The Anti-Defamation League’s Weaponization of Anti-Semitism in the 1913 Leo Frank Trial, the Case that Galvanized its Founding in September 1913.
By Mary Frances Phagan Kean, June 24, 2025 Was Leo Frank convicted because of Anti-Semitism? Fact Check: FALSE. ADL's Drapes of Anti-Semitism Regarding the 1913 summer murder trial of Atlanta B'nai B'rith President Leo Max Frank (the trial occurred from…
Documenting falsehoods about the 1913 murder of little Mary Phagan and the trial of Leo Frank by operatives of the Anti-Defamation League
Documenting falsehoods about the 1913 murder of little Mary Phagan and the trial of Leo Frank by operatives of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith continues in the digital age by Mary Frances Phagan Kean, June 25, 2025. A sneak…
Saturday, 3rd October 1914: Conley, Not Frank, Killed Phagan Girl, Says W. M. Smith, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 3rd October 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Negro's Lawyer Declares He Has Sufficient Evidence to Support His New Opinion as to CaseNEGRO SWEEPER DID NOT CONFESS, SAYS ATTORNEYConley, in Chain Gang, Expresses Complete Surprise When Informed of Statement Made…
Sunday, 4th October 1914: W. M. Smith Tells Why He Believes Conley Is Guilty, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 4th October 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Attorney for State's Chief Witness Against Frank Gives Written Statement of His ConclusionsWilliam M. Smith, attorney for Jim Conley, Saturday night gave to the press a written statement, telling how he came…
Monday, 5th October 1914: Smith Declines To Discuss Charge Made By His Former Client, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 5th October 1914,PAGE 16, COLUMN 1."I Know Conley Too Well to Enter Into Controversy With Such an 'Expert Liar,'" He DeclaresWilliam M. Smith declined Monday to comment on the charge of his former client, Jim Conley, that…
Tuesday, 6th October 1914: Smith Prepares Second Card In The Frank Case, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 6th October 1914,PAGE 4, COLUMN 4.Appeal to Set Aside Verdict Will Be Heard on October 26. The last appeal in the Case of Leo M. Frank, the motion to set aside the verdict on the ground that…
Thursday, 8th October 1914: Long Delayed Search May Help Solve Phagan Case, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 8th October 1914,PAGE 17, COLUMN 5.Detectives Search Rubbish Piles in Rear of Forsyth Street SaloonChief of Detectives Newport Lanford has shrouded in mystery the results of a recent search of rubbish piles behind the saloon at 50…
Friday, 9th October 1914: Fraud In Land Deal Charged To Minister, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 9th October 1914,PAGE 20, COLUMN 4.Woman Asks That Transfer Between Rev. C. B. Ragsdale and Self Be VoidedDeclaring he misrepresented the value of land and other property to her, and that she trusted him as a minister…
Monday, 12th October 1914: Frank Case Adjourns Criminal Court Week, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 12th October 1914,PAGE 5, COLUMN 1.Adjournment Taken to Give Solicitor Dorsey Time to Prepare BriefTo permit Solicitor General Dorsey to devote his whole time to the preparation of a brief for the hearing before the Supreme Court,…
Thursday, 15th October 1914: Leo Frank Loses His Fight For New Trial, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 15th October 1914,PAGE 7, COLUMN 1.Judge Hill's Denial of Extraordinary Motion Upheld By Supreme CourtIn a decision handed down Wednesday afternoon, the Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed the decision of Judge Benjamin H. Hill in denying the…
Saturday, 24th October 1914: State Finishes Brief To Fight Frank Motion, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 24th October 1914,PAGE 10, COLUMN 2.Solicitor Dorsey Cites Decision in Case of Cawthon vs. the State, 119 Ga., 413. Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey and Ed A. Stephens, his assistant, completed Saturday afternoon the State's brief on…
Sunday, 25th October 1914: Last Appeal In Frank Case Comes Up Monday, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 25th October 1914,PAGE 5, COLUMN 4.Defense Motion to Set Aside Verdict Will Be HeardThe last appeal in the Case of Leo M. Frank, the motion to set aside the verdict of guilty on the ground that it…
Monday, 26th October 1914: Frank Case Is Argued Before Supreme Court, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 26th October 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Effort Made to Set Aside Verdict Because He Was Not Present at ReadingFor three hours and fifteen minutes, the State Supreme Court, Monday morning, listened to arguments for and against Leo M.…
Tuesday, 27th October 1914: Supreme Court Of Ga. Argued And Submitted., The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 27th October 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 27, 1914.Eddie Elder vs. State; from Fulton. Jim James vs. State; from Fayette. Leo M. Frank vs. State; from Fulton. Walter Burton vs. State; from Lee. Curlie Montgomery vs.…
Friday, 30th October 1914: Next Grand Jury May Continue Bond Probe, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 30th October 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.The Fulton County Grand Jury, which adjourns on Saturday, has rested its probe of the alleged fake bond scandal with the indictment of three men on a charge of forging bonds, but…
Monday, 26th October 1914: Rotarian “frank” Given Glad Hand, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 26th October 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 2.Winecoff Rose Garden Will Be Opened Tonight in Honor of Head of International Association."Hello, Frank. Glad to see you, old boy." How would you like to enjoy the distinction of receiving the…
Tuesday, 27th October 1914: Last Appeal Made For Leo M. Frank, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 27th October 1914,PAGE 12, COLUMN 1.Hearing Before the Supreme Court Monday Exhausted Resources of Defense So Far as State Courts Go. The assertion that if Leo Frank had been aware of the waiver of his presence in…
Friday, 30th October 1914: Seek C. C. Tedder On Forgery Charge, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 30th October 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.Lawyer Is Indicted by Grand Jury in Connection With Bond Investigation.Three deputy sheriffs searched the city in vain yesterday looking for C. C. Tedder, who was indicted Tuesday afternoon by the Grand…
Sunday, 25th October 1914: New Attorneys Lead Frank’s Latest Fight, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution, Sunday, 25th October 1914, PAGE 39, COLUMN 2. Rosser and Arnold Will Not Participate in the Supreme Court Hearing Monday. The fight before the Supreme Court tomorrow morning to set aside the Frank verdict on constitutional…
Monday, 5th October 1914: Smith Is Working On “death Notes”, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 5th October 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Former Lawyer for Conley Believes These Messages Will Finally Yield Solution to Great Mystery. William M. Smith, Attorney, who represented the negro factory sweeper, "Jim" Conley, during the investigation of the Mary…
Tuesday, 6th October 1914: Frank Case Hearing To Be Held Oct. 26, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 6th October 1914,PAGE 11, COLUMN 4.Supreme Court Will Listen to Plea Based on Constitutional Grounds.The Supreme Court of Georgia has set the Fourth Monday of the present month as the date for the hearing of the motion…
Wednesday, 7th October 1914: Frank Case Statement Is Prepared By Smith, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 7th October 1914,PAGE 11, COLUMN 5.In making preparations for a strong fight to liberate Leo M. Frank, Attorney William M. Smith, former counsel for Jim Conley, but now his accuser, is being aided materially by his wife.…
Friday, 9th October 1914: Mother Of Frank Will Assist Son, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 9th October 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Plans to Come to Atlanta Soon Burke and Burns Have Clash Smith Makes StatementMrs. Rea Frank, mother of Leo M. Frank, encouraged by the fight that is being made in her son's…
Saturday, 10th October 1914: No Attack On Dorsey, Says William M. Smith, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 10th October 1914,PAGE 5, COLUMN 3.Conley's Former Attorney Denies Stories to That Effect. Attorney William M. Smith, Jim Conley's former counsel, but now his accuser, stated to a reporter for The Constitution Friday afternoon that he did…
Tuesday, 13th October 1914: H. M. Dorsey At Work On The Frank Case, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 13th October 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 3.In order that Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey may prepare to combat the move of Leo M. Frank's attorneys to upset the verdict of guilty on constitutional grounds, Judge Hill on Monday…
Wednesday, 14th October 1914: Negroes Do Battle Over Charms Of Maud, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 14th October 1914,PAGE 11, COLUMN 3.A three-cornered love tangle of Decatur Street excited public interest last night at Ivy and Exchange place, when eight shots were fired by Julius Bell and an unknown Negro in a fight…
Thursday, 15th October 1914: Appeal Made By Leo Frank For New Trial Turned Down By Georgia Supreme Court, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 15th October 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3 AND 4.With All Justices Concurring, Highest Court Tribunal Hands Down Opinion Denying Motion Based on Newly Discovered Grounds. Leo M. Frank, convicted of the murder of Mary Phagan, yesterday lost another…
Saturday, 24th October 1914: Grice To Help Dorsey Fight The Frank Case Before Supreme Court, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 24th October 1914,PAGE 7, COLUMN 2.A new feature to the Frank Case will be the entrance into the litigation next Monday, when the Case is reopened before the Supreme Court, of Attorney General Warren Grice, who, with…
Saturday, 3rd October 1914: Frank Not Guilty, Believes Conley’s Lawyer. Plans To Obtain Freedom Of Man In Tower, The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 3rd October 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMNS 1 AND 7.WILLIAM M. SMITH SAYS HE HAS FAITH MURDER MYSTERY WILL BE SOLVED Asserts He Had Plans to Liberate Factory Superintendent, But Was Prevented by Conditions Which He Does Not Care…
Tuesday, 1st September 1914: Mrs. Sentell Charges Husband Has Two Wives, The Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 1st September 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Alleging that he had another wife when he married her, Mrs. Mattie C. Sentell filed a petition in the Superior Court Monday to have her marriage with G. L. Sentell annulled. Miss…