Sunday, 3rd August 1913 Resume of Week’s Evidence Shows Little Progress Made
Atlanta Constitution August 3rd, 1913 Place and Time of the Murder Only Big Facts Brought Out in the Mass of Evidence. One week of the battle Leo M. Frank, accused of the murder of Mary Phagan in the factory of…
Sunday, 3rd August 1913 Condition of Girl’s Body Described by Dr. J. W. Hurt
Atlanta Constitution August 3rd, 1913 Dr. J. W. Hurt, county physician, who examined the body of Mary Phagan, took the stand following Detective Waggoner. Dr. Hurt not only made an examination on the Sunday morning that the body was found,…
Sunday, 3rd August 1913 Detective Waggoner Describes Extreme Nervousness of Frank
Atlanta Constitution August 3rd, 1913 City Detective D. L. Waggoner was called to the stand following Miss Ferguson Attorney Rosser immediately raised the objection that he had been in the court room and the solicitor declared that he did not…
Sunday, 3rd August 1913 Fixing Hour of Girl’s Death Through Aid of Modern Science The Prosecution’s Greatest Aid
Atlanta Constitution August 3rd, 1913 By Britt Craig. When Mrs. J. W. Coleman, mother of Mary Phagan, related a simple story on the witness stand the first day of the Frank trial of the slain child's frugal meal of cabbage…
Sunday, 3rd August 1913 Finding of Dead Girl’s Parasol is Told by Policeman Lasseter
Atlanta Constitution August 3rd, 1913 Following Chief Beavers the name of Detective Bass Rosser was then called, but he was not present and Policeman R. F. Lasseter was put on the stand. "Did you go to the National Pencil factory…
Sunday, 3rd August 1913 Girl Asked for Mary Phagan’s Pay But Was Refused by Frank
Atlanta Constitution August 3rd, 1913 Miss Helen Ferguson, formerly employed at the National Pencil factory, but now working for Marcus Loeb and company, was the first state witness put on the stand Saturday morning. She proved to be a litle…
Sunday, 3rd August 1913 Good Order Kept in Court by Vigilance of Deputies
Atlanta Constitution August 3rd, 1913 Despite the throng that has gathered each day around the courthouse where a man is on trial for his life, and despite the number of people who have crowded in to fill every seat, there…
Sunday, 3rd August 1913 Chief Beavers Tells of Seeing Blood Spots on Factory Floor
Atlanta Constitution August 3rd, 1913 Police Chief James L. Beavers followed Dr. Hurt upon the witness stand. Mr. Rosser immediately asked him if he had been in the courtroom, as he had not been named by the state when other…
Sunday, 3rd August 1913 Dorsey Pleased With Progress
Atlanta Constitution August 3rd, 1913 Solicitor Will Put Dr. Roy Harris on the Stand Again on Next Tuesday Afternoon. While Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey declined to make an expression of what he believed would be the outcome of the case…
Monday, 4th August 1913 Frank on Stand Wednesday Week
Atlanta Constitution August 4th, 1913 Defense Intimates Trial Will Run Into Middle of Third Week With Defendant Final Witness. It will probably be Wednesday or Thursday of next week before Leo Frank takes the stand to explain his actions on…
Monday, 4th August 1913 Dr. H. F. Harris Will Take Stand This Afternoon
Atlanta Constitution August 4th, 1913 Secretary of State Board of Health Will Resume Testimony Interrupted by His Collapse on Last Friday. STATE TO USE PHOTO OF SPOT WHERE BODY WAS FOUND BY NEGRO Friends and Relatives Besiege Prisoner…
Monday, 4th August 1913 Every Man on Franks Jury Gets Nickname for Trial
Atlanta Constitution August 4th, 1913 Quiet Sunday for Twelve Jurors By Vernon Stiles. As completely cut off from knowledge of the happenings of the outside world as though they were marooned in an island of the South seas, and yet…
Monday, 4th August 1913 Leo Franks Trial Is Attracting Universal Interest in Georgia
Atlanta Constitution August 4th, 1913 By Britt Craig. There has never been a trial in Georgia's records rivaling the Frank case in general interest throughout the state even the Grace case being a poor second. The Myers trial—the famous Will…
Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Conley Grilled Five Hours By Luther Rosser
Atlanta Constitution August 5th, 1913 REMARKABLE STORY IS TOLD BY NEGRO IN ACCUSING FRANK OF PHAGAN MURDER Chief Witness for State Admits, Under Cross-Examination, That He Has Been Under Arrest Seven or Eight Times, and That Many Statements Made in…
Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Amazing Testimony of Conley Marks Crucial Point of Trial; Says Frank Admitted Crime
Atlanta Constitution August 5th, 1913 The crucial point of the entire case of the state versus Leo M. Frank, charged with the murder of little Mary Phagan, an employee in the National Pencil factory, of which he was superintendent, came…
Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Conley Is Mercilessly Grilled At Afternoon Session of Court
Atlanta Constitution August 5th, 1913 ARRESTED 7 TIMES, HE ADMITS Jim Conley remained on the stand throughout the afternoon session. Attorney Rosser continuting his cross-examination after the noon recess. "Who saw you, Jim, at police headquarters?" "Chief Beavers." "Who else?"…
Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Flashlight in The Constitution Introduced in Trial of Frank
Atlanta Constitution August 5th, 1913 Police Sergeant L. S. Dobbs was the witness who followed Grice. The officer had already testified on the first day of the trial and was brought back for only a few minutes. "Did you find…
Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Witnesses in Franks Trial In Role of Marriage Witnesses
Atlanta Constitution August 5th, 1913 While T. Y. Brent, notary public and ex-officio justice of the peace, was waiting in the witness room of the Frank murder trial yesterday, the "big and little of it" came to him to pronounce…
Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Women of Every Class and Age Listen With Morbid Curiosity To Testimony of Negro Conley
Atlanta Constitution August 5th, 1913 By Britt Craig. There was a chorus girl who sat next to an aged and withered woman who is undoubtedly a grandmother—a great-grandmother, maybe; there was a painted-cheeked girl with hollow eyes who bore the…
Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Handsome Woman Seeks in Vain For Witness at Franks Trial
Atlanta Constitution August 5th, 1913 Shortly after the courtroom had been cleared of women during the trial of Leo M. Frank Monday, Detective Harper entered the room with a handsome woman and the two took a leisurely survey of those…
Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Frank Very Nervous, Testifies L. O. Grice
Atlanta Constitution August 5th, 1913 Witness Had Gone to the Pencil Factory After Reading The Constitution Extra L. O. Grice was the first witness put on the stand when court convened Monday morning. He was kept there but a few…
Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Stanford Recalled By Solicitor Dorsey
Atlanta Constitution August 5th, 1913 Declares There Were Bars Across Door on Second Floor on Day Before Murder. Following Sergeant Dobbs, Mell Stanford, a factory employee, who had previously testified, was recalled for a few minutes. "Was the door on…
Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Conleys Main Story Still Remains Unshaken
Atlanta Constitution August 6th, 1913 GRILLED 12 HOURS BY LUTHER ROSSER JIM CONLEY INSISTS FRANK GUILTY MAN Declaring That "I Don't Remember," or, "No, Sir; I Didn't Say That," or Simply Affirming Blandly That He Had Lied on a Previous…
Wednesday, 6th August 1913 Conley Remains Calm Under Grilling Cross-Examination
Atlanta Constitution August 6th, 1913 ROSSER ADOPTS NEW TONE MONDAY Jim Conley, upon whose story practically the entire result of the Frank case is believed to rest, went on the stand at 9:03 o'clock and when court adjourned for lunch…
Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Scenes In Courtroom Monday While Conley Was On Stand
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 5th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3."JIM. CAN YOU PUT THIS CORD AROUDN YOUR NECK LIKE YOU FOUND IT ON MARY PHAGAN'S BODY?"SOLICITOR DORSEY.WOMEN SPECTATORS.JIM CONLEYOn the STAND.Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Scenes In Courtroom Monday While Conley Was…
Monday, 4th August 1913 Their Testimony Is Important In The Trial Of Leo M. Frank
The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 4th August 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.EMIL SELIG.DETECTIVE D. L. WAGONER.DR. H. F. (ROY) HARRIS.CHIEF NEWPORT LANFORD.Photo by Francis E. Price. Staff Photographer.Chief interest in the Frank case today centers int eh appearance at this afternoon's session of…
Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Stenographer Parry Identifies Notes Taken at Phagan Inquest
Atlanta Constitution August 2nd, 1913 Stenographer Parry, the official court stenographer, was next called to the stand to identify a number of notes he took at the coroner's inquest held in police headquarters shortly after Frank's arrest. He was asked…
Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Women and Girls Thronging Court for Trial of Leo Frank
Atlanta Constitution August 2nd, 1913 Fully one-fourth of the big audience at yesterday afternoon's session of the Frank trial was composed of women and girls. It was the largest crowd of the entire case, and, to the credit of Deputy…
Sunday, 3rd August 1913 Break in the Frank Trial May Come With the Hearing Of Jim Conley’s Testimony
Atlanta Constitution August 3rd, 1913 By Britt Craig. Jim Conley isn't a cornfield negro—he's more of the present day type of city darkey—and that's the only difference between him and Newt Lee. Outside of that there is but little variance.…
Tuesday, 30th September 1913 Speculation Is Rife As To Who’ll Hear Leo Frank’s Motion
The Atlanta Constitution, Tuesday, 30th September 1913, PAGE 5, COLUMN 3. Speculation on whether or not the hearing of argument for a new trial for Leo M. Frank, convicted of the murder of little Mary Phagan, which is set…