Friday, 29th January 1915: Ragsdale Weak In Mind, Son Admits On Stand, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 29th January 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Solicitor Dorsey Develops Fact That Lehon, Shortly Before Affidavits Were Made, Paid Over to Tedder $500. LEHON SENT ROGERS TO WARN WITNESSES. H. D. Thomason, State's Witness, Springs Surprise by Swearing He…
Wednesday, 6th January 1915: Grice Gets Notice In Frank’s Appeal, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 6th January 1915,PAGE 4, COLUMN 3.Formal notice of the Action of Justice Lamar in allowing Leo M. Frank's Appeal to the United States Supreme Court was served on Attorney General Grice Tuesday afternoon by Attorney Harry A.…
Tuesday, 23rd February 1915: Think Favorable Ruling Would Set Frank Free, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 23rd February 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.State's Counsel Differ From Opponents as to Effect Decision Would HaveBY RALPH SMITH.WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. The contention of Leo M. Frank's Counsel, as set up in their Brief, that a favorable decision…
Sunday, 21st March 1915: Alston Special Counsel In Empire Life Co. Case, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 21st March 1915,PAGE 8, COLUMN 4.Attorney General Requested Appointment Owing to Rush of Work. Insurance Commissioner Wright has appointed Robert C. Alston, of Atlanta, as Special Counsel to the Commissioner in the Case of the Empire Life…
Saturday, 20th February 1915: Decision For Leo Frank Wouldn’t Mean Freedom, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 20th February 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.Lawyers Do Not Now Contend He Could Not Again Be Tried (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 " Attorneys for Leo M. Frank, sentenced to death for the murder of Mary Phagan,…
Sunday, 31st January 1915: Perjury Cases Go To Jury After Dramatic Speeches, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 31st January 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Weary from the all-day session, the jury retired after one hour's deliberation without a verdict.ATTORNEY'S ARGUMENTS FULL OF SENSATIONSSolicitor made frequent and dramatic references to the Frank case. Full story of final…
Thursday, 25th February 1915: Louis Marshall Opens Frank Case Argument, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 25th February 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.United States Supreme Court Starts Hearing at 3 o'Clock (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 The fate of Leo M. Frank depends upon the outcome of Oral Arguments of his Habeas Corpus…
Tuesday, 9th March 1915: Solicitor Dorsey Is Busy With Frank Case, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 9th March 1915,PAGE 5, COLUMN 1.Solicitor Hugh Dorsey, who returned Monday from New York, after an absence of two weeks, was busy Tuesday preparing a Summary of the Authorities cited in the State's Brief at the recent…
Monday, 8th March 1915: Solicitor Dorsey Is Back From New York, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 8th March 1915,PAGE 5, COLUMN 1.Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey returned to Atlanta Monday morning from New York, where he went for a short rest after arguing, with Attorney General Grice, the recent phase of the Frank…
Monday, 15th February 1915: Dorsey And Grice At Work On Frank Case, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 15th February 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Solicitor General Dorsey has returned from Florida where he has been resting for several days and on Monday, he and Attorney General Grice began the preparation of the State's Brief in the…
Saturday, 27th February 1915: Frank Case Decision Is Not Expected Soon, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 27th February 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.U.S. Court May Not Announce Ruling for Month or More. It is expected that at least a month and maybe longer will elapse before the United States Supreme Court hands down its…
Wednesday, 27th January 1915: Counsel For Burns Men Call On Grand Jurors To Testify, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 27th January 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Effort Will Be Made to Impeach C. B. Ragsdale and R. L. Barber in Subornation of Perjury CaseTO AIR METHODS USED IN GETTING AFFIDAVITSEleven Jurors Obtained to Try Lehon, Tedder and Thurman…
Friday, 15th January 1915: Suttles And Lehon Cases Up Next Week, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 15th January 1915,PAGE 18, COLUMN 1.Beginning Monday, a busy week is anticipated in the Superior Court. J. M. Suttles, Deputy Sheriff, indicted on a score of bills charging bond-forging and five bills charging bribery, is on the…
Thursday, 7th January 1915: State Can Not Yet Ask Advance Of Frank Case, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 7th January 1915,PAGE 2, COLUMN 4.Record of Habeas Corpus Hearing Before Judge Newman Must be Certified (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. Justice Lamar's approval of an Appeal Bond in the Case of Leo M. Frank completed…
Tuesday, 23rd March 1915: Judge Roan Is Dead At New York Hospital, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 23rd March 1915,PAGE 2, COLUMN 3.Noted Georgia Jurist Dies in the New York Polyclinic Hospital Following an OperationJudge L. S. Roan, former Judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals and former Judge of the Criminal Division of…
Sunday, 17th January 1915: Warren Grice Will Ask Early Hearing On Frank Petition, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution, Sunday, 17th January 1915, PAGE 21, COLUMN 2. Attorney General Warren A. Grice is planning to go to Washington during the latter part of this week to plead with the Supreme Court of the United States…
Monday, 29th June 1914: Mediation Urged At Mass Meeting To Settle Strike, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution, Monday, 29th June 1914, PAGE 1, COLUMN 3. Differences Between Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills and Former Employees Discussed at the Grand. BOTH PARTIES ASKED TO SELECT ARBITERS Addresses on Problems of Capital and Labor Made…
Friday, 8th January 1915: Formality Of Appeal By Frank Completed, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 8th January 1915,PAGE 5, COLUMN 1.News reached Atlanta yesterday of Justice Lamar's approval of the Bond put up by Leo M. Frank for the appearance of his Counsel in the Supreme Court for the Hearing of his…
Friday, 1st January 1915: Dorsey And Grice Confer Next Week, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 1st January 1915,PAGE 4, COLUMN 2.DORSEY AND GRICE CONFER NEXT WEEKThe proposed conference between Solicitor Hugh Dorsey and Attorney General Warren M. Grice over the line of procedure they expect to follow in combatting the United States…
Thursday, 29th April 1915: Nat Harris Talks About Frank Case, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 29th April 1915,PAGE 9, COLUMN 5.Asks Commission to Neither Delay Nor Hurry Consideration of Case Would Stop Letter Writers. Macon, Ga., April 28. (Special.) Governor-elect Nat E. Harris candidly admits that he wishes his Correspondents would let…
Thursday, 8th April 1915: Lehon Takes Case To Supreme Court, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 8th April 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.Dan S. Lehon, Superintendent of the Southern Offices of the William J. Burns Detective Organization, has filed an Appeal in the United States Supreme Court at Washington from his conviction in Atlanta…
Friday, 19th February 1915: Lehon Must Pay Fine, Rules Appeals Court, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 19th February 1915,PAGE 7, COLUMN 2.An opinion was handed down yesterday by the Court of Appeals sustaining the Judgement of Judge Pendleton, of Fulton Superior Court in refusing to sanction a Certiorari of the Case of Dan…
Wednesday, 10th March 1915: Dan Lehon Appeals To Supreme Court, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 10th March 1915,PAGE 10, COLUMN 4.Judge R. B. Russell, of the State Court of Appeals, has certified to a Writ of Error to the United States Supreme Court in the Case of Dan Lehon, Southern Manager of…
Thursday, 22nd April 1915: Frank Pardon Plea Will Be Completed Within A Few Days, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 22nd April 1915,PAGE 9, COLUMN 4.The preparation of the Petition for Leo Frank's life to be presented to the Prison Commission and Governor by the Counsel will be completed, it is thought, within the next few days.…
Tuesday, 23rd March 1915: No Frank Decision For Three Weeks, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 23rd March 1915,PAGE 12, COLUMN 3.Washington, March 22. Leo M. Frank's case remained undecided when the Supreme Court of the United States recessed today until April 5. During the recess, the Court will prepare opinions on cases…
Saturday, 20th February 1915: Grice And Dorsey Go To Washington For Frank Hearing, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 20th February 1915,PAGE 6, COLUMN 6.Attorney General Warren Grice and Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey were busy all Friday getting ready the papers in the Leo M. Frank Case. The final preparations of the State's Case were…
Wednesday, 28th April 1915: Thousands Of Letters Make Plea For Frank, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 28th April 1915,PAGE 9, COLUMN 4.Letters Pour Into the Governor's Office From Every Section of the Country. Over fifteen thousand letters have been received in Governor Slaton's Office within the past month in regard to the Case…
Friday, 30th April 1915: Mother And Father Of Leo Frank Here To Attend Hearing, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 30th April 1915,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4."We Have Never Been Shaken in Our Belief in His Innocence," Says M. Frank. "Eventual Exoneration Certain.""We believe that our boy will be eventually exonerated. He will not hang unless Georgia hangs…
Wednesday, 24th February 1915: Postpone Hearing Of Frank Appeal, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 24th February 1915,PAGE 12, COLUMN 4.By John Corrigan, Jr.Washington, February 23. (Special.) Because of the number of other cases preceding it on the day's calendar, the appeal of Leo Frank for a writ of habeas corpus was…
Friday, 23rd April 1915: Frank Makes Plea For Commutation, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 23rd April 1915,PAGE 9, COLUMN 1.Condemned Man Reiterates Innocence and Says He Was Convicted on Questionable Evidence.Attorneys for Leo Frank have filed with Captain Goodloe H. Yancey, Secretary of the State Prison Commission, his Petition for Executive…