Monday, 10th November 1913: Conley Expected To Plead Guilty And Ask Coury’s Mercy, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 10th November 1913,PAGE 4, COLUMN 7.It is expected that Jim Conley, the negro whose testimony featured the trial of Leo M. Frank, will be taken before Judge Ben H. Hill, in the Fulton County Criminal Court, Tuesday…
Tuesday, 11th November 1913: Conley Expected To Plead Guilty And Ask Coury’s Mercy, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 11th November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.It is expected that Jim Conley, the negro whose testimony featured the trial of Leo M. Frank, will be taken before Judge Ben H. Hill, in the Fulton County Criminal Court, Tuesday…
Wednesday, 12th November 1913: Conley Taken To Court For Trial, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 12th November 1913,PAGE 2, COLUMN 8.TO PLEAD GUILTY AS AID TO FRANKTwo Indictments as Accessory in Phagan CasePending NegroWill Deny Felony Charge.Jim Conley, the State's star witness against Leo M. Frank and an admitted accessory after the…
Thursday, 13th November 1913: Conley Trial On Merits Asked By Dorsey, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 13th November 1913,PAGE 9, COLUMN 4.That the disposition of the cases against Jim Conley, negro accuser of Leo M. Frank, convicted of the murderer of Mary Phagan, will be no mere cut-and-dried affair was indicated Thursday afternoon…
Sunday, 16th November 1913: Conley Trial Is Delayed By Frank Appeal, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Sunday, 16th November 1913,PAGE XXX, COLUMN 1.Smith Demands Speedy Hearing, But None Is Likely Until the Phagan Decision.Rumor was current Saturday, after the filling with the Supreme Court of the bill of exceptions and brief of evidence to…
Friday, 14th November 1913: Rosser And Arnold Oppose Each Other, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 14th November 1913,PAGE 4, COLUMN 4.Luther Rosser and Reuben Arnold, Frank's attorneys Friday opposed each other in the Federal Court when the Texas Oil Company filed a bill of equity to prevent T. E. Purcell from pushing…
Tuesday, 18th November 1913: Lawyer Absent, Conley’s Case Is Delayed, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 18th November 1913,PAGE XXX, COLUMN 4.Negro's Counsel Tuesday Will Demand Immediate Hearing, Attitude SurprisesDorsey.The absence from the city W. M. Smith attorney for Jim Conley, prevented the calling of Jim Conley's case Monday on the charge of…
Monday, 17th November 1913: Frank Files Reasons For New Trial, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Monday, 17th November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 8.PHAGAN CASE IN SUPREME COURTArgument To Be Set for December 15 and Final Decision May Be Made by March.All doubt as to when the arguments will be heard by the Supreme Court…
Thursday, 20th November 1913: Conley’s Attorney, To Combat Further Delay In His Case, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Thursday, 20th November 1913,PAGE XXX, COLUMN 4.That a further postponement of the trial of Jim Conley, the negro witness in the Phagan case, will be bitterly fought, was the declaration of W. M. Smith, Conley's attorney, Thursday.Attorney Smith…
Saturday, 15th November 1913: Rosser And Arnold Oppose Each Other, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Saturday, 15th November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Luther Rosser and Reuben Arnold, Frank's attorneys Friday opposed each other in the Federal Court when the Texas Oil Company filed a bill of equity to prevent T. E. Purcell from pushing…
Friday, 21st November 1913: Conley’s Attorney, To Combat Further Delay In His Case, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Friday, 21st November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.That a further postponement of the trial of Jim Conley, the negro witness in the Phagan case, will be bitterly fought, was the declaration of W. M. Smith, Conley's attorney, Thursday.Attorney Smith…
Tuesday, 25th November 1913: Conley Again Taken To Court. Attorney To Urge Hearing Now, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Tuesday, 25th November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 8.Jim Conley, when sensational story helped to convict Leo M. Frank of the murder of Mary Phagan, was taken once more from his cell in the Tower Tuesday to the courthouse.Solicitor Dorsey…
Wednesday, 26th November 1913: Comment On The Frank Case, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian,Wednesday, 26th November 1913,PAGE XXX, COLUMN 5.EditorThe Georgian:I herewith inclose a communication for publication, if you see fit to accept same.There is really some doubt in my mind as to whether you will publish his article for the…
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SUPPLEMENTARY MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. STATE OF GEORGIA. June 21, 1915: In Re Leo M. Frank, Fulton Superior Court, sentenced to be executed June 22, 1915. Saturday, April 26, 1913, was Memorial Day in Georgia and a general…
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SUPPLEMENT TO MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA June 23, 1915 OPINION IN CASE OF THE STATE VERSES LEO FRANK Governor To The General Assembly Of Georgia June 23 1915 State Vs Leo Frank Page 01
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Conley's Affidavits.The defense procured under notice one statement and three affidavits taken by the detectives from Conley and introduced them in evidence.The first statement, dated May 18, 1913, gives a minute detail of his actions on the 26th day of…
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Detective Black says, "Mr. Starnes, who was there with me, did not call my attention to any blood splotches."Detective Scott says, "We went to the metal room where I was shown some spots supposed to be blood spots."A part of…
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for five or six hours again, endeavoring to make clear several points which were far-fetched in his statement. We pointed out to him that this statement would not do and would not fit, and he then made the statement of…
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In his evidence before the jury in the redirect examination, Conley thought it necessary to account for the mesh bag, and for the first time, said that "Mary Phagan's mesh bag was lying on Mr. Frank's desk, and Mr. Frank…
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Conley swears he did. The State says that the use of the word 'did' instead of 'done' indicates a white man's dictation. Conley admits the spelling was his. The words are repeated and are simple, which characterizes Conley's letters. In…
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water' just as they are used in the Mary Phagan notes.In Conley's testimony, he says the word 'hisself' constantly.It is urged by the lawyers for the defense that Conley's characteristic was to use double adjectives.In the Mary Phagan notes, he…
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In reply to this, the State introduced on the extraordinary motion the testimony of Philip Chambers, who swears that unused order blanks entitled 'Atlanta, Ga.' were in the office next to Frank's office and that he had been in the…
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evidence of Police Sergeant Dobbs, who visited the scene of the crime on Sunday morning, as follows:"This scratch pad was also lying on the ground close to the body. The scratch pad was lying near the notes. They were all…
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The evidence as to the probability of the blank on which the death note was written being in the basement, and the evidence as to the hair, would have tended to show that the murder was not committed on the…
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The evidence loses its pertinency if Mary Phagan had not arrived at the time Monteen Stover came. What is the evidence?The evidence uncontradicted discloses that Mary Phagan ate her dinner at 11:30 o'clock, and the evidence of the streetcar men…
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In this connection, Judge Roan declared orally from the bench that he was not certain of the defendant's guilt that with all the thought he had put on this case, he was not thoroughly convinced whether Frank was guilty or…
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Surely, if Judge Roan entertained the extreme doubt indicated by his statement and had remembered the power granted him by the Code, he would have sentenced the defendant to life imprisonment.In a letter written to counsel, he says, "I shall…
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In the case of Hunter, a white man charged with assassinating two white women in the City of Savannah, who was found guilty and sentenced to be hung, application was made to me for clemency. Hunter was charged together with…
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at the time he was an escapee from the Fannin County jail under indictment for felony."I refused to interfere unless the judge or solicitor would recommend interference, which they declined to do. Finally, when on the gallows, the solicitor-general recommended…
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Judge Roan, with that awful sense of responsibility, which probably came over him as he thought of that Judge before whom he would shortly appear, calls to me from another world to request that I do that which he should…