Sunday, 10th August 1913 Introduction by Defense of Host Of Character Witnesses Probable, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 10th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.The introduction of character testimony in behalf of Leo Frank at present seems very probable. It is not thought, however, that witnesses of this nature will be put on the stand until…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Interest in Trial Now Centers in Story of Mincey, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 10th August 1913,PAGE 50, COLUMN 1.Question of Time Considered of Paramount Importance in Defense Theory of Frank CaseTHE diagram shows the daily routine of the jurors who are trying the case against Leo M. Frank. Their days…
Sunday, 10th August 1913: Full Blue Ridge Highway Will Open Up, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 10th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Magnificent Section of StateThat the much talked of "Blue Ridge Highway," extending from Atlanta through Fulton, Cobb, Cherokee, Pickens, Gilmer and Fannin counties, on to Murphy, N. C., will soon be a…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Frank Struggles to Prove His Conduct Was Blameless, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 10th August 1913,PAGE 47, COLUMN 1.Co-Workers in the Factory Declare Stories of Factory Revelries Are Beyond ReasonASSISTANT TELLS HOW ACCUSED MAN MADE OUT COMPLEX ACCOUNTSTestimony of Newsboy Who Said He Accompanied Mary Phagan On Street Car On…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Frank or Conley? Still Question, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 10th August 1913,PAGE 45, COLUMN 5.Issue Firmly Drawn Between Two Men Defense Starting to Mould Its CaseTheory That Negro Attacked Mary Phagan With Motive of Robbing Her Will Be Shown; Two Charges Against Accused Must Be Refuted.Leo…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Epps Boy Denies Trying to Avoid Being Called to the Stand Again, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 10th August 1913,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.C. B. Dalton, who was used by the state to corroborate some of Jim Conley's testimony against Leo Frank, was the first witness called by the defense Saturday morning. He did not…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Defense Will Renew Attack Upon Dr. Harris Testimony, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 10th August 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 6.That the defense in the trial of Leo M. Frank, charged with the murder of Mary Phagan, will continue its attack upon the testimony of Dr. H. F. Harris, who made a…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Dalton Sticks Firmly To Story Told on Stand, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 10th August 1913,PAGE 50, COLUMN 3.C. B. Dalton, prominent as a witness in the Frank trial, stuck firmly to the story he told in court when he was confronted Saturday by the letter of Miss Laura Atkinson,…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Conleys Story is Still Center of Fight in Frank Case, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 10th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.After Two Weeks of TestimonyOnly Evidence Directly Linking Frank With the Crime Is the Sensational Statement Made on the Stand by Negro Sweeper Summary of Developments in Trial to DateSTATE HAS INTRODUCED…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Conley, Unconcerned, Asks Nothing of Trial, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 10th August 1913,PAGE 47, COLUMN 8.Despite the attacks of the defense in the trial of Leo Frank has made upon his story, Jim Conley from whose lips fell the most damning and abhorrent testimony a Georgia jury…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Case Never is Discussed by Frank Jurors, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 10th August 1913,PAGE 47, COLUMN 8.Every Man on Panel Has Nickname and Formality Has Been Cast Out.No member of the jury that is to decide Leo M. Frank's guilt or innocence had expressed an opinion on the…
Saturday, 9th August 1913 Defense Will Seek to Show That Mary Phagans Body Was Tossed Down a Chute in Rear of Pencil Factory And Not Taken Down by Elevator As the State Insists, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution, Saturday, 9th August 1913, PAGE 1, COLUMN 4. Their Testimony Is Favorable to Leo Frank W. T. HOLLIS, W. M. MATTHEWS, IRA KAUFFMAN, Street car conductor, whose testimony discredits story told on stand by George Epps,…
Sunday, 17th August 1913 Frank Should Know Fate Before The Week Passes Is Opinion Of Attorneys, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal, Sunday, 17th August 1913. While Defense Has About Forty Character Witnesses, It's Not Believed That Their Testimony Will Take More Than One Day, and Frank Himself Will Probably Tell His Self to the Jury Some Time Tuesday.…
Thursday, 14th August 1913 State Wants Wife and Mother Excluded, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian August 14th, 1913 Call New Witnesses to Complete Alibi WIFE AND MOTHER OF ACCUSED ARE WARNED AGAINST OUTBREAKS Nearly a score more of alibi witnesses were to be called by the defense in the Frank trial when court…
Friday, 15th August 1913 What They Say Wont Hurt Leo Frank; State Must Prove Depravity
Atlanta Georgian August 15th, 1913 By JAMES B. NEVIN. There is nothing apparently so plain to outside observation as character—just character—and there is, strange to say, nothing so difficult at times to prove. "They say" and "but" are the two…
Friday, 15th August 1913 Testimony of Girls Help to Leo M. Frank, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian August 15th, 1913 In the presentation of its alibi for Leo M. Frank, the defense probably accomplished more Thursday than it had in all of previous time since the prosecution rested its case. Frank's lawyers had promised that…
Saturday, 16th August 1913 Girls Testify For and Against Frank, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian August 16th, 1913 ‘I'D DIE FOR HIM!' CRIES ONE, CONVULSING COURT CLUB AND ENVELOPE FOUND BY PINKERTON MAN PUT IN EVIDENCE Two factory girls, one of them defending Leo M. Frank with all the eloquence at her command,…
Saturday, 16th August 1913 Statement by Frank Will Be the Climactic Feature of the Trial, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian August 16th, 1913 By JAMES B. NEVIN. The defense is nearing its end in the Frank case. A few more character witnesses—there seems to have been no difficulty whatever in securing character witnesses by the score to testify…
Saturday, 16th August 1913 Many Testify to Franks Good Character, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian August 16th, 1913 Nearly half a hundred witnesses testified in behalf of Leo M. Frank Friday. As a climax to the day's proceedings in Judge Roan's court the defendant's mother, Mrs. Rae Frank, went on the stand to…
Sunday, 17th August 1913 Supreme Test Comes As State Trains Guns On Frank’s Character, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian, Sunday, 17th August 1913. Defendant Will Take the Stand Early in Week to Give His Account of His Movements on Day Mary Phagan Was Killed. ATTORNEYS SEEKING TO PROVE A COMPLETE LIE Believed That Case Will Stand…
Thursday, 21st August 1913 Mass Of Perjuries Charged By Arnold Centers Hot Attack On Conley. Ridicules Prosecution Theory, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian, Thursday, 21st August 1913. PAGE 1 In a cold, cutting arraignment of the methods used to build up a case against Leo M. Frank, accused of the murder of Mary Phagan, Reuben Arnold, of the accused man's…
Wednesday, 20th August 1913 State Closes Frank Case Near Jury Defense Begins Its Sur-rubettual. Hopes To Conclude Quickly, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian, Wednesday, 20th August 1913. Page 2 Solicitor Dorsey announced the close of the State's case against Leo M. Frank at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. There remained only the presentation of some documentary evidence by the State before…
Monday, 18th August 1913 Leo Frank Testifies, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 18th August 1913.That his married life has been very happy; that his office safe door was open and he could not see Mary Phagan as she spoke to him on leaving after drawing her pay; that he…
Tuesday, 19th August 1913 Jim Conley To Be Recalled, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian, Tuesday, 19th August 1913. PAGE 1 DORSEY ADMITS HE MADE ERASURE ON FACTORY TIME SLIP With the State determined to make a desperate fight to broad down the impressive story told by Leo M. Frank in his…
Tuesday, 26th August 1913 Frank, Guilty On First Ballot, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian, Tuesday, 26th August 1913. FRANK RETURNING TO HIS CELL IN TOWER AFTER JUDGE'S CHARGE Frank's control of his emotions was never more strikingly shown than on the last day of the trial. Leo M. Frank, convicted slayer…
Wednesday, 27th August 1913 Fight Begun To Save Frank Motion For New Trial Follows Death Sentence, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian, Wednesday, 27th August 1913. FRANK RETURNING TO HIS CELL IN TOWER AFTER JUDGE'S CHARGE Frank's control of his emotions was never more strikingly shown than on last day of trial. Leo M. Frank, convicted slayer of…
Wednesday, September 3rd, 1913: Board For [Leo] Frank Jury Will Cost Just $975.06, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal, Wednesday, 3rd September 1913. Page 7, Column 4 Newt Lee's Attorneys Ask That He Be Paid for Time Lost Fulton county will pay $975.06 for quarters and meals for the jury that heard the trial of Leo…
Wednesday, September 24th, 1913: Leo Frank Again Made President Of B’nai B’rith, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution, Wednesday, 24th September 1913. PAGE 1, COLUMN 4 Prominent Atlantans Are Elected Officers of This Jewish Charitable Organization. WITH FRANK IN JAIL HIGH HONOR PAID HIM His Re-Election Comes With Announcement That He Is Still Conducting Affairs…
Friday, September 19th, 1913: Delay In Hearing Of Plea For Leo Frank, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution, Friday, 19th September 1913. PAGE 3, COLUMN 1 New Trial Petition Comes in December Before Judge Hill, and Not Judge Roan. The hearing of the petition asking for a new trial in the case of Leo M.…
Wednesday, September 17th, 1913: Jim Conley To Fight Felon Charge Bitterly, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian, Wednesday, 17th September 1913. PAGE 6, COLUMN 5 Conley To Fight Felon Charge Bitterly Attorney Will Permit Him to Plead Guilty Only to Misdemeanor, Judge Sought. Jim Conley's trial on a felony charge as accessory after the…