Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Mrs. Frank Breaks Down in Court
Atlanta Georgian August 5th, 1913 Judge, Favoring Defense, Reserves Decision as to Striking Out Testimony CONLEY CONTINUES TO WITHSTAND FIERCE ATTACKS OF ROSSER Reuben Arnold created a sensation at the opening of Tuesday afternoon's session of the Frank trial by…
Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Traditions of the South Upset; White Mans Life Hangs on Negros Word
Atlanta Georgian August 5th, 1913 By L.F. WOODRUFF. Sinister as a cloud, as raven as a night unaided by moon, planet or satellite, Jim Conley is to-day the most talked-of man in Georgia. His black skin has not been whitened…
Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Rosser Goes Fiercely After Jim Conley
Atlanta Georgian August 5th, 1913 The determined onslaught against Jim Conley, his string of affidavits and the story he told before the Frank jury had its real beginning Monday afternoon. Luther Rosser, starting with the avowed purpose of breaking down…
Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Can Jury Obey if Told to Forget Base Charge?
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…
Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Conley Swears Frank Hid Purse
Atlanta Georgian August 6th, 1913 Sweeper's Grilling Ends After 151/2 Hours, His Main Story Unshaken MYSTERY OF GIRL'S MESH BAG EXPLAINED BY NEGRO ON STAND That Mary Phagan's silver-plated mesh bag, mysteriously missing since the girl's bruised and lifeless body…
Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Accuser of Conley is Ready to Testify
Atlanta Georgian August 6th, 1913 Deplores Newspaper Publicity, but Poses Merrily for the Camera Brigade. W. H. Mincey, the school teacher and insurance solicitor who made an affidavit that Jim Conley confessed to him that he had already killed a…
Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Crowd Set in Its Opinions
Atlanta Georgian August 6th, 1913 By O. B. KEELER. The impression persists that courtroom crowds are made up in the main of two classes, as follows: (1) People who take it for granted that any person being tried on any…
Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Dorsey Accomplishes Aim Despite Big Odds
Atlanta Georgian August 6th, 1913 By L. F. WOODRUFF. Practically the entire case on which the State of Georgia bases its claim on the life of Leo Frank to pay for that life taken from Mary Phagan is before the…
Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Judge Will Rule on Evidence Attacked by Defense at 2 P.M.
Atlanta Georgian August 6th, 1913 As soon as court opened Mr. Rosser asked the judge if he was ready to hear argument on the proposition to eliminate parts of Conley testimony. He said he was prepared to support his motion…
Thursday, 7th August 1913 Jim Conley, the Ebony Chevalier of Crime, is Darktowns Own Hero
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…
Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Defense Threatens a Mistrial
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…
Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?
Atlanta Georgian August 2nd, 1913 Are five and half ounces of cabbage to be the principal factor in sending a man to the gibbet? If the prosecution is warranted in its belief in the vital and incriminating importance of the…
Saturday, 2nd August 1913 State Hopes Dr. Harris Fixed Fact That Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl
Atlanta Georgian August 2nd, 1913 By JAMES B. NEVIN. The testimony of Dr. Roy Harris, chairman of the State Board of Health, and one of the most learned and approved physicians in Georgia, was dramatic, both in its substance and…
Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Roan Holding Scales of Justice With Steady Hand
Atlanta Georgian August 2nd, 1913 By L. F. WOODRUFF. Emotion's entire gamut is daily run on the screen of faces watching the Frank trial. A student of facial expression can find anything he seeks by watching the throng of spectators…
Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Frank Juror’s Life One Grand, Sweet SongNot
Atlanta Georgian August 2nd, 1913 O. B. Keeler. The juror's life is not unmixed with care. Look him over next time you attend the Frank trial. Size up his little job. Weigh his responsibility. Consider his problems. And then, if…
Sunday, 3rd August 1913 First Week of Frank Trial Ends With Both Sides Sure of Victory
Atlanta Georgian August 3rd, 1913 Solicitor Dorsey Indicates That Real Sensation Will Be Developed for State in Closing Days of Famous Mary Phagan Mystery Case. ANOTHER WEEK OF ORDEAL IN THE HEAT IS EXPECTED Routing of Detective Black and Surprise…
Sunday, 3rd August 1913 Conley to Bring Frank Case Crisis
Atlanta Georgian August 3rd, 1913 Negro's Testimony Now Supremely Important Both Sides Stake Their All on His Evidence STATE FORGES CHAIN TO TAX ALL THE INGENUITY OF DEFENSES LEGAL ARRAY First Week of Battle Has Fixed the Time Almost Exactly…
Sunday, 3rd August 1913 Leo Frank’s Eyes Show Intense Interest in Every Phase of Case
Courtroom Studies of Leo Frank: Three typical poses of the defendant in the famous Phagan case are show, while in the upper left of the picture is a study of Luther Rosser, his leading counsel. Here is what a study…
Monday, 4th August 1913 Rosser’s Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers
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…
Monday, 4th August 1913 Conley’s Story In Detail; Women Barred By Judge
Atlanta Georgian August 4th, 1913 There was a murmur of excitement following the calling of Jim Conley; there was a wait of several minutes, officers having just left the police station with the negro a minute or two before he…
Monday, 4th August 1913 Jim Conley’s Story as Matter of Fact as if it Were of His Day’s Work
Atlanta Georgian August 4th, 1913 By O. B. Keeler. Jim Conley, hewer of wood and drawer of water. On the witness stand at the Frank trial this morning, Jim unfolded a tale whose lightest word—you know the rest. It was…
Monday, 4th August 1913 Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank’s Trial
Atlanta Georgian August 4th, 1913 By JAMS B. NEVIN. When a prospective juryman is on his voir dire in a given criminal case, he is asked if his mind is perfectly impartial between the State and the accused. If he…
Monday, 4th August 1913 Envy Not the Juror! His Lot, Mostly, Is Monotony
Atlanta Georgian August 4th, 1913 By L. F. WOODRUFF. A policeman's life is not a merry one. The thought was expressed and event set to music in those dim days of the distant past when people heard the lyrics and…
Monday, 4th August 1913 Frank Witness Nearly Killed By a Mad Dog
Atlanta Georgian August 4th, 1913 Deputy Sheriff W. W. ("Boots") Rogers, witness for the State in the Frank trial, is taking the Pasteur treatment at the State Capitol Monday after being bitten half a dozen times on the right ankle…
Monday, 4th August 1913 Jurors Strain Forward to Catch Conley Story; Frank’s Interest Mild
Atlanta Georgian August 4th, 1913 Dramatic in its very glibness and unconcern, Conley's story, if it failed to shake or disturb Leo Frank, at least had a wonderful impression upon each member of the jury. Conley told of seeing Mary…
Monday, 4th August 1913 Frank Calm and Jurors Tense While Jim Conley Tells His Ghastly Tale
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…
Monday, 4th August 1913 Dramatic Moment of Trial Comes as Negro Takes Stand
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…
Monday, 4th August 1913 Dorsey Tries to Prove Frank Had Chance to Kill Girl
Atlanta Georgian August 4th, 1913 NEGRO SPRINGS NEW SENSATION, ADDING TO STORY.James Conley, the negro sweeper in the National Pencil Factory, was called to the stand in the trial of Leo M. Frank, whom he accuses of the murder of…
Monday, 4th August 1913 Ordeal is Borne with Reserve by Franks
Atlanta Georgian August 4th, 1913 Wife and Mother of the Accused Pencil Factory Superintendent Sit Calmly Through Trial. By TARLETON COLLIER Women are brought into a court room, as all the world knows, for one of two purposes. Their presence…
Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Conleys Charge Turns Frank Trial Into Fight To Worse Than Death
Atlanta Georgian August 5th, 1913 By JAMES B. NEVIN. Black and sinister, depressing in its every aspect and horrible in its gloom, the testimony of Jim Conley in the Frank case was given to the court and the jury under…