Thursday, 10th July 1913 Chief Expects Arrests in Vice Probe, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Thursday, July 10, 1913 MEN NAMED BY GIRL ARE SOUGHT Chief Beavers Declares New and Startling Arrests Are Near. Alleged Procuress Held With the principals in the sensational vice case, Hattie Smith, a 17-year-old girl victim; Mrs.…
Saturday, 5th July 1913 Unbiased in the Flanders Case, Says Slaton, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Saturday, July 5, 1913 New Governor Declares He Will Take Action After Hearing All Sides. Governor Slaton has formed no opinion in the famous McNaughton-Mattie Flanders murder case, and says he will make no decision until he…
Saturday, 28th June 1913 Gov. Slaton Takes Oath Simply, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Saturday, June 28, 1913 With the simplest ceremonies in the history of the State, marked by the absence of all military display and red tape, John Marshall Slaton becomes Governor of the State of Georgia in…
Monday, 16th June 1913 Dorsey Aide Says Frank Is Fast In Net, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Monday, June 16, 1913 Attorney Hooper Declares State Is Prepared for Any Move the Defense May Make. Frank A. Hooper, the well-known criminal lawyer who has been engaged to assist Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey in the…
Saturday, 7th June 1913 Defense Bends Efforts to Prove Conley Slayer, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Saturday, June 7th, 1913 The defense of Leo Frank against the charge of murdering Mary Phagan will be more than a mere attempt to clear Frank's skirts. It will seek directly to fix upon James Conley, negro, full…
Monday, 2nd June 1913 Beavers to Talk Over the Felder Row With Dorsey, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Monday, June 2nd, 1913 Dictograph conversations and alleged bribery charges will be discussed by Chief of Police Beavers and Solicitor General Hugh Dorsey at a conference to be held to-day. Chief Beavers is ready to have every…
Thursday, 29th May 1913 Burns Joins in Hunt for Phagan Slayer, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Thursday, May 29th, 1913 All Evidence Gathered by His Operatives Sent to the Noted Detective. James Conley, the negro sweeper at the National Pencil Factory who has turned suspicion on himself with a maze of contradictory statements, was…
Monday, 26th May 1913 Will Take Charge of Graft to Grand Jury for Vindication, The Atlanta Georgian
Thomas B. Felder, and his expansive smile. This photograph was taken before Chief Beavers started out to make him prove his charges. What sort of a smile will Felder wear when Beavers gets through with him? Atlanta Georgian Monday, May…
Saturday, 24th May 1913 Mayor Admits Dictograph is Correct, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Saturday, May 24th, 1913 Denies, However, That He Ever Offered Money During Course of Conversation Recorded. Mayor Woodward Saturday admitted that the dictograph record of his conversation in the room of the mysterious Colyar was correct. After reading…
Sunday, 18th May 1913 Burns Sleuth Makes Report in Phagan Case, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Sunday, May 18th, 1913 Progress of Investigation Into Girl's Slaying Very Rapid, Declares Felder. After 24 hours on the scene of the Phagan muder, the head of the department of criminal investigation of the Burns Detective Agency made…
Sunday, 11th May 1913 Mary Phagans Death Only Assured Fact Developed, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Sunday, May 11th, 1913 BY JAMES. B. NEVIN. Mary Phagan is dead. She was murdered. Leo Frank, and Newt Lee are in jail, upon the findings of a Coroner's jury, held as suspects for investigation by…
Thursday, 8th May 1913 Didnt See Girl Late Saturday, He Admits, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Thursday, May 8th, 1913 Man Who Said Mary Phagan Passed His Place Testifies He Was Wrong. J. L. Watkins, who testified that he saw Mary Phagan Saturday afternoon, April 26, between 4 and 5 o'clock, was called…
Monday, 5th May 1913 Judge W. D. Ellis Charges Grand Jury to Probe into Phagan Slaying Mystery, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Monday, May 5th, 1913 Page 2, Column 1 Urges Enforcement of Laws Regulating Locker Clubs and Against Sunday Tippling, Questionable Houses and Carrying Concealed Weapons Judge W. D. Ellis, of the Superior Court, delivered the following address to…
Tuesday, 29th April 1913 Nude Dancers Pictures Upon Factory Walls, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Tuesday, April 29th, 1913 Suggestive Illustrations Clipped From Magazines Pasted Up About Scene of Tragedy. Pictures of Salome dancers in scanty raiment, and of chorus girls in different postures adorned the walls of the National Pencil Company's…
Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Mother Prays That Son May Be Released, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Wednesday, April 30th, 1913 Gantt's Mother, for Whom Mary Phagan Was Named, Weeps for Son. In an easy chair in front of an open fireplace in a little Cobb County farm house, sat an aged mother, with…
Tuesday, 29th April 1913 Charge is Basest of Lies, Declares Gantt, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian Tuesday, April 29th, 1913 John Milton Gantt, the accusation of a terrible crime hanging over him, from his cell at police headquarters, has made to-day a complete denial of any connection with the Mary Phagan murder in…
Monday, 28th April 1913 Arrested as Girl’s Slayer, The Atlanta Georgian
Photograph of Mary Phagan showing her in street dress. JOHN M. GANTT ACCUSED OF THE CRIME; FORMER BOOKKEEPER TAKEN BY POLICE Atlanta Georgian Monday, April 28th, 1913 J. M. Gantt, arrested in Marietta for the murder of Mary Phagan,…
Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Conleys Charge Turns Frank Trial Into Fight To Worse Than Death, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian August 5th, 1913 By JAMES B. NEVIN. Black and sinister, depressing in its every aspect and horrible in its gloom, the testimony of Jim Conley in the Frank case was given to the court and the jury under…
Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Frank Juror’s Life One Grand, Sweet SongNot, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian August 2nd, 1913 O. B. Keeler. The juror's life is not unmixed with care. Look him over next time you attend the Frank trial. Size up his little job. Weigh his responsibility. Consider his problems. And then, if…
Wednesday, 30th July 1913 Defense Plans Sensation, Line of Queries Indicates, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian July 30th, 1913 That a sensation is be sprung by the defense by the production of the mysteriously missing ribbon and flowers from the hat of the murdered girl was repeatedly indicated by Attorney Rosser's line of questioning…
Monday, 28th July 1913 Trial to Surpass in Interest Any in Fulton County History, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian, July 28th, 1913, Page 2, Columns 1 and 2 No murder trial in Fulton County ever has approached the spectacular interest which is in prospect in the Frank case from the first, sharp skirmish between the opposing…
Monday, 21st July 1913 Protest of Solicitor Dorsey Wins, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Monday, July 21, 1913 Presents Evidence Showing Indictment of Negro Would Hinder Frank Prosecution. Here are the important developments of Monday in the Phagan case: The decision of the Grand Jury of Fulton County not to bring…
Wednesday, 16th July 1913 State to Fight Move to Indict Jim Conley, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Wednesday, July 16, 1913 Grand Jury Foreman Admits That Action Against the Negro Is Considered. The reported proposal by some of the members of the Grand Jury to meet for an investigation of Jim Conley's connection with…
Saturday, 12th July 1913 Parents Are Blamed for ‘Slavery’, The Atlanta Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian Saturday, July 12, 1913 *Editor's Note: The second portion of this article is not available. Acting Recorder Sends Girls to Reform School and Binds Two Men Over. Probe into vice conditions resulted in a startling climax Saturday…
Wednesday, 30th April 1913 Leo Frank’s Friends Denounce Detention, The Atlanta Georgian
Leo M. Frank, Superintendent of the National Pencil Company's factory, still held by the police. Frank's lawyer says he has given to the police every detail of his whereabouts to account for his time on Saturday and Sunday. Atlanta Georgian…
Monday, 28th April 1913 Horrible Mistake, Pleads Mullinax, Denying Crime, The Atlanta Georgian
This youth, formerly a street car conductor, is held in connection with the investigation of the slaying of Mary Phagan in the basement of the National Pencil Factory in South Forsyth Street. He stoutly denies any connection with the…
Tuesday, 5th August 1913 Mrs. Frank Breaks Down in Court, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian August 5th, 1913 Judge, Favoring Defense, Reserves Decision as to Striking Out Testimony CONLEY CONTINUES TO WITHSTAND FIERCE ATTACKS OF ROSSER Reuben Arnold created a sensation at the opening of Tuesday afternoon's session of the Frank trial by…
Saturday, 2nd August 1913 Roan Holding Scales of Justice With Steady Hand, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian August 2nd, 1913 By L. F. WOODRUFF. Emotion's entire gamut is daily run on the screen of faces watching the Frank trial. A student of facial expression can find anything he seeks by watching the throng of spectators…
Wednesday, 30th July 1913 Frank’s Mother Pitiful Figure of the Trial, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian July 30th, 1913 Defendant Perfect in Poise, His Wife Picture of Contemptuous Confidence. By L. F. WOODRUFF. Arm akimbo; glasses firmly set, changing position seldom, Leo M. Frank sits through his trial with his thoughts in Kamchatka, Terra…
Monday, 28th July 1913 Phagan Case of Peculiar And Enthralling Interest, The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Georgian, July 28th, 1913, Page 2, Columns 3 And 4 Bottom As Leo Frank faces to-day the ordeal decreed by law that for man's life, man's life shall pay, interest in his case that has held Atlanta, Georgia…