Friday, 1st May 1914: Horrible Mistake In Case Of Frank, States W. J. Burns, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 1st May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Evidence on Which He Was Convicted Was Utterly Insufficient," Says Detective in Card.MY WORK IN THIS CASE NEARLY DONE, HE SAYSBurns Makes Absolute Denial of Any Connection With Bribe Offer Retrial Hearing…
Friday, 24th April 1914: Battle For Life Of Leo M. Frank Begins In Court, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 24th April 1914,PAGE 9, COLUMN 1.Rumored That Defense Will Present Today the Full Report of Detective William J. Burns on Case.C. W. Burke, a private investigator in the employ of counsel for Leo M. Frank, it is…
Wednesday, 22nd April 1914: Lanford Declines To Show Affidavits, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 22nd April 1914,PAGE 9, COLUMN 1.William J. Burns Leaves City Without Seeing Documents Charging Perversion.Detective William J. Burns called for the first time at police station late Tuesday afternoon to see Chief of Detectives Newport Lanford for…
Question to GPB Georgia Public Broadcasting (@mygpb on X)
Georgia Public Broadcasting’s Leo Frank Lesson Gives Middle-School Students a Predetermined Narrative, Not Historical Inquiry. Question to GPB Georgia Public Broadcasting (@mygpb) Why does GPB consistently center Frank-sympathetic narratives and Jewish communal trauma while giving no comparable attention to Mary…
Tuesday, 27th May 1913, Felder Barely Missed Being Trapped by His Own Dictograph, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Tuesday, May 27th, 1913 Page 7, Column 5 Last week, when the detectives were laying their plans to trap Colonel Thomas B. Felder with a dictograph, they came very near trapping the colonel with his own instrument. The…
Tuesday, 27th May 1913 Col. Felder Ridicules Idea of Grand Jury Investigation of City Detectives Charges, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Tuesday, May 27th, 1913 Page 1, Column 6 Declares Chief Beavers Is Only Bluffing, and That if All the Allegations Made by the Police Were True, It Wouldn't Be a Case for the Grand Jury, as He Has…
Leo Frank Indictment, May 24, 1913, Atlanta, Georgia
Indictment of Atlanta B'nai B'rith President Leo Max Frank: State Witnesses Before the Atlanta Georgia Grand Jury on Saturday, May 24, 1913, and Their Later Trial Testimony at the Leo Frank Trial The May 1913 Fulton County grand jury…
Monday, 26th May 1913, Tobie Tried to Kidnap Incubator Baby, Says Topeka Police Official, The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Monday, May 26, 1913 Page 7, Column 6 That the past career and record of C. W. Tobie, the Burns investigator who came to Atlanta to probe the Phagan mystery for Colonel Thomas B. Felder, is being investigated…
Monday, 26th May 1913, Thousands in Atlanta Living the Life of Mary Phagan’s Murderer, Rev. W. W. Memminger, The Atlanta Constitution
Thousands in Atlanta Living the Life of Mary Phagan's Murderer, Rev. W. W. Memminger Atlanta Constitution Monday, May 26th, 1913 "Thousands of people in Atlanta are living the lives today that the murderer of Mary Phagan lived, and which…
Sunday, 25th May 1913, State Didn’t Show its Case to Secure Indictment Against Superintendent Leo M. Frank, The Atlanta Journal
State Didn't Show its Case to Secure Indictment Against Superintendent Leo M. Frank Atlanta Journal Sunday, May 25th, 1913 No Documentary Evidence Was Placed Before the Grand Jury and James Conley, the Negro Sweeper Who Made Sensational Affidavit About…
Friday, 6th June 1913, Dorsey Replies to the Charges of Mrs. Leo Frank (Lucille Selig Frank), The Atlanta Constitution
Prosecutor Hugh Dorsey Replies to the Charges of Mrs. Leo Frank (Lucille Selig Frank) Atlanta Constitution Friday, June 6th, 1913 Says the Wife of an Accused Man Would Be the Last to Learn of Her Husband's Guilt. MRS. FRANK…
Sunday, 25th May 1913, A. S. Colyar Tells Where He and Colonel Thomas B. Felder Ought to be for Good of Society, The Atlanta Journal
A.S. Colyar Tells Where He and Colonel Thomas B. Felder Ought to be for Good of Society Atlanta Journal Sunday, May 25th, 1913 Editor The Journal: I herewith hand you a telegram in answer to one that I…
Wednesday, 27th May 1914: Burns Agent Here Is Fined And Bound Over, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 27th May 1914,PAGE 2, COLUMN 1.Judge Broyles Orders Lehon to Pay $100 and Costs Also Held for StateAnother step in the prosecution of the Burns Agents here was taken Tuesday afternoon in the Recorder's Court, when Dan…
Saturday, 2nd May 1914: Detective Burns Grilled By Dorsey For Over An Hour, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 2nd May 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.In Presence of Judge Hill, Solicitor Secures Detailed Story of Detective's Work in Frank Case. NO FURTHER EVIDENCE IN HIS POSSESSION. Full Story of Solicitor's Long Cross-Examination Is Given Below. Lehon to…
Monday, 27th April 1914: Say Burns Has Twenty Agents On Frank Case, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 27th April 1914,PAGE 18, COLUMN 3.Several Women Among Them and Agents in San Francisco Cases, Say City DetectivesSolicitor General Dorsey, aided by William M. Smith, attorney for Jim Conley, and a corps of detectives, continued Monday the…
Sunday, 26th April 1914: Leo Frank Pleads For A Fair Trial In Signed Card, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 26th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.I Am Asking for That Which the People of Atlanta Would Not Refuse to a Dirty MongrelLeo M. Frank issued a signed statement Saturday night commenting on the interview of Chief Newport…
This Day in History of the Mary Phagan Case: April 14, 1914, The Atlanta Evening Journal. 353 days since April 26, 1913 #OTD #MaryPhagan #Atlanta #Georgia #LeoFrank #OnThisDay
By Mary Phagan-Kean | April 14, 2026 Documentary and Contextualization The article and transcript archived at the Mary Phagan Kean Legacy Project website (maryphagan.com)¹ is exactly one hundred twelve years old today. It ran on Page Two of…
Tuesday, 22nd July 1913 Date Of Frank Trial Depends On Weather, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution, Tuesday, 22nd July 1913, PAGE 1, COLUMN 3. Will Be Called Monday, But May Be Postponed if as Hot as Last Saturday. Continued From Page One. That the trial of Leo M. Frank depends to a…
Thursday, 22nd May 1913 Grand Jury Wont Hear Leo Frank or Lee, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Thursday, May 22nd, 1913 Understood That Cases Will Be Brought Separately, With One Accused as Accomplice. Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey announced Thursday afternoon that he was prepared to go before the Grand Jury Friday morning with his…
Tuesday, 20th May 1913 Women Declare Phagan Murder Must Be Solved, The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution Tuesday, May 20th, 1913 "Freedom of Murderer Is a Menace to Honor and Life of Every Woman," Writes Mrs. James Carr. Optimistic over the prospects for solving the Mary Phagan mystery, C. W. Tobie, chief of the…
Statement of Jim Conley: May 29, 1913
I discontinued at 6:00 P. M. Reported. Atlanta 5/31/13. Conley's Statement of May 29, 1913. Atlanta, Georgia May 29, 1913. On Saturday April 26, 1913, when I come back to the pencil factory with Mr. Frank I waited for him…
Statement of Jim Conley: May 28, 1913
Statement of Jim Conley, May 28, 1913. State of Georgia, County of Fulton. Personally appeared before me, a Notary Public, in and for the above State and County, James Conley, who being duly sworn on oath says: I make this…
Sunday, 18th May 1913 Three Arrests Expected Soon in Phagan Case, The Atlanta Constitution
Three Arrests Expected Soon in Phagan Case Atlanta Constitution Sunday, May 18th, 1913 Members of the Staff of the Solicitor General Are Now Keeping Trio Under Strict Surveillance. LANFORD HAS EVIDENCE TO CONVICT, HE SAYS Will Not Divulge Its…
Saturday, 3rd May 1913 Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Saturday, May 3rd, 1913 Page 1, Column 7 Analysis of Blood Stains May Solve Phagan Mystery Three Former Employees at Pencil Factory Are Summoned to Testify. Expected That Frank and Watchman Will Be Questioned Further. It was…
The Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith (ADL) and Its Falsification of History to Rehabilitate a Homicidal Molester of Children Found at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
By Phil St. Raymond (Permission to Republish Granted) May 14, 2026 Since its founding in the shadow and aftermath of Leo Frank’s 1913 trial and conviction, the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith, also known as the ADL, has helped turn…
Wednesday, 18th February 1914: W.j.burns At Work In Frank Case, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 18th February 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### STATEMENT ISSUED BY PRISONERDeclares Prosecutors Have Made Great Mistake, but He is of Forgiving Mind.Detective W. J. Burns, in Atlanta to lecture, said this afternoon he had been employed…
Saturday, 28th February 1914: Mrs. Frank Charges Plot, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 28th February 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### PAGE 1, COLUMN 8**JUST TRIAL ASKED FOR HUSBAND**Revelations To Be Made Public Only as Filing of Extraordinary Motion for Retrial.Sentence of death will be re-imposed upon Leo M. Frank…
Friday, 6th March 1914: To Sentence Frank Saturday, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 6th March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.HAPPY OVER NEW ALIBI EVIDENCEWoman Tells of Seeing and Speaking to Prisoner at Alleged Time of Crime.Death sentence will be pronounced upon Leo Frank Saturday, according to reports circulated Friday…
Wednesday, 11th March 1914: Frank A Sacrifice, Declares Mother, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 11th March 1914,7th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### JUSTICE IS HUSHED IN TUMULT, SHE SAYSNEW YORK, March 11. "My son is being sacrificed on an altar of infamy above which the seal of the sovereign State of…
Sunday, 15th March 1914: A. S. Colyar Offered Her $1,000 Bribe To Slander Leo Frank, She Swears, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 15th March 1914,4th Edition (Final),PAGE 1, COLUMN 8.Woman Makes Affidavit She Was Urged to Testify Falsely in Attack on Character of Accused; Asked to Keep Plot Secret. Girl Who Testified at Trial That She Knew Nothing Wrong…