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The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 30th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Rev. C. B. Ragsdale declared that necessity caused him to make a false affidavit in the Frank case, and he did not fully realize what he was doing. The committee of six appointed by the Plum Street Baptist Church, of which Rev. Ragsdale is pastor, to investigate the alleged signing of a false affidavit by their pastor in the Frank case, made their report last night to the church in conference. The report declared that they, the committee, had on Monday night gone to the home of their pastor and he had

The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 29th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Solicitor Will Insist That the Ragsdale and Barber Affidavits Remain a Part of the Record. Having announced that he is amply prepared to combat the amendments to the motion for a new trial by Frank's attorneys, Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey, in all probability, will go before Judge Ben Hill today and make the startling request that Judge Hill reconvene the retrial hearing Thursday morning, a day earlier than set. When attorneys for Frank's defense last Friday presented to Judge Hill the affidavits of Rev. C. B. Ragsdale and Anna Maud Carter,

The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 28th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Attorneys issued a statement declaring their belief that Ragsdale and Barber were telling the truth. They explained how affidavits were secured from these individuals. In their statement, they said, "If these rumors be true, we denounce the perfidy of these men with all the vehemence of our natures."Reports circulated in Atlanta that Rev. C. B. Ragsdale, the minister who accused Jim Conley of confessing to Mary Phagan's murder, and R. L. Barber, a member of Ragsdale's congregation who corroborated the pastor's story, had repudiated their statements and branded them as "frame-ups." This

The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 27th April 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Marcellus Johenning and the Solicitor Refuse to Discuss What Passed at Their Meeting.The news which leaked from the office of Solicitor Dorsey yesterday that Dorsey had held a secret conference with Marcellus Johenning, a juror in the Frank case, has created wide speculation in camps of both the prosecution and defense. Dorsey, when asked about the secret conference, had nothing to say. He seemed surprised that it had become known. Johenning would not talk, saying that he had merely had a few words with the solicitor. He would not divulge the nature

The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 26th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.Detective Burns Declares They Are Conclusive Evidence That He Was Author of the Murder Notes."I have just come into possession of evidence that is proof conclusive that the murder notes found by Mary Phagan's body emanated from the brain of Jim Conley, and, therefore, that Jim Conley slew the girl," stated Detective William J. Burns last night to a reporter for The Constitution. "This evidence is in the form of a number of love letters that were written by Conley in jail to Anna Maude Carter, the Negro woman, who was also

The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 25th April 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 2.Three new affidavits presented during a hearing on Leo Frank's petition for a new trial have necessitated a postponement. Witnesses claim that Jim Conley, the Negro accused of confessing to the murder of Mary Phagan, admitted his guilt. A preacher and a Negress have sworn to this admission, while another witness claims to have seen the girl leave Frank's office.Jim Conley made a sweeping denial of these accusations to The Constitution last night, stating that his counsel would be able to present evidence proving the accusations false. Conley's statement was made through

The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 24th April 1914,PAGE 9, COLUMN 1.It is rumored that the defense will present today the full report of Detective William J. Burns on the case. C. W. Burke, a private investigator employed by counsel for Leo M. Frank, is reportedly set to be the target of a scathing attack by Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey when the prosecution begins its counter-argument in the retrial hearing before Judge Hill. Mr. Dorsey, while not willing to speak publicly, has strongly hinted that a substantial amount of evidence has been gathered by detectives against Burke. Burke has been a key

The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 23rd April 1914,PAGE 7, COLUMN 2.Detective Files Preliminary Report on Investigation. Dorsey Prepares Answer to Extraordinary Motion.Solicitor Dorsey shut himself in his office in the Kiser Building Wednesday, locked the door, gave instructions that he be not even called over the telephone, and worked two shifts of stenographers for twelve hours preparing the answer of the prosecution to the motion for a new trial to be made by Leo Frank's counsel this morning. On the heels of the postponement of the argument for the extraordinary motion, which was made at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning, Detective William J.

The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 22nd April 1914,PAGE 9, COLUMN 1.William J. Burns left the city without seeing the documents he sought, charging perversion. Detective William J. Burns visited the police station late Tuesday afternoon to meet Chief of Detectives Newport Lanford, aiming to review perversion affidavits against Leo M. Frank, which were reportedly in Lanford's possession. However, Chief Lanford firmly declined Burns' request. Burns spent only a few minutes in Lanford's office before proceeding to meet the chief of police, James L. Beavers. During his meeting with Chief Beavers, Burns did not discuss the Frank case but mentioned that he was

The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 21st April 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 5.The grand jury is reportedly investigating charges of perjury against several witnesses in the Frank trial who recanted their testimony on the witness stand. A secret conference was held ten days ago with Solicitor Dorsey, at which the matter was deferred pending further developments. It is said that action will not be taken for some time, as Solicitor Dorsey does not want to put the prosecution in the position of seeking to deter witnesses by fear of prosecution.A. L. Waldo, foreman of the grand jury, was reluctant to speak to a reporter

The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 20th April 1914,PAGE 10, COLUMN 6.It has been reported that Solicitor General Dorsey's office has secured a new affidavit from Albert Mc Knight. Detective William J. Burns had not returned last night. Dan Lehon, his lieutenant, who has been in charge of the Burns' forces since the detective has been out of the city, stated to The Constitution last night that Burns would undoubtedly return to Atlanta either this afternoon or tonight, probably this afternoon.Burns' report of his investigation on the Frank case will probably be rendered tomorrow, in which he proposes to tell who killed Mary

  The Atlanta Constitution, Sunday, 19th April 1914, PAGE 1, COLUMN 6. Negro Witness for Prosecution Now Repudiates Affidavit He Gave to Leo M. Frank's Attorneys Albert Mc Knight, a state witness in the Frank case, now repudiates his repudiation. He says that his testimony on the stand is true, and that his denial of it was false. He declares he signed his repudiation affidavit in order to "get rid of C. W. Burke, a private detective attached to the office of Luther Z. Rosser, senior member of the Leo Frank case." Mc Knight is in police headquarters, occupying an

The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 18th April 1914,PAGE 12, COLUMN 5.If Detective William J. Burns returns to Atlanta today as expected, it is likely that his report on the investigation of the Frank case will be submitted tonight and published Sunday morning. Nothing has been given out yet of the detective's mysterious out-of-town trip. Officials of his organization said yesterday, however, that he was expected back at any time on Saturday. The report is now in the process of formation. Various angles of the evidence said to have been unearthed by the noted sleuth and his assistants have been put in the

The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 17th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.**New Attorneys Claim Prisoner's Constitutional Rights Were Violated**Through new attorneys, a claim is made that the prisoner's constitutional rights were violated when he was not brought into court to hear the jury's verdict. The attorneys declare that his lawyers had no right to waive his presence in court. Judge Ben Hill has fixed a hearing on the extraordinary motion and on the petition of the new attorneys for next Wednesday morning. Attorneys have made statements regarding the situation.In the event the fight is lost in the courts of Georgia to save the

The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 16th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Counsel for Leo Frank, convicted of the murder of Mary Phagan, will appear before Judge Ben Hill in the Thrower Building this morning to present an extraordinary motion for a new trial. The motion is based on newly-discovered evidence. The scheduled execution of the convicted superintendent will be automatically delayed until Judge Hill's decision is handed down upon the retrial application. Leo Frank will not hang tomorrow morning between the hours of 11 and 1 o'clock.Frank's attorneys stated Wednesday afternoon that no amendments would be made to the motion and that nothing

The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 15th April 1914,PAGE 10, COLUMN 6.Detective Burns is still out of the city and is expected to return in a few days. It is likely that a strong fight will be made against the proposed effort of the defense for Leo Frank to amend the motion for a new trial, which will be made sometime this week.Solicitor Dorsey has been notified of a large number of grounds that will be contained in the motion, and it is said that he will oppose vigorously the proposed move of the defense to make further amendments to the application at

The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 14th April 1914,PAGE 5, COLUMN 2.Frank's mother, Mrs. Rae Frank, of Brooklyn, arrived in Atlanta yesterday morning and will remain here indefinitely. This is her first trip since the trial, which she attended each day, sitting beside her son in the courtroom. She asserted her belief that he would be given a new trial and eventually would be acquitted of the murder charge. She has already visited him in the Tower, and a happy scene ensued upon her appearance at the condemned man's cell.Detective Burns did not return to Atlanta yesterday but will likely arrive today. The

The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 13th April 1914,PAGE 9, COLUMN 1.It is generally believed that Detective William J. Burns left Atlanta to investigate the Cincinnati angle of the Leo Frank case. Burns departed on Saturday afternoon at 5:10 o'clock via the Louisville and Nashville railroad. His destination is being kept a secret by his associates in Atlanta.Although rumors circulated that the detective was en route to Cincinnati to interview Dewey Hewell, Burns' officials in Atlanta would neither deny nor verify the report on Sunday afternoon. They remained reticent regarding their chief's journey.It is said, however, that Burns will return soon, probably tomorrow.Monday,

The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 12th April 1914,PAGE 2, COLUMN 6.Detectives are now seeking information concerning reports that Leo Frank is a pervert or immoral. A reward of $1,000 is offered by Detective William J. Burns for satisfactory information in connection with these reports. This offer was made Saturday afternoon in a letter to The Constitution.Burns, who left the city Saturday afternoon at 5 o'clock, said before his departure that he had made public his wish to receive any information to the effect that Frank was sexually abnormal, but that, thus far, he had received no such data in his investigation. Burns

The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 11th April 1914,PAGE 4, COLUMN 1.Burns is rapidly completing his investigation of the Phagan mystery. A report that gained headway in the Frank case yesterday suggested that startling evidence has been obtained against Jim Conley. However, it could not be learned whether or not this evidence was secured by Detective Burns.Burns refused to talk on the subject, as did the various members of Frank's counsel. Burns is expected to render his report during the early part of next week, as he is rapidly completing his investigation.On Friday, Burns stated that he would consult with anyone during the

The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 10th April 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 4.Interest in the Leo Frank case is now centered on the forthcoming report of Detective William J. Burns. He stated Thursday that no definite date had been set, but it is the general belief that it will not be submitted until the early part of next week.Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey left the city last night and will not return until the day previous to the date set for Leo Frank's execution on April 17. The investigation being promoted into the case by the prosecution is being managed almost entirely by the detective

The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 9th April 1914,PAGE 2, COLUMN 4.Acworth Banker, Who Attended Cobb County Meeting, Says It Was Scheme of Disappointed Politicians.In reference to the resolutions adopted by the Cobb County executive committee at its meeting on Tuesday, George L. Lemon, cashier of the S. Lemon Banking Company of Acworth, who attended the meeting, writes the following highly interesting and illuminating explanation:"Editor Constitution: You have seen the news item concerning the action of the Cobb County executive committee yesterday, the 7th instant, held in Marietta. I was present at the meeting of the committee, holding a membership by proxy, G.

The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 8th April 1914,PAGE 14, COLUMN 2.Burns is said to have a statement that Monteen Stover, the star witness for the prosecution in the Frank trial, did not visit the pencil factory on the day Mary Phagan was murdered. Homer Edmondson, the stepfather of the girl, told a reporter for The Constitution that he and his wife had taken Monteen to the offices of Samuel Boorstein recently at the request of persons interested in Leo Frank's defense. The purpose of the visit was to allow the girl to repeat her statement from the stand so that her evidence

The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 7th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Reported that a large number of new documents will form part of an extraordinary petition. Lawyers for Leo Frank have come into possession of a large number of new affidavits which are likely to be made public within a short while. These new documents are said to be between twenty and forty in number. Many of them are reported to be from witnesses in the Frank trial who testified for the prosecution. Some of them, it is said, repudiate testimony on the stand, while others charge unfair methods of the prosecution and

The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 5th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.On his return to Atlanta, Detective William J. Burns announced that he would confer with Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey, Detective Chief Newport A. Lanford, and William M. Smith, counsel for Jim Conley. Burns denied various stories that had circulated during his trip to New York and Chicago, stating, "I have not made my final report. Neither have I said whether or not I believed Leo Frank to be innocent. Also, I have not made the statement that I believe a third man to be guilty."Burns asserted that he knew who murdered

The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 4th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Noted Detective William J. Burns, who has been investigating various angles of the Mary Phagan murder mystery in New York and the West, left Chicago last night at 9:15 o'clock, bound for Atlanta, according to information received here last night. Before leaving Chicago, he gave out an interview in which he stated that he knew who killed Mary Phagan, and that his report had already been completed and had been sent to counsel for the defense. Reuben Arnold and Herbert Haas, of counsel for Frank, stated last night that they had not

The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 3rd April 1914,PAGE 11, COLUMN 3.**Failure of Burns to Return This Week Is Cause of Much Speculation**Much speculation has arisen over the failure of Detective William J. Burns to return to Atlanta within the past four days, on each of which he was expected in the city. Further interest was added to his investigation of the Frank case yesterday by the departure of Guy B. Biddinger, Burns' ablest lieutenant, who has been in Atlanta since Saturday at work under cover of secrecy.Biddinger's destination has not been revealed. It is rumored, however, that he has gone to New

The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 2nd April 1914,PAGE 5, COLUMN 1.Two separate reports will be submitted on the Frank case by the Burns Agency. Detective William J. Burns, evidently delayed on his return journey, will not arrive in Atlanta until today. Immediately upon returning to the city, he will begin work on his final report, which is expected to be submitted to the public this week.It was announced Wednesday morning that Guy B. Biddinger, assistant general manager of the Burns Service, has been in Atlanta since Saturday, making a secret investigation of the Frank case. His report will be rendered separately from

The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 25th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.Family of His Client Unable to Furnish Funds for His Defense, Says Attorney for Negro Sweeper.SMITH WILL PUSH PLEA FOR NEW CONLEY TRIALEven Though Judge Should Decline Frank New Trial,Extraordinary Motion Will Delay Execution Date.Attorney William M. Smith, counsel for Jim Conley's defense, is furnishing his services to the Negro with no expectation of financial remuneration.Ever since the earlier stage of Conley's participation in the famous Phagan Mystery, Smith has not received a penny.This was brought out on yesterday afternoon.Smith was originally employed by contract in the case, however, but was later

The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 30th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.Higher Idealism in Affairs of Jewish Race Voiced at Opening Session of Fortieth Convention.TODAY'S PROGRAM.10 a. m.Opening of Convention Hall of Hebrew Orphan Home, Washington Street.Opening Prayer, Rabbi E. N. Calisch.Welcome, Leonard Haas,Past President,District No. 5,I. O. B. B.Welcome,Hon. J. G. Woodward,Mayor of Atlanta.Annual Message to Grand LodgePresident Lionel Weil.Business.Luncheon at 1 p. m.At 8 p. m.business session will be continued.At 8 p. m.Celebration of Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Hebrew Orphan Home,at Orphan Home Hall.Distribution of prizes.Address, Hon. Simon Wolf, President.Hebrew Orphan Home.Address, Mrs. Joel Hillman.Voicing higher idealism in the affairs of

The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 29th March 1914,PAGE 4, COLUMN 5.Counsel for Frank Says Burns Has Been Successful in Gotham.Leonard Haas, member of counsel for Leo M. Frank, who accompanied Detective William J. Burns to New York on the detective's present journey, returned to Atlanta Saturday morning."Our efforts in New York were entirely successful," he told a reporter for The Constitution."We accomplished everything for which we went, and, as will be made public later on, made some disclosures that are likely to throw an entirely new aspect on the Frank case."Burns remained in the metropolis.He will return Monday afternoon.Attorney Haas denied the

The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 28th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Solicitor General Dorsey Is Served With Formal Notice New Trial Petition Will Be Filed Within Twenty Days.WITNESSES FOR REPUDIATE TESTIMONYSolicitor and Detectives Attacked in Notice Dalton Repudiates Testimony.New Witness to Alibi.Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey was served Friday with formal notice of the extraordinary motion for a new trial for Leo M. Frank, to be made within the next twenty days.A large number of sensational grounds are set forth in the notice, many of which have never before been made public.One of these is a statement from Mary Rich, a woman who

The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 26th March 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 5.Messages Signed "John Black"Received by James Conley and Others Will Be Investigated.Detectives and attorneys in the Frank case are investigating the source of numerous telegrams that have come from Newark, N. J., signed "John Black," which, the investigators believe, are evidence of a conspiracy against Detective John Black, of police headquarters, one of the most conspicuous figures in the prosecution of Leo Frank.One of these telegrams was sent to Jim Conley, the convicted Negro accomplice.Another was sent to The Constitution.Others are said to have been received by various persons in Atlanta who

The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 24th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.Letter Follows an Attack Recently Made Upon Private Detectives by Detective William J. Burns.Letter Follows an Attack Recently Made Upon Private Detectives by Detective William J. Burns.LEHON TO TAKE CHARGE IN ABSENCE OF BURNSReported That Extraordinary Motion for New Trial for Prisoner Will Be Filed This Week.Defending the connection of the Pinkerton detectives with the Frank case, a letter has been received by The Constitution from Allan Pinkerton, head of the noted organization, in which reply is made to Detective William J. Burns' repeated attacks upon private detectives who were associated with

The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 23rd March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Leonard HaasLeft for Gotham on Sunday Morning and Sleuth Will Leave This Morning.Detective William J. Burns and Leonard Haas are going to New York to investigate the same phase of the Frank case which Attorneys Luther Z. Rosser and Herbert J. Haas probed several weeks ago during their journey to the metropolis.This was the information which prevailed in various offices of the defense Sunday.Leonard Haas left Atlanta for Gotham Sunday morning.Burns remained, however, until this morning, when he departs at 11:01 o'clock on the New York-Atlanta special.The particular angle of the Frank

The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 22nd March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Former Employee of National Pencil Factory Holds Conference With Solicitor Hugh Dorsey.REUBEN ARNOLD HOME FROM NEW YORK TRIPBurns and Leonard J.Haas Are Planning to Leave for Gotham MondayLehon Takes Charge Here.Evidence declared to refute certain portions of the story of H. F. Becker, the ex-pencil factory employee who comes to the defense of Leo M. Frank, has been turned over to Solicitor Hugh Dorsey by Sam Henley, a former attach to the pencil plant, who lives at 368 Whitehall Street.The evidence is in the form of a document said to be a

The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 21st March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.BY WILL M.SMITHLawyer for Jim Conley Pictures Detective as "Movie Picture, Stage Lecturing, Tangoing Sleuth."SAYS BURNS MUST AGREE TO TERMS HE WILL MAKECharge of Conspiracy Made by Burns Roasting Private DetectivesMysterious Telegram Sent Conley"Detective Burns in this matter will, at least, be taught that he is merely a 'private detective' working for his employers, 'private parties.'He is not even a citizen.Burns has no rights in this matter. He is in no way connected with the administration of the law of this state."In this manner Attorney William M. Smith, counsel for Jim Conley,