Friday, 8th August 1913 State, Tied by Conleys Story, Now Must Stand Still Under Hot Fire
Atlanta Georgian August 8th, 1913 By JAMES B. NEVIN. As the defense in the Frank case gets under way, it is evident enough, as it has been from the beginning of this case, that there is but one big, tremendously…
Friday, 8th August 1913 Scott Put Conleys Story in Strange Light
Atlanta Georgian August 8th, 1913 Harry Scott, of the Pinkerton agency, showed up the "confessions" of Conley in a peculiar light when he was called to the stand by the Frank defense Thursday afternoon. The detective, questioned by Luther Rosser,…
Friday, 8th August 1913 Bits of Circumstantial Evidence, as Viewed by State, Strands in Rope
Atlanta Georgian August 8th, 1913 By O. B. KEELER. They call it a chain that the State has forged, or has tried to forge, to hold Leo Frank to the murder of Mary Phagan. But isn't it a rope? A…
Saturday, 9th August 1913 Daltons Testimony False, Girl Named on Stand Says
Atlanta Georgian August 9th, 1913 The Georgian today received from Miss Laura Atkinson of No. 30 Ella Street, one of the young women mentioned in C. B. Dalton's testimony, a letter denying absolutely that she had ever walked home with…
Saturday, 9th August 1913 Absence of Alienists and the Hypothetical Question Distinguishes Frank Trial
Atlanta Georgian August 9th, 1913 By O. B. Keeler There are two things about the Frank trial that entitle it to distinguished consideration. Thus far not a single alienist has been called to bat, and only the common or domesticated…
Saturday, 9th August 1913 Heres the Time Clock Puzzle in Frank Trial; Can You Figure It Out?
Atlanta Georgian August 9th, 1913 THE RIDDLE OF THE CLOCK IN THE PHAGAN MYSTERYJim Conley swears Mary Phagan went up the stairs of the National Pencil factory and was murdered before Monteen Stover arrived. He says he saw Miss Stover…
Saturday, 9th August 1913 Confusion of Holloway Spoils Close of Good Day for the Defense
Atlanta Georgian August 9th, 1913 What promised to be a very favorable day for the defense in the trial of Leo M. Frank, charged with the murder of Mary Phagan, was partly spoiled at its close Friday by the bewilderment…
Saturday, 9th August 1913 State Attacks Frank Report
Atlanta Georgian August 9th, 1913 Intricacy of Figures Produced by Schiff Under Fire WOMEN NEVER CAME INTO FACTORY OFFICE, WITNESS TESTIFIES The second week of the Frank trial ended at 12:30 Saturday with a bitter battle in progress over the…
Saturday, 9th August 1913 Exposure of Conley Story Time Flaws is Sought by Defense
Atlanta Georgian August 9th, 1913 Hammering away to show alleged glaring discrepancies in time in the story told by Jim Conley, the defense of Leo Frank Saturday morning recalled George Epps, the newsboy who testified to riding into town with…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Frank or Conley? Still Question
Atlanta Georgian August 10th, 1913 Issue Firmly Drawn Between Two Men Defense Starting to Mould Its Case Theory That Negro Attacked Mary Phagan With Motive of Robbing Her Will Be Shown; Two Charges Against Accused Must Be Refuted By AN…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Study of Frank Convicts, Then It Turns and Acquits
Atlanta Georgian August 10th, 1913 Readers of Human Nature See Anything They Want, but Personal Equation Is Forgotten. By O. B. KEELER. Leo Frank sits in the prisoner's dock and all men may read his face. A great many of…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Frank Struggles to Prove His Conduct Was Blameless
Atlanta Georgian August 10th, 1913 Co-Workers in the Factory Declare Stories of Factory Revelries Are Beyond Reason ASSISTANT TELLS HOW ACCUSED MAN MADE OUT COMPLEX ACCOUNTS Testimony of Newsboy Who Said He Accompanied Mary Phagan On Street Car On Day…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Case Never is Discussed by Frank Jurors
Atlanta Georgian August 10th, 1913 Every Man on Panel Has Nickname and Formality Has Been Cast Out. No member of the jury that is to decide Leo M. Frank's guilt or innocence had expressed an opinion on the case or…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Conley, Unconcerned, Asks Nothing of Trial
Atlanta Georgian August 10th, 1913 Despite the attacks of the defense in the trial of Leo Frank has made upon his story, Jim Conley—from whose lips fell the most damning and abhorrent testimony a Georgia jury has ever heard—sits calmly…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Interest in Trial Now Centers in Story of Mincey
Atlanta Georgian August 10th, 1913 Question of Time Considered of Paramount Importance in Defense Theory of Frank Case EVERY EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO ACCOUNT FOR ALL HIS MOVEMENTS As all interest centered in the dramatic story of Jim Conley…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Phagan Trial Makes Eleven Widows But Jurors Wives Are Peeresses Also
Atlanta Georgian August 10th, 1913 By L. F. WOODRUFF Eleven widows were made in Atlanta in a day without the assistance of the Grim Reaper, a trip to Reno, pallbearers or affinity stories in the newspapers. And there is but…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Dalton Sticks Firmly To Story Told on Stand
Atlanta Georgian August 10th, 1913 C. B. Dalton, prominent as a witness in the Frank trial, stuck firmly to the story he told in court when he was confronted Saturday by the letter of Miss Laura Atkinson, No. 30 Ella…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 Mary Phagans Mother to be Spared at Trial
Atlanta Georgian August 10th, 1913 A spectator at the trial of Leo M. Frank for the murder of little Mary Phagan remarked: "I wonder what the mother of the little girl who was so brutally killed thinks of all this?"…
Sunday, 10th August 1913 One Glance at Conley Boosts Darwin Theory
Atlanta Georgian August 10th, 1913 Frank's Accuser Is Not the Type of Negro White Men Consider Their Friend. By TARLETON COLLIER. Jim Conley is a low-browed, thick-lipped, anthropoidal sort of negro. You look at him and your faith in…
Monday, 11th August 1913 Defense Bitterly Attacks Harris
Atlanta Georgian August 11th, 1913 Battle of Medical Experts Waged in Court EXPERTS TESTIMONY ON CABBAGE TESTS CALLED WILD GUESS A bitter arraignment of the professional ethics and fairness of Dr. H. F. Harris, secretary of the State Board of…
Monday, 11th August 1913 Interest Unabated as Dramatic Frank Trial Enters Third Week
Atlanta Georgian August 11th, 1913 By JAMES B. NEVIN. The third week of the most remarkable murder trial ever known in Georgia opened to-day with no apparent lessening of the acute interest and grim appeal heretofore attaching to it. The…
Tuesday, 12th August 1913 State Charges Premeditated Crime
Atlanta Georgian August 12th, 1913 Defense Forces Dalton to Admit Jail Record GIRL DENIES STATE'S VERSION OF FRANK'S WORK ON FATAL DAY Here are the important developments Tuesday in the trial of Leo M. Frank, charged with the murder of…
Tuesday, 12th August 1913 Frank Trial Witness is Sure, At Least, of One Thinga Good Ragging
Atlanta Georgian August 12th, 1913 By JAMES B. NEVIN. Reader, proverbially gentle, if not always so, be glad, be joyful, and be filled with exceeding thankfulness that you have not been summoned, no matter which way, as a witness in…
Tuesday, 12th August 1913 Attacks on Dr. Harris Give Defense Good Day
Atlanta Georgian August 12th, 1913 The defense had what was probably its best day on Monday. Medical experts were on the witness stand the larger part of the day. The purpose of their testimony was to knock down, one after…
Tuesday, 12th August 1913 Peoples Cry for Justice Is Proof Sentiment Still Lives
Atlanta Georgian August 12th, 1913 By L. F. WOODRUFF. There is as much sentiment in the world to-day as there was in 1861 or 1776 or 1492 or 1066 or any other date that may come to your recollection. It's…
Wednesday, 13th August 1913 Franks Mother Stirs Courtroom
Atlanta Georgian August 13th, 1913 Leaps to Defense of Son at Dorsey's Question FRANK'S CLASSMATES AT COLLEGE TELL OF HIS GOOD CHARACTER A sensation was created in the courtroom during the cross-examination of Ashley Jones by Solicitor Dorsey at the…
Wednesday, 13th August 1913 Both Sides Aim for Justice in the Trial of Frank
Atlanta Georgian August 13th, 1913 With Judge, Jury and Councillors Performing Duty Well, Square Deal Is Assured. By Jas B. Nevin. In considering the Frank trial, particularly with respect to the length of it, and the thoroughgoing exhaustiveness of the…
Wednesday, 13th August 1913 State Calls More Witnesses; Defense Builds Up an Alibi
Atlanta Georgian August 13th, 1913 In anticipation of the close of the defense's case, the State Tuesday afternoon subpenaed a number of new witnesses to be called in the event that Frank's character was put in issue. It was said…
Thursday, 14th August 1913 State Wants Wife and Mother Excluded
Atlanta Georgian August 14th, 1913 Call New Witnesses to Complete Alibi WIFE AND MOTHER OF ACCUSED ARE WARNED AGAINST OUTBREAKS Nearly a score more of alibi witnesses were to be called by the defense in the Frank trial when court…
Thursday, 14th August 1913 States Sole Aim is to Convict, Defenses to Clear in Modern Trial
Atlanta Georgian August 14th, 1913 By O. B. KEELER. Right in the first jump, please understand that (1) this is merely the opinion of a layman, unlearned in the law; that (2) he may be the only layman in existence…