Friday, 3rd September 1915: Cobb Jurors Report On Lynching Investigation, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 3rd September 1915,PAGE 6, COLUMN 2.Not Enough Evidence Found to Indict Anyone, They Say in Presentments(Special Dispatch to The Journal.) MARIETTA, Ga., Sept. 1. The following Presentments were returned by the Cobb County Grand Jury yesterday following…
Wednesday, 18th August 1915: Lynching Of Frank Will Be Probed To Bottom, Says Harris, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 18th August 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Governor Nat E. Harris stated Wednesday that he will make every effort within his power to ascertain the identity of the men composing the mob that took Leo M. Frank from the…
Sunday, 12th September 1915: Loyless Assails Watson’s Motives And Statements, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 12th September 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.But here are names that ought to strike Tom Watson down even as Ananias, himself, was stricken when he cries to make his dupes and followers believe that practically nobody, just "mostly…
Sunday, 25th July 1915: Gov. Harris To Ask $50,000 For Building At State Farm, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 25th July 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Special Fund for Individual Cells and Other Improvements Will Be Asked in Message to General AssemblyCOMMON SLEEPING ROOM FOR CONVICTS IS OPPOSEDChief Executive Finds Other Conditions, Generally, at State Prison Are in…
Thursday, 10th June 1915: Slaton Indicates He’ll Act In The Frank Case, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 10th June 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.### Commutation Hearing Will Begin Before the Governor Saturday MorningAfter conferring in his office Thursday morning with attorneys representing Leo M. Frank and Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey, Governor John M. Slaton fixed…
Wednesday, 9th June 1915: Prison Commission Two To One Against Clemency To Frank, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 9th June 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Commissioner Patterson Submits Minority Report Favoring Clemency Rainey and Davison Give Reasons for RefusalFRANK'S CASE IS NOW IN GOVERNOR'S HANDSGov. Slaton Will in All Probability Hear From Frank's Attorneys and Solicitor Dorsey…
Thursday, 22nd July 1915: Condition Of Frank Steadily Improving, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 22nd July 1915,PAGE 7, COLUMN 4.### Spends Good Night and Thursday Has Little Fever Recovery Seems Certain(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga., July 22. At 11 o'clock this morning, Dr. D. Compton and Dr. Thomas M. Hall,…
Friday, 23rd July 1915: L. M. Frank’s Condition Continues To Improve, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 23rd July 1915,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.### Much Interest Centers in Investigation to Be Made at State Farm SaturdayMILLEDGEVILLE, Ga., July 23. With Leo M. Frank steadily improving and now regarded as virtually out of danger, local attention…
Tuesday, 24th August 1915: Frank Died At Hands Of Unknown, Is Verdict, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 24th August 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.Coroner's Jury, Impanelled at Marietta, Completes Inquest Into LynchingMARIETTA, Ga., Aug. 24 Without being able to elicit from any one of eleven witnesses a single clue as to the identity of any…
Saturday, 1st May 1915: Geraldine Farrar Calls On Leo Frank At Jail, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 1st May 1915,PAGE 2, COLUMN 5.### Prima Donna Says She Was Much Impressed With Frank's IntellectualityThat Geraldine Farrar, prima donna of the Metropolitan Opera Company, was greatly impressed by the intellectuality and personality of Leo M. Frank,…
Tuesday, 11th May 1915: Bonds Of Ragsdale And Barber Forfeited, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 11th May 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.### Men Accused of False Swearing in Frank Case Fail to AppearWhen Rev. C. B. Ragsdale and R. L. Barber failed to appear in Court Monday to stand trial on charges of…
Saturday, 22nd May 1915: The Frank Case To Be Subject Of Dr. White, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 22nd May 1915,PAGE 7, COLUMN 3."Ought Leo M. Frank be Hanged?" is the Subject announced by Dr. Jacob L. White, Pastor of the Baptist Tabernacle, for his Sermon on Sunday evening. For his morning Sermon, Dr. White…
Sunday, 23rd May 1915: Commute Frank’s Sentence To Life Imprisonment, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 23rd May 1915,PAGE 14, COLUMN 2.To whatever extremes of passion, the popular mind may be swept, Reason eventually regains its sway; after the wind and the earthquake and the fire there always speaks "a still, small voice."…
Wednesday, 26th May 1915: Conley Wrote Notes Alone, Says Expert, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 26th May 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Osborn Now Declares He Believes Frank Did Not Aid NegroAlbert S. Osborn, a Handwriting Expert and Examiner of questioned documents, of New York City, who examined the notes found beside the body…
Monday, 10th May 1915: Frank Calm As Execution Date Set For June 22, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 10th May 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.### Alleged Slayer of Mary Phagan Hears Death Sentence Imposed Fourth Time Reiterates Denial of Guilt.### ONLY HOPE NOW LIES IN PLEA FOR PARDONState Prison Board and the Governor to Pass on…
Friday, 14th May 1915: Slaton Returns From Visit To New York, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 14th May 1915,PAGE 4, COLUMN 3.### Governor Had No Comment to Make on President Wilson's Note to GermanyGovernor Slaton, who returned to Atlanta Thursday afternoon from a several days' trip to New York, stated Friday that the…
Saturday, 29th May 1915: Prominent Georgians Pleading For Frank, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 29th May 1915,PAGE 2, COLUMN 1.Alex King, Jack J. Spalding, Dr. T. J. Simmons and Others Ask CommutationWith only one day intervening before the opening of the hearing before the State Prison Commission of Leo M. Frank's…
Monday, 24th May 1915: W. M. Howard Engaged To Plead Frank’s Case, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 24th May 1915,PAGE 4, COLUMN 2.Former Congressman WillPresent Petition to PardonBoard Next MondayW. M. Howard, formerly of Lexington and now of Augusta, an ex-Congressman and one of the best known lawyers in the State, who has been…
Friday, 21st May 1915: Judge Roan Did Not Believe Frank Guilty, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 21st May 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.So declares Judge Arthur G. Powell in letter to Prison Commission.Judge Arthur G. Powell, the well-known Atlanta lawyer and former judge of the State Court of Appeals, has written to Governor Slaton…
Tuesday, 4th May 1915: Frank Will Not Be Sentenced Immediately, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 4th May 1915,PAGE 9, COLUMN 6.### Judge Hill to Wait Until Mandate Comes From U. S. Supreme CourtJudge Ben H. Hill, of the Superior Court, decided late Friday afternoon that he would not consider Solicitor Dorsey's Application…
Wednesday, 5th May 1915: Mandate In Frank Case Due Here In Few Days, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 5th May 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.Action of Supreme Court May Put the Case Up to Governor SlatonWith the handing down Wednesday by the United States Supreme Court of its Mandate in the Frank Case, it became quite…
Monday, 31st May 1915: Letter Written By Late L.s. Roan Asks Clemency For Frank, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 31st May 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Prison Commission Receives Letter Signed by Late Trial Judge Expressing Doubt as to Frank's GuiltMRS. FRANK PRESENTS A WRITTEN STATEMENTTells of Movements by Her Husband on Day Mary Phagan Met Her Death…
Thursday, 6th May 1915: Pardon Board May Hear Frank Case This Week, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 6th May 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.### Special Session of Commission Will Be Called, Belief Around CapitolAlthough the State Prison Commission has set no date for the hearing of Leo M. Frank's petition for a commutation of his…
Monday, 3rd May 1915: Dorsey Petitions Court To Re-sentence Frank, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 3rd May 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.### Solicitor Holds There Is Now No Legal Obstacle in Way of ExecutionSolicitor Hugh M. Dorsey submitted a Petition to Judge Ben H. Hill, of the Superior Court, Monday, asking that a…
Friday, 28th May 1915: Many Georgians Ask Clemency For Frank, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 28th May 1915,PAGE 7, COLUMN 1.### Letters From Georgia Towns Increased Over 100 Per Cent RecentlyDuring the past two or three days, the Volume of Letters from Georgians to the State Prison Commission and Governor Slaton urging…
Sunday, 30th May 1915: Pardon Board To Hear Frank’s Plea Monday, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 30th May 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Hearing on Commutation Petition May Be Finished by Monday AfternoonThe Hearing on Leo M. Frank's Petition for a Commutation of his Sentence to Life Imprisonment will begin before the State Prison Commission,…
Saturday, 8th May 1915: Ragsdale And Barber Are Slated For Trial, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 8th May 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Rev. C.B. Ragsdale and R.L. Barber, charged with Perjury in swearing to false Affidavits in the Frank Case, were Saturday upon the Docket of Judge Ben H. Hill's Branch of the Superior…
Sunday, 9th May 1915: Frank Probably Will Be Sentenced Monday, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 9th May 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.### Judge From Past, Date of Execution Expected to Be About June 18Leo M. Frank will be sentenced to death for the murder of Mary Phagan for the fourth time, probably on…
Friday, 7th May 1915: Mandate In Frank Case Received By U.s. Court, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 7th May 1915,PAGE 8, COLUMN 2.### Special Session of Prison Board May Be Called for This MonthThe Mandate of the United States Supreme Court in Leo M. Frank's Habeas Corpus Case was received by Clerk O. C.…
Monday, 17th May 1915: Frank Hearing Set For Monday, May 31, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 17th May 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.### Prison Commission Sets Date for Hearing on Petition for ClemencyThe State Prison Commission Monday afternoon set Monday, May 31, as the Date upon which it will hold the Hearing of the…