Fannie Phagan Coleman and J.W. Coleman’s letter to Tom Watson, published in the Jeffersonian Weekly
Page 9; on July 15th, 1915, regarding the June 21, 1915, Commutation of Leo Frank to life in prison by former Governor John Slaton. Transcription of Letter: The Mother and the Stepfather of Mary Phagan Write To the Hon. Thos. E.…
Tuesday, August 12th, 1913, Expert Flatly Contradicts the Testimony of Dr. Harris, Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution August 12th, 1913 Professor George Bachman, professor of physiology in the Atlanta College of Physicians and Surgeons, and formerly a demonstrator of physiology in Jefferson Medical college, was put on the stand following Schiff. By him the…
Tuesday, 15th July 1913, Atlanta Police Close 2 Rooming Houses, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Tuesday, July 15, 1913 Chief Beavers Opens Real Fight on Doubtful Places—Several Under Watch. Active steps against doubtful rooming and boarding houses were taken by Chief of Police Beavers Tuesday morning. He declared that he intends…
Friday, 18th July 1913 Detectives Working to Discredit Mincey
The Atlanta Georgian Friday, July 18, 1913 POLICE HALT GRILLING OF CONLEY Detective Bent on Questioning Negro Is Barred From Cell by Chief Lanford. With Pinkerton detectives taking the trail in search of W.H. Mincey, whose startling accusations against Jim…
Friday, 18th July 1913 Woodward-Broyles Breach Widens
The Atlanta Georgian Friday, July 18, 1913 REVERSAL OF VERDICTS IS DENIED BY JUDGE Apologizes Also to Porcine Family for Likening Woodward's Legal Knowledge to Theirs. Recorder Nash Broyles penned a polite note of apology to the whole hog family…
Saturday, 19th July 1913 Dorsey Resists Move to Indict Jim Conley
The Atlanta Georgian Saturday, July 19, 1913 GRAND JURY SPLIT BY LATEST MOVE Public Opinion Forces Consideration of Move to Indict Conley for Phagan Slaying. Solicitor Dorsey is fighting vigorously the movement in the Grand Jury to indict Jim Conley…
Saturday, 19th July 1913 Natural Crank, Mayor’s Shot at Broyles
The Atlanta Georgian Saturday, July 19, 1913 "Dyspeptic, Fanatic, Stoneheart, Monomaniac" Are Other Terms in "Final" Retort. Mayor Woodward Saturday said he was finally dismissing Recorder Nash R. Broyles from his mind with the statement: "He is a natural dyspeptic,…
Thursday, 17th July 1913 Youth Accused in Vice Ring on Trial
The Atlanta Georgian Thursday, July 17, 1913 Joe North, Alleged White Slaver, Declines to Talk Before Hearing in Recorder's Court. Joe North, alleged white slaver, arrested on the statement of Effie Drummond, a young woman who told the police he…
Thursday, 17th July 1913 Mayor Asked to Probe Action of Police
The Atlanta Georgian Thursday, July 17, 1913 Declaring that police officers placed him under arrest while he was attempting to convey a woman in the throes of an epileptic fit to a hospital and forced him to be the companion…
Thursday, 17th July 1913 Woodward Enemy to Society, Says Recorder Broyles
The Atlanta Georgian Thursday, July 17, 1913 *Editor's Note: Some words in the middle of this article are missing due to scanning blur near a page fold. Recorder Replies to Mayor's Charges of "Czar-Like" Police Court and Scores Him Severely…