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Saturday, 25th April 1914: Did Not Confess To Girl’s Murder, Says Jim Conley, The Atlanta Constitution

The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 25th April 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 2.Three new affidavits presented during a hearing on Leo Frank's petition for...
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Friday, 24th April 1914: Battle For Life Of Leo M. Frank Begins In Court, The Atlanta Constitution

The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 24th April 1914,PAGE 9, COLUMN 1.It is rumored that the defense will present today the full report...
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Thursday, 23rd April 1914: Conley Is Guilty, Asserts W. J. Burns, The Atlanta Constitution

The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 23rd April 1914,PAGE 7, COLUMN 2.Detective Files Preliminary Report on Investigation. Dorsey Prepares Answer to Extraordinary Motion.Solicitor...
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Wednesday, 22nd April 1914: Lanford Declines To Show Affidavits, The Atlanta Constitution

The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 22nd April 1914,PAGE 9, COLUMN 1.William J. Burns left the city without seeing the documents he sought,...
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Tuesday, 21st April 1914: Grand Jury To Act On Leo Frank Case, The Atlanta Constitution

The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 21st April 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 5.The grand jury is reportedly investigating charges of perjury against several witnesses...
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Monday, 20th April 1914: Burns Expected To Return Today, The Atlanta Constitution

The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 20th April 1914,PAGE 10, COLUMN 6.It has been reported that Solicitor General Dorsey's office has secured a...
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Sunday, 19th April 1914: Testimony He Gave At Trial Was True, Declares M’knight, The Atlanta Constitution

The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 19th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.Negro Witness for Prosecution Now Repudiates Affidavit He Gave to Leo M....
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Saturday, 18th April 1914: Report By Detective Burns Expected Today, The Atlanta Constitution

The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 18th April 1914,PAGE 12, COLUMN 5.If Detective William J. Burns returns to Atlanta today as expected, it...
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Friday, 17th April 1914: Way Is Paved To Take Case Of Leo M. Frank Before Federal Court, The Atlanta Constitution

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...
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Thursday, 16th April 1914: Leo Frank’s Fight To Get New Trial Will Begin Today, The Atlanta Constitution

The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 16th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Counsel for Leo Frank, convicted of the murder of Mary Phagan, will...
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Thursday, 23rd April 1914: Conley Is Guilty, Asserts W. J. Burns, The Atlanta Constitution

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.

Friday, 24th April 1914: Battle For Life Of Leo M. Frank Begins In Court, The Atlanta Constitution

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

Saturday, 25th April 1914: Did Not Confess To Girl’s Murder, Says Jim Conley, The Atlanta Constitution

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

Sunday, 19th April 1914: Testimony He Gave At Trial Was True, Declares M’knight, The Atlanta Constitution

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 AttorneysAlbert 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 entire corridor of cells, and has

Monday, 20th April 1914: Burns Expected To Return Today, The Atlanta Constitution

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

Tuesday, 21st April 1914: Grand Jury To Act On Leo Frank Case, The Atlanta Constitution

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

Wednesday, 22nd April 1914: Lanford Declines To Show Affidavits, The Atlanta Constitution

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

Friday, 17th April 1914: Way Is Paved To Take Case Of Leo M. Frank Before Federal Court, The Atlanta Constitution

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

Saturday, 18th April 1914: Report By Detective Burns Expected Today, The Atlanta Constitution

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

Monday, 13th April 1914: Burns Expected To Return Soon, The Atlanta Constitution

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,

Tuesday, 14th April 1914: Detective Burns Return To City Today, The Atlanta Constitution

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

Wednesday, 15th April 1914: State May Oppose Plans Of The Defense, The Atlanta Constitution

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

Thursday, 16th April 1914: Leo Frank’s Fight To Get New Trial Will Begin Today, The Atlanta Constitution

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

Saturday, 11th April 1914: New Evidence Against Jim Conley Reported, The Atlanta Constitution

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

Sunday, 12th April 1914: Reward Of $1,000 Offered By Burns, The Atlanta Constitution

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

Friday, 10th April 1914: Interest Centered In Report Of Burns, The Atlanta Constitution

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

Thursday, 9th April 1914: Intimates Trickery Caused Adoption Of Morris Resolutions., The Atlanta Constitution

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.

Sunday, 5th April 1914: Burns Will Seek Talk With Conley Early This Week, The Atlanta Constitution

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

Tuesday, 7th April 1914: More Affidavits For Frank Motion, The Atlanta Constitution

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

Wednesday, 8th April 1914: Did Stover Girl Go To Factory?, The Atlanta Constitution

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

Friday, 3rd April 1914: Guy Biddinger Leaves. Destination A Secret, The Atlanta Constitution

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

Saturday, 4th April 1914: Burns Is Coming To Resume Probe Of Phagan Case, The Atlanta Constitution

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

Thursday, 2nd April 1914: Burns Is Expected To Arrive Thursday, The Atlanta Constitution

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

Wednesday, 8th April 1914: Burns And Dorsey Meet And Discuss Leo Frank’s Case, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 8th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Detective William J. Burns, after being shown physical evidence by Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey, asserts that a pervert killed Mary Phagan and that Negro Jim Conley will be branded as the slayer. In his report, Burns will declare Leo M. Frank innocent of the crime for which he has been convicted.The much-heralded conference between Burns and Dorsey took place in the latter's offices on Wednesday. Burns called on the solicitor to examine the physical evidence in the case, and nothing else was discussed, according to both gentlemen. When asked if Burns

Thursday, 9th April 1914: Dorsey Plans To Leave City For Short Time, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 9th April 1914,PAGE 7, COLUMN 3.Leaves Tonight, to Return Day Previous to One Set For Frank's ExecutionDespite the activity of Detective William J. Burns and the numerous agents of the attorneys for the defense of Leo M. Frank, Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey is planning to leave Atlanta on Thursday night to be absent until the morning of the 16th of April, when the extraordinary motion for a new trial for Frank will be formally filed with the court. While the solicitor refuses to discuss the case, the inference is drawn from his attitude towards recent developments

Monday, 6th April 1914: Burns Intimates Frank Did Not Commit Crime, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 6th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.Detective William J. Burns is completing the details of his report on the Phagan murder case and has again strongly intimated that his report will not name Leo M. Frank as the murderer of Mary Phagan. Discussing the report Monday morning, Mr. Burns said, "I am not going to hurry my report for it is extremely important to the defendant, and it is also extremely important that the report will be such that it will convince Solicitor Dorsey and the court."When asked if he thought Mr. Dorsey needed to be convinced, Burns

Tuesday, 7th April 1914: Cobb County Democrats Ask Slaton To Resign, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 7th April 1914,PAGE 11, COLUMN 1.**Committee Declares Governor Should Quit Office to Conduct Senate Campaign**(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)MARIETTA, Ga., April 7. The Cobb County Democratic executive committee this morning adopted, with only one dissenting vote out of twenty members present, the following resolution in regard to the candidacy of Governor John M. Slaton for the United States Senate:Be it resolved by the Democratic executive committee of Cobb County, this day assembled, as follows:We note that Governor John M. Slaton has announced as a candidate for Senator to fill the unexpired term of the lamented statesman, Hon.

Saturday, 4th April 1914: Burns Expected To Report On Frank’s Case Here Tonight, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 4th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Famous Detective, on Way to Atlanta, Denies He Has Given Any Intimation of Who Is GuiltyHAS ONLY SAID THAT HE KNOWS THE MURDERERSleuth Reiterates in Telegram to Journal That Evidence He Has Found Will Prove Who Slew Mary PhaganBURNS SENDS JOURNAL MESSAGE DENYING RUMORChicago, Ill., April 3, 1914.The Atlanta Journal,Atlanta, Ga.Have persistently refused to anticipate the result of my report except as to the statement that Frank was not a pervert and that my report when submitted would point out the real murderer beyond question. Also that there has been no mystery

Sunday, 5th April 1914: Frank Should Get A New Trial, Says Detective Burns, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 5th April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.William J. Burns, the detective, arrived in Atlanta on Saturday night and announced that his report on the Mary Phagan murder case will be made on Tuesday or Wednesday. The report will be made to the attorneys on both sides of the case and at the same time be given to the newspapers. His work on the case is practically complete, he says, and he again declares that the report will leave no question as to the identity of Mary Phagan's slayer.Isolated sentences dropped by the famous detective in the course of

Wednesday, 1st April 1914: The Frank Trial, Chicago Tribune., The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 1st April 1914,PAGE 8, COLUMN 4.Leo M. Frank was convicted of murder in Atlanta when, admittedly, the public mind was inflamed. Authorities are sensitive to such conditions, and the reaction is not always in the direction of justice. The possibility opens for legalized lynch law. Judgment may be warped, prejudices rule, passions prevail over justice, and a victim be found to whom no guilt is attached. This is worse than a crime of mob violence. Mobs may be swayed by passion, but not the State. The evidence against Frank is pronounced by fair examiners to be uncertain,

Friday, 3rd April 1914: “i Know Murderer Of Phagan Girl,” Says Burns, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 3rd April 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.**Noted Sleuth in Chicago Says He Can Prove Guilt of Slayer**By Associated PressCHICAGO, April 3. "I know who the murderer of Mary Phagan is," said William J. Burns, the detective, today on his return trip to Kansas City. "I can't say at this time whether it is Leo M. Frank or someone else; but I know his identity and can prove that he committed the murder."**Burns in Kansas for Clue in Phagan Case**Detective Will Not Divulge New Evidence Expected Here on SaturdayThe trial in the Mary Phagan murder case has led Detective

Thursday, 2nd April 1914: Burns Man Leaves City. Mission Is Kept Secret, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 2nd April 1914,PAGE 4, COLUMN 2.Guy B. Biddinger, of New York City, the righthand man of William J. Burns, the detective investigating the Frank case, quietly left Atlanta Wednesday night after having been there under an assumed name since March 29. His whereabouts are not known.Dan S. Lehon, of New Orleans, Louisiana, the southern superintendent of the Burns agency, when seen in his apartments at the Georgian Terrace Thursday morning, declined to say where Mr. Biddinger had gone. He merely admitted that his co-worker had found it necessary to leave the city, presumably in the interest of

MRS M W CARSON, MARY PIRK, MRS DORA SMALL, MISS JULIA FUSS, R P BUTLER, JOE STELKER, Sworn In For The Defendant, 152nd To Testify

MRS. M. W. CARSON,MARY PIRK,MRS. DORA SMALL,MISS JULIA FUSS,R.P. BUTLER, JOE STELKER, all sworn for the defendant,testified that they were employees of the National Pencil Company; that they know Leo M. Frank and that his general character is good.MRS M W CARSON, MARY PIRK, MRS DORA SMALL, MISS JULIA FUSS, R P BUTLER, JOE STELKER,, Sworn In For The Defendant, 152nd To Testify

39 PEOPLE, Sworn In For The Defendant From D I Macintyre To Nathan Coplan, 151st To Testify

D. I. MACINTYRE,B. WILDAJER,MRS. DAN KLEIN,ALEX DITTLER,DR. J. E. SOMERFIELD,F. G. SCHIFF,ALL. GUTRAN,JOSEPH GERSHON,PL. D. MCCARLEY,MRS. H. W. MEYER;MRS. DAVID MARX,MRS. A. I. HARRIS,M. S. RICH,L. H. ROSS,MRS. L. H. ROSS,MRS. JOSEPH BROWN,M. M. FITZPATRICK,EMIL DITTMER,WM. BAUER,MISS. HELEN LOBB,AL. FOX,MRS. MARTIN MAY,JULIAN V. BOMHM,MRS. MOLLIE HOSBERG,M. H. SILVERMAN,MRS. M. L. STERN,CHAS. ADLER,MRS. R. A. SOMH,MISS RAY KLEIN,A. J. JONES,L. MISTAIN,J. BERHARD,J. FOX,MARCUS LOEB,FRED,HILLBRON,A. C. HOLLOWAY,MILTON KLEIN,MRS. J. M. SOMERFIELD,NATHAN COPLAN,all sworn for the defendant,testified that they were residents of the City of Atlanta, and have known Leo. M. Frank ever since he has lived in Atlanta; that his general character

20 PEOPLE, Sworn In For The Defendant From Misses Corintha Hall To A. C. Holloway, 150th To Testify

MISSES CORINTHA HALL,ANNIE HOWEL,LILLLIE M. GOODMAN,Velma Hayes,JENNIE MAYFIELD,IDA HOLMES,WILLIE HATCHETT,MARY HATCHETT,MINNIE SMITH,MAJORIE Mc CORD,LENA Mc MURTY,MRS. W. R. JOHNSON,MRS. S. A. WILSON,MRS. GEORGIA DENHAM,MRS. L. O. JONES,MISS ZILLA SPIVEY,CHARLES LEE,N. V. DARLEY,F. ZIGANKI,AND A. C. HOLLOWAY, all sworn for the defendant,testified that they were employees of the National Pencil Company and knew Leo M. Frank, and that his general character was good.20 PEOPLE,, Sworn In For The Defendant From Misses Corintha Hall To A. C. Holloway, 150th To Testify

MISSES ANNIE OSBORNE, REBECCA CARSON, MAUDE WRIGHT, AND MRS ELLA THOMAS, Sworn In For The Defendant, Denotated As A Cluster Of People Who Testified Separately And Individually, 148th To Testify

MISSES ANNIE OSBORNE, REBECCA CARSON, MAUDE WRIGHT, AND MRS. ELLA THOMAS, All sworn for the defendant, testified that they were employees of the National Pencil company; that Mr. Frank's general character was good; that Conley's character for truth and veracity was bad and that they would not believe him on oath.MISSES ANNIE OSBORNE, REBECCA CARSON, MAUDE WRIGHT, AND MRS ELLA THOMAS,, Sworn In For The Defendant, Denotated As A Cluster Of People Who Testified Separately And Individually, 148th To Testify

Sunday, 29th March 1914: Burns Will Return To Atlanta During Week, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 29th March 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Lehon Declares He's Satisfied With Progress on CaseSo FarThere were no developments in the Frank case Saturday, nor did there appear to be prospect of any important change in the present situation until he extraordinary motion for Frank's new trial is heard on April 16.Unless Detective William J. Burns, who is expected back from his investigations in New York City the latter part of this week, gives out any of the results of his probe on his return, there is indication both sides will be content to mark time until the trial

Monday, 30th March 1914: Witness For Leo Frank Is Found In Chicago, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 30th March 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Attorneys for Defense Will Not Divulge Name or Character of His TestimonyThat a witness material to the defense of Leo M. Frank has been located in the suburbs of Chicago is the substance of a statement made Sunday to an Associated Press correspondent by Attorney Herbert J. Haas, of the Frank Defense.According to dispatches, Mr. Haas refused to divulge the name of the new witness or the character of the testimony, which is to be expected from him.Attorneys of the Frank Defense here also refuse to discuss the Chicago angle of the

Tuesday, 31st March 1914: Dorsey Will Combat New Frank Evidence, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 31st March 1914,PAGE 4, COLUMN 1.State Investigates Character of Witnesses Presented in Defense's Final MotionThe state is preparing vigorously to attack the testimony of Mary Rich, colored, and also of Mrs. J. B. Simmons, when the hearing of the extraordinary motion for a new trial for Leo M. Frank is commenced on April 16 before Judge Ben H. Hill.Agents of the state, it has been learned are making a vigorous probe of the life of Mrs. Simmons as well as her acts on April 26, the day of the murder, when she claims to have heard screams

Friday, 27th March 1914: Frank’s Motion Is Made Public – Many Of State’s Witnesses Change Their Testimony, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 27th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.Negro Woman Testifies She Saw Conley Run From Alley In Rear of Factoryat 2:15 on Afternoon of MurderSOLICITOR IS ATTACKED IN DEFENSE AFFIDAVITSC. B. Dalton,Another Witness for the State, Repudiates His Testimony Given Against Frank at the Trial Notice was given Solicitor General H. M. Dorsey Friday that on April 16, twenty days from this date, and the day before the date set for his execution, an extraordinary motion for a new trial for Leo M. Frank will be filed with the criminal division of the superior court.On that day, the hearing

Saturday, 28th March 1914: Are Two Responsible For Phagan Murder?, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 28th March 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Burns, in New York Interview, Intimates More Than One Person Is InvolvedWilliam J. Burns, the detective, talking to reporters in New York, has made two interesting statements, one of which indicates that his investigation, by which he claims to have discovered much new evidence, has led to the conclusion that two men are responsible for the murder of Mary Phagan.This theory has often been discussed, but the detectives who have worked on the case have consistently refused to seriously entertain it.Burns in talking of the Phagan murder case said:"The case is perfectly

Tuesday, 24th March 1914: City Sleuths’ Methods Being Probed By Burns?, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 24th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.Detective in Frank Case Said to Be Working Along This Line in New YorkDespite his silence on the subject, the report that William J. Burns is making a vigorous investigation of the methods of the city detectives was given color Tuesday by dispatches from New York, which say the great detective has interviewed Nina Formby.The Formby woman did not figure in the trial of Frank and her chief value to the defense has been her attack on the city detectives, who she declares coerced her into signing false affidavits and that they

Wednesday, 25th March 1914: Dan Lehon Takes Charge Of Probe Of Frank Case, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 25th March 1914,PAGE 2, COLUMN 5.Burns' Lieutenant Acts for His Chief While Latter is Out of City.Dan S. Lehon, of New Orleans, head of the southern division of the Burns agency, arrived in Atlanta Wednesday morning to direct the probe of the Mary Phagan murder case in the absence of Detective William J. Burns."I want to reiterate the statement of Mr. Burns," said Lehon, when located by a Journal reporter at the offices of the Atlanta agency, "that this is a thoroughly impartial investigation, and that we will name the murderer of Mary Phagan, whoever it is.""The

Thursday, 26th March 1914: Dorsey Is Working Hard On Frank Case, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 26th March 1914,PAGE 4, COLUMN 3.Solicitor Will Vigorously Resist Attorney's Motion for New TrialSolicitorGeneral Hugh M. Dorsey, despite his refusal to discuss recent developments in the Leo M. Frank case, is known to be preparing evidence with which to fight the extraordinary motion for a new trial which attorneys for the defense will file in the criminal division of the superior court.Although actively engaged in the prosecution of routine criminal cases each morning, he is devoting his afternoons to work on the Frank case.City Detectives Starnes and Campbell, who have been working practically under his direction since

Friday, 20th March 1914: Burns’ Findings Frank Case Will Be Made Public, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 20th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Detective Declares He Took Case With Understanding That All Facts Unearthed Should Be Made KnownSAYS HE DID NOT WISH TO TAKE CASE AT FIRSTTold Employers He FearedThey Would Not Like It If Evidence Hit Frank, but They Said:"Go Ahead"Detective William J. Burns reiterated Friday his statement that regardless of his findings he will not leave the Mary Phagan murder case "up in the air.""I made a distinct agreement," he said, "with the gentlemen who employed me on the case, that even if I come to the conclusion that Leo Frank is guilty,

Saturday, 21st March 1914: Burns Will Leave For Other Cities To Probe Frank Case, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 21st March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Detective Will Not Say What Angle of Case Calls Him AwayFrank or Conley Is Guilty, He StatesMILD REPLY IS MADE TO ATTACK OF LAWYERDeclares Purpose to Offend No One, and Says He Will Consult Attorney About Seeing Prisoner at Proper TimeDetective William J. Burns is preparing to leave Atlanta within the next few days to investigate certain angles of the Mary Phagan murder case, he admitted Saturday when questioned about his object in bringing two of the chief lieutenants of the Burns forces to Atlanta.Mr. Burns refuses to say what angles of

Sunday, 22nd March 1914: Burns To Quiz Who Have Had Part In Murder’s Probe, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 22nd March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Newspaper Men and Others to Be Questioned by Detective Burns he Expects to Satisfy All With ReportATTORNEY ARNOLD BACK;NEW DISCLOSURES SOONSolicitor Dorsey Gets Paper From Former Pencil Factory Employee Combating Becker's Evidence, It Is Said Thorough satisfaction with the results so far obtained in his investigation of the Phagan murder case was expressed by Detective William J. Burns Saturday evening.The detective reiterated his assertion of last Monday that he was confident of his ability to clear up the case to the entire satisfaction of the public.Mr. Burns indicated that he was fully

Monday, 23rd March 1914: Frank Defense May Present New Trial Motion This Week, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 23rd March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Attorneys Have Practically Completed Work, It Is Said.Much New Evidence to Be Submitted to CourtBURNS FOLLOWS MURDER CASE TRAIL TO NEW YORK Detective, Before Leaving Atlanta, Declares Positively He Will Prove Beyond Doubt Who Slew Mary PhaganThe extraordinary motion for a new trial for Leo M. Frank, convicted and condemned to death for the Mary Phagan murder, will in all probability be filed during the present week, it became known Monday.Attorney Luther Z. Rosser, senior counsel for the defense, has been at work on the motion ten days and it is now

Monday, 16th March 1914: Burns Daughter, Here With “dad,” Watches Frank’s Case Closely, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 16th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.Detection appears to be the one thing that is not a hobby of Miss Florence Burns, daughter of William J. Burns, the detective, for, although Miss Burns, who is in Atlanta with her father, admits she knows little about the third degree and the Bertillon system, she is enthusiastic about mountain climbing, a great traveler, an accomplished musician and linguist, a student of art at Columbia college and, above all, beautiful.Miss Burns confesses to being a suffragette and a tangoist."I am not a militant suffragette and have never marched in a votes-for-women

Tuesday, 17th March 1914: Burns Is Digging Up All Facts Involved In Leo Frank’s Case, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 17th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Detective Is Leaving No StoneUnturned inSearching for Truth About Murder of Mary PhaganMAY SEEK INTERVIEWS WITH DORSEY AND POLICEChief Lanford Says He Is Willing to "Swap Secrets"if Burns Will Show Proper Attitude ThatWilliam J. Burns is making his investigation of the Mary Phagan murder case "from the ground up" has been demonstrated by the movements of the famous detective both on Monday and Tuesday.Monday, he visited the National Pencil factory, the scene of the crime, and went over the physical points in the case.Tuesday at the office of his agency here he

Wednesday, 18th March 1914: Burns Indicates His Belief In Innocence Of Leo Frank, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 18th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4 AND PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.EVERY CRIMINAL IS CERTAIN TO LEAVE TRACK,HE ASSERTS"Trail is Very Plain,"States Detective Enigmatically in Murder With NewspapersEXPRESSES CONFIDENCE IN DORSEY'S SINCERITY "But Smartest Man's Vision Is Liable to Be Distorted," Adds Sleuth-Becker, in Letter, Defends FrankThe indication that Detective William J. Burns believes Leo M. Frank is innocent of the murder of Mary Phagan, in the light of his present information, was made plain by the interpretation of remarks he made during conversation Wednesday morning with newspaper men."Every criminal leaves some sort of track," was one of

Thursday, 19th March 1914: Burns Declares Lies Have Been Told To Solicitor, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 19th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4 AND PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.SCOFFS AT THEORY THAT PROSECUTOR WAS PREJUDICEDDetective Expresses Confidence in Solicitor and Declares Vigorous ProsecutionPrompted by Sense of DutyWILL SUBMIT HIS REPORT TO COUNSEL FOR STATE"Whether Frank or Another Is Guilty, Proof Will Be Sufficient to Convince All Fair Minds," He Says William J. Burns, the detective, expressed the opinion Thursday that Leo Frank's prosecutor, Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey, is still open to conviction about the Mary Phagan murder case, and declared he is confident that when he submits his report on the case that he

Saturday, 14th March 1914: Frank Defense May Try To Make Dorsey Take Witness Stand, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 14th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Attorneys Are Informed the SolicitorSaw Frank on Day of Murder and Thought He Acted QueerlyAT THAT TIME CRIME HAD NOT BECOME KNOWNLawyers Will Contend Circumstance Prejudiced His Mind When Murder Came to Light and Frank Was Accused ThatSolicitorGeneral Hugh M. Dorsey on April 2, 1913, saw Leo M. Frank, the man he was prosecuted once that day, on the street and at that time became suspicious of his actions, is information which has been placed in the hands of the attorneys for the defense.Solicitor Dorsey is at present in Valdosta with his

Sunday, 15th March 1914: Witness Against Frank Now Accuses Sleuths, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 15th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 5.PAGE 1, COLUMN 7ASSERTS THEY TRIED TO MAKE HER SWEAR FALSELY ABOUT HIMMiss Nellie Wood Tells How "Questions Confused Her."Mrs.Nettie Miller Says She Was Offered $1,000 Bribe MRS.PETTIS DISCREDITS HER SISTER'S AFFIDAVITYoung Woman,However, Reiterates Statement Made at Trial That She Knew Frank's Character Was BadFour of the affidavits from women witnesses in the Frank case were made public by the attorneys for the defense of the condemned man on Saturday afternoon.One of the women who testified against Frank's character repudiates her testimony.Another tells in her affidavit, what she had promised the detectives

Thursday, 12th March 1914: Jim Conley Willing To Meet Detective Burns At Any Time, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 12th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Negro's Only Condition Is That Some Disinterested White Man Be Present to See He Is Given Fair TreatmentFRANK GRAND JURY MAY HOLD ANOTHER SESSION Parents of Lula Belle Brown Charge Detectives Tried to Coerce Her Into Saying She Accompanied Mary Phagan to FactoryThe declaration of Jim Conley, convicted as an accomplice in the Mary Phagan murder, that he is perfectly willing to see Detective William J. Burns and answer every question put to him, was an unlooked one for development in the Frank case Thursday morning.That Burns will make an effort to

Wednesday, 11th March 1914: Jim Conley To Be Target For Burns Detective Powers, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 11th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Sleuth Will Try to Force Confession From Negro That He and Not Frank Slew Mary Phagan, It Is Said WILL ASK PERMISSION TO SEE HIM AT TOWERQuestion of Whether Interview With Closely Guarded Prisoner Will Be AllowedIs the Cause of Speculation That the first move of William J. Burns, the detective, on his arrival here the latter part of the week, will be an attempt to see Jim Conley, is regarded as certain by those familiar with the detective's methods.Burns has forced confessions from criminals where many others had failed, and it

Friday, 13th March 1914: State’s Time Theory In Frank Case Is Assailed Woman Says She Heard Girl Scream At Different Hour, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 13th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Mrs. J. B. Simmons,of Birmingham,Declares Cries Came From Factory Basement, and After 1 o'ClockTOLD IT TO SOLICITOR BUT WAS NEVER CALLEDWitness Says Prosecutor Did Not Ask Her to Change Statement as to Time, but Said It Didn't Fit His Theory (Special Dispatch to The Journal.)BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 13.That she distinctly heard three screams coming from the basement of the National Pencil factory on the afternoon of the day that Mary Phagan was murdered and that this information was given to the solicitor general and discarded by him, is the substance of a

Monday, 9th March 1914: Frank’s Attorneys May Delay Motion For New Hearing, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 9th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Notice of Extraordinary Motion for Another TrialMay Be Given at Any Time Before Date of ExecutionCOURT HAS THE POWER TO REFUSE AN APPEAL Should Such Action Be Taken, Mandamus Would Be Necessary Burns Expected Today to Take Up CaseAttorneys agree that an extraordinary motion for a new trial for Leo M. Frank can be filed at any time before the date set for his execution, April 17, his thirtieth birthday.While the state must receive due notice of the filing of an extraordinary motion, that notice need not necessarily be given until the

Tuesday, 10th March 1914: Startling Evidence Reported In Hands Of Frank’s Counsel, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 10th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Another Important State Witness Said to Have Repudiated Testimony Given at the Trial SILENCE OF ATTORNEYS GIVES COLOR TO REPORTOther Affidavits Containing Sensational Statements Are Prepared for Use in Motion for New Trial, it is Said Attorneys for Leo M. Frank refuse to discuss the report that another witness for the state, equally important, if not more important, to the prosecution's case than Albert Mc Knight and George Epps, has repudiated his testimony at the trial.The rumor is persistent that the defense has in its possession several affidavits which have not been

Sunday, 8th March 1914: New Evidence To Show Notes Were Written In Basement, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 8th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4 AND PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.DEFENSE OF FRANK HAS NEW EVIDENCE TO CLEAR UP CASEForm on Which Notes Were Written Was Discarded Four Years Before Mary Phagan's Murder in April, 1913EVERY TABLET CARTED TO FACTORY BASEMENTLuther Z. Rosser Issues StatementReplying to Protest of Georgia Chamber of Commerce Against His InterviewAn important point relating to the notes found by Mary Phagan's body and tending to show that they were written in the basement, instead of the office, as Conley contends has been worked out by persons interested in the defense of Leo M.

Friday, 6th March 1914: Frank Pins Hope To Affidavit Signed By Mrs. Ethel Miller, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 6th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Condemned Man Recalls His Speaking to Her on Street at TimeConley Said He Was Hiding Body in FactoryDEFENSE'S TIME ALIBI FURTHER STRENGTHENEDHelen Kern's Testimony That She Also Saw FrankAbout 1:10 o'Clock on Day of the Crime Is CorroboratedLeo M. Frank attaches much importance to the affidavit of Mrs. Ethel Harris Miller, of Chattanooga, who declares she saw him at the corner of Whitehall and Alabama at about 1:10 o'clock on the day of the Mary Phagan murder.He said:I couldn't be at two places at the same time, and Miss Helen Kern and

Saturday, 7th March 1914: Protesting Innocence Frank Is Re-sentenced, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 7th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.MANUSCRIPT OF FRANK'S STATEMENT -StaffPhoto by Winn.The above is from a photographic reproduction of the concluding paragraph of the Leo M. Frank statement to Judge Ben Hill in the criminal division of the Fulton County superior court Saturday morning, before he was resentenced to hang on April 17.Frank had written his last appeal in the Tower and memorized it.PAGE 1, COLUMN 7COURT SAYS HE MUST HANG ON APRIL 17"In the Presence of Supreme Judge,Whose Omnipresent Eye Is Now Upon Me,I Assert I am Not Guilty of Little Mary Phagan's Death and Do

Thursday, 5th March 1914: Leo M. Frank Begs Detectives To Open Minds To The Truth, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 5th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Convicted Man in Tower Gives Out New Statement and Hits at CityDetective John Black"TELL TRUTH WHILE YOU CAN DO SO WITH HONOR"Stiles Hopkins Tells How Affidavit was Secured From Epps-Boy Sticks to Sworn Story Regardless of FatherFollowing the Epps affidavit and the replies to it of the detectives.Leo M. Frank, from his cell in the tower, urges the inhabitants of the "castle on Decatur Street" to open their hearts to the truth, which is on the onward march and to do right, while they can, with honor.Anent the statement of Detective John

Wednesday, 4th March 1914: George Epps Repudiates Story Against Leo Frank, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 4th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3 AND PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.SWORE LIES IN REGARD TO TIME HE SAW MARY ON APRIL 26,HE SAYSNewsboyWho Figured Prominently in Trial and Whose Testimony Had Much to Do With Establishing Time of Phagan Girl's Death, Makes Startling Statements in Affidavit Produced in The Journal TodayCharges That Detective Black Persuaded Him and Solicitor Dorsey Encourage Him to Swear as He DidLITTLE GIRL NEVER TOLD HIM SHE FEARED FRANK, SAYS LAD IN HIS STATEMENT WHICH IS SWORN TOLeo M.Frank, in Tower,Discusses Nina Formby's Affidavit and Makes Charges Against the City Detective Department Judge

Sunday, 1st March 1914: Leo Frank Gives Reasons Why He Couldn’t Have Killed Mary Phagan, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 1st March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.StaffPhoto by Wine.Leo M. Frank.This is the latest photograph of the man convicted for the murder of Mary Phagan.Frank posed for The Journal in the tower for the first picture made of him since he was sentenced.PAGE 1, COLUMN 7DESIRE TO COMMIT SUCH AN ACT CANNOT BE BORN IN INSTANTManConvicted of Murder of Factory Girl Again Talks Freely of His Case to Newspaper MenINNOCENT AS A BABE, SAYS VISITOR OF FRANKPrisoner Asks That Common Sense Be Applied in Ferreting Mystery Old School Teacher Commends Him What he terms physical and psychological reasons

Monday, 2nd March 1914: Burns Expected In Atlanta Tuesday To Take Up Frank Case, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 2nd March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Detective Finishes His Lecture Tour in St. AugustineMonday Night and Will Then Hasten HereCOURT TO RESENTENCE FRANK DURING WEEKHis Attorneys Will Ask That Life Term Be Given Defend AntInstead of Sentence of DeathWilliam J. Burns, who has achieved an international reputation as a detective, is expected to arrive in Atlanta Tuesday to commence an investigation of the Frank case.Burns finishes his lecture tour Monday night, when he will deliver an address in St. Augustine, Fla., and he will then start for this city.Burns has been retained in the case by friends of

Tuesday, 3rd March 1914: Wildauer And Klein Employed Burns To Probe Phagan Case, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 3rd March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Prominent Dentist and Business man, Both Friends of Leo M. Frank, Engaged the Famous DetectiveCONVICTED MAN MAY BE SENTENCED TOMORROWRemittitur of Supreme Court Received by Lower Court Rosser and Haas in New YorkDr. B.Wildauer, the dentist, and Milton Klein, manager for Daniel Klein $Son, are the friends of Leo M. Frank who employed Detective William J. Burns to work on his case.Dr. Wildauer stated to The Journal Tuesday that he and Mr. Klein first approached the famous detective when he came to Atlanta on his lecture tour, and persuaded him to make

Wednesday, 25th March 1914: Smith Is Giving His Service Free To James Conley, The Atlanta Constitution

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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

Monday, 30th March 1914: Welcome Given To B’nai B’rith, The Atlanta Constitution

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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

Sunday, 29th March 1914: Leonard Haas Back From New York Trip, The Atlanta Constitution

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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

Saturday, 28th March 1914: Jim Conley’s Story Assailed In Motion Of Frank’s Counsel, The Atlanta Constitution

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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

Thursday, 26th March 1914: Probe Telegrams Sent From Newark, The Atlanta Constitution

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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

Tuesday, 24th March 1914: Allan Pinkerton Defends Agency In Frank Probe, The Atlanta Constitution

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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

Monday, 23rd March 1914: Detective Burns Goes To New York To Hunt Evidence, The Atlanta Constitution

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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

Sunday, 22nd March 1914: Hensley’s Evidence Will Attack Part Of Becker’s Story, The Atlanta Constitution

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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

Saturday, 21st March 1914: Detective Burns Given Hot Roast, The Atlanta Constitution

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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,

Friday, 20th March 1914: Crime In Factory Foulest He Ever Knew, Says Burns, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 20th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Thinks Killing Was Product of a Mind Steeped in Crime He Is Confident of Success.LETTER FROM BECKER TO THE CONSTITUTIONFormer Master Mechanic Throws New Light on the Death Notes Found in the Factory Basement."The slayer of Mary Phagan was a criminal of the worst type. I have never come in contact with a tragedy so foul."This assertion was made by Detective William J. Burn Thursday afternoon to a reporter for The Constitution, who talked with him in the office of Attorney Leonard J. Haas, to which the noted sleuth had repaired for

Thursday, 19th March 1914: Smith To Thwart Secret Attempt To Grill Conley, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 19th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.Attorney Makes Written Demand on Jail Authorities to Bar All Visitors From Cell of the Prisoner.CONLEY WELL CARED FOR SAYS SHERIFF MANGUMTrail in Mary Phagan Murder Case Very Plain, Asserts Burns Promises an Early Solution of Mystery.A move to thwartDetective William J. Burns in any probable secret effort to examine Jim Conley was made yesterday afternoon by William M. Smith, the negro's attorney, who has issued a written demand on the sheriff to keep persons from his client's cell.This is the second order of its kind ever made in the negro's case.Judge

Wednesday, 18th March 1914: Walker Mistaken For Leo. M. Frank And Nearly Nabbed, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 18th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Gainesville, Ga., March 17.(Special) Mr. and Mrs. J. Heindell, hikers from Atlanta to New York, passed through Gainesville this morning, and from the pleasant smile with which they greeted newspaper men.They have been faring well and having a jolly good time since they left the Gate City.Mr. and Mrs. Heindell left Atlanta last Tuesday morning on the hike and have stopped over at several small towns on their route, saying, however, that they stayed in Buford longer than they intended to.Mr. Heindell said that he had been taken many times for Leo

Tuesday, 17th March 1914: Willing To Help Detective Burns, Asserts Lanford, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 17th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1."Members of My Force Perfectly Willing to Submit to Quiz on Phagan Case," He Tells Constitution.BURNS HAS LONG TALK WITH FRANK IN TOWERThe Well-Known Detective Hopes to Have Interview in a Few Days With Solicitor General Hugh Dorsey.Within a few hours after it had been learned that Detective William J. Burns would seek to quiz every detective at police headquarters who worked on the Mary Phagan murder, Chief of Detectives Newport A. Lanford declared to a reporter for The Constitution that he would co-operate with Burns, if necessary.Lanford stated that there would

Monday, 16th March 1914: From Pulpits Comes Call For New Trial For Frank Burns Here To Open Probe, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Monday, 16th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.Dr. L. O. Bricker, Dr. A. R. Holderby and Dr. Julien RodgersDeliver Sermons on Case on Sunday and Dr. Fred A.Line Will Speak on Next Sunday All Urge Another Hearing."I WOULDN'T HANG A DOG ON CONLEY'S TESTIMONY,"DECLARES DR. RODGERSDr. Bricker Gives Three Reasons for New TrialNot Likely He Could Ever Have Fair Showing in Atlanta, Says Dr. Holderby.Leo Frank Elated Over Arrival of Famous Detective.The arrival of Detective William J. Burns to begin the probe of the Mary Phagan murder mystery, and the call from Atlanta pulpits for a new trial for

Sunday, 15th March 1914: M’knight Badly Injured Trying To Slip Into City Unnoticed By Detectives, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 15th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.Prisoner in TowerAsks Public For Answers to These Questions By LEO FRANK.I have answered a number of questions put to me in reference to various points in my case.I now wish, in turn, to put the following questions to be answered by the public, all of which are based upon undisputed facts, admitted by the prosecution to be the truth:(1) If, as the prosecution contends, a man had strangled a young girl to death at ten minutes past 12, is it likely that when the murder was discovered, he would come forward,

Saturday, 14th March 1914: More Affidavits Are Made Public By Frank Defense, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 14th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Mrs. J. B. SimmonsTestifiesShe Heard Screams in Factory After 2 O'Clock on Day of Murder.CONLEY A SURLY NEGRO,ASSERTS GIRL WITNESSRuby Snipes Declares He Tried to Get Money From Her at Spot Defense Says Mary Phagan Was Slain.Two new affidavits for Frank's new trial hearing were disclosed Friday, the latest of which is one signed by Ruby Snipes, a 17-year-old working girl employee of the National Pencil factory, who tells a story of an attempt by Jim Conley to get money from her on the same spot at which the defense says the

Friday, 13th March 1914: Burns Expected To Arrive Today, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 13th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Story of Alleged "Frame Up" by Detective Black Told Defense by Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins.A further attempt to show a "frame-up" on the part of Detective John Black, of the city detective force, and at least one other detective in obtaining evidence against Leo M. Frank, condemned to die April 17, for the murder of Mary Phagan, was made by the attorneys for the defense on Thursday, when they made public the statement of W. S. Jenkins, a bricklayer, of West Fourteenth street, and his wife, to the effect that Black and

Thursday, 12th March 1914: Smith To Protect Conley From Grill By William Burns, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Thursday, 12th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Under Certain Conditions, However, Lawyer May Allow the Detective to Have Talk With Prisoner in Cell.WANTS TO KNOW FIRST DETECTIVE'S ATTITUDE Says He Will Insist Upon Being Present at Any InterviewBarrett's Claim for Reward Denied.It is decidedly probable that Detective William J. Burns will not be permitted to quiz Jim Conley, the convicted accomplice in the Leo Frank case.This was evident in an interview given out last night by William M. Smith, the negro's counsel.Smith stated positively to a reporter of The Constitution that he would not allow the famous detective to

Wednesday, 11th March 1914: Burns To Return By Next Friday And Make Report, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Wednesday, 11th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.World's Greatest Detective Is Making Investigation of Frank's Case in Several Northern Cities.HE VISITS OSBORNE, HANDWRITING EXPERTBurns Wires The Constitution That He Is at Work on the Case, But Declines to Discuss Any of Details.Detective William J. Burns, America's greatest sleuth, is at present engaged in investigating the Leo Frank case in New York and other cities.He will return to Atlanta either Friday or Saturday.The noted detective is said to be probing the case from angles that have only recently developed.Mystery surrounds whatever connections he hopes to establish between the Frank case

Tuesday, 10th March 1914: Frank Will Use Address By Taft, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Tuesday, 10th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Thinks the Ex-President's Speech Has Application to His Own Case Dorsey to Combat Affidavits.It is probable that Leo Frank will issue a public statement soon in comment upon the expression of ex-President W. H. Taft, recently in Boston, in which the former executive declared that public clamor often convicts innocent men.The prisoner will compare the demonstrations in his own trial with the expressions of the former president, and, on this basis, will endeavor to explain the necessity of a new trial, for which his attorneys will plead before Judge Ben Hill."It is

Sunday, 8th March 1914: New Developments In Case Of Frank Come With A Rush After Resentence, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Sunday, 8th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Repudiation of TestimonyGiven on Stand by George EppsAttacked in Two Af FidavitsFurnished Solicitor by Father and Uncle of BoyAssertYouth Says His Statement True and He Was Trapped Into Repudiation While in Birmingham.MURDER NOTES WRITTEN IN BASEMENT ACCORDING TO EVIDENCE FOR FRANKPaper on Which the Notes Were Written Shows That Frank Did Not Dictate Them in His Office as Conley's Story Stated, Says Defense Prisoner Gives Out Statement From Cell in Which He Again Asserts His Innocence.Outlook Comments on Case.Developments came thick and fast in the Frank case Saturday afternoon and night.First was

Saturday, 7th March 1914: No Clemency Plea Planned For Frank, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Saturday, 7th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Counsel for Prisoner Will Concentrate Efforts on Securing New Trial Through Extraordinary Motion.Counsel for Leo Frank stated positively to a reporter for The Constitution Friday afternoon that no plea for clemency would be made to Judge Ben Hill when the convicted man is resentenced.Whether any other action would be taken it was not said.Attorney Reuben Arnold declared, however, that counsel would not request a life sentence in place of execution.The defense will not protest the refixing of the date of doom, it was said.Rumors in court realms had it Friday that Frank

Friday, 6th March 1914: Frank’s Time Alibi Gets New Support In Two Affidavits Given The Defense, The Atlanta Constitution

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The Atlanta Constitution,Friday, 6th March 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Mrs. Ethel MillerSwears That She Saw Frank on Street at TimeJim Conley Says He and the Prisoner Were Taking Phagan's Body to basementHER STORY IS SIMILAR TO ONE TOLD ON STAND AT TRIAL BY MISS KERNSolicitor Hugh Dorsey, Detective John Black and the Father of George Epps Hold a Long Conference, But Refuse to Tell What Action Was Decided Upon In Reference to the Boy's Affidavit.An interesting development in the Leo Frank case yesterday as the disclosure of two affidavits, now in the hands of the defense, one of which was made

Friday, 27th February 1914: Frank’s Wife Pleads Cause Before Public, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 27th February 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4 AND PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.CONSPIRACY OF VILEST SORT, IS CHARGEWoman Asserts Husband Was Convicted on "Deep-Seated, Insistent Demand That Vic Tim Be Offered"for Murder of Mary PhaganSolicitorDorsey Charged With Sup Pressing Evidence That Would Have Caused Doubt Of Frank's GuiltQuoting the case of Becker, the New York police lieutenant, who has just been granted a new trial, Mrs. Leo M. Frank, wife of the man condemned to die for the murder of Mary Phagan, issued a signed statement to the public Friday asking:"Shall it be said that the people of Georgia

Thursday, 26th February 1914: Leo M. Frank Tells His Own Story To The Journal, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 26th February 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1 AND PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.MAN SENTENCED TO DIE FOR KILLINGPHAGAN GIRL TALKS FOR FIRST TIMEIn LengthyInterview With Newspaper Reporters in His Cell at TowerCondemned Prisoner Vehemently Asserts He is Innocent of Crime for Which He Was Convicted and Expresses Belief That Justice Will yet Be DonePERSON WHO WROTE THE NOTES FOUND NEAR BODY OF VICTIM IS GUILTY, HE DECLARES In Lengthy Interview With Newspaper Reporters in His Cell at Tower Condemned Prisoner Vehemently Asserts He Is Innocent of Crime for Which He Was Convicted and Expresses Belief That Justice Will Yet

Wednesday, 25th February 1914: Re-hearing Is Denied Frank By Court, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 25th February 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.Supreme TribunalRefuses by Unanimous Vote to Repon AppealFrom Conviction for Murder of Mary PhaganCONLEYASKSNEW TRIAL AS ACCESSORY TO CRIMEAuthority on LawSays Trial of Conley as Aide to FrankDoes Not Immune SweeperBy a unanimous decision rendering on Wednesday morning the supreme court of Georgia denied the motion, filed only 24 hours before, for a re-hearing of the Leo M. Frank case.The re-hearing was asked by Attorneys Luther Z. Rosser, Reuben R. Arnold and Haas, on the ground that the supreme court had overlooked in its former decision 21 counts in the bill of

Tuesday, 24th February 1914: Frank Asks Court For Rehearing On Twenty-one Points, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 24th February 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Attorneys Rosser, Arnold, Haas and HaasFile Motion With Supreme TribunalAsking a Rehearing of AppealDELIEVED DECISION WILL COME DOWN SATURDAYJudge Roan's Refusal to Charge Jury on Points Cited by Defense Basis of One of the AttacksLeo M. Frank's attorneys, Luther Z. Rosser, Reuben R. Arnold, Herbert and Leonard Haas, filed Frank's motion for a rehearing with the state supreme court Tuesday morning.Out of 106 grounds contained in the original bill of exceptions the motion asks the court to hear a re-argument on twenty-one grounds, which, it is contended, the supreme court overlooked in

Monday, 23rd February 1914: Dorsey Prepares To Rap New Evidence For Frank, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 23rd February 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 3 AND PAGE 1, COLUMN 7.WITNESS IS ASKED OF MARY'S HAIREmbalmer GheeslingCalled in Trial of Jim Conley to Tell of Color and Texture of PhaganGirl's HairTRIAL OF ACCESSORY ADJOURNS FOR DAYNegroFactory Sweeper Pleads Not Guilty and Asks Jury to Acquit HimSearch Made For Mc Knight Indication that Solicitor H. M. Dorsey will inject in some way into the trial of Jim Conley the issue created recently by the sensational statement of Dr. H. F. Harris that in his opinion the hair found on the lathe of the National Pencil factory was not

Sunday, 22nd February 1914: M’knight Repudiates Story Against Frank, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 22nd February 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4 AND PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.M'KNIGHT SAYS HE MEMORIZED STORY WRITTEN FOR HIMR. L.Craven Denounces Negro as a Liar and TellsHow Mc Knight's Original Affidavit Was MadeAlbert Mc Knight, colored, husband of Minola Mc Knight, the cook at the Selig home, where Leo M. Frank lived at the time Mary Phagan was killed, on January 18 made an affidavit to Captain C. W. Burke, employed in the defense of Frank, repudiating an affidavit damaging to Frank which he made before the trial and repudiating his testimony damaging to Frank which he gave

Saturday, 21st February 1914: Barrett Asks A Reward For Finding Hair Which Harris Says Isn’t Mary’s, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 21st February 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.Man Who Claims to Have Discovered Evidence Which Led to Arrest and Conviction of Leo M. Frank Asks Council for $1,000Motion for New TrialWill Be Asked of JudgeBen HillFollowing Revelation That Dr. Harris ToldSolicitorHair Was NotMary Phagan's ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENSE ISSUE STINGING CARD INSINUATING OTHER EVIDENCE WAS HELD BACK"Facts About This Hair Will Awaken Wonder as to What Other Things Were Concealed and Misrepresented in Same Way,"Say Rosser and ArnoldNew Developments Will Form Basis for Extraordinary Motion in Superior Court of Fulton County Interest has been added to the sensational statement of

Friday, 20th February 1914: Hair Found In Metal Room Not Mary Phagan’s, Declares Dr. Harris; New Trial Will Be Asked, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal,Friday, 20th February 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1 AND PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.SENSATIONAL ADMISSION BY CHIEF EXPERT FOR STATE MADE TO JOURNAL FRIDAYDr. H. F. Harris Admits, When Questioned, That He Examined Under Microscope Strands of Hair Found on Lathe in Metal Room and Compared Them With Mary Phagan's Hair and That They Were Entirely Different in Texture and Could Not Be the SameFINDING OF HAIR ONE OF LINKS IN CHAIN FIXING THE CRIME ON THE SECOND FLOOR Defense Will Probably Make Dr. Harris' Statement the Basis for an Extraordinary Motion for a New Trial for Frank Dr. Harris

Thursday, 19th February 1914: Frank’s Attorneys Ask For Re-hearing Of Case, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 19th February 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4 AND PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.MOTION TO BE FILED IN COURT SOONMove for Rehearing Has Been Prepared and Will Be Filed Within Next 24 Hours,William J. Burns, Famous Detective,Now Interested in Case, Says He Is Seeking The Truth in the MysteryA motion for a re-hearing of the Leo M. Frank case, which on Tuesday rendered a decision sustaining the verdict of guilty in the superior court, will be filed by attorneys for the defense, probably in the next 24 hours.Following a careful reading of the court's opinion, Attorneys Luther Z. Rosser and

Wednesday, 18th February 1914: Hand That Wrote Note Found By Mary’s Body Tied Cord Around Her Neck, Declares Frank, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 18th February 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.Man Who Has Condemned for the Murder of the Litthe Phagan Girl Gives Out a Statement From His Cell in the TowerDeclaring That Jim Conley's Recital Is Not Only a Lie but Impossible in Many Details"I DON'T ASK FOR PITY, SYMPATHY OR QUARTER,I STAKE ALL ON THE TRUTH;THE TRUTH WILL OUT"Undaunted by the Supreme Court's Decision Denying Him a New Trial,Factory Superintendent Declares That His Faith in FellowMen Is Still Unshaken and BelievesHe Will Be VindicatedWhen Truth Is KnownUndaunted by the decision of the supreme court, Leo M. Frank, in his cell

Tuesday, 17th February 1914: Leo Frank Fails To Get New Trial, Conley’s Testimony Is Held Valid, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 17th February 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1 AND PAGE 1, COLUMN 3.Fight for Frank's LifeMay Last for Many Months;What Procedure Will Do A Motion to Reargue Case Before State Supreme Court Will Probably Be First Step.Then Motion for New Trial While neither Luther Z. Rosser nor Reuben R. Arnold, the principal attorneys for Frank, would make a statement following the announcement of the supreme court's decision, it is known that the fight for the convicted man's life is far from ended.First, in view of the dissenting opinions of two of the six justices, a motion to reargue the

Saturday, 14th February 1914: Godbee Hearing Mondy Before Supreme Court, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal,Saturday, 14th February 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 2.Plea of Millen-Woman for New Trial HeadsList of CasesBefore BodyBeginningMonday, the state supreme court will hear arguments in a number of cases.Among the appeals on the calendar for argument then are those of Mrs. Edna Godbee, of Millen, who was convicted and given a life sentence for the murder of Mrs. Florence Godbee, the bride of her divorced husband, W. S. Godbee, whom she also killed, and Nick Wilburn, of Jones County, who was convicted of the murder of James A. King, a Jones County planter, and sentenced to be hanged.Mrs. King,

Wednesday, 21st January 1914: Journal’s Prediction On Frank Case Sustained, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 21st January 1914,PAGE 18, COLUMN 3.Frederick Van Lieu Smith, Jr.,Is Strong Beyond His Months And Has a Sturdy Pair of LungsTo squall or not to squall?That is the question, propounded by the mothers of Atlanta as the proof of what a healthy baby should be, some holding that a truly normal kid should yell his lungs out and others declaring a real good baby will cry just as little as possible.A sample of the non-crying, warranted-not-to-be-walked-at-night youngster was the "eugenics baby" told of by The Journal last week.He cried on the average of once in four days

Thursday, 15th January 1914: Journal’s Prediction On Frank Case Sustained, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 15th January 1914,PAGE 18, COLUMN 3.Supreme Court Ends January Term Without Handing Down Decision on AppealThe Journal's exclusive story predicting the decision in the Frank case would not be handed down by the supreme court at its January term has been sustained.Wednesday afternoon the court ended its January banc.The next regular banc will not occur until Monday, February 9, and unless the court decides to hold a special banc to pass on the Frank case a decision will not be handed down until the second week in February.It is understood the Frank decision has only partly been

Wednesday, 14th January 1914: Dorsey Won’t Reply To Latest Frank Brief, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 14th January 1914,PAGE 22, COLUMN 4.Thinks Points Stressed in the Supplemental Brief Already CoveredThe supplemental brief filed in the supreme court by the attorneys for the defense of Leo M. Frank will remain unanswered by the state.While Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey will not discuss the matter himself, it has been learned on good authority, that he has just finished reading the defense's supplemental brief, and has decided that the points stressed in it were covered sufficiently in the main brief of the state.The supplemental brief was filed about a week ago, but the solicitor general has been

Tuesday, 13th January 1914: Supreme Court Delays Decision In Frank Case, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 13th January 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 6.Ruling on AppealMay Not Be Handed DownUntilMiddle of FebruaryIndications now are that the decision of the state supreme court on the appeal of Leo M. Frank will not be handed down until about the middle of February.It has been expected this decision would be reached and rendered at the present banc of the court which began Monday, but Chief Justice Fish has found it necessary to be absent in Florida with Mrs. Fish, who is not in the best of health, and he will not return to Atlanta until the latter part

Thursday, 8th January 1914: Jury In Deadlock Over Case Of Ira W.fisher, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 8th January 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Disagreement Reported, but Judge Fite Refuses to Dismiss Case. (Special Dispatch to The Journal.)DALTON, Ga., Jan. 8.The case of Ira W. Fisher, the man who made sensational accusations in the Frank case and was indicted here recently for the murder of Dug Steele, went to the jury at 10:15 o'clock this morning.At 1 o'clock the jury reported it was unable to agree, but Judge Fite refused to dismiss them, and the deadlock continued.Thursday, 8th January 1914: Jury In Deadlock Over Case Of Ira W.fisher, The Atlanta Journal

Wednesday, 7th January 1914: Roan’s Comment Basis For New Trial, Says Brief, The Atlanta Journal

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The Atlanta Journal,Wednesday, 7th January 1914,PAGE 10, COLUMN 1.Supplemental Paper in Frank CaseWon't DelayFinal DecisionAttorneys for Leo M.FrankWednesday morning completed the supplemental brief which they will file with the state supreme court.This brief covers sixty-three pages of typewritten legal cap paper, takes issue with a number of the arguments contained in the state's brief and especially contends that Frank is entitled to a new trial because Judge L. S. Roan, in overruling his motion for a new trial, took occasion to declare he was not convinced either as to the guilt or innocence of the accused.Several pages of the supplemental

MISS C S HAAS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 198th To Testify

MISS C. S. HAAS, sworn for the Defendant, in sur-rebuttal.I heard Kendley two weeks ago talk about the Frank case so loud that the entire street car heard it.He said that circumstantial evidence was the best kind of evidence to convict a man on and if there was any doubt, the State should be given the benefit of it, and that 90 per cent.of the best people in the city, including himself, thought that Frank was guilty and ought to hang.MISS C S HAAS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 198th To Testify

N SINKOVITZ, Sworn In For The Defendant, 199th To Testify

N. SINKOVITZ, sworn for the Defendant,in sur-rebuttal.I am a pawnbroker.I know M. E. Mc Coy.He has pawned his watch to me lately.The last time was January 11, 1913.It was in my place of business on the 26th of April, 1913.He paid up his loan on August 16th, last Saturday, during this trial.This is the same watch I have been handling for him during the last two years.CROSS EXAMINATION.My records here show that he took it out Saturday.N SINKOVITZ, Sworn In For The Defendant, 199th To Testify

S L ASHER, Sworn In For The Defendant, 200th To Testify

S. L. ASHER, sworn for the Defendant in sur-rebuttal.About two weeks ago I was coming to town between 5 and 10 minutes to 1 on the car and there was a man who was talking very loud about the Frank case, and all of a sudden he said:"They ought to take that damn Jew out and hang him anyway."I took his number down to report him.CROSS EXAMINATION.I have not had a chance to report since it happened.S L ASHER, Sworn In For The Defendant, 200th To Testify

10 PEOPLE, Sworn In For The Defendant From Miss Myrtie Cato To Carrie Smith, 156th To Testify

MISS MYRTIE CATO,MAGGIE GRIFFIN,MRS. C. D. DONEGAN,MRS. H. R. JOHNSON,MISS MARIE CARST,MISS NELLIE PETTIS,MARY DAVIS,MRS. MARY E. WALLACE,ESTELLE WINKLE,CARRIE SMITH, all sworn for the Defendant,testified that they were formerly employed at the National Pencil Company and worked at the factory for a period varying from three days to three and a half years; that Leo M. Frank's character for lasciviousness was bad.10 PEOPLE, Sworn In For The Defendant From Miss Myrtie Cato To Carrie Smith, 156th To Testify

T Y BRENT, Sworn In For The Defendant, 196th To Testify

T. Y. BRENT, sworn for the Defendant in sur-rebuttal.I have heard George Kendley on several occasions express himself very bitterly towards Leo Frank.He said he felt in this case just as he did about a couple of negroes hung down in Decatur; that he didn't know whether they had been guilty or not, but somebody had to be hung for killing those street car men and it was just as good to hang one nigger as another, and that Frank was nothing but an old Jew and they ought to take him out and hang him anyhow.CROSS EXAMINATION.I have been

M E STAHL, Sworn In For The Defendant, 197th To Testify

M. E. STAHL, sworn for the Defendant, in sur-rebuttal.I have heard George Kendley, the conductor, express his feelings toward Leo Frank.I was standing on the rear platform, and he said that Frank was as guilty as a snake, and should be hung, and that if the court didn't convict him that he would be one of five or seven that would get him.M E STAHL, Sworn In For The Defendant, 197th To Testify

8 PEOPLE, Sworn In For The Defendant From Misses Mollie Blair To Mrs Barnes, 149th To Testify

MISSES MOLLIE BLAIR, ETHEL STEWARD, CORA COWAN, B. D. SMITH, LIZZIE WORD, BESSIE WHITE, GRACE ATHERTON, AND MRS. BARNES all sworn for the defendant testified that they were employees of the National Pencil Company,and work on the fourth floor of the factory; that the general character of Leo M. Frank was good; that they have never gone with him at any time or place for any immoral purpose, and that they never heard of his doing anything wrong.8 PEOPLE, Sworn In For The Defendant From Misses Mollie Blair To Mrs Barnes, 149th To Testify

MISS IRENE CARSON, Sworn In For The Defendant, 145th To Testify

MISS IRENE CARSON, sworn for the Defendant.I worked for fifteen months on the fourth floor of the pencil factory.I have known Mr. Frank during that time.His character is good.I am a sister of Miss Rebecca Carson, and a daughter of Mrs. E. H. Carson.I was with my sister on Whitehall Street on April 26th and recollect seeing Mr. Frank there.I have never met Mr. Frank at any time or place for any immoral purpose.MISS IRENE CARSON, Sworn In For The Defendant, 145th To Testify

MRS J J WARDLAW, Sworn In For The Defendant, 146th To Testify

MRS. J. J. WARDLAW, sworn for the Defendant.I worked at the pencil factory four years.I worked on the fourth floor.Mr. Frank's character is good.I have never met Mr. Frank at any time or place for any immoral purpose.CROSS EXAMINATION.I have never heard of any improper relation of Mr. Frank with any of the girls at the factory.I have never heard of his putting his arm around any girl on the street car, or going to the woods with them.MRS J J WARDLAW, Sworn In For The Defendant, 146th To Testify

MISS EMILY MAYFIELD, Sworn In For The Defendant, 147th To Testify

MISS EMILY MAYFIELD, Sworn for the defendant.I worked at the pencil factory last year during the summer of 1912. I have never been in the dressing room when Mr. Frank would come in and look at anybody that was undressing.CROSS EXAMINATION.I work at Jacob's Pharmacy. My sister used to work also at the pencil factory. I don't remember any occasion when Mr. Frank came in the dressing room door while Miss Irene Jackson and her sister were there.MISS EMILY MAYFIELD, Sworn In For The Defendant, 147th To Testify

MISS SARAH BARNES, Sworn In For The Defendant, 141st To Testify

MISS SARAH BARNES, sworn for the Defendant.I worked at the pencil factory over four years.His character is good.I have never heard anything bad.He has been the best of men.CROSS EXAMINATION.No one has talked to me about what I was going to swear.I have told Mr. Arnold what I have told here.I never went with Mr. Frank for any immoral purpose anywhere.MISS SARAH BARNES, Sworn In For The Defendant, 141st To Testify

MISS IRENE JACKSON, Sworn In For The Defendant, 142nd To Testify

MISS IRENE JACKSON, sworn for the Defendant.I worked at the pencil factory for three years.So far as I know Mr. Frank's character was very well.I don't know anything about him.He never said anything to me.I have never met Mr. Frank at any time for any immoral purpose.CROSS EXAMINATION.I am the daughter of County Policeman Jackson.I never heard the girls say anything about him, except that they seemed to be afraid of him.They never would notice him at all.They would go to work when they saw him coming.Miss Emily Mayfield and I were undressing in the dressing room once when Mr.

MISS BESSIE FLEMING, Sworn In For The Defendant, 143rd To Testify

MISS BESSIE FLEMING, sworn for the Defendant.I worked as stenographer at Mr. Frank's office from April, 1911, to December, 1911.Mr. Frank's character was unusually good.CROSS EXAMINATIONI am just talking about my personal relations with him.I have never seen him do anything wrong there in the factory.He never made any advances to me or anyone else.I worked right in the same office with him.The foreladies came to the office, the other girls did not very much.I never did see any flirting.I never heard about any.Mr. Frank worked on his financial sheet in the afternoons, he didn't have time Saturday morning.I didn't

MRS MATTIE THOMPSON, Sworn In For The Defendant, 144th To Testify

MRS. MATTIE THOMPSON, sworn for the Defendant.I work on the fourth floor of the pencil factory.I have been there three years.Mr. Frank's general character is good.I have never heard anything against him.I have never met Mr. Frank anywhere or at any time for any immoral purpose.I have made complaint about girls flirting out of the windows with men on the outside.After seven o'clock, the girls are not supposed to be in the dressing room.There is no toilet or bathtub in the dressing room.There is no lock on the door.CROSS EXAMINATION.They were all complaining up there on the fourth floor about

MISS EULA MAY FLOWERS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 138th To Testify

MISS EULA MAY FLOWERS, sworn for the Defendant.I work on the second floor of the pencil factory.I have known Mr. Frank for three years.His general character is good.I have known Conley for 2 years.His general character for truth and veracity is bad.CROSS EXAMINATION.His borrowing money and not paying it back is one thing.He has promised and he has never paid back anything he has ever borrowed from me.I had Mr. Gantt take it out of his envelope.I have never met Mr. Frank anywhere for any immoral purpose.MISS EULA MAY FLOWERS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 138th To Testify

MISS OPIE DICKERSON, Sworn In For The Defendant, 139th To Testify

MISS OPIE DICKERSON, sworn for the Defendant.I have worked at the pencil factory for 17 months.Mr. Frank's general character is good.I have never met Mr. Frank for any immoral purpose.I have known Jim Conley ever since I have been at the factory.His general character for truth and veracity is bad.I would not believe him on oath.CROSS EXAMINATION.I know Mr. Darley and Mr. Wade Campbell.I don't remember if I was with them on the night of April 26th.I don't remember where I was.MISS OPIE DICKERSON, Sworn In For The Defendant, 139th To Testify

MRS EMMA CLARK FREEMAN, Sworn In For The Defendant, 140th To Testify

MRS. EMMA CLARK FREEMAN, sworn for the Defendant.I have worked at the pencil factory over four years.Mr. Frank's general character is good.I am a married woman.I have known Conley ever since he has been at the factory.His general character for truth and veracity is bad.I would not believe him on oath.CROSS EXAMINATION.I have never heard any suggestion of any wrongdoing on the part of Mr. Frank, either in or out of the factory.I was forelady at the factory for about three years.MRS EMMA CLARK FREEMAN, Sworn In For The Defendant, 140th To Testify

MRS ADOLPH MONTAG, Sworn In For The Defendant, 135th To Testify

MRS. ADOLPH MONTAG, sworn for the Defendant.I am a sister of Mr. Sig Montag.I have known Mr. Frank five years.His character is very good.CROSS EXAMINATION.I have heard of his character through the ladies he has lived with.Mrs. Meyers has told me how nice he always was to her.My husband has always spoken well of him.I have heard a great many people speak well of him.I heard his uncle speak well of him.My husband has told me what a fine, intelligent gentleman he was.MRS ADOLPH MONTAG, Sworn In For The Defendant, 135th To Testify

MRS J 0 PARMELEE, Sworn In For The Defendant, 136th To Testify

MRS. J. 0. PARMELEE, sworn for the Defendant.My husband is a stockholder in the National Pencil Company.Mr. Frank's general character is very good.CROSS EXAMINATION.I have seen Mr. Frank at the jail twice.I have only come in contact with him once at the factory.I am a member of the Board of Sheltering Arms, and I have heard a great deal of Mr. Frank in matters of charity and in a social way.I have heard different people speak of him, a great many people.I have heard the Liebermans, the Montags, the Haases, Mrs. Bauer, Mr. Parmalee and the employees at the factory

MISS IDA HAYS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 137th To Testify

MISS IDA HAYS, sworn for the Defendant.I work at the pencil factory on the fourth floor.I have known Mr. Frank for two years.His general character is good.I have known Conley for two years.His general character for truth and veracity is bad.I would not believe him on oath.CROSS EXAMINATION.Conley borrowed money and promised to pay it back, but he didn't do it.We would get it after awhile.He tried to borrow money from me, but I refused to let him have it.MISS IDA HAYS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 137th To Testify

ARTHUR HEYMAN, Sworn In For The Defendant, 133rd To Testify

ARTHUR HEYMAN, sworn for the Defendant.I practiced law about nineteen years in Atlanta.I have known Leo Frank for three or four years.His general character is good.CROSS EXAMINATION.I have been with him seven or eight times in three years.I have been with him alone, I suppose, five or six times, probably for fifteen or twenty minutes at a time.I have never heard any reference made to his relation with the girls in the factory.ARTHUR HEYMAN, Sworn In For The Defendant, 133rd To Testify

PROF C D ALBERT, Sworn In For The Defendant, 128th To Testify

PROF. C. D. ALBERT, sworn for the Defendant.I am professor of machine designs in Cornell University.I have held that chair for five years.I knew Leo M. Frank for two years while he attended the University.At that time I was instructor in mechanical laboratory, and as such I came in contact with him.His character was very good.PROF C D ALBERT, Sworn In For The Defendant, 128th To Testify

PROF J E VANDERHOEF, Sworn In For The Defendant, 129th To Testify

PROF. J. E. VANDERHOEF, sworn for the Defendant.I am foreman of the foundry at Cornell University.I knew Leo Frank for two years when he attended the University.His character was good.CROSS EXAMINATION.I have been at Cornell 25 years.As to what caused me to take any special notice of Leo Frank I come in contact with him every alternate day while he was there.I know the characteristics of the boys very well.No, I cannot tell what Frank did when he was in the class-room.PROF J E VANDERHOEF, Sworn In For The Defendant, 129th To Testify

V H KRIEGSHABER, Sworn In For The Defendant, 130th To Testify

V. H. KRIEGSHABER, sworn for the Defendant.I live in Atlanta.I have known Leo Frank for about three years.His general character is good.CROSS EXAMINATION.I did not come in contact with him frequently.I am a trustee of the Hebrew Orphans' Home and Mr. Frank is also.I met him once a month there.I don't know how long he has been on the board.I have met him there probably twice.He also came quite frequently to the Orphans' Home with his uncle, before he was elected to the board.I did not come in contact with him socially.V H KRIEGSHABER, Sworn In For The Defendant, 130th

M F GOLDSTEIN, Sworn In For The Defendant, 131st To Testify

M. F. GOLDSTEIN, sworn for the Defendant.I practice law in Atlanta.I have known Leo Frank about three and a half years.His character is very good.CROSS EXAMINATION.We used to live on the same street together.I would see him nearly every day.I would see him at the Progress Club a few times every month.During the last two years, he was the next ranking officer to me in the Lodge.M F GOLDSTEIN, Sworn In For The Defendant, 131st To Testify

HERBERT LASER, Sworn In For The Defendant, 126th To Testify

HERBERT LASER, sworn for the Defendant.I live in New York State.I manage my father's estates.I knew Leo Frank at Cornell University, during the years 1903-4-5-6.I was in his class, and we roomed together for two years.His general character was very good.CROSS EXAMINATION.He associated with the finest class of students at the University.I kept up a correspondence with him a couple of years after he left Cornell.HERBERT LASER, Sworn In For The Defendant, 126th To Testify

JOHN W TODD, Sworn In For The Defendant, 127th To Testify

JOHN W. TODD, sworn for the Defendant.I reside in Pittsburg.I am assistant purchasing agent for the Crucible Steel Co.I attended Cornell University with Leo Frank.I knew him for years during the time I was in College.I am the life treasurer of our class.His general character was good.JOHN W TODD, Sworn In For The Defendant, 127th To Testify

DR LEROY CHILDS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 121st To Testify

DR. LEROY CHILDS, sworn for the Defendant.I am a surgeon.If a person dies and the body found three o'clock in the morning,rigor mortis not quite complete,embalmed the next day about ten o'clock,the body disinterred nine days later and a post-mortem made, and a wound is found on the back of the head behind the ear, almost two and a quarter inches long going through the skull,there was perhaps a drop of blood under the wound, no pressure on the brain, no fracture of the skull, it would be impossible to determine absolutely at that time whether or not that wound

ALFRED LORING LANE, Sworn In For The Defendant, 122nd To Testify

ALFRED LORING LANE, sworn for the Defendant.I am a resident of Brooklyn, N. Y.I have known Leo Frank about 15 years.I knew him four years at Pratt Institute which we both attended.I also knew him after he returned from Cornell University.His general character is good.ALFRED LORING LANE, Sworn In For The Defendant, 122nd To Testify

DR W S KENDRICK, Sworn In For The Defendant, 119th To Testify

DR. W. S. KENDRICK, sworn for the Defendant.I have been a practicing physician for thirty-five years.I was Dean of the Atlanta Medical College.I gave Dr. Harris his first position there.If a young lady between thirteen and fourteen years of age died and a post-mortem examination was made within eight or ten days after death, by a physician who makes a digital and visual examination to determine whether there is any violence to the vagina or not, and inserts his fingers for the purpose of deciding, and the body is embalmed, and after nine days it is disinterred and another post-mortem

JOHN ASHLEY JONES, Sworn In For The Defendant, 120th To Testify

JOHN ASHLEY JONES, sworn for the defendant.I have known Mr. Frank about a year or eighteen months.His general character is good.CROSS EXAMINATION.I am resident agent for the New York Life Insurance Company.I don't know any of the girls at the pencil factory.I have never heard any talk of Mr. Frank's practices and relations with the girls down there.Mr. Frank has a policy of insurance with us.It is our custom to seek a very thorough report on the moral hazard on all risks.The report on him showed up first class, physically as well as morally.I went to him in January, 1912,

DR THOMAS HANCOCK, Sworn In For The Defendant, 116th To Testify

DR. THOMAS HANCOCK, sworn for the Defendant.A doctor for 22 years. Engaged in hospital work 6 or 7 years. Have treated about 14,000 cases of surgery. Have examined the private. parts of Leo M. Frank and found nothing abnormal.As far as my examination disclosed he is a normal man sexually.If a body is embalmed about 8 or 10 or 12 hours after death, a gallon of the liquids of the body removed, a gallon of embalming fluid, containing 8% formaldehyde is injected, the body buried and a post mortem examination made at the end of 9 or 10 days, and

DR WILLIS F WESTMORELAND, Sworn In For The Defendant, 117th To Testify

DR. WILLIS F. WESTMORELAND, sworn for the Defendant.DIRECT EXAMINATION.A practicing physician for twenty-eight years, general practice and surgery.A professor of surgery for twenty years, and formerly president of the State Board of Health.If the body of a girl between thirteen and fourteen years old was embalmed about ten hours after death, after taking out a gallon of fluid and putting in a gallon of embalming fluid, of which 8%is formaldehyde and the body was buried and nine or ten days after upon a post mortem examination a cut an inch and a half long cutting through to the skull in

DR J C OLMSTEAD, Sworn In For The Defendant, 118th To Testify

DR. J. C. OLMSTEAD, sworn for the Defendant.Practicing physician for 36 years.Given the facts that a young lady 13 or 14 years old died and 8 or 10 hours after death the body was embalmed with a preparation containing 8% formaldehyde, and the body is exhumed at the end of 9 or 10 days, and a post-mortem examination shows a wound on the left side of the back of the head about an inch and a half long, with cuts through to the skull, but no actual fracture of the skull, but a hemorrhage under the skull corresponding to the

K T THOMAS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 113th To Testify

K. T. THOMAS, sworn for the Defendant.I am a civil engineer.I measured the distance from the intersection of Marietta and Forsyth Streets to the pencil factory on Forsyth Street.It is 1,016 feet.I walked the distance, it took me four and a half minutes.I measured the distance from the pencil factory to the intersection of Whitehall and Alabama; it is 831 feet.I walked the distance and it took me 31/2 minutes.I measured the distance from the pencil factory to the corner of Broad and Hunter; it is 333 feet.I walked it in a minute and three quarters.I walked at a fair

L M CASTRO, Sworn In For The Defendant, 114th To Testify

L. M. CASTRO, sworn for the Defendant.I walked from the corner of Marietta and Forsyth Streets to the upstairs of the National Pencil factory on S. Forsyth Street at a moderate gait.It took me 41/2 minutes.I walked from the same place in the pencil factory to the corner of Whitehall and Alabama Streets, and it took me three minutes and twenty seconds.I walked from the corner of Hunter and Broad Streets to the same place in the pencil factory and it took me one minute and a half.L M CASTRO, Sworn In For The Defendant, 114th To Testify

PROF GEO BACHMAN, Sworn In For The Defendant, 115th To Testify

PROF. GEO. BACHMAN, sworn for the Defendant.Prof. of Physiology and Physiological Chemistry Atl. Col. Phys. & Surgeons.Bomar says it takes 4 hours and a half to digest cabbage.That's for the cabbage to pass from the stomach into the intestines.The gastric digestion takes 4 hours and a half.That is the time it is supposed to be in the stomach.More digestion occurs in the small intestine.The pancreatic juice helps digestion mostly in the small intestine.It consists of water in organic salts of which sodium carbonate is the most important, and a number of ferments.The ordinary time that it takes wheat bread to

H M WOOD, Sworn In For The Defendant, 110th To Testify

H. M. WOOD, sworn for the Defendant.I am the Clerk of the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Fulton County.Standing in the back kitchen door of the Selig residence, that enters on the back porch and undertaking to look into the dining room, I could not see the mirror in the corner of the dining room at all.Moving up into the kitchen, near the passageway, I could see nothing but top of one chair by looking in the mirror.CROSS EXAMINATION.The view that I could get of the mirror would depend upon where I stood in the kitchen.I can only speak

JULIUS A FISCHER, Sworn In For The Defendant, 111th To Testify

JULIUS A. FISCHER, sworn for the Defendant.I am a contractor and builder.I looked at the house of the Selig's at 68 E. Georgia Avenue.Standing in the kitchen door, I had very little view of the sideboard.You could see possibly an inch in the mirror.You can get no view from the mirror.The test was made sitting down and standing up.The mirror is four feet high from the floor.You could get no view of the dining room table, nor see a man sitting at the table.The mirror is fixed straight up and down.The view you get depends on the angle of the

J R LEACH, Sworn In For The Defendant, 112th To Testify

J. R. LEACH, sworn for the Defendant.I am division superintendent of the Ga. Rwy. & Power Co.I know the schedule of the Georgia Avenue line and the Washington Street line.The Georgia Avenue line leaves Broad and Marietta on the hour and every ten minutes.It takes two minutes to go from Broad and Marietta to the corner of Whitehall and Alabama.It takes 12 or 13 minutes to run from Broad and Marietta to the corner of Georgia Avenue and Washington Street, about ten minutes from Whitehall and Alabama to Georgia Avenue and Washington Street.The Washington Street car leaves Broad and Marietta

T H WILLET, Sworn In For The Defendant, 108th To Testify

T. H. WILLET, sworn for the Defendant.I am a pattern maker.I made the pattern of pencil factory from a blue print.This is the model (Exhibit 13 for Defendant).CROSS EXAMINATION.The height of the floors is not made according to scale.The floor plan is a correct representation, according to the blue print.The windows in Mr. Frank's office were not put in by me.RE-DIRECT EXAMINATION.I was given no instructions except to follow the ground floor plan as shown on the blue print.This is the blue print (Defendant's Exhibit 85), from which I made the model.T H WILLET, Sworn In For The Defendant, 108th

C W BERNHARDT, Sworn In For The Defendant, 109th To Testify

C. W. BERNHARDT, sworn for the Defendant.I am a contractor and builder.This (Defendant's Exhibit 52) fairly represents the back porch of the Selig home, as well as the first floor of the house.Standing in the kitchen door you can't look through the passage way and see into the mirror.If you move up a little distance you can see about 18 inches of the mirror.You could see nobody sitting on the south side of the table in the dining room, or on the north side of the table, in fact you cannot see the table at all, or the door leading

R P BUTLER, Sworn In For The Defendant, 105th To Testify

R. P. BUTLER, sworn for the Defendant.I am the shipping clerk of the Pencil Company.I am familiar with the doors leading into the metal room.They are wooden doors, with glass windows.There is no trouble looking through these windows into the metal room, even when the doors are closed.The glass in the door is about fifteen inches by eighteen inches.Any one of ordinary height can see through them easily.CROSS EXAMINATION.The doors are six feet wide together.The passageway from the elevator back to the metal room is ten feet wide with the exception of that part where we have some boxes piled

I U KAUFFMAN, Sworn In For The Defendant, 106th To Testify

I. U. KAUFFMAN, sworn for the Defendant.I made a drawing of the Selig residence on Georgia Avenue, in this city, showing the kitchen, dining room, the reception room, parlor and passageway between the kitchen and dining room.The mirror in the dining room is in the sideboard as shown on the plat (Defendant's Exhibit 52).It is fourteen feet from the kitchen door to the passageway in the dining room and the passageway is a little over two feet.Standing in the back door of the kitchen room against the north side of the door, I could not see that mirror, because of

J Q ADAMS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 107th To Testify

J. Q. ADAMS, sworn for the Defendant.I am a photographer. I took photographs of the Selig home at 68 E.Georgia Avenue from the inside and the outside of the back door, lookingtoward the passageway that leads in the dining room. The door into thedining room was open, for me. This view (Exhibit 62) is view madefrom the outside of the rear door. I was about three feet outside of thedoor. The picture does not extend to the mirror, or the sideboard. Youcould not see them from the outside. This (Exhibit 63 for Defendant) isa photograph taken standing directly in the

DR WM OWENS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 102nd To Testify

DR. WM. OWENS, sworn for the Defendant.I am a physician. I am also engaged in the real estate business. Atthe request of the defense I went through certain experiments in the pencilfactory to ascertain how long it would take to go through Jim Conley'smovements relative to moving the body of Mary Phagan. I keptthe time while the other men were going through with the performance.I followed them and kept the time. Mr. Wilson of the Atlanta BaggageCo. also kept time with me. Mr. Brent and Mr. Fleming enacted the performance. The performance enacted was as follows: "12. 56 o'clock,Conley goes

ISAAC HAAS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 103rd To Testify

ISAAC HAAS, sworn for the Defendant.I know Leo M. Frank for over five years.His character is very good.I did not hear my telephone ring on Sunday morning, April 27th.My wife heard it.The telephone is twenty-two feet from my bed.CROSS EXAMINATION.My wife waked me up when she answered the telephone.ISAAC HAAS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 103rd To Testify

A N ANDERSON, Sworn In For The Defendant, 104th To Testify

A. N. ANDERSON, sworn for the Defendant.I work at the Atlanta National Bank.That is the original passbook of Leo M. Frank (Defendant's Exhibit 50).CROSS EXAMINATION.I don't know that that's the only bank account that he had.He may have had others.Yes, the pencil company does business with the Atlanta National Bank.I don't know anything about how much money they had on April 26.Mr. Frank's bank book was balanced August"11. These are all the checks that he drew (Defendant's Exhibit 51) during April.RE-DIRECT EXAMINATION.These cancelled checks are the ones that have been paid since April 1, 1913.Mr. Frank had drawn no others

W D MCWORTH, Sworn In For The Defendant, 99th To Testify

W. D. Mc WORTH, sworn for the Defendant.I am a Pinkerton detective.I worked for fifteen days on the Frank case.For three days I took statements from the factory employees and on May 15th, I made a thorough search of the ground floor.I found near the front door on the ground floor, stains that might or might not have been blood.All the radiators in the factory had trash, dirt and rubbish behind them.Behind one of the radiators near the Clark Woodenware place, where the partition is, I found much trash, behind the trap door, up against the partition, and on top

JOHN FINLEY, Sworn In For The Defendant, 100th To Testify

JOHN FINLEY, sworn for the Defendant.I was formerly master machinist and assistant superintendent of the pencil factory.I have known Mr. Frank about five years.His character was good.CROSS EXAMINATION.I am now superintendent for Dittler Bros.They are not related to the Franks.I left the pencil company about three years ago.I have never heard anything about women going up in the factory after work hours.Mr. Frank and I usually left together about six o'clock.Mr. Frank went to lunch usually about one o'clock.I would sometimes work at the factory all Saturday afternoon.I did that most of the time that I was there.The elevator box

A D GREENFIELD, Sworn In For The Defendant, 101st To Testify

A. D. GREENFIELD, sworn for the Defendant.I am one of the owners of the building occupied by the Pencil Company on Forsyth Street.I have owned it since 1900.When we bought the building it was occupied by Montag Bros.They used it as a manufacturing plant.The Clarke Woodenware Company sub-leased part of the first floor from Montag Bros.They used the front door on Montag Bros. in going in there.We have not put in any new floor on the second story of the building.I have known Mr. Frank four or five years.His character is good.CROSS EXAMINATION.I have come in contact with Mr. Frank

JOE STELKER, Sworn In For The Defendant, 96th To Testify

JOE STELKER, sworn for the Defendant.I have got charge of the varnishing department at the pencil factory,about sixty people work under me. I saw the spot that Mr. Barrettclaimed he had found in front of the young ladies' dressing room. Itlooked like someone had some coloring in a bottle and splashed it on thefloor. Chief Beavers asked me to find out whether it was varnish or not.I saw the white stuff on it. It looked like a composition they use on theeyelet machine or face powder. They carry that stuff around in bucketsin the metal room. It gets spilled on

HARLEE BRANCH, Sworn In For The Defendant, 97th To Testify

HARLEE BRANCH, sworn for the Defendant.I work for the Atlanta Journal.I had an interview with Jim Conley on two occasions.On May 31st, he told me he didn't see the purse of this little girl.He said that it took about thirty-five minutes after going upstairs until he got out of the factory.He said he finished about 1:30 and then went out.He said that Lemmie Quinn got into the factory about 12 o'clock and remained about 8 or 9 minutes.CROSS EXAMINATION.I am sure about his saying he saw Lemmie Quinn at the factory at that interview.He was in jail when I had

JOHN M MINAR, Sworn In For The Defendant, 98th To Testify

JOHN M. MINAR, sworn for the Defendant.I am a newspaper reporter for the "Atlanta Georgian. "I visited George Epps Sunday night, April 27th.I went there to ask him and his sister when was the last time either of them had seen Mary Phagan.George Epps and sister were both present.I asked them who had seen Mary Phagan last, and the little girl Epps said she had seen her on the previous Thursday.George Epps was standing right there and he said nothing about having seen her Thursday.He said he knew the girl, that he had ridden to town with her in the

HENRY SMITH, Sworn In For The Defendant, 93rd To Testify

HENRY SMITH, sworn for the Defendant.I work at the pencil factory in the metal department.I work with Barrett.He has talked to me about the reward offered in this case.He said it was $4,300, and he thought if anybody was to get it, he was to get it, because he found the blood and hair, and he said he ought to get the first hook at it.He said it six or seven different times.CROSS EXAMINATION.He would come out of the room counting it off on his hands.He did that 2 or 3 times and sort of laughed, counting that imaginary money.HENRY

MILTON KLEIN, Sworn In For The Defendant, 94th To Testify

MILTON KLEIN, sworn for the Defendant.I saw Mr. Frank last Thanksgiving evening at a dance given by the B'nai B'rith at the Hebrew Orphans' Home.I also saw him that same afternoon between half past four and six o'clock.The dance lasted from eight to half past eleven.Mr. Frank helped Mr. Copeland and myself give the dance.We were the committee in charge.CROSS EXAMINATION.I was down at the jail to see Mr. Frank when the detectives brought Conley down there.I sent word down that Mr. Frank didn't care to see Conley, that he didn't care to see anyone at that time.He knew that

NATHAN COPLAN, Sworn In For The Defendant, 95th To Testify

NATHAN COPLAN, sworn for the Defendant.I remember last Thanksgiving Day was a very disagreeable day.I don't remember whether it snowed.The B'nai B 'rith is a charitable organization here composed of young men.They gave a dance out at the Jewish Orphans' Home Thanksgiving evening.Mr. Frank had charge of it.Mr. Frank and his wife were there.I got there about 8 o'clock.They were there at that time.They stayed there until about 10 o'clock.NATHAN COPLAN, Sworn In For The Defendant, 95th To Testify

I M HAMILTON, Sworn In For The Defendant, 90th To Testify

V. S. Cooper to I. M. Hamilton. All sworn for the defendant.V. S. Cooper, W. T. Mitchell, 0. A. Nix, Samuel Craig, B. L. Patterson, Robert Craig, Ed Craig, T. L. Ambrose, J. P. Bird, J. H. Patrick and I. M. HamiltonTestified that they lived in Gwinnett or Walton County; that they used to know C. B. Dalton before he left Monroe in Walton County, that his general character for truth and veracity is bad, and that they would not believe him on oath.I M HAMILTON, Sworn In For The Defendant, 90th To Testify

R L BAUER, Sworn In For The Defendant, 91st To Testify

R. L. BAUER, sworn for the Defendant.During the summer of 1909 and 1910, I worked at the National Pencil Company on Saturdays.Since that time I have worked off and on at the factory on Saturdays doing extra work.I have also been up to the office Saturday afternoons, frequently during the past twelve months.I was there while Mr. Schiff was off on his trip.I was up at the office on the Saturday afternoon before Mr. Schiff went away.Mr. Holloway, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Frank and the office boy were there.I have never seen any women in Mr. Frank's office on the Saturdays

GORDON BAILEY, C, Sworn In For The Defendant, 92nd To Testify

GORDON BAILEY, (colored) sworn for the Defendant.I work at the factory.I am sometimes called "Snowball."I never saw Jim Conley talk to Mr. Frank the Friday before the murder.I have never, at any time, heard Mr. Frank ask Conley to come back on any Saturday.I have never seen Mr. Frank bring in any women into the factory.I have never seen Jim Conley guarding or watching the door.I have seen Jim take newspapers and look at it, but I don't know if he read them or not.I have seen him have papers at the station house like he was reading them.CROSS EXAMINATION.I

DAISY HOPKINS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 87th To Testify

DAISY HOPKINS, sworn for the Defendant.I am a married woman.I worked in the factory from October, 1911, to June 1, 1912.I worked in the packing department on the second floor.Mr. Frank never spoke to me when he would pass.I never did speak to him.I've never been in his office drinking beer, coca-cola, or anything else.I know Dalton when I see him.I never visited the factory with him.I never have been with him until I went to his house to see Mrs. Taylor, who lived with him then.That was the only place I have ever seen him.I never have been to

MISS LAURA ATKINSON, Sworn In For The Defendant, 88th To Testify

MISS LAURA ATKINSON, sworn for the Defendant.I have been in Mr. Dalton's company three times.I never met him at the Busy Bee Cafe.I have never walked with him to or from the pencil company.I have never walked home with him.CROSS EXAMINATION.I worked at the National Pencil factory two days last month.I have known Mr. Dalton six months.I have been in his company three times.I did not know Daisy Hopkins.MISS LAURA ATKINSON, Sworn In For The Defendant, 88th To Testify

MRS MINNIE SMITH, Sworn In For The Defendant, 89th To Testify

MRS. MINNIE SMITH, sworn for the Defendant.I work at the pencil factory.I do not know C. B. Dalton.I live at 148 S. Forsyth Street.I have never met Dalton or walked home with him.I don't know the man.I know Mr. Frank.I have spoken to him six times in the four years and a half that I worked there.CROSS EXAMINATION WAIVED.MRS MINNIE SMITH, Sworn In For The Defendant, 89th To Testify

GODFREY WEINKAUF, Sworn In For The Defendant, 84th To Testify

GODFREY WEINKAUF, sworn for the Defendant.I am superintendent of the Pencil Company's lead plant.Beginning with July, 1912, up until the first week in January, 1913, I visited the office of the pencil factory every other Saturday, between three and five o'clock.I would stay there about two hours.I would find Mr. Holloway, Mr. Frank and Mr. Schiff there.I never saw any women in the office there.CROSS EXAMINATION.I never saw Jim Conley there at the factory on Saturday afternoon.I am sure I saw Holloway there on Saturday afternoon.GODFREY WEINKAUF, Sworn In For The Defendant, 84th To Testify

CHARLIE LEE, Sworn In For The Defendant, 85th To Testify

CHARLIE LEE, sworn for the Defendant.I am a machinist at the pencil factory.I remember an accident to Duffy in the metal room.His finger was hurt on the eyelet machine,about Oct. 4, 1912.It bled freely and the blood spouted out.There was a lot of the blood on the floor.He went down the hall to the office, by the ladies' dressing room.There was blood at that point.Gilbert also got hurt in the metal room last year.He was bandaged in the office also.In going from the metal room to the office, you go right by the steps.CROSS EXAMINATION.I have been with the company

ARTHUR PRIDE COLORED, Sworn In For The Defendant, 86th To Testify

ARTHUR PRIDE (colored), sworn for the Defendant.I worked on the second floor of the factory.On Saturdays I work all over the factory, doing anything that is necessary.Beginning with July of last year I have not missed a single Saturday afternoon at the factory.I would work until about half past four.I have never seen any women come up there and see Mr. Frank, or any drinking going on there, or seen Jim Conley sitting and watching the door.The employees used the back stairs leading from the metal room to the third floor.You can hear the elevator running if the machinery is

D J NIX, Sworn In For The Defendant, 81st To Testify

D. J. NIX, sworn for the Defendant.I was office boy at the pencil factory from April, 1912, to October, 1912.I worked there every other Saturday until the first of September, and then every Saturday thereafter.I am 19 years old.Before Sept. 1, 1 worked on Saturdays until between four and six o'clock.On Saturdays after Sept. 1, 1 worked until between 5:30 and 6.I have never missed any days while I have been at the factory.On Saturday afternoons, Mr. Frank and Mr. Schiff would be there working.I would stay in the outer office.I never left the factory on Saturday afternoon.I have never

FRANK PAYNE, Sworn In For The Defendant, 82nd To Testify

FRANK PAYNE, sworn for the Defendant.I was office boy last Thanksgiving day at the pencil factory.It was snowing that day.I am 16 years old.Mr. Schiff and Mr. Frank were working there in the office that day.Mr. Schiff sent me up on the fourth floor to straighten the boxes up.Jim Conley was there sweeping.He left the factory about 10:20.I left about 11.He had finished his work.I went by the office to get my coat.Mr. Schiff and Mr. Frank were still working.When I left I did not see Conley anywhere about the door.For two months I worked at the factory on Saturday

PHILLIP CHAMBERS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 83rd To Testify

PHILLIP CHAMBERS, sworn for the Defendant.I am 15 years old.I started working for them December 12, 1912, as office boy, at the pencil factory.I left there March 29, 1913.I stayed in the outer office.On Saturdays I stayed until 4:30 and sometimes until 5 o'clock.I never left before 4:30 on Saturdays.I would go to dinner about 1:30 and get back at 2.Sometimes on Saturdays I would be sent to Montag's for 15 minutes, to get the mail.I would sometimes go out to the Bell Street plant to get the pay roll there.I would get back at 12 o'clock.Mr. Frank never did

I STRAUSS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 78th To Testify

I. STRAUSS, sworn for the Defendant.I was at the home of Mrs. Selig,Saturday night,playing cards.I got there about 10:30.Mr. Frank let me in.While we played he was sitting in the hall reading.I could see him through the door.There was nothing unusual about him.He went to bed immediately after I got there.His wife went to bed soon afterwards.I STRAUSS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 78th To Testify

SIGMUND MONTAG, Sworn In For The Defendant, 79th To Testify

SIGMUND MONTAG, sworn for the Defendant.I am engaged in manufacturing stationery.I am treasurer of the National Pencil Company.The company receives its mail at my office, which is two blocks from the pencil factory.Frank comes to my office every day of the year to get the mail and instructions with regard to orders and the business of the factory.He came to my office on April 26th, about ten o'clock and stayed about an hour.He talked to me, my stenographer, Miss Hattie Hall, and Mr. Gottheimer, one of the salesman.Up to about a year ago I went to the factory almost every

TRUMAN MCCRARY, C, Sworn In For The Defendant, 80th To Testify

TRUMAN Mc CRARY, (colored), sworn for the Defendant.I am a drayman on the streets of Atlanta.I work for the National Pencil Company.I have hauled for them.I have drayed for them most every Saturday for the past three years.I would work on Saturday afternoons until half past three and sometimes as late as five.I would be sometimes there so late the shipping clerk would be gone.I have never found the front door locked on a Saturday afternoon.I have never seen Jim Conley watching there Saturday afternoon.I have never seen him guarding the door.I have never seen him around the factory at

MRS ALEXANDER E MARCUS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 75th To Testify

MRS. ALEXANDER E. MARCUS, sworn for the Defendant.I am a sister of Mrs. Leo Frank.I played cards Saturday night at Mrs. Selig's.Mr. Frank was there sitting out in the hall reading, and Mrs. Frank was going in and out of the room.Mr. Frank went to bed after ten o'clock.I noticed nothing unusual about him, no bruises, marks or signs.CROSS EXAMINATION.He came in one time and told me something funny about a baseball joke.We were still playing when he went to bed.MRS ALEXANDER E MARCUS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 75th To Testify

MRS M MARCUS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 76th To Testify

MRS. M. MARCUS, sworn for the Defendant.I am no relation of Mr. or Mrs. Frank.I saw Mr. Frank at half past eight or a quarter to nine in the evening on April 26th, at Mrs. Selig's residence.We played cards there.Mr. Frank opened the door for us.He stayed in the hall reading.We played cards in the dining room.He went to bed between ten and half after ten.He appeared as natural as usual.I left the house about twelve o'clock.CROSS EXAMINATION.We had a game of cards every Saturday afternoon at somebody else's house.MRS M MARCUS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 76th To Testify

M J GOLDSTEIN, Sworn In For The Defendant, 77th To Testify

M. J. GOLDSTEIN, sworn for the Defendant.I played cards Saturday night, April 26th, at Mrs. Selig's house,I got there about 8:15.We played in the dining room.Mr. Frank was sitting in the hall.There was nothing unusual about him, no nervousness or anxiety.There was nothing that attracted our attention.I have never known Mr. or Mrs. Frank to play poker.I should say he went to bed about 10:30.His wife followed about fifteen minutes afterwards.I never noticed any marks or bruises about his person.CROSS EXAMINATION.He came in while we were playing to tell us of some joke he had read, and we asked him

OSCAR PAPPENHEIMER, Sworn In For The Defendant, 72nd To Testify

OSCAR PAPPENHEIMER, sworn for the Defendant.I am in the furniture business.I am also a stockholder of the National Pencil Company.I have been getting comparative sheets as to the weekly business of the Company from Frank since March, 1910.Up to the time the Post Office distributed mail on Sunday, I used to always go to the Post Office to get my mail and always found this report on Sunday morning.When I quit going to the Post Office on Sundays I received the reports in the first mail on Monday mornings.I have here the report for the week ending April 24, 1913

C F URSENBACH, Sworn In For The Defendant, 73rd To Testify

C. F. URSENBACH, sworn for the Defendant.I married a sister of Mrs. Leo Frank. I phoned him on Friday and asked him if he would go to the baseball game Saturday.He said he didn't know, he might go and would phone me later and let me know.On Saturday when I got home about twenty minutes to two my cook told me that Mr. Frank had phoned and told me that he wasn't going to the game.I saw him on Sunday, after the murder, at my house.I saw no scratches, marks or bruises on him.He seemed to be a little disturbed

MRS C F URSENBACH, Sworn In For The Defendant, 74th To Testify

MRS. C. F. URSENBACH, sworn for the Defendant.I am Mrs. Leo Frank's sister.I received a telephone message for Mr. Ursenbach from Mr. Frank through my cook on Saturday at half past one.I saw no scratches, bruises, or marks on Mr. Frank on Sunday.He was nervous as one would have been under the circumstances.He borrowed a rain coat from my husband that afternoon.The rain coat was at our house on Saturday.It was there when my husband asked him if he would wear it on Sunday.Mr. Frank did not have it on Saturday.CROSS EXAMINATION.On Sunday Mr. Frank when he was at the

M 0 NIX, Sworn In For The Defendant, 69th To Testify

M. 0. NIX, sworn for the Defendant.I am credit man for Montag Bros. and bookkeeper.I have charge of the bookkeeping and documents and papers of the National Pencil Company.I am familiar with Mr. Frank's handwriting.These financial sheets beginning with May 22, 1912, and ending May 24, 1913 (Defendant's Exhibit 9), are in Mr. Frank's handwriting.The eleven items beginning with order Number 7187 running through Number 7197, appearing on pages 56 and 57 of the house order book (Defendant's Exhibit 12) are in Mr. Frank's handwriting.These entries below that are in Miss Hattie Hall's handwriting.I employed Miss Hattie Hall as my

HARRY GOTTHEIMER, Sworn In For The Defendant, 70th To Testify

HARRY GOTTHEIMER, sworn for the Defendant.I am a traveling salesman I make two trips a year for the NationalPencil Company, from the first of February to the first of April, andfrom the first of September to the fifteenth of October. I was at MontagBros. around ten o'clock on April 26th. I had come in from my trip onthe road and was writing up my orders. I had been away ten days. Mr.Frank came in after I got there. I asked him about two important orders as to their shipments and he replied that he couldn't tell whether they had been

MRS RACHEL JACOBS FRANK, Sworn In For The Defendant, 71st To Testify

MRS. RACHEL JACOBS FRANK, sworn for the Defendant.I am the mother of Leo Frank. I live in Brooklyn. I lived in Texasthree years, where Leo was born. Mr. Moses Frank of Atlanta is myhusband's brother. I saw him at Hotel Mc Alpin in New York City onApril 27th and April 28th 1913. The letter that you hand me (Defendant'sExhibit 42) I saw on Monday, April 28th 1913. It is my son's handwriting.This sheet (Defendant's Exhibit 43) is a sort of financial sheet. I hadlunch with Mr. Moses Frank at Hotel Mc Alpin on Monday, April 28th 1913.His wife read this

ALONZO MANN, Sworn In For The Defendant, 68th To Testify

ALONZO MANN, sworn for the Defendant.I am office boy at the National Pencil Company.I began working there April 1, 1913.I sit sometimes in the outer office and stand around in the outer hall.I left the factory at half past eleven on April 26th 1913.When I left there Miss Hall, the stenographer from Montag's, was in the office with Mr. Frank.Mr. Frank told me to phone to Mr. Schiff and tell him to come down.I telephoned him, but the girl answered the phone and said he hadn't got up yet.I telephoned once.I worked there two Saturday afternoons of the weeks previous

MISS IORA SMALL, Sworn In For The Defendant, 63rd To Testify

MISS IORA SMALL, sworn for the Defendant.I worked on the fourth floor of the pencil factory for five years.I saw Jim Conley on Tuesday.He was worrying me to get money from me to buy a newspaper and then he would come and ask me for copies of the paper before I would get through reading them.They were extras.He would even get two of the same edition.He would take it and run over there and sit on a box by the elevator and read it.He can read all right.He had on an old Norfolk coat with a belt around it and

MISS JULIA FUSS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 64th To Testify

MISS JULIA FUSS, sworn for the Defendant.I work on the fourth floor of the pencil factory.I have never known anything wrong or immoral to be going on in Mr. Frank's office.I talked with Jim Conley Wednesday morning after the murder.He was sweeping around there and asked me to see the newspaper.As he read it he kinder grinned.He told me he believed Mr. Frank was just as innocent as the angels from Heaven.I know his general character.He was never known to tell the truth.I would not believe him on oath.CROSS EXAMINATION.I saw the dark red spots by the water cooler in

EMMA BEARD C, Sworn In For The Defendant, 65th To Testify

EMMA BEARD (colored), sworn for the Defendant.I am Mr. Schiff's servant.On April 26th somebody called Mr. Schiff on the telephone.I answered the telephone.It was about half past ten.It sounded like a boy's voice.It said,"I Tell Mr. Schiff Mr. Frank wanted him at the office."Mr. Schiff was asleep at the time.I waked him up and he said,"Tell Mr. Frank I will be there as soon as I can get dressed. "And I repeated the message to the boy and told him what Mr. Schiff said.Then Mr. Schiff went back to sleep again.The same voice called up Mr. Schiff again about eleven

ANNIE HIXON C, Sworn In For The Defendant, 66th To Testify

ANNIE HIXON (colored), sworn for the Defendant.I am Mrs. Ursenbach's servant.Mr. Frank called up on the telephone about half past one on April 26th.I told him Mr. Ursenbach was not in and he said "Tell Mr. Charlie I can't go to the ball game this afternoon. "I told Mrs. Ursenbach about it.CROSS EXAMINATION.I have been working for Mrs. Ursenbach two years.Mr. Frank and his wife came over to Mrs. Ursenbach's on Sunday after we had breakfast about nine o'clock.They come over there every Sunday.I didn't pay any attention to what they talked about that morning.They were just laughing and talking

MISS REBECCA CARSON, Sworn In For The Defendant, 60th To Testify

MISS REBECCA CARSON, sworn for the Defendant.I work at the National Pencil Co.I have been there over three years.I work on the fourth floor.I am forelady of the sorting department.I have from thirteen to fifteen girls under me.At times I have heard the elevator running when the machinery in the factory was not running.It makes a noticeable noise.You can notice the vibration of the building and you can notice the ropes of the elevator running, and you can hear the cables of the elevator knocking.On Friday, April 25th, I got my pay about 5:30 from the office.On April 26th I

MRS E M CARSON, Sworn In For The Defendant, 61st To Testify

MRS. E. M. CARSON, sworn for the Defendant.I worked at the pencil factory three years.Rebecca Carson is my daughter.I am a widow.I have seen blood spots around the ladies' dressing room three or four times.I was at the factory Friday morning.I left about 12:45.I saw Jim Conley on Tuesday, after the murder.He was sweeping around my table,I said, "Well, Jim, they haven't got you yet," and he says, "NO."On Wednesday I said the same thing and he answered the same thing.On Thursday when I said that to him again he said,"No, I ain't done nothing. "I said, "Jim, you know

MISS MARY PIRK, Sworn In For The Defendant, 62nd To Testify

MISS MARY PIRK, sworn for the Defendant.I am one of the foreladies working at the National Pencil Co.I am at the head of the polishing department.I have been there about five years.I talked with Jim Conley Monday morning after the murder.I accused him of the murder.He took his broom and walked right out of the office and I have never seen him since.His character for truth and for veracity is bad.I would not believe him on oath.CROSS EXAMINATION.I suspected Jim as early as Monday April 28th.I did not report it to Mr. Frank then.I don't know why I didn't.I knew

JULIAN LOEB, Sworn In For The Defendant, 57th To Testify

JULIAN LOEB, sworn for the Defendant.I live at 380 Washington Street, across the street from the Wolfsheimer residence.I am a cousin of Mrs. Frank.I saw Mr. Frank on April 26th in front of the Wolfsheimer residence.I was there when he came by.It was between 1:50 and 2 o'clock.He was talking to Mrs. Michael and Mr. Jerome Michael and was inviting them to attend a meeting of the B'nai B 'rith lodge on the next day which was Sunday.He was president of that lodge.He left and walked towards town up Washington Street towards Glenn.I didn't see him catch the car.JULIAN LOEB,

COHEN LOEB, Sworn In For The Defendant, 58th To Testify

COHEN LOEB, sworn for the Defendant.I was on the car with Mr. Frank going back to town on April 26th after lunch.I caught the car at Georgia Avenue and Washington Street.He caught the car at Glenn and Washington Street which is one block nearer town.That was about 2 o'clock.It was a Washington Street car which goes straight up Washington Street to the Capitol and turns down Hunter.We sat together on the same seat in the car.Mr. Frank got off the car about two or three minutes before I did.He got off in front of the Capitol at about 2:10.The car

H J HINCHEY, Sworn In For The Defendant, 59th To Testify

H. J. HINCHEY, sworn for the Defendant.I have known Mr. Frank between four and five years.I am mechanical engineer for the South Atlantic Blow Pipe Co.I saw Mr. Frank on April 26th opposite the main entrance to the Capitol on Washington Street.I was driving an automobile.He was on the street car coming down Washington Street going to town.I saw him but did not speak to him.It was between 2 and 2:15.As to how I knew that was the time after this matter came up I experimented to see just what time it was I saw him on the car, and

MRS A P LEVY, Sworn In For The Defendant, 53rd To Testify

MRS. A. P. LEVY, sworn for the Defendant.I live right across the street from where Mr. Frank lives.I am not a relation of his either by blood or marriage.I saw him get off a car on Memorial Day between one and two o'clock.I was dressing to go to the matinee and was watching the cars as they passed to look out for my son who was late to dinner and saw Mr. Frank get off the car and cross the street to his home.I had a clock on my dresser and also one in the dining room, and I was

MRS M G MICHAEL, Sworn In For The Defendant, 54th To Testify

MRS. M. G. MICHAEL, sworn for the Defendant.I live in Athens.On April 26th, I was at 387 Washington Street at 2 o'clock, at the residence of my sister Mrs. Wolfsheimer.Mrs. Frank is my niece by marriage.I am no kin to Mr. Frank.I saw Mr. Frank about 2 o'clock on April 26th.He was going up Washington Street towards town when I first saw him.I remembered it was about 2 o'clock, because my son David was going to the matinee and he had to leave home before 2, and he had just left a few minutes when I saw Mr. Frank.I was

JEROME MICHAEL, Sworn In For The Defendant, 55th To Testify

JEROME MICHAEL, sworn for the Defendant.I live in Athens.I was in Atlanta on April 26th.I took dinner at Mrs. Wolfsheimer's residence at 387 Washington Street.I saw Mr. Frank upon that day between five minutes to 2 and 2 o'clock.I know it was that time because I had an engagement with a young lady and I had a watch in my hand most of the time.My brother Dave had just left for the opera when Mr. Frank came up.When I first saw him he was going toward the right hand corner of Washington Street and Georgia Avenue, going up Georgia Avenue.I

MRS HENNIE WOLFSHEIMER, Sworn In For The Defendant, 56th To Testify

MRS. HENNIE WOLFSHEIMER, sworn for the Defendant.I am the aunt of Mrs. Frank.I live at 387 Washington Street, the third house from the corner of Georgia Avenue.On April 26th, I saw Mr. Frank in front of my house.It was about 2 o'clock.We had finished dinner which we ate at half past one.I was not on the porch when he came up but I walked out on the porch after he came.I did not see him catch the car as I was called in the house before he left.I saw nothing unusual about him.No nervousness or bruises or scratches.I saw no

EMIL SELIG, Sworn In For The Defendant, 50th To Testify

EMIL SELIG, sworn for the Defendant.I am Mr. Frank's father-in-law.My wife and I live with Mr. Frank and his wife.The kitchen in our house is next to the dining room.There is a small passage way between them.The sideboard in the dining room is in the same position now, as it has always been.Mr. Frank took breakfast before I did on April 26th and left the house before I breakfasted.I got back home to dinner about 1:15.My wife and Mrs. Frank were eating then.They told me in the morning to come home a little sooner, that they wanted to go to

MRS EMIL SELIG, Sworn In For The Defendant, 51st To Testify

MRS. EMIL SELIG, sworn for the Defendant.I am Mrs. Frank's mother-in-law.Mr. and Mrs. Frank have been living with us two years.The sideboard is in the same position it always has been except when we sweep under it.We had lunch on April 26th after 1 o'clock, about ten minutes past one.Mr. Frank came about twenty minutes past one while we were eating.He sat down with us and ate.Mrs. Frank and I left before he did.We left about half past one.He was still eating at the table.After the opera, while we were on the street car, passing Jacob's drug store we saw

MISS HELEN KERNS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 52nd To Testify

MISS HELEN KERNS, sworn for the Defendant.I work for the Dodson Medicine Company as stenographer.My father works for Montag.I took shorthand under Professor Briscoe last winter.I have seen Mr. Frank in his factory.I went there with Professor Briscoe to get a job.I didn't get the position.I was working on the 26th day of April for Bennett Printing Company.That day I got off about 12 o'clock.I then went around in town to the different stores and did some trading.I had an appointment to meet a girl at 1:15 at the corner of Whitehall and Alabama Streets, at Jacobs' Drug Store.About 5

LEMMIE QUINN, Sworn In For The Defendant, 47th To Testify

LEMMIE QUINN, sworn for the Defendant.I am foreman of the metal department.Barrett pointed out to me where he claimed to have found blood spots on the metal room floor.He asked me whether I thought that he (Barrett) would get the reward if Frank were convicted.He told me that several people told him that he had a good chance to get the reward.He said a fellow told him that he would get $2700 one time and $4500 the other time.He mentioned that reward to me on several occasions.The floor of the metal room is very dirty.You could not tell at the

HARRY DENHAM, Sworn In For The Defendant, 48th To Testify

HARRY DENHAM, sworn for the Defendant.I work on the fourth floor of the pencil factory.I was paid off Friday, April 25th.I came back Saturday to do some work.Mr. Darley asked me to come back.I had to work on the machinery when it was not running.That was the only time I could do it.I got there about 7:30.Mr. Holloway was there when I got there.Between 12 and 1 o'clock I was working on the varnish machine.We were hammering.We worked until ten minutes after 3.We began to take an old partition out and put in a new one about 12 o'clock.It took

MINOLA MCKNIGHT C, Sworn In For The Defendant, 49th To Testify

MINOLA Mc Knight (coloured), sworn for the Defendant.I work for Mrs. Selig.I cook for her.Mr. and Mrs. Frank live with Mr. and Mrs. Selig.His wife is Mrs. Selig's daughter.I cooked breakfast for the family on April 26th.Mr. Frank finished breakfast a little after seven o'clock.Mr. Frank came to dinner about 20 minutes after one that day.That was not the dinner hour, but Mrs. Frank and Mrs. Selig were going off on the two o'clock car.They were already eating when Mr. Frank came in.My husband, Albert Mc Knight, wasn't in the kitchen that day between one and two o'clock at all.Standing

MISS MAGNOLIA KENNEDY, Sworn In For The Defendant, 45th To Testify

MISS MAGNOLIA KENNEDY, sworn for the Defendant.I have been working for the pencil factory for about four years, in the metal department.I drew my pay on Friday, April 25th, from Mr. Schiff at the pay window.Helen Ferguson was there when I went up there.I was behind her and had my hand on her shoulder.Mr. Frank was not there, Mr. Schiff gave Helen Ferguson her pay envelope.Helen Ferguson did not ask Mr. Schiff for Mary Phagan's money.I came out right behind Helen Ferguson.We waited for Grace Hicks and then went down stairs.Helen didn't say anything about Mr. Frank at all.We went

WADE CAMPBELL, Sworn In For The Defendant, 46th To Testify

WADE CAMPBELL, sworn for the Defendant.I have been working for the pencil factory for about a year and a half.I had a conversation with my sister, Mrs. Arthur White, on Monday, April 28th.She told me that she had seen a negro sitting at the elevator shaft when she went in the factory at twelve o'clock on Saturday and that she came out at 12:30, she heard low voices, but couldn't see anybody.On April 26th, I got to the factory about 9:30.Mr. Frank was in his outer office. He was laughing and joking with people there, and joked with me.He thought

MISS CORINTHIA HALL, Sworn In For The Defendant, 42nd To Testify

MISS CORINTHIA HALL, sworn for the Defendant.I work in the finishing up department of the pencil factory. I am aforelady. I was at the factory on April 26th, I got there about 25 minutesto twelve. I had to come to town on the East Lake car and got totown about 11:30 and it took me about five minutes to reach the factory.Mrs. Emma Clarke Freeman was with me. She had spent the night withme. We went there after her coat and to telephone, to call up Mrs. Free-man's husband. We went up to the fourth floor to get the coat

MRS EMMA CLARKE FREEMAN, Sworn In For The Defendant, 43rd To Testify

MRS. EMMA CLARKE FREEMAN, sworn for the Defendant.I married on April 25th.I worked at the pencil factory before that, at the time I was married.I was paid off on April 25th by Mr. Schiff.On the 26th I reached the factory with Miss Hall about 25 minutes to 12.I saw Mr. Frank at his office.He was talking to two men when we went in.Mrs. White and Mr. Frank's stenographer were also in the office.Mr. Frank gave us permission to go up on the fourth floor to get my coat.While we were going up the steps Mr. Frank called to me to

MISS EULA MAY FLOWERS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 44th To Testify

MISS EULA MAY FLOWERS, sworn for the Defendant.I did not work at the factory on Saturday, April 26th.I worked there Friday, the 25th, in the packing department.Mr. Schiff got from me the data for the financial sheet on Friday night at ten minutes to six.It was the production for the entire week from my department.It covers all the different classes of work where the goods were finished.CROSS EXAMINATION.I always turn those reports in Friday night or early Saturday morning.They don't touch Friday's work.MISS EULA MAY FLOWERS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 44th To Testify

HERBERT G SCHIFF, Sworn In For The Defendant, 38th To Testify

HERBERT G. SCHIFF, sworn for the Defendant.I am assistant superintendent of the National Pencil Co.; I havebeen with the company about five years. Part of my duties was to getup data for the financial sheet. I occupied the same office as Mr. Frank. I took a trip on the road on the first Saturday in January. All of the company's money except the petty cash was kept over at Montag Bros.office at the general manager's office, Mr. Sig Montag. All mail of thecompany is received at Montag Bros. The men in Mr. Montag's officemade the deposit of money of the

MISS HATTIE HALL, Sworn In For The Defendant, 41st To Testify

MISS HATTIE HALL, sworn for the defendant.I am a stenographer for the National Pencil Company.I do most of the work in the office of Montag Bros.Whenever it is necessary I go down to the National Pencil factory and do work there.I saw Mr. Frank about ten o'clock of the morning of April 26th, at Montag Bros. , when he came over there that morning.He came in Mr. Sig Montag's office, where I was taking dictation and I told him that I didn't know whether I would be able to go over there that morning or not, as Mr. Montag was

JOEL C HUNTER, Sworn In For The Defendant, 39th To Testify

JOEL C. HUNTER, sworn for the defendant.I am a public accountant, engaged in the profession ten or fifteen years.I have examined the financial sheet said to be made by Leo M. Frank.I examined a copy and then checked it against the original.In order to find out how long it would take a person to make out these reports, I went through the calculations.I did not make out the sheets.I verified the extensions and calculations on the financial sheet (Defendant's Exhibit 2).I found them correct within a decimal.There is one item a decimal is incorrect.That was immaterial, merely an error in

C E POLLARD, Sworn In For The Defendant, 40th To Testify

C. E. POLLARD, sworn for the Defendant.I am an expert accountant.I was called into this matter for the purpose of seeing the length of time it would take to gather these figures and get the result on the financial sheet and other papers that were furnished me.I studied each sheet and when I was sure of what the result would be I would lay that sheet down and make a copy of it.I would take time myself for each operation.There was a discrepancy of one and one-half gross on the factory records in the figures, out of 2765 1/2 gross,

W T HOLLIS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 37th To Testify

W. T. HOLLIS, sworn for the Defendant.I am a street car conductor.On the 26th of April I was on the English Avenue line.We ran on schedule that day.Mary Phagan got on at Lindsey Street at about 11:50.She is the same girl I identified at the undertakers. She had been on my car frequently and I knew her well.No one else got on with her at Lindsey Street.Epps did not get on with her.I took up her fare on English Avenue, several blocks from where she got on.And no one was sitting with her then.I do not recollect Epps getting on

W W MATTHEWS, Sworn In For The Defendant, 36th To Testify

W. W. MATTHEWS, sworn for the Defendant.I work for the Georgia Railway & Electric Co. as a motorman.On the 26th day of April I was running on English Avenue.Mary Phagan got on my car at Lindsey Street at 11:50.Our route was from Bellwood to English Avenue, down English Avenue to Kennedy, down Kennedy to Gray, Gray to Jones Avenue, Jones Avenue to Marietta, Marietta to Broad, and out Broad Street.From Lindsey Street to Broad Street is about a mile and a half or two miles.We make frequent stops.We were scheduled to arrive at Marietta and Broad at 12:071/2.We were on

100 Years Ago Today: Leo Frank Takes the Stand, Monday, August 18, 1913 in the Temporary Fulton County Superior Court, Atlanta, Georgia

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Today, on the 100th anniversary of Leo Frank taking the stand in his own defense, we present a digest of opinion and contemporary sources on his statement. AT THE CLIMAX of the Leo Frank trial, an admission was made by the defendant that amounted to a confession during trial. How many times in the annals of US legal history has this happened? Something very unusual happened during the month-long People v. Leo M. Frank murder trial, held within Georgia's Fulton County Superior Courthouse in the Summer of 1913. I'm going to show you evidence that Mr. Leo Max Frank inadvertently

Leo Frank’s defense attorneys gather depositions from National Pencil Company employees on June 30, 1913, Atlanta, Georgia

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BY ATTORNEYS L.Z. ROSSER, R.R. ARNOLD, AND H.J. HAAS AT THE PLANT OF THE NATIONAL PENCIL COMPANY, BEGINNING 2:00 P.M., JUNE 30TH, 1913. EXAMINATION OF W.R. FULLERTON. Questions by L.Z. Rosser Esq:- Q. Mr. Fullerton, you were employed as book-keeper on Friday before the murder on Saturday? A. Yes sir. Q. Were you here that day? A. I didn't go to work here Saturday morning. Q. Did you come up to the office here? A. On Friday I did, yes sir. Q. What time did you come here? A. 11:00 o'clock. Q. Who employed you? A. Mr. Frank. Q. In

New Audio Book: The American Mercury on Leo Frank – Judge Leonard Roan’s Charge to the Jury

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  THIS WEEK we present our final installment of our audio books on the subject of the 1913 trial of Leo M. Frank for the strangling and sex murder of his 13-year-old sweatshop employee, Mary Phagan. Today we hear the words of Judge Leonard Strickland Roan (pictured) in his charge to the jury, exactly as they were uttered more than a century ago. A few hours later, the jury returned its verdict of guilty. The Leo Frank case was one of the major factors that led to the founding of the prominent Jewish pressure group, the ADL. This new audio

Leo Frank Trial Closing Arguments of Frank Arthur Hooper, Reuben Rose Arnold, and Luther Zeigler Rosser

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The American Mercury continues its centenary coverage of the trial of Leo Frank for the slaying of Mary Phagan with the closing arguments presented by the prosecution and defense. by Bradford L. Huie IT'S A LONG READ — but an essential one for everyone who wants to consider himself well-informed on the Leo Frank case: the closing arguments from indefatigable Fulton County Prosecutor Hugh M. Dorsey and his assistant Frank A. Hooper, and from Leo Frank's brilliantly skilled defense attorneys Reuben R. Arnold and Luther Z. Rosser. Here we present their final arguments in full — practically the length of

The Leo Frank Trial: Closing Arguments of the Solicitor General Hugh Manson Dorsey, August 21, 22, 23 & 25th, 1913

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by Bradford L. Huie THE AMERICAN MERCURY now presents the final closing arguments by Solicitor Hugh Dorsey (pictured) in the trial of Leo Frank for the murder of Mary Phagan — a powerful summary of the case and a persuasive argument that played a large part in the decision of the jury to find Frank guilty of the crime. It is also riveting reading for modern readers, who have been told — quite falsely — that the case against Frank was a weak one, and told, equally falsely, that "anti-Semitism" was a major motive for the arrest, trial, and conviction

Summary of the Leo Frank Case: 100 Reasons Leo Frank Is Guilty of Murdering Little Mary Anne Phagan on April 26, 1913, in Atlanta Georgia

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by Penelope Lee THIS WEEK, as we are preparing the (very long) audio book version of the Leo Frank defense team and prosecution team closing arguments, the American Mercury is proud to present the new audio book version — never before available in its entirety — of our editor Bradford L. Huie's 100 Reasons Leo Frank is Guilty, read by Miss Vanessa Neubauer. As you listen, you can follow along with the text of the original piece.   **** 100 Reasons Leo Frank Is Guilty Proving That Anti-Semitism Had Nothing to Do With His Conviction and Proving That His Defenders Have Used Frauds

N V DARLEY, Sworn In For The State, 18th To Testify

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  N. V. DARLEY, sworn for the State. My name is N. V. Darley. I am manager of the Georgia Cedar Company, a branch of the National Pencil Company. I have charge of the manufacturing and labor in the Forsyth Street plant. Mr. Sig Montag is my superior. Mr. Frank and I are of equal dignity in the factory. I was at the National Company's factory on Saturday, April 26th. I saw Mr. Frank and left about 9:40 in the morning. I was there Sunday morning at about 8:20. I saw Mr. Frank that morning. Observed nothing unusual when I

GEORGE EPPS, Sworn In For The State, 2nd To Testify

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  GEORGE EPPS, Sworn for the State. I am fourteen years old. I live right around the corner from Mary Phagan's home. I have known her about a year. The last time I saw here was Saturday morning coming to town on the English Avenue car. It was about ten minutes to twelve when I first saw her. I left her about seven minutes after twelve at the corner of Forsyth and Marietta Street. She had on that hat, parasol and things when I left her. She was going to the pencil factory to draw her money. She said she

E F HOLLOWAY, Sworn In For The State, 17th To Testify

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  E. F. HOLLOWAY, sworn for the State. I am day watchman at the National Pencil factory-worked there two years. I was there on April 26th, from 6:30 a. m. till 11:45. I look after the elevator and freight that come in and out and people that come in and out. As to what I did to the elevator on that Saturday, I didn't do anything except that when Mr. White and Mr. Denham were working on the top floor, I started the elevator up and ripped up a plank for them. The elevator was locked when I sawed that

HARRY SCOTT, Sworn In For The State, 11th To Testify

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  HARRY SCOTT, sworn for the State. I am Superintendent of the local branch of the Pinkerton Detective Agency. I have worked on this case with John Black, city detective. I was employed by Mr. Frank representing the National Pencil Company. I saw Mr. Frank Monday afternoon, April 28th, at the pencil factory. We went into Mr. Frank's private office. Mr. Darley and a third party were with us. Mr. Frank said, I guess you read in the newspapers about the horrible crime that was committed in this factory, and the directors of this company and myself have had a

MRS J A WHITE, Sworn In For The State, 10th To Testify

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  MRS. J. A. WHITE, sworn for the State. I saw my husband at the pencil factory at 11:30. I stayed there until about 10 minutes to 12. I left him there and came back about 12:30 and left again about 1 o'clock. When I got there at 11:30 I saw Miss Hall, the stenographer, Mr. Frank and two men. I asked Mr. Frank if I could see my husband Mr. White. Mr. Frank was in the outside office then. He said I could see him and sent word by Mrs. Emma Freeman for him to come downstairs. My husband

IVY JONES, Colored, Sworn In For The State, 185th To Testify

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IVY JONES (colored), sworn for the State in rebuttal.I saw Jim Conley at the corner of Hunter and Forsyth Streets onApril 26th 1913. He came in the saloon while I was there, between one and two o'clock. He was not drunk when I saw him. The saloon is on the opposite corner from the factory. We went on towards Conley's home. I lefthim at the corner of Hunter and Davis Street a little after two o'clock.IVY JONES, Colored, Sworn In For The State, 185th To Testify

ALBERT MCKNIGHT, Colored, Sworn In For The State, 165th To Testify

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ALBERT Mc Knight, Colored, sworn for the State in rebuttal.This sideboard (Defendant's Exhibit 52) sets more this way than itwas at the time I was there.CROSS EXAMINATIONI don't know if the sideboard was changed, but it wasn't setting likethat is in the corner. I didn't see the sideboard at all, but I don't likethe angle of this plat.ALBERT MCKNIGHT, Colored, Sworn In For The State, 165th To Testify

JAMES CONLEY, Colored, Sworn In For The State, 34th To Testify

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  JAMES CONLEY, Colored, sworn for the State. I had a little conversation with Mr. Frank on Friday, the 25th of April. He wanted me to come to the pencil factory that Friday morning that he had some work on the third floor he wanted me to do. All right, I will talk louder. Friday evening about tree o'clock Mr. Frank come to the fourth floor where I was working and said he wanted me to come to the pencil factory on Saturday morning at 8:30; that he had some work for me to do on the second floor. I

DR JOHN FUNK, Sworn In For The State, 195th To Testify

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DR. JOHN FUNK, sworn for the State in rebuttal.I am professor of pathology and bacteriologist. I was shown by Dr.Harris sections from the vaginal wall of Mary Phagan, sections takennear the skin surface. I didn't see sections from the stomach or the contents. These sections showed that the epithelium wall was torn off atpoints immediately beneath that covering in the tissues below, and therewas infiltrated pressure of blood. They were, you might say, engorged,and the white blood cells in those blood vessels were more numerous thanyou will find in a normal blood vessel. The blood vessels at some distancefrom the

DR GEORGE M NILES, Sworn In For The State, 194th To Testify

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DR. GEORGE M. NILES, sworn for the State in rebuttal.I confine my work to diseases of digestion. Every healthy stomachhas a certain definite and orderly relation to every other healthy stomach.Assuming a young lady between thirteen and fourteen years of age at11:30 April 26, 1913, eats a meal of cabbage and bread, that the nextmorning about three o'clock her dead body is found. That there are indentations in her neck where a cord had been around her throat, indicating that she died of strangulation, her nails blue, her face blue, a slight injury on the back of the head, a

DR CLARENCE JOHNSON, Sworn In For The State, 193rd To Testify

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DR. CLARENCE JOHNSON, sworn for the State in rebuttal.I am a specialist on diseases of the stomach and intestines. I am aphysiologist. A physiologist makes his searches on the living body; thepathologist makes his on a dead body. If you give any one who hasdrunk a chocolate milk at about eight o'clock in the morning, cabbage at12 o'clock and 30 or 40 minutes thereafter you take the cabbage out andit is shown to be dark like chocolate and milk, that much contents of anykind vomited up three and a half hours afterwards would show an abnormalstomach. It doesn't show a

J N STARNES, Sworn In For The State, 192nd To Testify

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J. N. STARNES, sworn for the State in rebuttal.There were no spots around the scuttle hole where the ladder is immediately after the murder. Campbell and I arrested Minola Mc Knight,to get a statement from her. We turned her over to the patrol wagonand we never saw her any more until the following day, when we calledMr. Craven and Mr. Pickett to come down and interview her. We stayedon the outside while she was on the inside with Craven and Pickett. Theycalled us back and I said to her, " Minola, the truth is all we want, and ifthis is

W T HOLLIS, Sworn In For The State, 190th To Testify

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W. T. HOLLIS, sworn for the State in rebuttal.Mr. Reed rides out with me every morning. I don't remember talkingto J. D. Reed on Monday, April 29th, and telling him that GeorgeEpps and Mary Phagan were on my car together. I didn't tell that toanybody. I say like I have always said, that if he was on the car I didnot see him.W T HOLLIS, Sworn In For The State, 190th To Testify

C J MAYNARD, Sworn In For The State, 189th To Testify

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C. J. MAYNARD, sworn for the State in rebuttal.I have seen Burtus Dalton go in the factory with a woman in Juneor July, 1912. She weighed about 125 pounds. It was between 1:30 and2 o'clock in the afternoon on a Saturday.CROSS EXAMINATION.I was ten feet from the woman. I didn't notice her very particularly.I did not speak to them.C J MAYNARD, Sworn In For The State, 189th To Testify

L T KENDRICK, Sworn In For The State, 187th To Testify

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L. T. KENDRICK, sworn for the State in rebuttal.I was night watchman at the pencil factory for something like twoyears. I punched the clocks for a whole night's work in two or three minutes. The clock at the factory needed setting about every 24 hours. Itvaried from three to five minutes. That is the clock slip I punched(State's Exhibit P). I don't think you could have heard the elevator onthe top floor if the machinery was running or any one was knocking onany of the floors. The back stairway was very dusty and showed thatthey had not been used lately

HARRY SCOTT, Sworn In For The State, 186th To Testify

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HARRY SCOTT, sworn for the State in rebuttal.I picked up cord in the basement when I went through there withMr. Frank. Lee's shirt had no color on it, excepting that of blood. I gotthe information as to Conley's being able to write from Mc Worth whenI returned to Atlanta. As to the conversation Black and I had, with Mr.Frank about Darley, Mr. Frank said Darley was the soul of honor andthat we had the wrong man; that there was no use in inquiring aboutDarley and he knew Darley could not be responsible for such an act. Itold him that we

J W COLEMAN, Sworn In For The State, 183rd To Testify

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J. W. COLEMAN, sworn for the State in rebuttal.I remember a conversation I had with detective Mc Worth. He exhibited an envelope to me with a figure" 5" on the right of it.CROSS EXAMINATION.This does not seem to be the envelope he showed me. (Defendant'sExhibit 47 (*51). The figure "5" was on it. I don't see it now. I told himat the time that Mary was due $1.20, and that "5" on the right would notsuit for that.J W COLEMAN, Sworn In For The State, 183rd To Testify

E K GRAHAM, Sworn In For The State, 182nd To Testify

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E. K. GRAHAM, sworn for the State in rebuttal.I was at the pencil factory April 26th, with Mr. Tillander, about 20minutes to 12. We met a negro on the ground floor. Mr. Tillander askedhim where the office was, and he told him to go up the steps. I don'tknow whether it was Jim Conley or not. He was about the same size,but he was a little brighter than Conley. If he was drunk I couldn'tnotice it, I wouldn't have noticed it anyway.CROSS EXAMINATION.Mr. Frank and his stenographer were upstairs. He was at his desk.I didn't see any lady when I

TILLANDER, Sworn In For The State, 181st To Testify

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TILLANDER, sworn for the State in rebuttal.Mr. Graham and I went to the pencil factory on April 26th, about 20minutes to 12. We went in from the street and looked around and I founda negro coming from a dark alley way, and I asked him for the office andhe told me to go to the second floor and turn to the right. I saw Conleythis morning. I am not positive that he is the man. He looked to beabout the same size. When I went to the office the stenographer was inthe outer office. Mr. Frank was in the inner

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