 1913 Lee Repeats His Private Conversation With Frank, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Thursday, May 8th, 1913 Newt Lee followed Black on the stand. Q. Tell the jury of your conversation with Frank in private—A. I was in the room and he came in. I said, Mr. Frank, it…
Wednesday, 7th May 1913 Employee of Lunch Stand Near Pencil Factory is Trailed to Alabama, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Wednesday, May 7th, 1913 Detectives Figure Strangling Was a Typical Mediterranean Crime—Solicitor Dorsey Grills Watchman Lee in Effort to Get New Points. A new and sensational interpretation was given the Phagan mystery Wednesday afternoon when it was…
Sunday, 4th May 1913 Old Police Reporter Analyzes Mystery Phagan Case Solution Far Off, He Says, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Sunday, May 4th, 1913 Problem of Slaying in Pencil Factory One That Never May Be Cleared, Declares Crime Expert. BY AN OLD POLICE REPORTER. Perhaps as many of the great murder mysteries of history have been…
Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Reward of $1,000 Urged by Mayor, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Wednesday, April 30th, 1913 Brown Offers $200 for Capture of Slayer—C. C. Jones Also Gives $100. Governor Joseph M. Brown to-day offered a reward of $200 for the apprehension and conviction of the murderer of little Mary…
Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Great Crowd at Phagan Inquest, The Atlanta Georgian
A new photograph of Mary Phagan NEW ARRESTS LIKELY; LEO FRANK STILL HELD; CASE AGAINST NEGRO Atlanta Georgian Wednesday April 30th, 1913 Inquest Into Slaying of Factory Girl Begins, and Flood of New Light Is Expected To Be…
Monday, 28th April 1913 Suspect Gantt Tells His Own Story, The Atlanta Georgian
DENIES GUILT BUT IS IDENTIFIED AS MAN SEEN LEADING GIRL Atlanta Georgian Monday, April 28th, 1913 The Georgian will pay $500 reward for EXCLUSIVE information leading to the arrest and conviction of the murderer of Mary Phagan. J. M.…
Monday, 28th April 1913 Gantt Was Infatuated With Girl; at Factory Saturday, The Atlanta Georgian
At the right is Miss Ruth Phagan, aunt of Mary Phagan, and in her arms is Miss Ollie Phagan, sister of the victim, whom she is trying to comfort. Atlanta Georgian Monday, April 28th, 1913 Gantt was arrested…
Thursday, 7th August 1913 Jim Conley, the Ebony Chevalier of Crime, is Darktowns Own Hero, The Atlanta Georgian
This shows the Solicitor in an argument at the Frank trial. Atlanta Georgian August 7th, 1913 By James B. Nevin Now that James Conley has been dismissed from the Frank trial, now that he has stood safely the fire of…
Monday, 4th August 1913 Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Ghastly Tale, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian August 4th, 1913 During the long wait for Conley to appear, Frank, his loyal wife and his no less loyal mother gave no sign of fear. Accuser and accused were about to face each other, a dramatic situation…