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Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Will 5 Ounces of Cabbage Help Convict Leo M. Frank?

Atlanta GeorgianAugust 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 testimony…
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Monday, 4th August 1913 Rosser’s Grilling of Negro Leads to Hot Clashes by Lawyers

Atlanta GeorgianAugust 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 victory,…
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Friday, 1st August 1913 Girl Slain After Frank Left Factory, Believed to be Defense Theory

Atlanta GeorgianAugust 1st, 1913 Was Mary Phagan killed at or very near the time she entered the National Pencil Factory April 26 to get her pay envelope or was she merely attacked at this time and murdered later? The line…
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Friday, 1st August 1913 Dorsey Unafraid as He Faces Champions of the Atlanta Bar

Atlanta GeorgianAugust 1st, 1913 Up Against a Hard Proposition Youthful Solicitor Is Fighting Valiantly to Win Case. By L. F. WOODRUFF. Georgia's law's most supreme penalty faces Leo Frank. A reputation that they can not be beaten must be sustained…
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Friday, 1st August 1913 Defense Not Helped by Witnesses Accused of Entrapping the State

Atlanta GeorgianAugust 1st, 1913 By JAMES B. NEVIN. Has the State succeeded in thoroughly establishing the fact that little Mary Phagan's tragic death was effected on the second floor of the National Pencil Factory, in Forsyth street? It has not,…
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Monday, 4th August 1913 Conley’s Story In Detail; Women Barred By Judge

Atlanta GeorgianAugust 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 was…
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Monday, 4th August 1913 Jim Conley’s Story as Matter of Fact as if it Were of His Day’s Work

Atlanta GeorgianAugust 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 a…
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Monday, 4th August 1913 Boiled Cabbage Brings Hypothetical Question Stage in Frank’s Trial

Atlanta GeorgianAugust 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 answers…
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Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Defense Threatens a Mistrial

Atlanta GeorgianAugust 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 Reuben…
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Sunday, 27th July 1913 Prominent Atlantans Named On Frank Trial Jury Venire

Atlanta Georgian (Hearst's Sunday American)July 27th, 1913 The venire of 144 men from which twelve will be selected to decide the fate of Leo M. Frank is considered to be one of the most representative ever drawn from a petit…